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is letting
the house
off hook
Sportsbooks rely on
8insurance plan9
to get out of big payouts
BY D ANNY F UNT
There9s a common marketing
slogan in sports betting: <sweat
the game, not the payout.= in
other words, when dealing with
legitimate sportsbooks and not
some shady neighborhood book-
ie, gamblers shouldn9t have to
worry about getting stiffed.
Yet bettors say gaming opera-
tors aren9t always living up to
that promise, and some industry
officials agree. Bookmakers
sometimes use a clause in their
fine print as an <insurance plan,=
as one top regulator put it, to get
out of paying big winners 4 and
multiple industry observers say
the practice is increasing.
That caveat nearly cost chris-
topher Kozak $127,420 recently,
after Hard rock Bet voided three
successful long shot hockey wa-
gers 4 involving bets on a host of
nHL players being held scoreless
in the same game 4 that he
placed in Tennessee. The sports-
book, operated by the seminole
Tribe, notified him several days
after the games in question that
his payouts were an <obvious
error,= and therefore he wasn9t
owed anything beyond a refund.
When he pushed back, Hard
rock sought to renegotiate the
odds 4 <a slap in the face,= said
Kozak, who shared screenshots
of his bets, as well as his exten-
sive correspondence with Hard
rock, with The Washington Post.
The messages show company
officials repeatedly declining to
explain the nature of the <error=
or what made it <obvious.=
The company declined to an-
swer questions from The Post.
Then, last week 4 nearly two
months after voiding Kozak9s
bets and following questions
from a reporter 4 it agreed to
pay him in full. He had recently
brought his complaint to the
Tennessee sports Wagering
sEE bEttING on a18
Insights into aging well
from a nonagenarian
Study explores 93-year-old Richard Morgan, who
has the physiology of someone decades younger
BY G RETCHEN R EYNOLDS
For lessons on how to age well,
we could do worse than turn to
richard Morgan.
at 93, the irishman is a four-
time world champion in indoor
rowing, with the aerobic engine
of a healthy 30- or 40-year-old
and the body-fat percentage of a
whippet. He9s also the subject of
a new case study, published last
month in the Journal of applied
Physiology, that looked at his
training, diet and physiology.
its results suggest that, in
many ways, he9s an exemplar of
fit, healthy aging 4 a nonagenar-
ian with the heart, muscles and
lungs of someone less than half
his age. But in other ways, he9s
ordinary: a onetime baker and
battery maker with creaky knees
who didn9t take up regular exer-
cise until he was in his 70s and
who still trains mostly in his
backyard shed.
Even though his fitness rou-
tine began later in life, he has
now rowed the equivalent of
in the news
Defamation trial A judge threatened to throw
former president Donald Trump out of court
after he defied an order to stay quiet during
E. Jean Carroll9s testimony. a4
random killings A former MS-13 member
testified about how the gang chose its targets
in four homicides in Northern Virginia. B1
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Israel
blamed
for aid
delays
aGencies warn
of famine in Gaza
Netanyahu government
faults U.N. and Hamas
BY C LAIRE P ARKER
CAIRO 4 describing the humani-
tarian situation in the Gaza strip
in increasingly apocalyptic terms,
aid agencies are urging israel to
ease the difficult and often dan-
gerous process of delivering sup-
plies to desperate Palestinians.
israel has embarked on a public
Carolyn Van houTen/The WashinGTon PosT
campaign to defend its humani-
tarian record, blaming the united
nations and Hamas for the crisis.
Drug tra>ckers have made the Famine is looming in Gaza, the
united nations warns. The World
Food Program estimates that
93 percent of the population faces
Galápagos Islands their gas station crisis levels of hunger. disease is
spreading rapidly. The World
Health organization predicts that
the death toll from sickness and
starvation in coming months
could eclipse the number of peo-
harles darwin described it as the and rushed to the police station. But by ple killed in the war so far 4 more
C most desolate of the Galápagos
islands, an almost extraterrestrial
outpost crawling with giant tortoises and
The beloved World Heritage
site is being pulled into the
booming cocaine trade that9s
the time the authorities reached the
scene, the cessna conquest ii had been
abandoned. Whoever had flown it had
than 24,000, according to the lat-
est count from the Gaza Health
Ministry, with the majority wom-
marine iguanas found nowhere else in fled, leaving behind eight fuel contain- en and children.
the world, where smoke curled out of fueling Ecuador9s violence ers, five of them full. aid agencies say the chief fac-
volcanic craters and lava flowed black. From the outset, authorities suspected tors hampering the delivery of
Today, more than 100,000 tourists visit drug traffickers. lifesaving assistance to Gazans
the white sand beaches of isabela. Those The mystery offers a glimpse into the fall almost entirely under israel9s
who come by air land at the José de BY S AMANTHA S CHMIDT growing criminal threat to the Galápagos control 4 the israeli inspection
Villamil airport, a lone airstrip surround- AND A RTURO T ORRES islands, the beloved unEsco World process for aid remains lengthy
ed by brush. By day, the modest facility is in isaBELa, Ecuador Heritage site that9s being pulled into the and inefficient; there aren9t
manned by a single employee. at night, it booming drug trade consuming much of enough trucks or fuel inside Gaza
goes dark. There are no security cameras, Latin america. to distribute the aid; mechanisms
no lights, no one keeping watch at the an Ecuadorian Coast Guard crew, in mainland Ecuador, 600 miles away, to protect humanitarian workers
entrance to one of the most carefully tasked with intercepting drug Mexican and albanian drug traffickers are unreliable; and commercial
protected reserves on earth. traffickers around the Galápagos have fueled a surge in gang violence goods have only just begun to
it was here, just after dusk one evening Islands, escorts a vessel to port last unlike any in the country9s history. trickle in.
in early 2021, that the 53-year-old airport year. International criminal groups on Tuesday, armed men terrorized the Large swaths of Gaza remain
employee was surprised by a noise: the are working with local gangs to move country in a series of apparently coordi- off-limits to aid workers. Frequent
whir of a small airplane touching down cocaine from south america to the nated attacks: car bombings, prison ri- telecommunications blackouts
unannounced on the runway. United states and Europe. to make the ots, police kidnappings. one group took complicate their work. and the
Panicked, he jumped on his motorbike journey, smugglers need gasoline. sEE GalapaGos on a8 war still rages.
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Qatar-France aid deal: Medicine
for hostages enters Gaza. A11
ELECTION 2024
Haley steps up her attacks, but some want more
Trump critics say she needs to be more aggressive to win N.H., which she portrays as two-person race
BYC OLBY I TKOWITZ,
M ARIANNE L E V INE
AND M AEVE R ESTON
almost 10 times around the globe
and has won four world champi- MANCHESTER, N.H. 4 nikki Ha-
onships. so what, the researchers ley, treating the primary as a one-
wondered, did his late-life exer- on-one race with donald Trump,
cise do for his aging body? has stepped up her criticism of the
former president, lobbing pointed
lessons on aging from active attacks on his age in a one-two
older people punch against him and President
<We need to look at very active Biden, yet still holding back on the
older people if we want to under- full offensive many Trump critics
stand aging,= said Bas Van Hoo- wish she9d launch.
ren, a doctoral researcher at at town halls, in television ads
Maastricht university in the and during media interviews in
netherlands and one of the recent days, Haley has repeatedly
study9s authors. pointed to Trump9s age, 77, as an
Many questions remain unan- attack line. <The majority of amer-
swered about the biology of ag- icans think that having two 80-
ing, and whether the physical year-olds running for president is
slowing and declines in muscle not what they want,= she said at a
mass that typically occur as we campaign stop Tuesday in Bretton
grow older are normal and inevi- Woods. The comments mark a
table or perhaps due, at least in rhetorical sharpening for a candi-
part, to a lack of exercise. date who mostly stuck to more
if some people stay strong and implicit contrasts involving com-
fit deep into their golden years, petency tests and calls for a new
the implication is that many of generation of leadership before
the rest of us might be able to as sEE HalEy on a6
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Helpfully, his colleague Lorcan lisa Easler waits with daughters Emily, 9, and Josefine, 6, for Republican presidential candidate Ballot: Maine judge delays Trump
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declines in policing and coronavirus9s genetic higher costs and alter- enough to win a contest more eco-friendly can
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Biden in late push for deal on Ukraine, border
President9s goal of aiding
Kyiv still in peril without
immigration agreement
BY T OLUSE O LORUNNIPA
AND A BIGAIL H AUSLOHNER
President Biden met with con-
gressional leaders Wednesday in
an 11th-hour attempt to break a
long-running logjam over his
funding request for Ukraine, but
there was little sign of a break-
through on Biden9s top foreign
policy goal in the hours after the
White House meeting.
The bipartisan confab, which
aides said was designed to focus
specifically on Ukraine, came as
the president has struggled to
convince congressional leaders of
the urgent need to provide addi-
tional support for Kyiv9s fight
against Russia9s nearly two-year-
old invasion, arguing that it is a
critical front in the global fight
between democracy and autocra-
cy.
As Biden urges lawmakers to
back another $60 billion for
Ukraine, he faces fresh questions
from Republicans over the man-
agement of billions in U.S. funds
already spent, the contributions
of other allies to the effort and the
Ukrainians9 plan for achieving
victory after an underwhelming
military counteroffensive. Re-
publicans have said for months
that Ukraine will not receive
additional funds until the crisis
at the U.S. southern border is
addressed with new limits on
migration.
<I told the president what I
have been saying for many
months, and that is that we must
have change at the border 4
substantive policy change,=
House Speaker Mike Johnson
(R-La.) told reporters after the
meeting.
Biden has said he is prepared
to make concessions on border
issues, but the negotiations have
stretched on for weeks without
resolution of key sticking points.
While the White House has sug-
gested it is willing to accept some
restrictions on the use of asylum,
for example, the talks have hit a
snag over Republicans9 insistence
that Biden accept new limits on
his power to allow migrants into
the country using an authority
known as parole.
Biden sought to make his case
directly to the key lawmakers
during Wednesday9s meeting,
which featured the Democratic
and Republican leaders of the
House and Senate, as well as the
chairs and ranking members of
the Appropriations, Armed Ser-
vices, Foreign Relations and In-
telligence committees. It gave
Biden an opportunity to under-
line his message amid a feeling on
both sides that, with the election
approaching and Ukraine run-
ning out of funds, time for a deal
Prosecutors deride Hunter Biden9s claims of political revenge
They say there9s no
evidence of 8selective and
vindictive prosecution9
BY P ERRY S TEIN
AND D EVLIN B ARRETT
Federal prosecutors pushed
back Tuesday against Hunter
Biden9s claim that federal gun
charges against him were filed
because of political pressure and
should be dismissed, writing in a
court filing that the president9s
son did not offer sufficient evi-
dence that the Justice Depart-
ment was unfairly out to get him.
The government9s 52-page fil-
ing relied on excerpts from Hunt-
er Biden9s 2021 memoir about his
life and struggles with drug ad-
diction. In the book, he says that
he decided to purchase a firearm
after a drug dealer pointed a gun
at him during a transaction.
<The charges in this case are
not trumped up or because of
former President Trump 4 they
are instead a result of the defen-
dant9s own choices and were
brought in spite of, not because
of, any outside noise made by
politicians,= the government9s fil-
ing reads. <The defendant cannot
prevail on his selective prosecu-
tion claim because he does not
identify any individual who chose
to make similar choices as him
who was not prosecuted, and he
cannot establish any link be-
tween statements of politicians
and a discriminatory purpose by
current DOJ officials.=
A three-count federal indict-
ment in Delaware alleges that
Biden made false statements on a
gun-purchase form in 2018 when
he said he had not used illegal
eZ re
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) prepares to address reporters at the White House on Wednesday.
He said Republicans would focus on immigration changes before discussing more aid for Ukraine.
was growing short.
Even before the meeting, John-
son was critical of negotiations in
the Senate over a border deal,
suggesting that the Republican-
led House would insist on even
tougher immigration changes.
<Before we even talk about
Ukraine, I am going to tell the
president what I9m telling all of
you and we9ve told the American
people: border, border, border,=
Johnson told reporters.
The negotiations carry high
stakes on several fronts. Aid to
Ukraine, one of Biden9s top for-
eign policy priorities, is in danger
of lapsing for the first time since
Russia9s invasion. Border security
is a volatile issue whose lack of a
resolution could damage Biden
politically. And the talks accom-
pany wrangling over a long-term
spending bill, whose outcome
will determine whether the gov-
ernment shuts down within
weeks.
Democrats afterward por-
trayed the meeting in a relatively
positive light, with House Minori-
ty Leader Hakeem Jeffries
(D-N.Y.) calling it a <very positive,
forward-looking, candid discus-
sion.=
Senate Majority Leader
Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) told
reporters he was optimistic that
the two sides would ultimately
avert a government shutdown
and pass a major package with
funding for Ukraine, Israel, the
Indo-Pacific and the border.
<I am more optimistic than
ever before that we can come to
an agreement,= he said. <I put the
chances at a little bit greater than
half now. And that9s the first time
I can say that.=
Leaders of the two parties
agreed that both Ukraine and the
border must be addressed, Schu-
drugs in the past year 4 a period
when he was addicted to and
taking such drugs, according to
his memoir. He has pleaded not
guilty.
Biden was separately charged
in Los Angles with nine counts of
failing to pay at least $1.4 million
in federal taxes from 2016
through 2019. He also pleaded
not guilty to those charges 4
setting up the extraordinary pos-
sibility that he could go to trial
twice while his father runs for
reelection. The tax case is sched-
uled for trial in June.
The investigation into Hunter
Biden began during the Trump
administration, with charges
filed last year. Republicans, in-
cluding former president Donald
Trump, have seized on Hunter
Biden9s legal troubles, accusing
the Justice Department of not
pursuing the case aggressively
and claiming President Biden
was involved in his son9s finances
4 an allegation that is not in the
indictment and of which no con-
clusive evidence has been public-
ly surfaced. President Biden has
denied any involvement in his
son9s business.
The probe has been led by U.S.
Attorney David Weiss of Dela-
ware, who was named a special
counsel in August, which gave
him clear authority to file charges
outside of the state.
Attorney General Merrick Gar-
land, who was appointed by the
president, has said throughout
the investigation that he has giv-
en Weiss complete independence
to pursue the probe.
Hunter Biden9s attorneys
sought to dismiss the gun case for
what is known as <selective and
vindictive prosecution,= arguing
that he was charged as punish-
ment for his father beating Trump
in the 2020 election. They have
mer said.
<Just about every person in
that room 4 Democrat, Republi-
can, House, Senate 4 talked
about the importance of aiding
Ukraine. And everyone in the
room also talked about that we
had to do something about the
border,= Schumer told reporters
after returning to the Capitol.
<It9s broken. President Biden said
he knows that and wants to really
make significant change on the
border.=
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.),
who attended the meeting as
chairman of the House Foreign
Relations Committee, noted that
Biden said he is ready to change
border policy and that leaders of
both parties voiced support for
Ukraine. <There was a consensus
on the fact that we can9t abandon
our allies,= he said, because if
Russia takes over Ukraine it
would likely attack NATO coun-
tries and require a much larger
U.S. response.
But a significant faction of
conservative House Republicans
has expressed doubt about the
need to continue spending mon-
ey on a war that is so distant from
American shores. And border se-
curity has proven a powerful
issue for the GOP, leaving it
unclear whether party leaders
will ultimately see an advantage
in reaching an agreement with
Biden on the issue.
The White House tried to use
Wednesday9s meeting to both in-
voke the seriousness of Ukraine9s
predicament and address Repub-
lican concerns that funding for
Kyiv has been accompanied by
too little accountability.
<This whole idea of a blank
check . . . is not true,= National
Security Council spokesman
John Kirby told reporters ahead
Hunter Biden and attorney Abbe Lowell, left, face reporters on Jan. 10 as they leave a House Oversight
Committee hearing to determine whether to hold him in contempt of Congress.
said they will file a similar motion
in the tax case in Los Angeles.
Prosecutors, in turn, said Tues-
day that such a belief is a con-
spiracy theory and that Hunter
Biden9s <theory is a fiction de-
signed for a Hollywood script.=
They said there is no evidence to
suggest that the Justice Depart-
ment, led by an attorney general
appointed by his father, brought
charges against him as retribu-
tion.
In the filing, they cited evi-
dence they have collected to sup-
port the gun-purchase charges.
<Investigators also obtained
messages from his Apple iCloud
account in which [Hunter Biden]
the washington post
salwan georges/the washington Post
of the meeting. <Every single aid
package that we provided
Ukraine, we have done consulta-
tions with Congress.= He added
that Ukraine9s troops are running
low on several critical munitions.
In late December, the Biden
administration announced a
$250 million weapons package
for Ukraine, marking what offi-
cials said could be a final consign-
ment from U.S. stockpiles unless
Congress acts. Biden9s current
request would give the adminis-
tration an additional $7 billion in
authority to make arms dona-
tions to the beleaguered country.
It would also provide $18 bil-
lion for replenishing U.S. weap-
ons stockpiles; $12 billion for
longer-term arms contracts for
Ukraine; funding for U.S. mili-
tary operations in Europe; and
investments in manufacturing
missiles.
Also hanging in the balance is a
potential shutdown of major
parts of the U.S. government,
which some GOP lawmakers see
as another form of leverage for
negotiating tough border restric-
tions. On Tuesday, Congress took
an initial step toward avoiding a
government shutdown that
would otherwise start at the end
of the week, extending the dead-
line to early March.
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), a
member of the House Freedom
Caucus, suggested that Johnson
and other Republicans should
not be afraid of a government
shutdown if it means getting a
win on the border, although that
opinion is not widely shared
among House Republicans.
<I9m not in favor of willy-nilly
or just on a whim shutting down
government,= Bishop said. <But
the American people 4 I9ve seen a
tremendous upswell of expres-
discussed buying thousands of
dollars9 worth of crack while also
taking videos of himself weighing
crack and smoking,= the filing
reads. <Furthermore, a chemist
was able to confirm the presence
of cocaine residue on the brown
leather pouch in which defendant
stored his firearm.=
Prosecutors also pushed back
in a separate filing against Biden9s
demands for an evidentiary hear-
ing to explore the question of
whether he was being prosecuted
unfairly. And they rejected
Biden9s claims that a diversion
agreement put in place last year
was still in effect.
A diversion agreement is a tool
. thursday, january 18 , 2024
<I told the president
what I have been saying
for many months, and
that is that we must
have change at the
border 4 substantive
policy change.=
House Speaker
Mike Johnson (R-La.)
sion of support for the idea that
we9ll deal with this in a way, and
that may involve a shutdown. I
wouldn9t be reticent about that to
make them solve this problem.=
Schumer took issue with GOP
demands that a border deal must
precede any talk of more aid for
Ukraine. <Anyone who says we
have to do one first before we do
the other means we won9t get any
of it done,= he said.
As Russian President Vladimir
Putin insists publicly that he is
not prepared to back down in the
ongoing war, European nations
are also experiencing divisions
over funding for Ukraine. The
leaders of Hungary and Slovakia
have voiced doubts over a Euro-
pean Union plan to finance an aid
package for Ukraine worth more
than $50 billion. Some European
officials, including Hungarian
President Viktor Orban, have
suggested they are skeptical of
Ukraine9s ability to prevail mili-
tarily against Russia, calling for
the two sides to negotiate.
The domestic politics of the
U.S. southern border have also
been heating up, as Biden ramps
up his reelection campaign
against the backdrop of record
surges in illegal migration. In
several recent polls, Biden9s han-
dling of immigration and border
issues have received low marks
from voters.
Biden9s leading Republican ri-
val, former president Donald
Trump, won a landslide victory in
the Iowa caucuses on Monday,
building momentum for a cam-
paign that has made immigration
a central attack point against the
president.
Marianna sotomayor, Missy ryan
and leigh ann Caldwell contributed
to this report.
Jose luis Magana/aP
by which prosecutors sometimes
dismiss charges on the condition
that a person gets drug treatment.
Biden and prosecutors had
reached such an agreement on
the gun charges and had negotiat-
ed a plea deal on the tax charges
in June.
But the deal fell apart a month
later under scrutiny from a feder-
al judge, who doubted the two
separately framed agreements
followed federal rules.
In urging the judge to reject
Biden9s claim that the diversion
agreement should remain in ef-
fect, prosecutors wrote that the
language in the agreement <is
unambiguous.=
thursday, january 18 , 2024
High court split on curtailing power of federal agencies
Whether to overturn
40-year precedent could
hinge on Roberts, Barrett
BY A NN E . M ARIMOW
A divided Supreme Court de-
bated whether and how to curtail
the power of federal agencies
Wednesday, with liberals urging
the court to defer to the judgment
of government experts, and con-
servatives saying judges should
not systematically favor govern-
ment regulators over private com-
panies, industry or individuals in
litigation.
After more than three hours of
argument, it was unclear whether
the court9s conservative majority
would overturn or simply scale
back the 40-year-old precedent
that is under review in a pair of
cases brought by herring fisher-
men from New Jersey and Rhode
Island.
The high court was considering
challenges to federal rules requir-
ing commercial fishermen to pay
for at-sea monitors. But the court9s
decision has the potential to sig-
nificantly limit the flexibility of
federal agencies to regulate vast
swaths of American life, including
the environment, financial mar-
kets, public health and the work-
place.
Conservatives have long target-
ed the framework set in 1984 in
Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Re-
sources Defense Council because it
requires judges to defer to the
reasonable interpretation by fed-
eral agency officials charged with
administering ambiguous federal
laws.
On Wednesday, Justices Brett
M. Kavanaugh and Neil M. Gor-
such, both nominees of President
Donald Trump, took turns pepper-
ing the Biden administration with
skeptical questions as Solicitor
General Elizabeth B. Prelogar de-
fended the Trump administration
initiative 4 and the long-standing
Chevron precedent.
Kavanaugh said Chevron has
allowed federal agencies to flip-
flop and impose different rules
each time a new administration
takes over, leaving judges with
little choice but defer to the chang-
ing interpretations of officials.
<You say don9t overrule Chevron
because it would be a shock to the
system, but the reality of how this
works is Chevron itself ushers in
shocks to the system every four or
Federal report ûnds drops in policing and mental health services in schools
BY L AURA M ECKLER
AND H ANNAH N ATANSON
In the year following George
Floyd9s murder in 2020, the num-
ber of school resource officers
fell as districts responded to calls
for limits on police, according to
data released Wednesday by the
U.S. Education Department. The
number of law enforcement offi-
cers carrying firearms dropped,
as well.
The report from the National
Center for Education Statistics
examines the state of safety and
security on campuses in 2021-
2022, a tumultuous year for edu-
cation as school leaders strug-
gled to return to normalcy fol-
lowing pandemic shutdowns and
confronted social justice de-
mands after Floyd9s murder at
the hands of Minneapolis police.
The report found that the
overwhelming majority of
schools increased social and
emotional supports for students
affected by the coronavirus, but
that fewer schools provided
treatment and diagnosis of men-
tal health disorders.
And it found that 43 percent of
high schools prohibited non-
academic uses of cellphones in
school. Not surprisingly, elemen-
tary and middle schools were
more likely than high schools to
bar their use.
Overall, the report found that
2 in 3 public schools recorded at
least one violent incident in that
school year, a figure statistically
unchanged since 2017-2018. The
highest rates were at middle
schools, with 90 percent seeing
at least one violent incident,
compared with 85 percent of
high schools and 55 percent of
elementary schools.
Incidents of bullying were also
highest at middle schools, with
28 percent reporting general bul-
lying at least once a week and 37
percent recording weekly cyber-
bullying.
<Kids [in middle school] are
trying to figure out & who they
are, where they belong,= said
Deanne Swan, senior technical
. the washington post
Politics & the Nation
eight years when a new adminis-
tration comes in, whether it9s com-
munications law or securities law
or competition law or environ-
mental law,= he told Prelogar.
Gorsuch, who has previously
called for overturning the prec-
edent, suggested judges should
not abdicate their responsibility
to interpret the law and <say auto-
matically whatever the agency
says, wins.=
The court9s three liberal justices
4 Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan
and Ketanji Brown Jackson 4 ex-
pressed concern about shifting
power to unelected judges to
make technical and scientific pol-
icy decisions when laws passed by
Congress are not crystal clear.
Jackson said she is worried
about <courts becoming uber-leg-
islators.=
<My concern is that if we take
away something like Chevron, the
court will then suddenly become a
policymaker by majority rule or
not, making policy determina-
tions,= she said.
Whether the court ultimately
decides to toss one of the most-cit-
ed legal precedents seemed likely
turn on Chief Justice John G. Rob-
erts Jr. and Justice Amy Coney
Barrett, whose questions Wednes-
day did not clearly telegraph their
positions.
While many lower courts rely
on Chevron, the Supreme Court
has been less likely to do so as it
moved to the right in recent years,
with the addition of three justices
nominated by Trump.
Roberts alluded to that reality
on Wednesday, suggesting the
court had already overruled Chev-
ron in practice. But he has also
said justices should be con-
strained by stare decisis, the doc-
trine of abiding by past decisions.
Barrett asked whether over-
turning a foundational decision
such as Chevron would open the
door to undoing past rulings.
<Isn9t it inviting a flood of litiga-
tion even if for the moment those
holdings stay intact?= she asked a
lawyer for the fishermen.
The cases brought by Atlantic
herring fishermen are backed by
conservative legal organizations
4 the Cause of Action Institute
and the New Civil Liberties Alli-
ance 4 that have received millions
of dollars from the Koch network,
founded by billionaire industrial-
ist Charles Koch and his late
brother, David Koch.
Opponents of Chevron say the
framework unfairly tips the scales
in favor of government agencies in
litigation challenging burden-
adviser at the statistics agency.
<By the time they have gotten out
of middle school and into high
school, they have found their
path forward.=
The report also found a drop
in the portion of high schools
reporting incidents involving
distribution, possession or use of
illegal drugs, alcohol and pre-
scription drugs. The portion re-
porting incidents involving inap-
propriate use of prescription
drugs fell sharply, from 34 per-
cent in 2017-2018 to 18 percent in
2021-2022.
The survey, conducted every
two years, gathered data from
February to July 2022 about the
2021-2022 school year from a
representative sample of 2,687
public schools.
Confronted with violence in
their buildings and fearful of
mass shootings, schools have
deployed law enforcement per-
sonnel for many years. In 2017-
2018, 45 percent reported host-
ing school resource officers in
their buildings at least once a
week. That rose to 49 percent in
2019-2020, but in 2021-2022, it
fell back to 44 percent.
Civil rights activists had long
worked to remove police from
schools, arguing that they pose
unacceptable risks to students of
color and contribute to what
critics call a <school to prison
pipeline.=
Following Floyd9s murder, sev-
eral major school systems can-
celed their contracts with police,
including Minneapolis, Denver
and Portland, Ore.
At the same time, the number
of officers carrying firearms also
fell. In 2021-2022, 45 percent of
sworn law enforcement officers
in schools, including school re-
source officers, routinely carried
a firearm. That was down from 51
percent in 2019-2020 and a bit
lower than the 47 percent record-
ed in 2017-2018. Officers in
towns, rural areas and suburbs
were more likely to be armed
than those in cities, the survey
found.
Mac Hardy, director of opera-
Patrick Quinn works aboard the Retriever while docked at a Norpel facility with a boat full of herring in New Bedford, Mass., on Jan. 3.
some regulations. They say it is
unconstitutional to require judges
to systematically defer to one pow-
erful party 4 government agen-
cies 4 over any other.
Attorney Roman Martinez, rep-
resenting the Rhode Island fisher-
men, said that courts should not
be forced to adopt <inferior agency
constructions that are issued for
political or policy reasons= and
that directing courts to do so pre-
vents judges from applying their
best independent judgment.
Supporters of Chevron, includ-
ing environmental groups and la-
bor and civil rights organizations,
say Congress often writes broad
statutes to give government ex-
perts leeway to address emerging
complex problems. Overturning
or scaling back one of the nation9s
most cited legal precedents, they
say, will hamstring federal agen-
cies and shift power to the courts
and Congress.
While the Supreme Court jus-
tices have not invoked Chevron
since 2016, lower courts have re-
lied on the framework in tens of
thousands of cases evaluating fed-
As schools returned to in-person learning following the onset of the pandemic, they were less likely to
provide mental health treatment or to deploy law enforcement, according to federal data.
tions for the National Associa-
tion of School Resource Officers,
said that since 2021-2022, some
schools have reversed their pol-
icies. Denver9s school board, for
instance, voted 4 to 3 in June to
reinstate school resource officers
after pulling them in 2020.
<We did see schools that
dropped their SRO units com-
pletely. We did see schools go to
unarmed security officers,= Har-
dy said. <We have seen a lot of
those come back.= He said his
group has seen increased de-
mand for trainings.
The report also found a de-
cline in the number of schools
that diagnosed and treated stu-
dents for mental health disor-
ders. Forty-nine percent of pub-
lic schools held diagnostic as-
sessments to check whether stu-
dents were suffering from
mental health disorders in 2021-
2022, the survey found 4 a drop
from 2019-2020, the last school
year before the pandemic, when
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eral rules and orders.
Prelogar, representing the
Biden administration, urged the
justices to clarify the limits of
Chevron rather than overturn the
decision altogether.
<Congress, agencies, states, reg-
ulated parties and the American
public have all relied on Chevron
and the regulations upheld under
it to make important decisions
that could be upended by overrul-
ing that framework,= she said.
Through hypothetical ques-
tions, Kagan asked whether
courts or agency officials with ex-
perience and expertise should de-
termine, for instance, whether a
new product promoting healthy
cholesterol is a dietary supple-
ment or a drug, or how best to
regulate artificial intelligence.
<Does the Congress want this
Court to decide those questions,
policy-laden questions, of artifi-
cial intelligence?= Kagan asked.
In response, Martinez said Con-
gress can delegate some policy-
making discretion to agencies,
<but once the law is written and
the interpretive function has be-
55 percent of schools did so. And
38 percent of schools treated
students for mental health disor-
ders in 2021-2022, down from 42
percent in 2019-2020.
At first blush, the findings
seem counterintuitive because
the nation is still in the throes of
a pandemic-induced student
mental health crisis, said Sharon
Hoover, a professor of child psy-
chiatry at the University of Mary-
land School of Medicine and
co-director of the National Cen-
ter for School Mental Health.
Seventy percent of schools
have seen an uptick in students
seeking mental health help since
the pandemic started, according
to a 2022 survey from the Na-
tional Center for Education Sta-
tistics.
Meanwhile, in 2021, nearly 1 in
3 teenage girls reported seriously
considering suicide, per federal
data 4 and the rate of suicide
among male 15-to-24-year-olds
rose from 2020 to 2021.
gun, then that job is for the courts.=
The fishermen are challenging
a Trump administration program
requiring them to pay for moni-
tors aboard their vessels to inspect
operations and track fishing lim-
its during certain trips. The Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service in-
terpreted a statute passed in 1976
as giving the government the pow-
er to pass on the cost of the moni-
tors to the fishermen.
Fishermen from New Jersey
and Rhode Island filed nearly
identical lawsuits asserting that
the Magnuson-Stevens Act does
not directly authorize the govern-
ment to force them to pay for the
$700-a-day monitors.
In both cases, federal courts of
appeal applied Chevron and de-
ferred to the government9s inter-
pretation of the statute. The fish-
ermen then appealed to the Su-
preme Court.
The industry-funded monitor-
ing program was short-lived, end-
ing last year because of lack of
sufficient funding. The fishermen
were reimbursed for all costs.
Paul Clement, a former solicitor
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One explanation is that
schools did not have the capacity
to provide what they knew was
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general representing the New Jer-
sey fishermen, said the framework
Chevron set for courts to evaluate
agency action is unworkable.
Agencies have no authority, he
said, beyond what Congress has
specified. Clement disputed the
premise that when a statute is
ambiguous or silent, Congress
wants agencies to fill in the gaps.
In an echo of her past dissents
when the court has overturned
precedent, Kagan warned
Wednesday about the implica-
tions for the court9s legitimacy if it
tears up Chevron and shifts more
power to the courts.
<You9re saying blow up one doc-
trine of humility, blow up another
doctrine of humility, and then ex-
pect anybody to think that the
courts are acting like courts,= Ka-
gan said in an exchange with
Clement.
<One lesson of humility,= Gor-
such said a few moments later, <is
admit when you9re wrong.=
The cases are Loper Bright En-
terprises v. Raimondo and Relent-
less, Inc. v. Department of Com-
merce.
lack of staff and money. Thirty-
nine percent of public schools
reported <inadequate access= to
both licensed mental health
workers and funding in 2021-
2022, according to the survey.
Still, with federal covid relief
money available, the portion of
schools citing inadequate fund-
ing fell from 54 percent in the
year just before the pandemic.
But money doesn9t help if
employees aren9t available to
hire. Hoover noted that there
was <huge workforce attrition=
following the onset of the pan-
demic, with thousands quitting
school mental health jobs. Many
of the nation9s schools are now
facing a shortage of counselors,
psychologists, social workers
and therapists, The Post report-
ed.
<These numbers more likely
reflect diminished workforce ca-
pacity and disrupted in-person
services than they reflect actual
student need,= Hoover said.
Hoover said it9s also possible
that school officials, grappling
with the vagaries of distance
learning, were unable to reach
students who needed help or
even to identify students who
might be in trouble, as children
hid behind blacked-out Zoom
screens or didn9t log in at all.
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Judge clashes with Trump over disruptive conduct in trial
Despite earlier order,
loud comments continue
during Carroll testimony
BY S HAYNA J ACOBS
NEW YORK 4 A federal judge
threatened to throw Donald
Trump out of court Wednesday
after the former president defied
an order to keep quiet during
writer E. Jean Carroll9s testimony
at his defamation trial, which re-
sulted in Trump becoming com-
bative with the jurist.
U. S. District Judge Lewis A.
Kaplan addressed the former
president after being told for the
second time by Carroll9s lawyers
that Trump, seated at the defense
table, was denigrating Carroll
loudly enough for the nine-mem-
ber jury to have heard it. Trump
had already received one warning
from Kaplan, an official court or-
der.
<Mr. Trump, I hope I don9t have
to consider excluding you from
the trial,= Kaplan said before a
midday break. While Trump has a
right to be there, the judge said,
<that right can be forfeited & if he
is disruptive.=
Trump threw his hands up in
an animated show of disapproval.
<I would love it! I would love it!=
he said.
Kaplan said Trump appeared
unable to control himself.
<You can9t either!= Trump said.
The exchange Wednesday
came during one of several recent
New York and D.C. court appear-
ances by Trump, who has also
participated in political cam-
paign events in places such as
Iowa and New Hampshire. The
court dates at times have seemed
like part of Trump9s reelection
campaign, as he has spoken of
himself as someone coping with
politically motivated criminal
and civil cases designed to keep
him from becoming president
again.
Minutes after court proceed-
ings ended for the day Wednes-
day, Trump held a news confer-
ence at his nearby commercial
property, 40 Wall Street. He criti-
cized Kaplan and then transi-
tioned into comments about the
upcoming Republican primary in
New Hampshire.
<We9re making a big speech up
Trump lawyers say document shows client kept 8Q9-level security clearance
Defense seeks more
details in Fla. classified
documents case
BY P ERRY S TEIN
Former president Donald
Trump9s lawyers say they may use
evidence suggesting that Trump
had a high-level security clear-
ance as recently as last year to
bolster their defense that the for-
mer president was acting in
<good-faith and non-criminal
states of mind= when he took
sensitive documents from the
White House to his Florida resi-
dence after leaving office.
The revelation came in a legal
filing late Tuesday night in which
Trump9s attorneys urged Judge
Aileen M. Cannon 4 who is over-
seeing Trump9s federal trial in
Florida for allegedly mishandling
classified documents 4 to force
prosecutors to produce more in-
formation about the evidence
they have about the former presi-
dent.
A <motion to compel discov-
ery= is a standard part of pretrial
Court rejects X9s claim it had right to alert ex-president to search warrant
BY R ACHEL W EINER
A federal appeals court has
rejected Twitter9s claim that Don-
ald Trump should have been
alerted to the existence of a
search warrant for his data by
prosecutors investigating inter-
ference in the 2020 election, leav-
ing in place a $350,000 fine im-
posed on the social media compa-
ny for not complying on time.
Twitter, now known as X, can
still take its case to the U.S.
Supreme Court. The case split the
D.C. Circuit along partisan lines,
with four Republican appointees
saying Trump should have been
able to argue some of the infor-
mation from X be withheld from
the government.
<Judicial disregard of executive
privilege undermines the Presi-
dency, not just the former Presi-
dent being investigated in this
case,= Judge Neomi Rao wrote for
in New Hampshire. We just got a
poll, and that shows me leading by
a lot,= he said.
Carroll, a writer and advice col-
umnist, told a federal jury on
Wednesday that Trump9s attacks
on her credibility beginning in
2019, after she publicly accused
him of a long-ago sexual assault,
continue to harm her profession-
ally and put her in fear for her
safety.
A jury in a separate civil case
last year found that Trump sexu-
ally abused and defamed Carroll
and owed her $5 million in dam-
ages. The trial that started Tues-
day is focused on whether the
former president owes Carroll ad-
ditional damages for separate
comments he made about her.
Kaplan found in a summary
judgment motion in September
that Trump is liable in the remain-
ing case, sharply narrowing what
the jury in the pending case can
consider.
Kaplan 4 who also repeatedly
admonished Trump lawyer Alina
Habba for not following court-
room rules and basic trial pro-
cedure 4 first told the former
president to exhibit appropriate
trial decorum during late morn-
ing.
<I9m just going to ask that Mr.
Trump take special care to keep
his voice down when he9s confer-
ring with counsel so that the jury
does not overhear it,= Kaplan, who
has senior status in the Southern
District of New York and has been
on the bench about three decades,
said outside the presence of ju-
rors.
After Trump9s blowup later
with Kaplan, there were no fur-
ther admonishments, but the for-
mer president continued to look
visibly irritated as objection rul-
ings went against Habba during
the lawyer9s cross-examination of
Carroll.
Testifying for the second time
in a year against Trump, Carroll
said disparaging comments the
former president made about her
have damaged her life.
<I9m here because Donald
Trump assaulted me and when I
wrote about it, he said it never
happened,= Carroll said. <He lied,
and he shattered my reputation.=
Trump appeared agitated
throughout her testimony and he
made remarks that could have
been heard by the jury, according
to Carroll attorney Shawn Crow-
ley. He said that <things that she is
legal proceedings.
In the 65-page filing, Trump9s
lawyers disclosed some of the
defenses they plan to use in the
case, one of four criminal trials
Trump is facing.
They asked for communication
between prosecutors and the
Biden administration, which they
said could show that the indict-
ment against Trump is politically
motivated, and they argued that
prosecutors must show more evi-
dence that Trump damaged na-
tional security by possessing the
documents.
Among the more specific possi-
ble defenses: Lawyers for Trump
say he had an active security
clearance years after leaving the
White House, based on a govern-
ment document from June 2023
that still listed him with a <Q=
clearance from the Department
of Energy.
The document was dated a few
weeks after prosecutors indicted
Trump in the case.
He faces 40 counts related to
willful retention of national de-
fense information; obstruction,
withholding or altering of docu-
ments; and making false state-
ments, and has pleaded not
guilty.
the disagreeing group. The ruling
comes as the same court consid-
ers another question of executive
power 4 Trump9s claim to total
immunity from prosecution. One
of the four judges who joined the
statement in the Twitter decision,
Karen L. Henderson, is on the
panel considering that argument.
The ruling that X appealed was
of a court order barring the com-
pany from telling Trump or his
attorneys about the existence of a
January 2023 search warrant for
his data and a subsequent sanc-
tion for not handing over the
information on time. X argued
that it had a First Amendment
right to alert Trump, who might
then fight the disclosure himself.
But X acknowledged that it did
not have standing to make any
claims on Trump9s behalf, and
Rao likewise said the court9s <op-
tions= were <limited= because
Trump has not intervened since
eZ SU
E. Jean Carroll, a writer and advice columnist, arrives at Manhattan federal court on Wednesday. Testifying for the second time in a year
against Donald Trump, Carroll said the former president9s disparaging comments about her have damaged her life.
<I9m just going to ask
that Mr. Trump take
special care to keep his
voice down when he9s
conferring with counsel
so that the jury does not
overhear it.=
U. S. District Judge Lewis A.
Kaplan, who threatened to remove
former president donald Trump from
the courtroom during testimony in
his defamation trial
Trump attorney Todd Blanche
first publicly referred to the <Q=
clearance at a November court
hearing in Florida, saying he had
learned Trump <continued to
have an active clearance= when
prosecutors turned over the De-
partment of Energy documenta-
tion as part of what is known as
Brady material 4 evidence that
prosecutors must share with de-
fense lawyers that could be help-
ful to the defense.
In the latest filing, Trump9s
attorneys suggested they still do
not know the entirety of what the
Department of Energy filing en-
tails and asked the judge to force
prosecutors to provide more in-
formation about the <Q= clear-
ance. The term refers to a type of
security clearance handled by the
agency, whose classified informa-
tion focuses largely on nuclear
secrets.
It became popular in right-
wing conspiracy circles because
of the movement known as
QAnon, which originated during
Trump9s presidency and centers
on made-up claims circulated by
a person known as <Q,= who sup-
porters claimed had that level of
clearance.
Trump9s attorneys did not sug-
the search became public. <So
these issues are not properly be-
fore the en banc court,= she wrote.
But she and the other Republican
appointees said the court never-
theless <should not have en-
dorsed this gambit.= No court has
ruled on whether a former presi-
dent can block a business from
responding to a court order, or
whether that right would out-
weigh a compelling need for se-
crecy during a criminal investiga-
tion.
X did ultimately turn over the
information, two days after the
Feb. 7 deadline imposed by the
court. When Trump was indicted
by special counsel Jack Smith in
August on charges of obstructing
Congress and thwarting people9s
right to vote, several of the former
president9s tweets were quoted as
evidence. The special counsel
also obtained 32 direct messages
from Trump9s account, according
saying are false= and that <she
seems to have now gotten her
memory back,= Crowley told the
judge.
Interruptions of that nature
could be seen as poisonous to the
jury, which is only supposed to
consider evidence and testimony
in reaching its verdict.
Trump, the Republican front-
runner in this year9s presidential
election, also attended part of the
court proceedings Tuesday, before
leaving midday to attend a cam-
paign event in New Hampshire.
Carroll has said Trump forced
himself on her in a dressing room
in the high-end Bergdorf Good-
man department store in Manhat-
tan in 1996. He denies that any
encounter occurred and has as-
gest that they believed the clear-
ance would allow Trump to store
highly classified material at Mar-
a-Lago, his Florida home and
private club. Rather, they said it
speaks to his state of mind and
shows that he was acting in good
faith when he stored the materi-
als at his personal residence.
Their filing accuses the Energy
Department of trying to modify
an <inconvenient truth= by re-
moving Trump9s name from the
clearance list weeks after his in-
dictment.
<In order to permit President
Trump to prepare his defenses
and present them to the jury, the
Office must produce documents
and communications relating to
that decision,= the filing says.
So why would Trump be on a
<Q=-level security clearance list
even after he left the White
House?
Security experts 4 who have
not seen the list and do not know
if Trump is on it 4 said that every
agency has different protocols to
track who is eligible to access
certain information. The Depart-
ment of Energy, they said, main-
tains a list that is not always
updated regularly. Being eligible
to view the sensitive material
to the court record.
X continued to fight the ruling
in court, saying the warrant
should have been put on hold
until its First Amendments
claims and any executive privi-
lege claims from Trump played
out in court. The Electronic Fron-
tier Foundation, a civil liberties
group, supported X with a brief
calling the ruling a <drastic re-
writing of First Amendment law.=
Three judges on the D.C. Cir-
cuit, all Democratic appointees,
ruled in July that the nondisclo-
sure order was a justifiable re-
straint on X9s speech because
there was <reason to believe that
disclosure of the warrant would
jeopardize= a criminal investiga-
tion that had <national security
implications.= In particular, the
court said, Trump might destroy
evidence, alert possible co-defen-
dants to the existence of the
investigation or even flee the
the washington post
sailed Carroll as a liar who is
seeking fame and money.
Carroll said her reputation to
readers and as a reliable source
for relationship and life advice
has been changed because of
Trump9s flurry of insults, which
generated thousands of harassing
social media messages and emails
from Trump supporters as well as
hundreds of violent threats.
<Previously I was known sim-
ply as a journalist and had a
column and now I9m known as the
8liar,9 the 8fraud9 and the 8whack
job,9= Carroll said, citing common
Trump refrains relating to her.
Trump is expected to testify
Monday. He did not give testimo-
ny at the first trial involving Car-
roll, and he is appealing that ver-
doesn9t give someone unfettered
access to it, however.
<A clearance alone is not suffi-
cient for access to classified ma-
terials,= said Steve Aftergood, a
security expert. <You need a clear-
ance, and you need a need to
know. As a former president, Mr.
Trump9s need to know 4 unlike
his security clearance 4 would
have expired.=
Presidents do not go through
the same security-clearance proc-
ess as other government officials.
Instead, they automatically gain
access to restricted material upon
taking office.
Former presidents retain some
level of access to classified ma-
terials because they can be in-
cluded on some sensitive discus-
sions to offer their expertise, said
Mark S. Zaid, a lawyer who has
handled espionage cases. But he
agreed with Aftergood that such
access is only granted when there
is a specific need.
<The reality is that [Trump]
wouldn9t necessarily still have ac-
cess because no one would have
given him access,= Zaid said. <But
he would have had eligibility re-
gardless as a former president.=
The charges Trump faces in
Florida include 32 counts of im-
country.
The full U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit left that ruling
in place without comment.
Rao, a Trump appointee, con-
tended that the D.C. Circuit has a
record of <failing to recognize
serious separation of powers con-
cerns implicated by novel intru-
sions on the presidency.=
Rao highlighted her own dis-
sent from a case in which the D.C.
Circuit ruled lawmakers could
seek Trump9s tax records from his
accounting firm, a move the for-
mer president fought as a viola-
tion of the balance of power
between Congress and the White
House. In that case, the Supreme
Court took neither side, sending
the case back to the D.C. Circuit
for more consideration <of the
significant separation of powers
issues raised.= After several more
legal battles, the records were
turned over.
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Ted ShAffrey/AP
dict.
Since the second trial began,
Kaplan has scolded Habba for
issues involving courtroom deco-
rum, including when he admon-
ished her repeatedly on Wednes-
day for improperly trying to intro-
duce exhibits and suggested she
use a break in the action to <re-
fresh your memory= about the
trial procedure.
He also chided her for not
standing up to voice an objection
and for inappropriately making a
third request to postpone the trial
for a Trump family funeral.
<It9s denied. Sit down!= Kaplan
said.
Wesley Parnell contributed to this
report.
properly retaining national de-
fense information, with each
count representing a different
document that was allegedly in
Trump9s possession at Mar-a-La-
go.
According to court filings, one
of those documents related to
nuclear weapons and would have
been off-limits to anyone without
a <Q= clearance.
That document is marked as
<Formerly Restricted Data,= ac-
cording to a previous court filing,
which means that it contains in-
formation related to the work-
ings, location or procedures for
securing nuclear weapons.
While the bureaucratic label
has the word <formerly= in it,
security experts say it is a misno-
mer because such information is
still classified and restricted.
Other documents that Trump
is accused of retaining require
different types of clearance.
Trump9s lawyers said in their fil-
ing that they may use the Depart-
ment of Energy documentation
as a basis to at least dismiss the
charge for retaining the nuclear
document.
devlin Barrett contributed to this
report.
A different panel of the D.C.
Circuit ruled in 2021 against
Trump when he claimed execu-
tive privilege over documents
sought by the House committee
investigating the Jan. 6, 2021,
attack on the U.S. Capitol. The
Supreme Court declined to recon-
sider that ruling, although Rao
emphasizes that in doing so, the
justices said there were <unprec-
edented= and <serious= questions
raised by the case.
<It9s a remarkable shot across
the bench, but I think it also
overreads what the Supreme
Court actually said in both of the
cases she cites,= Steve Vladeck, an
expert in national security law at
the University of Texas, said of
Rao9s statement. The case law on
executive privilege is not so clear,
he said: <As is so often the case
with Trump, that9s because there
haven9t been other cases like
this.=
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Haley sharpens attacks in N.H.; some say that9s not enough
HAlEy from A1
the race moved to a state with
many anti-Trump republican pri-
mary voters.
But some Trump critics are frus-
trated that Haley hasn9t hit Trump
harder and complain that she isn9t
barnstorming the state aggres-
sively enough in the final days
before the first-in-the-nation pri-
mary next week.
<It9s part of why I9m still strug-
gling with the Haley campaign
and why I just don9t see any evi-
dence that she9s connecting, espe-
cially with the unaffiliated voters
who she needs to turn out in
droves,= said fergus Cullen, a for-
mer New Hampshire GoP chair-
man who is vehemently opposed
to Trump and wishes his rivals
would have called him out far ear-
lier on issues such as his first crim-
inal indictment. <I just don9t see
any evidence that that9s going to
happen.=
This week, Haley is scheduled
to have one public event per day in
New Hampshire. Her first official
event here after coming in third in
the Iowa caucuses was held Tues-
day night at a luxury hotel in the
northern part of the state during a
snowstorm 4 a move that puzzled
Cullen.
Haley flew home to South Caro-
lina late Tuesday night to see her
father, who had been hospitalized.
She did media interviews and
unannounced retail stops in the
state on Tuesday, snapping photos
with voters at a diner and a candy
store.
After his decisive win in Iowa,
Trump has also refocused his at-
tention on Haley, who poses the
biggest threat to his sizable lead in
New Hampshire. He is portraying
her disparagingly as a globalist
who would get the United States
into wars overseas and has noted
she is backed by corporate inter-
ests such as the political network
of the industrialist billionaire
Charles Koch. He has also accused
her of being insufficiently con-
servative on border security and
immigration.
In many ways, the New Hamp-
shire primary has effectively be-
come a head-to-head race. Two
debates planned for this week
were canceled because Haley said
she would only attend if Trump,
who has refused to debate at all,
also showed up. meanwhile, flori-
da Gov. ron DeSantis has a much
smaller footprint and much lower
poll numbers here as he looks
ahead to next month9s contest in
South Carolina, Haley9s home
state.
A Boston Globe/Suffolk Univer-
sity/NBC-10 Boston poll released
Wednesday found Trump with
50 percent support among likely
New Hampshire republican pri-
mary voters, followed by Haley
with 34 percent and DeSantis a
distant third with 5 percent.
Maine judge delays Trump ballot decision until ruling by Supreme Court
BY P ATRICK M ARLEY
A maine judge on Wednesday
put off deciding whether Donald
Trump9s name can appear on
that state9s primary ballot, say-
ing the Supreme Court needs to
rule on the issue first in a similar
case out of Colorado.
The ruling sent the case back
to maine9s secretary of state and
put it on hold. A nationwide
push from Trump9s critics is
aiming to prevent the former
president from running for of-
fice again.
Section 3 of the 14th Amend-
ment of the Constitution bars
from office those who engaged in
insurrection after swearing an
oath to uphold the Constitution.
The amendment was ratified in
1868, and the clause was initially
used to keep former Confeder-
ates from returning to power
after the Civil War.
Trump9s critics have cited the
measure in lawsuits arguing
Trump is banned from office
because of his behavior before
and during the attack on the U.S.
Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Colora-
do9s top court last month ruled
Trump should be taken off the
primary ballot there, and a week
later maine Secretary of State
Shenna Bellows (D) reached the
same conclusion.
The U.S. Supreme Court
agreed to hear the Colorado case
and will hear arguments on feb.
8. Its ruling on the issue is likely
to apply to all states.
Trump separately appealed
the maine case to state court,
and Superior Court Justice mi-
chaela murphy on Wednesday
ruled the challenge should go
back to Bellows in light of the
Supreme Court9s decision to take
the Colorado case. She ordered
Bellows to hold off on issuing a
In taking on Trump more ag-
gressively, Haley joins a long list of
republicans who over the years
have struggled to find the right
time and tone for attacking Trump
in a party where he has many loyal
supporters. But Haley9s campaign
is betting on her performing well
with the less-ideological, more-in-
dependent-minded voters in New
Hampshire, especially those des-
perate for an alternative to Trump.
Her aim this week is to convince
those voters that she9s the best
positioned to stall Trump9s march
to the presidential nomination.
mike Dennehy, a GoP strategist
in New Hampshire who helped
lead republican John mcCain to
victory in the state in 2000 and
2008, said he doesn9t understand
the Haley campaign9s strategy to
win the state, calling her attacks
on Trump <weak= and her one-
event-a-day schedule inadequate.
<man oh man,= he said, with a
deep sigh. <It9s frustrating. I just
do not see her doing what it takes
right now to pull independents
out to vote for her.= for the first
time in his adult life, he said, he
does not know how he9s going to
vote next week.
At her event Tuesday night, Ha-
ley focused mainly on fiscal re-
sponsibility and foreign policy, but
received applause and laughter
from the audience when she nod-
ded to Trump9s and Biden9s ages.
Voters are concerned about
both candidates9 ages, but it9s
more of an issue for Biden, who is
81. overall, 74 percent of adults say
Biden would be too old to serve
another term, while 50 percent say
that of Trump, according to a
Washington Post-ABC News poll
from September.
A new television ad running in
New Hampshire from the Haley
campaign attacks Trump and
Biden as <the two most disliked
politicians in America= and de-
scribes them as <consumed by cha-
os, negativity and grievances of
the past.=
Cullen, the former state GoP
chairman, doesn9t know how he
will vote next week. <I9ve seen her
on the stump three times,= he said.
<I felt like, 8Hey, I9m available.
Close the sale for me.9 Please, Ha-
ley, give me a reason to actually
vote for you as opposed to just
voting for you tactically because
you9re our last remaining hope.=
New Hampshire republican
Gov. Chris Sununu, who is escort-
ing Haley around the state this
week, rejected the idea that Haley
needed to sharpen her tone on
Trump in New Hampshire.
<I think she9s struck a wonder-
ful balance on it. She doesn9t
change her tack; she doesn9t
change who she is. That9s one
thing I really respect about her.
She doesn9t tell you what you want
to hear,= Sununu said.
Sununu noted that former New
Jersey governor Chris Christie
A volunteer holds a pad of ballots as caucusing begins at Grant Ragan Elementary School in Waukee, Iowa, on Monday. The U.S. Supreme
Court has agreed to hear a case from Colorado about former president Donald Trump9s eligibility to be on that state9s primary ballot.
new decision until after the
Supreme Court issues its ruling.
<Put simply, the United States
Supreme Court9s acceptance of
the Colorado case changes every-
thing about the order in which
these issues should be decided,
and by which court,= murphy
wrote in her decision. <And while
eZ Re
ELECTION 2024
Former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Manchester, N.H., on Jan. 16.
<It9s part of why I9m still
struggling with the
Haley campaign and
why I just don9t see any
evidence that she9s
connecting, especially
with the unaffiliated
voters who she needs to
turn out in droves.=
Fergus Cullen,
a former new hampshire
GOP chairman
it is impossible to know what the
Supreme Court will decide,
hopefully it will at least clarify
what role, if any, state decision-
makers, including secretaries of
state and state judicial officers,
play in adjudicating claims of
disqualification brought under
Section Three of the fourteenth
tried to engineer a campaign
squarely around attacking Trump
as unfit for the job of president and
it wasn9t effective. Christie
dropped out before the Iowa cau-
cuses.
<People have made up their
mind on January 6 and election
denialism and all that. Trump is
not some unknown commodity.
Everyone has an opinion on it,= he
said. <Chris9s approach was one
message, one state, nuclear op-
tion. It doesn9t work.=
Trump told a crowd at an event
here on Tuesday night that it was a
waste of his time to talk about
DeSantis but that he did <want to
talk about Nikki.=
<If you want a nominee who is
endorsed by all the rINos, global-
ists, and demented Never
Trumpers 4 the Never Trumpers
are a dying breed . . . then Nikki
Haley is your candidate,= Trump
said, using a term for <republican
in Name only.=
DeSantis, in ramping up attacks
on Haley ahead of the Iowa cau-
cuses, accused her of angling to be
Trump9s vice president.
Trump has said Haley wasn9t
<tough enough= when she served
as his United Nations ambassador.
He often says the people backing
her are <pro-amnesty, they9re pro-
China, they9re pro-open borders,
these are the people that are back-
ing her, they9re pro-war,= Trump
said, referring mostly to Haley9s
Amendment to the United States
Constitution.=
The judge did not weigh in on
the merits of the arguments for
and against Trump, but she em-
phasized the need to wait for the
Supreme Court to act to <pro-
mote consistency and avoid vot-
er confusion in the weeks before
the washington post
backing from Americans for Pros-
perity Action, the political arm of
the Koch network.
Haley9s team has dismissed
Trump9s attacks as a sign that his
campaign is worried about her in
New Hampshire and said she
signed one of the country9s tough-
est immigration laws in 2011 when
she was governor of South Caro-
lina.
SfA fund, the super PAC back-
ing Haley, has focused on contrast
ads in New Hampshire. To date,
the group has spent the most in
New Hampshire 4 more than $18
million, according to data from
AdImpact. one commercial says
that <Trump is lying about Haley=
and paints the race as just between
Haley and the former president.
That ad also suggests that a vote
for Trump is a vote for <chaos.=
Another describes Trump as <an
80-year-old name from the past.=
mAGA Inc., the super PAC sup-
porting Trump, which has spent
more than $6 million on ads in the
state, released an anti-Haley ad
about immigration that says she9s
<too liberal to fix the border.= fact-
checkers found that the ad took
Haley9s words about immigrants
out of context and that she was
talking broadly about improving
the tone around the debate over
immigration.
A Trump campaign ad also at-
tacks Haley over the border and
compares her position on immi-
RiCky CaRiOTi/The WashinGTOn POsT
the primary election.=
After Bellows issues a deci-
sion, the losing side can take the
matter back to state court.
Ethan Strimling, a former
mayor of Portland, maine, and
one of those who challenged
Trump9s ability to run, said he
was pleased the court had not
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sPenCeR PlaTT/GeTTy imaGes
gration to Biden9s. The ad states
that Haley did not support
Trump9s efforts to build a wall on
the border with mexico. Haley9s
campaign has described the ad as
false and pointed out she did sup-
port the wall, but only as part of a
solution to addressing the coun-
try9s immigration problems.
The Trump campaign has
pointed to news articles that quote
Haley as saying that Trump9s pro-
posal to ban muslims from enter-
ing the United States was <un-
American= and <unconstitution-
al.= Haley9s campaign has said that
she opposes bans on travelers to
the United States based on reli-
gion, but highlighted that she de-
fended the revised ban when she
was U.N. ambassador.
former senator Judd Gregg of
New Hampshire, who has en-
dorsed Haley, said voters in the
state are turned off by Trump, who
he said is <wrapped around re-
venge and actual revenge and an-
ger, but the majority of the party
are not of that ilk.=
<more importantly, she has de-
livered a very strong and positive
message. It9s upbeat, it9s optimis-
tic. It9s what I think people like.
New Hampshire9s never been a
state attracted to negative cam-
paigns,= Gregg said. <So I think
she9s got a shot at it.=
Dylan Wells in new hampshire
contributed to this report.
invalidated Bellows9s initial find-
ings that Trump is an insurrec-
tionist. Trump campaign spokes-
man Steven Cheung said that the
judge was right to delay a deci-
sion and that Trump is confident
he will win the challenges to his
candidacy.
Trump has maintained that
Jan. 6 was not an insurrection
and has argued that he did not
engage in the attack. He has also
contended that Section 3 applies
to other offices but not to the
presidency.
Legal scholars say a final reso-
lution of the issue is needed
quickly now that presidential
nominating contests are under-
way. Iowa held its caucuses on
monday, and New Hampshire
will hold its primary next week.
Colorado and maine are among
several states to hold their pri-
maries on march 5, which is also
known as Super Tuesday.
Courts have allowed Trump9s
name to appear on the ballots in
Colorado and maine while he
pursues appeals.
The two cases are part of a
wave of litigation over the issue
around the country. The efforts
have been unsuccessful else-
where, with the top courts in
michigan, minnesota and or-
egon allowing Trump to remain
on the ballot. Challenges in Illi-
nois, massachusetts and other
states are pending.
The lawsuits have sparked a
countermove from Trump9s sup-
porters, who contend President
Biden should not be allowed to
run if the decisions against
Trump stand. Last week, four
voters in Illinois asked the state
elections board to prevent Biden
from running because they
maintain he has given aid to
foreign enemies with his border
policies.
thursday, january 18 , 2024
In 40 million
American homes,
the <click= of a gas
stove igniting is
the sound of
dinner.
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Coach people are
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decades, a steady drumbeat of
studies has pointed to the risks of
burning methane in our homes,
from asthma to chronic
respiratory diseases, especially in
children and the elderly.
Does that mean you should
ditch your gas stove?
Scientists9 best answer, at the
moment, is: We9re not sure yet.
There9s no doubt pollutants
produced by gas stoves,
including nitrogen dioxide
(NO2), formaldehyde and
benzene, harm your health. What
we don9t know is whether the
amounts spewed by gas stoves
into your home can make you
sick.
So we launched an experiment
to help shed some light on the
dilemma. We tested how
pollutants from cooking
infiltrate a typical American
kitchen equipped with a gas
stove, and the steps Americans
can take to protect their health.
To do this, we teamed up with
RoundhouseOne, an
environmental monitoring and
analytics lab, to measure gas
stove pollutants in a kitchen in
Oakland, Calif. We deployed 12
commercial sensors for four
weeks. To gauge what the average
American might be breathing in
each evening, we monitored
what was in the air each day,
particularly NO2 and particulate
matter. Then we cooked burgers
and pasta on a gas stove, and
prepared the same meals on an
electric induction burner to
compare indoor air pollution
levels.
<You want to track this data
over time because chronic
exposure is how these pollutants
affect you,= said RoundhouseOne
director Archana
Ramachandran, an engineer who
designed the experiment. <These
things are silent killers.=
Our findings suggest that
some people 4 particularly those
with respiratory or heart
conditions, the elderly and
children 4 may have reason to
worry. Based on several safety
standards, levels of pollution
detected by the sensors regularly
rose to hazardous levels. But the
exercise also revealed some fairly
easy and effective ways to
minimize those risks.
It also changed the way we
cook.
What we know about gas
stoves
Millions of Americans have
been cooking on gas ranges with
dubious ventilation since the
early 20th century even as
concerns about gas stoves have
been simmering for most of that
time.
As far back as 1907, minutes
from a meeting of the Natural
Gas Association of America
suggested <no gas of any kind=
should be burned on a stove
without venting outdoors. Yet
stoves are the only major gas-
burning appliance permitted to
vent their exhaust into the home.
Building codes and state
regulations specify water heaters
and furnaces, which also burn
methane, must vent outdoors to
prevent the buildup of dangerous
pollutants and gases.
This cocktail of emissions
includes formaldehyde, carbon
monoxide, NO2, an irritant
implicated in asthma and other
respiratory problems, and
particulate matter, which
scientists have linked to heart
and lung disease, asthma attacks
and emergency room visits.
<We know that being exposed
to those pollutants is not
beneficial to your health,= said
Michael Johnson, technical
director at the Berkeley Air
Monitoring Group, a consultancy
researching household air
pollution. <We also have a fair
degree of certainty that
concentrations [of pollutants
from gas stoves] often exceed
what9s deemed healthy.=
But proving gas stoves make
people sick has been trickier. In
2022, the question over gas stove
safety exploded into public view
after a 2022 peer-reviewed study,
drawing on decades of data from
the U.S. Census Bureau and
hundreds of other studies,
estimated 13 percent of cases of
childhood asthma in the United
States could be blamed on gas
stoves. Critics pointed out lots of
other factors, from car exhaust to
allergens, could be at fault.
The American Gas
Association, a powerful trade
group representing the U.S.
natural gas industry, admits that
. the washington post
Climate & Environment
Are induction stoves that much
safer than gas? We tested them.
gas stoves emit harmful
pollutants but asserts there are
<no documented risks to
respiratory health from natural
gas stoves from the regulatory
and advisory agencies and
organizations responsible for
protecting residential consumer
health and safety.=
The issue quickly became
another front in the U.S. culture
wars as those on the left and
right picked sides in the debate.
Yet none of this could tell
Americans much about how
these emissions might affect
them in their kitchen. The
sensors we installed gave us
some insight.
The pasta experiment
For our first test, we chose
pasta. Because boiling water
releases only water vapor, not
particulates, we could largely
isolate the effects of burning
methane, compared with
electricity, on air quality. Most
particulates are released from
the food we cook, not the fuel
source.
Boiling water doesn9t seem
like it would worsen air quality,
but the results were
unambiguous. Concentrations of
NO2 soared after lighting the gas
stove, while hardly budging
when boiling water with
induction. Overall, the maximum
NO2 level when we used gas was
more than twice as high as when
we used the induction plate.
How dangerous were the
levels coming out of the stove?
There9s no definitive standard to
judge safety. Despite millions of
Americans being exposed to NO2
from stoves daily, government
agencies have not agreed on a
safe level of exposure to stove
chemicals indoors. The United
States still has no federal
guidelines for safe indoor
exposure.
But among the scientific
standards that do exist, which
focus on air quality outdoors, the
levels in our kitchen were too
high for comfort. Sensors in our
kitchen registered an average of
0.07 ppm over about 20 minutes
while cooking with a gas stove,
and peaked at 0.16 ppm.
According to California9s
standards for outdoor air,
exposure to NO2 shouldn9t be
more than 0.18 ppm over one
hour. Federal hourly standards
are even more stringent: They
consider exposures above 0.10
ppm to have the potential to
harm human health.
Because indoor air pollution
standards are typically more
stringent than those for the
outdoors, where air movement
and humidity is greater, the
levels in our kitchen suggest
health risks comparable to or
perhaps higher than similar
outdoor concentrations, said
Ramachandran.
The air quality in our test
kitchen wasn9t great even before
turning on the gas stove. During
the four weeks before the test,
ambient levels of NO2
concentrations averaged
0.033 ppm. That9s above what the
California Air Resources Board
believes is harmful to human
health among vulnerable
populations over the course of a
year.
What was the source of NO2?
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images by aLice Li and daron tayLor/the Washington Post
RoundhouseOne could not
identify it but said it might have
been the stove9s always-on pilot
light leaking methane or other
combustion sources such as
heaters or furnaces.
The burger experiment
Next, we cooked burgers.
Unlike boiling, frying or sauteing
can send plumes of tiny oil
droplets or charred food
particles into the air. Searing
ground beef illustrates a typical
household9s exposure when
cooking at home, given the
We tested by boiling fusilli pasta for 10 minutes for each average American eats the
experiment. Pollutant sensors recorded nitrogen dioxide levels ground beef equivalent of two
during the gas and induction stove experiments. burgers per week.
As before, NO2 levels spiked
over the 10-minute test when
cooking on gas but stayed
relatively low during induction
cooking. But particulates,
especially the smallest hazardous
microscopic particles known as
PM 2.5, jumped compared with
when we were boiling water.
Within minutes of searing
patties over the induction plate
and the gas stove, levels of
particulates spiked to
undesirable levels as measured
on the Environmental Protection
Agency9s Air Quality Index (AQI)
scale, a composite index
estimating major pollutants
Two hamburgers were pan-fried on the induction and gas stove for including PM2.5, which is
each experiment. Nitrogen dioxide and Air Quality Index levels implicated in respiratory and
were measured during each burger experiment. heart disease.
During our burger
experiment, AQI levels quickly
rose past 100, the threshold
considered <unhealthy= for
sensitive groups such as children
and the elderly. Eventually, AQI
measurements peaked above
250, considered <very unhealthy=
for everyone.
By comparison, last year9s
Canadian wildfires sent D.C. near
the top of the list of major cities
on Earth with the worst air
quality when AQI readings hit
155 in July.
To take care of particulates, we
would need to clear the air.
Did ventilation help?
Yes. For each experiment we
cooked with the vent hood off
and on. We found the hood
helped 4 just not nearly as much
as expected.
Our hood, a small model
which sucked up the air above
our stove and vented it outside,
seemed to make a difference for
NO2. When we cooked with gas
and turned it on, levels of the
pollutants reached much lower
levels.
But the hood didn9t make that
a big of a difference for
Nitrogen dioxide and Air Quality Index levels for the burger particulates. In our case,
experiment were measured with the ventilation hood on and off. pollutant levels crept up, often to
hazardous levels, despite
running our kitchen hood at full
blast. The concentration of
About the experiment: the san Francisco-based environmental monitoring and spatial particulates was so high, it would
intelligence firm roundhouseone installed 12 professional-grade commercial air angel indoor
have taken much longer than the
air quality and environmental sensors in a roughly 100-square-foot kitchen in oakland, calif.
time we spent cooking for the
during a four-week period between Feb. 23, 2023, and march 25, 2023, we measured nitrogen
dioxide, carbon dioxide, particulate matter (Pm 2.5), air Quality index (aQi) readings and volatile
hood to clear the air on its own,
organic compounds on an ongoing basis using the indoor air quality and environmental said RoundhouseOne9s
sensors, which provide more accurate readings than consumer-grade sensors. these included a Ramachandran.
handheld no2 sensor manufactured by aeroqual, four integrated environmental sensors Good ventilation is probably
measuring temperature, relative humidity and carbon dioxide, and four sensors estimating the only effective measure you
particulate matter (Pm2.5) by gauging aQi measurements, as well as four volatile organic have to protect yourself from
compound sensors.
emissions that come directly
the kitchen was outfitted with a Wedgewood gas stove and duxtop Portable induction cooktop
from the food, especially if you
burner, as well as a ventilation hood with an outdoor exhaust.
have a hood that vents outside.
We conducted a series of four 10-minute trials for boiling water (gas/ventilation, gas/no
ventilation, induction/ventilation, induction/no ventilation) and for pan-frying hamburgers (gas/
But millions of people do not
ventilation, gas/no ventilation, induction/ventilation, induction/no ventilation). after each trial, have them. Even if they do, the
we allowed air quality measurements to return to baseline by opening windows and running effectiveness of the appliance
exhaust fans for approximately 10 minutes. varies. Studies on hoods are
A7
complicated. Some show
reductions in NO2, while others
show little difference. A lot has to
do with what equipment is in
your kitchen. <Not all ventilation
is created equal,= said Heather
Miller, a research associate with
Berkeley Air Monitoring Group.
A study by Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory showed
hoods could remove anywhere
between 15 percent to 98 percent
of pollutants based on the model
and the burner that was used 4
the machines captured more
pollutants from rear burners.
The most effective hoods were
open, scoop-like hoods that vent
to the outside, like the one we
used in our study. Much less
effective 4 and far more
common 4 are overhead flat-
bottomed microwave hoods and
<ductless= hoods that recirculate
fumes through activated
charcoal filters.
What worked best to reduce
pollutants in our experiment?
Opening the windows, and
circulating fresh air with a fan
and an air purifier. Particulate
and NO2 readings fell close to
near zero within three to four
minutes after doing that.
But that9s asking a lot. Even in
households that have hoods,
fewer than half turn them on
because of their noise and
annoyance. And it9s not always
practical to open windows and
doors when you cook.
What can you do?
First, don9t panic.
Cooking once in a smoky
kitchen isn9t particularly
dangerous. It9s the cumulative
exposure that matters. The daily,
weekly and monthly cadence of
elevated pollutants increases the
risk of disease down the line.
This elevated risk may even be
nominal for a healthy person.
But for the most vulnerable 4
the elderly, children, and those
with respiratory or heart
conditions, or predispositions to
them 4 the risk can9t be easily
dismissed. New studies are now
underway to pinpoint the precise
risk posed by gas stoves.
The message Johnson of the
Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
wants to send boils down to this:
Avoid gas if possible, but you
don9t need to rush out and
remodel your kitchen.
<If you are a healthy person
without kids, it9s probably not
going to matter that much,= he
said. <But if you have underlying
health conditions or young kids
or older people at home, you
might want to think about ways
to transition to a clean source for
cooking.=
Open a window and turn on
the hood: The good news is that
many of the same health benefits
from ditching gas can be
achieved for very little money
with more airflow.
For starters, open a door or
crack the window, and turn on
any available ventilation. This
brings fresh air indoors, vents
cooking fumes outdoors and can
significantly reduce health risks
for sensitive populations 4
although not everyone has that
option, especially in lower-
income housing.
Use a cheap induction burner
or convection toaster oven: For
renters or homeowners, these are
some quick fixes.
You can go electric without
replacing your gas stove. For this
experiment, we bought a
countertop induction burner
($112 new, $50 used). The
induction plate, which sits atop
any surface, delivered plenty of
power to cook our meals while
plugging into a standard
electrical outlet. A high-quality
toaster oven ($169) can tackle
most daily cooking without the
need to ever turn on the gas.
Break up with your gas stove
over time: Breaking up isn9t easy.
But switching to induction
comes with benefits. Boiling
water takes less than a minute.
You can saute anything with
perfect precision. And there will
be no more methane leaks or
NO2 emissions inside your home.
Equally important, it can get
American homes closer to
cutting their gas line completely.
The fossil fuel industry has
treated gas stoves as a gateway
appliance that keeps a gas line
running to your house, enabling
gas-powered space and water
heating, the two main consumers
of residential gas. Stoves make a
minimal direct contribution to
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions:
just 0.1 percent, according to
Daniel Cohan, an associate
professor of environmental
engineering at Rice University.
But even one gas appliance needs
to be plugged into the massive 4
and leaky 4 infrastructure that
pipes methane across the
country, which is as bad for the
climate as coal by some
estimates.
By making the switch to
electric, the only thing you9ll be
burning inside are dinners.
A8
GALAPAGOS from A1
over a television station during a
live broadcast and held the staff
at gunpoint. president daniel no-
boa took the extraordinary step of
declaring an armed internal con-
flict in the country: <We are in a
state of war.=
fueling this deluge of violence
is the rising global demand for
cocaine. international criminal
organizations are working with
local gangs to move the drug from
South america to the United
States and europe. to make the
journey, smugglers need gaso-
line. So they9ve made the galápa-
gos their covert refueling point. a
secret gas station of the pacific.
on isabela, the lone airport
employee feared the cartels had
arrived. the Cessna was towed to
the side of the runway and left
there.
one morning two months lat-
er, the employee pulled up to the
airport to begin work 4 and was
treated to another surprise.
<i went to wash my face to see if
it was true, what i saw,= he would
tell authorities.
the ghost plane was gone.
The lucrative business of gas
smuggling
ecuador9s location 4 the coun-
try lies wedged between Colom-
bia and peru, the world9s two
largest cocaine producers 4 has
long made it a transit point for
traffickers moving drugs north
toward Central america.
But authorities began to step
up military patrols. they seized a
record 176 tons of cocaine in 2021,
up from 92 a year earlier.
now, to avoid authorities,
many traffickers are blazing a
more circuitous trail 4 one that
loops just south and west of the
galápagos. they call this path
through empty, open ocean the
<desert route.= With go-fast boats
or submersibles, traffickers can
travel up to 14 days without
docking, ecuadorian navy offi-
cials say, scratching their skin as
needed to stay awake.
in 2023, the navy seized nearly
25 tons of cocaine around the
galápagos 4 nine tons in novem-
ber alone 4 a 150 percent surge
from 2022. in 2019, the navy
captured only 1 ton.
for years, artisanal fishermen
here have received government
fuel subsidies to safeguard their
precarious livelihoods. many are
now taking advantage of govern-
ment-subsidized fuel to engage in
the lucrative business of gas
smuggling. instead of using their
discounted, legally purchased gas
to fish their daily catch, navy
officials say, scores are saving
their supply for traffickers.
<i9ve been offered $6,000 to
$7,000 for a trip,= one fisherman
said. the man, in his early 40s,
spoke on the condition of ano-
nymity to discuss what he says
was his experience gas smuggling
years ago. Using a satellite phone
and following gpS coordinates,
Fishermen grow wealthy by selling
their subsidized fuel to smugglers
TOP: The José de Villamil airport on Isabela Island, where a still-unexplained ghost plane landed and subsequently disappeared.
ABOVE: Victor John Coronado and two Coast Guard comrades board and inspect a boat they suspect of smuggling gas off San Cristóbal.
In 2023, the navy seized nearly 25 tons of cocaine around the Galápagos 4 nine tons in November alone 4 a 150 percent surge from 2022.
he said, he met four masked men
on a go-fast boat. two were driv-
ing, he said; two were keeping
armed watch over the cocaine.
<Lots of people have become
millionaires off of this,= the man
said. navy officials say gas smug-
glers can earn up to $30,000 per
job.
Cocaine seizures around the
galápagos have picked up in re-
cent months. But it9s no longer
only gasoline and drugs being
smuggled through the islands: in
late november, the navy found
112 rifles and 48 pistols on a
go-fast boat about 150 miles
south of San Cristóbal island.
investigators suspect the weap-
ons were on their way to arm
ecuadorian gangs fighting for
control of drug routes.
pablo ramírez, who until no-
vember led the national police
force9s anti-narcotics efforts, said
the pacific smuggling route is the
most challenging for authorities
to control 4 and the waters
around the galápagos islands are
particularly vulnerable. ramírez,
who previously led the country9s
prison system, was one of about
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two dozen top security officials
and judges arrested in december
for alleged criminal activity to
benefit an imprisoned drug traf-
ficker. He denies the allegations;
he has not yet been formally
charged.
ecuador is responsible for
monitoring more than 490,000
<Little by little, the drugs are taking over the island,= said Hilda
Moscoso Espinoza, 58, who was born and raised on Isabela and has
a family member struggling with addiction. <And there is no help.=
square miles of ocean 4 five
times the country9s land area. the
more than 24,000 boats regis-
tered for artisanal fishing embark
from more than 120 ports and
many more beaches that are
mostly unwatched by authorities.
the U.S. presence on this coast-
line is minimal; in 2009, leftist
the washington post
Photos By Carolyn Van houten/the Washington Post
then-president rafael Correa
ousted U.S. forces from a military
base in the port city of manta.
Capt. patricio rivas, the com-
mander of the navy in the galápa-
gos, said the islands have become
an important source of gasoline
for smugglers. He said authori-
ties are working to track and
restrict the use of fuel by artisan-
al fisherman.
interviews with dozens of local
leaders, intelligence officials,
residents, activists and fishermen
reveal an archipelago increasing-
ly captured by drug trafficking.
they describe a place where ev-
eryone knows everyone, where
fishermen get rich seemingly
overnight, and where a dollarized
and cash-based local economy
creates ideal conditions for mon-
ey laundering.
airports and docks, particular-
ly on isabela, have little to no
security. there are no security
cameras, no navy officials moni-
toring who is leaving or arriving
at night. port employees on main-
land ecuador say containers that
are headed for the islands are
rarely checked for contraband.
. thursday, january 18 , 2024
one of the few shipping lines
that carried food and supplies to
the galápagos asked authorities
in march 2022 to provide a per-
manent police presence in the
freight reception yard. the gov-
ernment did not fulfill the re-
quest. the business ceased opera-
tions in december.
a team of intelligence officials
that traveled to the galápagos in
october 2022 to investigate alle-
gations of corruption in the navy
reported evidence that sailors
were accepting bribes to allow
unauthorized boats to come and
go from the ports.
islanders have for years found
packages of cocaine that washed
onto the beaches. But on isabela,
an island of around 3,000 inhab-
itants, many are afraid to report
their discoveries. Some say
they9ve heard unauthorized
planes flying overhead. the navy
intelligence service is investigat-
ing rumors of clandestine run-
ways hidden in uninhabited cor-
ners of the island.
<Here on the islands, everyone
is family,= rivas said. <there are
lots of things people keep covered
up. they might know who is
involved, but they won9t say any-
thing.=
Hilda moscoso espinoza was
born and raised on isabela. dur-
ing the 1940s and 950s, the island
was home to a penal colony. Her
father was one of the last war-
dens.
She remembers the time be-
fore tourists, when only about
100 people lived in the town.
they ate meals communally.
now, the 58-year-old says, she
sees how the flow of drugs has
affected the community. a family
member has struggled for years
with addiction to cocaine and
other drugs.
moscoso has pleaded with lo-
cal officials to establish a rehabil-
itation or psychiatric center to
address rising drug use on the
island.
<Little by little, the drugs are
taking over the island,= she said.
<and there is no help.=
8Here, it9s an open secret9
the airport administrator was
terrified to go back to work.
He had asked police to watch
the plane overnight, he said, or to
at least install a security camera
and point it at the runway. But
isabela9s 20-member police de-
partment told him they didn9t
have the capacity, he said, and the
case was now in the hands of
prosecutors based on a different
island.
the administrator, now 56,
feared for his safety. He spoke to
the Washington post on the con-
dition of anonymity.
His fears were warranted. mili-
tary intelligence officials would
conclude the plane had come
from mexico. a year earlier, they
said, it had traveled from ecua-
dor to mexico with a different
registration number, a flight now
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under investigation for alleged

drug trafficking.
The administrator wasn9t the
only person to sound the alarm.
shortly after the plane arrived
in January 2021, the head of
isabela9s police force told pros-
ecutors he had reason to believe
people on the island wanted to
steal the plane, according to a
memo cited in court filings. maj.
William albán Durán requested
more officers to monitor it. He
also asked them to move the gas
cans that had been left next to the
airplane, because they made it
too easy to take it.
But authorities never moved
the cans, and police rarely
checked on the plane, the airport
administrator said.
Then, in march 2021, two
months after the Cessna arrived,
the police force gathered at a
waterside restaurant in puerto
villamil to celebrate albán9s
birthday. photos in court docu-
ments show around 15 men at the
Cuna del sol raising glasses of
wine. a resident nearby told The
post of seeing the officers drink-
ing into the night.
at some point that day, author-
ities believe, the plane disap-
peared.
months later, prosecutors
charged albán and five other
police officers with <illicit associ-
ation= for their alleged connec-
tion to the disappearance of the
plane and an alleged attempt to
cover it up. Judge ramón abad
gallardo accused them of remov-
ing evidence and reports on the
case and of failing to remove the
gas tanks from the airport. <if the
fuel had not been in the plane or
Carolyn Van houTen/The WashinGTon PosT
nearby, they would not have
taken the plane out,= gallardo People enjoy Puerto Villamil on Isabela Island last year. More than 100,000 tourists a year visit the island, which has a lone airstrip manned by a single employee.
said.
The officers are awaiting trial. months after the plane9s disap- rivas confirmed that a former sponded.
albán did not respond to a re- pearance, the airport administra- aviation authority employee was so how much do you want? the
quest for comment by The post. tor said, a man stopped by with under investigation on suspicion man asked.
The investigation into the an offer. <Here on the islands, everyone is of involvement in a <drug traffick- my life doesn9t have a price, the
plane9s mysterious arrival and The man, whom the adminis- ing network.= administrator responded.
equally perplexing departure re- trator recognized as an island family. There are lots of things The former employee did not He reported the offers to an
mains open. resident, offered $100,000 in ex- respond to texts or calls for com- intelligence officer, he said.
intelligence investigators re- change for access to the runway. people keep covered up. They might ment. The administrator had seen
ported in october 2022 that the He didn9t say how it would be The next day, the administra- neighbors suddenly find the
lack of security at isabela airport used, the administrator said, but know who is involved, but they tor said, another man came by the money to open a new hotel, buy a
made it an ideal hub for <narco- he implied he had cut other such airport. This time, he said, it was new boat, build a new house. The
planes.= deals. won9t say anything.= a stranger, a man who had what men and their offers confirmed
in an intelligence report ob- The administrator had suspi- sounded to him to be a Colombi- for him what he had long suspect-
tained by The Washington post, cions about a former colleague at an accent. The man stepped up ed: isabela was awash in drug
Capt. Patricio Rivas, commander of the navy in the Galápagos,
investigators said they suspect a the airport. When the adminis- the offer: $250,000. more than he money, he said, and the authori-
who said that authorities are working to track and restrict the use of
local airline company and a pow- trator refused the man9s offer, he could earn in 10 years working at ties weren9t doing anything about
fuel by artisanal fisherman to curb the flow to smugglers
erful businessman in the galápa- said, the man replied: Your col- the airport. it.
gos have links to drug and wild- league, he was willing to take i don9t want it, i don9t want it, <everyone already knows,= he
life trafficking. these kinds of risks. the administrator said he re- said. <Here, it9s an open secret.=

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A10
From British royals, two health announcements in one day
Catherine, Princess of Wales, to remain hospitalized for up to 2 weeks after 8successful9 abdominal surgery; King Charles III scheduled for prostate procedure
BY W ILLIAM B OOTH
LONDON 4 Catherine, Princess
of Wales, the wife of the future
British king, underwent <suc-
cessful= abdominal surgery at a
private London hospital, and
King Charles III is scheduled for
a prostate procedure next week,
the British royal palaces re-
vealed Wednesday in unusual
back-to-back health announce-
ments that took the country by
surprise.
Catherine, 42, who has posed
for photo ops looking flawless
hours after giving birth, will
remain hospitalized for up to
two weeks, Kensington Palace
said, and probably won9t resume
her official duties before April.
The palace did not offer addi-
tional details about what pro-
cedure was performed, other
than to say it was <planned= and
the issue was <noncancerous.=
Soon afterward, Buckingham
Palace announced that Charles,
75, will undergo a <corrective
procedure= next week for an
enlarged prostate and postpone
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King Charles, 75, and Queen
Camilla in Sandringham. A
spokesman said the king wants
to encourage other men to get
checked for prostate problems.
Biden administration to put the Houthis back onto its global terrorism list
BY M ICHAEL B IRNBAUM
AND V ICTORIA B ISSET
The Biden administration an-
nounced plans Wednesday to put
the Houthi militant group back on
a global terrorism list, after
launching military attacks against
the Yemen-based group in retalia-
tion for its disruption of global
trade in the Red Sea.
The decision is an escalation of
the administration9s pressure
campaign against the Iran-
aligned group, which functions as
the de facto government in parts
of Yemen. The Houthis have fired
dozens of missiles and drones at
commercial ships transiting the
Red Sea since Israel declared war
against Hamas in Gaza, and the
group has pledged to continue hit-
ting ships there as long as Israel9s
military campaign continues.
Washington will relist the
Houthis as specially designated
CHiNA
Covid, low birthrate
cut population by 2M
China9s population fell by
2 million people in 2023 in its
second straight annual decrease,
as births dropped for the seventh
straight year and deaths jumped
following the end of covid
restrictions, the government said
Wednesday.
The number of deaths rose by
690,000 to 11.1 million.
Demographers said the rise 4
which was more than double the
previous year9s increase 4 was
driven by the aging of the
population and the widespread
covid outbreaks that started in
December 2022 and continued
into February 2023.
The total population stood at
1.4 billion, the statistics bureau
said. China, long the most
populated country in the world,
dropped into second place
behind India in 2023, according
to U.N. estimates.
The falling births reflect a
decline in the fertility rate that is
a long-term economic and
societal challenge for China.
Women are having fewer babies
despite government incentives
and the easing of its one-child
policy in recent years.
The lower fertility rate,
his public engagements <for a
short period of recuperation.=
The palaces are typically
tight-lipped about the health of
the royal family, and the state-
ment from Kensington Palace
was largely in keeping with that
custom. The Princess of Wales
<appreciates the interest this
statement will generate. She
hopes that the public will under-
stand her desire to maintain as
much normality for her children
as possible; and her wish that
her personal medical informa-
tion remains private,= Kensing-
ton Palace said, adding that it
will provide updates on her
progress only <when there is
significant new information to
share.=
Buckingham Palace, however,
seemed aware that two health
announcements in one day was
extraordinary. A spokesman,
speaking on the condition of
anonymity in accordance with
protocol, said the king9s pro-
cedure was being disclosed in
anticipation of questions about
why he was canceling events
with foreign dignitaries and gov-
ernment officials that had been
scheduled for later this week at
his Dumfries House estate in
Scotland.
The spokesman noted, too,
that the king wanted to use the
moment to encourage other men
who may be experiencing symp-
toms to get checked.
The palace referred reporters
to information from Britain9s
National Health Service about
benign prostate enlargement,
which notes that it is common in
men over 50, is not usually a
serious threat to health and can
affect urination.
In Britain, men over 50 do not
routinely undergo prostate-
specific antigen (PSA) tests to
screen for prostate cancer, as is
common in the United States.
The NHS has concluded that the
tests produce too many false
positives and unneeded biopsies
and surgery. Instead, the NHS
Pressure campaign
escalates after military
attacks against the group
global terrorists, Secretary of
State Antony Blinken said in a
statement.
<Since November, the Houthis
have launched unprecedented at-
tacks against international mari-
time vessels in the Red Sea and
Gulf of Aden, as well as military
forces positioned in the area to
defend the safety and security of
commercial shipping,= Blinken
said in the announcement. <This
designation seeks to promote ac-
countability for the group9s terror-
ist activities. If the Houthis cease
their attacks in the Red Sea and
Gulf of Aden, the United States
will reevaluate this designation.=
together with people living
longer because of better health
care, means China is slowly
growing older, which could slow
economic growth over time and
challenge the government9s
finances and its ability to provide
for a larger elderly population
with fewer workers.
4 Associated Press
tHAiLAND
Fireworks factory
explosion kills 20
An explosion at a fireworks
factory in central Thailand killed
about 20 people Wednesday,
according to provincial officials,
though the devastation at the
scene has made the death toll
uncertain.
Photos posted online by
rescue workers in the Suphan
Buri province showed the factory
site virtually leveled flat. Rescue
workers at the scene said there
were no survivors.
The blast came less than a
month before Lunar New Year,
when demand for fireworks is
strong. The national disaster
agency said the cause of the
explosion is under investigation.
An explosion at the same
factory in November 2022 killed
one worker and seriously injured
three others, national police
eZ Re
The World
Catherine, then 41, heads to church in Sandringham on Christmas Day with Prince William, their three children and a young relative.
relies on physical exams and, if
indicated, an MRI.
Royal correspondents rarely
get many details about health
conditions.
When Queen Elizabeth II died
in September 2022 at 96, the
official cause was <old age,= ac-
cording to her death certificate.
Before her death, the palace
noted that the monarch was
suffering from <mobility= issues
to explain her use of a cane and
her scaled-back schedule.
Jake Sullivan, the White House
national security adviser, said in a
statement that the move is intend-
ed to impede the group9s funding
and <hold them accountable= for
targeting merchant and military
vessels.
The listing will go into effect on
Feb. 16, giving a window for the
decision to be reversed if the
Houthis halt attacks.
The group gave no immediate
indication it would do so, with U.S.
Central Command reporting later
Wednesday that a U.S.-owned and
-operated ship had been struck by
a drone launched from Houthi-
controlled areas in Yemen. There
were no injuries, officials said, and
despite taking some damage, the
ship continued its journey.
U.S. policymakers face a chal-
lenge as they seek to blunt the
Houthi attacks and spare Yemeni
civilians in the grips of a grievous
famine. Imposing other sanctions
Digest
chief Torsak Sukvimol
confirmed. He said police would
pursue legal action for any
wrongdoing involved in the
latest disaster.
4 Associated Press
MeXiCO
Activist abducted;
husband, son killed
A woman who had spent the
past five years searching for her
brother 4 one of Mexico9s
114,000 missing people 4 was
abducted by gunmen who burst
into her home in central Mexico
and killed her husband and son,
authorities said Wednesday.
Search activist Lorenza Cano,
whose brother José Cano Flores
disappeared in 2018, was
abducted Monday from her
home in the city of Salamanca.
That9s in Guanajuato state,
which has the highest number of
homicides in Mexico amid
bloody gang-cartel turf battles.
At least seven volunteer
searchers have been killed in
Mexico since 2021. The searchers
conduct their own investigations
4 often relying on tips from
former criminals to find
potential body-dumping sites 4
because the government has
been unable to help.
It is not entirely clear who has
The queen9s husband, Prince
Philip, also died of <old age,= at
99. The palace did report on
several of the prince9s earlier
hospital visits 4 a bladder infec-
tion in 2012; exploratory abdom-
inal surgery in 2013; and hip
replacement surgery in 2018.
A month before he died in
April 2021, Philip underwent <a
successful procedure for his ex-
isting heart condition,= the pal-
ace said at the time.
When then-Prince Charles
against the group would risk mak-
ing it more difficult to help people
in need. The administration de-
cided not to re-add the Houthis to
its list of foreign terrorist organi-
zations, which would have pre-
sented a larger impediment to get-
ting humanitarian aid into the
country, officials said.
<The ultimate goal of sanctions
is to convince the Houthis to de-
escalate and bring about a positive
change in behavior,= a senior ad-
ministration official said, speak-
ing on the condition of anonymity
to explain calculations behind the
decision.
The listing will take effect in 30
days <to ensure robust humanitar-
ian carveouts are in place,= the
official said. <We9re taking many
steps to ensure these sanctions do
the least harm to Yemeni people.=
The Trump administration de-
clared the group 4 which had at
the time already had a specially
Perico the donkey, carrying Flay the dog and Fifi the cat, climbs the
steps of the Sanctuary of Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Anthony
of Padua to receive a blessing in Urkiola, Spain, on Wednesday. Saint
Anthony is Spain9s patron saint of animals.
been killing the searchers.
Cartels have tried to intimidate
them in the past, especially if
they went to gravesites that were
still being used.
Searchers have long sought to
avoid the cartels9 wrath by
publicly pledging they are not
looking for evidence to bring the
killers to justice, that they simply
want their relatives9 bodies back.
4 Associated Press
the washington post
tested positive for the coronavi-
rus in 2020, the palace issued a
statement while he was in isola-
tion. However, the public did not
learn that his son William had
also suffered from covid until six
months after the fact 4 and then
only because royal reporters
found out.
The length of Catherine9s
planned hospital stay raised
questions Wednesday. The over-
all average length of stay in an
NHS hospital was 8.3 days in
designated global terrorist listing
4 as a foreign terrorist organiza-
tion in January 2021, despite hu-
manitarian concerns over the im-
pact that decision would have on
the ability to deliver aid to areas in
Yemen controlled by the group.
That designation raised ques-
tions about whether arranging or
attending meetings with Houthi
officials would be legal, and how
aid agencies would continue coor-
dination with the group to orga-
nize essential deliveries.
Less than a month later, the
Biden administration removed
the Houthis from both terrorism
lists, with an official saying at the
time that the <decision has noth-
ing to do with our view of the
Houthis and their reprehensible
conduct,= but was instead because
of humanitarian concerns. The
Houthis had been hitting civilian
targets in Saudi Arabia for years
with increasingly sophisticated
VIncent West/ReuteRs
Pakistan recalls ambassador to
Iran over airstrikes: Pakistan
recalled its ambassador to
Tehran on Wednesday, a day
after Iran conducted airstrikes
inside Pakistan that it claimed
targeted bases for a militant
Sunni separatist group.
Islamabad denounced the attack
as a <blatant violation= of its
airspace and said it killed two
children. Tuesday9s airstrikes in
Pakistan9s restive southwestern
. thursday, january 18 , 2024
Joe gIDDens/Pa IMages/aP
2022, while length of stay for
elective admissions was 5.1 days.
But in the public imagination,
Catherine has never been seen as
average when it comes to medi-
cal issues. She is known to treat
giving birth as an outpatient
procedure and leave the hospital
perfectly coifed.
Catherine was last seen in
public on Christmas Day with
her family, attending church ser-
vices near the royal estate in
Sandringham.
weaponry provided by Iran.
Yemen is facing unprecedented
levels of hunger, the World Food
Program has said, with more than
21 million people requiring hu-
manitarian assistance.
<This designation would add
another level of uncertainty and
threat for Yemenis still caught in
one of the world9s largest humani-
tarian crises,= said Scott Paul, the
associate director of peace and
security at Oxfam America. <The
Biden administration is playing
with fire, and we call on them to
avoid this designation immedi-
ately and prioritize the lives of
Yemenis now.=
U.S. and coalition forces have
launched three attacks on what
they said were Houthi sites in
Yemen in the past week after the
group ignored repeated warnings
to stop its attacks in the Red Sea.
Missy Ryan contributed to this report.
Baluchistan province imperiled
diplomatic relations between the
two neighbors, but both sides
appeared wary of provoking the
other. The attack raised the
threat of violence spreading in a
Middle East unsettled by Israel's
war with Hamas in the Gaza
Strip. Iran also staged airstrikes
late Monday in Iraq and Syria
over an Islamic State-claimed
suicide bombing that killed over
90 people earlier this month.
Iraq recalled its ambassador
from Iran for consultations.
Zambia shuts down schools
amid deadly cholera outbreak:
Authorities in Zambia, reeling
from a major cholera outbreak
that has killed more than 400
people and infected more than
10,000, have ordered schools
across the country to remain
shut after the end-of-year
holidays. A large soccer stadium
in the capital city has been
converted into a treatment
facility. The Zambian
government is embarking on a
mass vaccination program and
says it9s providing clean water 4
2.4 million liters a day 4 to
affected communities. Cholera is
an acute diarrhea infection
caused by a bacteria that is
typically spread via
contaminated food or water.
4 From news reports
thursday, january 18 , 2024
Qatar, France strike deal to supply medicine to hostages
BY S HIRA R UBIN,
A NNABELLE T IMSIT
AND N IHA M ASIH
TEL AVIV 4 Qatar9s air force on
Wednesday began moving lifesav-
ing medicine toward Israeli hos-
tages in Gaza, a mission made
possible by a rare diplomatic
breakthrough, mediated by Qatar
and france, in Israel9s war on
Hamas.
Critical aid is also to be deliv-
ered to civilians in the enclave as
part of the deal.
The Qatari foreign ministry
said two air force planes had land-
ed in the Egyptian city of Arish 4
some 30 miles from the rafah
crossing into Gaza 4 and later
that aid was being delivered to
Israeli hostages and Gazan civil-
ians. An Israeli official, speaking
on the condition of anonymity
under terms set by the govern-
ment, confirmed the deal was be-
ing executed.
The agreement was reached
with the participation of David
Barnea, chief of the Israeli intelli-
gence service mossad, who has
been in Qatar to discuss <the issue
of supplying medicines to the Is-
raeli hostages,= the office of Israeli
Prime minister Benjamin Netan-
yahu said Tuesday night. The med-
icines were purchased in france
according to a list prepared by
Israel, the office said, and Qatar
would be responsible for the deliv-
ery to their <final destination.=
<Israel insists that all the medi-
cines reach their destination,= the
office said.
The deal is to include the trans-
fer of medicines to the most vul-
nerable areas for civilians in Gaza,
where 15 hospitals are partially
functioning and the health system
is collapsing as the fighting rages
on.
A spokesman for the Interna-
tional Committee of the red Cross
called the deal <a much-needed
moment of relief for the families of
the hostages and the health facili-
ties in Gaza.= The organization,
which is to help transfer the aid
inside Gaza, said it had <been
urging the parties and those who
have influence to ensure that med-
icines get into the hands of all
those who need them.=
The precise mechanism for get-
ting the medicines to the hostages
was not immediately clear. Senior
Hamas official mousa Abu mar-
zouk said the delivery included
140 types of medicine that would
be taken by the red Cross to four
hospitals in the Gaza Strip and
then distributed onward, includ-
ing to hostages.
Among the terms of the deal, he
said on X, were that Israel would
not inspect the packages before
Israel urged to ease process of delivering aid to Gaza9s desperate residents
Aid from A1
<The humanitarian situation in
Gaza is beyond words. Nowhere
and no one is safe,= U.N. Secretary
General António Guterres told re-
porters monday. <Lifesaving relief
is not getting to people who have
endured months of relentless as-
sault at anywhere near the scale
needed.=
Israel insists it is doing every-
thing it can to ease the suffering of
civilians. Government spokes-
man Eylon Levy said last week
that Israel had facilitated the de-
livery <of over 130,000 tons of
humanitarian aid.=
<Israel has excess capacity to
inspect and process trucks,= he
added. <There is no backlog and
no limitation on our end.=
on average, 100 to 200 trucks
get through to Gaza each day.
Before the war, that number was
about 500, many carrying com-
mercial goods. After the Hamas
attacks on oct. 7, Israel blocked
the entry of commercial trucks to
Gaza. The flow resumed in mid-
December but has been <limited
and sporadic,= said Shiraz Chak-
era of UNICEf Egypt.
Aid flowing into Gaza has pri-
marily transited the rafah border
crossing with Egypt. While the
gates there are operated by Egyp-
tian and Palestinian officials,
nothing can enter without an in-
spection by Israeli officials. Aid
groups describe this as a convolut-
ed and time-consuming process.
After an initial Egyptian
screening, Egyptian truck drivers
take their cargo down a <rough
desert road= to the Nitzana cross-
ing between Egypt and Israel, a
journey of about two hours, said
Amir Abdallah, who supervises
convoys for the Egyptian red
Crescent.
The inspection point is open
only during the day and is closed
on friday afternoons and Satur-
days. Drivers wait in a long line of
trucks for their turn to have their
load inspected by Israeli agents,
. the washington post
An aid truck bound for Gaza enter the Rafah crossing Wednesday. Civilians also will receive critical aid as part of the France-Qatar deal.
they entered Gaza and that <for
every box of medicine= for hostag-
es, the shipments would include
<another thousand for our peo-
ple.=
Abu marzouk said that france
had asked to deliver the aid but
that Hamas refused, <due to our
lack of confidence in the french
government, its position in sup-
port of the Israeli occupation, and
its hindering of our people9s aspi-
rations for freedom and return.=
According to the office of
french President Emmanuel ma-
cron, the medicine was to be deliv-
ered to rafah and turned over to
the red Cross, french media re-
ported. There was no mention of it
going to hospitals first. The pack-
ages contain enough medicine for
three months, according to the
reports, which said french au-
thorities hoped to facilitate future
deliveries.
Philippe Lalliot, director of the
french foreign ministry Crisis
and Support Center, said that
france transferred the medicines
to Qatar on Saturday in diplomat-
ic suitcases. He told france Inter
radio Tuesday that they would be
taken to 45 hostages, none of
whom are french nationals.
Lalliot said french authorities
who use dogs and a scanning
machine.
Items including scalpels for de-
livering babies, water desalina-
tion equipment, generators, oxy-
gen tanks, and tents with metal
poles have been rejected, aid
workers say, sometimes without
explanation from Israeli authori-
ties. When one item on a truck is
rejected, the whole truckload
must repeat the process, which
can take weeks.
Approved loads return to the
rafah crossing, where it can take
days for the cargo to be trans-
ferred to Palestinian trucks, two
Egyptian drivers told The Wash-
ington Post.
Aid workers attribute the de-
lays to a lack of Palestinian vehi-
cles 4 some have been damaged
by Israeli strikes 4 and there9s not
enough fuel to go around, accord-
ing to Shameza Abdulla, senior
emergency coordinator with
UNICEf.
Israel has restricted deliveries
of fuel, alleging it will be stolen by
Hamas to power its rockets, and
has defended the inspection proc-
ess as necessary to prevent the
smuggling of illicit goods. Israeli
officials have also accused the
United Nations, without evi-
dence, of turning a blind eye to
large-scale diversion of aid by
Hamas. U.N. officials have denied
the claims.
A senior U.S. official, speaking
on the condition of anonymity to
discuss sensitive matters, told The
Post: <The Israeli government has
not brought to the attention of the
U.S. government & any specific
evidence of Hamas theft or diver-
sion of assistance provided via the
U.N. and its agencies. full stop.=
Under U.S. pressure, Israel
opened a second crossing in De-
cember, at Kerem Shalom, where
the inspection process moves fast-
er. The World food Program has
also begun sending convoys from
Jordan to Gaza via the West Bank
and Israel.
<That is some good news, but
israel-gaza war
were approached months ago by
families of the hostages, who pro-
vided a list of 85 who needed
medication. Some on the list were
released during a pause in fight-
ing in late November or have since
died in captivity.
Lalliot said the mission, under
macron9s direction, did not in-
volve direct contact between
french officials and Hamas.
Israel for months has demand-
ed that medications be delivered
to the more than 100 hostages
believed to still be in Hamas cap-
tivity. They include many who
were wounded in the Hamas-led
assault on Israeli communities on
oct. 7 and others with severe med-
ical conditions.
Israel has not confirmed
whether Kfir Bibas, the youngest
hostage 4 his 1st birthday is
Thursday 4 is alive. Hamas has
claimed he was killed by an Israeli
airstrike.
omer Wenkert, a 22-year-old
Israeli romanian national who
suffers from ulcerative colitis, a
chronic inflammatory condition
of the bowel, is supposed to take a
daily dose of the medicine rafas-
sal, his uncle ricardo Grichener
told The Washington Post.
Stress and a poor diet can cause
Palestinians wait for bags of flour on Jan. 1 outside U.N. warehouses east of Rafah, in southern Gaza.
On average, 100 to 200 trucks a day deliver goods to Gaza. Before the war, the number was about 500.
it9s important to recognize that it9s
not a permanent solution,= said
Steve Taravella, a senior WfP
spokesman. <We need the open-
ing of all border crossings for
faster aid delivery.=
Nine in 10 Gazans are eating
less than one meal a day, the U.N.
agency says. And winter cold is
setting in.
more than a million people dis-
placed by Israel9s offensive are
crammed into a tiny strip of land
along the southern border with
Egypt, most without adequate
shelter. Hundreds of thousands of
people are estimated to be stuck
in the north. In the first two weeks
of January, humanitarian agen-
cies were able to carry out only
seven of 29 planned missions to
the north; permissions for the rest
were denied by Israeli authorities,
said the U.N. office for the Coordi-
eZ re
painful flare-ups, Grichener said.
He said Wenkert9s family is <really
worried= that his condition has
worsened because of his lack of
access to medication.
If the delivery succeeds,
Grichener said, he is <optimistic=
that a deal to release the hostages
might be possible.
Hamas released more than 100
hostages in late November in ex-
change for more than 200 Pales-
tinians held in Israeli prisons.
Hostage accounts and video re-
cordings indicated the hostages
were verbally and physically ha-
rassed during the exchange.
Amid rising urgency over the
hostages9 fate during the conflict,
family members have pleaded
with Israeli, Qatari and interna-
tional officials that everything
possible be done to secure their
release.
on Tuesday, Itay Svirsky and
Yossi Sharabi, who were abducted
on oct. 7 from Kibbutz Beeri , were
declared dead by their kibbutz.
The news came a day after
Hamas released a video it said
showed the bodies of the two men.
The militant group said the men
were killed when Israeli airstrikes
hit the buildings in which they
were being held.
nation of Humanitarian Affairs.
Videos posted on social media
in recent days show crowds in
Gaza City rushing toward aid
trucks, then fleeing as shots ring
out. The Post verified the location
of the videos but could not con-
firm when they were filmed.
<People are hungry and quite
desperate, so we have to have
police escorts for all our convoys,
which limits when we can move,
how many [vehicles] we can put in
a convoy,= said Scott Anderson,
deputy director for Gaza at the
U.N. relief and Works Agency
(UNrWA).
Humanitarian officials empha-
size that the war itself remains the
greatest obstacle to aid deliveries.
Israeli airstrikes and street battles
make it impossible for workers to
safely provide supplies to the peo-
ple who most need them, they say,
LoAy Ayyoub for the WAShington PoSt
Israeli military spokesman
Daniel Hagari called the claim a
<Hamas lie.= He said the building
in which the two men were kept
was not considered a target and
was not hit by the Israel Defense
forces.
Brett mcGurk, the White House
coordinator for the middle East
and North Africa, was in Doha, the
Qatari capital, to discuss a possi-
ble deal for the release of captives,
National Security Council spokes-
man John Kirby said Tuesday. Six
Americans are believed to be
among the remaining hostages.
But it was france and Qatar, the
tiny Persian Gulf country that has
functioned as an intermediary be-
tween the world and Hamas, that
came out publicly with the agree-
ment.
Qatar brokered the release of
two American hostages in october
and oversaw the pause in fighting
between Israel and Hamas in No-
vember that allowed the exchange
of captives and the delivery of
some aid to Gaza.
The latest deal, if successfully
implemented, could provide life-
saving treatment to hostages who
have been held in Gaza for more
than 100 days. <At least one third
of these hostages have chronic
LoAy Ayyoub for the WAShington PoSt
and have hastened the collapse of
Gaza9s medical system.
<We are running out of hospi-
tals,= said michel-olivier Lachari-
té, head of emergency operations
at Doctors Without Borders. <If
you want to save lives, patients
need to have access to the hospi-
tal. Supplies need to reach the
hospital.=
Channels to deconflict with Is-
raeli forces are unreliable, aid
workers told The Post, adding
that they cannot guarantee the
safety of staff or their families. To
date, 152 U.N. staff members have
been killed in Gaza, according to
Guterres, <the largest single loss
of life in the history of our organi-
zation.=
This month, an Israeli muni-
tion killed the 5-year-old daugh-
ter of an employee of Doctors
Without Borders at what was sup-
A11
illnesses and need constant medi-
cation,= including for cancer and
asthma, while others are <suffer-
ing from harsh captivity condi-
tions,= the Hostage families fo-
rum, an umbrella organization for
hostages and their relatives, re-
ported last week.
Hagai Levine, a doctor who
heads the forum9s medical team,
said physicians have sought the
transfer of medical supplies to the
hostages since shortly after oct. 7,
when Hamas-led forces streamed
out of Gaza, killing 1,200 people in
Israel and taking more than 240
hostage, Israeli authorities say.
Levine described the shipment
Wednesday as a <light in hell.= The
list of medicines was incomplete,
he said, and would still leave many
hostages vulnerable.
It wasn9t clear how much aid
was intended for civilians in Gaza,
where doctors are scrambling to
tend to an ongoing stream of se-
vere illnesses and injuries and in-
ternational health officials have
said parts of the population are
nearing a state of famine.
<Some people have not eaten in
days,= olga Cherevko of the U.N.
office for the Coordination of Hu-
manitarian Affairs said in a video
from southern Gaza on Tuesday.
<The extent of needs is enormous.=
With a quarter of the popula-
tion starving and famine <immi-
nent,= independent rights experts
advising the United Nations said
Tuesday that the crisis in Gaza is
<unparalleled.= Some 335,000
children under 5 are at risk of
severe malnutrition, they said in a
statement, and <a whole genera-
tion is now in danger of suffering
from stunting.=
michel-olivier Lacharité, head
of emergency operations for Doc-
tors Without Borders, told The
Post last week that as Israel moved
ground operations and shelling
south, <we are running out of hos-
pitals.=
His organization, along with
the International rescue Commit-
tee and medical Aid for Palestin-
ians, this month pulled out of
al-Aqsa Hospital, the only func-
tioning hospital in central Gaza at
the time, after the IDf warned
residents of surrounding areas to
evacuate and began to attack.
<Technically, it9s true that the
hospitals per se are not targeted,=
Lacharité said. <However, what
we can see is that the opposite side
of the street or the neighboring
premises of these hospitals are
targeted; leaflets are sent. This
provokes some panic.=
Masih reported from Seoul and timsit
from London. Karen Deyoung and
Sammy Westfall in Washington
contributed to this report.
posed to be a safe house, the group
said.
Asked about the incident, the
Israel Defense forces told The
Post: <In stark contrast to Hamas9s
intentional attacks on Israeli
men, women and children, the
IDf follows international law and
takes feasible precautions to miti-
gate civilian harm.=
Allegations that Israel is
deliberately hampering the flow
of food and basic supplies into
Gaza lie at the heart of South
Africa9s high-profile genocide
case against Israel at the Interna-
tional Court of Justice. Israel has
fiercely denied what it calls <false
and baseless claims.=
But in the face of growing inter-
national outrage, the Israeli agen-
cy in charge of liaising with aid
organizations 4 known as Coor-
dination of Government Activi-
ties in the Territories, or CoGAT
4 unveiled a new website in Eng-
lish and Arabic this week detail-
ing the humanitarian assistance
and field hospitals it has enabled
to enter Gaza.
CoGAT has also stepped up its
criticism of U.N. agencies, which
Israel blames for the slow pace of
aid distribution.
<We9re not perfect or infallible,=
said Anderson, of UNrWA. <But
the crossings only open so many
hours a day. & And on days when
[Israeli officials] promise to send
more trucks, they don9t.=
U.N. agencies are calling on
Israel to open the Erez crossing
and other routes into Gaza and to
speed inspections. But if the war
continues, humanitarian aid
alone will not be enough to stave
off starvation, officials warn.
<most of all,= said Lucia Elmi, a
UNICEf special representative,
<what is really needed is a cease-
fire.=
heba farouk Mahfouz in Cairo,
imogen Piper in London, Karen
Deyoung in Washington and John
hudson in tel Aviv contributed to this
report.
A12
Report: Scientist mapped covid before China went public
Lag involving Beijing
virologist may have hurt
coronavirus research
BY D AN D IAMOND
A Chinese scientist sought to
publish the genetic profile of the
coronavirus two weeks before
Beijing formally released the se-
quence, according to federal doc-
uments shared with a congres-
sional committee and released
Wednesday. The delay may have
slowed researchers9 work on
tests, treatments and vaccines to
combat the virus.
The report raises new ques-
tions about how Chinese officials
and scientists shared informa-
tion in the earliest days of the
pandemic as the virus quickly
spread through their country,
although experts cautioned that
it does not offer substantive in-
sight into the pandemic9s origins.
On Dec. 28, 2019, Lili Ren, a
virologist at the Institute of
Pathogen Biology of the Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences in
Beijing, submitted a genetic se-
quence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
to GenBank, a publicly accessible
database of genetic sequences
overseen by the U.S. National
Institutes of Health. GenBank9s
review process flagged the sub-
mission three days later, alerting
Ren in an email that her submis-
sion was incomplete and request-
ing that she provide additional
annotations. Ren9s submission
was deleted from GenBank9s pro-
cessing queue on Jan. 16, 2020,
after Ren did not resubmit the
information with the requested
annotations.
A separate team of Chinese
researchers submitted a <nearly
identical= genetic sequence of
SARS-CoV-2 to GenBank that
was published on Jan. 12, 2020.
That was according to a letter
that Melanie Anne Egorin, a
senior official at the Department
of Health and Human Services,
sent to House Energy and Com-
Russian air passengers face peril as planes show strain of Western sanctions
BY R OBYN D IXON
MOSCOW 4 Over the first eight
days of December, civilian Rus-
sian airplanes experienced at
least eight serious mechanical
failures, terrifying many passen-
gers as pilots were forced to make
emergency landings in cities
across the country.
The incidents did not kill any-
one, but they illustrate the rising
peril of air travel in Russia. Nearly
two years of sanctions over the
war in Ukraine have left airlines
struggling to obtain vital spare
parts and, as a result, shortcut-
ting safety standards 4 in some
cases with government approval.
On Dec. 8, S7 Airlines passen-
gers heard loud bangs when their
Boeing 737 took off from Novosi-
birsk for Moscow, as both of the
plane9s engines surged and spat
flames, Russian media reported.
The same day, a Rossiya Air-
lines Airbus A319 flying to St.
Petersburg lost cabin pressure
and began to fall from the sky
shortly after takeoff from Miner-
alnye Vody. The pilots made an
emergency landing, Russian Tele-
gram channels reported, and vid-
eo from inside the cabin showed
passengers screaming and crying
as oxygen masks deployed from
the ceiling.
On Dec. 11, a Utair flight made
an emergency landing because of
a wing flap failure while carrying
104 passengers and 42 pounds of
a radioactive substance, Russian
media reported. A Utair plane
flying from Moscow to Kogalym
in the Khanty-Mansi region of
Siberia signaled an emergency
because of engine failure on
Dec. 29.
Also in December, Russia9s
main carrier, Aeroflot, experi-
enced a string of emergencies: an
Airbus A321 with left engine fail-
ure; another Airbus 321 with an
air conditioning problem; two
Boeing 737s with landing gear
failures; a Boeing 737 with a wing
flap failure; and a Boeing 777 with
smoke in the cabin due to a short
circuit. Multiple other failures led
to long delays and stranded pas-
sengers.
Other airlines have experi-
enced severe engine vibrations,
sudden engine shutdowns, and
failures with hydraulic systems,
wing flaps, steering systems,
autopilot and oil filters, among
other problems.
After President Vladimir Putin
invaded Ukraine in 2022, West-
ern nations put sanctions on Rus-
sian aviation, banning the trans-
fer of technology and spare parts,
as well as servicing, insurance or
software updates for Russia9s
large fleet of Western planes.
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merce Committee leaders and
that was made public Wednes-
day.
Ren did not immediately re-
spond to an email Wednesday
requesting comment. Her sub-
mission and emailed replies from
GenBank were released by con-
gressional Republicans who have
been investigating the origins of
the coronavirus pandemic.
Public health experts who re-
viewed the documents said the
episode illustrated a missed op-
portunity to learn more about the
virus at the beginning of the
global health emergency.
The failure to publish the ge-
netic sequence submitted by Ren
is <retroactively painful,= said
Jesse Bloom, a virologist at the
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
in Seattle. Bloom noted that re-
searchers were depending on ge-
netic sequences to begin develop-
ing medical interventions to
combat the coronavirus and ar-
gued that earlier access to the
information would have expedit-
ed new tests and vaccines.
<That two weeks would have
made a tangible difference in
quite a few people9s lives,= Bloom
said.
The genetic sequence of SARS-
CoV-2 that Ren tried to publish in
December 2019 4 days before
Bloom and other experts said
aLy soNG/reuters
they started closely tracking the
outbreak of a novel respiratory People wear protective suits in April 2020 at a cemetery in Wuhan, China, then the epicenter of the country9s covid-19 cases.
virus in China 4 was never
publicly accessible for the re- <The American people deserve share information before govern- entists trying to investigate an
searchers and laboratory staff to know the truth about the ment officials clamped down on unusual pathogen got squelched
who browse GenBank, which fed- origins of SARS-CoV-2, and our those efforts. by government authorities,=
eral officials said contains more investigation has uncovered nu- <There9s clear evidence now Gottlieb said.
than 3.8 billion published rec- merous causes for concern, in- that there were many efforts Several experts said that a
ords. <That two weeks would cluding how taxpayers9 dollars underway to sequence this virus Chinese scientist9s efforts to
The Wall Street Journal first are spent, how our government9s much earlier than first reported share information early about
reported on Ren9s submission to have made a tangible public health agencies operate, & and those are just the efforts the virus did not influence their
GenBank. and the need for more oversight we know about,= Gottlieb said in views on whether the pandemic
In a statement, House Energy difference in quite a few into research grants to foreign an interview Wednesday. He add- began with a laboratory leak in
and Commerce Chair Cathy scientists,= the Republicans said. ed that he was more concerned China, as some scientists and
McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), people9s lives.= Former Food and Drug Admin- by Chinese leaders9 reaction in politicians have theorized.
health subcommittee chair Brett istration commissioner Scott early January 2020 to instruct <I don9t think this submission
Jesse Bloom, virologist at the
Guthrie (R-Ky.) and oversight Gottlieb, who has written about local laboratories not to publish tells us anything about the origin
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
subcommittee chair Morgan Chinese scientists9 efforts to se- genomic information related to of SARS-CoV-2,= Bloom said.
Griffith (R-Va.) said the finding quence the virus in mid-Decem- the virus, stifling communica- <What I think this shows & [is]
raises further questions about ber 2019, said the documents tion. the Chinese government wasn9t
whether Chinese officials have bolster experts9 understanding of <That is what we need to get to immediately transparent about
been forthcoming about the how some Chinese physicians the bottom of 4 why the normal how quickly they learned about
virus. and researchers were trying to activity you9d expect among sci- the cause of this outbreak.=
More than a year ago, in Sep-
tember 2022, the International
Civil Aviation Organization red-
flagged Russian aviation, citing
significant concerns about the
country9s ability to maintain the
safety of its aircraft.
Russian aviation officials, how-
ever, have adopted an <everything
is fine= mantra, insisting that
sanctions do not affect safety and,
in some cases, denying media
reports about increased air inci-
dents.
<Logistic chains are available
to domestic airlines, thanks to
which they receive the required
spare parts and components for
the normal operation of aircraft,=
Mikhail Vasilenkovf the Federal
Air Transport Agency said in a
December statement.
The agency reported 400 civil
aviation incidents due to serious
equipment malfunctions from
January to November last year,
claiming this as good news be-
cause it was a 2 percent decrease
from the same period in 2022, the
first year of sanctions.
But in a December opinion
article in Kommersant, a leading
newspaper, Oleg Panteleyev, di-
rector of Aviaport, a Russian avia-
tion think tank, said the risks had
<increased exponentially,= adding
that there had been a sharp re-
duction in technical inspections.
vLadImIr NIkoLayev/aFP/Getty ImaGes
Some Russian aviation ana-
lysts have joined the government A Ural Airlines Airbus A320 passenger plane after it made an emergency landing in a field in Russia9s Novosibirsk region in September.
in seeking to minimize the grow-
ing danger, while others say it is Patrakov said he fears reprisals Superjet stalled while taxiing to tions to three Boeings, including bled Russian-made Sukhoi Su-
only a matter of time before there from Russian authorities for dis- the runway, according to eyewit- alterations to the traffic collision perjet, with a largely French-
is a major catastrophe. cussing the dangers but felt nesses quoted in news reports. avoidance system, according to manufactured engine and 70 per-
<Of course sanctions affect obliged to speak out. They said the captain told passen- pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper. cent foreign parts, accounted for
flight safety,= said Russian avia- <I am independent and my gers he had rebooted and every- Last May, Russian investigative dozens of serious air incidents.
tion analyst Andrei Menshenin in motivation is to provide safety, thing was fine. outlet Proekt reported sources But such incidents spiked after
an interview. <They can9t not af- and when I talk about all the In September, the pilots of Ural stating that airlines were discour- sanctions hit, according to ana-
fect it.= But he said Russian air- problems, my idea is not to make Airlines Flight 1383, an Airbus aging crews from logging mal- lysts, because accessing Sukhoi
lines had softened the impact by people nervous, it is for the sake 320 traveling to Omsk in Siberia functions. parts is much more difficult than
importing spare parts and even of safety,= he said. <Sometimes from Sochi in southern Russia, Patrakov, the analyst fearful of for Boeing or Airbus planes.
fully reconditioned engines Russian government organiza- diverted to an airport with a reprisal, said that <Russian air In November, Andrey Bogin-
through Central Asia, Turkey, Sin- tions or state-owned companies longer runaway because of a hy- safety was a total disaster= even sky, head of Yakovlev, the Super-
gapore, Iran and other countries. don9t even think about these draulic failure. When the plane before sanctions hit. Now, he said, jet9s manufacturer, told jet opera-
<The question is, what does it problems. But sometimes it9s a ran low on fuel, the pilots landed many planes are due for neces- tors at a meeting in St. Petersburg
cost? It costs a lot.= very big issue with air safety and in a field. sary maintenance, <but it9s not that Russia could repair only 178
<The situation with flight safe- some people may finally die. And There were no medals. Instead, done because the parts are not of the plane9s 903 imported parts.
ty in Russian aviation is much my mission is to save these peo- the pilots were attacked by ex- available because of sanctions.= A Superjet flight from Vladi-
better than was expected and ple.= perts and colleagues for endan- Planes are continuing to fly vostok to Chita in October was a
much better than what was pre- Despite the harrowing inci- gering passengers9 lives by flying with faulty parts 4 for example, prime case: On takeoff, passen-
dicted at the beginning of 2022,= dents portrayed in news accounts farther to get to the longer run- with cracks 4 long after they gers felt a thud, and the plane had
Menshenin added. Still, he con- and in real-time cellphone videos way, because too many other fail- should be replaced, he said, warn- to circle, burn fuel and make an
ceded that Russian pilots in some and photos posted by passengers ures could have occurred while ing that <you can extend whatever emergency landing because of a
cases have come under intense on social media, Russians contin- they were in the air. The 20-year- you want, but you cannot extend problem with the left engine.
pressure, as they face life-or- ue to fly. And despite tough sanc- old plane will be cannibalized for the laws of physics.= The next day, a replacement
death decisions when equipment tions, Russian aviation has not parts and sawed up. <If you have a component with Superjet stalled while taxiing to
fails. collapsed 4 even though Western In 2022, Russian authorities a crack inside, you have some the runway, leading the 10 angry
Andrei Patrakov, an independ- planes account for 95 percent of issued developer certificates al- reserve time to replace it, say 10 passengers to bail. The plane took
ent Russian aviation safety expert passenger flights and new Rus- lowing 100 companies, including days, but not three to four times off 4 after the pilot announced he
and head of RunAvia, a company sian planes use mainly Western seven airlines, to modify parts that, because it has a physical had rebooted it 4 but never made
specializing in drone and aircraft components. and perform nonstandard main- limit,= Patrakov continued. <And it to Chita. The flight was forced
safety, said in an interview that The December incidents were tenance to keep planes flying. the question is, when will it reach to land in Khabarovsk because of
Russian authorities are letting hardly unusual. But in November, Russian air- a critical limit when this part is a hydraulic failure.
airlines use parts well beyond In October, 10 fearful passen- line Pobeda had its developer totally broken, and this part can
their serviceable life, leading to gers insisted on disembarking af- certificate suspended because of trigger a catastrophic event?= Natalia abbakumova in riga, Latvia,
midair failures. ter a Russian-made Sukhoi serious violations in modifica- Even before the war, the trou- contributed to this report.
thursday, january 18 , 2024
Kids seeking YouTube fame? There9s a camp for that.
A bustling industry is seen in a Texas-based program that teaches editing, storyboarding and safety to youths who crave social and financial success
BY T AYLOR L ORENZ
KATY, Tex. 4 Graham, 10, has
dreamed of being a YouTuber
since he began watching videos
on the platform when he was just
3 or 4. <I think of myself being
happy doing YouTube,= he said. <I
feel like it would be a great
experience for me.=
In a church building in this
small town on the outskirts of
Houston, Graham spent a recent
Tuesday morning sketching out
ideas for funny videos. This is
Creator Camp, a summer pro-
gram that teaches children ages 6
to 13 how to chart a path to
success in the digital age.
Founded two years ago by a
group of young creators who met
through the film program at their
high school, Creator Camp ex-
ploded last summer, attracting as
many as 1,300 campers to 11
locations across Texas. This year,
they expect to have 18 locations 4
testament to a booming interest
in the online creator industry.
Becoming a full-time creator
has emerged as one of the most
popular career goals among
schoolchildren in America and
around the globe. Nearly 30 per-
cent of kids ages 8 to 12 listed
<YouTuber= as their top career
choice in a global survey conduct-
ed in 2019 by the Harris Poll and
toymaker Lego 4 more than
three times those who picked
<astronaut.=
The same year, a Morning Con-
sult survey of Gen Z and millenni-
als in the United States found that
more than half of 13-to-38-year-
olds 4 54 percent 4 wanted to
become social media influencers.
To meet the growing demand,
after-school programs and sum-
mer camps like Creator Camp
have cropped up from coast to
coast to teach relevant filmmak-
ing skills. More traditional camps
that offer programs in the arts
and sciences also have added
YouTube tracks or classes. Even
institutions of higher learning
are catching up: Cornell, the Uni-
versity of California at Los Ange-
les, the University of Southern
California and East Carolina Uni-
versity have added programs and
courses on social media market-
ing and content creation.
Many kids have especially posi-
tive views of YouTube, and Cre-
ator Camp co-founder Cazden
Morrison said the YouTube camp
in Katy is the organization9s most
popular. (Other offerings include
<Minecraft Modding,= <Creative
AI= and <3D Game Develop-
ment.=) In interviews, Creative
Camp campers said they see the
video platform as a path to self-
expression and social success 4
as well as fame and fabulous
wealth.
<YouTubers make a lot, a lot of
money,= said camper Colin, who is
in the fourth grade. (The Wash-
ington Post agreed to refer to all
underage Creator Camp campers
by their first names.)
Each day, the kids arrive at
8:30 a.m. to learn technical skills
such as video editing on CapCut, a
mobile-first video editing plat-
form created by TikTok parent
ByteDance.
They also learn about story-
boarding, how to script videos
and the basics of shooting a com-
pelling video blog, or <vlog.=
Morrison said the kids find a
place to explore their film and
video passions in classrooms clut-
tered with props, green screens,
costumes, lighting equipment,
whiteboards and iPads for shoot-
ing and editing videos.
<We want to change their rela-
tionship with technology, to not
just see it as entertainment, but to
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rose in December
Americans stepped up their
spending at retailers in
December, closing out the
holiday shopping season and the
year on an upbeat tone and
signaling that people remain
confident enough to keep
spending freely.
Retail sales rose 0.6 percent in
December from November9s 0.3
percent increase, the Commerce
Department said Wednesday.
Because spending by consumers
accounts for nearly 70 percent of
the U.S. economy, the report
suggested shoppers will be able
to keep fueling economic growth
this year.
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Economy & Business
YouTuber students and instructors last August at the Katy, Tex., location of Creator Camp, which last fall had 11 Texas sites but this year is expected to grow to 18.
see it as a tool to create,= Morrison
said.
The camp costs $230 per week
and runs three days out of the
week. Children in the program
have varying skills and access to
technology. While some kids
spoke of having their own iPhone
13 or professional-grade cameras,
others said they created videos
mostly using a family iPad or
their parents9 devices.
The program stresses digital
safety: Staff members encourage
kids not to use their real names
online. At the beginning of camp,
they come up with a pseudonym
channel name under which they
create all their videos, which are
not posted publicly. Ultimately,
An instructor films an animation student during Creator Camp. In a global survey conducted in 2019,
nearly 30 percent of kids ages 8 to 12 listed <YouTuber= as their top career choice.
Among last month9s overall
retail purchases, sales at stores
that sell general merchandise
rose 1.3 percent. Sellers of
clothing and accessories
reported a 1.5 percent increase,
as did online sellers. By contrast,
furniture and home furnishings
businesses declined 1 percent,
reflecting a struggling housing
market. Sales at restaurants
were unchanged in December.
Economists had expected
consumers to pull back on
spending in the final three
months of the year under the
weight of credit card debt and
delinquencies, lower savings,
higher borrowing costs and price
increases. Spending is being
fueled by a strong job market
and rising wages.
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parents must decide whether to
allow their kids to maintain their
own public social media pres-
ence.
The camp also emphasizes the
importance of creating videos for
fun and creative expression, not
for money. But many kids said
they were keenly interested in the
economic opportunities of being
a YouTuber.
<I love YouTube, and I want to
be famous on YouTube, because I
want a lot of money,= said camper
Chloe, a second-grader who said
she has dreamed of being a You-
Tuber since age 4.
As a YouTube star, <I could buy
whatever I want,= she added, in-
cluding <an iPhone and a comput-
Digest
Housing
Home builders more
confident this month
U.S. home builder confidence
spiked in January by the most
since February 2023 as declining
interest rates for mortgages
enhanced affordability for many
buyers priced out of the market
last year.
The National Association of
Homebuilders/Wells Fargo index
of builder confidence rose this
month to 44, the highest since
September, from an unrevised 37
in December.
Despite brightening traffic, a
significant proportion of
builders continue to slash prices,
though the share is ebbing,
NAHB said. The share of
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er, AirPods and a Barbie Dream-
house. A real Barbie Dreamhouse,
that9s big and has walls. It would
be in Paris because of the Eiffel
Tower. I would go see the Eiffel
Tower every day, and I9d have my
room in front of the Eiffel Tower
every morning and make videos
about that.=
Colin, the fourth-grader, said
he knows that growing a YouTube
channel is hard work. But as long
as you create enough content,
you9ll be successful, he said: <You-
Tube is a good path to getting rich
because once you upload a ton of
videos, that9s when you start get-
ting likes and money.=
One of Colin9s ideas is to buy
the world9s biggest 3D printer and
builders cutting prices in
January fell to 31 percent, the
lowest portion since August,
from 36 percent the month prior.
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Also in Business
Apple ended Samsung9s 12-year
run as the largest seller of
smartphones in the world, after
commanding a 20 percent
market share in 2023, according
to a report from International
Data Corp. Samsung ended the
year with a 19.4 percent share,
followed by China9s Xiaomi,
Oppo and Transsion,
preliminary data from IDC9s
Worldwide Quarterly Mobile
Phone Tracker showed. The
change in ranking comes after a
tough year that saw consumers
Photos By Danielle Villasana For the Washington Post
make a video 3D-printing houses
for everyone in Mexico. It9s a
stunt that would be right at home
on the YouTube channel created
by MrBeast 4 real name, Jimmy
Donaldson 4 a North Carolina
creator known for his outrageous
and often philanthropic exploits.
Nearly every camper inter-
viewed said they watched Don-
aldson and another YouTuber
known as Unspeakable, whose
real name is Nathan Johnson
Graham. Graham, who was born
in Houston, creates content about
the video game <Minecraft= and
posts videos of impossible, over-
the-top stunts and challenges.
Their dreams of wealth aside,
many campers said they see You-
Tube as a way to gain confidence
and social status.
<YouTube gets you to do things
that you were never able to do
before,= said Graham, the fourth-
grader. <Let9s say you wanted to
get over your fear of heights. If
you have YouTube, that might
give you more views, more sub-
scribers, to do something high up.
So it9s pushing yourself out of
your comfort zone to do some-
thing you9d never want to do
before.=
Sixth-grader Aliyah said she
grew up watching family chan-
nels on YouTube. She aspires to be
a YouTuber because she thinks
that her life will be more exciting
and that she will be braver.
For now, she privately films
herself with friends doing cook-
ing challenges in her family9s
kitchen. But when she starts her
channel <for real,= she said, she
plans to film herself on adven-
tures such as ice skating and
swimming deep in the ocean.
Many kids said they see You-
Tube fame as a way to escape
social isolation. Aliyah, who said
she has a hard time finding
friends with similar interests,
going slow on smartphone
upgrades and choosing cheaper
handsets due to inflation and
economic uncertainties. A
slower-than-expected recovery
in China, the world9s largest
smartphone market, also was a
factor.
Oil production in North Dakota
was estimated to have dropped
by more than half its typical
output because of extreme cold
and related operations
challenges, the state9s pipeline
authority said Wednesday. Oil
output fell by 650,000 to 700,000
barrels per day, the North
Dakota Pipeline Authority said.
In October, overall production
stood at about 1.27 million bpd,
based on the latest available data
from the Energy Information
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said YouTube could help her meet
and befriend like-minded people.
<If I have more fans [online], then
I actually feel better,= Aliyah said,
<because I know they don9t hate
me for who I am.=
Fifth-grader Sophia, 10, said
that becoming successful on You-
Tube would lead to being bullied
less and treated better at school.
<Being a YouTuber would make
me more confident,= Sophia said.
<Because if I had a hater, I would
not care. My fans will say how I9m
awesome.=
Whatever the emotional ben-
efits of creating content and
building an audience online,
Morrison noted that the camp
provides its charges with highly
marketable skills.
<If we can provide a space
where we can guide them in a safe
way on how to make videos, that9s
a good thing,= he said. <It9s much
better, if a kid is spending multi-
ple hours a day on an iPad playing
games or watching videos, if that
kid actually learns to make videos
and be creative themselves.=
Sarah Brown, a mother of two
campers, said she enrolled her
kids because she wants them to
learn digital skills that typically
are not taught in school. Brown,
who has a podcast, said her family
is <really into the creator econo-
my.=
<We believe in entrepreneur-
ship and creating something of
value and putting it into the
world, whether they do it for
work or a creative outlet,= she
added.
Some campers are already
making plans to return next sum-
mer. By then, said Chloe, the
second-grader, she hopes her fa-
ther will let her have social media
accounts of her own.
<I want to launch my channel
now,= she said. <I want to see
myself. It makes me happy.=
Administration. Natural gas
output was expected to be down
by 1.7 billion cubic feet per day to
1.9 bcfpd due to the freezing
weather.
U.S. import prices were
unchanged in December after
two straight monthly decreases,
but the trend in imported
inflation remained subdued. The
unchanged reading in import
prices last month followed a
revised 0.5 percent decline in
November, the Labor
Department9s Bureau of Labor
Statistics said Wednesday.
Imported fuel prices slipped
0.3 percent. The cost of imported
food dipped 0.1 percent after
rebounding 1 percent in
November.
4 From wire reports
A14
Houthi attacks mean shipping companies face higher costs, longer routes
Experts see little effect
on U.S. consumer prices,
unless violence escalates
BY D AVID J . L YNCH
AND E VAN H ALPER
Just as global supply chains
finally returned to normal, a
rebel group in Yemen began at-
tacking container ships and oil
tankers passing through the Red
Sea.
The continuing attacks by the
Houthis, militants backed by
Iran, have increased global ship-
ping costs, caused cargo carriers
or their clients to opt for longer
alternate routes from Asia to
Europe and the United States,
and raised alarms about the eco-
nomic costs of a wider conflict.
Almost one-fifth of U.S. freight
arrives at East Coast ports after
transiting the Red Sea and the
Suez Canal, according to
Moody9s. Solar panels, electric-
vehicle batteries, toys and vacu-
um cleaners are among the goods
making that trip. For now, econo-
mists do not expect a major
impact on the prices that U.S.
consumers pay 4 unless the vio-
lence worsens.
Amid uncertainty over how
long the attacks will last, manu-
facturers and retailers already
are feeling the economic fallout.
Automakers Tesla and Volvo said
in recent days that they would
idle plants in Germany because of
a parts shortage linked to the
disruption. British oil major Shell
halted all of its shipments
through the Red Sea, the Wall
Street Journal reported Tuesday.
<This is a sign that the situa-
tion is getting worse, not better,=
said Lars Jensen, chief executive
of Vespucci Maritime in Copen-
hagen. <It shows that military
intervention has done nothing to
alleviate the situation.=
Over the past four years, global
supply chains have weathered
the coronavirus pandemic, shift-
ing consumer buying patterns,
record-high inflation and an un-
expected war in Europe. In recent
months, a severe drought has
limited access to the Panama
Canal and forced some cargo to
be transported across the isth-
mus by rail instead of ship.
Now, a worsening conflict in
the Middle East threatens rou-
tine commerce.
Another cargo carrier was at-
tacked in the Red Sea on Tuesday,
while a second major oil compa-
ny began steering its tankers
away from the waterway, indica-
tions that U.S. military strikes on
the Houthi rebels in Yemen have
U.S. unveils plan to cap overdraft fees, setting ob ûght with banking industry
Officials say proposal
could save consumers
$3.5 billion annually
BY T ONY R OMM
The U.S. government on
Wednesday proposed to limit
bank overdraft fees, which com-
panies can charge customers
who spend more money than
they have available in their ac-
counts, touching off a fierce fight
with financial giants eager to
preserve their profits from feder-
al regulation.
The new draft rules, unveiled
by the Consumer Financial Pro-
tection Bureau, could cap some
of the charges as low as $3, part
of a suite of potential changes
meant to aid low-income Ameri-
cans who are most at risk of
racking up substantial debts.
Generally, overdraft payment
programs function as a kind of
loan: If a customer spends more
money than they have, they can
elect for the bank to process the
transaction anyway. If they do,
consumers must pay back the
remainder they owe, plus a fee,
which averages about $26 per
overage nationally, according to
Bankrate, a publication that
tracks the industry.
The exact mechanics vary by
bank and program, but the fees
historically have fallen the hard-
est on poor Americans while
enriching major banks. In 2022,
overdraft charges generated
nearly $9 billion in revenue for
the industry, according to data
furnished this week by the CFPB,
which has repeatedly punished
banks for imposing excessive
penalties to boost their profits.
Under the agency9s new draft
proposal, banks would be subject
to tough credit card-like regula-
tions on their overdraft pro-
grams, unless they agree to lower
fees on customers. The charges
done little to quell the threat to
global trade.
The Greek bulk carrier Zogra-
fia was struck by a missile one
day after a U.S.-owned vessel, the
Gibraltar Eagle, was hit in a
similar strike. In a separate inci-
dent that occurred around the
same time Tuesday, four small
boats came within about 400
yards of a ship in the Red Sea
north of Eritrea but were driven
off by small-arms fire, according
to a report from United Kingdom
Maritime Trade Operations.
No one claimed responsibility
for the latest raids, which fol-
lowed a third round of U.S. mili-
tary action against Houthi tar-
gets in Yemen.
The attacks are beginning to
spread beyond the Red Sea to the
Gulf of Aden, which leads to the
Arabian Sea and the Indian
Ocean. That threatens the sea
approach to Djibouti, the trade
gateway to Ethiopia9s 120 million
people, and complicates the task
facing U.S. and allied military
planners.
The Houthis began attacking
ships in the Red Sea after the
outbreak of war between Israel
and the terrorist group Hamas in
early October.
Three months after the start of
the war, the maritime danger
zone extends hundreds of miles
from its original Red Sea loca-
tion, said Ami Daniel, CEO of
Windward, a maritime intelli-
gence company based in London.
The naval forces protecting glob-
al trade are now stretched dan-
gerously thin.
He expects that the Suez Canal,
which handles 10 to 15 percent of
the world9s oil trade, will effec-
tively be closed to international
shipping as a result. Sending a
ship through the canal will now
cost $3 million to $5 million,
including higher insurance
charges, security and danger pay
for the crew. Diverting around
southern Africa9s Cape of Good
Hope 4 which adds seven to nine
days to the trip from Asia 4 could
cost $2 million for the same type
of ship, he said.
Monday9s attack on the Gibral-
tar Eagle <renders the Suez Canal
irrelevant,= Daniel said.
If the Red Sea attacks contin-
ue, some U.S. East Coast shippers
could opt to bring their goods in
via West Coast ports before load-
ing them aboard freight trains for
the journey east, analysts said.
The Houthis say the strikes are
in retaliation for Israel9s military
offensive in the Gaza Strip, which
has killed almost 24,000 civil-
ians, according to the Gaza
Health Ministry, which is run by
Hamas.
The Houthis say they are tar-
geting vessels linked to Israel or
would be capped, either to the
amount necessary for a bank to
cover its losses, or to a federal
maximum, which may be set
between $3 and $14.
The exact amount is not decid-
ed, nor are the rest of the bu-
reau9s rules, as the agency plans
to solicit public feedback in the
hopes of enacting its proposal by
October 2025.
<For many of those charged
overdraft fees, the market is not
working for them, even if they9re
happy a bank processes a trans-
action instead of declining it,=
said Rohit Chopra, the director
of the CFPB, describing the
charges as a <junk fee harvesting
machine.=
Top CFPB officials say the
regulations, which would apply
only to the largest banks, can still
save consumers about $3.5 bil-
lion annually in fees. Already,
though, major banks have sig-
naled sharp opposition to any
new regulation, even though
Bank of America, Wells Fargo
and others have lowered their
fees in response to political pres-
sure in recent years. Some indus-
try lobbyists are expected to sue
the agency if it issues any final
rules, potentially denying relief
to Americans who have clamored
for the CFPB to act.
<We don9t believe it is some-
thing that needs to be regulated
or legislated= beyond current
law, said Lindsey Johnson, the
president of the Consumer Bank-
ers Association, a group whose
board of directors includes exec-
utives from Capital One, JPMor-
gan Chase and Wells Fargo. In an
interview last week, she said the
group would <take a look at= the
proposal before deciding its next
steps.
The CFPB proposal reflects a
broader campaign across the
Biden administration to crack
down on what it describes as
<junk fees,= or the charges levied
on consumers for services they
once received free. For more than
a year, the president has publicly
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A container ship travels near the Suez Canal in 2017. Carriers are starting to divert cargo ships away from the canal and the Red Sea.
its U.S. and British allies. Asian
shippers bound for local ports are
delivering their cargoes unmo-
lested, Jensen said.
In December, BP said it would
pause oil tanker shipments
through the contested waterway.
Shell chief executive Wael Sawan,
speaking at the World Economic
Forum in Davos on Tuesday, con-
firmed that his company had
suspended Red Sea shipments.
Oil markets have taken the news
in stride.
Since the outbreak of fighting
in the Middle East, the cost of
shipping a standard container
from China to Europe has soared
to more than $4,700 from less
than $1,000, according to the
Freightos index. That9s a dramat-
ic increase, but it falls short of the
pandemic-era peak of around
$15,000 two years ago.
Shipping costs have not risen
further because the industry has
plenty of spare capacity.
In response to supply chain
snags during the pandemic, car-
go carriers such as Maersk and
Hapag-Lloyd ordered dozens of
new container ships. That addi-
tional capacity is allowing the
industry to absorb the current
Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with President Biden at the
White House in 2023. In a new proposal, the bureau aims to cap some overdraft charges as low as $3.
blasted airlines, credit card gi-
ants, concert venues, hotels, in-
ternet providers and landlords
for their profiteering, as the
White House looks for ways to
lower prices in a tough election
year.
<When companies sneak hid-
den junk fees into families9 bills,
it can take hundreds of dollars a
month out of their pockets and
make it harder to make ends
meet,= Biden said Wednesday in
a statement. <This is about the
companies that rip off hardwork-
ing Americans simply because
they can.=
The heightened attention has
touched off a lobbying barrage,
as companies scramble to ward
off even the most basic rules that
might require them to be more
transparent about their practic-
es. The pushback has been espe-
cially acute at the CFPB, which
disruption by reassigning vessels
to the longer sea routes around
the Cape of Good Hope.
<It9s costly and it takes longer.
But physically, it can be done,=
Jensen said.
While soaring freight charges
are bad news for companies mov-
ing goods from Asia to Europe or
the United States, they are good
news for cargo carriers that have
been feeling the financial pinch
of heavy investment spending
amid sluggish demand.
Maersk9s profits in its most
recent quarter slumped to
$521 million from $8.9 billion
during the same period a year
earlier. Quarterly revenue fell by
nearly half. In November, Maersk
said it had trimmed its workforce
last year by 7,000 people and
planned an additional 3,500 job
cuts this year.
When Maersk and other con-
tainer shipping lines report their
next batch of financial results in a
couple of weeks, the numbers
should look much better, said
Jensen. Thanks to strong de-
mand, they have been able to
raise rates above any increase in
their own costs for insurance and
fuel.
banks and other financial insti-
tutions have regularly sued in a
bid to weaken its authority or
eliminate the agency altogether.
When banks first offered over-
draft services widely roughly 30
years ago, they pitched them to
customers as a way to avoid the
embarrassment and hassle of
bounced checks. By 2019,
though, banks had heavily mone-
tized the practice, taking advan-
tage of lax federal rules to rake in
nearly $12 billion that year in
fees, according to the CFPB.
<There are families struggling,
paycheck to paycheck, [that] are
getting hammered, and it is a
real tax on access to their deposit
funds,= said Michael Calhoun,
the president of the Center for
Responsible Lending, which has
advocated for such rules.
Flooded with horror stories,
the U.S. government ramped up
the washington post
For now, the Red Sea fighting is
considered unlikely to have an
immediate impact on the U.S.
economy. Higher shipping costs
will probably filter through to
higher prices, especially in Eu-
rope. But Gregory Daco, chief
economist for EY-Parthenon, said
the current situation is unlikely
to increase the 3.4 percent annual
U.S. inflation rate by more than
0.1 percentage points.
<It would take either a pro-
longed or escalated situation for
the disruptions to filter through
to inflation in a visible manner,=
he said.
Companies that have been
whittling down bloated invento-
ries could reverse course and
begin ordering more goods to
protect themselves against sup-
ply disruptions, according to Phil
Levy, chief economist for Flex-
port, a logistics provider. Such a
shift could make it harder for the
Federal Reserve to complete its
victory over inflation.
Under different circum-
stances, the decision by large oil
companies such as Shell to halt
shipping through the Red Sea
would have a major impact. But
energy supplies are ample. With
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its enforcement in response. The
CFPB, in particular, recently has
penalized TCF Bank, TD Bank
and Regions Bank for various
charges related to the way they
processed transactions, market-
ed overdraft services or imposed
fees.
As part of a roughly $4 billion
settlement with Wells Fargo in
2022, the bureau found the com-
pany9s overdraft practices to be
illegal, alleging that the bank
charged customers even in cases
when consumers had enough
money in their accounts. The
Treasury Department, mean-
while, fined Bank of America last
July for imposing overdraft fees
multiple times on a single trans-
action.
The heightened scrutiny ulti-
mately prompted some banks to
rethink their overdraft policies
entirely. Before its federal fine,
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the Chinese economy struggling
and U.S. oil production at a rec-
ord high, the impact of the
Houthi attacks is limited.
A barrel of Brent crude cost
$78 Tuesday, down from $85 the
day before Hamas attacked Isra-
el.
A similar pattern is playing out
with liquefied natural gas, de-
spite the Red Sea being a major
shipping route for the product,
which is exported in large vol-
umes from Qatar.
Europe has plenty of LNG in
storage, so the loss of some ship-
ments is far less disruptive than it
was two years ago.
<Energy prices are just not
doing what they did after Russia
invaded Ukraine,= said Margaret
Kidd, program director and an
instructional associate professor
of supply chain and logistics tech-
nology at the University of Hous-
ton. <If our economy was going
crazy and the Chinese economy
was going crazy, this would be
different. But that is not what is
happening.=
Yet if the attacks continue in-
definitely, they could eventually
push oil and gas prices up and
push the global economy down.
Bank of America reduced the
amount it charges for an over-
draft to $10 from $35. Wells
Fargo similarly overhauled its
policies in 2022, joining some
banks in instituting a grace peri-
od in which a customer can make
their account whole before any
fee is incurred. And Capital One
eliminated overdraft penalties
entirely, provided customers
make regular deposits.
But the changes still have not
satisfied the CFPB, which report-
ed in December that more than a
quarter of surveyed Americans
said they faced overdraft fees or
other similar charges in the past
year. Of those affected custom-
ers, roughly 4 in 10 said they
were surprised they were
charged a fee, prompting Chopra
to conclude at the time that
<American families are paying
fees they do not expect, even
when they have access to cheaper
forms of credit.=
Foreshadowing the industry9s
stiff opposition, the release of the
CFPB analysis sparked sharp re-
bukes from the banking industry
last month. Rob Nichols, the
president of the American Bank-
ers Association, faulted the U.S.
government and argued that
overdraft charges are <clearly
disclosed, highly regulated, and
provide a service that an over-
whelming majority of consumers
find valuable.=
<Next time we hope the CFPB
recognizes the value Americans
say they receive from overdraft
programs rather than demoniz-
ing a financial product consum-
ers clearly appreciate,= he said in
a statement.
In a statement this week, the
ABA 4 the largest lobbying
group for the banking industry
4 said it had not yet reviewed
the details of the CFPB9s new
proposal. But, a spokesman add-
ed, <we do know that the Bu-
reau9s efforts to demonize a fi-
nancial product that many
Americans value and rely upon is
misguided.=
thursday, january 18 , 2024 . the washington post
D.C., 1968. All photos from Ernest Cole: The True America (From the Ernest Cole Family Trust, Aperture, 2023).
Ernest Cole left South Africa to photograph
America. This is what he saw.
BY R AOUL P ECK
T
he Ernest Cole story never ceases to
intrigue and fascinate. In his images, I see
a stinging tension, the same tension that
has hounded me my entire life: the
feeling of not quite belonging anywhere,
and yet simultaneously feeling free and embold-
ened to reclaim a place in that foreign space.
Settling in a country other than where you were
born, on a different continent from where you grew
up and in a place where you9re not a citizen, shapes
your core and who you will grow to be.
Born in South Africa in 1940, Cole barely had any
rights but the one to die. Apartheid was a reckless
and dehumanizing regime, which caused the entire
southern part of the African continent to ache for
better days.
Exile, for its part, gnaws at the flesh, stripping it
to the bone. You stare at those dents on your body,
puzzled that nothing can heal them.
This world is new, and it is not yours. You can9t
afford negligence, inattention or sloppiness.
You hide from the beast, desperately trying to
keep your sanity and critical mind alive with your
sense of humor, kindness and explorer9s gaze in this
new jungle, which, despite its airs, is just as
dangerous as downtown Johannesburg.
You take it one day at a time, one shot at a time.
You photograph even more. Until you can9t.
The social isolation and breakdown of Cole 4
who landed in New York City in 1966 at age 26,
having already lived through, witnessed and docu-
mented a nightmare back home 4 cannot be
construed as a clash of civilizations, as some of his
contemporaries have claimed.
On the contrary, it seems that most damaging for
him was the discovery that even in the most
cosmopolitan city in the world, in a country that
prides itself on being the bedrock of democracy and
does not shy away from lecturing the rest of the
Harlem, New York City, 1968-1971.
THURSDAY Opinion
Lowndes County, Ala., 1968-1971.
world, there was misery, racism, ignorance and
solitude, regardless of one9s success or fame.
Cole resisted becoming a <chronicler of misery,=
but as if a trap were closing in on him, he felt
cornered. In a 1968 letter, he wrote: <When I left
home I thought I would focus my talents on other
aspects of life which I assumed would be more
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Harlem, New York City, 1968-1971.
hopeful and some joy to do. However, what I have
seen in this country over the past two years has
proved me wrong.=
How do you fit in without losing sight of where
you came from? How do you leave behind what you
know best: your own country and its struggles?
You went to California, Ohio, Alabama,
Chicago, 1968-1971.
A15
Mississippi, South Carolina and more. Someone
generously thought that you, a young Black man
who had just escaped the hell of apartheid, would
be the perfect candidate for a photographic
project with the academic titles: <A Study of the
Negro Family in the Rural South= and <A Study of
the Negro Family in the Urban Ghetto.= You
embodied the unfulfillable desire of liberal intel-
lectuals who saw you as an instrument of meaning,
or worse, an appeaser of guilt.
You didn9t want that.
You were young, flamboyant and eager to
measure yourself against the greatest in your field.
You had already done the heavy lifting. You
started photographing at 16 and were already at the
top. You had a recognizable name and brand,
<House of Bondage,= a photobook that remains
unequaled today.
Cole was no longer at home but found himself
under a gaze as destructive as the one he had fled, a
grimacing skeleton hiding under seductive flesh.
Over a career that spanned three and a half
decades, Cole shot more than 40,000 photos that
we are now poised to discover. The world will at last
understand an artist who, at the end of his life,
became homeless, with his plastic bags, sleeping on
a bench at Penn Station in New York City, where
fellow photographer Shawn Walker barely recog-
nized him. <Living here at the station is no way as
bad as living in the shantytowns in South Africa,=
he said. When Walker returned the next day with
more friends to get Cole off the street, he was
already gone. It was 1975, and he had 15 more years
to live.
No one can know the struggle it took to leave us
these masterpieces, what will now become a
magnum opus in the history of photography.
Raoul Peck is a Haitian filmmaker. This essay is adapted
from <The True America,= a collection of Ernest Cole9s
photography published by Aperture.
a16
This Congress might ûnally do some good for kids
ONTHS OF negotiations among Con-
M gress9s top tax writers have finally pro-
duced a roughly $80 billion bipartisan
deal that could improve the lives of
16 million low-income children. Passing it would
mark a modest but real achievement for a Congress
that has been one of the least productive in recent
history. That might help build momentum and
trust among House and Senate leaders 4 and even
rank-and-file lawmakers 4 as they
EdiTOriaL struggle to complete basic legisla-
tive business this election year.
The bill9s authors tout it as offering something
for both sides, and they9re right: It would boost
many U.S. companies9 bottom lines by restoring
several tax breaks that would otherwise have
expired, a Republican goal; and it would deliver
significant new assistance for millions of low-
income families, via an increased child tax credit, as
Democrats wanted. Even so, the bill received a
tepid reception from Republican and Democratic
lawmakers and the White House, based on the fact
that it did not do even more for their respective
policy priorities.
Congress is already struggling to work through a
lengthy to-do list. To avoid a partial government
shutdown, lawmakers must pass a short-term
funding bill by this weekend. There9s still no
agreement on aid for Ukraine or measures to secure
the southern border. The federal government is
nearly one-third of the way through the fiscal year
ending in September, but there9s still no actual
LETTErs TO ThE EdiTOr
D.C. needs to step up on road safety
Behind the deaths of the 52 people 4
pedestrians, bicyclists and others 4 in in traffic
incidents last year are stories of heartbreak and
trauma, of failed efforts to make D.C.9s streets safer
and, most glaring, of the Bowser administration9s
indifference to tackling the carnage on our streets.
Small fixes, such as getting a crosswalk painted
or a speed hump installed, can take years of emails,
calls and in-person meetings. Advisory
neighborhood commissioners and residents must
act as safety advocates 4 a role that the experts at
the D.C. Department of Transportation should be
playing. Meanwhile, people 4 walking, bicycling
and driving 4 continue to get hurt on those very
streets that have been long identified as dangerous.
In response to the dozens of deaths, hundreds of
crashes and uncounted number of people suffering
as a result of being hit by a driver, DDOT deploys
hollow metaphors, comparing Vision Zero to
running a marathon. A marathon requires will,
effort and the desire to move forward. Instead, last
year alone, the administration of Mayor Muriel
E. Bowser (D) stymied efforts to make Connecticut
Avenue NW safer and slow-rolled much-needed
safety improvements throughout the District. The
Vision Zero goal slips further away, demonstrated
by the fact that traffic deaths were at a 16-year high
in 2023.
This glacial pace contrasts sharply with the
unique momentum for cycling in D.C. Last year saw
another record of Capital Bikeshare trips with more
than 4 million and 358,601 rides in November, a
38.1 percent increase over the prior November. 2023
also saw the inception of two family biking groups,
Ward 5 Family Biking and Hill Family Biking, each
drawing hundreds of bikers at every monthly ride.
Micromobility continues to accelerate. Government
agencies fail to keep pace with the progress.
In 2024, D.C. residents are not asking to reinvent
the wheel. Ms. Bowser9s administration has a long
list of safety measures on its desk. We are asking for
them to be implemented, and for DDOT to run the
marathon forward.
Brooke Bernold, Washington
Really, just feed hungry children
My first reaction to reading the Jan. 12 front-page
article <15 GOP-led states reject summer food aid for
kids= was <Aaarrrggghhh, not again!!!,= and my
second was <How inhumane, self-serving and
impudent of them.=
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) and Iowa Gov. Kim
Reynolds (R) said, respectively, <I don9t believe in
welfare= and the lie <childhood obesity has become
an epidemic.= The latter is certainly a serious
problem but not an <epidemic,= which too often is
used as a scare tactic.
These governors don9t have to walk daily in the
children9s shoes nor eat at their summer table. The
gall and audacity of using children as political
pawns disgust me. These 15 governors should be
ashamed.
Edward J. Pastula, New Carrollton
I was stunned to read the front-page article on
Republican governors9 resistance to a new, federally
funded summer program that provides food
assistance to hungry children. Two of the governors,
Kim Reynolds of Iowa and Jim Pillen of Nebraska,
lead major agriculture-producing states whose
farmers benefit from such government programs.
In addition to the governors9 obliviousness to the
interests of their constituents, the sheer cruelty of
the governors9 thinking should be called out.
Mr. Pillen9s pretzel logic proclaims the program is
<unnecessary and is not adequate to meeting the
needs of children. . . . They need much more.= So the
solution is to eliminate support? Huh?
Not to be outdone, Ms. Reynolds9s reasoning is
equally coldhearted. She sees no point in giving
grocery assistance to kids <when childhood obesity
has become an epidemic.= Ah, so making it harder to
obtain nutritious food is a benevolent weight-
reduction discipline?
To borrow an adjective from our spelling-
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budget for this year. (Congress keeps extending
2023 funding levels in stopgap deals.) While leaders
from both parties recently agreed on 2024 top-line
spending figures, the details aren9t finalized.
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challenged former president: Ludacris!
Richard Stack, Silver Spring
The writer is founding executive director of the
Capital Area Food Bank.
The Preamble to our Constitution provides
parameters for determining how to govern. <We the
People of the United States, in Order to form a more
perfect Union= and <promote the general Welfare,
do ordain and establish this Constitution.=
Apparently, the governors of Iowa, Nebraska,
Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming do not
consider promoting the general welfare of
food-insecure youths part of their sworn duties.
Perhaps these governors are strict
constructionists of the Constitution and do not see
the word <youths= or <children= in the Preamble,
thereby concluding that our founders meant welfare
only for generals. After all, George Washington did
become a general, and perhaps this was his reward.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) said, <I don9t believe
in welfare.= Then perhaps he should take a course in
civics. The founders made it clear. Whether a
governor believes in welfare or not, he or she is
duty-bound to promote the welfare of hungry kids
in his or her state. Perhaps if they could vote,
Mr. Pillen would have a different mind-set. But they
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And yet there isn9t much time to act on the
$80 billion deal: The bill9s tax benefits are
supposed to apply to tax years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Tax-filing season begins Jan. 29. Waiting too long to
pass this legislation would make it confusing at
best and useless at worst for 2023 tax-filers because
too many will have already submitted their returns.
The best parts of the deal, hammered out
between House Ways and Means Chairman Jason
T. Smith (R-Mo.) and Senate Finance Chairman
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), are its provisions increasing
the value of, and expanding eligibility for, the child
tax credit. Nearly 16 million children would
benefit, according to an analysis by the left-leaning
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
The current credit is $2,000 per child, but many
lower-income families do not receive the full
amount because they owe little to no federal
income tax. A household must earn at least
$2,500 a year to qualify for any credit. A maximum
of $1,600 is refundable 4 meaning families that
don9t owe income tax can receive money back from
the government. The new legislation would lift the
refundable amount to $1,800 per child for 2023
and $2,000 (or more, depending on inflation) by
2025. This would be a substantial financial boost to
larger families of modest means. Families still have
to earn at least some income from work to qualify,
but that work could be from the year for which they
are filing or the previous one. Overall, it9s not as
generous as the 2021 child tax credit expansion
that lifted nearly 3 million kids out of poverty. But
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liam Simonelli
will vote someday, and they will remember who
stood up for them when they were hungry.
Les Greenberg, Marriottsville
Why Chevron is needed
In his Jan. 14 op-ed, <8Chevron9 could be the catch
of the day,= George F. Will claimed that ending
Chevron deference would rein in what he calls the
<sprawling administrative state= by transferring
power from agencies to the legislative and judicial
branches of government. Mr. Will is wrong about the
former but right about the latter.
Ending the Chevron deference would not return
any power to Congress. Instead, it would effect a
massive transfer of policymaking authority from the
people9s representatives in Congress to unelected
federal judges.
Chevron, since 1984, has directed courts to defer
to agency interpretations of ambiguous questions of
law. Congress legislates against its backdrop. When
it encounters areas of law that require technical
expertise, it writes statutes in capacious terms to
leave policy choices open to the scientists, doctors
and economists who staff government agencies and
have dedicated their lives to the study of particular
substantive issue areas.
Thus, transferring technical policy choices away
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this latest compromise would help about
400,000 kids out of poverty, the budget center
estimates.
The price of this aid for poor children is business
tax benefits. The bill would allow immediate
deduction of any U.S.-based research and develop-
ment spending. (Under current law, the deduction
has to be spread over five years.) It also restores
companies9 ability to deduct the entire cost of
certain equipment or capital expenditures and
makes it easier to deduct interest expenses. These
tax breaks were in the 2017 GOP tax bill, but they
had largely ended by a quirk of the 2017 bill9s
design. Their extension in this measure confirms
that there is nothing so permanent in Washington
as a temporary tax cut. Republicans are already
talking about extending them beyond 2025.
That9s reason to doubt the ultimate price tag will
be <just= $80 billion. The Committee for a
Responsible Federal Budget estimated the true
figure would be more like $500 billion over 10 years
if the policies are made permanent without further
offsetting spending cuts or revenue increases. Still,
the cost through 2025 is fully offset, mostly by
curtailing the employee retention credit, a
pandemic-era small business subsidy whose cost
has quadrupled from the $55 billion originally
estimated, largely because of abuse and fraud.
As Washington compromises go, this is a typical-
ly unlovely one, but it9s redeemed by a tangible
improvement in life circumstances for the working
poor.
from these experts to unelected federal judges would
not be an act of congressional empowerment; it
would be an act of congressional defiance. Neither
the Constitution nor the Administrative Procedure
Act demands this rebellion.
Let9s recognize the battle cry to overrule Chevron
for what it is: a move in the conservative project to
hamstring government by making it more difficult
for agencies to implement the laws that Congress has
passed, not a thoughtful reconsideration of a
precedent on the basis of binding law.
Miriam Becker-Cohen, Washington
The writer is appellate counsel at the Constitutional
Accountability Center and a drafter of an amicus
brief in support of the respondents in
Loper Bright v. Raimondo.
George F. Will said the Supreme Court should
overturn the Chevron deference doctrine, which
would limit the ability of Congress to delegate
decisions on the specifics of economic regulations to
professional administrators with technical
expertise. He said he looks forward to the day when
<Congress would . . . have to be more involved in
writing, and therefore accountable for, regulations.=
Perhaps Mr. Will is happy to restrict the ability of
agencies to make regulations that conservatives
don9t like in the first place, such as environmental
protection. But consider the effect of eliminating
Chevron deference on the Federal Reserve. After all,
the Fed is just another administrative agency created
by Congress, staffed by experts and given broad
discretion to make major decisions that affect the
economy. Does Mr. Will think the Fed should have to
ask Congress for permission every time it wants to
raise interest rates to fight inflation? Does Mr. Will
think that financial institutions or borrowers should
be able to sue the Fed every time one of its decisions
costs them money?
John Shea, Ellicott City
The two-step analytic framework set forth in
19849s Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense
Councilis a reasonable approach to construing the
legitimacy of a regulation.
At Chevron9s first step, a court looks to the <plain
meaning= of the statute to determine whether the
regulation responds to it. If it does, that is the end of
the inquiry and the regulation stands. However, if
the statute is susceptible to multiple interpretations,
the court then moves to Chevron9s second step and
defers to the agency9s interpretation, as long as it is
based on a permissible construction of the statute.
As a practical matter, agencies flesh out legislation
to achieve objectives because, unlike our politicians
and judges, agency personnel have the expertise
necessary to do so. They do so under the guidance of
the executive branch, which has the authority to
carry out and enforce congressional legislation. And
the judiciary has the authority and opportunity to
review the legitimacy of agency regulations. Chevron
deference complies, not conflicts, with the
separation of powers doctrine.
Without agency expertise to flesh out legislation
through the regulatory process, the United States
would sink to a level of gross incompetence.
If a regulation is overly burdensome, it does not
mean it9s illegitimate. The judiciary could simply rule
that an overly burdensome regulation amounts to a
<regulatory taking= under the eminent domain clause
of our Constitution and justly compensate those who
must comply with the regulation to relieve them of
the financial burden the regulation imposes.
Maurice F. Baggiano, Jamestown, N.Y.
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Kids and adults take advantage of the snow Tuesday at Alexandria9s Windmill Hill Park.
alyssa RosenbeRg
Global warming is putting snow days on ice.
So, we have to let loose when they happen.
ast week, as my 5-year-old peered out our
L front windows and pined for snow, I realized
her 2-year-old brother had never seen the
ground blanketed in white.
That9s not so unusual for children in many parts
of the world, of course. But I grew up in New
England, where winter could be counted on to
deliver wonderlands. For the first few years of my
daughter9s life in D.C., she donned her snowsuit at
least once a season. The idea that my little boy had
gone so long without encountering snow felt like a
generational dividing line: between snow as a
guarantee and snow as a rarity, between a child-
hood lightly marked by climate change and one
defined by it.
The climate9s increasing warmth and unpredict-
ability make themselves felt in many ways.
Gardeners see the impact in the Department of
Agriculture9s shifting Plant Hardiness Zone Map,
which shows average low winter temperatures and
provides guidance about which plants will thrive in
which regions. For coastal homeowners, the new
reality arrived in 2021 via soaring insurance
premiums intended to provide a more realistic
accounting of more frequent and severe storms.
Californians are finding their air-conditioner-free
architecture rendered obsolete by summer heat
waves.
Like these other changes, the loss of snowpack
poses a real threat to the billions of people who live
in communities where snow is an important part of
the regional water cycle. As my colleagues in the
newsroom reported last week, a study in the journal
Nature suggests that once regions start experienc-
ing winter temperatures that don9t fall below an
average of 17.6 degrees Fahrenheit, snow accumula-
tion declines precipitously. Areas that rely on that
snow to replenish rivers and reservoirs could find
themselves in real trouble.
In climates where the winters are milder, snow
might not stick, if it falls at all. New York City9s
701-day snow drought ended on Tuesday; the
District had gone even longer, a whole 729 days
without snow.
The disappearance of snow is bittersweet as
well as consequential. It9s a loss for which the
Megan McaRdle
The rich parables of the SEC9s hacked X account
ast week9s hack of the Securities and Exchange
L Commission9s X account is a real-life metaphor so
deliciously apt, so perfectly on the nose, it tells
you almost all you need to know about the
conundrums besetting modern regulators.
The hack involved the SEC9s then-pending decision
on whether to approve exchange-traded funds that
hold bitcoin. Fund managers have been trying to bring
such funds to market, but the SEC has been dragging its
feet for a decade 4 and not entirely without reason: As
cryptocurrency markets evolved, they garnered an
astonishing number of scams. Also, the main use for
bitcoin seemed to be speculating on the future price of
bitcoin.
A few years back, the SEC did allow ETFs based on
bitcoin futures products; unlike crypto, futures markets
are already highly regulated. But while the fuddy-
duddies at the SEC might have thought this made the
ETFs entirely different from just holding crypto, the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit disagreed,
issuing a ruling that made it hard for the agency to
continue denying Americans our right to pointlessly
speculate on high-tech monopoly money. After all, not
everyone lives within walking distance of a casino.
All this set the stage for what happened last Tuesday,
when the SEC9s account on X (formerly Twitter) said
bitcoin ETFs had been approved. The price of bitcoin
rose, only to recede minutes later when SEC Chair Gary
Gensler hastily sent a message from his own account,
saying that no, no, the SEC9s account had been compro-
mised and bitcoin ETFs hadn9t yet been approved.
In an apparently unrelated incident the following day,
some users reported seeing an approval go briefly live on
the SEC site, before disappearing, presumably because
someone had accidentally posted it too early. After the
market closed, the approval went up again. Bitcoin ETFs
Carolyn Van HouTen/THe WasHingTon PosT
Rayn Ali, 2, and his grandmother Rafiqa Ibrahim
sled on the snow outside the Capitol in 2022.
surprise delights of a January-blooming cherry
tree or a dahlia tuber that survives a mild winter
can9t begin to compensate. Nowhere is that clearer
than in the way children react to snow 4 and in the
children9s literature that chronicles their age-old
response to it.
In <The Giver,= Lois Lowry9s dystopian young
adult novel about a child named Jonas who is
chosen to carry the memories of a world before
society eliminated all difference and variability, the
first glimpse of the past he9s given is a sled ride on a
snowy day. The experience isn9t merely weather. For
Jonas, it9s his first experience of <the breathless glee
that overwhelmed him: the speed, the clear cold air,
the total silence, the feeling of balance and
excitement and peace.=
Snow also offers a disruption of routine and a
were finally a reality.
The parables here are rich enough to mine forever:
These events seemed to vindicate some wariness about
moving our entire lives into the digital realm where they
can so easily be hacked. But, then again, why should the
bitcoin decision have been made by people who had
apparently not 4 according to the safety team at X 4
bothered to enable a common security feature known as
<two-factor authentication= on the SEC9s official ac-
count? For IT folks, this kind of basic precaution is, as
security technologist Bruce Schneier put it, <kindergar-
ten stuff.=
This looked particularly bad given that the SEC claims
oversight of cybersecurity incidents in the private sector,
and will probably not accept <I forgot= as an excuse if a
company9s poor security results in market-moving
hacks. (Further delicious detail: they had to reopen
comment on one of those proposed rules because, uh, the
internet comment form broke.) Also, it turns out that the
government has been working for years on switching
over to two-factor authentication. In September, the SEC
issued an impressive-sounding progress memo that
included a lot of meeting, establishing and implement-
ing but not yet clicking the two-factor authentication
checkbox in their social media security settings.
Which makes this not just a funny mini-scandal but
also a story about how much worse the government is at
technical things than the private sector it purports to
oversee.
We9ve already heard many reasons the government
struggles to do technology well: Salaries aren9t high
enough to compete for top tech talent, and dedicated
civil servants (yes, there are many) have to navigate
around unfireable incompetents. But if you want to fully
understand the perverse incentives that the political
system creates for people trying their best to give us what
eZ re
MaTT MCClain/THe WasHingTon PosT
suspension of the rules 4 one that is more welcome
to children sprung from school than parents
struggling to clear sidewalks and line up alternative
care. Snow itself is an opportunity for children to
shape the world, rather than bending to the world9s
requirements.
That might mean leaving playful footprints and
gentle snow angels, as Peter, Ezra Jack Keats9s
protagonist, does in the groundbreaking 1962 pic-
ture book <The Snowy Day.= Or snow could be a
hilariously morbid canvas for the fantasies of a kid
like Calvin, the 6-year-old scamp with a proclivity
for snow monsters that Bill Watterson introduced
to newspaper comic pages in 1985. <The world looks
brand-new! It9s like having a big white sheet of
paper to draw on,= Calvin9s tiger, Hobbes, told him
in the final strip of the acclaimed series. <A day full
of possibilities,= Calvin agreed. <It9s a magical world,
Hobbes, ol9 buddy. Let9s go exploring!=
It was with Calvin9s directive in mind that when
last week9s forecast began to promise our first real
snow in two years, I splurged on snow pants and
heavy socks that we might not have cause to use
again before my children grow out of them. On
Monday evening, we watched the snow thicken in
the glow of the streetlights. My daughter made
snow angels in our backyard. We all built a
snowman, whose body was repurposed for a snow
fight with the neighbors. I towed my son around
the yard on our little plastic sled. And both kids did
their best to help their father shovel the front
walk.
This storm didn9t match the biggest snows of my
youth, when my family slept in front of our fireplace
and slid through quiet streets on cross-country skis.
But if it turns out to be the last snow of my son9s
childhood, there9s a chance he might remember it.
<Why don9t we have snow, and sleds, and hills?=
Jonas asks in <The Giver.= His mentor responds that
society eliminated these things in a quest to free
itself from inconvenience and unpredictability.
As terrible as that decision seems, at least it was a
choice. I hope I don9t have to tell my children and
grandchildren that we simply gave up on snow as
we let temperatures rise, rendering sleds obsolete
without noticing what we9d end up missing.
we want and need, read <Recoding America,= by Jennifer
Pahlka, who founded the U.S. Digital Service during the
Obama administration.
Americans are obsessed with making sure that no
government employee, anywhere, ever gets away with
anything on the taxpayer dime. So we9ve stripped away
their discretion, laying out extraordinarily detailed pro-
cedures for every single thing they do 4 which many
then hew to exactly, no matter how outdated the guide-
lines or absurd the results because they know that when
anything does go wrong, they will be called to account by
politicians who understand very little about their jobs.
Their safest response when this happens is, <Look, I was
following the letter of the law you guys wrote.=
Thus, procurement is a glacial process. Much of the
technology we do buy doesn9t work as well as it should
because it was selected to fit guidelines written years ago
4 often by well-meaning people who were mainly
thinking about making politicians happy and keeping
the inspector general at bay. Even when they9re trying
hard, government technologists have to contend with
the decades of accumulated bureaucratic cruft.
This system is fine for an agency that doesn9t want to
do anything 4 which I guess describes the SEC in this
case. But even the most hard-nosed libertarian some-
times wants the government to change with the times
and make something happen, like, say, approve a bitcoin
ETF. This can9t happen if every agency is mummified in
red tape.
So though it9s fair to heap scorn on the SEC for its
missteps 4 and yes, have some fun at its expense 4 don9t
assume the best way to get things done is to have the
Senate breathing down its neck. Just as likely, this will
result in new guidelines that further ensure nothing ever
happens again 4 at least, nothing we want. And that9s no
laughing matter.
a17
JiM geRaghty
Was that
the ûnal 2024
presidential
debate?
here9s a good chance we9ve seen
T the last presidential primary de-
bate of the 2024 cycle, now that
Thursday9s debate in New
Hampshire has been canceled after Nik-
ki Haley announced that she wouldn9t
participate if Donald Trump wasn9t
there.
If Haley maintains that stance for
CNN9s debate on Sunday at New England
College in New Hampshire, expect that
one to go down as well. Trump is
extremely unlikely to alter his practice of
skipping the GOP debates 4 the strategy
has worked too well for him, even if it
hasn9t been great for democracy or the
candidate selection process.
Oh, I guess CNN could make a state-
ment by having Ron DeSantis alone
onstage with two empty chairs. (Not
even Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa
Hutchinson are active candidates any-
more. Hey, is that guy Ryan Binkley still
around? What9s he doing next weekend?)
Performing well in a debate is hard,
which is why debates are necessary. It9s a
lot easier to read a script off a tele-
prompter or shake hands and make
small talk at diners in Iowa and New
Hampshire.
The GOP primary debates haven9t
been perfect 4 it9s a lot harder for
candidates when there are more than,
say, four of them onstage. You can argue
that the time limits are too strict to get
into any detail when discussing serious
topics such as entitlement reform, cli-
mate change or the U.S. relationship
with China. You can argue, fairly, that too
many candidates come armed with
canned zingers, opposition research,
hackneyed slogans or campaign websites
to shoehorn into every answer.
But this is one of the few times when
American voters get to see candidates
thinking on their feet 4 or, in some
cases, failing to think on their feet.
Almost everything else on the campaign
trail is heavily choreographed by their
staff. The debate stage is where the
contrasts between the candidates are
sharpest.
Assuming that Trump cruises to the
nomination 4 and the Iowa caucuses
were a smooth start 4 the lesson for all
future front-runners, at least within the
Republican Party, is that you can skip
debates with no consequence. GOP pri-
mary voters don9t seem to mind.
Who is going to chew out Trump for
skipping debates? The Republican Na-
tional Committee? Trump put Chair-
woman Ronna McDaniel in the top RNC
job; she9s never going to give Trump grief
over anything. (If you9re wondering why
President Biden isn9t debating long-shot
challengers Dean Phillips and Marianne
Williamson, that9s just not something
incumbent presidents do. No doubt
much to the relief of a White House staff
that lives in terror of Biden ad-libbing in
public.)
There9s some irony in the fact that
Haley is now the one turning down a
debate opportunity; her debate perform-
ances are what elevated her to the top
tier, or at least to the theoretically-has-a-
shot tier.
And with Trump refusing to partici-
pate in primary debates, it9s fair to
wonder whether the general election
debates later this year are going to
happen. Last November, the Commission
on Presidential Debates announced three
presidential debates: Sept. 16 at Texas
State University in San Marcos, Oct. 1 at
Virginia State University in Petersburg
and Oct. 9 at the University of Utah in
Salt Lake City. A vice-presidential debate
is scheduled for Sept. 25 at Lafayette
College in Easton, Pa.
But in 2022, the RNC voted unani-
mously to withdraw from the commis-
sion, and the committee now requires
candidates to agree in writing to appear
only at party-sanctioned primary and
general election debates. Meanwhile,
Biden and the Democrats are unlikely to
participate in any debate not organized
by the commission.
Earlier this month, two Democratic
senators close to Biden, Dick Durbin of
Illinois and Chris Coons of Delaware,
speculated to the Hill that perhaps Biden
should not participate in a general elec-
tion debate with Trump, which could
give the former president a platform he
doesn9t deserve.
Durbin said, <I would think twice
about it. . . . I9ve been physically present
at one of [Trump9s] debates with Hillary
Clinton, and I watched him do outra-
geous things and say outrageous things.
It9s just an opportunity for him to display
his extremism.=
Coons said, <I was in the room for one
of the debates in 2020 4 Chris Wallace
was the moderator. The former president
in no way at all respected the rules or the
tradition or decorum= of presidential
debates. <It was a disaster.=
Neither senator was speaking on be-
half of Biden9s campaign, but this sounds
like the floating of a trial balloon. Appar-
ently, Biden9s allies aren9t so eager to see
him onstage with Trump again.
America has had a presidential debate
every cycle since 1976. Democracy is
better with debates than without de-
bates. But in this case, a presidential
contest with no debates might be relief:
Maybe we9ve reached the point where
nobody wants to see these two old men
onstage shouting at each other anymore.
A18
He hit three big bets, but the sportsbook wouldn9t pay him
BETTing from a1
Council, though a company
spokesperson said Hard rock
hadn9t been ordered to pay up.
The Tennessee Sports Wager-
ing Council declined to answer
questions from The Post regard-
ing Kozak9s case, how often
sportsbooks are citing <obvious
errors= to avoid paying custom-
ers and how the state determines
what errors are and aren9t obvi-
ous.
Virtually every U.S. sports-
book has similarly open-ended
language in its terms and condi-
tions. There9s consensus that
bookmakers shouldn9t have to
honor bets that take advantage of
a <fat finger= input screw-up,
such as listing the <over/under=
point total of a football game as
500 instead of 50. (In such a case,
any bettor would bet on fewer
than 500 points being scored for
a guaranteed win.) But increas-
ingly, according to a half-dozen
people who work with sports-
books, operators are canceling
winning bets that result from
murkier types of bookmaking
blunders, raising a philosophical
debate that9s dividing regulators
across the country.
many states give sportsbooks
considerable leeway to void win-
ning bets after the fact simply
because their odds or lines were
markedly out of sync with those
offered by competitors. Some
regulators, however, insist that,
with few exceptions, a bet is a
bet, no matter how badly an
operator wishes to take it back.
<We9re taking a hard line,= said
David rebuck, director of New
Jersey9s Division of Gaming En-
forcement. <These types of [pric-
ing] errors should not be hap-
pening.=
There9s no way of knowing
precisely how often customers
are seeing their winning bets
canceled, but rex Beyers, who
has worked for Caesars and sev-
eral other sportsbooks, estimates
that every day across the indus-
try at least one operator attempts
to void a bet. Some protection is
only fair, Beyers said: If a cus-
tomer tries to cash in on a blatant
fat finger, <you9re basically steal-
ing money from someone who
made a mistake.=
mistakes appear to be piling
Ultraût 93-year-old
obers insights into the
biology of aging well
aging from a1
Daly, an assistant lecturer in exer-
cise science at the Technological
University of the Shannon in Ire-
land, was quite familiar with an
example of successful aging. His
grandfather is morgan, the 2022
indoor-rowing world champion in
the lightweight, 90-to-94 age
group.
What made morgan especially
interesting to the researchers
was that he hadn9t begun sports
or exercise training until he was
73. retired and somewhat at
loose ends then, he9d attended a
rowing practice with one of his
other grandsons, a competitive
collegiate rower. The coach
invited him to use one of the
machines.
<He never looked back,= Daly
said.
Highest heart rate on record
They invited morgan, who
was 92 at the time, to the
physiology lab at the University
of Limerick in Ireland to learn
more, measuring his height,
weight and body composition
and gathering details about his
diet. They also checked his
metabolism and heart and lung
function.
They then asked him to get on
a rowing machine and race a
simulated 2,000-meter time trial
while they monitored his heart,
lungs and muscles.
<It was one of the most inspir-
ing days I9ve ever spent in the
lab,= said Philip Jakeman, a pro-
fessor of healthy aging, physical
performance and nutrition at the
University of Limerick and the
study9s senior author.
morgan proved to be a nona-
genarian powerhouse, his sinewy
165 pounds composed of about
80 percent muscle and barely 15
percent fat, a body composition
that would be considered healthy
for a man decades younger.
During the time trial, his heart
rate peaked at 153 beats per
minute, well above the expected
maximum heart rate for his age
and among the highest peaks
ever recorded for someone in
their 90s, the researchers be-
lieve, signaling a very strong
heart.
up as a result of sportsbooks
offering vastly more wagering
opportunities than ever, mainly
through prop bets 4 involving
team and player statistics 4 and
in-game <microbets,= such as
whether a football possession
will end in a score. Sportsbooks
are also pushing same-game par-
lays, allowing customers to bun-
dle props for the chance at a
substantial payout if each leg of
their bet hits.
The house has a bigger edge on
parlays, in some cases collecting
roughly $20 for every $100 wa-
gered, compared with about $5
for every $100 in conventional
<straight= bets. But generating
accurate, real-time odds for
thousands of hypothetical com-
binations every second of every
day is <essentially impossible,=
said Ed miller, a former execu-
tive at odds provider Huddle 4
mainly because the legs of most
same-game parlays are correlat-
ed. That ranges from outcomes
that are nearly 100 percent
linked 4 if one team9s wide
receiver makes a touchdown
catch, for example, that probably
means the starting quarterback
threw for a TD 4 to more subtle
connections, such as what a
quarterback attempting a lot of
passes implies about the total
score.
Bookmaking software can9t ac-
count for every correlation.
<They9re going to make mis-
takes,= miller said. <There9s no
way around it.= But as he sees it,
there9s a fundamental difference
between overt technical failures,
such as listing a favorite as the
underdog, and analytical over-
sights, whether by a human or a
program. Too many sportsbooks,
miller said, are using the <obvi-
ous error= rule as a <get out of jail
free= card, letting them clean up
on props and parlays against
casual bettors while voiding big
winners <repeatedly, indefinite-
ly,= instead of being required to
take down flawed products and
address their weaknesses.
Kozak, a Chicago-based finan-
cial derivatives trader and an
experienced sports bettor, tried
to capitalize on this type of
vulnerability. on a trip to Nash-
ville in November, he placed 10
NHL same-game parlays through
Hard rock9s sportsbook and won
His heart rate also headed
toward this peak very quickly,
meaning his heart was able to
rapidly supply his working mus-
cles with oxygen and fuel. These
<oxygen uptake kinetics,= a key
indicator of cardiovascular
health, proved comparable to
those of a typical, healthy 30- or
40-year-old, Daly said.
Exercising 40 minutes a day
Perhaps most impressive, he
developed this fitness with a
simple, relatively abbreviated ex-
ercise routine, the researchers
noted.
Consistency: Every week, he
rows about 30 kilometers (about
18.5 miles), averaging around 40
minutes a day.
a mix of easy, moderate and
intense training: About 70 per-
cent of these workouts are easy,
with morgan hardly laboring.
Another 20 percent are at a
difficult but tolerable pace, and
the final 10 at an all-out, barely
sustainable intensity.
Weight training: Two or three
times a week, he also weight-
trains, using adjustable dumb-
bells to complete about three
sets of lunges and curls, repeat-
ing each move until his muscles
are too tired to continue.
a high-protein diet: He eats
plenty of protein, his daily con-
sumption regularly exceeding
the usual dietary recommenda-
tion of about 60 grams of protein
for someone of his weight.
How exercise changes how
we age
<This is an interesting case
study that sheds light on our
understanding of exercise adap-
tation across the life span,= said
Scott Trappe, director of the
Human Performance Laboratory
at Ball State University in Indi-
ana. He has studied many older
athletes but was not involved in
the new study.
<We are still learning about
starting a late-life exercise pro-
gram,= he added, <but the evi-
dence is pretty clear that the
human body maintains the abili-
ty to adapt to exercise at any age.=
In fact, morgan9s fitness and
physical power at 93 suggest that
<we don9t have to lose= large
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three of them. In one $300
wager, he bet that eight players
wouldn9t score in a game be-
tween the Anaheim Ducks and
florida Panthers, and that Ana-
heim would score fewer than
three goals. (florida won, 2-1.)
Hard rock initially graded the
200-1 parlay a winner and credit-
ed Kozak9s account with
$60,000, only to revoke the
funds five days later. Two similar-
ly constructed parlays involving
a game between the minnesota
Wild and ottawa Senators
should have earned him about
$36,000 each, but those were
never graded.
Hard rock9s house rules say a
bet can be voided if odds or lines
<caused by human or system
error . . . significantly differ from
the general market or are clearly
erroneous.= In New Jersey, the
company goes a step further,
defining an obvious error as <a
deviation of more than one hun-
dred percent (100%) in the pay-
out compared to the market
average or intended odds.=
The odds for each leg of Ko-
zak9s parlays were comparable to
those offered at other sports-
books, based on data archived on
bet tracking site Betstamp. It9s
TOP: Richard Morgan competes in an indoor rowing competition
in 2018. Morgan, now 93, began his exercise training at 73.
aBOVE: Morgan with his wife. a study released last month says
Morgan has the physiology of a healthy person in their 30s or 40s.
iLLUsTRaTion bY MichaeL DoMine/The washingTon PosT
impossible, however, to deter-
mine a market average for same-
game parlay payouts because
operators calculate correlations
differently. Kozak estimates that
his 200-1 bet had about a 1 per-
cent chance of succeeding 4
more favorable than the payout
implied, but not wildly so.
After all, Kozak said, he handi-
caps all of his bets and places a
wager only after determining
there9s value in his favor. In a
sense, the entire objective of
sports betting is to spot and
exploit mispriced odds and lines.
In the eyes of many gamblers,
voiding those wins betrays the
spirit of the game.
Eventually Kozak sent a mes-
sage on X to matt Primeaux,
Hard rock Digital9s executive
managing director and presi-
dent, who proposed paying Ko-
zak <based on correct correlation
values=: $25,200 for the three
winners combined. Kozak reject-
ed the offer and brought his
dispute to state regulators.
Even the voiding of bets on
obviously incorrect lines can be
galling to customers. Danny mo-
ses, one of the mortgage bond
traders depicted in the book and
movie <The Big Short,= recently
FaMiLY PhoTo
the washington post
had a $50 bet on the Baltimore
ravens to defeat the Detroit
Lions in the Super Bowl 4 placed
at generous 500-1 odds 4 voided
by Hard rock Bet. The company,
he said, made no attempt to
reach him to explain its decision.
<No one would ever get away
with this on Wall Street,= he said.
<If you meant to buy 100,000
shares instead of a million, guess
what? You eat it. Why? Because
it9s a regulated business, the SEC
and [the financial Industry reg-
ulatory Authority] watch it, and
you9re responsible for your own
mistakes. If sports gambling
wants to be a regulated business,
operators have to own their mis-
takes.=
Even more <mind-boggling,=
moses added, was the fact that
Hard rock voided his wager but
hasn9t canceled an identical bet
from a friend who lives in New
Jersey. The company told The
Post that it has sought permis-
sion from New Jersey9s gaming
authority to void that bet. But
would the company still have
asked to refund the bet had the
Lions lost their first playoff
game, or simply graded it a loser?
(The company did not respond to
that question.)
<It was one of the most
inspiring days I9ve ever
spent in the lab.=
Philip Jakeman,
a professor at the University
of Limerick and the study9s senior
author, on the day Richard Morgan
was observed
. thursday, january 18 , 2024
In the United Kingdom, where
online sports betting has been
legal since 2005, sportsbooks
reserve the right to void what
they call palpable errors, or
<palps.= Luke Paton, a longtime
bettor who previously worked for
British betting exchange Betfair,
said sportsbooks should be
spared massive payouts resulting
from blatant palps. If a TV typi-
cally sells for 1,000 pounds but is
accidentally listed for 10 pounds,
he said, it wouldn9t be reasonable
to insist on holding the store to
that price.
But sportsbooks <can9t have it
both ways,= he added 4 sloppily
setting odds, then collecting
when bets lose while voiding
those that win.
rebuck said he saw Europe9s
lax standard for palps and decid-
ed to impose much stiffer criteria
in New Jersey. Soon after his
state legalized sports betting, in
2018, an operator mistakenly list-
ed the Kentucky men9s basketball
team as a double-digit underdog
instead of a heavy favorite. After
investigating, New Jersey or-
dered the operator to pay up
because Kentucky9s overmatched
opponent still had a theoretical
chance of winning. on another
occasion, an operator was al-
lowed to void bets on a field goal
in a football game being longer
than two yards because a field
goal must be longer than 10 yards
and is almost always at least 18.
When an operator tries to void
a bet because of a pricing error,
New Jersey demands to know
what software or supervisory
failures allowed the mistake to
happen and how it will be cor-
rected going forward, he said.
Some operators in his state
still publish terms that cite a
blanket right to void obvious
errors. His agency doesn9t have
the capacity to vet every opera-
tor9s fine print, rebuck said, but
as for voiding bets without the
agency9s approval, <You9re not
going to do it, and if you did, it9s a
consumer violation and we9re
going to sue your a-- off.=
With stricter regulatory en-
forcement, rebuck said, fights
over odds errors wouldn9t break
out so frequently. <This is not
good for the industry,= he said,
<and it9s certainly not good for
patrons.=
Row2k.coM
amounts of muscle and aerobic
capacity as we grow older, Jake-
man said. Exercise could help us
build and maintain a strong,
capable body, whatever our age,
he said.
of course, morgan probably
had some genetic advantages,
the scientists point out. rowing
prowess seems to run in the
family.
And his race performances in
recent years have been slower
than they were 15, 10 or even five
years ago. Exercise won9t erase
the effects of aging. But it may
slow our bodies9 losses, morgan9s
example seems to tell us. It may
flatten the decline.
It also offers other, less-corpo-
real rewards. <There is a certain
pleasure in achieving a world
championship,= morgan told me
through his grandson, with
almost comic self-effacement.
<I started from nowhere,= he
said, <and I suddenly realized
there was a lot of pleasure in
doing this.=
Do you have a fitness question?
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Moore calls
for budget
cuts but no
tax hikes
Budget proposal shifts
priorities to child care,
housing and job training
BY E RIN C OX
After warning for months that
Maryland needed to rein in its
costs and boost its economy, Gov.
Wes Moore (D) on Wednesday re-
leased a $63.1 billion budget pro-
posal that aims to do that without
raising taxes.
His budget, the first one created
exclusively by his administration,
significantly trims spending on
transportation, private univer-
sities and community colleges,
among many other smaller cuts,
while plowing hundreds of mil-
lions of dollars into his other
priorities.
Moore called the spending plan
the first step in <rebasing= how the
government invests in core priori-
ties and lives within its means.
<I9m new to politics, but I9m not
new to budgets,= Moore, a former
investment banker, said. <If you
are the Ceo of a company and
your business is not growing, then
maybe it is time to rethink your
business model. It will not be
enough to simply rebuild the state
government. We need to refocus.=
Moore said his administration
went line by line through the
state9s budget, looking for ways to
align state spending with what
works and looking for places pan-
demic aid inflated state spending.
Among the examples his adminis-
tration offered: cutting aid for
private colleges such as Johns
Hopkins University back to pre-
pandemic levels.
Maryland faced budget gaps
projected to widen from $761 mil-
lion next fiscal year to $2.7 billion
four years later. The cuts shrink
those gaps but did not close them,
and Moore said the state cannot
pursue bigger ambitions unless
Maryland9s economy grows to
support them. At a time when
other states9 economies grew by
7.5 percent on average over the
past five years, he noted Mary-
land9s grew by merely 0.2 percent.
Among his spending priorities
to boost the economy, Moore pro-
posed another $100 million to
build a new FBI headquarters,
money to bolster a new technol-
ogy hub in Baltimore and incen-
tives to increase affordable hous-
ing.
<It9s not just about cuts. We9ve
got to get this economy going,=
Moore said during a Wednesday
morning news conference in An-
napolis where he set out four goals
for the next year: to make Mary-
land safer, more economically
competitive and more affordable,
and to have a higher share of
residents doing public service. To
that last point, he included cash to
expand his signature service Year
option program, alongside the
Maryland Corps program, to al-
low for 500 participants, up from
the inaugural year9s 280.
He9s also proposed expanding a
pilot program to rehabilitate juve-
nile offenders along with other
investments into the Department
of Juvenile services, saying, <I be-
lieve in accountability and I be-
lieve in consequences for people
that break the law. But if we put
children into a system that makes
them more likely to commit crime,
we9re doing it wrong.=
The budget proposal is subject
to General Assembly approval and
is 2 percent smaller than the cur-
rent fiscal year, which was swollen
by the last of federal pandemic
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Vargas
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when she returns.
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MS-13
member
details
killings
TESTIFIES AGAINST
FORMER ASSOCIATES
Gang killed at random,
prosecutors say
BY S ALVADOR R IZZO
The Ms-13 members had been
cruising all night in a gray Mer-
cedes, searching for rival gang
members to kill in Maryland or
Virginia so they could bolster
their street cred and expand their
turf. They were coming up empty
as dawn approached on sept. 24,
2019.
Then they spotted Antonio
smith, 37, leaving a 7-eleven in
Dumfries, Va. He was a stranger
carrying a plastic bag filled with a
PHotos By craIg Hudson for tHe WasHIngton Post frozen pizza and a gallon of or-
ange juice, but the Ms-13 mem-
bers were desperate for a kill,
CapitaL Letters according to federal prosecutors.
<I shot him in the back. That
A student dreamed of winning a notable was the first shot, and with the
second one, he fell to the ground,=
Mario Guevara, 28, testified last
week in the first of two back-to-
speech contest. She had one last chance. back trials taking place in U.s.
District Court in Alexandria. <He
started screaming at us not to do
it,= recalled Guevara, now a gov-
The 17-year-old from Va. strove for victory in a competition honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ernment witness. <He was saying
in english, 8oh, my God,9 and in
spanish, 8Amigo.9 He also said,
BY C LARENCE W ILLIAMS 8stop, stop.9 =
In the two trials, six alleged
B
rooklynn saunders whispered her speech into a micro- members of La Mara salvatrucha,
phone backstage, trying to calm her nerves. Weeks of or Ms-13, a violent street gang run
writing, editing and practicing aloud had led to this from Central America and with a
moment: a chance to win an oratorical contest sponsored by heavy presence in the United
the Delta sigma Theta sorority. This was her last shot at states, are charged with murder
victory before she graduated high school. and racketeering in northern Vir-
Last year, she9d lost. When this year9s contest theme 4 ginia. Prosecutors say the defen-
what does it take to remain a great nation? 4 was an- dants were members of an Ms-13
nounced, she put together a draft that night. now, the cell called sitios Locos salvatru-
17-year-old faced an audience at a Prince William County cha, or sTLs, that terrorized
high school that included a U.s. senator and congresswom- Prince William County by carry-
an, as well as members of the historically Black fraternity ing out four murders from June to
omega Psi Phi, dressed in purple blazers; men from Alpha september 2019, ending with
Phi Alpha in black and gold; and members of the historically smith9s.
Black sorority Delta sigma Theta, dressed in crimson and Guevara pleaded guilty last
cream. year to three counts of murder,
It was Brooklynn9s turn to speak. she took a breath and tampering with a witness by kill-
began. ing and a racketeering conspira-
every January, students across the country craft speeches cy. He received five life terms and
for poetry and prose contests to honor the Rev. Martin agreed to testify against his for-
Luther King Jr.9s legacy. They recite King9s speeches. They tOP: High school senior Brooklynn saunders competes in an mer associates, hoping prosecu-
imagine what King would say if he were alive today. And they oratorical contest inspired by the Rev. martin Luther King Jr. in tors will recommend a revised
remind listeners of the stalled progress on racial equity as the manassas on monday. ABOVE: Brooklynn holds the medal she sentence of less than life in prison
see sPEECH on B2 received as a representative of gar-Field High school. if he provides <substantial assis-
tance= in the investigation. An-
other witness, Abner Molina, 26,
see ms-13 on B3
Man sentenced to 5 years after attacking 6 o>cers on Jan. 6
with chemical spray. Prosecutors
called him <one of the most vio-
One injured in assault by lent Jan. 6 rioters= and said his
Proud Boy was forced to attacks <were barbaric and left
his victims with lasting physical,
retire from Capitol Police emotional and psychological in-
juries.=
Prosecutors asked U.s. District
BY T OM J ACKMAN Judge Jia M. Cobb to sentence
Bonawitz, a member of the Proud
At 6 feet 6 inches and nearly Boys, a far-right group with a
300 pounds, the force of Kenneth history of violence, to nearly six
J. Bonawitz launching himself years in prison, above the average
through the air and slamming his sentence of slightly less than four
forearms into the throats of two years for assaulting police on
police officers standing below Jan. 6.
him during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot Cobb imposed a sentence of
must have been enormous. one five years, calling Bonawitz9s ac-
officer suffered back injuries such tions <really inexplicable to me.=
that he was forced to retire in she addressed the view held by
permanent pain. some that defendants such as
Bonawitz, 58, wasn9t done. As Bonawitz are political prisoners.
other officers rushed in, they <I don9t care about your political
spotted an eight-inch hunting beliefs,= the judge said. <It9s your
knife on Bonawitz9s hip and actions that you9re facing sen-
seized it from him. But the police tencing for.=
were too overwhelmed to arrest Two officers assaulted by
Bonawitz and returned him to the Bonawitz said his actions
crowd on the Capitol9s West Ter- changed their lives.
race, where he proceeded to fight <As a direct result of Bonawitz9s
with more officers, including put- actions, I have been sentenced to
ting one officer in a chokehold a lifetime of medical issues that
and lifting her off the ground. He include physical pain and mental from an affIdavIt/statement of facts fIle By tHe fBI
ultimately assaulted six officers and emotional distress,= said sgt. Kenneth J. Bonawitz, in the red circle added by Justice Department investigators, is seen in a video
before retreating after being hit see sEntEnCing on B3 still from a body camera launching himself at two Capitol Police officers during the Capitol riot.
B2 eZ re the washington post . thursday, january 18 , 2024

A high-schooler speaks on nation in MLK oratorical contest

SPeeCh from B1

nation becomes more polarized.

At Brooklynn9s final practice
with her oratory coach, Anthony
Amoruso, she fidgeted uncomfort-
ably in a classroom chair. The Gar-
field High School senior bristled
with displeasure as she listened to
phrases from the speech she made
last year. She9d been a finalist, but
it wasn9t gold-medal-worthy.
Amoruso, a language-arts
teacher, scribbled reminders on a
touch screen: poise, voice, life, eye
contact, gestures, speed.
Then they turned to YouTube,
listening to Barack obama9s key-
note speech at the 2004 Demo-
cratic National Convention.
Brooklynn9s eyes widened. She
sighed involuntarily and placed
her hand on her heart as she lis-
tened to him say there were no red
states or blue states 4 just the
United States. The theme echoed
her own essay.
Then she practiced her speech
aloud. Her smile dazzled. She radi-
ated poise. But she spoke too fast,
Amoruso said. She started again,
more slowly.
<I9m so proud of you,= Amoruso
said. <You put in the work. Just
have fun with this. This is the last
go-round.=
<That it is,= Brooklynn replied.
<It9s out of our hands,= Amoruso
said. <really focus on the positive
legacy this man left behind. Try to
embrace that history for a second
and enjoy it.=
Brooklynn took a breath,
smiled and rose from the desk.
<Thank you so much, mr. A.=
At the contest, Brooklynn9s fel-
low competitors challenged
Americans to take on the issues of
air quality, homelessness, poverty
and water quality. The emcee had craig hudson for The WashingTon PosT

introduced her as a young lady
who planned to study internation-
al business and international rela-
tions before launching a career in
real estate and running for politi-
cal office.
She strode to the front of the
stage, dressed in red, microphone
in hand.
<I like to see our U.S. Constitu-
tion as a mission statement,= she
said. <The people of the U.S.,
through our government, seek to
Brooklynn Saunders with sister in-law Kianna Waters and nephew Tafari Pettis-Dancy III after the MLK Youth Oratorical Contest in Manassas on Monday. She had lost last
year and was determined to win this time around 4 spending weeks writing, editing and practicing her speech, which discussed the U.S. Constitution and unity in the nation.
form a more perfect union by es- towards the mission statement of brought the crowd to their feet as ment of the winner, Brooklynn won.=
tablishing justice, ensuring do- unity? . . . Sadly, the answer to that she urged them to learn to dis- posed for photos and accepted Ahead lay decisions about col-
mestic tranquility, and securing question is still subjective and in- agree more respectfully and to congratulations from her family lege selection, career paths and
the blessings of liberty to our- conclusive.= choose political leaders who do and strangers. She hugged her perhaps a stint in elected office to
selves and our posterity. Brooklynn9s smile sparkled. She the same. mom, Virginia Pettis, a single help change the world.
<A key statement to me within slowed for applause lines and in- But it wasn9t enough. mother and member of Delta Sig- A woman yelled, <Sis! I would
the Constitution that stands out is flected emotion with the flair of a Another competitor won. ma Theta who smiled with pride. vote for you!=
8to form a more perfect union9 4 Southern pastor. She stumbled on Brooklynn9s smile never fal- She held Brooklynn9s 6-year-old Brooklynn dashed across the
which leads to my question for a few phrases but never broke tered. nephew, Tafari, who was con- aisle and extended her arm:
you: Are we effectively working rhythm, and she eventually moments after the announce- vinced that <Auntie Brooklynn <Here9s my card.=

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Cold blast on top of winter storm adds to airport delays and road issues
BY J USTIN J OUVENAL
A blast of frigid air on
Wednesday froze the remnants
of the area9s first major winter
storm in two years, stranding
travelers at airports, causing
slick spots on some roads, and
forcing most school districts to
delay or cancel classes 4 and
more snow might be on the way.
It was sunny Wednesday, but
temperatures did not climb out
of the upper 20s to low 30s,
limiting the melting of ice and
snow on sidewalks and roads.
The Capital Weather Gang was
predicting another frigid night
that could bring a new round of
freezing.
It also forecast the possibility
of fresh snow Thursday night or
friday morning that could cause
additional problems.
Early Wednesday, travelers
faced delays and cancellations as
the nation9s air system reeled
from the storm, with about
40 percent of departures from
Dulles International Airport de-
layed, while roughly 30 percent
were backed up at reagan Na-
tional Airport, according to the
website flightView. Nearly half
of departures at Baltimore-
Washington International mar-
shall Airport were delayed.
Some of those delays had im-
proved by Wednesday after-
noon.
Authorities warned drivers
Wednesday morning to take
streets slowly after tempera-
tures plummeted into the teens
and single digits across the area
overnight. Slushy spots hard-
ened into ice, and some streets
were still waiting for plows to
remove the snow that fell mon-
day and Tuesday; major roads
appeared to be in better shape. A
few accidents were reported.
<freezing temps + moisture
on pavement = possible icy con-
ditions,= the Virginia Depart-
ment of Transportation posted
on X, formerly Twitter. <Use cau-
tion when driving this morning
& be prepared for slick spots,
especially on bridges, ramps &
overpasses that freeze first. If it
looks wet, it could be ice.=
VDoT said it had more than
80 trucks treating Interstate 95,
and more than 250 trucks salt-
ing and sanding primary and
secondary roads across the state.
A stretch of northern George
Washington Parkway was re-
opened after being closed earlier
this week because of icy condi-
tions, and metrobus announced
that its fleet had mostly resumed
normal service Wednesday
morning. metrorail also ap-
peared to be operating normally.
Some school districts, includ-
ing in Loudoun and montgom-
ery counties, decided to cancel
classes Wednesday morning af-
ter previously announcing that
school would be delayed. School
officials cited the icy conditions.
D.C. officials declared a <Cold
Emergency Alert,= meaning they
opened more warming centers
for the city9s homeless and con-
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ducted additional outreach be-
cause of the extreme weather, A wintry scene Tuesday along the Alexandria waterfront. After the region9s first major snowstorm in two years, frigid air on Wednesday
the coldest of the winter so far. made some slushy spots icy while inhibiting any melting. Forecasters said more snow could arrive Thursday night or Friday morning.

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MS-13 terrorized Northern Virginia by killing at random, witnesses say

Ms-13 from B1
struck a similar deal with pros-
ecutors and took the stand last
week after pleading guilty to two
murders and a racketeering con-
spiracy. He is also serving multi-
ple life sentences.
After molina finished testify-
ing, Judge Leonie m. Brinkema
granted a defense motion this
week to strike his testimony.
Defense attorneys argued that
prosecutors had failed to share
key evidence about molina9s role
in the homicides before the trial
began.
Jurors began deliberating in
the trial of the first three defen-
dants Wednesday afternoon.
The second trial, for the other
three accused, is expected to
begin this week or next.
The gang members stocked
up on firearms by selling cocaine
at nightclubs, restaurants and
clients9 homes in the area and
kept a list of suspected rival gang
members they had marked for
death, according to a 20-count
indictment backed by handwrit-
ten notes, witness testimony,
and text and voice messages the
gang exchanged.
Guevara said the gang hunted
the first victim, milton Beltran,
40, who was suspected of being a
member of the rival Sureños
gang, for about a month before
spotting him at a gas station in
Woodbridge, on June 22, 2019.
The mS-13 members lured Bel-
tran to a wooded area, ostensibly
to offer him drugs. When Bel-
tran arrived with another man,
Jairo mayorga, 39, the mS-13
crew decided to kill both, Gue-
vara testified.
<Armed with a 9-millimeter
handgun, they shot milton in the
face,= Justice Department pros-
ecutor matthew K. Hoff said in
his opening statement. <Jairo
ran, but he didn9t get far, be-
cause they shot him as well.=
According to Guevara, who is
slated to reprise his role as one of
the prosecution9s star witnesses
at the second trial, an mS-13
member named Carlos Turcios
was the first to shoot Beltran.
mayorga <screamed when he
heard the gunshot and began to
run away,= but Turcios shot him
and he collapsed, Guevara said.
Then Guevara recounted his
own role in the nighttime slay-
ings. Showing little emotion, he
testified that he shot Beltran
three times, and when mayorga
got up and started running
again, Guevara shot him twice
until he fell. Another gang mem-
ber, Cristian Arevalo, next
stabbed and shot Beltran, Gue-
vara said. The crew then sped
away in a car and started throw-
ing gang signs to celebrate, Gue-
vara recalled.
The judge granted a motion
from defense attorneys to split
the six trial defendants into two
groups over prosecutors9 objec-
tions. In the first trial, melvin
Canales is charged with order-
ing killings as second-in-com-
mand of the STLS crew operat-
ing in Northern Virginia. Also on
trial are manilester Andrade
and Jairo Aguilera, who were
both implicated in murders by
the two cooperating witnesses.
Arevalo, Turcios and the al-
leged ringleader of the STLS cell,
marvin menjivar, are facing
murder and racketeering charg-
es in the next trial. All the
defendants face mandatory sen-
tences of life in prison if convict-
ed. Prosecutors in the Eastern
District of Virginia declined to
seek the death penalty.
Although mS-139s code re-
quires members to kill rival gang
members, or <chavalas,= to be
promoted within the organiza-
tion, prosecutors, fBI agents,
witnesses and Virginia police
officials have narrated in pains-
taking detail over the course of
several recent investigations
how mS-13 members often get
desperate for promotions and
decide to target random people
with no known gang ties, pass-
ing the victims off as rivals to
dupe their superiors in El Salva-
dor into granting them higher
ranks.
In 2022, a jury convicted five
mS-13 members in Northern Vir-
ginia of killing a 14-year-old who
was falsely suspected of being a
police informant, and of killing a
17-year-old who was wrongly
thought to be a member of mS-
139s main rival, the 18th Street
gang. They all received manda-
tory terms of life imprisonment.
In the ongoing trial, Hoff told
the jury that Smith and another
victim, Eric Tate, 25, likewise
were selected at random before
being ambushed and killed.
molina testified that on
Aug. 29, 2019, he was with An-
drade, Arevalo and another mS-
13 member when they spotted
Tate walking near an apartment
complex on Bel Air road in
Woodbridge.
According to molina, Arevalo
<had an instinct= that Tate was a
rival gang member. Arevalo shot
him from behind, and then An-
drade took more shots at Tate,
molina said. Tate <drew a gun
and started firing toward the air
as he was agonizing,= molina
testified.
An attorney for Andrade,
frank Salvato, called molina9s
story unbelievable and said Tate
had been the first to open fire.
Arevalo then shot back in self-
defense, Salvato said in his open-
ing statement. He urged the jury
to give more weight to <the
forensics, the ballistics, the com-
mon sense, pictures of the scene=
than to the testimony of an
admitted murderer trying to get
a lighter prison sentence.
referring to Andrade, Salvato
said: <manny says he didn9t
shoot anyone. He was there, but
he didn9t shoot anyone.=
Assistant U.S. Attorney John
C. Blanchard disputed that the
physical evidence from the
scene of Tate9s shooting lined up
with Andrade9s version of
events. <This was cold, calculat-
ed, premeditated murder,=
Blanchard said during closing
arguments. <It wasn9t self-de-
fense.=
This week, defense attorneys
argued that the judge should
strike molina9s testimony be-
cause prosecutors failed to dis-
close key information about him
until the trial was underway.
They argued it was a violation of
Brady v. Maryland, a Supreme
Court decision that requires au-
thorities to disclose any evi-
dence they uncover that could be
helpful to a defendant.
Brinkema granted the mo-
tion, ruling molina9s testimony
inadmissible.
molina had testified that
when he was arrested in Novem-
ber 2019, he lied to law enforce-
ment and took sole blame for the
double homicide of Beltran and
mayorga. He was still <loyal= to
the gang at that point and want-
ed to cover for other members,
molina testified.
Then he started feeling the
pressure and decided to become
a government witness, he said.
Aguilera told him he had to
pay the gang back for the fire-
arms police seized from him in
the arrest, molina testified. Gue-
vara, the other cooperating wit-
ness, told molina that <he was
going to find out how to get
ahold of my son, and if I didn9t
pay up, my son was going to pay
the consequences,= according to
molina9s testimony.
molina went back to police,
corrected his story, began impli-
cating the others in the double
homicide, and revealed that
STLS members had also killed
Smith and Tate, he said.
But there was more to the
story, defense attorneys argued,
accusing prosecutors of violat-
ing the Brady rule.
<molina confessed his in-
volvement in the double murder
to another person 4 A.r.,= ac-
cording to a motion filed by
Turcios9s attorneys, Elizabeth
Van Pelt and Chris Amolsch.
<This is the first we9ve heard that
molina confessed to this per-
son.=
They added that, <among oth-
er things, the government has
allowed the destruction of jail
calls in which molina is attempt-
ing to concoct an alibi, together
with all notes and translations of
them.=
Brinkema said that Guevara,
who admitted his role in three of
the slayings, had been <a very
strong witness, corroborated by
the evidence.= Although he testi-
fied that he wasn9t present for
Tate9s killing, Guevara recounted
the shooting for the jury, based
on what he said Andrade and
Arevalo told him about that
night.

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Jury at impasse in case Smith, which in their minds put

him at the scene of the crime. They
tracked him down in Upstate New

involving 1971 killing York and persuaded him to sit

down for a nearly four-hour inter-
view on Sept. 1, 2022.

of Montgomery deputy Several times, according to a re-

Judge sets new trial date
for Larry David Smith,
who is still behind bars
BY D AN M ORSE
The trial of a 72-year-old man
charged with murder in the de-
cades-old killing of a maryland
sheriff9s deputy ended in a mistrial
Wednesday, the latest turn in a case
that had gone dormant until detec-
tives recently revisited the investi-
gation.
A jury in montgomery County
began deliberating friday after a
week-long trial that turned on
whether Larry David Smith was
recently coaxed into admitting to
the crime. Jurors informed Circuit
Judge Cheryl A. mcCally on
Wednesday afternoon they had
reached an impasse and couldn9t
reach a unanimous verdict.
Smith remains held in the mont-
gomery County jail on no bond.
mcCally scheduled a new trial date,
with jury selection set to begin
June 17, according to attorneys in
the case.
<We are absolutely, 100 percent
going to retry this case,= montgom-
ery County State9s Attorney John
mcCarthy said after court.
An attorney for Smith, Kevin
Collins, said he intends to ask that
at least one count against his client
4 first-degree premeditated mur-
der 4 be dismissed.
The trial took jurors back to
An attorney for Larry David
smith, 72, said he9ll seek the
dismissal of a murder charge.
oct. 23, 1971, when James Hall was
working a night security detail out-
side the manor Country Club. He
came upon at least two men who
had just broken into a nearby
home, police say, and one of them
shot him in the head. Hall died
three days later.
montgomery County Cold Case
pHotoS By montgomery county police Department
detectives reopened the case in
Montgomery County sheriff 9s Deputy James Hall was fatally shot 2021. They found an old reel-to-reel
in October 1971 while working a security detail at a country club. recording of an interview in case
cording of questioning played dur-
ing trial, Smith admitted to shoot-
ing Hall. <I knew I hit him,= he said.
<I didn9t think it was a death hit.=
But in closing arguments, Col-
lins told jurors that his client9s ad-
missions were meaningless be-
cause seasoned officers coaxed
them from a man with a confused
memory and an IQ of 83.
<mr. Smith was just parroting
back what somebody filled his
empty recollections with,= he said.
Prosecutors had urged jurors to
re-watch the interview during the
deliberations, saying they would
understand Smith was hardly
duped and was instead getting
something off his chest he9d kept
buried for five decades.
<The confession given by the
defendant is reliable,= Assistant
State9s Attorney Donna fenton said
in court. <It is a core memory that
you will never forget.=

Judge gives man 5 years for his 8really inexplicable9 actions during Capitol riot
sentenCing from B1
federico A. ruiz of the Capitol
Police in a letter to Cobb. <The
simple act of sitting or walking
has become a painful ordeal that
has diminished my quality of life.=
The officer suffered injuries to his
neck, shoulders, back and legs
that ultimately forced him to re-
tire last month.
<Bonawitz has ended my career
long before I was ready,= ruiz
wrote.
ruiz appeared at the sentenc-
ing hearing, but he told the judge
he couldn9t stand for long. Cobb
invited him to sit down. <It9s
worse when I sit down,= ruiz said.
The former officer told Cobb
that he had served in the Army
and was part of a rescue unit from
fort Belvoir that searched the
Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. He
said he considered Bonawitz <in
the same category as the people
who attacked us on 9/11. People
who are traitors to this country.=
ruiz was one of the two officers
whom Bonawitz charged as they
stood at the foot of a short stair-
case on the West Terrace. But
investigators pieced together
more of Bonawitz9s assaults
through police body-camera foot-
age. He placed one officer in a
chokehold, hit another in the
face, which caused him to fall,
jammed his left hand behind one
officer9s face shield and into his
ear, and tried to swing a flagpole
at a sixth officer. Prosecutors said
Bonawitz repeatedly questioned
why the police were defending
the Capitol, yelling, <What are
you guys doing?=
fBI agents were tipped to
Bonawitz9s identity in march
2022 and interviewed him at his
home in Pompano Beach, fla.,
where he lied about his actions at
the Capitol, denying any physical
confrontations with police, ac-
cording to his arrest warrant. Not
long after that, Bonawitz ap-
peared on a poster for a Proud
Boys meeting in South florida,
and prosecutors said he had pre-
viously been photographed with
Henry <Enrique= Tarrio, the for-
mer leader of the Proud Boys who
was sentenced last year to
22 years in prison for his role in
organizing the group9s actions on
Jan. 6.
Bonawitz told the fBI he had
taken a bus from South florida on
Jan. 5, 2021, and arrived in D.C. on
Jan. 6. He did not enter the
Ellipse for the <Stop the Steal=
rally headlined by President Don-
ald Trump, and Assistant U.S.
Attorney Sean P. mcCauley said in
his sentencing memo that
Bonawitz probably knew he could
not pass through the metal detec-
tors there with his eight-inch
knife and a second folding knife
in his pants.
When the rally ended,
Bonawitz was photographed
walking to the Capitol. once
there, he joined the front lines of
battle against the police, and after
barricades fell on the lower West
Terrace, Bonawitz was one of the
first rioters to enter the upper
West Terrace, prosecutors said. It
was there he made his flying leap
onto ruiz and another officer.
mcCauley played the video of
Bonawitz9s flying tackle for the
judge. When it was done, mcCau-
ley said, <What we just saw was a
man9s life change forever.=
Detective Erika magnuson of
the D.C. police was victimized
after ruiz. In a letter to Cobb, she
wrote, <I was attacked from be-
hind by mr. Bonawitz. mr.
Bonawitz shoved me, wrapped
his arms around me, and lifted
me off the ground before I was
able to break free from his grip.
Soon after, an mPD official told
me and those around me to re-
treat up a flight of stairs. from the
top, we watched what was left of
the police line disintegrate before
our eyes.=
Bonawitz pleaded guilty in Au-
gust to two counts of assaulting
police officers and one count of
civil disorder. But after that, he
said in an october interview from
jail on the rumble website that as
he approached the Capitol, <peo-
ple are starting to yell from the
top of the stairs that 8they9re
shooting people 4 they shot a
woman 4 someone shot dead.9 =
The shooting of Ashli Babbitt,
however, occurred after Bonawitz
fought with police.
<I got into a little bit of a rugby
match with a couple officers and,
um, that was about all,= Bonawitz
told the interviewer. He said he
was at the Capitol for less than
two minutes. <And they portray
that I was trying to hurt people
and stuff like that,= he said.
<I9m a football coach for
30-plus years,= he said. <I know
how to hit people. I know how to
tackle people. I know how to use
my body and my weight. I
bounced for years.=
Prosecutors asked Cobb to not
reduce Bonawitz9s sentence for
<acceptance of responsibility,= a
standard reduction in most guilty
pleas, because Bonawitz had been
untruthful even after he pleaded
guilty and admitted to assaulting
six officers.
Cobb seemed troubled by the
interview, raised it repeatedly
and did not give Bonawitz what
would have been a reduction of
his sentencing range by 16 to 20
months.
Bonawitz provided a lengthy
account of his actions before
reaching the Capitol, again claim-
ing he had heard about the shoot-
ing of Babbitt before it happened.
He then turned to face ruiz and
said: <I am so sorry for my ac-
tions. I am disgusted by my ac-
tions. I hope you can forgive me
someday.=

local Digest

tHe DistRict
Man is fatally shot
inside residence
A man was shot to death
Tuesday evening in Southeast
Washington, D.C. police said.
The shooting occurred about
5:15 p.m. inside a residence in the
2400 block of S Street SE, a police
statement said.
No information about a motive
or suspect was immediately
available. Police identified the
victim as Javonni Anthony
Coleman, 23, of Southeast
Washington.
The site appeared to be a
residential neighborhood west of
Naylor road in the fairlawn/
randle Highlands area. It
includes single-family houses
and two- and three-story
apartment houses.
4 Martin Weil
ViRgiNia
Dog is fatally stabbed
in Falls Church
A dog was fatally stabbed
Sunday while out on a walk with
its owner in falls Church, police
said. A man was taken into
custody monday in the incident.
The dog was stabbed about
9:15 p.m. Sunday, near West
Broad Street and South maple
Avenue, police said. The site is in
a commercial area near the heart
of falls Church.
As a result of its wounds, the
dog was euthanized, police said.
<our hearts go out to the
family of this dog,= said acting
falls Church police chief Jiwan
Chhetri. <Pets are members of the
family, and we grieve along with
them.=
After the attack, witnesses took
down a license plate number and
gave it to authorities, police said.
on monday, police said, a
member of the metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority
Police took a man into custody
after making a traffic stop near
Dulles Airport.
The license plate number
proved critically important,
according to police.
They said the man was being
taken to the detention center in
Loudoun County, where Dulles is
located. falls Church police said
they expected the man to be
extradited to their jurisdiction.
No motive was given for the
attack on the dog.
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obituaries
peter magubane, 91

South African photojournalist kept his lens on everyday injustices of apartheid

BY B RIAN M URPHY

Peter Magubane, a South Afri-

can photojournalist who docu-
mented apartheid9s unrest and re-
pression and was also caught in its
grip, once jailed in solitary con-
finement for 586 days and banned
from work for five years by the
White-rule regime, died Jan. 1 at
91.
The death was announced by
his daughter, Fikile Magubane. No
other details were given. Mr.
Magubane had been treated for
prostate cancer.
As a Black photographer, Mr.
Magubane often faced far greater
risks than White colleagues but
sometimes devised ingenious
workarounds in places where au-
thorities banned the media 4 in-
cluding hiding his camera in a
hollowed-out Bible and, another
time, in a loaf of bread. When he
nibbled too much of the bread
away, he stashed his Leica 3G in an
empty carton of milk.
<You had to think very fast,= he
told Mother Jones. <You had to be
one up on apartheid.=
His Zulu roots, however, also
gave him some advantages in cov-
erage. Mr. Magubane (pro-
nounced mah-goo-BAHN-eh)
could move through Black town-
ships and other areas without
drawing much attention. During
riots in Soweto in 1976, protesters
were worried that police would
identify them through news pho-
tos. Mr. Magubane persuaded
them to allow him and other pho-
tojournalists to do their jobs.
<I said to them, 8A struggle with-
out documentation is no strug-
gle,9= Mr. Magubane recounted in
2001.
His body of work offered one of
the most comprehensive archives
of South Africa from the 1950s
through the end of apartheid and
the 1994 election of Nelson Man-
dela as the country9s first Black
president. Much of Mr.
Magubane9s coverage 4 first
working with South African me-
dia and later with international
outlets including Time 4 chroni-
cled some of the worse bloodshed
of the apartheid era.
At the Sharpeville massacre in
1960, after police killed at least 69
unarmed demonstrators, Mr.
Magubane photographed a group
of police with their backs turned
to the camera, apparently indiffer-
ent to the body of a Black man
behind them. During riots in Alex-
andra Township in 1976, a cadre of
rock-throwing protesters fill the
frame. In the center, one young
man holds a trash can lid as a
shield.
<It is only after I complete my
assignment that I think of the
dangers that surrounded me, the
tragedies that befell my people,=
he once said. <I was demonstrat-
ing with my camera. I had to use it
to show the South African people
and the world what was going on
in our country.=
That also meant to
Mr. Magubane showing the daily
indignities of apartheid. At a
mine, he photographed a line of
Black male job seekers, stripped
naked, standing in a line during a
Photojournalist Peter Magubane during the funeral of Albertina
Sisulu, an anti-apartheid figure, in Johannesburg in June 2011.
health inspection. In 1956, he saw
a Black woman, presumably a do-
mestic worker, with a young girl.
The girl was on the side of the
bench labeled <Europeans only.=
The woman was on the other side,
<Coloureds only.= The photo
gained worldwide attention and
became one of Mr. Magubane9s
best-known images. He never
knew their names.
<When I saw 8Europeans Only,9 I
knew I would have to approach
with caution,= Mr. Magubane told
the Guardian in 2015. <But I didn9t
have a long lens, so I had to get
close. I did not interact with the
woman or the child, though. I
never ask for permission when
taking photos.=
In 1969, he was assigned by the
Rand Daily Mail newspaper to
cover a demonstration outside the
Pretoria jail holding Mandela9s
wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mande-
la, and 21 other anti-apartheid ac-
tivists. Mr. Magubane was arrest-
ed on security-related charges and
spent 586 consecutive days in soli-
tary. <The only person you saw was
the guard, who would say: 8Don9t
talk to me,9= he recounted.
He was released without any
formal prosecution but was put
under a <banning= order that ef-
fectively blocked him from work-
ing and limited his public interac-
tions to only one other person. He
was rearrested in March 1971 for
allegedly violating the banning
rules and spent more than six
months in prison, including an-
other stint in solitary of 98 days.
<A bird would come and sit on
the windowsill. When I stood up, it
would fly away,= he said in the
Guardian interview. <All I could
think about was how much I want-
ed to be that bird.=
When the banning order ex-
pired in 1975, he returned to work
at the Rand Daily Mail. <It was like
being back from the dead,= he re-
Siphiwe Sibeko/ReuteRS
A Black woman, presumably a domestic worker, with a young girl in 1956. Mr. Magubane never knew
their names, but his photo garnered worldwide attention and became one of his best-known images.
called. <But it was uphill, because I
had lost my photographer9s eye.=
By 1976, he was back to form and
covered the Soweto uprising with
<a vengeance,= he said. And again,
the authorities came for him.
Mr. Magubane and other Black
journalists were detained for
nearly five months in apparent
retribution for the Soweto cover-
age. While in prison, Mr.
Magubane9s house burned down.
No suspects were charged.
He never considered leaving
the country. The battle against
apartheid, he explained, needed to
be told by the people who had the
most at stake. <I was going to stay
and fight with my camera as my
gun,= he said. <I did not want to kill
anyone, though. I wanted to kill
A youth-led protest on June 16, 1976. Mr. Magubane9s body of work was one of the most comprehensive
archives of South Africa from the 1950s through the end of apartheid.
apartheid.=
Mandela9s photographer
Peter Sexford Magubane was
born in Vrededorp, a suburb of
Johannesburg, on Jan. 18, 1932,
and raised in nearby Sophiatown,
an area that was later razed and
rebuilt as a Whites-only enclave.
His father operated a vegetable
cart, Mr. Magubane wrote in an
essay. His mother was a home-
maker.
His interest in photography
started with a Kodak Box Brownie,
a gift from his father. There were
few options, however, to learn the
craft as a profession. Apartheid
rules forbade Black photogra-
phers from using the same dark-
rooms as White colleagues.
peteR Magubane
Mr. Magubane took a job as a
tea boy at the magazine Drum, one
of the rare media outlets that
hired Black staff. Mr. Magubane
eventually became a driver and
studied photojournalists in ac-
tion. After work, he took his own
photos around Johannesburg and
used the Drum darkroom. He had
to sleep at the office because pub-
lic transportation back to Sophia-
town was closed for the night.
Drum gave him his first real
assignment, covering a conven-
tion of the anti-apartheid African
National Congress in 1955. The
ANC was soon banned by South
Africa, and Mandela was jailed in
1962 and sentenced to life in pris-
on in 1964.
Mr. Magubane endured police
peteR Magubane
beatings while on assignments.
Once, he said, he returned to the
office so bloodied and bandaged
that his editor didn9t recognize
him.
Mr. Magubane moved to the
Rand Daily Mail in 1967; he be-
came a freelance photographer for
Time magazine in 1978 and later
for groups including the United
Nations. He published 17 books,
with his most recent focusing on
African culture and landscapes.
<I9m tired of dealing with dead
people,= he told the New York
Times in 2012. <I now deal with
sunsets.=
His first two marriages ended in
divorce. He married Lenora Taitt,
an American civil rights activist,
in the early 1980s. In 1992, the
body of his son Charles Magubane,
also a photographer, was found in
Soweto. No suspects were
charged. The body was found near
a hostel used by members of the
Inkatha Freedom Party, a Zulu fac-
tion and ANC rival led by Mango-
suthu Buthelezi.
Survivors include Mr.
Magubane9s wife and daughter,
Fikile Magubane. Complete infor-
mation on survivors was not im-
mediately available.
Two days after Mandela was
released from prison in 1990, he
and Mr. Magubane shared a din-
ner of chicken curry at Mandela9s
home. Mr. Magubane accepted an
offer to become Mandela9s official
photographer, a position he held
until the presidential election of
1994.
Fresh from prison, Mandela re-
alized he did not have a passport
and might need to travel to the
ANC headquarters in Zambia. Mr.
Magubane made some headshots
of Mandela, the first solo portraits
of Mandela since his release from
prison. The next morning, Mande-
la9s lawyer took the photos to the
passport office in Johannesburg.

Charles o. Jones, 92

Eminent scholar analyzed U.S. presidency, Congress for C-SPAN crowd

BY E MILY L ANGER
Charles O. Jones, a dean of
American political scientists who
was known for the expertise and
insight he brought to the study of
Congress and the presidency,
died Jan. 3 at a hospice center in
Fishersville, Va. He was 92.
The cause was complications
from a stroke, said his son Daniel
Jones.
Dr. Jones, an emeritus profes-
sor at the University of Wisconsin
at Madison, devoted decades to
explaining the American demo-
cratic process 4 why citizens vote
as they do, how politicians wield
or fail to wield their power while
in office and how the branches of
government interact.
He was sought after far beyond
academic circles, becoming a go-
to source for political reporters
and a familiar face to C-SPAN
junkies. Norman J. Ornstein, an
emeritus scholar at the American
Enterprise Institute in Washing-
ton, described Dr. Jones as <one of
the premier scholars of his gener-
ation.=
Dr. Jones9s career coincided
with the Democratic majority in
the U.S. House of Representatives
that lasted four decades, from
1955 to 1995.
As a Republican 4 but never a
partisan 4 he was <more sensi-
tive= to the role of the minority
party, Ornstein said.
His hallmark, Ornstein said,
was <careful, reasoned and in-
sightful theses built on his exper-
tise and on data.= He cited Dr.
Jones9s 1970 book <The Minority
Party in Congress= as <seminal.=
Dr. Jones was equally known
as a scholar of the presidency,
with books including <The Presi-
dency in a Separated System=
(1994), <Separate but Equal
Branches: Congress and the Pres-
idency= (1995) and <Passages to
the Presidency: From Campaign-
ing to Governing= (1998). He also
wrote book-length studies of the
White House tenures of Jimmy
Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill
Clinton.
Reporters on deadline often
came to Dr. Jones for analysis of
contemporary events as well as
for historical context. He once
observed that part of the legacy of
the Watergate affair, which drove
President Richard M. Nixon from
office in 1974, was the erasure of
the belief among many Ameri-
cans that such a scandal was not
possible in the White House.
<Post-Watergate,= he told a
New York Times reporter in 2002,
<we come to believe that it could
be as bad as we think.=
Charles Oscar Jones was born
in Worthing, S.D., close to the
Iowa border, on Oct. 28, 1931, one
of six children. The family moved
frequently as his father, a Congre-
gationalist minister, struggled to
find work. His mother was a
homemaker.
Dr. Jones recalled being physi-
cally abused by both his parents
and by age 12 saved up enough
money from his paper route to
run away from home, which at
the time was in rural Iowa.
In a self-published memoir, Dr.
Jones recounted that he stuffed
his <few belongings in a pillow-
case= and traveled by bus as far as
Dallas, where he was arrested as a
runaway.
When his parents declined to
send the funds necessary to bring
him home, his paternal grand-
parents provided for him to make
his way to Canton, S.D., where
they lived, and where he spent
the rest of his adolescence.
The details of his odyssey es-
caped his memory, Dr. Jones
wrote in his memoir. But what
remained <crystal clear= in his
mind was the <feeling of security=
when he reached his grandpar-
ents.
<I was safe and secure with
family who loved me,= he remem-
bered.
Dr. Jones received a bachelor9s
degree in political science from
the University of South Dakota in
1953. After Army service, he con-
tinued his studies at the Univer-
phoebe JoneS
sity of Wisconsin at Madison,
Charles O. Jones fondly remembered living with his grandparents where he received a master9s
after running away at age 12 to escape an abusive home life. <I was degree in 1956 and a PhD in 1960.
safe and secure with family who loved me,= he recalled. His early books included <The
Republican Party in American
Politics= (1965).
Dr. Jones taught at Wellesley
College in Massachusetts, the
University of Arizona and the
University of Pittsburgh before
he joined the University of Vir-
ginia faculty in 1981. He returned
to the University of Wisconsin in
1988, became chairman of the
political science department, and
took emeritus status in 1997.
He was a scholar at the Brook-
ings Institution and the presiden-
tial oral history program at the
Miller Center, an affiliate of U-Va.
centered on presidential scholar-
ship and public policy.
Survivors include his wife of 64
years, the former Vera Mire of
Wintergreen, Va.; two sons, Joe B.
Jones of Rapid City, S.D., and
Daniel Jones of New York City
and Accord, N.Y.; two brothers; a
sister; and three grandchildren.
Dr. Jones served as president
of the American Political Science
Association and editor of the
American Political Science Re-
view. In contrast with other sea-
soned academics who jealously
guarded their own status, Orn-
stein said, Dr. Jones was known
for <bringing in the younger
scholars and making them feel
wanted, worthy and at home.=
As for the political reporters 4
as one of them recalled after his
death 4 he <always had time for
scribes.=
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BETHEA
WILLIAM DALLAS BETHEA III
CAPT., U.S. NAVY (RET.)
It is with deep sorrow that we announce
the passing of Captain William Dallas Bet-
hea III, a dedicated member of the Unit-
ed States Navy for 32 years. Dallas died
peacefully at his home in Vienna, Virginia,
at the age of 78 on January 10, 2024.
Beyond his military achievements, Dallas
was a loving husband, father, and grand-
daddy. He shared nearly 55 years of mar-
riage with his beloved wife, Gayle (Garside)
Bethea. His family was his anchor, and his
legacy lives on through the bonds of love
and strength he instilled in them.
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BRIGHT
CHARLES R. BRIGHT SR. <Charlie=
Peacefully departed on Saturday, Decem-
ber 23, 2023. Resident of College Park,
MD. Formerly of North Brentwood. Devot-
ed husband to the late Mary Ann Bright.
Beloved father of Charles R., Jr., Ronald
A., and James D. Bright. Also survived by
two stepdaughters Renee Hodge and
Karen Harris; three sisters Myrtle Bryant,
Lucielle Thomas and Mary Buck, seven
grandchildren, three great grandchildren.
Predeceased by one son William M. Bright,
one stepdaughter Beverly Queen, four
brothers and four sisters. Services will be
held on Saturday, January 20, 2024; Family
gathering 9:30 a.m.; Memorial service 10
a.m. at J.B. Jenkins Worship Center at Ket-
tering, 1 Kettering Drive, Upper Marlboro,
MD 20774.
EDWARDS
JUANITA MARTHA PLEASANT
EDWARDS
Juanita Martha Pleasant Edwards, daugh-
ter of the late James Hunter Pleasant
and Margaret Pleasant departed this life
on December 30, 2023. Juanita was born
and raised in Washington, DC. She was a
graduate of McKinley Tech High School,
class of 1959. Juanita was preceded in
death by her parents; one sister, Carleen
Wheeler and one brother, James Pleasant,
Jr. She is survived by her three children,
Robin Bates, Rickey Edwards (Tomiko), and
Renaldo; one sister, Jean S. Powell (Ernest);
seven grandchildren and one great-grand-
child; one nephew, Erek Powell and one
great-niece, Ereka and other family and
friends. The Memorial Service will be held
at J.B. Jenkins Worship Center, 1 Kettering
Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD on January 19,
2024, Visitation 12:30 p.m., Service 1:30
p.m. Services Entrusted to J.B. Jenkins Fu-
neral Home.
FINNERAN
WILLIAM FINNERAN
Bill Finneran, of Friendship Heights, Mary-
land, passed away on Wednesday, January
10, 2024, after a long illness. Bill grew up in
a variety of places but mainly in Falls Church
and Norfolk, VA. Most of his adult life was
spent in the DC area living in Falls Church,
Arlington and Chevy Chase. Bill had a long
career as a cost analyst for EG&G on Navy
Submarine electronics programs. His work
was integral for the ûnancial health of sub-
marines constructed from the 1980s until
the current Virginia Class platforms. Prior to
EG&G, Bill spent six years on active duty as
a Navy Electronics technician. He held a B.S.
degree in Statistics from Virginia Tech as well
as a Certiûed Financial Planning certiûcate
from Texas A&M and previously held a 1st
Class FCC license. Bill traveled to almost all
the states and to all seven continents (eight
for any Kiwi9s). He was an avid golfer and a
skilled tournament backgammon player. Bill
was active in the community performing vol-
unteer work for years with St George9s Epis-
copal Church in Arlington, the AARP Tax Aide
program, the Northern Virginia Backgammon
Club and the DC chapter of the American
Singles Golf association. Bill was one of the
founding sponsors of the US Backgammon
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SHIRLEY KATZ KAUFMAN
On Sunday, January, 14 2024
Shirley Katz Kaufman of Poto-
mac, Maryland passed away.
Daughter of the late Charles
and Betty Katz; beloved wife
of Stuart Kaufman; devoted
mother of Jay Kaufman (Bernice), Paula
Mates (Alexander) and the late Arlene
Kaufman Marlowe; loving sister of Fran-
ces Kiejdan-Lott (Dennis Lott); cherished
grandmother of Jesse Mates (Haley), Ty-
ler Mates, Nicholas Kaufman and Joshua
Kaufman; great grandmother of Charlie
Mates; also survived by many nieces,
nephews and cousins. Funeral service will
be held on Wednesday, January 17, 2024,
2:30 p.m. at Garden of Remembrance Me-
morial Chapel, 14321 Comus Road, Clarks-
burg, MD 20871 with interment to follow at
Garden of Remembrance Memorial Park.
Family will be observing Shiva on Wednes-
day from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. with Minyan at
7 p.m. at the home of Stuart Kaufman. In
lieu of ûowers, family requests donations
be made to the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum (ushmm.org) to hon-
or her as a Holocaust survivor. Services
entrusted to Sagel Bloomûeld Danzansky
Goldberg Funeral Care.
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RAYMOND E. MITCHELL
(Life Member)
The ofûcers and members
of Plumbers Local No. 5 are
regretfully notiûed of the
death of Brother Raymond E.
Mitchell, of Rockville, MD, who
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NOIA
JOHANNA LOUISA NOIA
Johanna Louisa Noia, 62, of Leesburg, VA,
passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2024,
peacefully at her home.
Johanna was born in 1961 in Winchester,
VA, the daughter of the late Fiore James
<Jim= Noia and Anneliese (Gossler) Noia.
Johanna was a graduate of John Handley
High School and earned her bachelor9s
degree in ûnance from the University of
Virginia. Her career as a Financial Ser-
vices Analyst started at Marriott Hotels
and then followed her to KPMG where
she made lifelong friends. Johanna9s last
employment before motherhood was with
the American Red Cross. In addition to her
work and being a mother, Johanna very
much enjoyed going on family vacations
hiking in National Parks. She loved going
to the beach, especially Corolla, NC, where
she and her husband had a second home.
Johanna volunteered at her children9s
schools, was an avid UVA sports fan, and
made many friendships with the women
in her neighborhood. More than anything
else, her family was her number one focus
in life.
Johanna is survived by her husband, Ste-
phen Craig Mace, whom she married on
May 27, 1989; her daughter Eliza Marie
Mace (Bryan Walther); son Michael Ste-
phen Mace; sister Diana Noia Haines (Phil-
ip); brother Alan J. Noia (Cynthia) and many
loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear
friends.
Relatives and friends are invited to her
visitation Monday, January 22, 2024, at 10
a.m., followed by her Funeral Service at
11 a.m., both held at Omps Funeral Home,
Amherst Chapel (1600 Amherst St., Win-
chester, VA). Interment at Shenandoah Me-
morial Park will follow the service.
In lieu of ûowers, memorial contributions
in memory of Johanna may be sent to: Ino-
va Schar Cancer Institute, 8095 Innovation
Park Drive, Fairfax, VA 22031 or www.foun-
dation@inova.org
Please visit obituaries and tribute wall at
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SELIS
RUTH SELIS
On Wednesday, January 17,
2024, Ruth Selis (Davis) of
Rockville, MD and Highland
Beach, FL. Beloved wife of
the late Bensel Selis; devoted
mother of Lewis Selis (Lynn),
Michael (Rennie) Selis and the late Stanley
Selis; cherished grandmother of Dawn Se-
lis (Brian Seligman), Stuart Selis (Spencer
Versteeg), Jacob (Erina) Selis and Shira
(Kevin) Bradford; Great Grandmother of
Dylan and Jackson Jessel, Nathan, Chava,
Tiferes, Hadassah and Ariella Selis, Evie
Bradford. Devoted sister of Elaine Hur-
witz. Also survived by many nieces and
nephews. A graveside service will be held
Friday January 19 at 11 a.m. at King David
Memorial Garden, Falls Church VA.
Federation and of the <Kim Igoe Endow-
ment= in support of Hampton9s Throne, one
of America9s greatest works of visionary art
on display at the Smithsonian American Art
Museum in Washington, DC. (<SAAM=).
He is survived by his four siblings, Pat
Diepold, John Finneran, Sharon Manto, and
Katie Avsec, along with his granddaughter
Veda, eight nieces and nephews; and seven
(so far) grand nieces and nephews, as well as
a former spouse, Sherrian. He is preceded in
death by daughter, Laura Ann, his Life Part-
ner Kim Igoe, as well as his parents, Jack and
Lillian (nee McNamara) Finneran.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday,
January 20, 2024 from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m.
at Joseph Gawler9s Sons Funeral Home, 5130
Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016.
In lieu of ûowers, donations can be made to
the Kim Igoe Endowment at SAAM.
DEATH NOTICE
FITCH
EILEEN MARIE FITCH
On the evening of Saturday, January 13 of
2024, Eileen Marie Fitch (née Best) joined
our Heavenly Father9s Kingdom. She passed
peacefully while surrounded by her loving
husband and children after a long and cou-
rageous battle with Parkinson9s disease. She
will always be remembered as a kind, intelli-
gent woman who was devoted to her family.
Eileen was born an only child to Howard
and Catherine Best on September 25, 1942
in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Lindblom
High School, graduating in 1960 before ob-
taining her Bachelors of Science in 1964
from the Chicago Teachers College, where
she found a passion for educating children.
After graduating, Eileen taught for four years
in the Chicago school system.
One of her favorite stories was how she met
her ûrst husband, John A Gill while waiting
at a bus stop on their way to their jobs at
the VA hospital. The two wed in 1963 and
had four children together, who were their
entire world. They were married almost 14
wonderful years before John9s tragic pass-
GREEN
MERRITT JAMES GREEN
Merritt James Green of Arlington, VA, a
lawyer and the founder of the McLean,
VA-based law ûrm, General Counsel, P.C.,
passed away with family at his side on Janu-
ary 9, 2024. He was 53 years old.
In 2011, Merritt married the love of his life,
Sarah Devine, and together, they built a
family and a life ûlled with love and laugh-
ter. Merritt was a devoted father to Sasha,
Quinn, and Dillon.
Born in Greenwich, CT in 1970, Merritt was
the son of Carol F. Green of Annapolis, MD,
and the late Barton C. Green, was brother
to Victoria <Torrey= Janssen (Matthew) and
Lauson Green (Christine Lehman), and was
uncle to numerous nieces and nephews.
Merritt attended Holy Trinity School, and he
graduated from Walt Whitman High School.
Merritt was a standout football player 3 a
sport he continued as a student at Middle-
bury College, from which he graduated in
1992. Merritt attended law school at Syr-
acuse University, where he was Associate
Editor of the Syracuse Law Review and Edi-
tor-in-Chief of The Labor Lawyer.
POTTER
MARSHALL O. POTTER JR.
Marshall O. Potter, Jr. passed away on De-
cember 19, 2023, in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
Marshall was born on December 29, 1927, in
Adams, Mass. to US Army Colonel Marshall
O. Potter, Sr. and Hazel Shaw. He graduated
from Adams High School in 1946 and later
went on to earn a degree in Business Ad-
ministration in 1953 from Boston University.
He completed his formal education with a
Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University
in New Orleans, LA in 1972.
He enlisted in the army in 1946 and contin-
ued to serve in the reserves through 1954.
He worked as a claims adjustor and manag-
er for Liberty Mutual while obtaining his law
degree. He was employed as an attorney for
the Department of Veteran9s Affairs in Wash-
PRATT
MIRIAM B. PRATT
Miriam Bernice Pratt, nee Weeks, passed
away peacefully from natural causes on Jan-
uary 11, 2024 in Woodstock, VA at the age
of 98. She was a nurse, a cherished mem-
ber of her community, and beloved friend,
wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grand-
mother. Born on November 4,1925, she was
the daughter of Ellis and Pauline Weeks of
Cleveland, OH.
She attended Cleveland Heights High School
where she met the love of her life, Edwin
K. Pratt. She entered the Cadet Nurse Corps
Program following graduation from high
school. She received her nursing diploma
from the Cleveland Training School of Nurs-
ing in Cleveland on February 2, 1947. The
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ing in 1977.
Eileen married again in 1979 to Chicago-na-
tive William F Doyle (deceased 1988) and
moved to Vienna, Virginia in 1983. In 1985,
she began teaching at Our Lady of Good
Counsel Elementary School (Archdiocese of
Arlington), where she continued for nearly
two decades, before retiring in 2003.
In 1991 Eileen married her present hus-
band. Captain Robert S Fitch USN (Ret.),
and gained two stepsons, John (Andrea) and
Kevin, who she loved as her own. Within this
union the pair witnessed the marriages of
their children and the welcoming of their
grandchildren. Together, they loved to trav-
el the world, often cruising with groups of
Bob9s classmates. Eileen was an avid reader
and could often be found with a book near-
by. She enjoyed music and loved to play the
piano.
Eileen had a vast variety of stories to tell.
Her favorites always involved her family.
She could recall the smallest details and
keep the listener engaged as she shared the
stories of her life. She is left behind by her
devoted husband Bob and children James
Gill (Lana), Timothy Gill (Cynthia), Mary Gill
Pierson (Paul), and Julie Gill Krupa (Jack) and
John (Andrea) Fitch. She was blessed with
12 grandchildren: James, Caroline, Derek,
Christopher, and John Robert; Jonathan
(Jen), Faith, Andrew and Ben; Eileen; Rea-
gan and Maezy all of whom she treasured
deeply.
Eileen9s life was a great one and will be re-
membered as such. Her love and generosity
inspired the lives of those around her. The
world was left a better place because of her
presence.
Visitation will be at the Pierce Funeral Home
in Manassas, VA on Friday, January 19 at the
Piece Funeral Home in Manassas from 5 to
8 p.m. followed by a Mass at Holy Trinity
Catholic Church in Gainesville, VA on Satur-
day, January 20 at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be in
Chicago at a later date.
After practicing law at Venable LLP, Merritt
founded General Counsel, P.C. in 2004, a
full-service law ûrm in McLean, VA. As Man-
aging Partner, he led the ûrm9s development
and growth over nearly 20 years to where
the ûrm now represents a broad variety of
individuals, nonproût organizations, and
for-proût businesses, from start-ups to bil-
lion-dollar organizations.
Merritt loved being a lawyer, but just as
much he enjoyed interaction with clients
and community involvement. Merritt also
thrived on the business side of the practice.
His commitment to the ûrm and to the local
community was marked by his leadership
roles in numerous charitable and communi-
ty organizations, including as Board Member
and Board Chair of the McLean Chamber of
Commerce and Co-Founder of the Wash-
ington Executives Association. Merritt, who
earned the Boy Scout Eagle Scout rank in
9th grade, also was Co-Founder and Chair
of NOVA Eagle Business Networking, a net-
working forum for DC-area Eagle Scouts. In
2016, Merritt was a National Eagle Scout
Assn. Outstanding Eagle Scout Award Re-
cipient.
Merritt was fun and adventurous and loved
the outdoors, especially if it involved skiing,
golf, or boating. But Merritt loved nothing
more than spending time with Sarah, Sasha,
Quinn, and Dillon, and his extended family,
whether sharing meals together, watching
the sunset over the Patuxent River, or walk-
ing on the beach. We will continue the love,
dedication, and living life to the fullest that
Merritt so exempliûed throughout his life.
Relatives and friends may call at Holy Trinity
Catholic Church, 3513 N St. NW, Washington,
DC on Friday, January 19, at 1 p.m., where
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated.
Merritt will be inurned at the Columbarium
of The Holy Trinity at Holy Rood Cemetery
in Georgetown directly thereafter. In lieu
of ûowers, a donation may be made to the
Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, MD.
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ington, DC for 25 years, after retirement en-
tering private practice for 30 years.
Upon entering private practice he became
passionate about his clients9 needs and
worked tirelessly to ensure that the veter-
ans he represented received the beneûts
they deserved for serving our country. Mar-
shall wrote the landmark argument that led
to the decision enabling veterans to receive
beneûts for PTSD. This was subsequentially
made into policy.
Marshall volunteered throughout his life in
many capacities: as a youth sports coach,
a Town of Vienna, VA planning commission-
er and zoning board member. He was a life
member of the Vienna volunteer ûre depart-
ment, volunteering in an administrative sup-
port role. He received numerous awards for
his commitment to volunteer services.
Marshall is survived by his wife of 66 years,
Ann Eberle Potter; his son Edward M. Potter,
Sr. (Liz); his daughter Melissa Potter Gleason
(Phil) and his grandchildren, Bryan Gleason,
Edward M. Potter, Jr., Samantha Gleason
Schray (Kurt Schray), Michael Potter, Oliv-
ia Potter, Morgan Dowling, Maggie Potter;
great grandson Lincoln Schray; brother John
Potter and his sister Irene Potter Rosevear
(Bill Rosevear.) He was preceded in death by
his sister Gloria Potter Mickelsen.
A memorial service will be held Saturday,
January 20, 2024, 11 a.m. at Vienna Bap-
tist Church, 541 Marshall Road, Vienna, VA
22180. Lunch reception to follow.
In lieu of ûowers, donations may be made to
Vienna Baptist Church (Vienna, VA), WETA.
org (Public TV in Washington, DC), Doctors
without borders or Native American Veter-
an9s Assistance.
Cadet Nurse Corps was established by the
U.S. Public Health Service in 1943 to train
nurses during World War II.
She and Mr. Pratt were active in Glenmont
United Methodist Church from its nascent
beginning in June 1957 and subsequently
served as longtime charter members; she
volunteered for many church committees
and support positions. She forever lived
by the tenets of the church as she always
thought of others before herself. Her strong
faith, family, and friends helped sustain her
after her beloved husband, Edwin, suc-
cumbed to cancer on September 20, 1977.
Naturally gracious and digniûed, she was
strong, determined, and, even with ûve
children, unûappable. She had a subtle,
yet keen, sense of humor and brought joy
and good tidings to all who met her. In ad-
dition to serving as both a Girl Scout and
Cub Scout leader, she was proud to serve
for many years as a volunteer election poll
worker.
She is survived by: children William (wife
Anna) Pratt of Virginia Beach, VA; Laurel
(husband Bill) Vaughan of Woodstock, VA;
Edwin Pratt of Silver Spring, MD; Susan Fi-
erro of Edinburgh, VA; and James (wife Sally)
Pratt of Annandale, VA; sisters Doris Bar-
on and Lois Krajcovic of Cleveland, OH; 11
grandchildren and ûve great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday,
February 3, 2024 at 1 p.m. at Glenmont Unit-
ed Methodist Church in Wheaton, MD.
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Moore says proposal is ûrst step in 8rebasing9 how state invests in priorities
MarylanD from B1 instead implement a co-pay, ask- nor9s plan.
ing families to pay up to 7 percent moore has been warning mary-
aid. of their income toward the cost of land leaders about needing <disci-
The budget continues to pour care. pline= ahead since August, and in
billions into a growing public edu- moore emphasized record in- December proposed $3.3 billion
cation plan meant to boost teach- vestment in a child-care subsidy in transportation cuts over the
er pay, provide universal pre-K next six years, eliminating proj-
and flood high-poverty schools ects across the state and curtailing
with resources, among many oth- transit service and litter pickup to
er goals. It also includes raises for <If you are the CEO deal with a lack of cash generated
state workers, which were negoti- by the state9s gas tax. on Tuesday,
ated in advance with the state9s of a company and your he announced he could stave off
unions. $250 million worth of near-term
He9s also proposed investments business is not growing, cuts this year using some of the
in job training and <cutting red $2.5 billion in the state9s rainy day
tape= for certain industries, such then maybe it is time fund.
as datacenters. The move heads off what local
State lawmakers have consider- to rethink your business and state leaders viewed as the
able power in shaping the state9s worst of the $312 million in cuts
spending plan and offered mixed model. It will not be expected to take effect this year.
initial reviews on Wednesday, Some Democrats have floated
with republicans concerned enough to simply ideas to raise taxes to help close
about undisclosed fee increases the budget gap, though there is no
hitting maryland residents. rebuild the state consensus on a plan.
<While it is a relief that the Senate Budget and Taxation
Governor9s budget spends less government. Chair Guy Guzzone (D-Howard)
than last year and does not raise called moore9s budget <a great
taxes, the number of fee increases We need to refocus.= foundation= and said he thought
proposed by his Administration Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) an important step is to <take the
through legislation and the regu- time to review very carefully all
latory process is concerning,= Sen- MiChael robinson Chávez for the Washington Post segments of the budget to make
ate minority Leader Stephen S. program during his remarks. It Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Wednesday released the first budget proposal created exclusively by sure those are right-sized.= But he
Hershey Jr. (r-Queen Anne9s) said has seen dramatic growth since a his administration. If approved, funding would be cut for transportation and private universities. also said the legislature is looking
in a statement. <Taxes aren9t the 2022 reform increased eligibility closely at how to implement a
only way to raise revenue, and requirements from $40,000 to high. It changes the trajectory of He said he was concerned about the session we will find some.= long-term plan that pays for the
state government should not be in $90,000 for a family of four, and our state9s fiscal health,= he said. ways the governor moved around maryland9s budget woes mirror education program, known as the
the business of nickel and diming forbid the state from creating a But his budget also saves money to fund new programs states across the country. A Pew Blueprint for maryland9s future,
maryland9s families and small waiting list for the program. $24 million by requiring new fam- without fully addressing the long- report earlier this month that that is a primary driver of future
businesses.= moore highlighted both the rec- ilies to pay a co-pay, based on a term shortfalls ahead. Within four found <roughly half of Americans budget shortfalls.
one of those fee increases drew ord amount going to the program sliding scale. years, the annual gap between rev- live in states that report short- <This is an opportunity to do
raised eyebrows from Democrats, and a recent report from the state <That9s problematic,= said enue and expenses is expected to term budget gaps, potential long- something very important for the
who hold supermajorities in both comptroller that showed women House Appropriations Chair Ben balloon to $2.7 billion within four term deficits, or both.= future of our kids,= he said. <We
chambers. Under his budget, a dropping out of the workforce Barnes (D-Prince George9s) who years. <The current budget doesn9t Budget analysts were poring want to live up to that commit-
program that gives free child care amid high child-care expenses. described the budget overall as reflect long-term solutions,= he over the details Wednesday to un- ment, so we will take that role very
to everyone that qualifies would <The cost of child care is too having <some good things.= said. <I9m confident by the end of derstand the impacts of the gover- seriously.=

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Former governor faces German
tax case over luxury watch. c4
No DouBt
The popular 990s band will
return at Coachella. c8
carolyN Hax
Niece9s wedding plan isn9t
considerate to older guests. c8
Style
the art of
the rebound
arco Midnight is approaching
M and the country-club piano
man is playing an abba song.
Again.
at the corner table, across an expanse
of pleasantly sedating swirls of seafoam-
green carpeting, the talk is of that
mansion down the road, someone else9s
trophy wife and, oh, the usual financial
fraud 4 on a multimillionaire9s scale.
Diamond rings sparkle at tables around
the room. skilled surgeons have provid-
ed all the tweaks and enhancements.
It is here 4 in a place so aptly named
Hideaway Beach, on an island where
midnight means 8 o9clock, in a state that
embraces those with complicated pasts
4 that Chris Collins, a New York con-
gressman turned defiant ex-con, retreat-
ed to a princely spanish Revival water-
Former congressman Chris Collins poses at his home on marco Island in Florida. Collins was one of more than
200 people donald trump freed or formally forgave for crimes using his clemency power as president.
A look at King Charles and his nascent reign owner clash in
BY A UTUMN B REWINGTON
In september 2022, hours after Queen
Elizabeth II was photographed at her
scottish castle saying goodbye to one
prime minister and welcoming another,
Britain9s longest-reigning monarch was
<quite buzzy= chatting with houseguests
over drinks. although her health was
known to be declining, few realized how
close the 96-year-old was to the end of
her life.
When the queen remained in bed the
next morning and 4 citing <medical
advice= 4 canceled plans to remotely join
a meeting of cabinet officials, her eldest
son quietly changed his schedule and
traveled to her side.
But misperceptions over Elizabeth9s
condition would lead then-Prince
Charles to leave Balmoral Castle. (<at
that stage,= a staffer later said, <people
were still thinking in terms of days rather
than hours.=) He was collecting mush-
rooms, and his thoughts, at his nearby
home when he was summoned back, a
sEE booK worLd ON C8
KLMNO
When it comes to
indictments, prison,
reelections and ûnding
forgiveness in Florida,
former congressman
Chris Collins has been
there, done that. Can he
show Trump the way?
BY M ANUEL R OIG- F RANZIA
ON MaRCO IslaND, Fla.
Sun stab, new
Book WorlD
tense meeting
King Charles III at the houses of Parliament in London in November. An insidery
new book details his mother9s final days and Charles9s ascent to the throne.
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sAuL mArTINez FOr The WAshINGTON POsT
front estate to sort out his life and plan a
comeback.
Collins, he of the insider trading scan-
dal and chagrined 2019 resignation from
Congress, became a national figure be-
cause of Donald Trump. In happier days,
Collins was the first sitting member of
Congress to endorse Trump9s 2016 presi-
dential campaign. He found the cable
news exposure he9d desired by backing
Trump in almost all things.
Trump9s thank-you gift to Collins
would come four years later, a few days
before Christmas 2020: a pardon for the
former congressman, who9d by then be-
come an unhappy resident of a federal
prison camp on the Florida Panhandle.
Collins got to walk out of a mini-
mum-security lockup where he9d spent
sEE CoLLINs ON C2
BY E LAHE I ZADI
AND L AURA W AGNER
If the employees of the Baltimore sun
were expecting a charm offensive from its
out-of-the-blue new owner, they sure
didn9t get one.
<Full disclosure, I haven9t read the
newspaper in 40 years,= David D. smith, a
television executive and lifelong resident
of the Baltimore area, told the 60 staffers
who crowded into a conference room at
lunchtime Tuesday.
<literally have not read the newspaper.
& I read the paper maybe four times since
I started working on trying to buy this
place,= smith said, according to an audio
recording of the meeting obtained by The
Washington Post.
Regardless, smith seemed to have
LeON NeAL/POOL/AFP/GeTTy ImAGes strong opinions 4 negative ones 4 about
the sun and the fleet of suburban papers
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For Collins, criminal charges are no obstacle to a comeback
CollIns from C1
time (and was doomed to molder
at least another 14 months even
with time off for good behavior)
among convicted drug dealers,
hurricane-repair scammers and a
guy who once posed as the co-
lombian kingpin Pablo escobar
to dupe the russians into selling
him cut-rate, Soviet-era military
helicopters and parts.
collins was one of 238 people
trump freed or formally forgave
for crimes using his clemency
power. But among them, he is the
most uniquely paired with the
former president, a mirror-like
figure whose trajectory offers a
road map for trump, previewing
one possible version of the for-
mer president9s future 4 and
showing him the way.
<He experienced the highs of
trump before trump and the
lows of trump before trump,=
says chris Grant, an adviser to
republican Vivek ramaswamy9s
presidential campaign, which
was suspended this week. <the
ironic thing is i think trump will
come back and i think chris will
come back.=
as collins lays the groundwork
for a campaign to return to con-
gress, perhaps as soon as this
year, he foreshadows a world in
which federal convictions and
prison stints might not be career-
killers or even pesky annoyances.
instead, they9re badges of pride.
the collins route to political
redemption:
l First stop: Get indicted while
running for reelection, as collins
did in 2018 4 just as trump was
last year after launching his cur-
rent presidential campaign.
l second stop: Win an elec-
tion, as collins did in 2018 while
under indictment 4 and trump
is trying to do now while wres-
tling four indictments.
l Third stop: Go to prison 4 a
fate that could await trump in
any of four criminal cases in
Washington, new York and flori-
da.
l Fourth stop: Get out of pris-
on and run for office again pro-
claiming persecution by the feds!
<they came after me like they
came after trump,= collins says
one recent afternoon at home in
marco. He is a picture of restless
energy, even here in his retire-
ment-haven, golden-years shorts
and golf shirt. He is a lean 73-
year-old with angular features, a
floridian perma-tan and short-
cropped hair several shades dark-
er than it was when he was
tangling with federal prosecu-
tors. (<i use that touch of Gray,=
he confides.)
collins and trump have simi-
lar aesthetic leanings: in collins9s
5,000-plus-square-foot, $6 mil-
lion pad, the living room is thick
with gilt furniture, statuary, crys-
tal and onyx. Light streams in
from five massive floor-to-ceiling
arched windows steps from ti-
gertail Lagoon. fox news blares
all day, every day, from a wall-
mounted television in the next
room. on the sand below, a go-
pher tortoise nicknamed olivia
meanders among the dunes. col-
lins shares the showpiece home
with his wife of more than three
decades, mary Sue, a slender and
effervescent 63-year-old ball-
room-dancing champion with an
electric smile, expensively coifed
blond hair and an affinity for
leopard-print skirts and designer
shoes. (<i never met a designer i
didn9t like; i like them all.=)
<What trump9s going through
has changed the perception of
me,= collins says, pausing a beat.
<in a very positive way.=
mary Sue interjects, leaning
into the conversation from the
kitchen pass-through: <You9re a
regular guy now.=
n January 2017, chris collins9s
I status as Special Person of
trumpworld was affirmed
when he was invited to the new
president9s inauguration day
luncheon. trump, he says, came
up to his table, tapped him on the
shoulder, took one look at mary
Sue and declared, <She9s beauti-
ful!= mary Sue posed with the
newly minted president for a
picture 4 surely one of the first
brag-wall shots he9d taken as
commander in chief.
not so long before, collins9s
staff had struggled to meet a goal
he9d set for them of getting him
on national tV twice in a single
year. Producers had been saying,
<Your boss is a nobody.=
collins became a somebody
with a call to the trump cam-
paign staffers in late february
2016 to give them a heads-up that
he was about to issue an endorse-
ment. He asked whether they
wanted him to do it quietly, given
trump9s drain-the-swamp cam-
paign vibe. they wanted him to
go big.
Suddenly, his appearances
swelled into the hundreds. this
he knows 4 precisely. He keeps a
log.
<You don9t know how much he
loves to count,= mary Sue says.
Chris Collins poses with his wife, Mary sue, at their home in Florida. Collins was the first sitting member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump9s 2016 presidential
campaign, back in February of that year. <What Trump9s going through has changed the perception of me,= Collins says now, pausing a beat. <In a very positive way.=
<We9re driving around and he9s
counting, i don9t know, license
plates from other states. He9ll say,
8You didn9t notice that?9 i9m like, 8i
don9t know, i was listening to
<Here comes the Sun.=9=
Well, collins jabs back, <You
don9t even know what your mas-
tercard bill is.=
<Why would i want to know?=
mary Sue parries.
collins had met trump only
fleetingly, in 2014, when trump
briefly toyed with the idea of
running for governor of new York
and collins was serving his first
term in congress. collins remem-
bers trump saying he wanted the
gubernatorial race <locked in=
without a primary opponent.
collins felt the need to explain
new York politics, telling trump
4 then best known as a self-pro-
moting developer and host of
<the apprentice= on nBc 4 that
he couldn9t dictate who ran in a
primary. trump eventually decid-
ed against running.
collins, too, had once teased a
gubernatorial run.
<remember that?= he says to
mary Sue.
<oh, yeah,= she says with an
exaggerated eye roll. She sticks
out her tongue as if she9s just
tasted something gross.
ollins was set on a path to
C congress by dennis Vacco,
who had once been new
York9s top law enforcement offi-
cial, the state attorney general.
collins had lost a congressional
bid about a decade before, but
Collins, at top, on Marco Island in Florida, and above in
a photo with Trump, with whom Collins sometimes speaks.
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when Vacco spotted him at a
Buffalo Sabres game, he decided
to convince him to run for erie
county executive.
<that9s what relaunched his
political career,= Vacco says in an
interview.
Vacco was pleased when col-
lins won, crediting him with
straightening out the county9s
dismal finances. in office, collins
imposed a business-improve-
ment model called Lean Six Sig-
ma, which has a devout following
among the <run government like
a business= crowd and awards
martial-arts-inspired certifica-
tions to employees who complete
training.
the man who loves to count
delighted in tallying up the star
pupils: 12 black belts, more than
100 green belts and several hun-
dred yellow belts. But the pro-
gram also had the unpopular
effect of leading to cuts in the
county9s workforce through lay-
offs. the job losses, combined
with collins9s <brusque manner=
and <ceo style,= turned people
off, Vacco says. collins lost his
2011 reelection bid.
the next year, he parlayed a
new congressional map that ben-
efited republicans in his area
into a victory over an incumbent
congresswoman, Kathy Hochul,
now new York9s governor and a
rising star in the democratic
Party.
collins and trump, for all their
differences in political experi-
ence at the time, share a pen-
chant for outrageous remarks:
collins once compared a Jewish
new York politico to Hitler and
the anti-christ (a bad attempt at a
joke, he says) and was overheard
saying to a female friend at a
crowded political gathering that
she should give a <lap dance= to
someone to get a seat. (He says
they were both joking about it.)
unlike trump, though, collins
wasn9t born into a great ameri-
can fortune. His father was an
upper-middle-class electrical
company and railroad executive
who ping-ponged his seven chil-
dren and stay-at-home wife from
upstate new York to connecticut
to north carolina as he rose up
the corporate ladder. When col-
lins was a senior in high school,
his father announced that they9d
be moving again 4 this time to
new Hampshire. collins refused
to go, staying behind in Hender-
sonville, n.c., in a rented apart-
ment he called <Party central.=
When he wanted to skip class,
he9d write a note to the school
excusing himself, he says.
collins earned a mechanical
engineering degree at north
carolina State university, but his
greatest talent might have been
the science of persuasion. He
paid tuition by selling shoes,
boasting that he amassed more
commissions working part time
than the full-time sales staff. af-
ter graduating, he made his mark
in the business world as a <sales
engineer= at Westinghouse.
ironically 4 or perhaps not 4
it was an inside tip of sorts that
launched him as an entrepre-
neur. in the early 1980s, his men-
tor at Westinghouse told him on
the q.t. that Westinghouse was
going to sell off one of its divi-
sions, a Buffalo-based unit that
made gears for industrial motors,
according to an unpublished 402-
page memoir he shared with the
Washington Post, details from
which he confirmed in inter-
views. With some help from a
country-club buddy who intro-
duced him to investors, he
scooped it up.
over the next four decades,
collins became a venture capital-
ist who hunted for wounded com-
panies, swooping in to buy strug-
gling firms that he9d either fold
into existing businesses or recon-
figure and sell. He9s owned or
held major stakes in at least 22
companies by his count 4 a mix
that has included biotech firms,
an industrial gear company and a
ceramics manufacturer.
though collins has retained
some lowbrow tastes 4 cheap
cigars and costco wine 4 he at
one point ranked as the fifth-
wealthiest member of congress,
with a net worth between $80
million and $228 million, accord-
ing to government transparency
group openSecrets.
in 2017, collins stood to make a
bundle. He9d previously made a
multimillion-dollar investment
in an australian biotech compa-
ny, innate immunotherapeutics,
and joined its board.
<there was no investment i
was more proud of. i talked about
it all the time,= collins says. <it
was going to be my legacy in life.=
among those who9d invested in
the washington post
the company, which was develop-
ing a potentially blockbuster
multiple-sclerosis drug, were at
least six members of congress.
another person caught up in
collins9s enthusiasm was chris
Graham, a partner in a large
Buffalo industrial equipment-
servicing company of which col-
lins still owns nearly 50 percent.
collins persuaded Graham to buy
shares during an unexpected
new Year9s eve phone call.
Graham calls collins <mini-me
trump.= He means it as a compli-
ment.
in June 2017, collins was
traipsing the White House
grounds at trump9s annual picnic
for members of congress and
their guests as he waited for the
crucial results of the trial to
determine whether innate9s drug
actually worked. He was shocked
to get an email saying it had
failed.
collins immediately called his
24-year-old son, cameron, who
also owned a large chunk of stock
in the company. collins claims he
has no memory of what was said
on the call, suggesting he was
suffering <dissociative amnesia=
because of the shock.
the next day, his son started
dumping innate shares before
the public announcement of the
test results, staving off more than
$570,000 in losses when the stock
predictably tanked, according to
federal prosecutors.
collins says he didn9t know his
son could even sell stock; the
company9s shares were listed on
the australian stock market,
where trading had been halted.
But his son had transferred his
shares to the united States over-
the-counter securities market,
which hadn9t halted trading.
months would pass before
there was a knock at the door of
collins9s Washington apartment.
it was the fBi, which was also
knocking on the doors of many
others connected to collins. col-
lins says that, in a moment of
rage, he told the agents that he
hadn9t contacted anyone about
the test results. they had him.
mary Sue, who was at their
home in the Buffalo area at the
time, says she was never in-
formed she was a target of the
investigation and she was not
charged in the case. When the
fBi contacted her, she didn9t say
a word.
<i spent my whole month,= she
says, <wondering why everyone
else did.=
ollins was indicted in au-
C gust 2018 for securities
fraud and making false
statements to law enforcement
agents. it was a particularly in-
convenient moment: He was on
the ballot in november seeking
his fourth term in congress.
the timing of the indictment
was intentional, Geoffrey Ber-
man, then the u.S. attorney for
the Southern district of new
York, wrote in his book, <Holding
the Line: inside the nation9s Pre-
eminent uS attorney9s office and
its Battle with the trump Justice
department.= in the book, Ber-
man says collins9s crime amount-
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ed to cheating regular investors
as if they were <dupes at a rigged
card game,= and he thought vot-
ers deserved to know about it.
collins wasn9t just saddled
with a federal indictment; he was
also the subject of a congres-
sional ethics investigation relat-
ed to stock transactions, which 4
in fluent trumpese 4 he now
calls a <witch hunt.= (the investi-
gation was later closed after col-
lins resigned.)
during the campaign, collins
attacked his democratic oppo-
nent, nate mcmurray, with a
factually challenged ad. collins9s
campaign team ran chyrons be-
neath video of mcmurray speak-
ing Korean with a false transla-
tion of what he was saying.
<totally made up,= collins says
one afternoon over lunch in mar-
co. <that9s how politics can be
when you take the gloves off.=
critics called him xenophobic,
he says matter-of-factly. again, he
didn9t care: <nice people finish
last.=
<i thought nobody would vote
for a criminal,= says chris Ben-
nem, a volunteer for mcmurray9s
campaign who was floored by
what he considered collins9s ar-
rogance. (<it9s the perverse arc of
the trump era,= Bennem adds.)
collins won, but just barely.
<i think the indictment helped
him,= mcmurray says.
collins felt as if he9d given a
middle finger to his critics. <How
many people can win with . . .
felony counts hanging over their
head?= he asks. <Well, i did.=
mary Sue jumps in: <You were
a trendsetter.=
ollins may have been back
C at the capitol, but he wasn9t
back in power. He was
stripped of committee assign-
ments and shunned by some fel-
low members. one of the few who
stood by him, collins says, was
new York republican elise Ste-
fanik, whom he calls his political
<soulmate= in his unpublished
memoir.
collins had weightier prob-
lems than palace politics. He was
about to get outmaneuvered by
federal prosecutors. in his book,
Berman wrote that his colleague
damian Williams 4 now the u.S.
attorney for the Southern district
of new York 4 came up with a
brilliant strategy to put heat on
collins. they decided to try his
son separately.
<collins had to make a choice:
confront the evidence against
him in court or bide his time on
the sidelines while his son faced
the music alone for a crime initi-
ated by his father,= Berman wrote.
an oddity of the case was that
collins hadn9t sold a single share.
He was the inside trader who did
no trading. He figured he9d have a
great chance of an acquittal, but
his son was sure to be convicted.
collins decided to cut a deal: He9d
plead guilty to one count of secu-
rities fraud and one count of lying
to the fBi in hopes that his son
would get off easy. it worked. His
son pleaded guilty and agreed to
a $600,000 settlement, which
included interest on his illegal
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from preVious paGe
trades, with the securities and
exchange Commission. But he
didn9t have to do prison time.
But Collins got smacked: a
26-month federal prison sen-
tence, though he9d have a chance
to reduce that with good behavior
and other legal reprieves.
Nailing a member of Congress
is one of the more brag-worthy
feats for a prosecutor. The Collins
guilty plea is one of only two cases
specifically named in Williams9s
official bio.
<The DoJ leverages your fam-
ily,= Collins says. <These are very
vindictive soBs. . . . Who
wouldn9t protect their son? it9s
like taking down the animals.
Big-game hunters.=
<Yeah,= says mary sue.
<people like my son,= Collins
adds.
<They were like little rabbits,=
mary sue says.
<is that,= Collins says, looking
over at mary sue, <a good anal-
ogy?=
s the pandemic raged, Col-
front place where they now live.
it came with seven signed Dalí
prints, a picasso sketch, a picasso
mixed-media work and what is
purported to be an original ma-
tisse sketch (according to records
provided to them by the seller)
that hangs over the toilet in one
of the bathrooms.
Collins calls the property <our
little piece of heaven.=
from that place of refuge, Col-
lins 4 who has mostly gotten out
of the mega-dealmaking business
4 couldn9t sit still. so he invested
not long ago in a beauty salon run
by the wife of one of his fellow
federal inmates.
for a brief time, Collins pro-
moted himself as a business
coach on Twitter, but his family
told him to knock it off because
they didn9t want him attracting
attention after his prison release.
He now tools around town in a
street-legal golf cart that peaks
out at 28 mph. Bouncing around
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his spacious house, often bored,
Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) in 2016. Now a former congressman and released from prison, Collins Collins is still counting 4 every-
is planning a comeback, such as by joining the Collier County Republican Executive Committee. thing: his Beanie Babies and rare
coins collections, more than 320
mickey mantle baseball cards,
plugged in to local politics. That
little thing about the conviction?
No prob in southwest florida,
she says.
<We have a lot of criminals and
nuts down here,= stephenson says
one night over dinner at the
Hideaway country club as the
piano player runs through <The
Winner Takes it all.=
Collins has taken steps to start
building a base of support, in-
cluding joining the Collier Coun-
ty republican executive Commit-
tee and making the scene at
Trumpy events. He9s had business
cards printed. The top line pro-
claims, <first member of Con-
gress to endorse Donald J. Trump
for president 2/24/16.= He spoke
at a Trump boat rally last sum-
mer. There, he hung out a bit with
Christopher Worrell, a proud Boy
who9d earlier been convicted of
his role in the Jan. 6, 2021,
insurrection. (Worrell later
would become a fugitive for
about a month after not showing
up for a sentencing hearing. He
was captured in late september.)
<i got to know him,= Collins
says. <Nice guy.=

A lins spent 10 months pedal-

ing around marco on his
bicycle or staring numbly at the
water, his dock and his 16-foot
boat, smoking cigars and solving
sudoku and Kakuro puzzles.
unable to make a case that
medical conditions, including
asthma, should allow him to stay
out of prison because of in-
creased risk from covid-19, Col-
lins finally entered the federal
corrections system in october
2020.
<everybody made a big ruckus
about his arrival,= says Juan
almeida, a flamboyant figure
who sold exotic cars and souped-
up speedboats favored by drug
traffickers during miami9s 1980s
<Cocaine Cowboys= era.
almeida 4 who had been in
prison for 21/2 years on drug traf-
ficking charges that he continues
to deny 4 arranged for the for-
mer congressman to move into
his seven-person cell, which he9d
dubbed the <power Cubicle.=
<i was kind of a celebrity in-
mate. i had a certain control and
power in the unit. i set him up,=
says almeida, who is featured in
the 2018 showtime documentary
<operation odessa,= about an at-
tempt by his friend, a miami
strip-club owner nicknamed Tar-
zan, to sell a soviet-era nu-
clear submarine to a Colombian
drug cartel.
Their roomies included a con-
struction-company owner con-
victed of defrauding hurricane
victims whom they9d nicknamed
5-20 4 their inside joke that he
was 5 feet 20 inches tall. Collins
calls them <our circle of friends=
in his unpublished memoir.
almeida says he addressed Col-
lins as <Congressman.= The
guards hated that, says almeida,
who has remained friends with
Collins since they were both re-
leased.
Collins found himself chop-
ping onions, slopping lasagna
onto cafeteria trays and washing
dishes. He was given that assign-
ment, he says, because a kitchen
guard was a <political junkie= and
wanted to spend time with a
former congressman.
Collins had a hefty commissary
account and made friends shar-
ing Hershey bars and chips. (<i
had good snack,= he says.) until
this interview with The post,
Collins has not spoken at length
in public about his prison days.
When he wasn9t toiling in the
kitchen, Collins did his favorite
thing: make money. He negotiat-
ed the nine-figure sale of Zeptom-
etrix, a biotechnology firm in-
volved in infectious-disease
work, which includes preparing
samples of HiV and covid-19 to be
used in testing.
at home in marco, mary sue
was working on a different deal:
talking on the phone with then-
White House Chief of staff mark
meadows about getting Trump to
pardon Collins. (meadows has his
own legal problems now, having
been indicted with Trump in a
Georgia state case for allegedly
conspiring to overturn 2020
presidential election results.)
<You think it was your idea that
i communicate with him,= mary
sue says to her husband one
recent afternoon. <i think it was
my idea. i said: 8You know what?
i9m going to call him and see
what9s going.9=
The Collinses had been good
friends with meadows, a republi-
can who9d represented North
Carolina in the House of repre-
sentatives at the same time Col-
lins was the congressman from
Western New York. (meadows did
not respond to interview re-
quests.)
<i said: 8mark, what should i
do? This is terrible,9= says mary
sue. <8How long is he going to be
in there?9=
When she raised the possibility
of a pardon, mary sue says mead-
ows told her that he would put it
before the president.
she kept calling.
eventually, meadows said that
<there9s a possibility this can hap-
pen,= mary sue recalls.
But he warned her to keep it
quiet: <We can9t discuss this with
anybody. Don9t go telling your
girlfriends,= she says meadows
told her.
He didn9t even want her to tell
her husband. mary sue feared
someone might be listening to
their phone calls.
<The unique situation of me
and Trump, and me and mark,
and mary and mark was key,=
Collins says. <it9s not like we were
bribing him or anything. rela-
tionships matter.=
<A lot,= says mary sue.
<A lot,= says Collins.
ollins left federal prison
C Camp pensacola on Dec. 22,
2020, having served a total
of 71 days.
While he9d been waiting for a
pardon, Collins had vowed to
himself that he9d buy mary sue a
fancy car to try to make up for
what he9d put her and their fam-
ily through. she got a supple,
$300,000 Bentley GT. He treated
himself to an aston martin DBX.
on Dec. 31 4 nine days after
becoming a free man again 4 he
closed his megadeal for Zeptome-
trix. That same day, they went
house shopping. on the spot,
they decided to buy the water-
which he says gives him a top
ranking in a sports memorabilia
organization. He also has a top
ranking, he says, for his collec-
tions of other Yankees cards: Joe
Dimaggio, Yogi Berra, Bobby
richardson. He almost never
looks at them, he says. it9s the
amassing that appeals.
in a safe, he keeps the ithaca
1911 pistol his dad brought back
after serving in patton9s army
during World War ii and a .380
Walther ppK. another more mod-
ern handgun, a smith & Wesson
.380, is stashed in a more accessi-
ble spot in the house. a friend
safeguarded them for Collins
while he was in prison. Thanks to
Trump9s pardon, he got them all
back.
He9s also counting votes, imag-
ining how he could go back to
Congress in a cakewalk should
Byron Donalds (the republican
member of the House represent-
ing the region where Collins now
lives in florida) run for another
office 4 say governor, or even as
Trump9s running mate, as has
already been speculated.
<i didn9t go out on my own
terms,= Collins says. <i was forced
out. it9s my way to say they didn9t
win.=
it9s eminently doable, says Liz
stephenson, a neighbor on marco
island9s Hideaway Beach who is
Collins says he believes Trump
did not play a <direct role= in
spurring the Jan. 6 assault to
block certification of the 2020
election and doesn9t think the
former president will be convict-
ed in that federal case or any
other case.
But he departs from Trump on
the former president9s false claim
that the 2020 election was stolen.
Collins says he doesn9t think fake
voters or manipulated vote
counts gave Joe Biden a victory 4
a claim repeated ad nauseam by
Trump. instead, Collins blames
the mainstream media for
Trump9s loss because of the copi-
ous reporting of special counsel
robert s. mueller iii9s investiga-
tion into possible russian inter-
ference in the 2020 election on
Trump9s behalf and the scant
coverage of business deals with
foreign firms involving Biden9s
son Hunter. Collins and Trump
talk from time to time, he says.
The calls always come in as <un-
known.=
on the way to lunch one after-
noon, Collins9s phone rings. mary
sue, at the wheel of her Bentley,
says, <He always answers his
phone.=
The phone9s display says, <un-
known caller.=
<maybe,= Collins says, <it9s you-
know-who.=

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Sun9s new owner
critical of paper
SMiTh from C1
he purchased alongside it, which
he laid out in a tense, 21/2-hour
meeting that left many staffers
baffled about the multimillion-
aire9s intentions for the city9s 186-
year-old newspaper.
He suggested that the Sun over-
looks the stories readers crave
about crime and government dys-
function. (retorted one journal-
ist: <We9re a Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning newsroom,= most recently in
2020, for a fraud investigation
that forced the mayor to resign.)
He stood by a 2018 interview in
which he called print media
<meaningless dribble.= And, when
pressed, he said he mostly
thought the same of the Sun.
<Just look at the data,= he said,
citing declining print circulation,
though newspapers nationwide
have been affected by the same
decades-long shift in the public9s
reading habits.
In recent years, many journal-
ists have waxed nostalgic for the
era of family newspaper dynas-
ties, when owners with deep local
roots and deep emotional invest-
ments in local news made execu-
tive decisions 4 instead of distant
corporations responding to the
whims of Wall Street and global
economic pressures.
That has certainly been the case
in Baltimore, where the Sun suf-
fered years of cutbacks after it was
consolidated into the Tribune
newspaper chain, even before it
was purchased almost three years
ago by a financial-management
firm with a reputation for slashing
jobs and shuttering newsrooms.
But while many Sun reporters
yearned to break away from that
firm, Alden Global Capital, mon-
day9s unexpected news that their
paper had been sold to an inde-
pendent local buyer has triggered
more concern than joy 4 especial-
ly after meeting with Smith, exec-
utive chairman of the Sinclair
Broadcast Group, whose nearly
200 local TV stations have shown
a marked conservative bent in
recent years.
Schwarzenegger faces criminal tax case in Germany over a luxury watch
BY K ATE B RADY
BERLIN 4 Germany has
launched criminal tax proceed-
ings against Arnold
Schwarzenegger, who is accused
of failing to declare a luxury
watch upon landing in munich.
The Hollywood star and for-
mer governor of California, 76,
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In their meeting 4 some details
of which were previously reported
by the Baltimore Banner and NPr
4 Smith professed to know little
about the newspaper business
other than that it9s a business.
<Your job is to manufacture con-
tent,= he said, according to the
audio recording, <a product that
people want.=
one former top Sun editor said
that the drama around Smith9s
purchase will make this <one of
the most fascinating local news
acquisitions in the country to
watch= in coming months.
<Generally, research has shown
that local ownership is good for
regional news organizations,=
ushering in greater investment
and renewed local coverage, said
Tim franklin, a former Sun execu-
tive editor and now a senior asso-
ciate dean at the medill School of
Journalism at Northwestern Uni-
versity. <The concern here is
whether he will use the Sun to
advance his ideological agenda.=
Smith turned down a request
for an interview Tuesday, but his
spokesman said that the new
owner <looks forward to having
the Baltimore Sun cover impor-
tant, impactful stories to make a
difference in the community= and
that he <believes one of the pri-
mary purposes of the newspaper
is to serve the public interest.=
Sinclair has drawn criticism for
integrating conservative and
right-wing commentary, fre-
quently on hot-button national
topics, into its local TV news cov-
erage 4 a deviation in an industry
that has usually aspired to strike a
nonpartisan tone. In 2018, it re-
quired anchors nationwide to
read a script condemning <fake
news,= invoking President Donald
Trump9s derogatory term for news
media.
Smith insisted in his meeting
with staffers that he doesn9t care
about politics. <I don9t trust any
politicians under any circum-
stances,= he said. <I don9t trust
government under any circum-
stance.=
records show that he last made
was held for three hours after
disembarking a flight from Los
Angeles, Schwarzenegger9s
spokesman Daniel Ketchell, who
was on the flight, told The Wash-
ington Post.
<He was detained for three
hours. He owns the watch. None
of the people I know and sat next
to on our commercial flight filled
ahead of us, and two more
ladies were in the row behind.
The six of them were
conversing off and on
throughout the flight, but
for the entire time, I was
treated as if I were not even
there.
I sensed that trying to start a
conversation with one of them
would have resulted in polite
rejection. After the flight
landed, I could not help but
feel a little let down because of
all the conversation I had
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The Baltimore Sun front page Tuesday details the paper9s purchase.
campaign contributions in 2018, after rebuffing an effort from an-
when he donated to a few Demo- other deep-pocketed maryland
crats along with a mostly republi- businessman.
can slate. In 2021, when the Tribune was
But tax forms show that his in the process of selling its news-
family9s foundation has contribut- paper holdings to Alden, Stewart
ed generously to conservative and Bainum Jr. 4 executive chairman
right-wing advocacy groups that of Choice Hotels and a former
have inserted themselves into Democratic state senator 4 at-
some of the nation9s most polariz- tempted to buy the Sun for $65
ing discussions. The David D. million.
Smith family foundation gave But that deal fell apart over the
$275,000 in 2021 and $261,000 in multimillion-dollar fees Alden
2019 to Project Veritas, a right- would have demanded from a de-
wing organization known for un- tached Sun to keep providing the
dercover sting operations on jour- business and administrative ser-
nalists, government officials and vices that had been consolidated
political activists. It also contrib- under the Tribune chain.
uted $121,000 in 2018 to moms for Bainum instead launched the
America, a conservative activist Banner, a local news nonprofit
group that says it <empowers that now employs more than 100
moms to raise patriots and pro- people, about 15 percent of whom
mote liberty= and has joined cam- came from the Sun.
paigns to remove books it finds rick Edmonds, a media analyst
controversial from public schools. for the Poynter Institute, said that
The Baltimore Sun Guild, the competition from the Banner may
union representing Sun staffers, have dissuaded Alden from many
said in a statement Wednesday of its usual cost-cutting regimens
that the editorial direction de- at the Sun, which still employs
scribed by Smith <focused on around 150 people.
clicks rather than journalistic val- Under Alden, the Sun shuttered
ue,= which <concerned many of its printing press and laid off its
our members.= 100 workers. But the newsroom
<We don9t know how to reason hasn9t been subjected to the same
with him,= one Sun staffer told The kind of slashing Alden has done at
Post after the meeting, speaking other newspapers, Edmonds said
on the condition of anonymity to 4 which may also explain Alden9s
preserve working relationships. reasons for offloading the Sun.
<Because he is so uninformed Usually, he said, Alden <can
about print media standards and take the paper down in quality,
journalism ethics as a whole.= and people who still really want to
While Smith9s plans for the Sun have a newspaper won9t like it 4
remained murky, many in Balti- but they can still make some mon-
more also puzzled over the rea- ey and have some customers.=
sons Alden decided to sell it 4 However, <all those numbers get
especially just a couple of years worse when you have an ambi-
out a declaration form, including Thomas meister said tax should
Arnold. He got to customs, and have been paid on the watch
they told him he was 8randomly9 because Schwarzenegger was in-
selected to be searched,= Ketchell tending to sell it in the European
said. <During the search, he an- Union. The watch, custom-made
swered every single question the for Schwarzenegger by Swiss lux-
customs officer asked, so to say ury brand Audemars Piguet, will
he didn9t declare anything is 100 probably be auctioned at a fund-
percent false.= raising dinner for Schwarzeneg-
munich customs spokesman ger9s climate initiative in Kitz-
listened to but could not be a separation of the gabby party
part of. Was this dysfunctional would have provided a natural
behavior on anyone9s part? point of introduction. They
Should one of them at least could have asked if you were
have said <How do you do?= to willing to exchange seats so
me? that they could speak
without disturbing you. or
Most people, Miss manners you could have offered. This
dares say, would have been would have given you the
grateful to be left out of such opportunity either to agree
conversations 4 but not to be or to introduce yourself to the
talked over, which is the point group.
where your fellow passengers
failed to meet the standards of Dear Miss Manners: I have
civility. This inconvenient two sons, 17 and 21. I moved
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the washington post
tious competitor.=
Smith9s price for the Sun and its
affiliated suburban papers 4
which include the Capital Gazette
of Annapolis, the Carroll County
Times and several weekly papers
4 has not been made public. He
mentioned in passing in Tuesday9s
staff meeting that he paid <nine
figures.= It was unclear whether
that sum includes the fees he told
the Sun he will pay to Alden9s
mediaNews Group for business
services.
In a statement about the sale,
mediaNews Group9s chief operat-
ing officer, Guy Gilmore, said: <We
are always open to discussions
about local ownership and
pleased that our preeminent
newspaper operating and tech-
nology platform will continue to
provide services for The Balti-
more Sun.=
Smith repeatedly bashed the
Banner in his meeting with Sun
staff. <It9s just a matter of time
before they9re gone,= he said.
<They won9t survive. In fact, if
anybody thinks they9ll survive,
I9m happy to give you odds and
take your money.=
(Bainum, in a note to Banner
staff monday, said, <We welcome
more and better coverage in the
Sun, and wish the new, local own-
ership the best of luck= 4 and
assured them that <it doesn9t
change our mission, our commit-
ment, and our plans in any way at
all.=)
Smith held up one of Sinclair9s
Baltimore TV stations, fox45, as
what he sees as an exemplar of
successful local news coverage,
<despite the fact that people might
say it9s a crazy, right-wing [sta-
tion],= he said. <I9ve been called
that by everybody, Democrats and
republicans.=
franklin, the former Sun execu-
tive editor, said that any changes
in the paper9s editorial pages will
suggest the future Smith has in
mind for it. If the newspaper veers
into <a rigid, ideological, con-
servative direction,= he warned,
that could hurt the newspaper9s
bottom line, given that the Balti-
more area is heavily Democratic.
former Baltimore Sun media
critic David Zurawik, now a pro-
fessor at Goucher College, said
that fox459s coverage of Baltimore
schools and city hall is considered
aggressive but said that it takes a
partisan tone. <It fits into a larger
pattern of, 8This is what happens
buehel, Austria, on Thursday.
A photo published by German
daily Bild showed Schwarzeneg-
ger holding the watch box as
customs officers sat in the back-
ground at a computer.
<All is well now, and we look
forward to a successful charity
event for the Schwarzenegger
Climate Initiative,= Ketchell said.
about five hours away from
where they grew up. my 21-
year-old had moved across the
country, and my 17-year-old
decided to stay with his dad.
Well, within two weeks, both of
them ended up moving in with
me, and my home is very
small. my husband and I
decided to rent an apartment
for them.
Neither one of them have a
job, and when I go over to their
apartment, they9re lazily lying
around a messy house and
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when you let Democrats run your
city: It goes to hell.9=
Smith has personally involved
himself in local politics. He and
his family bankrolled a successful
effort to impose term limits on the
mayor and city council, as well as a
failed effort to allow citizens to
recall officials 4 one that received
extensive coverage on fox45.
During his newsroom meeting,
Smith argued with one writer who
suggested fox459s coverage of
whether to recall Baltimore may-
or Brandon Scott (D) 4 including
the station9s promotion of a self-
proclaimed <unscientific poll= 4
was biased.
<This guy bought the Sun, he9s
got enough money to wield that
kind of power,= said another staff-
er, who also spoke on the condi-
tion of anonymity to preserve
newsroom confidences. <But how
easy will it be for him to bend a
newsroom?=
one area on which they did get
a specific answer was whether
Smith was committed to main-
taining a print edition.
<No,= he said bluntly. Smith
added that he was, in fact, <com-
mitted to getting out of the paper
business. I9m a right-wing radical
who loves trees,= he said, with a
small chuckle. <reconcile that for
me.=
Toward the end of the meeting,
Smith went on a tangent about
how he believes Baltimore police
officers are scared to do their jobs
because <they9re terrified of what
state government is going to do to
them,= noting that the state9s at-
torney tried to prosecute six offi-
cers. <It ruined those people9s
lives.=
<I9m sorry, are you talking
about the ones who killed freddie
Gray?= a staffer asked, referring to
the 2015 death of 25-year-old Gray
while in police custody, a galvaniz-
ing event that led to widespread
protests across the city, some
turning violent. Three of the offi-
cers involved were acquitted,
while charges against the others
were dropped.
A tense exchange followed.
<You may believe that they
killed somebody,= Smith said. <I9m
not here to tell you they did or
didn9t.=
The Sun was a Pulitzer finalist
for its coverage of Gray9s death.
Monika Mathur and Sarah ellison
contributed to this report.
It9s unclear what legal conse-
quences, if any, the Terminator
star could face, but it9s possible
that the investigation could re-
sult in a fine or court appear-
ance.
<Lawyers are dealing with it,=
Ketchell said. <We don9t expect
any issues because Arnold al-
ways pays his taxes.=
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of at a loss with what to do. Do
you have any suggestions?
Board games?
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Years after our last child left, is it time to give up on reconciling with my wife?
Dear Amy: I was
Ask Amy married to a
Amy wonderful woman
Dickinson for 30 years. We
raised five
children together
and had our ups and downs, but
overall I felt that we had a solid
marriage.
After our youngest left the nest
my wife, almost immediately,
became a different person. I
know she had a case of Empty
Nest Syndrome. She befriended
single women and started going
out frequently. She lost interest
in saving the marriage. This went
on for four or five years, and then
she decided that she didn9t want
to be married anymore and got
her own apartment, but we
stayed friendly. I tried to make
the transition as smooth as
possible, but I9ll admit that I had
an ulterior motive to reconcile.
During the eight years since,
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we9ve halfheartedly attempted
numerous reconciliations, but it
has never worked out. There has
never been any abuse or
infidelity. I9ve always felt we got
along way too well to give up. The
past few years she has been living
with her elderly mother. We are
in touch multiple times daily and
spend time together. She
continually says that when she is
no longer required to aid her
mother that we will spend more
time working on reconciliation.
That has all been fine with me.
Recently I ran into a friend,
and she told me that she saw my
ex at a social club with an elderly
gentleman, which naturally got
my attention. She said that they
were clearly on a date and that
my ex <was really dressed up and
looked great.= My question for
you is, is it time to give up? I9ve
been avoiding her these past few
days, and I9m struggling with
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how to approach this.
4 Dazed and Confused
Dazed: At this point, you and
your ex-wife have been living
apart for many years. My take on
her behavior after the youngest
moved out is that she was
experiencing less <empty nest
syndrome= (depression and
searching for new ways to feel
useful and worthy) and more a
sense of liberation on her part. If
she was a stay-at-home mother,
she may have wanted to start this
next phase of her life without the
pressure of repairing a marriage
she might have been holding
together mainly <for the sake of
the kids.= I think it9s now time for
you to ponder building a quality
life for yourself without
reconciliation being at the center.
You and your ex are now
friends. She is meeting and
dating others, and if you want
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EZ RE C5
loving companionship at this insecure, and her emotions are parent9s highest calling.
stage of your life, you should try on edge.
this, too. So, in short, yes, I do I9ve decided to limit any family Dear Amy: Thank you for your
believe it is time for you to give visits and to deny visits to people snappy reply to <Wondering,= the
up on this marriage in order to who so far don9t seem able to 29-year-old still living at home
give yourself a fresh start. keep their parenting critiques to who was worried that graduate
themselves. I just want to give us school would make vacations
Dear Amy: My wife and I just another month or so to get our unaffordable. I laughed when I
welcomed our first child into the sea legs, but my parents are very read your line, <Vacations? What
world. My wife has anxiety and upset. What do you think? are they, again? Why are you
depression. She went off her 4 Protective Dad worried about vacations?=
meds during her pregnancy and 4 Still Working
struggled. Dad: I agree with your protective
Just after the birth of our son, choice. These early days are Still Working: That response
my folks were visiting at the tough, but can also be vital and was the most polite of several
hospital and started pressuring/ beautiful bonding times for your drafts.
correcting her about little family. Furthermore, make
breastfeeding and on how she sure your wife is screened Amy9s column appears seven days a
was holding the baby. He was less immediately for postpartum week at washingtonpost.com/advice.
than a day old. After seeing depression, and to have her Write to askamy@amydickinson.com or
photos, other of my relatives mental health medication Amy Dickinson, P.O. Box 194,
have commented/critiqued in a restored or adjusted. After a Freeville, N.Y. 13068. ù You can also
way that might seem benign, but month or so, you all will be follow her @askingamy.
for my wife, these comments are feeling more robust and secure,
causing her to doubt her every but even then, you should be © 2024 by Amy Dickinson. Distributed by
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Origin (PG-13) (!) 6:30-10:15 Poor Things (R) 10:05-1:05- 7:20 6:10-9:05
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(PG-13) 7:30
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8:10
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2:10-5:30-8:30
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12:40-3:50-7:20 Anyone But You (R) CC: 1:15- Freud's Last Session (PG-13) Hanuman (Hanu Man) (Telugu)
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Anyone But You (R) 12:20-2:55- 4:15-7:00-9:45 2:20-5:55-9:30 Regal Kingstowne & RPX
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Blue Planet (Il pianeta azzurro)
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CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET AGNES TONY COCHRAN

BRIDGE

N-S VULNERABLE
NORTH
f Q J 10 9 5 2
g Q64
f AQ
g Q7
WEST EAST
f K874 f 63
g 5 g J 10 9
f J 10 9 8 f 765432 MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES WUMO
g J964 g K8
SOUTH (D)
f A
g AK8732
f K
g A 10 5 3 2

The bidding:
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1g Pass 1f Pass
3g Pass 3g Pass
4g Pass 5f Pass
6g All Pass CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ MIKE LESTER
MIKE DU JOUR
Opening lead 4 f J

<G oing to church on

Super Bowl Sunday?= I
asked Unlucky Louie. His fam-
ily attends a nearby house of
worship.
<The Vestry has some
plans,= Louie said. <If our
pastor preaches an espe-
cially inspiring sermon,
we9re dumping a cooler of
Gatorade on his head.= RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA
At six hearts, South took
the king of diamonds and
led a club to the queen. East
won and led a trump. South
won with the ace, took the
ace of clubs and ruffed a
club low in dummy. Alas, East
overruffed and led his last
trump, and South went down
two.
If a partner of mine made
the slam, he would earn my
admiration if not a Gatorade LIO MARK TATULLI MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS
bath. South can take the A-Q
of diamonds, pitching the
ace of spades. He leads the
queen of spades and dis-
cards a club.
West does best to duck,
and South leads the jack,
throwing another club. West
ducks again. On the next
spade, East discards; if he
ruffs, South can make an
overtrick. South discards CHRIS BROWNE
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
another club and will finish
with 12 tricks, losing only a
spade to the king.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
f Q J 10 9 5 2 g Q 6 4
fAQgQ7
You open one spade, your
partner bids two diamonds,
you rebid two spades and he
tries three hearts. What do
you say?
ANSWER: To bid 3NT might BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
be right if partner9s clubs are
A-x-x. Since your spade suit
can play opposite no sup-
port, a rebid of three spades
might be right. I would bid
four diamonds. The A-Q look
like good support. Picture
partner with 4, A K 10 5 3, K
J 9 6 5 4, A.
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HOROSCOPE

BIRTHDAY | JANUARY 18
You9re a dreamer. You
have excellent powers
of imagination, plus
a quick wit and a
flippant style. This is the final
year of a nine-year cycle for
you, which means it9s time to
let go of people, places and
things that have held you
back. Commune with nature.

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping

HEART OF THE CITY STEENZ JUDGE PARKER FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & MIKE MANLEY or important decisions from
3 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. today.
After that, the Moon moves
from Aries into Taurus.
ARIES
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19).
This is an excellent day for
financial planning or drawing
up a budget. Research will pay
off. A discussion with someone
older or more experienced
could be helpful to you.
Meanwhile, you might earn
praise from bosses, parents
and VIPs for your practical
suggestions.
FRAZZ JEF MALLETT CANDORVILLE DARRIN BELL TAURUS
(APRIL 20-MAY 20).
This will be a productive day
for you because the Moon is in
your sign dancing beautifully
with Saturn, which in turn is
lined up with Mercury. It9s an
excellent day to make travel
plans.
GEMINI
(MAY 21-JUNE 20).
Any kind of behind-the-scenes
research will pay off today and
ultimately benefit your partner,
shared property or discussions
about inheritances, insurance
GARFIELD JIM DAVIS BARNEY AND CLYDE WEINGARTENS & CLARK issues and taxes.
CANCER
(JUNE 21-JULY 22).
Important discussions
might take place today. They
might initiate with a female
colleague, either a friend
or a member of a group. It
could involve travel plans or
something to do with higher
education or legal matters that
involve your partner or spouse.
LEO
(JULY 23-AUG. 22).
People notice you today. One
STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER DAN SCHKADE of the things they might notice
DUSTIN FLASH GORDON is your practical suggestions
that relate to work, your health
or a pet. These suggestions
might involve reducing costs or
getting the best bang for your
buck.
VIRGO
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22).
You will be productive today
because you want to explore
new ideas and go beyond your
comfort zone or your daily
habits. As a result, discussions
with your kids or your partner
might result in fabulous travel
plans or something to do with
PRICKLY CITY SCOTT STANTIS LOOSE PARTS DAVE BLAZEK a social outing or the arts.
LIBRA
(SEPT. 23-OCT. 22).
This is an excellent day for
discussions about taxes, debt,
shared property, inheritances
and all that red-tape stuff that
we like to avoid. Practical ideas
about how to make home
repairs or improve a family
situation could be a result that
benefits everyone. Bravo!
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21).
Be receptive to suggestions
from others, especially
NON SEQUITUR WILEY BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT partners and close friends,
because they might have some
practical ideas that will benefit
you or your kids. Sit down and
learn something new.
SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21).
Your efficiency and
effectiveness at work (or in any
job that you set for yourself
today) will result in solidifying
or improving your home base
in some way. You might see
ways to boost your earnings,
which will bring this about.
CAPRICORN
BIG NATE LINCOLN PEIRCE ON THE FASTRACK BILL HOLBROOK
(DEC. 22-JAN. 19).
This is a solid, practical and
productive day! Listen to the
advice of others. Likewise,
share your own wise words
about how to do things, how to
cut costs, how to save money
and how to reduce waste.
AQUARIUS
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18).
Research plus the advice
of someone older or more
experienced might help you
in matters related to real
estate or a family situation.
It9s possible for you to get
BEETLE BAILEY GREG, BRIAN & NEAL WALKER PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS richer through real estate or
improving your home this year.
PISCES
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20).
Make an effort to share
ideas with others, especially
someone younger, because
the result will be a practical
advantage. Or perhaps the
advantage is important
information that you need to
know.
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Details on Charles9s ascent, with a pro-establishment bent

book woRld from C1
new book reports 4 and learned
en route that the queen had died.
Journalist robert Hardman
details Elizabeth9s final hours and
her son9s nascent reign in <The
making of a King: King Charles
III and the modern monarchy.=
Among the bits that royal watch-
ers will gobble like chocolates:
l In her final red box of state
papers, Elizabeth left sealed let-
ters for her oldest son and princi-
pal private secretary. <We will
probably never know what they
said,= Hardman writes.
l After Prince Harry and his
wife, meghan, Duchess of Sussex,
announced in 2021 that the
queen had blessed the couple9s
decision to call their daughter
Lilibet, the monarch9s childhood
nickname, the queen was <as
angry as I9d ever seen her,= a
staffer later said.
l Contradicting Harry9s ac-
count that he learned of his
grandmother9s death from the
BBC, a palace staffer claims that
there were repeated attempts to
inform him, <but no calls were
going through because Harry was
airborne.=
l Some at the palace worried
less about what Harry9s memoir,
<Spare,= said than its <relative
lack of detail= about recent life
events, which they thought <sug-
gested either a sequel or, perhaps,
a memoir by meghan in due
course.=
l The queen had <multiple=
health conditions and knew she
would not live to age 100. (Buck-
DaIly MaIl UK
Author Robert Hardman.
ingham Palace refuses to com-
ment on claims that she had bone
cancer, Hardman notes.)
l The queen9s private secretary
summarized her final minutes for
posterity. <Slipped away. old age,=
reads part of a short memo stored
in the royal Archives. <She
wouldn9t have been aware of any-
thing. No pain.=
<This is not an authorized por-
trait of Charles III,= Hardman
writes. <It is, however, an authori-
tative one since I have been able
to hear from those who have
played a key role in this pivotal
period in royal history.= Put an-
other way: Hardman, who had
access to royal records, friends
and staff, has assembled an im-
pressive account of recent events
in the House of Windsor. It9s also
decidedly pro-establishment.
Consider how Hardman de-
fends longtime lady-in-waiting
Susan Hussey (<among the most
trusted of the trusted=) when she
made global headlines in 2022
after a guest at a Buckingham
Palace reception tweeted that a
royal aide 4 later revealed to be
Hussey 4 had approached the
woman, moved her hair to read
her name tag and asked repeated-
ly, <Where are you from?= <There
was no recording and, thus, no
transcript,= Hardman writes, <but
Ngozi fulani9s version had been
endorsed by two witnesses and
was not challenged by the Palace.=
Though he notes palace sensitivi-
ty to claims of institutional rac-
ism and its need to be seen acting
fast, Hardman also writes: <Just
as she9d always done for more
than sixty years, Sue Hussey had
been trying to strike up conversa-
tion with nervous guests at a
daunting reception. It had been a
well-intentioned attempt to seek
some sort of common ground.
one of those guests, however, had
clearly felt marginalized and un-
welcome as a result.=
In multiple references to
Charles9s position as head of the
Commonwealth, Hardman lauds
the king9s work over time: <Since
the role is not hereditary, it was
not always clear whether Prince
Charles would indeed take over.
Ultimately, his dedication to both
the organization and to the envi-
ronment resulted in a unanimous
endorsement, in 2018.=
oddly, Hardman makes no
mention of Elizabeth9s remarks to
Commonwealth leaders days ear-
lier that it was her <sincere wish=
that her son would eventually
hold the role. The BBC9s diplo-
matic correspondent called her
speech <the culmination of a con-
certed operation by the British
government and royal establish-
Ultimately, ment to present this decision as a
fait accompli against which it
Hardman writes not would be almost impossible to
argue.=
another biography Yet Hardman credits the
queen9s 2022 announcement of
of Charles but about her <sincere wish= that Charles9s
second wife, Camilla, be known
factors shaping as queen consort with smoothing
the way to that title.
his early reign. Hardman, whose previous
works include biographies of
Elizabeth, wrote and co-pro-
duced the recent BBC documen-
tary <Charles III: The Coronation
Year.= Interviews for that pro-
gram inform this book, which is
liberally laced with quotes from
the king9s sister, Anne, Princess
royal, as well as from Camilla9s
sister, Annabel Elliot. Hardman
also draws on conversations he
had with Charles for earlier proj-
ects.
The book includes historical
information on Elizabeth9s 1953
coronation and touches on vari-
The MaKIng ous issues facing the monarchy
of a KIng today. Will it be <slimmed down=?
King Charles III <The idea has been shelved= now
and the Modern that fewer relatives are <working=
Monarchy (read: funded) royals. Could
By Robert Prince Andrew be rehabbed? The
Hardman headlines 4 and acrimony 4
Pegasus. revived by legal documents
464 pp. $35 linked to convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein <make any pros-
pect of public rehabilitation im-
possible for the Duke in the
foreseeable future.= As for An-
drew9s sizable home near Wind-
sor Castle, <there will be no evic-
tion order from the King,= though
Charles does expect his brother to
cover security costs.
on race and reparations, Hard-
man presents Charles as carefully
studying past events 4 and ar-
gues that there is peril in attempt-
ing, centuries later, to assign lia-
bility for past atrocities. The king
<could find himself in constitu-
tional trouble= were he to make
decisions or statements that <cut
across British government policy,
be it regarding slavery, repara-
tions or ownership of museum
artifacts.= As one adviser put it:
<It9s all very well people constant-
ly demanding historic apologies
from the King, but it is not always
clear who should be apologizing
for what.=
Ultimately, Hardman writes
not another biography of Charles
but about factors shaping his
early reign and predicts he will
happily carry on <as long as he
has Queen Camilla at his side.=
Easy as Hardman makes this
story to read, the tale evokes an
element of the criticism he levels
at Harry and meghan9s Netflix
program: <not so much a docu-
mentary series as a curated self-
portrait.=
autumn Brewington, a journalist in
Washington, wrote The Washington
Post9s newsletter on the British royal
family.

After nearly a decade, 990s hitmaker No Doubt to reunite at Coachella festival

Band helped create wave
of mainstream visibility
for ska punk music
BY S AMANTHA C HERY
No Doubt, the pop rock band
popular in the 1990s and early
2000s for hits such as <Don9t
Speak= and <Just a Girl,= will be
reuniting onstage after nearly 10
years to perform at this year9s
Coachella music festival.
The four-member ska punk
group, which consists of lead sing-
er Gwen Stefani, bassist Tony Ka-
nal, drummer Adrian Young and
guitarist Tom Dumont, hinted at a
comeback in a video sketch posted
to No Doubt9s social media ac-
counts Tuesday.
<Just a Girl= played in the back-
ground of the clip as Stefani
showed off artwork she made for
<The Beacon Street Collection,=
the band9s second album, which
helped them soar to commercial
success. After the trip down mem-
ory lane, she texted Kanal, and
they coordinated a virtual No
Doubt meetup.
<We should do a show!= Kanal
said to his bandmates on the call.
They all happily agreed.
Shortly after the teaser video
was posted, the reunion venue
was revealed: <We9ll see you in the
desert this April!!!= the band post-
ed on social media, along with
Coachella9s signature poster of
performers.
fans haven9t seen the group
onstage together since 2015, when
the bandmates performed at sev-
eral music festivals, such as rock
in rio in Las Vegas and riot fest in
Chicago. No Doubt9s last album,
<Push and Shove,= was released in
2012.
No Doubt was established in
Anaheim, Calif, in 1986. While the
group9s self-titled debut album
didn9t gain much popularity, the
band9s third album, <Tragic King-
dom= 4 which featured <Excuse
me mr.= and <Spiderwebs= 4 was a
chart-topping success, ushering in
a wave of mainstream visibility for
ska punk music in the mid-1990s.
In the late 990s and early 2000s,
No Doubt9s accolades rolled in.
The band garnered two Grammy
wins, for <Underneath It All= and
<Hey Baby,= along with five mTV
Video music Awards and a Bill-
board music Video Award.
Since then, Stefani has crafted
her own career as a solo artist in
the electropop and r&B genres,
releasing songs such as <Holla-
back Girl= and <The Sweet Es-
cape,= and has served as a judge on
<The Voice.= Kanal, Young and Du-
mont have formed a new wave
group called Dreamcar with AfI
lead singer Davey Havok.
Coachella announced Lana Del
rey, Doja Cat and Tyler, the Cre-
ator as headliners for the music
festival this year, which runs April
12-14 and April 19-21. other artists
noaM galaI/geTTy IMages set to take the stage are Peso Plu-
No doubt performs on the National Mall in washington in 2015. known for hits such as <don9t Speak= and <Just a Girl,= the band won ma, Ice Spice, Jhené Aiko and the
two Grammys, along with five MTV Video Music Awards and a billboard Music Video Award. The group9s last album came out in 2012. British rock band Blur.

Niece may not realize that her wedding plan is inconsiderate to older guests
Adapted from an
online discussion.
dear Carolyn: my
niece is getting
married soon. I
Carolyn feel she is
Hax inconsiderate to
some of her older
guests, and I don9t
know how to, or whether I
should, bring this up to her. The
shower was a few weeks ago at a
brewery. It was loud and
outdoors, and the food was all
snacky bar food. older guests
seemed uncomfortable. The
wedding sounds like it will be
similar: It is at a state park, and
the meal is food trucks. Trekking
around a state park, waiting in
line for food, an outdoor venue,
public bathrooms: All of these
things are difficult to do when
you are older or have mobility
issues.
my niece and her future
husband are really great people. I
think they might not even realize
this is an issue, because young
people often don9t think about
things like this.
I want my mother and some of
the other older guests to enjoy
themselves at this wedding, and I
do not think they will without
more accommodation. How do I
bring this up to my niece in a way
that preserves our relationship?
or do I just attend and try to help
out as I see people needing it?
4 Anonymous
Anonymous: <Inconsiderate=
may be technically correct 4 she
is not considering the needs of
this cohort 4 but it packs an
accusation that won9t necessarily
help.
I also wonder at your standing
here as her aunt or uncle and not
a parent or wedding party
member.
If you are close to your niece
and if she has been asking for
your input, then by all means
mention that you have some
ideas for older guests if she9s
interested in hearing them. make
your affection for the couple
clear, as well as your
understanding that people who
don9t need to think this way (yet)
often don9t.
Then have actual ideas ready.
Think like an employee: Busy
supervisors 4 couples planning a
wedding 4 don9t want to hear
problems. They want to hear
solutions.
If you are not already in the
position of advising your niece,
then talk to your niece9s parent(s).
Volunteer yourself to help with X,
Y and Z accommodations if that
lightens the family9s workload,
without saying boo about the
couple9s choices.
If that, too, would be an
overreach given your relationship
with them, then your best option
is, yes, to let it play out and be
watchful for people who might
need your help.
readers9 thoughts:
l Perhaps you can volunteer or
nIcK galIfIanaKIs foR THe WasHIngTon PosT
suggest someone help take orders
for the older guests and wait in
line for them at the food trucks. If
you just don9t like the party being
planned, then no one is forcing
you to go.
l my impression reading your
post is that your niece9s choices
make you uncomfortable, and
you are using concern for older
relatives as a way to talk about
that. Take a deep breath and let
your niece plan a wedding you
don9t particularly like. This is not
your problem to solve.
l I think the letter writer has a
fair point. We, with a bunch of
other tourists, ran into a wedding
at Jamestown, Va. An obviously
distressed grandmother and
several other elderly relatives
were struggling to walk on the
stony and uneven paths. It was a
typical humid Virginia day, and it
was about a mile back to the
parking lot and bathrooms in the
visitor center from the wedding
site. The bride and groom were
just prancing around posing for
photos, oblivious to it all. I really
felt for the older folks whose
comfort had not been considered
in the interests of a picturesque
venue.
Write to carolyn Hax at
tellme@washpost.com. get her column
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At season9s
midpoint,
Caps stay
8in the mix9
Winning tight games
helps Capitals remain
a postseason contender

BY B AILEY J OHNSON

When the Washington Capi-

tals opened training camp in
september, Coach spencer Car-
bery had a distinct vision for how
his team was going to play. The
Capitals9 identity, in Carbery9s
view, rested on two elements:
hard work and attention to de-
tail.
<If you had to ask someone
that came to our game, 8What are
the Washington Capitals?9 I
would hope that there9s a com-
mon theme there,= Carbery said
sept. 23. <What I9m hoping for is
some of the things that I9ve
talked about from a competitive-
ness standpoint. How hard we
work. How difficult we are to
play against. 8Gosh, that team
backchecks so hard. Gosh, that
team closes your time and space.9
A hard, competitive team is num-
ber one.
<And then the second thing
that I would hope they say is:
greg FIuMe/geTTY IMAgeS 8That team is very, very orga-
<it's very draining,= Maryland guard Bri Mcdaniel, center, said of the terps9 inability to finish defensive possessions during Wednesday night9s loss in college park. nized. In all three zones, it seems
like everybody knows where they
should be. It seems like they all

Scramble drill
BY K AREEM C OPELAND
ohio state9s Cotie McMahon drove
strong to the rim, withstood a foul, then
flipped the ball up and through the
basket before landing on the Xfinity
Center floor. she immediately popped
up, let out a shout and stomped toward
center court, her Kobe Bryant sneakers 4
one pink, one lime green 4 standing out
amid all the red and white.
The ensuing free throw careened off
the rim, but the Buckeyes tracked it down
to extend the possession. They got off
another shot, then another and another.
The ball finally went in on the fourth
attempt, a McMahon layup, which ex-
tended the visitors9 lead to nine points.
It was that kind of Wednesday night
for Maryland, which played stout defense
Illinois at Maryland: Saturday, 1 p.m., Big Ten Network Plus | Maryland men: Jahmir Young9s 36 points aren9t enough at Northwestern. D2
ohio state 84,
maryland 76
Terps surrender too many
second chances in home defeat
but was doomed by its inability to collect
key rebounds in an 84-76 loss to the
No. 18 Buckeyes. The Terrapins (11-6, 3-3
Big Ten) squandered another opportu-
nity to beat a ranked foe, falling to 0-3
against teams in the top 25.
<It9s very draining,= Maryland guard
Bri McDaniel said. <We were doing good
on defense and then they get a rebound.
Then we9ve got to scramble again. They
put up a shot, and [we] scramble again. It
are on the same page with where
the puck9s going. It seems like
they9re never really out of posi-
tion. That9s a really, really orga-
nized and detailed team.9 =
Carbery9s overall vision for
hockey rests heavily on the con-
was just very tiring. We9ve got to be better cepts of pace and connectedness,
on that.= which in some ways created the
ohio state9s Jacy sheldon (10 points, impression that his inaugural
five assists) and McMahon (14 points, team in Washington would be a
nine rebounds) are typically atop most run-and-gun, high-tempo, high-
opponents9 scouting reports, and the octane group. But there are
Terps did a commendable job of keeping signs, even in Carbery9s first
the duo from running wild. But 6-foot-4 discussion of what he wanted to
forward Rebeka Mikulasikova (20 be the team9s identity, that he
points) and 6-1 guard Taylor Thierry (17 knew these Capitals would have
points) were a problem. to work hard to win games.
Also a problem for the Terrapins: ohio At just over the halfway point
state9s 19 offensive rebounds and 15 of the season, 42 games into the
second-chance points, 52 points in the 82-game slate, Washington is
paint and 18 points off turnovers. It was 21-15-6 and in a three-way tie for
too much for the home team to overcome. fourth place in the Metropolitan
ohio state (14-3, 5-1) wasn9t dominant Division with 48 points. The
offensively; it shot 4 for 26 (15.4 percent) Capitals are only one point out of
from beyond the arc, but it gave itself a wild-card spot; Toronto (21-
sEE MArylANd oN d4 13-8) and Tampa Bay (22-17-5)
occupy the two Eastern
sEE cApitAlS oN d3
Blues at Capitals
7 p.m., Monumental

NFL9s only absolute truth: Nothing is absolutely true Opportunities abound

This week, Nick
sirianni is looking
over his shoulder
for attempted
assaults by
popcorn-throwing
Candace fans and avoiding
Buckner eye contact from
Philadelphia
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie. He9s
the coach who can hear the
foreboding tick-tock, tick-tock of
a timer, the bumbling fool who
lost his locker room and then lost
in the first round of the NFC
playoffs, the stooge soon to be
stressing over his fantasy football
lineup rather than a real one.
For sure, his days are
numbered in Philadelphia.
Also this week, Jared Goff is
what Lazarus would have been
had he had a mean right arm.
He9s the quarterback who
resurrected his career with the
Detroit Lions and, in doing so,
has given new life to a long-
suffering fan base that hadn9t
seen a playoff win in more than
three decades. That is, until Dan
Campbell9s <stud= quarterback
led sunday9s triumph at Ford
Field.
Certainly, Goff is the
screaming, conquering,
victorious face of the Lions.
Carve them in stone. sirianni9s
incompetence in Philly and Goff9s
legendary status in Motown are
conclusive truths. And while
we9re at it, so is the fact that Bryce
Young is definitely a bust,
Campbell is unquestionably a
genius, and surely not even the
Lusitania sank more dramatically
than the 2023 Dallas Cowboys.
Judging by the overreaction
for Wizards9 newcomers
A year after guiding the Eagles to the Super Bowl, Nick Sirianni is facing criticism after a late collapse.
that sprints and spreads
everywhere after the final horn,
these are the absolute and final
declarations. Maybe this time
they9ll hold up through the
lifetime of an entire NFL news
cycle 4 all of six fleeting days.
This league, and especially
those who build their lives
around it, does not celebrate self-
restraint. Maybe it9s the
truncated season 4 in
comparison with baseball,
basketball and hockey 4 along
with the outsize passion from its
congregants that compel and
amplify overwrought responses.
Prudence has no home in the
NFL, and that9s why, after just
one round of the postseason,
manic obituaries and love letters
have been penned about the
careers of so many players and
coaches.
It9s not that sirianni, the young
and brash third-year coach,
JulIo AguIlAr/geTTY IMAgeS
doesn9t deserve criticism for the
Eagles9 late-season collapse. It9s
the unstable narrative during his
brief time in Philadelphia
seemingly changing from week to
week. If we9re keeping count,
sirianni is the walking word
salad who train-wrecked his way
through his introductory news
conference. As well as the trash-
talking idiot who can9t help
himself from going after
sEE BuckNEr oN d3
Bagley, Livers join team
needing extra options
amid rebuilding season
BY A VA W ALLACE
For Marvin Bagley III and Isa-
iah Livers9s first practice with the
Washington Wizards on Wednes-
day, Coach Wes Unseld Jr. drew
not only from his playbook but
from Detroit Pistons Coach Mon-
ty Williams9s as well.
Unseld drilled his team on
plays that share DNA with things
Detroit runs in an effort to get
Bagley and Livers, the big men
the Wizards acquired sunday in a
trade that sent Mike Muscala and
Danilo Gallinari to the Pistons,
comfortable with Washington9s
terminology as quickly as possi-
ble.
<I9m using [Detroit9s] play-
book, things that they run that
are similar to us, so I9m able to
kind of yell out when we call
something,= Unseld said. <And
I9m like, 8Hey, that9s their whatev-
er.9 That helps facilitate that
memory or even that
sports gAMBlIng
It9s not true that the house
always wins. And when it
doesn9t, books have found
ways to not pay out bets. A1
recognition.=
Unseld is employing all the
tricks of his trade to get his new
players acclimated because the
Wizards are short on time.
They9re down a starting center,
with Daniel Gafford in the con-
cussion protocol after hitting his
head during Monday9s loss to the
Pistons, and have a daunting slate
of opposing big men lurking on
the schedule. After Thursday9s
game at the New York Knicks,
Victor Wembanyama and the san
Antonio spurs visit Capital one
Arena on saturday, Nikola Jokic
and the Denver Nuggets play
there sunday, and Karl-Anthony
Towns and Rudy Gobert of the
Minnesota Timberwolves visit
next Wednesday.
Gafford will not play Thursday
at Madison square Garden, but as
of Wednesday afternoon Unseld
said the team had not decided
whether Bagley will start in his
place. The Wizards generally
view Bagley as an anchor for their
second unit, but moreover, hand-
ing a new player starting duties in
his debut game in the middle of
sEE WizArdS oN d3
Wizards at Knicks
7:30 p.m., Monumental 2
pro FootBAll
Despite another playoff
letdown, Jerry Jones and
the Cowboys are sticking
with Mike McCarthy. D3
d2
pro basketball
Pacers acquire Siakam
in trade with Raptors
The Toronto Raptors took
another major step in their
retooling efforts by agreeing to
trade Pascal Siakam to the
Indiana Pacers for a package that
includes Bruce Brown, Jordan
Nwora and three first-round
draft picks, people with
knowledge of the agreement
confirmed Wednesday.
Indiana will send a pair of
2024 first-round picks and its
2026 first-round pick to Toronto
in the agreement, which was first
reported by ESPN.
Siakam, 29, is a two-time all-
star forward who has spent his
entire eight-year career with the
Raptors. The 2016 first-round
pick was a major developmental
success story for Toronto, where
he emerged as a starter on the
Raptors9 2019 championship
team.
With Indiana, Siakam will join
all-star guard Tyrese Haliburton
in an up-tempo offense that
ranks first in efficiency. Siakam,
a native of Cameroon, also will
give the Pacers a long and
versatile frontcourt defender to
pair with center Myles Turner.
Toronto9s decision to part with
Siakam, who is seeking a long-
term contract extension this
summer, comes less than three
weeks after the Raptors traded
forward OG Anunoby to the New
York Knicks for guards RJ
Barrett and Immanuel
Quickley.
4 Ben Golliver
Golden State Warriors
assistant coach Dejan Milojevic
died of a heart attack at 46, the
team announced Wednesday
afternoon, hours after the NBA
postponed Wednesday9s
scheduled game between the
Warriors and Utah Jazz in Salt
Lake City because of what had
been described as a medical
emergency.
Milojevic was hospitalized
Tuesday night after suffering the
emergency during a <private
team dinner,= according to an
initial brief statement from the
Warriors on Wednesday
morning. A subsequent
statement said Milojevic died
Wednesday <despite life-saving
efforts.=
<We are absolutely devastated
by Dejan9s sudden passing,=
Warriors Coach Steve Kerr said
in the statement. <This is a
shocking and tragic blow for
everyone associated with the
Warriors and an incredibly
difficult time for his family,
friends, and all of us who had the
incredible pleasure to work with
him. In addition to being a
terrific basketball coach, Dejan
was one of the most positive and
beautiful human beings I have
ever known.=
Milojevic, a native of Serbia,
played professionally for 15
seasons in several European
countries, including Spain and
Turkey. Following his 2009
retirement as a player, Milojevic
began coaching in Serbia and
eventually joined Kerr9s staff in
2021.
Because of his experience as a
post player, the 6-foot-7 Milojevic
was hired to help coach Golden
State9s big men, including 2020
lottery pick James Wiseman and
center Kevon Looney.
4 Ben Golliver
Oklahoma City9s Josh Giddey
will not face charges related to
an accusation that he had an
improper relationship with an
underage girl, police in Newport
Beach, Calif., said when
announcing they had closed
their probe of the Thunder
guard.
In a statement, the
department said its investigation
was complete and detectives
were <unable to corroborate any
criminal activity.= . . .
Jayson Tatum scored 24
points, and Jaylen Brown
returned from a one-game
absence to score 21 and lead
Boston to a 117-98 victory over
San Antonio in Spurs phenom
Victor Wembanyama9s first
game on the Celtics9 parquet
floor. Boston is 20-0 at home, a
franchise record.
The 7-foot-3 French rookie
finished with 27 points and five
rebounds in 27 minutes as the
Spurs lost their third straight
game.
tennis
Djokovic has words
with heckler in win
Already sick and tired in
another early-round slog, Novak
Djokovic unloaded on a heckler
at the Australian Open.
The defending champion
angrily challenged the spectator
to <say that to my face= and
gestured to the man to come
down onto the Rod Laver Arena
court, the venue for 10 of his
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spotligHt: m en9 s college basketba ll heard about the plan and would
need to review it.
Diamond Sports filed for
bankruptcy early last year,
throwing the regional sports
network ecosystem into a state of
uncertainty 4 and with it the
financial fortunes of a number of
teams. The company owns the
rights to broadcast games for
11 MLB teams, 15 NBA teams and
11 NHL teams on its Bally Sports
networks.
Last season, Diamond Sports
rejected the TV contracts of the
San Diego Padres and Arizona
Diamondbacks, causing MLB to
step in and assume control of
broadcasts.
Local TV rights have long been
a leading revenue source for
teams, especially in MLB, and
contributed to increased player
salaries and climbing team
valuations.
Under the proposed
arrangement, Prime Video would
become Diamond Sports9
primary partner through which
viewers would be able to
purchase direct-to-consumer
access to stream local games. It is
unclear whether those games
would be available through a
Prime Video subscription or if
Amazon would charge an
additional fee.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon9s founder,
owns The Washington Post.
4 Ben Strauss and Chelsea Janes
soccer
Nottingham Forest,
Everton win in FA Cup
Everton and Nottingham
Forest put aside their off-field
difficulties by winning FA Cup
replays to advance to the fourth
round.
They were playing two days
NAM Y. huh/AssoCIATed Press after being charged by the
Maryland9s Jahmir Young, who poured in 36 points, drives against Northwestern9s Ty Berry in the Terps9 loss Wednesday. Premier League with breaches of
English soccer9s financial rules,
which could lead to points
Young9s heroics are not enough for Terps deductions for two clubs who are
just above the EPL9s relegation
zone.
A deep run would offer a
F ROMNEWS SERVICES with 20 points, scored to give North- welcome distraction, and
AND STAFF REPORTS NORTHWESTERN 72, western the lead back with 20.2 seconds Everton, which scored its most
MARYLAND 69 remaining. Young launched his final recent major trophy when it won
Jahmir Young delivered all the hero- jumper, which clanked off the left side of this competition in 1995, eked
ics Maryland could have asked for the rim, with less than 10 seconds to go. out a 1-0 victory over Crystal
Wednesday night at Northwestern 4 After biggest win of season, Maryland returns to action at noon Palace thanks to Andre Gomes9s
except the finishing touch. Young9s final Maryland falls on road Sunday against Michigan State at Xfini- curling free kick from 25 meters
field goal attempt, a contested jumper ty Center (CBS). at Goodison Park.
near the top of the key, was off-target, l NAVY 71, LEHIGH 69: Austin Be- Forest needed extra time
allowing host Northwestern to escape In a tightly contested game in which nigni scored 32 points, including two before seeing off third-tier
with a 72-69 win at Welsh-Ryan Arena in no team led by more than six, North- free throws with two seconds left, as the Blackpool 3-2, with Chris Wood
Evanston, Ill. western (13-4, 4-2) sealed a win by Midshipmen (7-9, 3-2 Patriot League) scoring the winner in the 110th
The Terrapins, coming off their big- making its free throws down the stretch edged the Mountain Hawks (4-12, 1-4) in minute after his team
gest win of the season 4 a 76-67 victory (18 for 22 for the game). Annapolis. squandered a two-goal lead. . . .
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fifth-year senior made 12 of 19 shots three-pointer with 29.8 seconds remain- Wildcats (13-3, 3-1 SEC) gave Coach John Vallecano, 3-1, to reach the
from the field. ing. But Boo Buie, who led the Wildcats Calipari his 400th win at the school. quarterfinals for the first time in
five years. . . .
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June 1, before New York faces the
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record 24 Grand Slam titles. to fruition for the No. 17 seed and of <injuries within the program Barnett-Gay in an 81-65 loss to their bullpen by agreeing to a
He then went on a roll, Maryland native, who was and in the interest of the health Lehigh (10-6, 2-3) in Bethlehem, one-year, $1.25 million contract
winning three straight games simply outplayed on the day. and safety of our student- Pa. with right-hander Austin Voth.
from 2-2 in the fourth set before Tomas Machac delivered a athletes.= Voth, 31, made 25 relief
finishing off Alexei Popyrin, 6-3, superb performance to eliminate The program announced it on tHe air appearances last season for the
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rage, Djokovic responded: <I Big East) posted a 73-71 win over programming with a proposed New York for extreme winter
mean, you don9t want to know.= college basketball Providence (8-11, 2-4) in Rhode investment in the struggling weather.
Last year9s losing finalist, Islander. . . . owner of regional sports The league announced the
Stefanos Tsitsipas, also had a Lacking players, TCU George Mason improved to networks. game would be played Thursday
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with the crowd behind him on an Atlantic 10 by cruising past Saint the rights to dozens of MLB, NBA The ACC accused Florida State
adjacent court in Melbourne. Two TCU women9s basketball Louis (7-12, 2-4) at EagleBank and NHL teams and has been of breach of contract, saying the
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the 10th game of the fourth set team does not have enough American (6-10, 4-1 Patriot proceedings, announced the deal they legally challenged an
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and fellow top-20 competitors In a post on social media, the Ohio. . . . a bankruptcy court. At a hearing the school.
Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton in TCU athletic department said Navy (5-11, 1-4 Patriot League) Wednesday, lawyers for MLB and 4 From news services
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thursday, january 18 , 2024
NFL NoteS
Cowboys will keep McCarthy in place after their disastrous playoff meltdown
F ROM NEWS SERVICES
AND STAFF REPORTS
The Dallas Cowboys are keep-
ing mike mcCarthy as their coach,
even after their latest postseason
disappointment.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones de-
cided to retain mcCarthy for next
season, he said in a statement
released by the team Wednesday
night.
<I believe this team is very close
and capable of achieving our ulti-
mate goals and the best step for-
ward for us will be with mike
mcCarthy as our head coach,=
Jones said. <There is great benefit
to continuing the team9s progress
under mike9s leadership as our
head coach.=
Jones9s decision comes in the
aftermath of Sunday9s 48-32 loss
to the Green Bay Packers in Ar-
lington, Tex., in the opening
round of the NfC playoffs. Jones
called it the <most painful= playoff
defeat of his Cowboys ownership
tenure.
But that did not prompt him to
fire mcCarthy even at a time when
Jones9s options for a replacement
include Bill Belichick, who parted
ways with the New England Patri-
ots last week after coaching them
cANdAce BucKNer
If there9s a lesson to be found in these playoffs, it9s this: Truth isn9t etched in stone
BuCkNeR from d1
opposing fans. But just less than
a year ago, as the Eagles prepared
to play in the Super Bowl, he also
was Philly9s finest, whose
swagger had won the support of
his players and the hearts of a
hardscrabble fan base.
Perhaps Sirianni is a fine
coach, perfectly capturing the
ethos of his city. or perhaps all of
last year his headset was turned
off as his very smart coordinators
(Shane Steichen and Jonathan
Gannon) did all the talking and
made the winning calls. Without
fully knowing the thoughts
within the locker room and front
office, who really can tell? But
that absence of certainty hasn9t
stopped fans and pundits from
writing and rewriting,
concluding and then changing
the story to fit Sirianni9s most
recent results.
Goff has lived with the same
blinking cursor next to his career
while revisionist historians have
scurried to rework his narrative.
There was no shortage of
material used to pile on Goff9s
struggles as a No. 1 pick who had
lost his way in Los Angeles. In
Capitals continue to forge an identity as season enters make-or-break stretch
CAPItALS from d1
Conference spots with 50 and 49
points.
<We9re in the mix,= winger Tom
Wilson said. <obviously, the met-
ro is tight. You don9t want to
worry too much about what9s
going on around you. You want
to control what you can. At
times, we can probably be a little
better, create a little bit more
[offensively]. But for the most
part, we9re in every game. That9s
kind of all you can ask for.=
In games decided by a one
goal, Washington is 13-2-6; it is
5-1-0 in two-goal games. The
trouble comes in games decided
by three or more goals, in which
the Capitals are 3-12-0. The mes-
sage is clear: When they9re able
to keep games tight, which is the
majority of the time, they have
the ability to win. But when
games get out of hand, they have
a tendency to get run out of the
building.
Washington ranks 30th in the
NHL in scoring at 2.33 goals per
game, but it is also 11th in goals
Bagley and Livers won9t have to wait long to prove themselves to the Wizards
WIzARdS from d1
the season doesn9t exactly set the
team up for success.
Should Bagley come off the
bench, Unseld could start Patrick
Baldwin Jr., a backup small for-
ward who has performed well in
the past two games. He could also
bring rookie Bilal Coulibaly up
from the second unit and start
small against New York, as he has
done one other time this season,
in october against Boston. (That
didn9t go well in a 19-point loss.)
No matter the makeup of the
starting group, the upcoming
schedule demands <all hands on
deck,= Unseld said. <That9s not
just going to be on marvin or PBJ
. the washington post
to six Super Bowl victories over 24
seasons, and mike Vrabel, the
2021 NfL coach of the year who
was fired last week by the Tennes-
see Titans.
<Specifically, there are many
layers of success that have oc-
curred this season as a result of
mike9s approach to leading the
team, both with individual play-
ers and with our team collective-
ly,= Jones said in the statement.
<mike has the highest regular sea-
son winning percentage of any
head coach in Cowboys history
and we will dedicate ourselves, in
partnership with him, to translat-
ing that into reaching our post
season goals.=
4 Mark Maske
l COLtS: When police arrived
at Jim Irsay9s home last month in
response to an emergency call,
they found the Indianapolis own-
er unconscious with his skin turn-
ing blue and cold to the touch
before they administered Narcan,
a nasal spray used to treat opioid
overdoses, according to records
released Wednesday.
According to an incident re-
port, Carmel (Ind.) police arrived
at Irsay9s home at 4:30 a.m. Dec. 8
and were told that Irsay, 64, had
fallen in the bathroom. Police said
Jared Goff went winless in his first 10 games with detroit. two seasons later, he9s leading a playoff run.
the Capitals, who have struggled to score, are 13-2-6 in games
decided by one goal but 3-12-0 in contests decided by three or more.
against at 2.88. In that sense, the
Capitals9 recent trend of low-
event games is by design 4
perhaps not as intended at the
beginning of the season but born
or one single individual.=
That challenge is exactly the
opportunity that made Bagley
excited to come to Washington.
A 24-year-old who was drafted
second in 2018 and then traded to
Detroit in 2022, the 6-foot-10
Bagley has yet to live up to his
billing. But the third team of his
career is offering something the
Pistons didn9t, given their over-
flow of big men: a real need for
his presence, and scoring ability,
under the basket.
Bagley played behind Jalen
Duren and Isaiah Stewart in De-
troit and shared court time with
James Wiseman, averaging 10.2
points on 59.1 percent shooting
and a career-low 4.5 rebounds in
Mike McCarthy9s future as coach of the Cowboys was in doubt after
their 48-32 loss to the Packers in the opening round of the playoffs.
he was unresponsive with con-
stricted pupils, a weak pulse and
abnormal breathing. on the re-
port, obtained Wednesday by The
Washington Post in response to a
public records request, the inci-
dent is classified as an overdose.
Irsay was transported by ambu-
lance to a hospital, and his condi-
tion and health status have been
unclear in recent weeks.
Irsay attended at least one
game 4 the Colts9 win over the
Pittsburgh Steelers on Dec. 16 4
mARk ScHIEfElbEIn/ASSocIAtEd pRESS
from a realization that they have
to keep the margins tight to give
themselves a chance.
<Did I think maybe we could
do some other things offensive-
18.4 minutes. With Washington,
which rotated between muscala
and Gallinari as its second-unit
big, he should be able to spread
his wings.
<All you ever want as a player is
an opportunity to just go play. my
whole life I9ve worked hard, so
being in a position where finally
. . . if the opportunity is there, just
go out there and make the most of
it,= Bagley said. <That9s my mind-
set. Do the best that I can do, play
as hard as I can possibly play, and
I can live with that result. I9m
excited, man. It9s another new
start for me.=
Bagley was reserved Wednes-
day in his first appearance in
front of reporters as a Wizards
EZ Su
SAm HoddE/ASSocIAtEd pRESS
following the incident and was
active on social media for the next
several weeks. The team an-
nounced Jan. 9 that Irsay was
dealing with a <severe respiratory
illness= and would be unable to
make a scheduled appearance
with his rock band in Los Angeles.
It is not clear whether the emer-
gency response from last month is
related to the illness. The suspect-
ed overdose was undisclosed until
a TmZ report Wednesday. Carmel
police subsequently released re-
VERA nIEuwEnHuIS/ASSocIAtEd pRESS
ly? Yeah, maybe. But I also came
to realize, 8Wow, we are really
good in this area, this area, this
area, and we can thrive and this
is how we9re going to win
games,9 = Carbery said last week.
<This is how we could potentially
be a playoff team, if we do these
things really well. I think that9s
where you sort of evolve as a
coach and figure out, this is the
identity of our team and this is
why we9re able to win a lot of
games in this league.=
The Capitals are viewing Janu-
ary as a make-or-break stretch.
With five games remaining be-
fore the all-star break, Washing-
ton is 4-4-0 this month, with
three one-goal wins 4 and one
that was made a two-goal margin
by a late empty-netter 4 and
losses by a combined 11 goals.
In many ways, the month has
been a microcosm of the Capi-
tals9 season as a whole, in which
the highs have often been tenu-
ous and the lows have tended to
be ugly. But through it all, Wash-
ington remains, as Wilson said,
in the mix 4 despite holding a
player 4 not with his enthusiasm
but with his goals for the rest of
the season.
Asked what this refresh means
to him, he said he felt excited to
be wanted 4 <When people trade
for you, it9s a blessing,= he said 4
but he bypassed any grand state-
ments about revitalizing his ca-
reer.
<I9m just going to make the
most of it. It9s hard for me to sit
here and say what9s going to
happen. Nobody knows. All I can
do is control what I can control,=
Bagley said. <That9s making sure
I9m in here every day getting
better, learning the system, learn-
ing the plays and just working
every day to reach the goals I
dacted records.
Asked for comment Wednes-
day, a Colts spokesman said:
<mr. Irsay continues to recover
from his respiratory illness. We
will have no further comment on
his personal health, and we con-
tinue to ask that Jim and his
family9s privacy be respected.=
4 Rick Maese
l PAtRIOtS: Jerod mayo will
be a first-time head coach 4 and
the youngest in the NfL.
He also will be following one of
the winningest coaches in NfL
history in Bill Belichick, who built
the New England Patriots into one
of the league9s preeminent fran-
chises.
And the former Patriots player
and Belichick assistant is embrac-
ing all of it, promising first and
foremost that the Patriots9 new
era would be led by someone who
is very much his own man.
<I9m not trying to be Bill,= mayo
said during his introductory news
conference. <I think that Bill is his
own man. If you can9t tell by now,
I9m a little bit different even up
here. But what I will say is the
more I think about lessons I9ve
taken from Bill, hard work works.
Hard work works, and that9s what
we9re all about.=
2021, the rams traded Goff to the
Lions, where he went winless
through his first 10 games 4
adding to the lore that he was a
loser.
Around that time, TmZ mined
former ohio State quarterback
Terrelle Pryor9s Instagram for
content (Pryor called Goff
<terrible= and claimed he and
Colin Kaepernick could do
better), and one Detroit
columnist explained how the
Lions would9ve been better off
with then-rookie quarterbacks
mac Jones or Justin fields.
In hindsight, of course, it9s
hard to suppress a chuckle when
reading those statements.
Campbell, Goff9s coach, once
seemed like a brute while talking
about biting kneecaps, but he
also never stopped giving tender
support to Goff as his
quarterback. In fact, Campbell,
not too long ago viewed as the
Gaston of the NfL9s coaching
ranks, knows a thing or two
about being written off.
maybe Goff just needed more
time to develop because not every
quarterback possesses the same
insta-success gene as Patrick
mahomes. And maybe Goff9s next
minus-24 goal differential that
ranks 27th in the league.
The underlying analytics sug-
gest the Capitals are an offen-
sively deficient team being car-
ried by a stingy defense and
strong goaltending, particularly
from Charlie Lindgren. And at
this point, the offensive outburst
they have been waiting for since
the season began may not be
coming; captain Alex ovechkin
has just eight goals, on pace for
the lowest full-season total of his
career.
Wilson, though, made sure to
point out that the narrow, tight-
checking games the Capitals are
winning right now are the kinds
of games that become ubiquitous
in the playoffs 4 giving the
Capitals hope that if they9re able
to get there, which is far from a
guarantee, they might be able to
hang around, just as they have
throughout the regular season so
far.
<We9re fighting and we9re bat-
tling,= Carbery said. <It hasn9t
always been a Picasso, but we9ve
found ways to win. We9re grind-
want to reach not just for myself
but for the team. I9m happy to be
here, man. I9m excited to get this
journey going.=
Unseld is excited to watch
Bagley and Livers expand their
games. Bagley is a dependable
shooter whom Unseld thinks can
push his range and help the
Wizards9 abhorrent rebounding
with his court awareness and
keen positioning. Unseld is excit-
ed to see Livers, a solid small
forward, develop more at power
forward.
Livers, 25, is looking forward to
having the ball in his hands and
being able to play-make more in
D.C., where he joins his best
friend from college at michigan,
d3
mayo is not shying away from
what it means to him to be the
Patriots9 first Black head coach in
a league that had just three at the
start of the 2023 season: mike
Tomlin (Pittsburgh), Todd Bowles
(Tampa Bay) and Demeco ryans
(Houston).
<You9d better believe being the
first Black coach here in New
England means a lot to me,= mayo
said, adding later, <I do see color
because I believe if you don9t see
color, you can9t see racism.=
l BROWNS: for the second
straight year, Cleveland Coach
Kevin Stefanski made a major
offseason change to his staff.
offensive coordinator Alex Van
Pelt parted ways with the team,
leaving just days after Cleveland
was blown out in the first round of
the playoffs by Houston and fol-
lowing a season in which the
Browns were ravaged by injuries.
A team spokesman confirmed
Van Pelt is no longer with the
Browns. Also, Stefanski fired run-
ning backs coach Stump mitchell,
and tight ends coach T.C. mcCart-
ney was not retained after his
contract expired. The shake-up
might not be over; the Browns
continue to hold staff evaluations.
4 Associated Press
rival in the NfC playoffs, Baker
mayfield, needed more
continuity and less upheaval
during his years in Cleveland 4
just like Young, the most recent
top draft pick, may need time
after enduring a brutal first
season instead of being labeled a
bust.
or maybe one day a year from
now, we9ll laugh again at the idea
that Goff was thought to be the
<stud= of Detroit. maybe
mayfield9s simply having one
solid season and he9s still a
mediocre quarterback. And
maybe we just need the benefit of
time to sort all that out.
But time moves too quickly in
the NfL, just like the sweeping
narratives. Still, there has to be a
better way to celebrate a winner,
or evaluate someone9s failure,
than making declarative
statements 4 with outright
conviction 4 the moment a game
or a season ends. Instead of
rushing toward an etched-in-
stone, absolute, definitive truth,
there should be grace given to
anyone who dares to say the three
words never uttered by fans,
media and pundits during the
NfL season: I don9t know.
c ApitA L S 9 N e x t t hree
vs. St. Louis Blues
thursday 7 monumental
at St. Louis Blues
Saturday 8 monumental 2
at Minnesota Wild
tuesday 8 monumental
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM)
ing out games. We9re staying in
the fight. our guys deserve a lot
of credit for that. It hasn9t always
been flashy. . . . We9ve had to
really grind these first 42 games
to sit where we are and still be
right there at the record that we
have and where we9re sitting in
the standings.
<There9s a long way to go, but I
think our guys should be proud
of where we are right now and
then understand the work and
the task and the mountain 4
challenge 4 that9s ahead of us
isn9t going to get any easier.=
Wiz ArdS9 Nex t three
at New York Knicks
thursday 7:30 monumental 2
vs. San Antonio Spurs
Saturday 7 monumental
vs. denver Nuggets
Sunday 6 monumental
Radio: WTEM (980 AM)
Wizards guard Jordan Poole.
<Just try to fit in, but not just to
float around,= Livers said, stating
his goals with his new team. <Try
to make a difference over here.=
D4 eZ Su the washington post . thursday, january 18 , 2024

Cavaliers prevail in Commonwealth Clash, extend home winning streak to 20

Virginia 65,
Virginia Tech 57
BY G ENE W ANG
CHARLOTTESVILLE 4 In the final
minutes of the second half
Wednesday night, with Virginia
protecting a lead, guard reece
Beekman delivered an arcing lob
intended for ryan Dunn, who
had gotten behind Virginia Tech9s
Hunter Cattoor and was floating
toward the basket to complete
the fast break.
Cattoor tipped the pass, which
nonetheless found a path to the
rim, rattling several times before
dropping through the net. The
fortuitous sequence allowed the
Cavaliers to reclaim a double-dig-
it lead and underscored a night in
which the lion9s share of the
bounces went Virginia9s way in a
65-57 win at John Paul Jones
Arena.
In extending the country9s
second longest home winning
streak to 20, Virginia (12-5, 3-3
ACC) got 16 points each from
Beekman and Jordan minor, a
graduate transfer forward who
added five rebounds, two assists
and two steals.
The Cavaliers ended a two-
game slide and dealt Virginia
Tech (10-7, 2-4) a fifth consecutive
defeat in Charlottesville. The
Hokies committed 15 turnovers
(10 in the first half ) and were held
to 38.9 percent shooting in the
latest installment of the Com-
monwealth Clash.
<The first half, we were pretty
connected,= Virginia Coach Tony
Bennett said. <They missed some
open shots. We got lost in transi-
tion. If you look at the stat sheet,
they got 17 fast-break points, but
again, [the Hokies] probably got a
few too many open looks. But
when we needed to, we came up
with big stops, and it certainly
wasn9t for a lack of effort.=
minor9s emergence 4 he
matched his season high and
scored 11 of his points in the
second half 4 also featured sti-
fling defense against Lynn Kidd,
Virginia Tech9s top post presence.
The transfer from Clemson fin-
ished with two points, more than
a dozen below his season average,
and went just 1 for 3 from the field
with two rebounds.
Junior guard Sean Pedulla led
the Hokies with 18 points but shot
6 for 16. The reigning ACC player
of the week was coming off games
with 32 and 33 points but
matched a season high with seven
turnovers. Cattoor added 12
points after sitting out Virginia
Tech9s previous game, a 75-71 loss
to visiting miami on Saturday,
while in the concussion protocol.
<I thought he was good 4 he9s
always good,= Hokies Coach mike
Young said. <He was evaluated by
our medical staff on monday. He
was cleared. He practiced on
monday 4 no contact. He was full
contact on Tuesday, and we knew
on monday that if everything
went well on Tuesday that he
would play, and here he was.=
The Cavaliers wobbled Vir-
ginia Tech during several stretch-
es in the second half, forging a
36-23 lead with 15:35 to play
before finally sealing the out-
come with five points in the final
47 seconds while limiting Vir-
ginia Tech to two. A transition
basket in that time featured
Dunn blocking Pedulla9s layup
and scoring on the other end
courtesy of a pass from Andrew
rohde.
Wayward shooting by both
teams yielded a first half that
ended with the Cavaliers ahead,
25-18, although Virginia Tech
went to the locker room on the
heels of Cattoor9s three-pointer
released an instant before the
halftime buzzer. It was a rare
make to that point for the Hokies,
who shot 27.2 percent in the
opening 20 minutes while failing
to score 20 points in a first half for
the first time since 2020.
<We9ve still got some things to
figure out as a team,= minor said.
<We were more disciplined today
than we have been in the past, but
we9ve still got some steps to go, so
I think it9s definitely a step in the
right direction, for sure.=
The first half included an ova-
tion for Virginia9s Dante Harris,
who played his first game since
injuring his ankle Nov. 22 against
West Virginia. The reserve point
guard missed the previous 10
games; he entered with 13:46 to
play and quickly logged an assist,
sending a one-handed pass from
the painted area to Jake Groves,
who sank a three-pointer.
Harris, who transferred last
season from Georgetown, fin-
ished with five points and five
assists without a turnover in 17
minutes. He also was part of a
bench that contributed 19 points,
including eight by freshman for-
ward Blake Buchanan and six
from Groves.
<It9s a little sore 4 definitely
going to get some treatment after
this,= Harris said of his ankle. <But
when I9m playing basketball I
don9t really feel it. It9s just my
adrenaline running, just deter-
mined to go out there and just
hoop, so I9ll definitely get some
treatment but just happy we
came out with a win.=
Virginia at Georgia Tech
Saturday, 6 p.m., ACC network
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Maryland finds key stops and rebounds to be elusive in loss to No. 18 Ohio State
MarylanD from D1
extra chances and used its size
advantage inside.
<Everybody really just focused
[on] effort,= ohio State Coach
Kevin mcGuff said, <because we
didn9t have our best shooting
night. The way to kind of over-
come that is to get second-
chance opportunities.=
The zone defense that the
Terrapins deployed held up well
for most of the night, but they
struggled to finish defensive pos-
sessions against a team that
entered ranked 13th in the Big
Ten in rebounds and ninth in
offensive rebounds.
<I just feel like hustle plays,=
mcmahon said. <After getting
beat on the board so many times
in a row, I would be worn out,
too.=
Jakia Brown-Turner (eight re-
bounds), Lavender Briggs and
mcDaniel scored 16 points apiece
for maryland, and Shyanne Sell-
ers finished with 12 points and
nine rebounds. mcDaniel has
scored in double digits in three
consecutive games for the first
time.
maryland went into halftime
with a 39-37 advantage after
holding the Buckeyes to two
three-pointers on 16 attempts
from behind the arc.
There was a conscious effort to
play fast and attack the basket as
the Terps shot 50 percent in the
first half, but they couldn9t estab-
lish a cushion 4 and it came back
to haunt them.
<Defensively, what worked
well is when we were communi-
cating and bouncing around,
talking to each other,= Briggs
said. <As far as rebounding, they
got a lot of weakside rebounds.
We need to shift over and just be
disciplined with that. All five of
us have to hit 4 not just four, not
just three. All five of us have to
hit people and get that ball.=
Here9s what else to know about
the Terps9 loss:
Walking wounded
The Terrapins9 depth took an-
other hit when freshman riley
Nelson was lost for the season
with a torn right ACL in Sunday9s
win against Purdue. The team
had already lost Emma Chardon
to a torn left ACL.
Nelson and Chardon weren9t
logging major minutes, but
depth is running thin, especially
on a night in which starter Allie
Kubek played six minutes, faith
masonius played 20 minutes,
and Sellers was dealing with foul
trouble.
Coach Brenda frese said
Kubek struggles with zone de-
fense and masonius needs to
improve her shot selection.
<It is what it is,= frese said.
<These guys are going to play
heavy minutes. Conditioning will
get greater. The roster, it9s not
changing. They9re going to have
to play through fatigue. They9re
going to have to push through
the wall. They9re going to have to
get in better shape to play 40
minutes.=
1,000-point club
Sellers was honored before the
game for surpassing 1,000 career
points against Purdue, the 83rd
game of her career.
The junior is the fourth player
on the roster to reach the mile-
stone.
She entered the game averag-
ing a career-high 16.7 points, tops
on the team, but two early fouls
put her on the bench, and she
didn9t take a single shot in the
first half.
Pros in the house
The entire Washington mys-
tics coaching staff was in attend-
ance, including Coach Eric
Thibault and assistant general
manager maria Giovannetti.
Connecticut Sun Coach Steph-
anie White was also in the build-
ing scouting. Sun forward Brion-
na Jones is an assistant for
maryland.

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Bullis boys9 sprint relay

rewrites the record book
F ROM STAFF REPORTS
Bullis9s Colin Abrams wasn9t
done running after leaning
across the finish line in an at-
tempt to break the 1,600-meter
sprint medley relay national
record.
After waiting for confirmation
of the Bulldogs9 time, Abrams
jogged to the opposite side of the
track to embrace teammates mat-
thew Goines, Cameron Homer
and Quincy Wilson after they
beat a nearly eight-year-old rec-
ord with a time of 3 minutes 23.86
seconds.
<[A national record] teaches
the kids that you can accomplish
anything that you put your mind
to and there are no limits to your
achievement,= Coach Joe Lee
JuliA nikhinSon for the WAShington PoSt said. <When kids do things that
Evan Mackesy had a full cranial reconstruction as a boy. He is soon headed to Purdue, but first he wants to break all of Magruder9s records. have never been done before, it
really sets them off into a place
where they say, 8Well, what else
(120) and Joni Chuka (126). Three
more landed in the top five.
While Blair finished atop the
standings as one of 22 participat-
ing maryland- or Virginia-based
schools, the event had a focus on
showcasing and encouraging the
growth of girls9 wrestling in the
District. Ten D.C. schools partici-
pated, with Jackson-reed9s 12th-
place finish the best of the bunch.
The Tigers were powered by
Zoe Lewis, who took home the
132-pound crown and the invita-
tional9s mVP award.
The organization Wrestling to
Beat the Streets helped bring
wrestling back to D.C. public
schools, but the approximately 40
girls wrestling for schools in the
District don9t have their own
state championship because it is
currently a coed sport. The
group9s goal is to bring that num-
ber to 75 female wrestlers, which
would be adequate to create a

Finding his passion in the pool can I do?9 It sets them up for the
sport, but more importantly it
sets them up for life.=
The Bulldogs9 record showing
separate division at the DCSAA9s
end-of-season title competition.

Girls9 hockey
4 Emmett Siegel

was one of several elite perform-

A birth defect kept Magruder9s Mackesy from contact sports, so he became a star swimmer
BY S AM J ANE
Evan mackesy had surgery
when he was just 3 months old
for craniosynostosis, a birth de-
fect in which the bones in a
baby9s skull join too early. But
when his mother, Joni, took him
back to Children9s National Hos-
pital in Washington five years
later, doctors determined an-
other operation was necessary.
A full cranial reconstruction
was the best option, they said.
Doctors removed Evan9s skull
from his head, reconfigured it
and then put it back in place with
titanium and wires.
mackesy, now a senior at
magruder High, has not needed
another surgery since, but his
condition prevented him from
playing contact sports for several
years 4 his skull would not have
been able to protect his brain
from contact. His first love, soc-
cer, was not an option, so he
turned to the pool.
mackesy started swimming
competitively at 7 and is now
committed to Purdue.
<As soon as he learned he could
put his face in the water, he loved
it,= Joni said.
While his birth defect pushed
mackesy toward the pool, the
team and club environment
hooked him. following surgery,
mackesy embraced his condition.
Eventually, he would have been
able to reengage in contact sports
after his skull healed, but he had
fallen in love with swimming.
Joni explained that when her
son was in elementary school, he
bumped heads with another
child at recess. A teacher came
over to check on the youngsters,
worried about an injury.
<Hey, are you okay?= the teach-
er asked.
<Yeah, I think I9m okay 4 I just
hit my titanium plates,= mackesy
responded.
That answer drew a rapid trip
to the nurse9s office.
mackesy swam at rockville-
montgomery Swim Club as a
child but consistently placed
near the back half of the group.
only in recent years has he begun
to take his personal training seri-
ously, working with the National
Development Group at rmSC.
He fully bloomed last year. At
the 2023 spring national club
association championships in
orlando, he set personal bests in
five heats, including the 1,000-
yard freestyle (9:14.69), the 200
backstroke (1:48.18) and the 200
butterfly (1:49.13).
mackesy9s junior season at
magruder was similarly success-
ful. He was the maryland Class
4A/3A state champion in the
200-yard individual medley
(1:49.70) and was the runner-up
in the 500 freestyle (4:28.08).
Now, in his final season before he
heads to West Lafayette, Ind.,
mackesy is trying to leave an
imprint on magruder.
<He absolutely can break every
single one of our records,=
magruder Coach Jeremy Snyder
said.
mackesy doesn9t have a long
way to go. He already holds the
school records in the 100 back-
stroke, 200 Im, 200 freestyle and
500 freestyle.
mackesy does not practice of-
ten with magruder, devoting
most of his time to his club team,
like most elite high school swim-
mers. Still, Snyder said mackesy
is receptive to coaching and stays
grounded. magruder lost a lot of
experience from last season9s
senior-laden squad, so mackesy
knows team wins won9t be as
frequent.
<Just being blunt: We9re going
to lose a lot of matches this year,=
he said. <We9re trying to get me in
every event that we can just to
break every single record on that
board.=
Thirteen years after a life-
changing surgery, mackesy is
now planning to move more than
600 miles away. When mackesy
told his mom that he was strong-
ly considering Purdue, she grew
nervous.
But Joni flashed back to when
Evan was a little boy, running
around with a massive scar on his
head. She was nervous, obviously,
but still needed to let Evan be a
kid.
Another memory always
comes to Joni9s mind: When she
and 5-year-old Evan sat in the
waiting room, awaiting surgery,
hours trickled by before it was
just the mackesys and another
family.
Joni was anxious, but when
she overheard a nurse saying
words such as <bypass= to the
other family, it changed the way
she and Evan looked at life.
<You overhear those kinds of
words, and you think my prob-
lem is so small compared to
theirs,= Joni said.
A scar on Evan9s head serves as
a reminder 4 and proof.
ances from local athletes at the
VA Showcase in Virginia Beach
this past weekend.
Archbishop Carroll recorded
nation-best times in the boys9 and
girls9 4x200 relays at 1:25.79 and
1:36.89, respectively. South Lakes
recorded a nation-best time of
9:05.09 in the girls9 4x800 relay.
Bishop mcNamara narrowly
edged out Dematha in the boys9
4x800 relay, finishing 0.66 sec-
onds ahead of the Stags with a
nation-best time of 7:49.
Wilson was just two-hun-
dredths of a second away from
grabbing another national rec-
ord. The Bullis sophomore ran
the 500 meters in 1:01.27.
Junior Sydney Sutton and the
Bulldogs9 boys9 and girls9 4x400
relay teams also notched impres-
sive performances.
4 Nicky Wolcott
Wrestling
Blair dominated the second
annual D.C. State Athletic Associ-
ation girls9 wrestling invitational
Saturday at the University of the
District of Columbia, running
away with a first-place finish by
posting a score of 138.0 4 72.5
points ahead of second-place
oakton.
Three Blazers placed first in
their weight classes: Ezra Lewis
(107 pounds), mckinley Jovanovic
Excelling in one sport is a
challenge many athletes strive to
achieve.
Excelling in two? That9s an
entirely different beast.
Though her primary sport is
soccer, Stone ridge senior Addie
Shannon has been just as domi-
nant on the ice.
While the sports have stark
differences, Shannon has found
that the skills needed to play
hockey and soccer can be inter-
changeable.
<I play center for hockey, and
then for soccer I play a center
position as well,= she said.
<They9re somewhat similar in the
way that they9re both a defensive
and offensive position.=
Shannon is committed to play
soccer at Trinity College next fall,
but she hopes to walk on to the
school9s hockey team, too.
Through four games this sea-
son, Shannon is first in the mid-
Atlantic Girls Hockey League9s
upper division with 13 goals and
is on pace to lead the league for a
second consecutive year.
<She reads the play, reads the
field and reads the eyes very well,=
Stone ridge Coach mary Carpen-
ter said.
<And that IQ is just something
that translates between soccer
and hockey.=
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nFL playoffs nBA cavaliers 135, Bucks 95 nhL ncAA men ncAA women
fIRST ROUND EASTERN cONfERENcE mILWAUKEE ...................... 22 19 26 28 4 95 ATLANTIc GP W L OT Pts Gf GA WEDNESDAY9S RESULTS WEDNESDAY9S RESULTS
SATURDAY9S RESULTS cLEVELAND ....................... 32 34 42 27 4 135 Boston ........................ 43 26 8 9 61 144 114 EAST EAST
at Houston 45, Cleveland 14 ATLANTIc W L Pct Gb Florida......................... 44 27 13 4 58 138 114 Bucknell 73, Boston 57 Army 52, Colgate 49
at Kansas City 26, Miami 7 Boston ........................................ 32 9 .780 4 mILWAUKEE: Jackson Jr. 3-4 0-0 6, Middleton 1-10 0-0 Detroit ........................ 44 23 16 5 51 158 146 Colgate 64, Army 56 Bucknell 61, Boston 52
Philadelphia................................ 26 13 .667 5 2, B.Lopez 5-7 0-0 11, Beasley 1-6 0-0 2, Lillard 7-20 2-3 Toronto ....................... 42 21 13 8 50 150 138 Connecticut 62, Creighton 48 Connecticut 83, Seton Hall 59
SUNDAY9S RESULTS New York .................................... 24 17 .585 8 17, Beauchamp 0-3 0-0 0, Crowder 5-13 1-2 15, Living- Tampa Bay.................. 44 22 17 5 49 146 149 Davidson 79, Fordham 69 Duquesne 76, St. Bonaventure 67
Green Bay 48, at Dallas 32 Brooklyn ..................................... 16 23 .410 15 ston 0-1 0-0 0, Portis 6-11 3-4 16, T.Antetokounmpo 0-0 Montreal..................... 44 19 18 7 45 123 150 Lafayette 72, Holy Cross 68 Georgetown 73, Providence 71
at Detroit 24, L.A. Rams 23 Toronto....................................... 16 25 .390 16 0-0 0, R.Lopez 1-2 0-0 2, Connaughton 3-4 0-0 8, Green Buffalo........................ 44 19 21 4 42 130 143 Navy 71, Lehigh 69 Holy Cross 80, Lafayette 57
mONDAY9S RESULTS 1-5 0-0 3, Payne 5-9 1-1 13. Totals 38-95 7-10 95. Ottawa........................ 39 15 24 0 30 131 147 Robert Morris 102, Detroit 99 (2OT) Lehigh 81, Navy 65
at Buffalo 31, Pittsburgh 17 SOUTHEAST W L Pct Gb cLEVELAND: Okoro 5-7 0-1 10, Wade 2-5 0-1 5, Allen Rutgers 87, Nebraska 82 (OT) Loyola (Md.) 59, American 55
at Tampa Bay 32, Philadelphia 9 Miami ......................................... 24 17 .585 4 9-15 3-3 21, Mitchell 12-19 3-4 31, Strus 2-4 2-2 6, Niang mETROPOLITAN GP W L OT Pts Gf GA St. Bonaventure 99, Rhode Island 64 Loyola Chicago 79, Massachusetts 66
Orlando....................................... 22 19 .537 2 13-14 2-3 33, Thompson 3-4 0-0 6, Jones 0-3 0-0 0, N.Y. Rangers............... 43 28 13 2 58 143 123 SOUTH Ohio State 84, Maryland 76
DIVISIONAL ROUND Atlanta ....................................... 17 23 .425 61/2 LeVert 1-7 2-3 4, Merrill 4-8 0-0 10, Porter Jr. 4-7 1-2 9. Rhode Island 55, Fordham 44
Philadelphia................ 44 24 14 6 54 130 120 Alabama Birmingham 83, Tulane 69
SATURDAY9S GAmES Charlotte ...................................... 8 30 .211 141/2 Totals 55-93 13-19 135. Carolina....................... 43 24 14 5 53 148 132 St. John9s 60, Butler 42
Houston at Baltimore (-91/2), 4:30 (ESPN, ABC) Appalachian State 76, Georgia State 68
Washington.................................. 7 32 .179 16 Pittsburgh .................. 42 21 15 6 48 129 113 Villanova 66, Marquette 63
Green Bay at San Francisco (-91/2), 8 (Fox) Three-point Goals: Milwaukee 12-42 (Crowder 4-10, Auburn 80, Vanderbilt 65
Washington ................ 42 21 15 6 48 101 125 West Virginia 80, Houston 39
Connaughton 2-3, Payne 2-5, B.Lopez 1-3, Green 1-4, Chattanooga 74, Mercer 60
SUNDAY9S GAmES cENTRAL W L Pct Gb Portis 1-4, Lillard 1-5, Jackson Jr. 0-1, R.Lopez 0-1, N.Y. Islanders ............. 44 19 15 10 48 130 150 Florida State 84, Miami 75 SOUTH
Tampa Bay at Detroit (-61/2), 3 (NBC) Milwaukee.................................. 28 13 .683 4 Beasley 0-3, Middleton 0-3), Cleveland 12-28 (Niang 5-6, New Jersey ................. 42 22 17 3 47 144 147 Furman 100, VMI 60 Arkansas State 78, South Alabama 69
Kansas City at Buffalo (-21/2), 6:30 (CBS) Cleveland.................................... 24 15 .615 3 Mitchell 4-8, Merrill 2-6, Wade 1-4, Jones 0-1, Strus 0-1, Columbus.................... 44 14 21 9 37 134 165 Gardner Webb 74, Radford 68 Charlotte 66, Tulane 64
Indiana........................................ 23 17 .575 41/2 LeVert 0-2). fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Milwaukee 36 High Point 86, Presbyterian 83 George Mason 91, Saint Louis 61
cONfERENcE cHAmPIONSHIPS Chicago ....................................... 19 23 .452 91/2 (Jackson Jr. 8), Cleveland 55 (Allen 13). Assists: cENTRAL GP W L OT Pts Gf GA Kentucky 90, Mississippi State 77 High Point 76, Presbyterian 55
SUNDAY, jAN. 28 Detroit .......................................... 4 37 .098 24 Milwaukee 19 (Lillard 5), Cleveland 36 (Mitchell, Okoro Winnipeg .................... 43 29 10 4 62 143 99 LSU 89, Mississippi 80 Longwood 66, SC-Upstate 58
Afc 7). Total fouls: Milwaukee 18, Cleveland 9. A: 19,432 Colorado...................... 45 29 13 3 61 170 141 North Carolina 86, Louisville 70 Northern Kentucky 83, Robert Morris 51
WESTERN cONfERENcE North Carolina Greensboro 73, The Citadel 67 Radford 80, Gardner Webb 71
AFC lower remaining seed at AFC higher remaining seed, (19,432) Dallas.......................... 43 26 12 5 57 160 130
3 (CBS) SOUTHWEST W L Pct Gb Nashville..................... 44 24 19 1 49 139 138 North Texas 60, East Carolina 59 Rice 80, East Carolina 67
New Orleans............................... 25 17 .595 4 Arizona ....................... 42 21 18 3 45 128 126 South Carolina Upstate 73, Longwood 71 Richmond 59, Davidson 54
Nfc St. Louis...................... 42 21 19 2 44 120 135 Southern Mississippi 69, Arkansas State 66 Winthrop 70, North Carolina Asheville 64 (OT)
Dallas.......................................... 24 18 .571 1 hawks 106, Magic 104
NFC lower remaining seed at NFC higher remaining seed, Houston...................................... 19 21 .475 5 Minnesota .................. 43 18 20 5 41 126 144 Virginia 65, Virginia Tech 57 mIDWEST
6:30 (Fox) Memphis..................................... 15 25 .375 9 Chicago ....................... 44 13 29 2 28 99 159 Wofford 75, ETSU 73
ORLANDO ........................... 26 25 25 28 4 104 Ball State 79, Central Michigan 47
SUPER bOWL LVIII San Antonio.................................. 7 33 .175 17 ATLANTA ........................... 26 23 29 28 4 106 mIDWEST Bowling Green 70, Akron 59
SUNDAY, fEb. 11 PAcIfIc GP W L OT Pts Gf GA Bradley 70, Southern Illinois 69 Buffalo 65, Northern Illinois 58
ORLANDO: Banchero 8-25 9-11 26, Houstan 1-7 0-1 3, Vancouver................... 44 29 11 4 62 168 114 Drake 77, Illinois State 56 Dayton 71, George Washington 53
IN LAS VEGAS NORTHWEST W L Pct Gb
Bitadze 5-8 0-0 10, Okeke 3-9 0-0 6, Suggs 6-7 1-2 16,
Teams TBD, 6:30 (CBS) Minnesota .................................. 29 11 .725 4 Vegas .......................... 44 25 14 5 55 140 120 Evansville 78, Valparaiso 75 Eastern Michigan 53, Miami (Ohio) 48
Isaac 1-2 0-0 2, Carter Jr. 6-7 3-4 18, Ingles 1-5 0-0 3, Los Angeles ................ 41 21 12 8 50 135 109 Loyola Chicago 79, Massachusetts 78 Illinois 96, Rutgers 68
Oklahoma City............................ 27 13 .675 2
Anthony 3-10 3-4 10, Black 0-0 0-0 0, Fultz 5-8 0-0 10. Edmonton ................... 40 24 15 1 49 142 119 Murray State 73, Illinois Chicago 58 Indiana 85, Minnesota 62
Denver ........................................ 28 14 .667 2
Totals 39-88 16-22 104. Calgary........................ 44 21 18 5 47 139 139 Northwestern 72, Maryland 69 Michigan State 91, Northwestern 72
x-Utah......................................... 22 20 .524 8
INjURY REPORT Portland...................................... 10 29 .256 18 2
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ATLANTA: Bey 1-7 4-4 7, Johnson 3-9 3-5 10, Capela 6-6 Seattle ........................ 44 19 16 9 47 124 130 Oakland 70, Youngstown State 67 Nebraska 62, Michigan 43
HOUSTON TEXANS AT bALTImORE RAVENS 0-0 12, Murray 11-18 3-3 26, Young 5-14 7-7 18, Anaheim ..................... 44 15 28 1 31 111 150 Providence 100, DePaul 62 Toledo 87, Kent State 76
HOUSTON: DNP: FB Andrew Beck (back), DE Jerry Okongwu 7-12 1-1 15, Bogdanovic 4-7 2-2 12, Mathews San Jose ..................... 45 10 31 4 24 89 183 SOUTHWEST Western Michigan 73, Ohio 55
PAcIfIc W L Pct Gb
Hughes (ankle), DT Sheldon Rankins (ribs/shoulder), DE 2-3 0-0 6. Totals 39-76 20-22 106. Wichita State 71, Memphis 66
L.A. Clippers ............................... 26 14 .650 4 TUESDAY9S RESULTS Central Florida 77, Texas 71
Will Anderson Jr. (ankle), DE Jonathan Greenard (an- Sacramento ................................ 23 17 .575 3 Three-point Goals: Orlando 10-35 (Suggs 3-3, Carter Jr. Houston 77, Texas Tech 54 SOUTHWEST
kle). LIMITED: LB Blake Cashman (knee), DT Maliek Phoenix....................................... 22 18 .550 4 at Washington 2, Anaheim 0
3-4, Banchero 1-5, Ingles 1-5, Anthony 1-6, Houstan 1-7, Louisiana Lafayette 86, Texas State 68 Kansas State 2, TCU 0 (forfeit)
Collins (hip), WR John Metchie III (foot), MLB Denzel L.A. Lakers.................................. 21 21 .500 6 at N.Y. Rangers 5, Seattle 2 Oklahoma 77, West Virginia 63 North Texas 76, SMU 61
Bitadze 0-1, Okeke 0-4), Atlanta 8-25 (Mathews 2-3,
Perryman (ribs), WR Robert Woods (hip), LB Christian x-Golden State ........................... 18 22 .450 8 Bogdanovic 2-4, Johnson 1-2, Murray 1-4, Bey 1-5, Young Colorado 7, at Ottawa 4 Tulsa 107, Texas San Antonio 78 Oklahoma State 82, BYU 50
Harris (calf), CB Kris Boyd (hamstring). FULL: G Dieter 1-6, Okongwu 0-1). fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Orlan- at Dallas 5, Los Angeles 1 Texas Tech 71, Iowa State 63
Eiselen (illness). bALTImORE: DNP: OLB Jadaveon x-Late game WEST
do 40 (Bitadze 10), Atlanta 41 (Johnson, Okongwu 9). at Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 WEST
Clowney (illness), CB Marlon Humphrey (calf), LB UCLA 68, Arizona State 66
TUESDAY9S RESULTS Assists: Orlando 18 (Banchero 4), Atlanta 21 (Young 12). at Chicago 2, San Jose 1 (SO) Colorado State 81, Air Force 67
Del9Shawn Phillips (shoulder), WR Tylan Wallace Total fouls: Orlando 22, Atlanta 17. A: 14,541 (18,118) at Edmonton 4, Toronto 2 TUESDAY9S RESULTS
(knee). FULL: TE Mark Andrews (ankle), WR Devin at Philadelphia 126, Denver 121 Nevada 89, Utah State 44
at Calgary 3, Arizona 2 (OT) EAST New Mexico 68, Wyoming 61
Duvernay (back), WR Zay Flowers (calf), LB Milik at Phoenix 119, Sacramento 117
Harrison (groin), LB Odafe Oweh (ankle). Penn State 87, Wisconsin 83 UNLV 67, San Diego State 60
at L.A. Clippers 128, Oklahoma City 117 WEDNESDAY9S RESULTS Richmond 63, Duquesne 61
GREEN bAY PAcKERS AT SAN fRANcIScO 49ERS WEDNESDAY9S RESULTS Lakers 127, Mavericks 110 Montreal 3, at New Jersey 2 Seton Hall 80, St. John9s 65 TUESDAY9S RESULTS
GREEN bAY: DNP: CB Jaire Alexander (shoulder, ankle), Detroit 3, at Florida 2 (OT) Syracuse 69, Pittsburgh 58 SOUTH
Minnesota 124, at Detroit 117 DALLAS .............................. 26 27 27 30 4 110
RB A.J. Dillon (thumb, neck), DT Kingsley Enagbare Chicago at Buffalo, ppd. to Thursday SOUTH North Carolina Central 110, North Carolina Wesleyan 42
at Boston 117, San Antonio 98 L.A. LAKERS ....................... 32 23 42 30 4 127
(knee). LIMITED: DE Kenny Clark (back), LB Rashan Gary Alabama 93, Missouri 75 mIDWEST
at Toronto 121, Miami 97 THURSDAY9S GAmES
(knee), G Elgton Jenkins (knee, ankle), RB Aaron Jones DALLAS: Hardaway Jr. 5-17 2-2 12, Jones Jr. 3-3 0-0 8, Georgia 74, South Carolina 69 DePaul 79, Xavier 47
(knee, finger), LB Isaiah McDuffie (neck), CB Keisean at Cleveland 135, Milwaukee 95 St. Louis at Washington, 7
Lively II 8-9 0-0 16, Doncic 12-24 7-9 33, Irving 4-16 3-3 Georgia Tech 93, Clemson 90 (2OT) Iowa 96, Wisconsin 50
Nixon (toe), S Jonathan Owens (knee), WR Jayden Reed at Atlanta 106, Orlando 104 Chicago at Buffalo, 7
12, G.Williams 2-6 2-2 8, Kleber 2-3 0-0 6, Powell 0-0 1-2 North Carolina State 83, Wake Forest 76 SOUTHWEST
(chest), S Darnell Savage (shoulder, calf), LB Preston at New York 109, Houston 94 1, B.Williams 2-3 0-0 5, Curry 0-2 0-0 0, Hardy 3-7 0-0 7, Colorado at Boston, 7 Tennessee 85, Florida 66
Smith (ankle), WR Christian Watson (hamstring). FULL: at New Orleans 132, Charlotte 112 Lawson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 42-91 15-18 110. Texas 91, Kansas 56
Dallas at Philadelphia, 7 mIDWEST
LB Quay Walker (shoulder). SAN fRANcIScO: Nothing at L.A. Lakers 127, Dallas 110 Texas San Antonio 65, South Florida 42
L.A. LAKERS: James 10-19 2-2 25, Prince 3-8 3-5 9, Davis Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7 Akron 77, Western Michigan 66
reported. Brooklyn at Portland, late 12-17 4-5 28, Reaves 6-8 0-0 14, Russell 11-20 2-2 29, Montreal at Ottawa, 7 Ball State 76, Eastern Michigan 62
TAmPA bAY bUccANEERS AT DETROIT LIONS Golden State at Utah, ppd. Hachimura 2-6 1-2 6, Vanderbilt 1-3 5-8 7, Wood 1-5 0-0 Seattle at Edmonton, 9 Bowling Green 78, Miami (Ohio) 73
TAmPA bAY: DNP: LB Sahquil Barrett (ankle), LB YaYa THURSDAY9S GAmES 2, Hayes 0-1 0-0 0, Christie 2-2 0-0 5, Mays 1-2 0-0 2. Toronto at Calgary, 9 Cincinnati 81, TCU 77 (OT) no. 18 ohio State 84,
Diaby (shoulder), WR Chris Godwin (knee), RB Chase Totals 49-91 17-24 127. Arizona at Vancouver, 10 Dayton 70, Saint Louis 65 Maryland 76
Edmonds (toe). FULL: QB Baker Mayfield (ankle/ribs). Washington at New York, 7:30 Indiana State 88, Missouri State 66
Chicago at Toronto, 7:30 Three-point Goals: Dallas 11-40 (Jones Jr. 2-2, Kleber N.Y. Rangers at Vegas, 10
TAmPA bAY: DNP: C Frank Ragnow (NIR-resting player/ 2-3, G.Williams 2-6, Doncic 2-9, B.Williams 1-2, Hardy Nashville at Los Angeles, 10 Kansas State 68, Baylor 64 (OT) OHIO STATE ....................... 16 21 19 28 4 84
knee/back/toe), WR Kalif Reymond (knee). LIMITED: Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 Kent State 83, Northern Illinois 76 mARYLAND ........................ 17 22 16 21 4 76
1-5, Irving 1-5, Curry 0-1, Hardaway Jr. 0-7), L.A. Lakers
MLB Alex Anzaloe (shoulder). FULL: CB Brian Branch Indiana at Sacramento, 10 12-28 (Russell 5-7, James 3-7, Reaves 2-2, Christie 1-1, fRIDAY9S GAmES Ohio 73, Central Michigan 61
Ohio State (14-3)
(knee), LB James Houston (ankle), FS Kerby Joseph Memphis at Minnesota, 10 Hachimura 1-4, Vanderbilt 0-1, Prince 0-3, Wood 0-3). Detroit at Carolina, 7 Purdue 87, Indiana 66
McMahon 5-12 4-7 14, Mikulasikova 7-13 3-4 20, Sheldon
(knee), TE Sam LaPorta (knee), TE Brock Wright (hip). fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Dallas 43 (Doncic 13), L.A. Toledo 77, Buffalo 66
fRIDAY9S GAmES Minnesota at Florida, 7 3-10 4-4 10, Taylor 4-11 2-4 11, Thierry 6-7 5-6 17, Parks
Lakers 45 (Davis 12). Assists: Dallas 26 (Doncic 10), L.A. Xavier 85, Butler 71
KANSAS cITY cHIEfS AT bUffALO bILLS New Jersey at Columbus, 7 2-2 0-1 4, Walker 1-1 0-0 2, Greene 1-2 0-0 2, Harris 0-5
Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 Lakers 33 (Davis 9). Total fouls: Dallas 19, L.A. Lakers SOUTHWEST 2-4 2, Shumate 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 30-65 20-30 84
KANSAS cITY: DNP: DT Derrick Nnadi (triceps). LIMIT- San Antonio at Charlotte, 7 N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 8:30
ED: WR Skyy Moore (knee), WR Justyn Ross (ham- 15. A: 18,338 (18,997) Arkansas 78, Texas A&M 77 maryland (11-6)
Denver at Boston, 7:30 Charlotte 81, Rice 79 (OT) Alexander 3-9 0-0 8, Kubek 0-0 0-0 0, Brown-Turner 8-18
string), CB L9Jarius Sneed (calf), WR Kadarius Toney
(hip, ankle). FULL: LB Nick Bolton (wrist), S Deon Bush Atlanta at Miami, 8 Kansas 90, Oklahoma State 66 0-0 16, McDaniel 7-14 2-3 16, Sellers 1-8 10-10 12,
(elbow), TE Noah Gray (rib), T Wanya Morris (concus- Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 SMU 77, Temple 64 Masonius 3-6 0-0 6, Briggs 6-12 2-2 16, Fisher 0-0 2-4 2,
sion), DE Charles Omenihu (hamstring), WR Rashee Rice Dallas at Golden State, 10
Suns 119, kings 117 WEST Totals 28-67 16-19 76
canadiens 3, Devils 2 Three-point goals: Ohio State 4-26 (McMahon 0-2,
(hamstring), T Donovan Smith (neck), WR Marquez Indiana at Portland, 10 Late Tuesday BYU 87, Iowa State 72 Mikulasikova 3-6, Sheldon 0-6, Taylor 1-5, Thierry 0-1,
Valdes-Scantling (oblique). bUffALO (no practice; esti- Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 mONTREAL .............................. 1 1 1 4 3 Colorado State 78, Air Force 69 (OT)
mation): DNP: CB Christian Benford (knee), LB Terrel SAcRAmENTO ................... 39 29 28 21 4 117 NEW jERSEY ........................... 0 0 2 4 2 Greene 0-1, Harris 0-4, Shumate 0-1), Maryland 4-15
Fresno State 85, San Jose State 82 (Alexander 2-6, Brown-Turner 0-2, McDaniel 0-1, Sellers
Bernard (ankle), WR Gabe Davis (knee), DE Leonard PHOENIX ............................ 27 24 33 35 4 119 New Mexico 99, Utah State 86
Floyd (NIR-resting player), P Sam Martin (left ham-
fIRST PERIOD 0-2, Briggs 2-4). Assists: Ohio State 17 (Sheldon 5),
UNLV 68, Boise State 64 Maryland 15 (Sellers 7). fouled out: Maryland Bro-
string), OLB Von Miller (NIR-resting player), S Taylor Timberwolves 124, Pistons 117 SAcRAmENTO: Barnes 3-9 0-0 8, Murray 7-12 1-2 18, Scoring: 1, Montreal, Slafkovsky 6 (Caufield), 12:48.
Rapp (calf), LB Baylon Spector (back). LIMITED: LB Tyrel Sabonis 9-11 2-4 21, Fox 12-24 3-5 33, Huerter 4-9 0-0 wn-Turner. Rebounds: Ohio State 42 (McMahon 9,
Dodson (shoulder), CB Taron Johnson (concussion). mINNESOTA ...................... 39 31 28 26 4 124 10, Lyles 0-2 0-0 0, Vezenkov 6-9 0-0 14, Len 0-0 0-0 0, SEcOND PERIOD Thierry 9), Maryland 39 (Sellers 9). Total fouls: Ohio
FULL: QB Josh Allen (neck), S Micah Hyde (neck). DETROIT ............................. 40 22 28 27 4 117 Monk 5-16 1-1 13. Totals 46-92 7-12 117. northwestern 72, Maryland 69 State 18, Maryland 23. Technical Fouls_None. A: 5,112.
Scoring: 2, Montreal, Roy 1 (Monahan, Armia), 14:45.
mINNESOTA: McDaniels 8-11 4-4 23, Towns 10-17 2-2 PHOENIX: Allen 10-17 0-0 29, Durant 7-16 9-9 27, Nurkic
4-5 2-2 10, Beal 6-14 1-2 13, Booker 5-14 5-6 16, Eubanks THIRD PERIOD maryland (11-7)
27, Gobert 8-11 3-4 19, Conley 3-8 0-1 8, Edwards 10-24 Geronimo 5-6 0-0 12, Reese 4-8 2-5 10, Scott 4-9 0-0 11,
Te nnIS 4-4 27, Anderson 2-6 0-0 4, Brown Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Reid 3-9 1-1 1-1 3, Metu 3-5 0-0 6, Gordon 5-10 0-0 13, Okogie 1-3 Scoring: 3, New Jersey, L.Hughes 8 (Meier, Hischier), Harris-Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Young 12-19 11-11 36, Long 0-2 no. 9 connecticut 83,
2-4 9, Alexander-Walker 3-6 0-0 7, McLaughlin 0-1 0-2 0, 0-0 2. Totals 42-85 18-20 119. 0:47 (pp). 4, New Jersey, Holtz 11 (Mercer, Nemec), 1:38 0-2 0, Batchelor 0-1 0-0 0, Kaiser 0-1 0-0 0, Swanton- Seton hall 59
Milton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 47-93 15-21 124. Three-point Goals: Sacramento 18-40 (Fox 6-10, Murray (pp). 5, Montreal, Caufield 14 (Monahan, Harris), 15:29. Rodger 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-48 13-18 69.
Australian open DETROIT: Bogdanovic 7-13 3-4 20, Stewart 4-9 2-2 12, 3-5, Vezenkov 2-3, Barnes 2-6, Huerter 2-6, Monk 2-7, SHOTS ON GOAL Northwestern (13-4) cONNEcTIcUT .................... 21 30 10 22 4 83
Duren 8-14 0-1 16, Hayes 4-4 0-0 8, Ivey 13-22 2-2 32, Sabonis 1-1, Lyles 0-2), Phoenix 17-37 (Allen 9-14, Hunger 1-1 1-2 3, Barnhizer 5-8 4-4 15, Berry 2-8 6-6 11, SETON HALL ...................... 23 10 18 8 4 59
At Melbourne Park mONTREAL ............................ 10 7 8 4 25
Knox II 2-3 0-0 5, Muscala 0-4 0-0 0, Thompson 3-6 1-5 7, Durant 4-8, Gordon 3-7, Booker 1-3, Metu 0-1, Beal 0-4). Buie 7-14 4-4 20, Langborg 3-10 0-0 8, Nicholson 5-9 0-2 connecticut (15-3)
Purse: $26,029,890 NEW jERSEY ......................... 11 11 8 4 30
Burks 3-10 5-5 12, Sasser 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 46-89 13-19 fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Sacramento 31 (Sabonis 10, Martinelli 1-5 3-4 5. Totals 24-55 18-22 72. Edwards 5-9 7-8 17, Arnold 4-7 3-4 15, Bueckers 12-17
Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Power-play opportunities: Montreal 0 of 1; New Jersey 2
117. 12), Phoenix 46 (Nurkic 15). Assists: Sacramento 34 Halftime: Northwestern 32-28. Three-point goals: Mary- 4-7 32, Muhl 2-6 1-1 5, Shade 2-5 0-0 5, Brady 1-2 0-0 2,
mEN9S SINGLES 4 SEcOND ROUND (Sabonis 11), Phoenix 32 (Booker 11). Total fouls: of 4. Goalies: Montreal, Montembeault 10-6-4 (30 land 6-17 (Scott 3-6, Geronimo 2-3, Young 1-4, Batchelor
Three-point Goals: Minnesota 15-30 (Towns 5-5, Mc- DeBerry 0-0 0-0 0, Bettencourt 1-1 0-0 2, Samuels 2-2
Jannik Sinner (4), Italy, def. Jesper De Jong, Nether- Sacramento 20, Phoenix 15. A: 17,071 (18,422) shots-28 saves). New Jersey, Daws 3-3-0 (25-22). A: 0-1, Harris-Smith 0-1, Kaiser 0-1, Long 0-1), Northwest-
Daniels 3-4, Edwards 3-8, Conley 2-6, Alexander-Walker 0-1 5, Totals 29-49 15-21 83
16,022 (16,514). T: 2:20. ern 6-21 (Buie 2-5, Langborg 2-7, Barnhizer 1-2, Berry
lands, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2; Alex de Minaur (10), Australia, def. 1-3, Reid 1-4), Detroit 12-31 (Ivey 4-6, Bogdanovic 3-7, Seton Hall (11-7)
Matteo Arnaldi, Italy, 6-3, 6-0, 6-3; Sebastian Baez (26), 1-5, Martinelli 0-2). fouled out: Harris-Smith. Rebounds: Baines 6-13 3-4 17, Davis 2-4 0-0 4, Lops 2-8 1-2 7, Gray
Stewart 2-5, Knox II 1-2, Sasser 1-2, Burks 1-4, Maryland 26 (Reese 9), Northwestern 29 (Berry, Nichol-
Argentina, def. Daniel Elahi Galan, Colombia, 7-5, 2-6, Thompson 0-2, Muscala 0-3). fouled Out: None. Re- clippers 128, Thunder 117 son 7). Assists: Maryland 12 (Young 5), Northwestern
2-8 1-2 7, Wright 1-3 0-0 2, Harvey-Carr 4-7 1-2 13,
6-2, 6-4; Flavio Cobolli, Italy, def. Pavel Kotov, Russia, bounds: Minnesota 41 (Gobert 16), Detroit 40 (Duren Satterfield 2-3 0-0 4, White 1-3 0-0 2, Catalon 1-5 0-0 3,
7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2; Taylor Fritz (12), United States, def. Late Tuesday red Wings 3, Panthers 2 (oT) 15 (Buie 7). Total fouls: Maryland 21, Northwestern 18. Hagans 0-0 0-0 0, Mulroy 0-1 0-0 0, Pinkney 0-0 0-0 0,
11). Assists: Minnesota 32 (Anderson 9), Detroit 30
Hugo Gaston, France, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1; Fabian Marozsan, (Hayes 8). Total fouls: Minnesota 14, Detroit 18. A: Totals 21-55 6-10 59
Hungary, def. Francisco Cerundolo (22), Argentina, 7-6 OKLAHOmA cITY ............... 30 31 28 28 4 117 DETROIT ............................ 0 1 1 1 4 3 Three-point goals: Connecticut 10-22 (Edwards 0-1,
16,022 (20,491) L.A. cLIPPERS .................... 35 30 34 29 4 128 fLORIDA ............................ 0 2 0 0 4 2
(7-5), 6-4, 6-2; Karen Khachanov (15), Russia, def. Virginia 65, Virginia Tech 57 Arnold 4-6, Bueckers 4-8, Muhl 0-3, Shade 1-2, Brady 0-1,
Aleksandar Kovacevic, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; SEcOND PERIOD Samuels 1-1), Seton Hall 11-26 (Baines 2-4, Lops 2-4,
OKLAHOmA cITY: Dort 6-10 2-2 19, Jal.Williams 10-14 Virginia Tech (10-7)
Luca van Assche, France, def. Lorenzo Musetti (25), Gray 2-4, Wright 0-1, Harvey-Carr 4-7, Satterfield 0-1,
3-3 25, Holmgren 2-10 4-6 8, Giddey 4-9 0-0 9, Scoring: 1, Florida, Reinhart 33 (Lundell, Kulikov), 5:38 Beran 4-7 0-0 10, Kidd 1-3 0-0 2, Cattoor 5-10 0-0 12,
Italy, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3, 6-0; Ben Shelton (16), celtics 117, Spurs 98 Catalon 1-4, Mulroy 0-1). Assists: Connecticut 24 (Muhl
Gilgeous-Alexander 6-16 7-8 19, Dieng 0-1 0-0 0, (sh). 2, Detroit, Rasmussen 10 (Maatta, Copp), 11:40. 3, Collins 1-3 0-0 3, Pedulla 6-16 2-2 18, Nickel 2-8 2-2 8,
United States, def. Christopher O9Connell, Australia, 10), Seton Hall 15 (Wright 8). fouled out: None.
SAN ANTONIO ................... 25 20 33 20 4 98 K.Williams 1-4 0-0 3, Sarr 0-0 0-0 0, Joe 5-7 0-0 15, Micic Florida, Forsling 6 (Bennett), 11:56. Poteat 1-3 0-0 2, Ward 0-0 0-0 0, Long 1-3 0-0 2,
6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5); Adrian Mannarino (20), France, Rebounds: Connecticut 37 (Edwards 9), Seton Hall 20
bOSTON ............................. 30 40 24 23 4 117 3-4 1-1 7, Wallace 2-4 0-0 5, Wiggins 3-4 0-0 7. Totals Rechsteiner 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-54 4-4 57.
def. Jaume Munar, Spain, 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-3; Tomas THIRD PERIOD (Baines 6). Total fouls: Connecticut 15, Seton Hall 19.
42-83 17-20 117. Virginia (12-5)
Machac, Czech Republic, def. Frances Tiafoe (17), United Technical Fouls_None. A: 1,296.
States, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); Tomas Martin Etcheverry SAN ANTONIO: Champagnie 4-8 0-0 9, Sochan 2-9 0-0 5, L.A. cLIPPERS: George 15-24 2-4 38, Leonard 6-10 1-2 Scoring: 4, Detroit, Fabbri 13 (Maatta, Rasmussen), Minor 5-8 6-8 16, Beekman 6-13 2-3 16, Dunn 3-4 0-0 6,
(30), Argentina, def. Gael Monfils, France, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; Wembanyama 10-19 5-6 27, Jones 4-9 0-0 9, Vassell 16, Plumlee 5-5 4-7 14, Harden 5-14 2-2 16, Te.Mann 3-6 6:15. McKneely 3-8 2-2 8, Rohde 0-4 0-0 0, Harris 2-5 1-3 5,
Sebastian Korda (29), United States, def. Quentin Halys, 7-15 7-8 21, Barlow 2-6 0-0 5, Diakite 1-2 1-2 3, 0-0 7, Theis 4-6 0-0 9, Coffey 3-4 0-0 9, Powell 2-10 2-4 8, Groves 2-5 0-0 6, Buchanan 4-5 0-0 8, Bond 0-1 0-0 0,
France, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, def. Mamukelashvili 1-2 0-0 2, McDermott 1-4 0-0 2, Osman Westbrook 4-8 3-4 11. Totals 47-87 14-23 128. OVERTImE Murray 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-54 11-16 65.
Christopher Eubanks, United States, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; Novak 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 2-4 0-0 5, Branham 4-9 0-0 8, Graham Halftime: Virginia 25-18. Three-point goals: Virginia no. 16 Indiana 85,
Three-point Goals: Oklahoma City 16-34 (Joe 5-6, Dort Scoring: 5, Detroit, Larkin 18 (Perron, Gostisbehere),
Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Alexei Popyrin, Australia, 6-3, 0-2 0-0 0, Wesley 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 39-93 13-16 98. 1:09 (pp). Tech 11-30 (Pedulla 4-9, Beran 2-4, Cattoor 2-5, Nickel Minnesota 62
5-8, Jal.Williams 2-3, Wiggins 1-1, Wallace 1-2, Giddey 2-7, Collins 1-3, Long 0-1, Rechsteiner 0-1), Virginia 4-14
4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; Stefanos Tsitsipas (7), Greece, def. bOSTON: Horford 3-4 0-0 9, Tatum 9-21 3-5 24, Kornet 1-3, K.Williams 1-4, Dieng 0-1, Micic 0-1, Holmgren 0-2,
Jordan Thompson, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2, 7-6 SHOTS ON GOAL (Beekman 2-3, Groves 2-4, Harris 0-2, McKneely 0-2, mINNESOTA ...................... 18 11 18 15 4 62
3-5 0-0 6, Brown 8-16 2-2 21, Holiday 8-14 0-0 22, Banton Gilgeous-Alexander 0-3), L.A. Clippers 20-43 (George
(7-4). Rohde 0-3). Rebounds: Virginia Tech 32 (Beran, Pedulla INDIANA ............................. 23 24 17 21 4 85
0-2 1-2 1, Hauser 3-6 0-0 7, Stevens 0-0 0-0 0, Walsh 0-1 6-12, Harden 4-10, Coffey 3-3, Leonard 3-4, Powell 2-7, DETROIT ............................ 9 10 9 1 4 29
6), Virginia 29 (Dunn 7). Assists: Virginia Tech 14 minnesota (13-4)
0-0 0, Mykhailiuk 0-2 0-0 0, Brissett 2-5 3-4 7, Queta 2-4 Te.Mann 1-2, Theis 1-2, Westbrook 0-3). fouled Out: fLORIDA .......................... 10 13 11 0 4 34
WOmEN9S SINGLES 4 SEcOND ROUND (Pedulla 5), Virginia 18 (Harris 5). Total fouls: Virginia Grocholski 8-9 0-0 19, Heyer 1-7 0-0 3, Hart 3-5 0-2 6,
2-2 6, Davison 0-0 2-2 2, Pritchard 4-10 2-2 12. Totals None. Rebounds: Oklahoma City 35 (Joe, K.Williams 6), Power-play opportunities: Detroit 1 of 3; Florida 0 of 2. Tech 14, Virginia 11. A: 14,547 (14,593). Battle 4-15 4-4 13, Braun 6-15 2-2 14, Holloway 1-3 0-0 3,
Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 42-90 15-19 117. L.A. Clippers 39 (Theis 8). Assists: Oklahoma City 30 Goalies: Detroit, Lyon 10-4-1 (34 shots-32 saves).
6-1, 7-5; Linda Noskova, Czech Republic, def. McCartney (Jal.Williams 7), L.A. Clippers 30 (Harden 8). Total fouls: Florida, Bobrovsky 21-10-2 (29-26). A: 17,958 (19,250). Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Czinano 0-0 0-0 0, Sanders 1-2 2-5 4,
Three-point Goals: San Antonio 7-34 (Wembanyama Totals 24-57 8-13 62
Kessler, United States, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Mirra Andreeva, Oklahoma City 19, L.A. Clippers 18. A: 19,370 (18,997) T: 2:32.
2-6, Barlow 1-2, Champagnie 1-2, Johnson 1-2, Sochan Indiana (15-2)
Russia, def. Ons Jabeur (6), Tunisia, 6-0, 6-2; Maria navy 71, Lehigh 69
1-4, Jones 1-5, Mamukelashvili 0-1, Graham 0-2, McDer- Holmes 15-17 2-2 32, Garzon 3-7 0-0 7, Moore-McNeil
Timofeeva, Russia, def. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark,
mott 0-2, Branham 0-3, Vassell 0-5), Boston 18-38 Lehigh (4-12) 1-3 2-2 4, Parrish 5-8 0-0 15, Scalia 8-17 1-2 22, Meister
1-6, 6-4, 6-1; Amanda Anisimova, United States, def.
(Holiday 6-7, Horford 3-4, Brown 3-6, Tatum 3-8, Chebuhar 0-1 0-1 0, Momah 4-5 1-1 9, Ingram 0-3 0-0 0, 1-3 1-2 3, Bargesser 0-0 2-4 2, Beaumont 0-1 0-0 0,
Nadia Podoroska, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3; Barbora Krejciko- Blackhawks 2, Sharks 1 (So)
Pritchard 2-4, Hauser 1-4, Banton 0-1, Brissett 0-1, hIGh SchooLS Sinclair 5-7 3-3 13, Whitney-Sidney 5-11 2-3 14, Parolin LaMendola 0-0 0-0 0, Sandvik 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 33-56
va (9), Czech Republic, def. Tamara Korpatsch, Germany,
Walsh 0-1, Mykhailiuk 0-2). fouled Out: None. Re- 5-8 10-12 20, Knostman 0-2 0-0 0, Whitlock 2-6 3-4 7,
6-2, 6-2; Alycia Parks, United States, def. Leylah Annie
bounds: San Antonio 41 (Sochan 7), Boston 54 (Kornet
Late Tuesday 8-12 85
Fernandez (32), Canada, 7-5, 6-4; Coco Gauff (4), United Gillus 0-3 0-0 0, Tan 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 24-50 19-24 69. Three-point goals: Minnesota 6-15 (Grocholski 3-4,
9). Assists: San Antonio 26 (Jones 10), Boston 22 WEDNESDAY9S RESULTS SAN jOSE .......................... 0 0 1 0 4 1 Navy (7-9) Heyer 1-5, Battle 1-2, Braun 0-3, Holloway 1-1), Indiana
States, def. Caroline Dolehide, United States, 7-6 (7-2),
(Brown 5). Total fouls: San Antonio 15, Boston 15. A: cHIcAGO ............................ 1 0 0 1 4 2 Draper 5-9 3-11 14, Fischer 2-4 1-1 5, Benigni 11-18 8-10 11-24 (Garzon 1-4, Moore-McNeil 0-1, Parrish 5-8, Scalia
6-2; Storm Hunter, Australia, def. Laura Siegemund,
19,156 (18,624)
bOYS9 bASKETbALL
Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Anastasia Zakharova, Russia, D.c. cHIcAGO WON SHOOTOUT 2-1 32, Inge 0-5 2-2 2, Summers 0-3 0-0 0, Howard 1-4 0-0 2, 5-11). Assists: Minnesota 8 (Battle 3), Indiana 23
def. Kaja Juvan, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-1; Beatriz Haddad Maia Woods 6-10 4-4 16, Pennick 0-2 0-0 0, Rehnstrom 0-1 0-0 (Moore-McNeil 5, Parrish 5). fouled out: None. Re-
Coolidge 98, Bell 52 fIRST PERIOD 0, Cole 0-0 0-0 0, Kehoe 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 25-56 18-29 71.
(10), Brazil, def. Alina Korneeva, Russia, 6-1, 6-2; Diane Jackson-Reed 81, Banneker 61 bounds: Minnesota 29 (Heyer 6), Indiana 32 (Garzon 9).
Parry, France, def. Kamilla Rakhimova, Russia, 7-5, 6-2; raptors 121, heat 97 Scoring: 1, Chicago, Guttman 4 (Donato, Korchinski), Halftime: 35-35. Three-point goals: Lehigh 2-14 (Whit- Total fouls: Minnesota 14, Indiana 14. Technical
Paula Badosa, Spain, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, mARYLAND 10:41 (pp). ney-Sidney 2-5, Knostman 0-1, Parolin 0-1, Sinclair 0-1, Fouls_None. A: 7,977.
Russia, 6-2, 6-3; Magdalena Frech, Poland, def. Caroline mIAmI ................................ 18 25 30 24 4 97 St. Charles 53, Great Mills 48 Ingram 0-3, Whitlock 0-3), Navy 3-18 (Benigni 2-4,
TORONTO ........................... 41 37 16 27 4 121 Thomas Stone 60, Huntingtown 56 THIRD PERIOD Draper 1-3, Rehnstrom 0-1, Howard 0-2, Pennick 0-2,
Garcia (16), France, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); Aryna Sabalenka (2),
Belarus, def. Brenda Fruhvirtova, Czech Republic, 6-3, Westlake 69, Patuxent 41 Scoring: 2, San Jose, Carpenter 2 (Hoffman, Bailey), Inge 0-3, Summers 0-3). fouled out: Momah, Knostman,
mIAmI: Butler 6-11 4-5 16, Jovic 4-9 1-2 10, Adebayo Fischer, Woods. Rebounds: Lehigh 30 (Whitlock 7), Navy Villanova 66,
6-2; Lesia Tsurenko (28), Ukraine, def. Rebeka Masaro- 7-13 2-3 16, Herro 7-20 0-0 16, Lowry 2-9 0-0 4, VIRGINIA 5:13.
va, Spain, 6-3, 6-4; Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, def. Elise 31 (Draper 12). Assists: Lehigh 13 (Knostman 4), Navy no. 22 Marquette 63
D.Robinson 6-11 0-0 14, Highsmith 1-2 0-0 2, Martin 4-5 Chantilly 63, Centreville 61 SHOOTOUT
Mertens (25), Belgium, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6); Elina Avane- 10 (Benigni 3). Total fouls: Lehigh 24, Navy 18. A: 943
2-2 10, Swider 1-2 0-0 2, Bryant 1-1 0-0 2, O.Robinson 0-0 Edison 76, Lewis 42
syan, Russia, def. Maria Sakkari (8), Greece, 6-4, 6-4. Chicago 2 (Kurashev NG, Donato NG, Pitlick G, Reichel (5,710). mARqUETTE ...................... 19 16 20 8 4 63
0-0 0, Richardson 2-7 0-0 5. Totals 41-90 9-12 97. Hayfield 72, Justice 26
Madison 64, Oakton 51 NG, Dickinson NG, Guttman NG, Raddysh NG, Sanford VILLANOVA ........................ 16 18 17 15 4 66
mEN9S DOUbLES 4 fIRST ROUND TORONTO: Barnes 9-16 1-1 20, Barrett 9-14 7-13 26, NG, Katchouk G), San Jose 1 (Zetterlund NG, Labanc G,
Meridian 79, Osbourn Park 60 marquette (15-3)
Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (4), Porter 2-7 0-0 6, Quickley 6-16 2-2 17, Trent Jr. 10-13 0-0 Mount Vernon 53, Annandale 53 Hertl NG, Hoffman NG, Kunin NG, Eklund NG, Thrun NG, no. 1 connecticut 62, Forbes 4-7 0-0 9, Karlen 7-19 2-2 16, Hare 8-15 0-0 21,
Argentina, def. Evan King and Reese Stalder, United 28, Boucher 1-3 0-0 2, McDaniels 0-1 0-0 0, Young 2-6 1-2 Patriot 79, Osbourn 49 Barabanov NG, Zadina NG).
no. 18 creighton 48 King 5-10 2-2 13, Nkumu 0-3 0-0 0, Hottinger 1-2 2-2 4,
States, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3); Jack Withrow and Nathaniel 5, Dick 2-2 0-0 6, Temple 0-1 0-0 0, Freeman-Liberty 1-3 South Lakes 85, Westfield 31 Kaifes 0-0 0-0 0, Volker 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 25-56 6-6 63
Lammons (12), United States, def. Petr Nouza and Jiri 0-0 2, Schroder 3-6 0-0 9. Totals 45-88 11-18 121. W.T. Woodson 50, South County 48
SHOTS ON GOAL creighton (13-5) Villanova (12-5)
Lehecka, Czech Republic, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Ivan Dodig, Three-point Goals: Miami 6-28 (D.Robinson 2-5, Herro Wakefield 52, Marshall 50 SAN jOSE .......................... 9 15 12 2 4 38 Miller 0-3 0-0 0, Kalkbrenner 4-5 2-2 11, Alexander 3-12 Dalce 4-10 2-2 10, Burke 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Olsen
Croatia, and Austin Krajicek (1), United States, def. 2-9, Jovic 1-2, Richardson 1-4, Highsmith 0-1, Swider cHIcAGO ............................ 5 9 8 3 4 25 0-0 6, Ashworth 5-15 2-2 14, Scheierman 4-11 2-2 12, 12-19 11-13 37, Runyan 4-12 0-0 11, McCurry 0-0 0-0 0,
Roman Safiullin, Russia, and Miomir Kecmanovic, Ser- PRIVATE
0-1, Lowry 0-6), Toronto 20-38 (Trent Jr. 8-9, Schroder Power-play opportunities: San Jose 0 of 2; Chicago 1 of 4. Farabello 2-2 0-0 5, Green 0-1 0-0 0, Traudt 0-1 0-0 0, Jegede 0-0 0-0 0, Orihel 0-1 0-0 0, Webber 3-10 1-2 8,
bia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Bullis 65, Episcopal 36 Goalies: San Jose, Blackwood 5-17-3 (25 shots-24 King 0-2 0-0 0, Dotzler 0-0 0-0 0, Lawson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
3-5, Quickley 3-6, Dick 2-2, Porter 2-4, Barrett 1-3, Totals 23-53 14-17 66
Lloyd Glasspool (11), Britain, def. Tallon Griekspoor and Georgetown Prep 94, St. Albans 61 saves). Chicago, Mrazek 11-16-1 (38-37). A: 16,401
Barnes 1-6, Boucher 0-1, McDaniels 0-1, Temple 0-1). 18-52 6-6 48. Three-point goals: Marquette 7-17 (Forbes 1-1, Karlen
Bart Stevens, Netherlands, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; Hugo Nys, Potomac School 74, St. James 52 (19,717). T: 2:46.
fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Miami 37 (Herro, Jovic 7), connecticut (16-2) 0-2, Hare 5-10, King 1-2, Nkumu 0-2), Villanova 6-18
Monaco, and Jan Zielinski (7), Poland, def. Dane Sweeny Severn 72, St. John9s Catholic Prep 51 S.Johnson 2-4 0-0 4, Karaban 5-11 2-2 13, Castle 2-12 0-1
Toronto 45 (Barrett, Quickley, Young 8). Assists: Miami (Olsen 2-3, Runyan 3-8, Orihel 0-1, Webber 1-6). Assists:
and James McCabe, Australia, 6-7 (7-5), 7-5, 6-2; Sidwell Friends 68, Georgetown Day 34 5, Newton 6-15 2-3 16, Spencer 5-13 2-3 13, Diarra 2-6
24 (Butler, Martin 5), Toronto 34 (Quickley 9). Total Marquette 16 (Nkumu 6), Villanova 12 (Olsen 5). fouled
Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Neal Skupski (5), St. Mary9s (Annapolis) 61. St. Paul9s 50 1-1 5, Clingan 3-8 0-0 6, Stewart 0-0 0-0 0, Ball 0-1 0-0 0,
fouls: Miami 13, Toronto 14. A: 19,631 (19,800) out: None. Rebounds: Marquette 32 (Karlen 7), Villanova
Britain, def. Mackenzie McDonald, United States, and St. Stephen9s/St. Agnes 79, Landon 62 Ross 0-0 0-0 0, Roumoglou 0-0 0-0 0, Singare 0-0 0-0 0.
Flames 3, coyotes 2 (oT) 28 (Dalce 14). Total fouls: Marquette 16, Villanova 11.
Botic Van de Zandschulp, Netherlands, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1; Totals 25-70 7-10 62. Technical Fouls_None. A: 1,643.
Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz (8), Germany, def. Marcos GIRLS9 bASKETbALL
Giron, United States, and Kwon Soon Woo, South Korea, D.c. Late Tuesday Halftime: Connecticut 32-21. Three-point goals: Creigh-
6-2, 6-0; Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe Salisbury
Pelicans 132, hornets 112 Anacostia 53, Cardozo 5 ARIzONA ........................... 0 1 1 0 4 2
ton 6-26 (Scheierman 2-6, Ashworth 2-8, Farabello 1-1,
Kalkbrenner 1-2, Green 0-1, Traudt 0-1, Miller 0-3,
(3), Britain, def. Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, and cHARLOTTE ....................... 36 25 21 30 4 112 Coolidge 62, Bell 7 cALGARY ........................... 0 0 2 1 4 3
Alexander 0-4), Connecticut 5-19 (Newton 2-4, Spencer
Texas Tech 71,
Marcelo Melo, Brazil, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. NEW ORLEANS .................. 43 23 30 36 4 132 D.C. International, Model 12
mARYLAND
SEcOND PERIOD 1-2, Castle 1-5, Karaban 1-5, Ball 0-1, Diarra 0-1, no. 24 Iowa State 63
S.Johnson 0-1). Rebounds: Creighton 26 (Kalkbrenner
WOmEN9S DOUbLES 4 fIRST ROUND cHARLOTTE: Bridges 8-20 0-0 19, Martin 2-9 2-2 7, Scoring: 1, Arizona, Durzi 7 (Schmaltz, Moser), 8:22 (sh).
St. Charles 60, Great Mills 28 8), Connecticut 45 (Castle, Newton 8). Assists: Creigh- IOWA STATE ...................... 11 18 13 21 4 63
Alexandra Panova, Russia, and Cristina Bucsa, Spain, Richards 4-5 2-2 10, Ball 8-19 9-10 29, Rozier 9-15 0-0 25, TEXAS TEcH ....................... 16 18 17 20 4 71
VIRGINIA THIRD PERIOD ton 8 (Alexander 3), Connecticut 13 (Newton 5). Total
def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, and Marie Bouzkova Black 0-0 0-2 0, Thor 0-1 0-0 0, Washington 3-9 0-0 7,
fouls: Creighton 14, Connecticut 12. A: 10,299 (10,167). Iowa State (12-5)
(12), Czech Republic, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Sara Errani and Mensah 1-2 2-2 4, Bouknight 2-3 0-0 6, Ntilikina 0-1 0-0 Centreville 53, Chantilly 42 Scoring: 2, Arizona, Cooley 4 (Keller, Durzi), 6:36. 3,
0, Smith 1-1 0-0 2, Smith Jr. 1-5 0-0 3. Totals 39-90 15-18 Edison 61, Lewis 18 Brown 0-4 2-2 2, Diew 1-7 0-0 2, Crooks 5-12 4-5 14,
Jasmine Paolini, Italy, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, Calgary, Coleman 20 (Andersson), 8:54. 4, Calgary, Kadri Belanger 4-10 0-0 11, Jackson 0-4 0-0 0, Bristow 4-4 0-0
and Ingrid Martins (15), Brazil, 6-3, 6-1; Wang Xiyu, 112. Gainesville 75, Battlefield 44 15 (Pospisil), 9:57.
Hayfield 57, Justice 23 10, Natabou 2-5 0-0 4, Joens 0-2 2-2 2, Ryan 8-13 0-0 18,
China, and Linda Noskova, Czech Republic, def. Priscilla NEW ORLEANS: Ingram 8-19 5-5 28, Williamson 5-12 no. 4 north carolina 86, Totals 24-61 8-9 63
Hon and Talia Gibson, Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Maddison 3-4 13, Valanciunas 1-3 2-2 4, Jones 3-5 1-2 9, McCollum Madison 44, Oakton 43 OVERTImE
Mount Vernon 64, Annandale 26 Texas Tech (14-5)
Inglis and Destanee Aiava, Australia, def. Martina 8-15 2-2 22, Marshall 3-5 2-2 8, Nance Jr. 3-3 0-0 7, Scoring: 5, Calgary, Sharangovich 18 (Lindholm, Kadri), Louisville 70 Freelon 4-6 0-0 8, Merritt 3-9 1-2 8, Maupin 5-10 3-3 16,
Trevisan and Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italy, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2; Murphy III 6-13 1-2 18, Zeller 0-0 0-0 0, Alvarado 0-0 2-2 Patriot 59, Osbourn 54
4:43 (pp). Louisville (6-11) McKinney 5-6 0-0 15, Wynn 2-5 0-0 5, Arike 0-5 0-0 0,
Kimberly Birrell and Olivia Gadecki, Australia, def. 2, Daniels 0-2 0-0 0, Hawkins 7-12 1-2 21. Totals 44-89 South County 42, W.T. Woodson 20
Westfield 41, South Lakes 30 Huntley-Hatfield 7-10 1-4 15, Jovanovich 1-2 0-0 2, Clark Lewis 1-2 2-2 4, Chevalier 0-2 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0,
Sabrina Santamaria, United States, and Varvara Grache- 19-23 132. SHOTS ON GOAL 6-12 0-1 16, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, James 3-10 2-2 9, White 5-8 Shavers 4-10 4-4 15, Ukkonen 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 24-56
va, Russia, 6-0, 6-3; Emma Navarro, United States, and PRIVATE ARIzONA ........................... 3 10 12 2 4 27 1-2 12, Williams 3-5 0-0 8, Glenn 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 1-7 10-11 71
Diana Shnaider, Russia, def. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlo- Three-point Goals: Charlotte 19-45 (Rozier 7-11, Ball
4-12, Bridges 3-7, Bouknight 2-2, Smith Jr. 1-2, Wash- Georgetown Day 43, Stone Ridge 39 cALGARY ........................... 7 10 9 7 4 33 2-4 4, Payne 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-57 6-13 70. Three-point goals: Iowa State 7-26 (Brown 0-3, Diew
va, Slovakia, and Anhelina Kalinina, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-0; Maret 58, Flint Hill 26 Power-play opportunities: Arizona 0 of 3; Calgary 1 of 5. North carolina (14-3) 0-5, Belanger 3-6, Jackson 0-3, Bristow 2-2, Joens 0-2,
Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, and Anna Blinkova, ington 1-4, Martin 1-5, Ntilikina 0-1, Thor 0-1), New
Orleans 25-47 (Ingram 7-11, Hawkins 6-9, Murphy III Goalies: Arizona, Ingram 15-8-0 (33 shots-30 saves). Ingram 4-11 0-2 10, Bacot 7-11 5-6 19, Cadeau 2-4 1-2 5, Ryan 2-5), Texas Tech 13-29 (Freelon 0-2, Merritt 1-2,
Russia, def. Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgaria, and Mirra Calgary, Vladar 6-5-2 (27-25). A: 17,407 (19,289). T: R.Davis 6-12 5-5 21, Ryan 5-10 0-0 14, Withers 5-6 5-7 Maupin 3-4, McKinney 5-6, Wynn 1-4, Arike 0-2,
Andreeva, Russia, 6-4, 6-0; Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, 5-12, McCollum 4-9, Jones 2-3, Nance Jr. 1-1, Daniels
0-1, Marshall 0-1). fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Char- Go L F 2:34. 15, Trimble 0-3 0-0 0, Washington 0-1 0-0 0, Wojcik 0-2 Chevalier 0-1, Shavers 3-7, Ukkonen 0-1). Assists: Iowa
and Jelena Ostapenko (11), Latvia, def. Emina Bektas 2-2 2, High 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-60 18-24 86. State 14 (Ryan 5), Texas Tech 18 (Wynn 6). fouled out:
and Kayla Day, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3); Yuan Yue lotte 41 (Richards 12), New Orleans 51 (Ingram 10).
Assists: Charlotte 29 (Ball 7), New Orleans 32 (Ingram Halftime: North Carolina 46-29. Three-point goals: Iowa State Brown. Rebounds: Iowa State 40 (Crooks 12),
and Wang Yafan, China, def. Heather Watson, Britain, Louisville 8-18 (Clark 4-5, Williams 2-4, James 1-1, Texas Tech 30 (Merritt 10). Total fouls: Iowa State 15,
and Lucia Bronzetti, Italy, 6-3, 6-3; Ajla Tomljanovic and 10). Total fouls: Charlotte 19, New Orleans 14. A: 16,093 World Golf ranking
(16,867) White 1-4, Huntley-Hatfield 0-1, Jovanovich 0-1, John- Texas Tech 19. Technical Fouls_None. A: 4,410.
Daria Saville, Australia, def. Oksana Kalashnikova,
Georgia, and Maia Lumsden, Britain, 6-4, 6-3. Through Monday. oilers 4, Maple Leafs 2 son 0-2), North Carolina 10-22 (R.Davis 4-7, Ryan 4-7,
Ingram 2-4, Cadeau 0-1, Trimble 0-1, Wojcik 0-2). fouled
1. ............................. Scottie Scheffler 9.59 Late Tuesday out: Glenn. Rebounds: Louisville 24 (Huntley-Hatfield
knicks 109, rockets 94 2. .................................... Rory McIlroy 8.31 TORONTO ................................ 1 1 0 4 2 6), North Carolina 35 (Withers 10). Assists: Louisville 10 no. 25 UnLV 67,
3. .........................................Jon Rahm 7.55 EDmONTON ............................. 0 1 3 4 4 (Clark, Johnson 4), North Carolina 19 (R.Davis 6). Total
Tr AnSAc TIo nS HOUSTON ........................... 25 21 23 25 4 94 4. ................................ Viktor Hovland 6.41 fouls: Louisville 19, North Carolina 13. San Diego State 60
NEW YORK ......................... 23 25 29 32 4 109 5. ...........................Xander Schauffele 5.32 fIRST PERIOD
6. ................................Patrick Cantlay 5.29 UNLV .................................. 15 5 23 24 4 67
Scoring: 1, Toronto, Matthews 34 (Marner, Holmberg), SAN DIEGO STATE ............. 10 13 14 23 4 60
NfL HOUSTON: Brooks 4-13 2-2 11, Smith Jr. 5-9 0-0 11, 7. ....................................... Max Homa 4.55 no. 5 houston 77,
0:27.
Sengun 7-16 4-7 18, Ja.Green 6-15 3-3 15, VanVleet 8-19 8. .............................. Matt Fitzpatrick 4.33 UNLV (15-1)
baltimore Ravens: Signed WR Laquon Treadwell to the 3-3 24, Je.Green 2-4 4-4 9, Tate 1-2 0-0 2, Whitmore 0-3 9. .................................. Brian Harman 4.24 SEcOND PERIOD no. 25 Texas Tech 54 Brown 1-5 1-1 3, Young 7-11 3-3 17, Durazo-Frescas 0-1
practice squad. Released WR Tarik Black from the 0-0 0, Thompson 2-3 0-0 4, Holiday 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10. .............................Wyndham Clark 3.93 0-0 0, Jackson 3-10 1-2 7, Scoggin 0-4 1-2 1, Brackens 0-1
practice squad. Waived RB Melvin Gordon. Scoring: 2, Toronto, Rielly 7 (Holmberg, Matthews), Texas Tech (14-3)
35-84 16-19 94. 11. ........................ Tommy Fleetwood 3.86 0-0 0, Obiazor 7-12 0-0 18, Kimpson 3-6 4-7 10, Lott 2-8
buffalo bills: Signed P Matt Haack to the practice squad. 10:52. 3, Edmonton, Draisaitl 21 (Bouchard, Ekholm), W.Washington 2-5 2-6 6, Isaacs 4-15 1-2 12, Toussaint
NEW YORK: Anunoby 5-10 3-3 15, Randle 11-19 5-6 31, 12. ............................ Collin Morikawa 3.81 2-4 4-7 9, Walton 6-11 0-0 18, Da.Williams 2-9 0-0 5, 7-7 11, Totals 23-58 17-22 67
cleveland browns: Signed LB Caleb Johnson to a futures 13. ................................ Jordan Spieth 3.76 15:41. San Diego State (11-8)
contract for 2024. Hartenstein 3-5 1-1 7, Brunson 11-21 4-7 30, DiVincenzo McMillian 1-4 0-0 2, L.Washington 0-0 0-0 0, Jennings
2-7 0-0 5, Achiuwa 0-2 0-0 0, Arcidiacono 0-0 0-0 0, Flynn 14. ........................................ Tom Kim 3.69 THIRD PERIOD 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 18-49 7-15 54. Quezada 6-13 6-6 18, Villalobos 6-17 3-4 15, Barcello 1-2
Dallas cowboys: Signed WR Martavis Bryant and RBs 15. ................................Tyrrell Hatton 3.68 0-0 3, Lewis 2-9 4-4 9, Prohaska 2-9 1-1 5, Davis 0-1 0-0 0,
Snoop Conner and Malik Davis to futures contracts for 0-0 0-0 0, Grimes 2-8 5-5 11, Hart 5-11 0-0 10, McBride Scoring: 4, Edmonton, Ryan 4 (McLeod, Janmark), 2:27. Houston (15-2)
0-4 0-0 0. Totals 39-87 18-22 109. 16. ............................. Keegan Bradley 3.67 Ja.Francis 3-7 0-0 6, Roberts 6-9 0-0 12, Cryer 3-8 0-0 8, Fiso 2-4 0-0 5, Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, Pepe 1-5 3-4 5, Totals
2024. 17. ................................... Sepp Straka 3.17 5, Edmonton, McLeod 8 (McDavid, Ceci), 16:55. 6, 20-61 17-19 60
Detroit Lions: Signed DT Chris Smith to the practice Edmonton, Bouchard 11, 18:27 (en). Sharp 3-8 0-0 8, Shead 12-16 3-3 29, Dunn 2-6 0-0 5,
Three-point Goals: Houston 8-30 (VanVleet 5-12, 18. ...................................... Jason Day 3.14 Three-point goals: UNLV 4-16 (Brown 0-3, Young 0-1,
squad. Tugler 1-2 0-0 2, Walker 1-4 0-0 3, Wilson 1-2 0-0 2, Elvin
Je.Green 1-2, Smith Jr. 1-2, Brooks 1-6, Sengun 0-1, Tate 19. ...............................Brooks Koepka 3.11 Durazo-Frescas 0-1, Jackson 0-2, Scoggin 0-2, Obiazor
Houston Texans: Signed WR Damiere Byrd to the SHOTS ON GOAL 0-0 0-0 0, Lath 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 33-63 3-3 77.
0-1, Whitmore 0-1, Ja.Green 0-5), New York 13-37 20. ............................ Sahith Theegala 3.11 4-7), San Diego State 3-17 (Quezada 0-2, Barcello 1-2,
practice squad. Released NT Rashard Lawrence from the Halftime: Houston 38-29. Three-point goals: Texas Tech
(Randle 4-8, Brunson 4-9, Anunoby 2-5, Grimes 2-6, 21. ..................................... Tony Finau 2.96 TORONTO ................................ 7 14 7 4 28 Lewis 1-6, Prohaska 0-2, Davis 0-1, Fiso 1-2, Pepe 0-2).
practice squad. 11-27 (Walton 6-9, Isaacs 3-10, Toussaint 1-2, Da.Wil-
DiVincenzo 1-4, Hart 0-2, McBride 0-3). fouled Out: 22. ...............................Russell Henley 2.95 EDmONTON ........................... 12 12 8 4 32 Assists: UNLV 9 (Jackson 6), San Diego State 9
Indianapolis colts: Signed WR Terrell Bynum to a liams 1-4, McMillian 0-2), Houston 8-17 (Shead 2-3,
None. Rebounds: Houston 38 (Sengun 10), New York 51 23. ....................................... Chris Kirk 2.94 Power-play opportunities: Toronto 0 of 1; Edmonton 0 of (Prohaska 3, Villalobos 3). fouled out: UNLV Brown,
futures contract for 2024. Cryer 2-4, Sharp 2-5, Dunn 1-2, Walker 1-3). Rebounds:
(Hart 14). Assists: Houston 23 (VanVleet 12), New York 24. ..................................... Sam Burns 2.94 1. Goalies: Toronto, Jones 8-5-1 (31 shots-28 saves). Jackson, Young. Rebounds: UNLV 38 (Young 11), San
miami Dolphins: Signed WR Mathew Sexton to a futures Texas Tech 26 (W.Washington 9), Houston 36 (Roberts
24 (Brunson 7). Total fouls: Houston 18, New York 20. A: 25. ............................. Cameron Young 2.87 Edmonton, Skinner 19-9-1 (28-26). A: 18,347 (18,641). Diego State 38 (Villalobos 13). Total fouls: UNLV 21, San
contract for 2024. 7). Assists: Texas Tech 13 (Isaacs 5), Houston 14 (Shead
19,439 (19,812) 26. .................................Rickie Fowler 2.85 T: 2:26. Diego State 20. Technical Fouls_None. A: 2,908.
10). Total fouls: Texas Tech 9, Houston 15.
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Administration Department at City Hall, 31 South Summit Avenue, be- This facility is located on a census tract with a total Environmental Jus- Prince Georges County Prince Georges County including but not limited to: Lot 132, Section Two, Port Aquia,
with any improvements thereon
tween the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. tice (EJ) Score of 25.41% which indicates that the facility is not located
in a disadvantaged or overburdened community. This EJ score has IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
DELTA DEFENSE, LLC, Samuel Copelan, Planner I been calculated considering a combination of the following factors: PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY, FOR Subject to any and all covenants,
Plaintiff, planning@gaithersburgmd.gov pollution burden exposure, pollution burden environmental effects, MARYLAND PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY, Tax ID# 13-01009791 conditions, restrictions, ease-
Planning and Code Administration #1194 sensitive populations, and socioeconomic indicators (https://mdew- MARYLAND ments, and all other matters of
v. wp.page.link/EJ). CARRIE M. WARD, et al. record taking priority over the
If a written request is received by January 31, 2024, a public hearing 6003 Executive Blvd, Suite 101 ERIC D. VANDELINDE Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling Deed of Trust, if any, affecting the
DELTADEFENSECAREERS.COM,
Defendant. NOTICE OF WILLINGNESS on the tentative determination for this application can be scheduled. Rockville, MD 20852
Substitute Trustees/Plaintiffs,
Substitute Trustee
Plaintiff
and is sold in <as is condition= and subject to all superior aforesaid property.

Token Forest Drive Sidewalk Project

ORDER FOR SERVICE OF
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
THIS MATTER came before the
Court on the motion of Plaintiff
Delta Defense, LLC (<Delta De-
fense=) for leave to serve notice
of this matter by publication.
After considering the arguments
of counsel as presented in the
memorandum to this Court, it
is hereby
ORDERED that:
1. The Plaintiff9s motion is
GRANTED; and
2. A copy of this Order be pub-
lished in The Washington Post
once within 14 days after entry
of this Order, and after publica-
tion Delta Defense shall ûle a
declaration of service stating the
dates on which publication was
accomplished; and
3. That the Defendant <delta-
defensecareers.com> domain
name is hereby advised:
a. The Plaintiff has ûled
a Complaint charging
the Defendant <deltadefen-
secareers.com> domain name
with violations of the Anticyber-
squatting Consumer Protection
Act of 1999 (<ACPA=). A copy of
the Complaint may be obtained
from Plaintiff9s attorney, The
Ofûce of Craig C. Reilly, Esq.,
209 Madison Street, Suite 501,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314, (703)
549-5354; and
b. In the event that Delta
Defense prevails against the
Defendant
<deltadefensecareers.com>
domain name under the ACPA,
remedies could include the for-
feiture or cancellation of the
<deltadefensecareers.com>
domain name or the transfer of
the <deltadefensecareers.com>
domain name to Delta Defense
in this action as well as money
damages and an award of attor-
ney fees; and
4. That the registrant of the De-
fendant <deltadefensecareers.
com> domain name shall be
served, as to all claims asserted
in the complaint in this matter,
by the publication of notice as
ordered herein; and
5. That any answer or response
to the Complaint should be ûled
with the Clerk of Court, United
States District Court for the East-
ern District of Virginia, Alexandria
Division, 401 Courthouse Square,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314-5798,
within twenty (20) days from the
date of publication of this Order
in The Washington Post. If no ap-
pearance or pleading is ûled as
required by this Order, this Court
may render a judgment against
the Defendant <deltadefense-
careers.com> domain name
and the registrant which could
include the forfeiture or cancel-
lation of the
<deltadefensecareers.com> do-
main name, the transfer of the
<deltadefensecareers.com> do-
main name to Delta Defense as
well as money damages and the
award of attorney fees.
ENTERED this 8th day of January
2024.
Alexandria, Virginia
/s/
Ivan D. Davis
United States Magistrate Judge
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001-2131
2023 ADM 001478
Derrick Clifton Hooks
Name of Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND
NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Erik A. Hooks, whose address is
1313 Laneridge Court, Raleigh,
NC 27603 was appointed person-
al representative of the estate of
Derrick Clifton Hooks, who died
on October 12, 2023 without a
will and will serve without Court
supervision. All unknown heirs
and heirs whose whereabouts
are unknown shall enter their
appearance in this proceeding.
Objections to such appointment
shall be ûled with the Register
of Wills, D.C., Building A, 515 5th
Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washing-
ton DC 20001, on or before July
11, 2024. Claims against the
decedent shall be presented to
the undersigned with a copy to
the Register of Wills or ûled with
the Register of Wills with a copy
to the undersigned, on or be-
fore July 11, 2024, or be forever
barred. Persons believed to be
heirs or legatees of the dece-
dent who do not receive a copy
of this notice by mail within 25
days of its ûrst publication shall
so inform the Register of Wills,
including name, address and re-
lationship.
Erik A. Hooks
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Nicole D. Stevens
REGISTER OF WILLS
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001-2131
2023 ADM 001544
Estate of
Ann M. Lamar
Deceased
NOTICE OF
STANDARD PROBATE
Notice is hereby given that a pe-
tition has been ûled in this Court
by Dawn Fox on behalf of Selene
Finance LP for standard probate,
including the appointment of one
or more personal representa-
tives. Unless a responsive plead-
ing in the form of a complaint or
an objection in accordance with
Superior Court Probate Division
Rule 407 is ûled in this Court
within 30 days from the date of
ûrst publication of this notice, the
Court may take the action here-
inafter set forth.
In the absence of a will or proof
satisfactory to the Court of due
execution, enter an order deter-
mining that the decedent died
intestate appoint a supervised
personal representative.
Halle Finegold, Esq.
4340 East West Highway,
Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
PETITIONER
Nicole D. Stevens
REGISTER OF WILLS
The Prince William County Department of Transportation (PWC DOT),
in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), proposes the con-
struction of a 5- to 6-foot-wide sidewalk along the east side of Token
Forest Drive (Route 751) with up to a 3-foot-wide buffer strip between
the proposed sidewalk and proposed new or relocated curb and gut-
ter. The sidewalk will provide pedestrian connectivity by eliminating
the sidewalk network gap along the eastbound lane of Token Forest
Drive between 6231 Token Forest Drive and the Prince of Peace Unit-
ed Methodist Church Entrance, for a distance of approximately 420
feet. The sidewalk construction will require dedication of right of way
and easements from the properties owned by the GE J Manassas LLC,
Trustees of the Prince of Peace United Methodist Church and Forest
Glen Estates HOA INC.
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
23 CFR 771, a Programmatic Categorical Exclusion (PCE) has been pre-
pared under an agreement between VDOT and FHWA for the project.
The project will not impact properties protected by Section 4(f) of the
Department of Transportation Act or Section 106 of the National His-
toric Preservation Act.
Review of the project design exhibit and the environmental document
are available to view online at: https://www.pwcva.gov/department/
transportation/current-road-projects
Written comments may be submitted within 15 calendar days follow-
ing the date of this Notice of Willingness. Comments may be mailed
to Mary Ankers, Project Manager, at 5 County Complex Court, Suite
290, Prince William, VA, 22192, or via email to MAnkers@pwcgov.org
(please include Token Forest Drive Sidewalk Project in the subject
line).
If there are concerns that cannot be satisûed through this comment
process, Prince William County is willing to hold a public hearing. You
may request that a public hearing be held by sending a written re-
quest to Mary Ankers, Project Manager, at 5 County Complex Court,
Suite 290, Prince William, VA, 22192, or via email to MAnkers@pwcgov.
org (please include Token Forest Drive Sidewalk Project in the subject
line) within 15 calendar days following the date of this Notice of Will-
ingness. If a request for a public hearing is received, notice of date,
time and place of the hearing will be posted.
Prince William County ensures nondiscrimination and equal employ-
ment in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If you need special assistance for
persons with disabilities or limited English proûciency, contact PWC
DOT at 703-792-6825.
Federal Project Number
RTAP-5B01(505)
VDOT Project Number
EN22-076-353
P101, R201, C-501
UPC #121561
PWC DOT Project Number
SPR 2024-00090
815
Legal Notices
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PROBATE DIVISION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001-
2131
2023 ADM 1411
Felipe De Jesus Paz
Joseph A. Baldinger, Esquire
4724 Chestnut Street
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3726
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND
NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
Aner Paz, whose address is 3117
South Dakota Ave., NE Washing-
ton, DC 20018 was appointed
personal representative of the
estate of Felipe De Jesus Paz,
who died on February 16, 2023
without a will and will service
without Court supervision. All
unknown heirs and heirs whose
whereabouts are unknown shall
enter their appearance in this
proceeding. Objections to such
appointment shall be ûled with
the Register of Wills, D.C., Building
A, 515 5th Street, NW, 3rd Floor,
Washington DC 20001, on or be-
fore 7/4/2024. Claims against the
decedent shall be presented to
the undersigned with a copy to
the Register of Wills or ûled with
the Register of Wills with a copy
to the undersigned, on or before
7/4/2024, or be forever barred.
Persons believed to be heirs or
legatees of the decedent who do
not receive a copy of this notice
by mail within 25 days of its ûrst
publication shall so inform the
Register of Wills, including name,
address and relationship.
Aner Paz
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Nicole D. Stevens
REGISTER OF WILLS
There is now pending before
the District of Columbia Superi-
or Court a civil action, Case No:
2020-CA-000679-R(RP), CAR-
RINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES,
LLC v. EARLINE CARTER, seeking
to affect title to the property lo-
cated at 742 Brandywine Street
SE, Unit 103, Washington, DC
20032. A copy of this action is
available in the Superior Court
Civil Clerk9s ofûce. A written
answer, including any claims or
defenses, must be ûled with the
District of Columbia Superior
Court Civil Branch, 500 Indiana
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
20001, on or before the 9th day
of February 2024.
820
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850
Montgomery County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND
CARRIE M. WARD, et al.
6003 Executive Blvd, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
Substitute Trustees/Plaintiffs,
VS.
ANDREIA VIEIRA (DECEASED)
2809 Sheraton Street
Silver Spring, MD 20906
Defendant(s).
Case No. C-15-CV-22-004157
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 9 day
of January, 2024, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, that the sale of the
property mentioned in these pro-
ceedings and described as 2809
Sheraton Street, Silver Spring,
MD 20906, made and reported
by the Substitute Trustee, will be
RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, un-
less cause to the contrary there-
of be shown on or before the 9
day of February, 2024 provided
a copy of this NOTICE be inserted
in some daily newspaper printed
in said county, once in each of
three successive weeks before
the 9 day of February, 2024.
The report states the purchase
price at the Foreclosure sale to
be $311,000.00.
KAREN A. BUSHELL
Clerk, Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland
BWW#MD-312575
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012448562
IN THE CIRCUlT COURT
FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND
Richard E. Solomon
Richard J. Rogers
Michael McKeefery
Christianna Kersey
Kevin Hildebeidel
Kathleen Young
11099 Winterson Road,
Suite 301
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
Substitute Trustees
Plaintiffs
v.
Patricia Devoe
18815 Sparkling Water Drive
#4-D
Germantown, MD 20874
Defendant
Case No. C-15-CV-23-003048
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 22nd
day of December, 2023, by the
Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, that the sale of the
property mentioned in these
proceedings, made and reported,
will be ratiûed and conûrmed,
unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before
the 22nd day of January, 2024,
provided a copy of this notice
be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in Montgom-
ery County, once in each of three
successive weeks before the
22nd day of January, 2024.
The Report of Sale states the
amount of the foreclosure sale
price to be $229,000.00. The
property sold herein is known as
18815 Sparkling Water Drive
#4-D, Germantown, MD 20874.
KAREN A. BUSHELL
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Montgomery County, Maryland
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
50 MARYLAND AVENUE
ROCKVILE, MD 20850-2393
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012447116
The request should be sent to the Maryland Department of the En-
vironment, Water and Science Administration, 1800 Washington
Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland 21230-1708, Attn.: Mary Dela Onye-
maechi, Chief, Groundwater Discharge Permits Division and must
include the name, address and telephone number (home and work) of
the person making the request, the name of any other party whom the
person making the request may represent, and the name of the facility
and permit number. Failure to request a hearing by January 31, 2024
will constitute a waiver of the right to a public hearing on the tentative
determination for this permit.
Written comments concerning the tentative determination will be
considered in the preparation of a ûnal determination if submitted
to the Department, to the attention of Mary Dela Onyemaechi at the
above address, on or before February 12, 2024. Any hearing-im-
paired person who requests a hearing may request an interpreter
at the hearing by contacting Mrs. Onyemaechi at (410) 537-3783 or
1-800-633-6101, or by written request to the above address at least
ten working days prior to the scheduled hearing date.
Information supporting the tentative determination, including the
draft permit and fact sheet, may be reviewed by contacting Mrs. On-
yemaechi at the above telephone number to make an appointment or
by written request to Mrs. Onyemaechi at the above address. Copies
of documents may be obtained at a cost of $0.36 per page.
NOTICE OF ADOPTION/FAIR SUMMARY
CHARTER RESOLUTION 23-CR-02
Charter Resolution Of The Mayor And Council Of The City Of College
Park, To Delete Article XIII, Urban Renewal, In Its Entirety.
Charter Resolution 23-CR-02 was introduced on July 14, 2023, and a
Public Hearing was held on September 5, 2023 . The Charter Res-
olution was then adopted on December 12, 2023 and will become
effective January 31, 2024 unless petitioned to referendum in accor-
dance with §4-304 of the Local Government Article, Annotated Code
of Maryland by January 21, 2024.
Copies of this Charter Resolution may be obtained from the City
Clerk9s Ofûce, 7401 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 201, College Park, MD
20740, by calling 240-487-3501, or from the City9s website: www.
collegeparkmd.gov.
For additional information please contact the City Clerk, Janeen S.
Miller, at 240-487-3501.
850
Montgomery County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND
CARRIE M. WARD, et al.
6003 Executive Blvd, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
Substitute Trustees/Plaintiffs,
vs.
MARY CLARE KIMBER
AARON LEE KIMBER
(DECEASED)
24200 Laytonsville Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20882
Defendant(s).
Case No.C-15-CV-23-003121
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 8th
day of January, 2024 by the
Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, Maryland, that the sale
of the property mentioned in
these proceedings and described
as 24200 Laytonsville Road,
Gaithersburg, MD 20882, made
and reported by the Substitute
Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND
CONFIRMED, unless cause to
the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 8 day of Feb-
ruary, 2024, provided a copy of
this NOTICE be inserted in some
daily newspaper printed in said
County, once in each of three
successive weeks before the
8 day of February, 2024. The
report states the purchase price
at the Foreclosure sale to be
$292,000.00.
KAREN A. BUSHELL
Clerk, Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland
BWW#MD-363520
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012448542
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND
DAVID WILLIAMSON, et al,
Substitute Trustee,
Plaintiff,
V.
ESTATE OF
NICOLE G.J. ROBERTS, et al
Defendants.
Case No. C-15-CV-23-000074
NOTICE
Notice is hereby issued this 3rd
day of January, 2024 that the
sale of the property in this case,
5500 FRIENDSHIP BOULEVARD
APT 2020N CHEVY CHASE,
MD 20815, reported by Jennifer
Deardorff, Attorney for the Sub-
stitute Trustee, be ratiûed and
conûrmed, unless cause to the
contrary be shown on or before
the 5th day of February, 2024,
provided a copy of this Notice be
inserted in Washington Post, a
newspaper published in MONT-
GOMERY County, Maryland, once
in each of three (3) successive
weeks on or before the 5th day
of February, 2024. The report
states the amount of sale to be
$161,000.00.
KAREN A. BUSHELL
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012448521
851
Prince Georges County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY
HUNTER C. PIEL, et al.
Substitute Trustees,
V.
6500 8TH AVENUE, LLC,
Defendant.
Subject Property:
1204 Raydale Road
Hyattsville, Maryland 20783
Case No.: C-16-CV-23-003822
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE
NOTICE is hereby given this 8th
day of January, 2024, by the
Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County, Maryland, that the sale
of the property mentioned in the
above captioned proceeding, de-
scribed as 1204 Raydale Road,
Hyattsville, Maryland 20783
(the <Property=), and reported by
Hunter C. Piel, Substitute Trustee,
shall be ratiûed and conûrmed,
unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before
the 8th day of February, 2024
provided that a copy of this NO-
TICE be published at least once a
week in each of three (3) succes-
sive weeks in some newspaper
of general circulation published
in Prince George9s County, Mary-
land, before the 8th day of Feb-
ruary, 2024. The Report of Sale
states the amount of the sale of
the Property to be $405,000.00.
Mahasin El Amin
CLERK, CIRCUIT COURT FOR
PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448669
851
Prince Georges County
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY
MARK H. WITTSTADT
JUSTIN T. HOY
Substitute Trustee
Quintairos, Prieto Wood &
Boyer, PA
1966 Greenspring Dr, Ste LL2
Timonium, Maryland 21093
Plaintiffs
v.
The Estate of
William Henry Burton
Serve on:
Thomas J. Kokolis, Esq.
110 N. Washington St., Ste 500
Rockville, MD 20850
3450 Toledo Terrace
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
Defendant
CASE# C-16-CV-23-004062
NOTICE
ORDERED, by the Circuit Court
for Prince George9s County this
8th day of January, 2024, that
the foreclosure sale of the real
property known as 3450 Toledo
Terrace Hyattsville, Maryland
20782, being the property men-
tioned in these proceedings,
made and reported by Mark H.
Wittstadt, Justin T. Hoy, Substi-
tute Trustees, be RATIFIED AND
CONFIRMED, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 8th day of February,
2024. Provided a copy of this
Order is inserted in some daily
newspaper printed in Prince
George9s County, once in each of
three successive weeks, before
the 8th day of February, 2024.
The Report states the amount of
the Foreclosure Sale to be
$116,000.00.
Mahasin El Amin
Clerk of the Circuit Court of
Prince George9s County,
Maryland 742
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448664
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE
COUNTY OF PRINCE
GEORGE9S,
MARYLAND
WILLIAM M. SAVAGE, et al.
Trustee(s)
Plaintiff(s)
vs.
LLOYD MCPHERSON
SHARON P MCPHERSON
Defendant(s)
Mortgagor(s)
CIVIL NO: C-16-CV-23-003451
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, this 20
day of December, 2023 by the
Circuit Court for the County of
Prince George9s, Maryland and
by the authority thereof, that the
sale made by William M. Savage,
Gregory N. Britto, Trustees, of
the Real Property designated
as 10003 Old Franklin Ave,
Seabrook, MD 20706, and
reported in the above entitled
cause, will be ûnally ratiûed and
conûrmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on
or before the 22 day of January
2024 next; provided a copy of
this order be inserted in THE
WASHINGTON POST, 1150 15th
Street, Washington, DC, MD pub-
lished in said County of Prince
George9s once a week for three
successive weeks before the 22
day of January, 2024.
The report states the amount of
the sale to be $386,750.00.
Mahasin El Amin #769
Clerk of the Circuit Court For
County of Prince George9s
LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP
10021 Balls Ford Rd, Suite 200
Manassas, Virginia 20109
(703) 449-5800
Trustee File #23-292870
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446922
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vs.
NICHOLAOS J. TAHLAMBURIS
SHARON D. TAHLAMBURIS
5032 Mangum Road
College Park, MD 20740
Defendant(s).
Case No.C-16-CV-23-004155
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 9 day
of January, 2024, by the Circuit
Court for Prince George9s Coun-
ty, Maryland, that the sale of the
property mentioned in these pro-
ceedings and described as 5032
Mangum Road, College Park,
MD 20740, made and reported
by the Substitute Trustee, will be
RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, un-
less cause to the contrary there-
of be shown on or before the 9
day of February, 2024, provided
a copy of this NOTICE be inserted
in some daily newspaper printed
in said county, once in each of
three successive weeks before
the 9 day of February, 2024.
The report states the purchase
price at the Foreclosure sale to
be $134,000.00.
Mahasin El Amin
Clerk, Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County,
Maryland 793
BWW#MD-364808
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012448609
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE
COUNTY OF PRINCE
GEORGE9S,
MARYLAND
WILLIAM M. SAVAGE, et al.
Trustee(s)
Plaintiff(s)
vs.
BERNICE E BELL
Defendant(s)
Mortgagor(s)
CIVIL NO: C-16-CV-23-003008
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, this 20
day of December, 2023 by the
Circuit Court for the County of
Prince George9s, Maryland and
by the authority thereof, that the
sale made by William M. Savage,
Gregory N. Britto, Trustees, of
the Real Property designated
as 2512 Fairlawn St., Temple
Hills, MD 20748, and reported in
the above entitled cause, will be
ûnally ratiûed and conûrmed, un-
less cause to the contrary there-
of be shown on or before the 22
day of January 2024 next; provid-
ed a copy of this order be insert-
ed in THE WASHINGTON POST,
1150 15th Street, Washington,
DC, MD published in said County
of Prince George9s once a week
for three successive weeks be-
fore the 22 day of January, 2024.
The report states the amount of
the sale to be $146,000.00.
Mahasin El Amin #769
Clerk of the Circuit Court For
County of Prince George9s
LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP
10021 Balls Ford Rd, Suite 200
Manassas, Virginia 20109
(703) 449-5800
Trustee File #23-293582
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446924
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR
PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY,
MARYLAND
CARRIE M. WARD, et al.
6003 Executive Blvd, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
Substitue Trustees/Plaintiffs,
vs.
CATHY J. CHISLEY
1827 Ray Leonard Road
Hyattsville, MD 20785
Defendant(s).
Case No. CAEF18-35973
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 21 day
of December, 2023, by the Circuit
Court for Prince George9s Coun-
ty, Maryland, that the sale of the
property mentioned in these pro-
ceedings and described as 1827
Ray Leonard Road, Hyattsville,
MD 20785, made and reported
by the Substitute Trustee, will be
RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, un-
less cause to the contrary there-
of be shown on or before the 22
day of January, 2024, provided a
copy of this NOTICE be inserted
in some daily newspaper printed
in said County, once in each of
three successive weeks before
the 22 day of January, 2024.
The report states the purchase
price at the Foreclosure sale to
be $178,000.00.
Mahasin El Amin #793
Clerk, Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County,
Maryland
BWW#MD-362150
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446936
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR
PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY,
MARYLAND
Diane S. Rosenberg, et al.
4340 East West Highway,
Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
Substitute Trustees
Plaintiff(s)
v.
Christopher Ekhator
12107 Deka Road
Clinton, MD 20735
Defendant(s)
Case No. C-16-CV-23-001104
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 21
day of December, 2023, by the
Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County, Maryland, that the sale
of 12107 Deka Road, Clinton,
MD 20735, made and reported,
will be ratiûed and conûrmed,
unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before
the 22 day of January, 2024,
provided a copy of this notice
be inserted in a daily newspaper
printed in said County, once in
each of three successive weeks
before the 22 day of January,
2024. The Report of Sale states
the amount of the foreclosure
sale price to be $343,240.25.
Mahasin El Amin #793
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Prince George9s County,
Maryland
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446937
v.
NATHANIEL RICH
Defendant
Civil No.: CAEF22-02215
NOTICE OF SALE
14840 Rolling Meadows Rd,
Upper Marlboro, MARYLAND
20772
Notice is hereby issued by
the Circuit Court of PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY this 22nd
day of December, 2023 that the
sale of the property mentioned
in these proceedings, made and
reported by Nicole Lipinski, Sub-
stitute Trustee, be ratiûed and
conûrmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 22nd day of January,
2024 provided a copy of this No-
tice be inserted in The Washing-
ton Post, a newspaper published
in PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY,
once in each of three successive
weeks on or before the 22nd day
of January, 2024.
The report states the amount of
sale to be $486,927.41.
Mahasin El Amin #723
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Prince Georges County, MD
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012447183
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR PRINCE GEORGE9S
COUNTY,
MARYLAND
ERIC D. VANDELINDE
Substitute Trustee
Plaintiff
v.
ESTATE OF MARY LOU
REYNOLDS-NEAL
Defendant
Civil No.: C-16-CV-22-000049
NOTICE OF SALE
2101 Norlinda Avenue,
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
Notice is hereby issued by
the Circuit Court of PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY this 22nd
day of December, 2023 that the
sale of the property mentioned
in these proceedings, made and
reported by Nicole Lipinski, Sub-
stitute Trustee, be ratiûed and
conûrmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 22nd day of January,
2024 provided a copy of this No-
tice be inserted in The Washing-
ton Post, a newspaper published
in PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY,
once in each of three successive
weeks on or before the 22nd day
of January, 2024.
The report states the amount of
sale to be $325,000.00.
Mahasin El Amin #723
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Prince Georges County, MD
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012447182
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR
PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY,
MARYLAND
CARRIE M. WARD, et al.
6003 Executive Blvd, Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
Substitue Trustees/Plaintiffs,
vs.
CURTIS E. FRANKS JR.
7108 Silverton Court
District Heights, MD 20747
Defendant(s).
Case No. CAEF22-15599
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given this 20
day of December, 2023, by the
Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County, Maryland, that the sale
of the property mentioned in
these proceedings and described
as 7108 Silverton Court, Dis-
trict Heights, MD 20747, made
and reported by the Substitute
Trustee, will be RATIFIED AND
CONFIRMED, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on
or before the 22 day of January,
2024, provided a copy of this
NOTICE be inserted in some daily
newspaper printed in said Coun-
ty, once in each of three succes-
sive weeks before the 22 day of
January, 2024.
The report states the purchase
price at the Foreclosure sale to
be $307,000.00.
Mahasin El Amin #769
Clerk, Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County,
Maryland
BWW#MD-352356
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446931
856
Frederick County
CIRCUIT COURT
FOR
FREDERICK COUNTY,
MARYLAND
100 West Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland 21701
Clerk of the Court: 301-600-1976
Assignment Ofûce:
301-600-2015
Case Number:
C-10-CV-23-000395
Other Reference Numbers:
SYDNEY ROBERSON
VS.
PATRICIA DAVIS
Date: 12/18/2023
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby issued by the
Circuit Court for Frederick Coun-
ty this 18th day of December,
2023 that the sale made and re-
corded by Nicole Lipinski for the
sale of the property described in
these proceedings
4408 Old National Pike,
Middletown, MD 21769
be ratiûed and conûrmed thir-
ty (30) days from the date of
this Notice, unless cause to the
contrary be shown, provided a
copy of this Notice be inserted
in some Newspaper published in
this County, once in each of three
(3) successive weeks. The report
states the amount of the sale to
be $340,000.00.
Sandra K. Dalton
Clerk of the Circuit Court
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446545
covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights- TERMS OF SALE: CASH: A de-
of-way, as may affect same, if any. posit of $20,000.00 or 10% of the
sales price, whichever is lower,
cash or certiûed check will be
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash required at the time of sale, but
no more than $10,000.00 of cash
or certiûed funds shall be required at the time of sale. The will be accepted, with settlement
balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per within ûfteen (15) days from the
date of sale. Sale is subject to
annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be post sale conûrmation that the
paid within TEN DAYS after the ûnal ratiûcation of the sale. borrower did not ûle for protec-
tion under the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code prior to the sale which af-
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or fects the validity of the sale, as
regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and well as to post-sale conûrmation
of the status of the loan with
thereafter assumed by purchaser. the loan servicer including, but
not limited to, determination of
whether the borrower entered
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association into any repayment agreement,
dues and assessments that may become due after the reinstated or paid off the loan
prior to the sale. In any such
time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. event, the sale shall be null and
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, void, and the Purchaser9s sole
remedy, in law or equity, shall be
transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident the return of his deposit without
to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of interest. Additional terms may
be announced at the time of
the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be sale. Pursuant to the Federal Fair
forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of Debt Collection Practices Act,
we advise you that this ûrm is a
the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratiûed or if the debt collector attempting to col-
Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in lect the indebtedness referred
to herein and any information
accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser9s only remedy we obtain will be used for that
is the return of the deposit. Trustee9s File No. 19-283313. purpose.
SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C.,
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees. Substitute Trustee
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a Deed of Trust, dated September 6, 2013, and recorded
in Liber 47721 at Page 121 among the land records of the
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Defendant
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8300 Wades Way Civil No.: C-13-CV-23-000361
Jessup, MD 20794
Defendant(s) NOTICE OF SALE
Case No. C-13-CV-23-000213 6919 Buglebrum Way,
Columbia, MARYLAND 21045
NOTICE
Notice is hereby issued by the
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day of January, 2024 by the
Circuit Court of HOWARD COUN-
TY this 22 day of December,
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once in each of three successive
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TY, once in each of three succes-
sive weeks, before the 19th day
of January 2024. The Report
of Sale states the amount of
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Montgomery County Montgomery County
TRUSTEE9S SALE
11402 Soward Drive, Kensington, MD 20895
Trustee9s Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by
premises known as 11402 Soward Drive, Kensington, MD
20895. By virtue of the power and authority contained
in a Deed of Trust, dated June 11, 2007, and recorded in
Liber 34557 at Page 129 among the land records of the
County of Montgomery, in the original principal amount
of $195,000.00. Upon default and request for sale, the
undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at
the Courthouse for the COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, at Judicial
Center9s Monroe Street Entrance, 50 Maryland Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland, on February 7, 2024 at 1:00 PM, all
that property described in said Deed of Trust including but
not limited to:
Tax ID# 13-01378405
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling
and is sold in <as is condition= and subject to all superior
covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-
of-way, as may affect same, if any.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash
or certiûed funds shall be required at the time of sale. The
balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per
annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be
paid within TEN DAYS after the ûnal ratiûcation of the sale.
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or
regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association
dues and assessments that may become due after the
time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps,
transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident
to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of
the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be
forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of
the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratiûed or if the
Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in
accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser9s only remedy
is the return of the deposit. Trustee9s File No. 23-294160.
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees.
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Rockville, MD 20852
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
7814 HANOVER PKWY., UNIT #101
GREENBELT, MD 20770
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated April 29, 2022, recorded in Liber 48500, Folio 582
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $206,196.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 11:04 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and described as UNIT NUMBERED
358 IN A HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME KNOWN AS
<GREENBRIAR CONDOMINIUM - PHASE II= and more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #21-
2335586.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 366890-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
6901 MUMFORD ST.
CLINTON, MD 20735
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated September 15, 2006, recorded in Liber 26239, Folio
71 among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $351,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 11:00 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $29,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 364076-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448580
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
10103 OLD FORT PL.
FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated March 26, 2009, recorded in Liber 30639, Folio 179
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $350,073.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 11:02 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $25,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 343444-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448581
OPQRS
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
3602 PORTAL AVE.
TEMPLE HILLS, MD 20748
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated July 14, 2005, recorded in Liber 22931, Folio 547
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $228,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:54 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $15,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 357977-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448574
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
1606 COLUMBIA AVE.
LANDOVER, MD 20785
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated February 22, 2011, recorded in Liber 33307, Folio
418 among the Land Records of Prince George9s County,
MD, with an original principal balance of $141,000.00,
default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub.
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:58 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $8,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 353550-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448578
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
7617 FONTAINEBLEAU DR. UNIT #2141
NEW CARROLLTON, MD 20784
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated March 14, 2007, recorded in Liber 29106, Folio 417
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $106,400.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:52 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and described as Unit numbered
2141 in <Frenchmans Creek Condominium= and more fully
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $7,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 364218-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448573
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
2200 BROWNS LN.
FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated December 20, 2007, recorded in Liber 29141, Folio
766 among the Land Records of Prince George9s County,
MD, with an original principal balance of $202,500.00,
default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub.
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:50 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $12,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 323661-2)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448572
CLASSIFIED D7
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
11923 ST. FRANCIS WAY
A/R/T/A 11923 SAINT FRANCIS WAY
BOWIE, MD 20721
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated August 21, 2006, recorded in Liber 25972, Folio 750
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $607,500.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:48 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $32,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 75958-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448570
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
4824 48TH AVE.
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20781
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Lillie Sullivan dated May 11, 2016 and recorded in
Liber 38263, folio 355 among the Land Records of Prince
George9s County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St.,
Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located
on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:38 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #16-1823418.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $11,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 23-000355-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448560
D8 CLASSIFIED
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
209 WEYMOUTH ST.
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated July 14, 2005, recorded in Liber 22972, Folio 761
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $190,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 30, 2024 AT 11:12 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $17,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 352891-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012447517
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
14925 ASHFORD CT.
LAUREL, MD 20707
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Minnie D. Moore dated January 20, 2006 and recorded
in Liber 24879, folio 9 among the Land Records of Prince
George9s County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St.,
Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located
on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:36 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #10-1064906.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $35,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 21-000162-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448559
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
13203 FOX BOW DR.
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated October 14, 2009, recorded in Liber 31099, Folio 379
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $297,470.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 30, 2024 AT 11:10 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $24,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 356787-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012447516
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
4513 BURKES PROMISE
BOWIE, MD 20720
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Achotto Mazonge and Stephano Mhina dated May
26, 2006 and recorded in Liber 25368, folio 333 among
the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Trustees will
sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval
Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:34 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #07-3614401.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $71,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 21-000713-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448558
OPQRS
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Friedman Vartolo LLP
1325 Franklin Avenue Suite
Garden City, NY 11530
212-471-5100
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
16724 HURON ST.
ACCOKEEK, MD 20607
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Stripes Investment Group, LLC d/b/a Investment
Solutions Group LLC, dated February 24, 2020 and recorded
in Liber 43470, folio 287 among the Land Records of Prince
George9s County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof and at the request of the parties secured
thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for
sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval
Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 30, 2024 AT 10:50 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON situated in Prince George9s
County, Maryland and more fully described in the aforesaid
Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a dwelling.
Property Address (for Informational Purposes): 16724 Huron
St., Accokeek MD 20607
Tax ID Number: 05-0306795
The foreclosure sale advertised herein has been docketed in
the Circuit Court for Prince George9s County, Maryland, as
Case No. CAEF22-26710
The property, will be sold in an <as is= condition and subject
to conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and
agreements of record affecting the subject property, if any,
and with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier9s or certiûed
check, or in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may
determine, at their sole discretion, for $20,000 at the time
of sale. If the noteholder and/or servicer is the successful
bidder, the deposit requirement is waived. Balance of the
purchase price is to be paid within ûfteen (15) days of the
ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the
unpaid purchase price at the rate of 7.03500% per annum
from date of sale to the date the funds are received in the
ofûce of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased
by an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If
payment of the balance does not occur within ûfteen
days of ratiûcation, the deposit will be forfeited and the
property will be resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting
purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from
the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any
reason. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, and all other public
charges and assessments payable on an annual basis,
including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges,
and front foot beneût charges, if applicable, to be adjusted
for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed
thereafter by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or
homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed by
the purchaser from the date of sale. The purchaser shall
be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow,
if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes
(including agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), and
all settlement charges shall be borne by the purchaser.
If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey good and
marketable title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law or
equity shall be limited to the refund of the deposit to the
purchaser. Upon refund of the deposit, the sale shall be
void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no
further claim against the Substitute Trustees. Purchaser
shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of
the property. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale shall
assume the risk of loss for the property immediately after
the sale.
Adam Friedman, Ralph Vartolo, Catherine Aponte,
Rachel Kiefer, Substitute Trustees
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012447384
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
10201 PINE MEADOWS LN.
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Lumbus T. Burrell and Faitafa C. Burrell dated January
4, 2007 and recorded in Liber 27093, folio 518 among the
Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Trustees will sell
at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval
Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:32 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #15-1739945.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $43,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 22-002286-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448556
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
2909 POWDER MILL RD.
HYATTSVILLE A/R/T/A ADELPHI, MD 20783
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated October 31, 2019, recorded in Liber 42756, Folio 123
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $291,000.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 11:12 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $28,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 365717-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012447000
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
11824 BROOKEVILLE LANDING CT.
BOWIE, MD 20721
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Anna R. Allen dated June 18, 2013 and recorded in
Liber 35660, folio 556 among the Land Records of Prince
George9s County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St.,
Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located
on Main St.), on
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 AT 10:30 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #07-0701888.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 23-000718-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012448555
EZ THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2024
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
McNamee Hosea, P.A.
6404 Ivy Lane, Suite 820
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770
301-441-2420
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
16110 BEALLE HILL ROAD
WALDORF, MD 20601
(Case No.: C-16-CV-23-004735 in the Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County)
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in
the Deed of Trust (Purchase Money) (hereinafter <Deed
of Trust=) from Blakeney Developments, LLC, a Virginia
limited liability company and Andrew G. Levy and Stanley
H. Goldstein, as Trustees, dated July 8, 2022 and recorded
July 21, 2022 among the Land Records of Prince George9s
County, Maryland at Book 47949, Pages 279, et seq., and by
virtue of the power of sale contained in said Deed of Trust,
which was given to secure a loan on the real property and
personal property described therein, and default having
occurred under the terms and conditions thereof, and the
recordation of a Deed of Appointment of Substitute Trustees
(Substitute Trustees) appointing Kevin M. Tracy and Aaron D.
Neal, Substitute Trustees in Book 49196, Page 517, who will
sell the property commonly known as 16110 Bealle Hill Road
Waldorf, MD 20601 at public auction to be held upon the
steps of the Circuit Courthouse for Prince George9s County,
Maryland located at 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.) , on:
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 11:22 AM
All that parcel or parcels of land situated in Prince George9s
County, Maryland, and described as follows.
Lot numbered Thirty-Two (32) in a subdivision made by
John Michael Rittenhouse of Part of Lot 4, <Cedarlawn=,
recorded among the Land Records of Prince George9s County,
Maryland in Plat Book R.E.P. 207, at folio 5.
The improvements thereon known as 16110 Bealle Hill
Road, Waldorf, MD 20601
Parcel Identiûcation Number: 05-3679537
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS IS=
condition and subject to conditions, restrictions, covenants,
encumbrances, easements, right of ways, existing building
and/or environmental violations, violation notices,
agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with
no warranty either expressed or implied as to the description
of the condition of the property or improvements.
Terms of Sale: These Terms of Sale are a pre-condition to
bidding at the aforementioned sale of the property, and
any person submitting a bid at the sale shall be deemed to
have accepted these Terms of Sale. A deposit in the form
of cashier9s or certiûed check or in such other form as the
Substitute Trustees may determine, at their sole discretion,
for $19,000 at the time of sale. If the note holder and/or
servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is
waived. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid in
immediately available funds, within twenty (20) days after
the ûnal ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County. If payment of the balance does not take
place within twenty (20) days after ratiûcation, the deposit
will be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk
and expense of the defaulting purchaser. The defaulting
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or
proûts resulting from any resale of the property.
In the event the property is purchased by someone other than
the note holder or an afûliate, interest shall be paid on the
unpaid purchase money at the rate of 15.50% per annum
from date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Substitute Trustees. In the event the settlement is
delayed for any reason and the property is purchased by
someone other than the note holder or an afûliate, there
shall be no abatement of interest caused by the delay. Taxes,
agricultural taxes, water, sewer, ground rent, condominium
fees, and/or homeowners association dues, if applicable, to
be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by
the purchaser. All other public charges and assessments
payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or
metropolitan district charges are to be adjusted for the
current year to date of sale and assumed thereafter by the
purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps, recordation
taxes and transfer taxes shall be borne by the purchaser.
The property will be sold in an <AS IS= condition and without
any recourse, representations or warranties, either express
or implied, as to its nature, condition or description.
Potential purchasers are responsible for conducting
their own due diligence regarding the condition, location,
permissible uses, and value of the property. Neither the
Substitute Trustees, the secured party, the note holder
nor any other party makes any warranty or representation
of any kind or nature regarding the physical condition of,
the description of, or title to the property. The purchaser
at the foreclosure sale shall assume the risk of loss for the
property immediately after the sale.
If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey the property
as described above, by reason of any defect in the title or
otherwise, the purchaser9s sole remedy at law or in equity
shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit.
Upon refund of the deposit to purchaser, the sale shall be
void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further
claims against the Substitute Trustees or the secured party.
The conveyance of the property by the Substitute Trustees to
the purchaser at settlement shall be by Substitute Trustees9
Deed without covenant or warranty.
The purchaser is responsible for, and the property is sold
subject to, any environmental matter or condition, whether
latent or observable, if any, that may exist at or affect or
relate to the property and to any governmental requirements
affecting the same.
The Memorandum of Purchase between the Substitute
Trustees, as sellers, and the purchaser (the <Memorandum
of Purchase=) shall include, by reference, all the terms
and conditions contained herein, speciûcally including,
but not limited to, the following provisions: <Purchaser
agrees and represents that the purchaser is purchasing
the property subject to all matters known and unknown, in
<AS IS, WHERE IS= condition. In executing and delivering the
Memorandum of Purchase, purchaser recognizes purchaser
has not relied upon nor been induced by any statements
or representations of any person, including the Substitute
Trustees, the secured party, the Deed of Trust holder or an
afûliate or their respective servicers, heirs, personal and
legal representatives, agents, employees, successors and
assigns (collectively, <Released Parties=), in respect of
the condition of the property, including the environmental
condition to the property, unless such representations or
statements are speciûcally set forth in the Memorandum
of Purchase. Purchaser has not relied on anything in the
foreclosure advertisement, but rather has relied solely on
such investigations, examinations or inspections of the
property as purchaser has made. Purchaser waives and
releases the Released Parties from any and all claims the
purchaser or its successors and assigns may have now or in
the future may have relating to the condition of the property.
Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that this provision
was a negotiated part of the Memorandum of Purchase and
serves as an essential component of consideration for the
same. The parties speciûcally acknowledge and agree that
this clause bars all claims by purchaser against Released
Parties, arising from the condition of or releases from the
property pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensations and Liability Act of 1980,
as amended, and all other actions pursuant to federal,
state or local laws, ordinances or regulations for any
environmental condition of or releases from the property.
Further, purchaser agrees to indemnify the Substitute
Trustees for any liability they may have to any third party for
an environmental condition of the property. Notwithstanding
the parties9 intent that this clause bars all such claims,
should a court of competent jurisdiction deem otherwise,
purchaser agrees that the presence of this clause should
serve as the overwhelming, primary factor in any equitable
apportionment of response costs under applicable federal,
state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations.=
Note: The information contained herein was obtained from
sources deemed to be reliable, but is offered for information
purposes only. The Auctioneer, the Substitute Trustees, the
Deed of Trust holder and the secured party do not make any
representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy
of the information contained herein. Prospective purchasers
are urged to make their own inspection.
Kevin M. Tracy, Esquire
Aaron D. Neal, Esquire
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012447510
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2024 EZ
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
5502 TRENT ST.
CLINTON, MD 20735
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated September 13, 2016, recorded in Liber 38861, Folio
326 among the Land Records of Prince George9s County,
MD, with an original principal balance of $266,000.00,
default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub.
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 11:08 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $23,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 356296-2)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446997
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
10414 GLENMORE DR.
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20783
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Alfredo I. Ellis Garcia dated February 8, 2008 and
recorded in Liber 29370, folio 129 among the Land Records
of Prince George9s County, MD, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public
auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George9s County,
14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing
entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 30, 2024 AT 10:39 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #21-2346765.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $31,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 23-000859-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012447399
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
5403 14TH PL.
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20782
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated November 3, 2015, recorded in Liber 37768, Folio
607 among the Land Records of Prince George9s County,
MD, with an original principal balance of $193,360.00,
default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub.
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 11:04 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $17,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 360035-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446993
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
3301 BELLEVIEW AVE.
CHEVERLY, MD 20785
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Arnoldo Chandler dated September 25, 2007 and
recorded in Liber 31970, folio 222 among the Land Records
of Prince George9s County, MD, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public
auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George9s County,
14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing
entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 30, 2024 AT 10:37 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #02-0117812.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $29,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 23-001378-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012447398
OPQRS
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Charles F. Gormly, Esquire
Rosenthal Gormly, Chtd.
10605 Concord Street #307
Kensington, MD 20895
Civil Action No. C-16-CV-23-005779
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE9S SALE
COMMERCIAL TRUCK REPAIR CENTER
11234 OLD BALTIMORE PIKE
BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND 20705
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a
certain Deed of Trust and Security Agreement from Corey
Maragh and Rajistree Ramsammy to Charles L. Tobias,
Trustee, dated January 29, 2007, recorded February 1, 2007
in Liber 27040, folio 66 and Assignment of Leases and
Rents dated January 29, 2007, recorded February 1, 2007
in Liber 27040, folio 089 both among the Land Records of
Prince George9s County, MD, the holder of the indebtedness
secured by the Deed of Trust having appointed Richard L.
Sugarman, Substitute Trustee by instrument duly executed,
acknowledged and recorded among the aforementioned
Land Records, default having occurred under the terms
thereof and at the request of the parties secured thereby,
the undersigned Substitute Trustee will sell at public
auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George9s County, at
the Court House Door, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 30, 2024 AT 11:00 AM
The land referred to herein is located in Prince George9s
County, Maryland and is described as follows:
Lot numbered Sixteen (16) in Block numbered Forty-ûve (45)
in the subdivision known as SECTION 3, BELTSVILLE, as per
plat thereof recorded among the Land Records of Prince
George9s County, Maryland in Plat Book A at Plat 64, and
being in the 1ST Election District of said County.
Tax ID #01-3018249.
The Property is used for commercial purposes and is
believed to have industrial zoning.
The property will be sold in an <as is= condition and
subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record
affecting the same, if any and with no warranty as to the
description of the improvements.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $30,000 by cashier9s check
or certiûed check or in such other form as the Substitute
Trustee may determine in his sole discretion. The deposit
must be increased to 10% of the winning bid amount and
delivered to the Substitute Trustee within 2 business days
after the consummation of the sale in the same form of
funds as the initial deposit. Failure to timely tender the
deposit shall constitute a material default by the purchaser.
Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within
ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County.
The successful bidder shall be required to execute a
Memorandum of Sale immediately upon completion of the
sale. A copy of the Memorandum of Sale may be obtained
from the Substitute Trustee prior to the foreclosure sale.
Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the
rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale
to the date funds are received in the ofûce of the Substitute
Trustee. If the purchaser fails to go to settlement within
ten days of the ratiûcation, the deposit shall be forfeited to
the Substitute Trustee and all of the expenses of this sale
(including attorney fees and full commission on the gross
sale price of the sale) shall be charged against and paid
out of the forfeited deposit. Purchaser(s) acknowledge
the obligation to settle within ten days of ratiûcation of
the foreclosure sale. In the event that settlement does not
occur within ten days, the purchaser(s) shall be in default.
Upon such default, Substitute Trustee shall ûle a Motion
and Order to resell the property at the risk and expense of
the defaulting purchaser(s). Purchaser(s) hereby consent
to entry of such resale order without further notice. The
defaulting purchaser(s) shall not be entitled to any surplus
proceeds or proûts resulting from any resale of the property.
In the event settlement is delayed for any reason, including,
but not limited to, exceptions to the sale, bankruptcy ûlings
by interested parties, court administration of the foreclosure
or unknown title defects, there shall be no abatement of
interest. Taxes, ground rent, water and all public charges
including, sanitation and/or metropolitan district charges,
if applicable, are to be adjusted for the current year to the
date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Cost
of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement
expenses shall be borne by the purchaser. Purchaser shall
be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage
to the property immediately from the time and date of sale
forward. If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey good
and marketable title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and
equity shall be limited to a refund of the deposit without
interest. Any such additional terms may be announced at
the sale.
The contract of sale between the Substitute Trustee, as
seller, and the purchaser (the <Contract of Sale=) includes,
by reference, all the terms and conditions contained herein,
speciûcally including, but not limited to, the following
provisions: <Purchaser agrees and represents that the
Purchaser is purchasing the Premises subject to all matters
known and unknown, in 8AS IS, WHERE IS9 condition. In
executing and delivering the Contract of Sale, Purchaser
recognizes Purchaser has not relied upon nor been induced
by any statements or representations of any person,
including the Substitute Trustee, the secured party, the
deed of trust and security agreement holder or an afûliate
or their respective servicers, heirs, personal and legal
representatives, counsel, auctioneers, other professionals,
agents, employees, successors and assigns (collectively,
<Released Parties=), in respect of the condition of the
Premises, including the environmental condition of the
Premises, unless such representations or statements are
speciûcally set forth in the Contract of Sale. Purchaser has
not relied on anything in the foreclosure advertisement, but
rather has relied solely on such investigations, examinations
or inspections of the Premises as Purchaser has made.
Purchaser waives and releases the Released Parties from
any and all claims the Purchaser or its successors and
assigns may have now or in the future may have relating
to the condition of the Premises. Purchaser acknowledges
and agrees that this provision was a negotiated part of
the Contract of Sale and serves as an essential component
of consideration for the same. The parties speciûcally
acknowledge and agree that this clause bars all claims
by Purchaser against Released Parties, arising from the
condition of or releases from the Premises pursuant to the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensations
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and all other actions
pursuant to federal, state or local laws, ordinances or
regulations for any environmental condition of or releases
from the Premises. Further, Purchaser agrees to indemnify
Substitute Trustee for any liability he may have to any third
party for any environmental condition of the Premises.
Notwithstanding the parties9 intent that this clause bars all
such claims, should a court of competent jurisdiction deem
otherwise, Purchaser agrees that the presence of this clause
should serve as the overwhelming, primary factor in any
equitable apportionment of response costs under applicable
federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations.=
The information contained herein was obtained from
sources deemed to be reliable, but is offered for information
purposes only. The auctioneer, the party secured by the Deed
of Trust and the Substitute Trustee make no representations
or warranties with respect to the accuracy of this
information.
The property will be sold subject to a 120 day right of
redemption by the Internal Revenue Service.
Richard L. Sugarman, Substitute Trustee (Esquire)
(301) 298-9835
Jan 11,18,25 2024 0012447382
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
2003 SAINT BERNADINE WAY
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD 20743
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated May 18, 2017, recorded in Liber 39727, Folio 378
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $196,536.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 11:00 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $19,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 365254-2)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446990
BWW Law Group, LLC
6003 Executive Blvd., Suite 101
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 961-6555
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON
5704 JOAN LN.
TEMPLE HILLS, MD 20748
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
dated March 21, 2007, recorded in Liber 27625, Folio 187
among the Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD,
with an original principal balance of $473,250.00, default
having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees
will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince
George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD,
20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 11:02 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any
buildings or improvements thereon located in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust.
The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $19,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of the
purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase
price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money
at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note, or
any modiûcations thereto, from the date of sale to the date
funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash
within ten days of ûnal ratiûcation of the sale by the Circuit
Court. There will be no abatement of interest due to the
purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before
settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER.
Adjustment of all real property taxes, including agricultural
taxes, if applicable, and any and all public and/or private
charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive
foreclosure sale, including water/sewer, ground rent and
front foot beneût charges, to be adjusted to date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser. Purchaser is responsible
for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All transfer
taxes and recordation taxes shall be paid by Purchaser.
The purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the
ground rent escrow, if required. Condominium fees and/
or homeowners association dues, if any, shall be assumed
by the purchaser from the date of sale. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining physical possession of the
property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property
from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid
off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale
shall be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sole remedy,
in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without
interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of
ratiûcation, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that
property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub.
Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by
the purchaser9s default and purchaser shall have no further
liability. The purchaser waives personal service of any
papers ûled in connection with its failure to settle within ten
days of ratiûcation and expressly agrees to accept service
by ûrst class mail at the address provided by the Purchaser
as identiûed on the Memorandum of Sale. The defaulted
purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds
resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from
improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser.
Sub. Trustees will convey either marketable or insurable
title. If they cannot deliver one or the other, or if ratiûcation
of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the
Purchaser9s sole remedy, at law or equity, is return of the
deposit without interest. (Matter No. 361293-1)
Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et. al.,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446991
CLASSIFIED D9
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
4909 70TH AVENUE
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20784
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
April 15, 2015, and recorded in Liber 37153, folio 389, of
the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $215,350.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 02-0140194
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$18,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 4.625% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (22-059293)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON, BRYSON STEPHEN,
THOMAS GARTNER, Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012446943
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
2512 VAN BUREN ST.
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20782
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Donald Sawyer dated January 21, 2005 and recorded
in Liber 21989, folio 155 among the Land Records of Prince
George9s County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St.,
Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located
on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 10:50 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #17-1953470.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $21,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 22-000112-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446966
D10 CLASSIFIED
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
13202 SUNTUM CT
ACCOKEEK, MD 20607
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
November 20, 2008, and recorded in Liber 30202, folio 547,
of the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $347,912.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 05-0379941
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$47,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 6.625% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (22-060793)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON, BRYSON STEPHEN,
THOMAS GARTNER, Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012446941
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
11438 CROOM RD.
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of
Trust from Rohan L. Pinkney and Ingrid C. Pinkney dated
September 25, 2006 and recorded in Liber 26468, folio
609 among the Land Records of Prince George9s County,
MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 10:48 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #04-0260877.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $24,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 22-001224-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446957
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
3905 BYERS ST
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD 20743
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
April 26, 2010, and recorded in Liber 31633, folio 052, of
the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $176,739.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 06-0415687
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$17,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 5.250% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (23-120673)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012446556
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
2214 WINTERGREEN AVE.
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD 20747
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from John H. Lyons, Jr. and Carrie A. Lyons dated July 30,
2007 and recorded in Liber 28740, folio 439 among the
Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Trustees will sell
at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval
Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 10:44 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #06-0524207.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $17,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 23-000081-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446955
OPQRS
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
4273 SOUTHERN AVENUE
Capitol Heights, MD 20743
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
March 10, 2016, and recorded in Liber 38022, folio 197, of
the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $151,353.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 06-0559005
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$10,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 3.875% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (21-104554)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON, BRYSON STEPHEN,
THOMAS GARTNER, Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012445245
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
1009 CHILLUM RD., UNIT #414
HYATTSVILLE, MD 20782
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Barbara A. Lucas dated January 31, 2019 and recorded
in Liber 41819, folio 14 among the Land Records of Prince
George9s County, MD, default having occurred under the
terms thereof, the Trustees will sell at public auction at the
Circuit Court for Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St.,
Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located
on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 10:42 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and described as Unit 414, of Land
Unit 3, in a Horizontal Condominium Regime entitled The
Fairmont 1009 Condominium and more fully described in
the aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #17-3755642.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $11,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 22-001068-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446954
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
10514 POOKEY WAY
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
March 9, 2006, and recorded in Liber 24626, folio 171, of
the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $382,500.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 13-1553585
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$25,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 6.7600% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (23-091651)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444888
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
9612 UTICA PL.
SPRINGDALE, MD 20774
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Mabel A. King and Monica K. King dated August 29,
2006 and recorded in Liber 26219, folio 532 among the
Land Records of Prince George9s County, MD, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the Trustees will sell
at public auction at the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772 (Duval
Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 10:40 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #20-2188191.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $17,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 22-001696-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446953
EZ THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2024
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
1008 FENTON PLACE
UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
December 8, 2009, and recorded in Liber 31281, folio 426,
of the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $247,500.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 13-1470186
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$19,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 5.000% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (22-059965)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444400
Rosenberg & Associates, LLC
4340 East West Highway, Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-8000
www.rosenberg-assoc.com
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
9520 48TH AVE.
COLLEGE PARK, MD 20740
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust
from Chrisanne N. Garrett and Margaret Ann Kane dated
September 27, 1994 and recorded in Liber 9814, folio
448 among the Land Records of Prince George9s County,
MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the
Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for
Prince George9s County, 14735 Main St., Upper Marlboro,
MD, 20772 (Duval Wing entrance, located on Main St.), on
JANUARY 23, 2024 AT 10:38 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon situated in Prince
George9s County, MD and more fully described in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust. Tax ID #21-2350965.
The property, which is improved by a dwelling, will be sold in
an <as is= condition and subject to conditions, restrictions
and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and
with no warranty of any kind.
Terms of Sale: A deposit of $10,000 in the form of certiûed
check, cashier9s check or money order will be required of
the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the
purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of ûnal
ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court for Prince George9s
County. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the
date of sale to the date funds are received in the ofûce
of the Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in
the event additional funds are tendered before settlement
or if settlement is delayed for any reason. The noteholder
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser.
TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. There will
be no reduction of interest due to overpayment of deposit.
Adjustment of all real property taxes (excluding recapture
of previously reduced or exempt taxes) and any other
public charges or assessments, to the extent such amount
survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges,
and ground rent to be adjusted to date of sale and paid at
execution of the deed, except where the secured party is the
purchaser, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. All
due and/or unpaid private utility, water and sewer facilities
charges, condo/HOA assessments and Columbia Assoc.
assessments, to the extent such amount survive foreclosure
sale, are payable by the purchaser without adjustment.
Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes, recaptured
taxes (including but not limited to agricultural taxes),
and settlement expenses shall be borne by the purchaser.
Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical
possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of
loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward.
Additional terms to be announced at the time of sale.
If the Trustees are unable to convey good and marketable
title, the purchaser9s sole remedy in law and equity shall
be limited to a refund of the deposit without interest. If
the purchaser fails to go to settlement, the deposit shall
be forfeited, to the Trustees for application against all
expenses, attorney9s fees and the full commission on the sale
price of the above-scheduled foreclosure sale. In the event
of default, all expenses of this sale (including attorney9s
fees and the full commission on the gross sale price of this
sale) shall be charged against and paid out of the forfeited
deposit. The Trustees may then re-advertise and resell the
property at the risk and expense of the defaulting purchaser
or may avail themselves of any legal or equitable remedies
against the defaulting purchaser without reselling the
property. In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser
shall not be entitled to receive the surplus, if any, even if such
surplus results from improvements to the property by said
defaulting purchaser and the defaulting purchaser shall
be liable to the Trustees and secured party for reasonable
attorney9s fees and expenses incurred in connection with
all litigation involving the Property or the proceeds of the
resale. Defaulting purchaser waives personal service of any
document ûled in connection with such a motion on him/
herself and/or any principal or corporate designee, and
expressly agrees to accept service of any such document
by regular mail directed to the address provided by said
purchaser at the time of the foreclosure auction. Trustees9
ûle number 22-003155-MD-F-1.
Diane S. Rosenberg, Mark D. Meyer, et al., Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446952
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851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Brock and Scott, PLLC
5431 Oleander Drive
Wilmington NC, 28403
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
8900 Shannan Drive
Clinton, MD 20735
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a
certain Deed of Trust to THOMAS DORE, Trustee(s), dated
September 21, 2011, and recorded among the Land
Records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber
33019, folio 161, the holder of the indebtedness secured
by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned
Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among
the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under
the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for
sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY
COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF THE DUVAL WING
OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER
MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 9:45 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements
thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD and
described as follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE
TOWNSHIP OF CLINTON, COUNTY OF PRINCE GEORGE9S,
STATE OF MARYLAND, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS
LOT 23, BLOCK J, SECTION 2, CLINTON VIEW, AS SHOWN
IN PLAT BOOK NLP 122, PAGE 94, AND BEING MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 11594, PAGE 668, DATED
08/04/1997, RECORDED 08/13/1997 IN PRINCE GEORGE9S
COUNTY RECORDS. TAX/PARCEL ID: 09-0862169.
The property will be sold in an <AS IS WHERE IS=
condition without either express or implied warranty or
representation, including but not limited to the description,
ûtness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity,
physical condition, construction, extent of construction,
workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision,
environmental condition, merchantability, compliance
with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances
or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to
easements, agreements and restrictions of record which
affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to
all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record
affecting same including any condominium and of HOA
assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $17,500.00 payable in
certiûed check or by a cashier9s check will be required from
purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available
funds upon ûnal ratiûcation of sale by the Circuit Court of
PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid
at the rate of 4.875% on unpaid purchase money from date
of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a
bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party
purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to
complete full settlement of the purchase of the property
within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratiûcation of the
sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser9s deposit
shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk
and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public
charges and private charges or assessments, including
water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be
adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and
transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement
shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium
and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will
be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not
ratiûed for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or
the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title
or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s)
sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of
the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights
and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known
or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon
refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect,
and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the
Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review
of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel
the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior
to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser9s deposit
shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and
conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time
and date of sale. Sale is subject to the attestation by the
Borrower in accordance with Section 5.A of the Governor9s
order of 10.16.2020. File No. (22-02983)
JOHN ANSELL, JOHN C. HANRAHAN, BRENNAN FERGUSON,
JEREMY B. WILKINS, AMANDA DRISCOLE, ROBERT OLIVERI,
PAUL HEINMULLER, Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012446652
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
3103 GOOD HOPE AVENUE #608
TEMPLE HILLS, MD 20748
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
October 23, 1998, and recorded in Liber 12628, folio 069, of
the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $35,100.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 06-0613257
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$2,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form as
the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion,
required at time of sale except for the party secured by the
Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time
of auction. The balance of the purchase price together with
interest thereon at 7.5000% per annum from date of sale
to receipt of purchase price by Substitute Trustees must be
paid by cashier9s check within 10 days after ûnal ratiûcation
of sale. The noteholder shall not be obligated to pay interest
if it is the purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest
due from the purchaser in the event that additional funds
are tendered before settlement or if settlement is delayed for
any reason. All real estate taxes and other public charges
and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the date of sale
and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, any
condominium and/or homeowners association dues and
assessments that may become due after the date of sale
shall be purchaser9s responsibility. Purchaser shall pay
all transfer, documentary and recording taxes/fees and
all other settlement costs. Purchaser is responsible for
obtaining possession of the property. Time is of the essence
for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults, deposit will be
forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the
defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any deûciency
in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and attorney9s
fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not convey title
for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return of deposit
without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of
the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including
but not limited to determining whether prior to sale a
bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or other
agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated or paid
off. In any such event this sale shall be null and void and
purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit without
interest. File No. (22-044967)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444396
851 851
Prince Georges County Prince Georges County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
6923 BRIARCLIFF DRIVE
CLINTON, MD 20735
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
April 2, 2007, and recorded in Liber 27634, folio 617, of
the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $182,000.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 09-0938423
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$13,000.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 6.250% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (22-064840)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444394
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
8602 PRETORIA CT
CLINTON, MD 20735
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
July 11, 2016, and recorded in Liber 38525, folio 480, of
the land records of PRINCE GEORGE9S COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $294,566.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF
THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735
MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE
GEORGE9S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 09-0985861
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$23,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 3.250% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (23-140566)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444390
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Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
512 ST MARTINS LN
SEVERNA PARK, MD 21146
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
December 23, 2015, and recorded in Liber 29189, folio 182,
of the land records of ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $342,000.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 8 CHURCH
CIR, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 03-731-24892333
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$34,000.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 4.250% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (19-251590)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
A181, A316, A311, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463, A508
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444612
TRUSTEE9S SALE
2706 Robin Rd, Glen Burnie, MD 21060
Trustee9s Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by
premises known as 2706 Robin Rd, Glen Burnie, MD 21060.
By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of
Trust, dated July 7, 2008, and recorded in Liber 20315 at
Page 272 among the land records of the County of Anne
Arundel, in the original principal amount of $282,765.00.
Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees
will offer for sale at public auction at the Courthouse for the
COUNTY OF ANNE ARUNDEL, at 8 Church Circle, Annapolis,
Maryland, on January 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM, all that property
described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to:
Tax ID# 03-544-09562300
Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling
and is sold in <as is condition= and subject to all superior
covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-
of-way, as may affect same, if any.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash
or certiûed funds shall be required at the time of sale. The
balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per
annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be
paid within TEN DAYS after the ûnal ratiûcation of the sale.
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or
regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and
thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association
dues and assessments that may become due after the
time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps,
transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident
to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of
the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be
forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of
the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratiûed or if the
Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in
accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser9s only remedy
is the return of the deposit. Trustee9s File No. 22-292484.
William M. Savage, et al., Substitute Trustees.
LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP,
10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200,
Manassas, Virginia 20109
(410) 769-9797
A181, A316, A311, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463, A508
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012443529
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Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
1463 MIDDLETOWN ROAD
ANNAPOLIS, MD 21409
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust
dated May 3, 2016, and recorded in Liber 29583, folio 001,
of the land records of ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $222,800.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 8 CHURCH
CIR, ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and
more fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 03-000-08017846
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$19,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 4.500% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (20-059978)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
A181, A316, A311, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463, A508
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012442836
853 853
Calvert County Calvert County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
12958 OTTAWA DR
LUSBY, MD 20657
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust
dated February 7, 2007, and recorded in Liber 02949, folio
480, of the land records of CALVERT COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $240,000.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE CALVERT
COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 175 MAIN ST, PRINCE
FREDERICK, MD 20678 ON,
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 at 9:00 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in CALVERT
COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully
described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 01-067281
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$20,000.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 6.000% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (23-130592)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON, BRYSON STEPHEN,
THOMAS GARTNER, Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012446558
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853 853
Calvert County Calvert County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
12405 HG TRUEMAN RD
LUSBY, MD 20657
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
August 2, 2021, and recorded in Liber 6052, folio 72, of
the land records of CALVERT COUNTY , with an original
principal balance of $476,215.00, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute Trustees
will offer for sale at public auction at THE CALVERT COUNTY
COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 175 MAIN ST, PRINCE FREDERICK,
MD 20678 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in CALVERT
COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully
described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 01-205099
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$38,000.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 3.250% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (23-114767)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444832
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
370 THUNDERBIRD DR
LUSBY, MD 20657
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
December 17, 2009, and recorded in Liber 3450, folio
0461, of the land records of CALVERT COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $207,951.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE CALVERT
COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 175 MAIN ST, PRINCE
FREDERICK, MD 20678 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in CALVERT
COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully
described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 01-079344
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$16,000.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 5.250% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (22-077336)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444395
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853 853
Calvert County Calvert County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
1171 EL PASO CT
LUSBY, MD 20657
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust
dated May 31, 2005, and recorded in Liber 02511, folio
479, of the land records of CALVERT COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $336,000.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE CALVERT
COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 175 MAIN ST, PRINCE
FREDERICK, MD 20678 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in CALVERT
COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully
described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 01-123254
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$24,000.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
853 853
Calvert County Calvert County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
4014 SPIKE BUCK LN
PORT REPUBLIC, MD 20676
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust
dated May 28, 2003, and recorded in Liber 01871, folio
395, of the land records of CALVERT COUNTY , with an
original principal balance of $204,500.00, default having
occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute
Trustees will offer for sale at public auction at THE CALVERT
COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 175 MAIN ST, PRINCE
FREDERICK, MD 20678 ON,
JANUARY 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in CALVERT
COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully
described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 01-239791
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$13,500.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
OPQRS
855 855
Charles County Charles County
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC
11350 McCormick Road, EP 1, Suite 302
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
470-321-7112
TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
3193 WESTDALE COURT
WALDORF, MD 20601
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated
November 16, 2006, and recorded in Liber 06643, folio 0577,
of the land records of CHARLES COUNTY , with an original
principal balance of $367,500.00, default having occurred
under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute Trustees
will offer for sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY
COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE
BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA
PLATA, MD 20646 ON,
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 at 12:00 PM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any
buildings or improvements thereon situated in CHARLES
COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully
described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust.
TAX ID# - 06-171761
The property and improvements will be sold in an <AS
IS= physical condition without warranty of any kind and
subject to all conditions, restrictions and agreements of
record affecting the same, including any condominium or
homeowners association assessments pursuant to MD Real
Property Article § 11-110 and § 11B-117 .
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit of
$22,000.00 by cashier9s/certiûed check or such other form
857 857
Howard County Howard County
Samuel I. White, P.C.
448 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 350
VIRIGINA BEACH, VA 23452
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES9 SALE OF
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY
KNOWN AS
7625 Stony Creek Lane
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a
certain Deed of Trust to MICHAEL LYON, Trustee(s), dated
July 15, 2016, and recorded among the Land Records of
HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 17026, folio 318, the
holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust
having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees,
by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land
Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof,
and at the request of the party secured thereby, the
undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public
auction at THE HOWARD COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT
9250 JUDICIAL WAY, ELLICOTT CITY, MD 21043 ON,
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 at 11:30 AM
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements
thereon situated in HOWARD COUNTY, MD and described as
follows:
BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS UNIT NO.16-
A,BUILDING 16,PHASE 14 AS SET FORTH IN A DECLARATION
ESTABLISHING A PLAN FOR CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP
DATED JUNE 10, 1998 AND RECORDED AMONG THE LAND
RECORDS OF HOWARD COUNTY AT LIBER 1940, FOLIO 0108
AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO AND AS SHOWN ON THE
PLAT ENTITLED, <PHASE 14,BUILDING NUMBER 16, PLAT
OF CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION,THE WOODLAND VILLAGE
EZ THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2024
872 872
Fairfax County Fairfax County
TRUSTEE9S SALE
12763 Heron Ridge Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
In execution of the Deed of Trust dated July 3, 2023, and recorded in
Book 27951 at Page 0806, of the Fairfax County land records the un-
dersigned Substitute Trustees, will offer for sale at public auction on
January 25, 2024 at 2:30 PM at the front of the Fairfax County Circuit
Court (Fairfax County Judicial Center, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, at Fair-
fax, Virginia, the following property:
Lot 219, BUCKLEY9S RESERVE, as the same is duly dedicated, plat-
ted, and recorded in Deed Book 13023, page 1810, among the
land records of Fairfax County, Virginia.
For informational purposes the property is known as 12763 Her-
on Ridge Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
Tax ID #: 0554 17 0219
The property and improvements will be sold in <as is= physical condi-
tion without warranty of any kind and subject to all prior liens, ease-
ments, covenants, conditions and restrictions contained in the deeds
forming the chain of title to this property. This property is being sold
subject to at least one prior deed of trust. Purchaser shall be solely
responsible for obtaining payoff information and satisfying any prior
deed of trust.
TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder9s deposit in the amount
of ten percent (10%) of the successful bid payable by cashier9s/certi-
ûed check required at time of sale except for the party secured by the
Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction.
Balance of the purchase price must be paid by cashier9s check within
14 days from sale date. Except for Virginia Grantor tax, all settlement
costs and expenses are purchaser9s responsibility. Real estate taxes
will be pro-rated to the date of sale. Purchaser is responsible for ob-
taining possession of the property. If purchaser defaults, deposit will
be forfeited and property resold at the risk and cost of the defaulting
purchaser who shall be liable for any deûciency in the purchase price
and all costs, expenses and attorney9s fees of both sales. If Trustees do
not convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return of de-
posit without interest. Title will be conveyed via special warranty deed.
This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan secured
by the Deed of Trust including, but not limited to, determining whether
prior to sale a bankruptcy was ûled; a forbearance, repayment or other
agreement was entered into; or the loan was reinstated or paid off. In
any such event this sale shall be null and void and purchaser9s sole
remedy shall be return of deposit without interest. This communication
is from a debt collector.
Old Dominion Trustees, Inc., Substitute Trustees
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:

from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 5.3750% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 5.375% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
as the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole
discretion, required at time of sale except for the party
secured by the Deed of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser
from date and time of auction. The balance of the purchase
price together with interest thereon at 6.530% per annum
from date of sale to receipt of purchase price by Substitute
Trustees must be paid by cashier9s check within 10 days
after ûnal ratiûcation of sale. The noteholder shall not be
obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There will be
no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event
that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if
settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes
and other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted
as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser.
If applicable, any condominium and/or homeowners
association dues and assessments that may become due
after the date of sale shall be purchaser9s responsibility.
Purchaser shall pay all transfer, documentary and recording
taxes/fees and all other settlement costs. Purchaser is
CONDOMINIUM= AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO WHICH BUONASSISSI, HENNING & LASH, P.C.
PLATS ARE RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF 12355 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 650
Reston, Virginia 20191
HOWARD COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK NO.9S 9523 THROUGH 9531, (703) 796-1341 x 144
INCLUSIVE. File No. 950.82514
The property will be sold in an <AS IS WHERE IS= Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012447776
condition without either express or implied warranty or
representation, including but not limited to the description,
ûtness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity,
physical condition, construction, extent of construction,
workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision,
environmental condition, merchantability, compliance
with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances
or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to
easements, agreements and restrictions of record which
affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to
all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record
affecting same including any condominium and of HOA
assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110.
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 PAYABLE ONLY BY

cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (21-095904)
GENEVIEVE JOHNSON,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444387
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (22-033793)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON,
BRYSON STEPHEN, THOMAS GARTNER,
Substitute Trustees
Jan 4,11,18 2024 0012444370
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responsible for obtaining possession of the property. Time
is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser defaults,
deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any
deûciency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and
attorney9s fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not
convey title for any reason, purchaser9s sole remedy is return
of deposit without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale
audit of the status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust
including but not limited to determining whether prior to
sale a bankruptcy was ûled; forbearance, repayment or
other agreement was entered into; or loan was reinstated
or paid off. In any such event this sale shall be null and
void and purchaser9s sole remedy shall be return of deposit
without interest. File No. (23-094692)
KEITH YACKO, DAVID WILLIAMSON, BRYSON STEPHEN,
THOMAS GARTNER, Substitute Trustees
Jan 18,25,Feb 1 2024 0012446654
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certiûed funds, shall be required at the time of sale. CASH
WILL NOT BE AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF DEPOSIT. The balance
of the purchase price with interest at 4.125% per annum from
the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within
TEN DAYS after the ûnal ratiûcation of the sale. There will be
no abatement of interest for any reason. Adjustments on all
taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments
will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed
by purchaser. There will be no abatement of taxes, public
charges and special or regular assessments for any reason.
If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association
dues and assessments that may become due after the
time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps,
transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident
to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of
the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be
forfeited, and the property may be resold at risk and costs
of the defaulting purchaser and the purchaser agrees to
pay reasonable attorneys9 fees for the Substitute trustees,
plus all cost incurred, if the Substitute Trustee9s have ûled
the appropriate motion with the Court to resell the property.
The purchasers waives personal service of any papers ûled
in connection with such a motion and expressly agrees to
The purchaser agrees to accept service by ûrst class mail
at the address provided by the Purchaser as identiûed on
the Memorandum of Sale. If the sale is not ratiûed or if the
Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in
accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser9s only remedy
is return of the deposit.
The sale is subject to post-sale conûrmation and audit
of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including,
but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower
entered into a repayment agreement, reinstated, or paid
off the loan prior to sale. In any such event, this sale shall
be null and void, and the Purchaser9s sol remedy, in law or
equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest.
Trustee9s File No. (83136)
Robert A. Jones, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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Why is paint peeling on wood siding, and can I ûx it?
shikha subramaniam BY J EANNE H UBER
designer:
twila Waddy Q: We had aluminum siding removed in late
spring 2021 and found most of the wood
Photo editor: siding underneath was good. We replaced
Maya Valentine some and had the house painted. But the
staff writers: paint is already peeling 4 mostly on the
older wood, which I suspect was not
rachel Kurzius
properly prepared. We need to repaint. What
columnist: Meghan leahy is the best way to prepare the wood? How
email: localliving@washpost.com many coats? And do we need a primer? The
telephone: 202-334-4409 house is about 1,200 square feet and has one
floor with an attic. Is this a possible DIY
Mail: project?
local living section, A: You9re right: Inadequate preparation is
the Washington post, 1301 K st. probably what caused the paint to peel.
nW, Washington, d.C. 20071 Paint can fail for numerous reasons: The
surface and paint were too hot or too cold.
advertising The siding was too wet. The surface was
ron ulrich, 202-334-5289 dirty. A first coat of paint wasn9t dry before a
on the cover second coat was applied. The list goes on.
When paint peels from the faces of siding
illustration by emily sabens/the boards, sometimes the cause is moisture
Washington post from the interior working its way to the
exterior to evaporate. The pressure of the
water vapor pushes paint off the wood. If a
steamy bathroom lacks ventilation, it9s
Washington post illustration; reader photo
sometimes possible to outline the shape of
the bathroom on the exterior wall by where
the paint peels. For paint to stick to a surface where hand sanding removes the loose fibers. Then
In your case, the picture you sent shows previous paint is peeling, all of the loose coat the surface with a paintable water-
paint peeling mostly along the lower edges of paint needs to be removed. <Scrape or sand repellent preservative, which will slow down
the boards and, to a lesser extent, along the whatever is willing to come off,= said the moisture absorption in the wood and make
ends. Paint typically begins to peel first in Sherwin-Williams representative. If the the paint last longer. Be sure to use a product
these areas partly because they are most paint has lead, that task needs to be done in labeled as paintable, and avoid getting it on
prone to staying wet. Gravity carries a way that keeps the worker from breathing any adjoining surfaces that still have finish.
moisture in a board to its lower edge, and dust and from spewing lead-laden dust into Let the repellent dry for at least three days,
the ends of boards soak up moisture because the yard or neighborhood. Some contractors then apply a primer to at least those areas
wood fibers are like straws, running invest in sanders with vacuums to capture and let that dry before repainting.
lengthwise in the boards and open at the virtually all of the dust. Another detail that can make a big differ-
ends. But peeling paint that9s just a few years The siding also needs to be clean. Some ence is rounding over any sharp edges, such as
old also points to poor preparation, said a painters start by power-washing the walls, borders between patches where paint peeled
customer-service representative for paint which dislodges a lot of the loose paint. and the lower corner of siding boards. Paint
manufacturer Sherwin-Williams. The new However, too high a pressure can erode the on abrupt transitions and sharp corners is
paint probably didn9t stick well to those wood and make it harder for new paint to likely to be thin, so it cracks easily and lets in
areas because older paint there was already stick. It also pushes a lot of water into the moisture. But feathering the edges and
peeling, or paint there had worn away and wood, meaning more sunny days are needed rounding over corners helps ensure that the
left weathered wood as the base for new to dry the wood before repainting. Other new paint is uniformly thick and thus resis-
paint. Or the lower edges of the boards, painters remove the loose paint, then wash tant to cracking.
which are prone to collecting dirt and the siding with a soft brush or sponge, a If you need to prime, you can do just the
harboring mildew, weren9t completely clean bucket of diluted detergent and a rinse from problem areas or the whole house. In most
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and dry. a hose. cases, exterior water-based primer works

So what to do now? First, fix any
underlying problems. For example, if the
peeling is worse on a wall with a bathroom,
add a fan vented to the outdoors. Or, if it9s
peeling where gutter water splashes onto the
siding, channel the water farther from the
house. If it9s most noticeable on the north
side of the house, where the siding is in
shade and doesn9t dry as quickly between
storms, trim or remove shrubs and vines
close to the wall.
If your house was built before 1978 and
you don9t know whether the paint contains
lead, either assume it does or hire a certified
inspector to test for it. Homeowners who
love DIY projects, are comfortable working
on ladders and have the time to devote to a
big project can certainly paint a house, but
dealing with lead paint that9s peeling is a
tipping point: Hire a contractor certified in
lead-safe procedures. North Carolina, like
most states, requires this certification for all
contractors involved in renovation, repair
and repainting.
Once the surface is scraped and clean, you
can see what9s left. If there is still intact
paint or primer, you can probably just wait a
couple of sunny days for the siding to dry
and then repaint. To test whether the new
paint will grip sufficiently to the old paint,
researchers at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture9s Forest Products Laboratory, in
<Finishes for Exterior Wood,= recommend
painting a few small sections representative
of the different exposed paint layers with
exterior, water-based paint. Let them dry at
least overnight. Then press an adhesive
bandage onto each area and yank it off. If the
sticky back is clean, you9re good to go: Just
repaint. If the new paint stuck to the tape,
you should apply a primer before repainting.
If the old paint also came off, strip all of the
paint before proceeding 4 definitely a job
for a pro, especially if there9s lead paint.
Often, cleaning and scraping leaves
patches of exposed wood. In this case, you
should take additional steps. Paint does not
stick well to weathered wood, but a little
fine. Oil-based primer is better, though, if
you9re dealing with a lot of weathered wood
or if the siding has a lot of tannin and hasn9t
been painted or has tannin stains that
seeped through the earlier paint, said the
Sherwin-Williams customer-service agent.
Western red cedar and redwood, which are
often used in siding, are high in tannins,
which dissolve in water-based finishes and
cause brown stains on the surface. An oil-
based primer blocks this movement. (Tannin
stains are a cosmetic issue; they don9t cause
paint to peel.)
Two coats of paint will last about twice as
long as one, researchers at the Forest
Products Laboratory found. That9s a great
deal, considering that the prep work needs to
be done just once 4 provided you don9t wait
too long to finish the job.
ý have a problem in your home? send
questions to localliving@washpost.com. put <how
to= in the subject line, tell us where you live and try
to include a photo.
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A guide, season
by season, to
making your
garden more
eco-friendly
BY K ATE M ORGAN
By their very nature, people who garden
are some of the most environmentally
conscious. Studies have found a connec-
tion between spending more time outside
and wanting to help mitigate climate
change and protect the environment. For
those who are so inclined, making a real
difference can start right in your own
backyard.
To become a more conscious member of
your local ecosystem, you don9t need to
totally change the way you garden. Accord-
ing to experts, small shifts can go a long
way, and they don9t all have to happen at
once. Make your home a haven for flora and
fauna by adding these new habits through-
out the year.
Winter: Create compost and keep the
water flowing
Though it may feel like your garden is on
pause during the colder months, there9s
plenty you can be doing to help it thrive.
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Mary Phillips, head of Garden for Wildlife
programs at the National Wildlife Federa-
tion, says winter is a great time to start
composting. Turning your kitchen scraps
into compost not only means sending less
to the landfill; it can also have a significant
benefit for the nutrient profile of your
garden.
<It9s one of the cruelest ironies, when you9ve
made the decision to seek out pollinator-
friendly plants, but they9re grown with a
chemical that will poison the creatures you9d
like to support.=
Uli Lorimer, director of horticulture for the Native Plant Trust
<Composting is super purposeful, and
you will eventually get some really good
soil,= Phillips says. You can choose to
compost directly in your garden (an impor-
tant facet of the <no-till= gardening ap-
proach), or in a designated pile or compos-
ter. It9s fairly simple to make your own bin
by drilling holes in a garbage can 4 just be
sure to do a little research on what you
should and shouldn9t compost, and mix the
contents every now and then.
If you want to support native wildlife
populations, Phillips says, <the really im-
portant thing, which is especially challeng-
ing in the winter months, is water.= Birds,
small mammals and other wildlife that
remain active through the winter all need
access to water, but many sources freeze.
<You can help by installing a heated bird
bath,= Phillips says. <Or, if you have a
regular bird bath, just change the water
regularly and try adding some hot water
when temperatures drop below freezing.=
Spring: Skip the spraying, lose the
lawn and go native
The easiest way to have a positive im-
pact, says Uli Lorimer, director of horticul-
ture for the Native Plant Trust, is to <stop
using fertilizers and pesticides.= These
chemicals harm beneficial insects and soil
microbes, and eventually make their way
into local waterways, hurting fish and

<Creating little areas in your yard with some
brush, and maybe some stumps and dead
trees offers amazing shelter for a variety of
wildlife.=
Mary Phillips, head of Garden for Wildlife programs at the National Wildlife Federation
other aquatic species. If you adopt no other
habit on this list, Lorimer says, just stay
away from the spray.
But that9s not the only way you can do
more by doing less. <A lot of folks hear
about 8No Mow May,9= Lorimer says, <and
that9s fine but one month is not enough.
Instead, we want to move away from the
putting green idea 4 that your lawn has to
be a perfect green carpet.=
It9s still okay to use your lawn mower, but
look for places where you can let things get
a little more wild. <If there are weird little
corners or narrow strips that are hard to
mow,= Lorimer suggests, <consider transi-
tioning those to a no-mow alternative
ground cover like a native sedge.=
While every gardener should be using as
many ecosystem-appropriate plants as
possible, Lorimer says it9s not necessary to
tear out everything that9s nonnative. He
points to research that suggests a <crucial
threshold= of 70 percent native plants <will
support the greatest insect diversity and
therefore also the greatest bird diversity.=
That 70 percent can be a longer-term goal,
Lorimer adds. <It9s something to work
toward, whether you do it over five years or
10 years,= he says. <Welcoming any native
or regionally appropriate plant is a step in
the right direction.=
To help you find those plants, Phillips
suggests the National Wildlife Federation9s
online native plant finder tool. <You just
put your Zip code in and get lists of native
plants that support high numbers of wild-
life,= she says.
Lorimer offers one more tip for those
who want to go native: <When you go to the
nursery, it9s important to ask the right
questions,= he says. Try to find out whether
a plant was grown locally, and whether its
grower used pesticides, particularly neoni-
cotinoids. <It9s one of the cruelest ironies,=
he says, <when you9ve made the decision to
seek out pollinator-friendly plants, but
they9re grown with a chemical that will
poison the creatures you9d like to support.=
Summer: Line dry and turn out the
lights
In many homes, the least environmen-
tally friendly appliance is the dryer. Gener-
ating enough heat to dry your clothes
requires a lot of energy, and multiple loads
a week can quickly increase a family9s
carbon footprint. Plus, when dryer lint
makes its way into the environment, it
releases microfibers into ecosystems like
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marine habitats, where they can damage
the tissues of some species.
Luckily, there9s a simple, old-fashioned
solution, especially in the sunny summer
months: a clothesline. Line-drying might
take longer, but it9s a simple fix with a big
impact. And you can9t beat that fresh scent
(which is scientifically proven to be a
thing).
Another simple backyard change in-
volves your lighting: Phillips says we all
need much less of it. <Light pollution is a
really big thing,= she says. Too much artifi-
cial light can confuse birds, disrupting
their migration paths and leading them to
fly into buildings. <I recommend not hav-
ing as much light outside, or only having
lights on during designated hours. And if
you must have lights on, switch to very
yellow bulbs, which are not as distracting
to birds.=
Fall: Leave the leaves and let the
stalks stand
In the fall, many gardeners clear old
growth and cut down plants that have
finished producing. To really help the local
wildlife, consider leaving a bit of mess.
<Creating little areas in your yard with
some brush, and maybe some stumps and
dead trees offers amazing shelter for a
variety of wildlife,= Phillips says.
You may have heard advice to <leave the
leaves.= Lorimer clarifies that you can
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provide benefits to all the small creatures
who depend on leaf litter while still clean-
ing up your landscaping. <It9s okay to use a
rake to move the leaves off the lawn,= he
says. <But then, use them to mulch your
shrubs and trees; don9t bag them up and
haul them away. You9ll be missing a lot of
wonderful creatures from your garden next
year if you9ve blown them all away into a
bag or put them through a shredder.=
And when it comes to those native
plants, their ecosystem services continue
year-round. Leaving some stalks standing
provides valuable hibernation habitat for
many insect species.
Of course, that doesn9t mean you can9t
give things a trim. <I think not cutting
anything is just too wild for most people,=
Lorimer says. <So compromise: You can
still make it look neat and more mani-
cured. Just be intentional about what you
leave behind.=
Kate morgan is a freelance writer in richland,
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Don9t chase an 8impossible9 ideal: How to reduce cleaning stress
BY A NNIE M IDORI A THERTON
There is no shortage of guides explaining
the proper way to do chores and how
frequently we should be doing them. While
the advice is often helpful, it is, to an extent,
subjective. some household tasks are strict-
ly necessary 4 and some are a matter of
personal preference or cultural norms.
Identifying which ones are which can help
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you prioritize what9s important and be
more forgiving of yourself.
And thinking more <big picture= about
the root of your challenges 4 for example,
an unfair distribution of labor or having
products that require heavy maintenance
4 can perhaps illuminate solutions. While
there are certainly practical ways to reduce
the burden of housework, the answer may
include making peace with imperfection
and knowing yourself.
Here are a few suggestions, practical and
emotional, for making housework less
overwhelming.
ask yourself: What9s the worst that
could happen?
We clean our homes for a number of
reasons, including to protect against nega-
tive health effects 4 reducing the spread of
germs and pathogens, preventing mold.
But the list of chores that pose a serious
health risk if done poorly is fairly short.
Any surface or item used to prepare, eat
or clean food, such as sponges, countertops,
sinks and cutting boards, should be thor-
oughly cleaned after each use, says elaine
Larson, professor of epidemiology emerita
at Columbia University. And of course,
toilets and bathroom sinks need frequent
cleaning as well. But many other tasks often
thought of as weekly or even daily chores,
such as vacuuming and dusting, are <really
for aesthetics,= Larson says. <You9re not
going to get much in the way of infections
from that kind of thing.=
Compromised immune systems or dust
or mold allergies might require more dili-
gence. But for the most part, nothing bad
will happen if a couple of dust bunnies
gather in the corner. eliminating all bacte-
ria at home is not realistic or necessary.
There is even evidence that overly sterile
environments don9t allow the immune sys-
tem to develop.
<There are both good and bad bacteria,=
says Rebecca Yee, assistant professor of
pathology at George Washington Universi-
ty. <The good bacteria are what we call
commensals and commensal organisms
have a protective role. Without the good
bacteria in the gut, an individual may not
be able to tolerate common allergens.=
some of the things we can do to minimize
health risks don9t require any labor, such as
airing out rooms and investing in air purifi-
ers with HePA filters. In areas with high
humidity, a dehumidifier can help prevent
mold build up or attraction of dust mites,
Yee says.
Put cleaning standards in perspective
Laura Vanderkam, author of <168 Hours:
You Have More Time Than You Think,= has
interviewed hundreds of people about how
they spend their time. she has also found
that expectations around cleaning used to
be even higher. Poring through old women9s
magazines, she saw articles on niche topics
including the exact way to put floor wax on
a brush when waxing the floors. <That is a
tip that I cannot really use in my life,= she
says. <But that was the subject of an article
in the 1960s.=
As more women entered the paid work-
force, some standards relaxed, and the
result was not catastrophic. <What people
felt was worth doing declined over the
decades,= she says. <But I don't think, for a
normal person, that crossed the line of
health and sanitation, which suggests that
a lot of what was being done was not strictly
necessary.=
In my household, we9ve gone weeks
without deep cleaning the fridge, for
instance, and life went on as normal. That
doesn9t mean I wouldn9t have been embar-
rassed if someone else looked inside it,
which speaks to another reason we clean.
Research suggests that women are judged
more harshly for messiness, so it9s under-
standable that they may feel especially
pressured to keep up appearances. But
that finding also suggests that for clean-
ing standards to become more realistic
and forgiving, we need to collectively
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loosen up a bit. Perhaps relieving pressure
on others begins with being kinder to
ourselves.
Share the burden
Women, on average, spend more time on
housework than men. A 2023 report by the
Pew Research Center found that in hetero-
sexual marriages where both parties earn
about the same amount or the wife earns
more, women spend about 2.5 hours more
each week on housework. Making house-
work less overwhelming begins with dis-
tributing labor fairly. That could also in-
clude calling on kids 4 especially teenagers
4 to share more of the load.
If you live with others and share house-
hold labor, Vanderkam suggests coming up
with minimum standards together. For ex-
ample, if a couple splits cooking, they might
agree that it9s not acceptable for one person
to always order pizza on their nights, but
once per week is okay, or that every meal
should include at least one vegetable.
Spend less time caring for clothes
Vanderkam, a mother of five, sees many
of her fellow parents lamenting tasks they
could choose not to do. Folding a toddler9s
clothes, for instance, strikes her as particu-
larly unnecessary.
<Does it have to be folded into a neat,
creased pile, or could you just loosely toss
T-shirts in a drawer and pull them out as
see cleaning on 7

cleaning from 6
you need?= she says. <one takes a
lot more time.=
By the same token, she sug-
gests buying clothes that don9t
require intense care. She favors
Betabrand <dress pant yoga
pants,= which resemble tradi-
tional slacks but can be machine
washed. If you hang up clothes
as soon as they9re dry, or wear
clothes that don9t wrinkle easily,
you can forgo ironing and fold-
ing.
Also keep in mind that many
items do not need to be laundered
after every use. Towels can handle
a few uses if they9re hung up to
dry. Jeans, as the CEo of Levi9s
famously declared, hold up better
if rarely washed. Some fashion
industry experts also say that
most people over-wash knitwear,
which only needs to be cleaned
once per year.
To avoid sorting laundry, Chris-
sy Halton, a British content cre-
ator and former professional or-
ganizer, washes only one person9s
clothing at a time. She also sug-
gests buying all the same type and
color of socks. I9ve also found that
having storage cubes on both
sides of the bed provides a holding
place for sweatshirts and other
frequently worn items between
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<You can9t ever say one cleaning schedule will work for everyone because
it totally depends on that 8cost per use9 idea.=
Chrissy Halton, British content creator and former professional organizer
washes.
clean the floor less often
removing shoes upon entering
the home, which is customary in
many parts of the world, minimiz-
es how much dirt and debris is
tracked inside. <We have always
been a 8no shoes household,9 as it
saves so much time on cleaning
the floors,= Halton says. for those
who still want supportive foot-
wear, consider having designated
<inside shoes.= (mine are Crocs, to
my husband9s chagrin.)
Beyond that, spot-cleaning
stains, such as a splash of coffee,
could take less time than a full
mopping session. You can also try
a robotic vacuum, which comes
with pros and cons but can keep
everyday dirt and pet hair at bay.
Simplify meal prep and
cleanup
Sticking to a few easy meals on
a rotation simplifies meal plan-
ning and shopping. <Like, every
monday is pasta,= Vanderkam
says. <Every Tuesday is breakfast
for dinner. Every Thursday is
make your own pizza. Then no-
body has to think about what9s for
dinner on those nights, and you
always get those groceries.=
Prioritizing meals that use
minimal pans 4 such as a large
pot of soup or sheet-pan suppers
4 results in less cleanup. Experts
say dishes do not need to be pre-
rinsed before going in the dish-
washer. And if you hate drying
dishes by hand? Good news: Let-
ting them air dry is more sanitary
anyway, says Erica Wides, the chef
behind popular Instagram ac-
count @thechefsmartypants. As
for lunch prep, Vanderkam says
that once her kids are 8 years old,
they9re expected to either make
their own lunch or buy it at
school.
Keep children9s things at bay
The nightly slog of picking up
kids9 things is a chore many par-
ents know all too well, but it9s not
necessarily worth it. <I can prom-
ise you that those toys are just
going to come out again the next
morning, and you are not going to
get that time back,= Vanderkam
says. <It would be better to just
acknowledge that and maybe use
that time for leisure or going to
bed a little bit earlier, so you can
fight the good fight again the next
day.=
She suggests finding one area
to keep as a tidy sanctuary for
yourself, rather than trying to
tackle every room every day. If you
can toss clutter in large bins so
they9re out of sight or focus on
clearing horizontal surfaces like
tabletops, that will make a space
feel cleaner even if much is left
undone.
Simply having fewer toys and
games is another way to cut back
on mess, one that may have other
benefits. A 2018 study from the
University of Toledo in ohio
found that when toddlers have
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fewer toys in their environment, it
encourages them to focus more
and play more creatively.
Do your own experiments
for areas that aren9t hot spots
for health risks, consider waiting
a little longer to do a certain task
and see if you can tell the differ-
ence. Halton says she thinks in
terms of how often an area or item
is used. She9s the only one who
uses her en suite shower, for in-
stance, so she doesn9t believe it
warrants a deep clean every week.
<You can9t ever say one cleaning
schedule will work for everyone
because it totally depends on that
8cost per use9 idea,= she says.
She9s also gone down to polish-
ing the furniture every two weeks,
rather than weekly, and hasn9t no-
ticed a difference. Halton says it9s
liberating to be more in control
about what needs to be done. <The
perfectionist inside me is less
fraught as well, as I don9t try and
chase an ideal that9s impossible.=
Annie Midori Atherton is a writer in
Seattle who covers culture, lifestyle,
business and parenting.
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You should always have these unexpected tools in your home

BY L AURA D AILY

Being awakened at 3 a.m. by a

smoke detector chirping because
of dying batteries, discovering
that a tire is low when you9re late
for an appointment or losing the
pin in the hinge of your eyeglasses
don9t rank as full-blown disasters.
But these annoying inconvenienc-
es can upend your schedule and
leave you scrambling for a fix. That
can mean scheduling a costly af-
ter-hours service call, cooling your
heels at a repair shop or going
without something until a profes-
sional can help.
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I9ve learned, though, that when
things go sideways, it9s helpful to
have some relatively inexpensive
items around that can allow you to
fix small problems yourself, or at
least buy you time until you can
enlist a pro to remedy the situa-
tion. Here9s a list of things to keep
handy, based on my experience
and recommendations from
friends, colleagues and profes-
sionals.
Batteries
Most people keep extra AA and
AAA batteries on hand, but it9s
worth having a stash of 9-volts 4
the size used in many smoke and
carbon monoxide detectors 4
around as well. Even hard-wired
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backup. And odds are that when
one goes, the others will soon fol-
low, subjecting you to a symphony splint for a broken finger or toe. ABOVE LEFT: Duct tape is a great staple for quick fixes. It ware stores, are the perfect size to
of incessant chirping until they They are also a great way to reat- can be used to patch cracks and rips on just about anything. wedge in drains for a quick fix
are replaced. It might also be tach an arm to your eyeglasses. TOP RIGHT: In addition to AA batteries, make sure you until new plugs come, says Lind-
worth having extra C batteries in Unwind a sturdy paper clip and have 9-volts for smoke detectors. ABOVE RIGHT: Multiuse sey Chastain, founder and CEO at
your arsenal. My new wireless thread it through the hole in the tools are compact and can fix a number of problems. The Waddle and Cluck.
window and door alarm sensors hinge to replace a lost pin. Wrap it
are powered by type Cs. When they around once and break off any Heavy-duty aluminum foil
get low 4 typically after 12 to 18 excess so you don9t accidentally Most people have this pantry
months, you can pay your alarm scratch yourself. to a repair shop. <Having one of these handy little staple on hand anyway. It can be
company to send out a technician things has helped me bend a used to create temporary patches
to replace them (in my case a $99 Duct tape FIXD sensor phone charger back to shape, pull and seals on damaged exhaust
service fee) or DIY. I choose the This strong, flexible and super- When your vehicle9s check en- a splinter and re-screw a chair leg pipes, hoses and more. <Foil
latter. sticky problem-solver can be used gine light comes on, it silently nags back into place,= she says. shapes easily to wrapped connec-
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Air compressor
When outdoor temperatures
swing dramatically between hot
and cold, it can affect your tire
pressure. Tires that look fully in-
flated one day can look flat the
next, possibly causing your car9s
low-pressure indicator to come
on. This is a frequent issue in
Colorado, where I live. I invested
in an electric air inflater for about
$75. It9s easy to use and allows me
to quickly add pressure wherever I
am. And if you notice a nail or
screw has punctured the tire, you
can at least pump the tire up
enough to drive to a repair shop
without having to change the tire
or wait for a tow truck.
Paper clips
These come in handy to create a
temporary zipper pull, necklace
clasp or, with some adhesive tape,
to patch cracks, rips, tears and
holes on garden hoses, trash cans,
tarps, tennis shoes and more. Jen-
nifer Lawler, of Los Angeles, says
she once used it to keep a broken
handle on her refrigerator func-
tioning for months while her land-
lord tried to find a replacement.
And Catherine Aceto, of Pitts-
burgh, says she keeps duct tape in
her car for <when you rip your
bumper loose on a curb.=
Electrical tape
Lawler says she once used this
sticky, flexible black adhesive to
keep a frayed laptop charger work-
ing while she was on a trip to
Europe. It also makes a great
patch for grips on sports equip-
ment or tools. I even wrapped the
black leather strap of my favorite
handbag with electrical tape when
the stitching started to unravel to
hold it together until I could get it
you and makes you wonder
whether it9s something minor or
your car is on the verge of a break-
down. Erin Lawrence, a reviewer
at Tech Gadgets International,
keeps a FIXD car code reader
($40) in her vehicle. <FIXD is a
way to tell if a warning light on
your car is minor or serious with-
out finding a mechanic,= she says.
<It connects to your car9s OBD2
port [on board diagnostics] under
your dashboard. Just plug it in and
use the app to see exactly what
your car is trying to tell you. It9s
like a pocket translator for your
car.=
Leatherman multi-tool
Ali Smith, founder and CEO of
Rebarkable, says her Leatherman
multi-tool (these start at $40),
which includes a knife, scissors,
screwdriver, tweezers, nail file and
more, keeps her day on track.
Heavy-duty plastic sheeting
George Matusyan, owner and op-
erational manager of United Win-
dows Pro, recommends keeping
heavy-duty clear plastic sheeting
around in case a window breaks. It9s
available at home improvement
stores; look for 6 mil or thicker.
Ensure a tight seal by pairing it with
4 what else? 4 robust duct tape. I
can attest that this works. Years ago,
when a tree branch crashed
through my home9s skylight during
a snowstorm, some plastic sheeting
and the help of a kind sheriff9s depu-
ty helped mitigate the damage until
I could call my roofer.
Cork stoppers
If you have a cracked sink or
bathtub plug that9s causing a leak
or prevents the tub from filling,
cork stoppers, available at many
home improvement and hard-
tions, preventing leaks and block-
ages until replacements arrive,=
Chastain says.
Wet-dry vacuum
Brian Vastola, of Wake Forest,
N.C., says that having an inexpen-
sive 2.5-gallon wet-dry vacuum
has helped him many times. <I
saved a ton of money on water
damage, especially for my wood
floors and those pesky second-
floor leaks that damage the first-
floor ceiling. I9ve used my vacuum
when the air conditioner leaked,
when the refrigerator filter leaked,
when installing a new garbage
disposal and when the toilet
leaked,= he says. Corded models
run $30 to $75; cordless ones start
around $100.
Laura Daily is a colorado-based
freelance writer specializing in travel,
health, food and consumer issues
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Home DC

Are fancy, 8human-grade9 dog foods healthier than dry kibble?

BY K ELLY C ONABOY

My dog9s food does not look

delicious. By human standards, it
barely even looks like food 4 dry,
brown triangles mixed with soft-
er dry, brown chunks, a bowl of
Unlucky Charms. The package
tells me the contents are lamb
and rice, but it looks curiously
similar to my other dog9s food,
which is labeled <salmon.= Be-
cause I love my dogs very much,
and because I9m a chronic over-
thinker, scooping kibble into
their bowls every day tends to
leave me feeling guilty. Do they
like their sad dog cereal? Is it even
good for them?
In recent years, an industry has
grown around these anxieties.
Consumers can now choose from
an ever-increasing amount of
high-end dog food brands that
advertise <real= food, which often
resembles the food we feed our-
selves: chunks of carrots, cubes of
chicken, leaves from green vege-
tables. You can choose from flash-
frozen raw food, dehydrated meat
and whole grains, and supple-
mented vegetarian diets. Several
brands will ship <customized= di-
ets right to your home, borrowing
the concept from human meal
delivery services. The food is typi-
cally labeled <human-grade,= of-
ten refrigerated, advertised as not
including <fillers,= and almost al-
ways at a higher price point than
illuSTrATion by ShikhA SubrAMAniAM/The WAShingTon PoST
the more common midrange
brands.
Going by looks, the food seems brands,= she tells me via email. efits, or mean that the ingredients ular, should be made in the Unit- few things you should look out
much better than the kibble my If you9re buying a quality gro- are actually better for your pet.= ed States. for. First, make sure the food
dogs eat by every conceivable cery store brand, Fox isn9t even The <made in the U.S.A.= label One area where high-end foods meets AAFCO9s standards for
metric 4 fresher, more nutri- particularly concerned about fill- holds a bit more weight. Although fare better, according to Loftus, is your dog9s age, and that it has
tious, tastier. Though typically ers. <Most 8fillers9 in dog food are it doesn9t necessarily say any- digestibility. This refers to how ideally gone through feeding tri-
more difficult to obtain, store and different types of carbohydrates thing about a food9s quality, ingre- well nutrients from a food can be als. The manufacturer should be
afford, it looks like the kind of (i.e. grains, potatoes, legumes, dients sourced from the United absorbed into the bloodstream. well-known and contactable for
food you9d feel good about feeding etc.),= she says. They provide fiber, States are at least <generally safe,= Loftus says those traditional gro- any questions, and the company
your best canine friends; like it antioxidants and essential fatty says John Loftus, an assistant cery store brands have come a should employ veterinary nutri-
could make them healthier and acids, and they tend to make up a professor at Cornell University9s long way in terms of their digest- tionists (and participate in pub-
happier. But does it? large percentage of dogs9 caloric College of Veterinary Medicine. ibility, with many of them landing lished, peer-reviewed research).

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<The most important thing for
the health of the pet is that the
food is providing all of the neces-
sary nutrients, all of the vitamins,
all the minerals, the right amount
of protein and fat, and so on, that
they need to be healthy,= says
Jonathan Stockman, assistant
professor at Long Island Univer-
sity9s College of Veterinary Medi-
cine. These metrics are set by the
Association of American Feed
Control Officials (AAFCO) and
are met by most commercial dog
food available in the United
States. <That is not really some-
thing that is provided in any
better way through these more
humanlike diets,= Stockman says.
Carly Fox, senior veterinarian
at Schwarzman Animal Medical
Center NYC, agrees. <The nutri-
tional content of high-end dog
food brands does not differ signif-
icantly from typical grocery store
intake. One high-end brand,
which ships pre-portioned fresh
food to your door, has a carbohy-
drate-to-protein ratio of about 1:1,
Fox estimates; the same ratio is
found in most midrange brands,
such as Blue Buffalo. (A value
brand, such as Kibbles 9n Bits,
fares a bit worse, with a ratio
closer to 2:1.)
Similarly, that <human-grade=
designation might not mean what
you think it does. According to
AAFCO, human-grade ingredi-
ents are <stored, handled, pro-
cessed, and transported in a man-
ner that is consistent and compli-
ant= with human food, meaning
the factory or kitchen is licensed
to produce food for both humans
and animals. <Although the stan-
dards for human foods are differ-
ent in some ways than for pet
foods,= Fox says, <this does not
translate to improved health ben-
<There have been several issues
with ingredients from China,= he
says, so he recommends avoiding
pet foods sourced from there.
Loftus says jerky treats, in partic-
<Although the standards
for human foods are
different in some ways
than for pet foods, this
does not translate to
improved health
benefits.=
Carly Fox, senior veterinarian
at Schwarzman Animal
Medical Center nyC
somewhere around 90 percent.
The fresh diets, though, are
<probably a little bit higher.=
Fresh diets can help, too, if
your dog is a picky eater who
finds human food more palatable.
<Palatability may be enough of a
reason to justify the increased
expense,= Fox says. Guardians
may also opt to cook their dog9s
food at home, a route Loftus
suggests they take only with the
guidance of a veterinary nutri-
tionist (or recipes backed by one).
<Making sure that they have all
the vitamins and minerals they
need is really important,= he says.
The bottom line seems to be
that you are not doing your dog a
major disservice by feeding her
typical grocery store kibble. But if
you, like me, still want some
guidance on how to make sure
your dog9s food is healthy and
nutritious, Fox says there are a
You should also keep an eye on
your dog9s health 4 monitor their
weight, their stool, their skin and
coat, and tell your veterinarian if
anything seems off. They can help
you adjust their diet or guide you
toward a new kind of food, if
necessary.
Truthfully, it9s not like my dogs
have ever displayed negative feel-
ings about their food. When it9s
time to eat, they jump and spin
with excitement, and they always
ask for a little more. Their health
is good and steady. It seems that
right now the only thing about
their <sad dog cereal= that needs
to change is my own perception of
it. Let9s call it <normal dog cereal,=
maybe, or <dog cereal that9s actu-
ally fine!=
kelly Conaboy is a writer in new york
who covers dogs, culture and dog
culture.
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DC Real Estate
Georgetown house blends history and luxury
BY S OPHIA S OLANO
The search for a home in D.C. took Matt
Talley to two Georgetown houses, and the
second needed work. The basement
smelled of mildew. The kitchen was
outdated. He thought back to the first
house, a newly renovated detached house,
a street away, and decided that he was
done looking. He made an offer on the
first house immediately.
Talley and his husband had just com-
pleted a three-year renovation of their Key
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West, Fla., house when they decided in
2021 to move to Washington, a city they
thought had more resources for their son,
who is 10 years old and has special needs.
The Key West experience, Talley said,
affected the outcome of their D.C. search.
<Once you do a renovation down to the
studs, you never want to do it again,= he
said.
The house at 1512 34th St. NW, now on
the market for about $2.96 million, was
renovated by Akseizer Residential, a D.C.
development company, in 2021. According
to D.C. building permits, the house was
built in 1880; little else is known about its
history.
The Colonial-style exterior fits in with
the neighboring rowhouses. But the house
is detached, which is unusual in the
neighborhood, and the garden can be
accessed from the front of the house.
Talley and husband Ricky Hamilton
returned to D.C. 4 after meeting on
Capitol Hill about two decades earlier 4
with a fondness for the pastels and warm
housE oF thE wEEk
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The living room is at the front of the house. The
kitchen looks over the garden, which has automatic irrigation. The patio has WiFi.
tones of south Floridian design. That
attachment was most noticeable in the
tropical interior decor 4 furnishings and
decorations that don9t convey 4 and can
still be spotted in some parts of the
house, like the yellow bar area on the
lower level.
The entry level includes a living room
with a front-facing alcove looking out on
34th Street. The floors, updated in the
$2,958,000
1512 34th st. NW, Washington, D.C.
Bedrooms/bathrooms: 3/4
Approximate square-footage: 2,270
Lot size: 3,055 square feet
Features: this late 19th-century house was
renovated in 2021 to include smart home features
and other modern amenities, including built-in
speakers on every level and an automatic irrigation
system in the garden. street parking only.
Listing agent: Linda Lizzio, Long and Foster real
Estate
rEaL tour iNC. rEaL tour iNC.
you can spend a lot of family time while
you9re preparing dinner. And I would say
that9s my favorite time of day.=
The primary bedroom suite, on the
second level, has a built-in nightstand and
a walk-in closet. The primary bathroom
has a two-sink vanity with a Nero Marqui-
na marble countertop. This floor also has
a second bedroom with an en suite
bathroom.
The lower level has a family room with a
bar, a bedroom, a full bathroom and a
washer and dryer. The house has smart
home features throughout, including
built-in speakers on every level.
Another defining feature of the proper-
ty is its expansive outdoor space, which
was featured on the 2023 Georgetown
Garden Tour. The kitchen door opens to a
patio, and beyond that there is a mani-
cured garden that Talley said was modeled
on gardens in historic Williamsburg, Va.,
with boxwoods, hydrangeas and roses.
The reproduction lanterns that line the
HomEVisit pathway came from the shop at Thomas
Jefferson9s Monticello estate. Although
designed to resemble old English gardens,
this garden has decidedly 21st-century
2021 renovation, are rift- or quarter-sawn features, like WiFi coverage and a built-in
white oak (for slightly different looks) irrigation system.
with custom stain. A lounge area has a For Talley, whose family plans to stay in
retractable television embedded in built- the area, living in a modern house in an
in cabinetry. At the back of the house, the old Georgetown neighborhood has a satis-
renovated kitchen has Calacatta marble fying asymmetry. <It9s very cool to live in a
Miele countertops. Talley said it9s his modern house that needed absolutely
favorite part of the house. nothing and then step outside onto the
<You can see the garden on one side,= he same bricks that our past presidents have
said. <The way [the kitchen is] situated, walked on.=

BuyiNg NEw
A pair of penthouse condos near lively U Street
Aperture
923 V St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Builder: Urbaniak LLC
Type of home: Condominium
Price: $1.79 million and $1.89 million
Number of units: 2
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 3 (including powder room)
Square footage: 1,781 and 2,010
Condo fees: $745 and $829 per month
View model: ApertureDC.com
When the Aperture condominium hit the
market in 2022, two of the 19 new-build
units were held in reserve: the two-level
penthouses, with their roof terraces and
sweeping views of D.C. landmarks. Now
listing agent McWilliams Ballard is promot-
ing them as elegant, move-in-ready units
with high-end features and a location on V
Street NW near the U Street corridor, one of
the city9s liveliest neighborhoods.
From 2007 to 2020, the two-story brick
structure occupying what is now Aperture9s
site provided office space for building own-
er and health IT contractor Cooper Thomas
LLC. As the company9s needs changed, a
decision was made to demolish the building
and replace it with upscale residential
space.
<The owners of the property had the
vision and made the decision to be a part of
the redevelopment of the neighborhood
and the local area surrounding the Howard
University campus,= Jeffrey McCandless,
president of Cooper Thomas, said in an
email.
Features
Each of the penthouses, units 601 and
602, has two bedrooms and three bath-
rooms, including a powder room. Entry to
both is on the sixth floor. Unit 601, with 1,781
square feet, was listed in November and
serves as Aperture9s model unit, but the
slightly larger 602, at 2010 square feet, has
yet to be put on the market. Kate Hanley,
senior sales director at McWilliams Ballard,
said the company plans to formally list 602
after 601 sells, although it is being shown
upon request. Aperture9s 17 other condos
have already been sold.
Model unit 601 has a foyer, with a closet
and skylight, on the entry level, along with a
spacious primary bedroom and en suite
bathroom. Engineered-wood stairs lead up
to an open-concept living area and a kitchen
that has an island with a waterfall-style
countertop.
The living area has a wall-length row of
windows and access to a roof terrace with
views of the Washington Monument and
other landmarks. On the other side of the
living space, the unit has the second bed-
room, with en suite bathroom. A powder
room with washer and dryer is accessible
from the living space.
In addition to two bedrooms and three
bathrooms (including a powder room), 602
has a den, which is off the entry-level
corridor. The corridor leads to a kitchen
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The living area in unit 601. A wall of south-facing
windows opens to a terrace at unit 601. The terrace9s view includes D.C. landmarks,
such as the Washington Monument. The main-level foyer has elevator access.
with a pass-through to the open-plan living
and dining area. The smaller of two bed-
rooms, with an en suite bathroom, is near
the entry-level living area. The second level
has a second, larger living area with access
to a private roof terrace facing north. This
penthouse, unlike 601, has a second roof
terrace, also on the second level and accessi-
ble from the primary bedroom suite with en
suite bathroom.
PhoToS By BeNjamiN C TaNkerSLey for The WaShiNgToN PoST
Both units have floor-to-ceiling windows,
with 10-foot ceilings on the entry level and
nine-foot ceilings on the second level. Both
units have engineered white-oak flooring
everywhere except the carpeted bedrooms.
Aperture9s shared amenities include a
secure lobby and entryway and a package
room with space for bicycle storage. Each
penthouse has a parking space in a surface-
level garage at the rear of the building, with
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direct access to the building.
Kitchens and bathrooms
The penthouses9 <chef-caliber= kitchens
are outfitted with stainless-steel Bosch and
Blomberg appliances, including a two-door
refrigerator, a gas cooktop and a wall oven.
Details include Lyskamm quartz counter-
tops, custom pendant lighting over the
islands and full-height herringbone back-
splashes.
Bathrooms include backlit vanity mir-
rors, a frameless glass enclosure for show-
ers and dual vanities with a white finish and
quartz countertops.
The units have full-size washers and
dryers.
Community amenities and recreation
The U Street corridor is a celebration of
D.C. nightlife and culture. Aperture is an
intersection away from 9:30 Club, one of the
city9s most intimate and popular music
venues. The Howard and Lincoln theaters,
former haunts of jazz greats including Duke
Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, still offer live
entertainment as well as a brush with histo-
ry. Green spaces and affordable dining sur-
round the historic Howard University cam-
pus, just blocks north. Meridian Hill Park,
with 12 acres of green space and a cascading
waterfall designed by sculptor John Joseph
Earley, is a half-mile walk west.
Nearby shops and restaurants
Lines still form around the block for
half-smokes at Ben9s Chili Bowl, a D.C.
landmark since 1958, and the U Street
corridor also includes a variety of some of
the city9s best dining options. It9s a go-to for
Ethiopian food, including Dukem and
Habesha, which regularly make best-of
lists. Busboys and Poets, now a D.C. institu-
tion, has its flagship location off the corri-
dor on 14th Street NW. Head to El Rey for
Mexican dining and dancing or to Bresca for
Michelin-starred French fare. Whole Foods
Market is less than a quarter-mile away.
Schools: Garrison Elementary, Cardozo
Education Campus (middle and high), Ben-
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jamin Banneker High.
Transportation
The U Street Metro stop, on the Green
Line, is a three-minute walk from Aper-
ture9s front door. Bus service is plentiful
along U Street, with stops for the 90, 92 and
96 routes. Access to the 63 and 64 routes is
available along Vermont Avenue NW.
What sets it apart
Built in 2021 on a site that previously
provided office space, Aperture stands out
with its rare-for-the-area concrete-and-
steel construction, Hanley said. (Brick con-
struction is more typical of multifamily
residential buildings in the area.) Not only
does this give the building a strikingly
bright and clean appearance, Hanley said,
but it also serves to deaden sound between
units and from the street, giving the pent-
houses and other condos added privacy and
a sense of distance from the bustle of the
city.
4 Hope Hodge Seck
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On Parenting

My 3-year-old just gets angrier when I try to calm his tantrums

BY M EGHAN L EAHY

Q: My 3½-year-old son has

moments of defiance and tantrums
that I can9t control. No matter what
I do, he doesn9t seem to hear me out
in the moment and only seems to
get more angry if I try to calm him
down. I feel judged and
embarrassed when others see this
behavior occur. When can I expect
to see some improvement in terms
of age? How can I help him?

A: Thanks for writing. Defiance and

tantrums are so common in 3-year-olds
that I would guess that most pediatricians
would be concerned if your child weren9t
giving you some pushback. Though, like
everything on the developmental scale,
there is a range. I don9t know the severity,
length or frequency of these outbursts, so
an important first step is keeping track of
the tantrums. It may sound exhausting,
but whether in your phone or a notebook,
keep a record. It could become helpful
down the road for other experts.
Your son9s defiance and tantrums serve
a purpose. They are not simply
misbehaviors to be controlled; they are
part of his development. A human is not
meant to be a robot, blindly following
instructions and orders. And the younger
the child, the less likely you are to see
obedience. Remember, 3½-year-olds are
immature. Their brains are not yet able to
weigh many perspectives, options or
rational thought, and virtually anything,
from hunger to pain to fatigue, will send
them into a tailspin (I know adults like
this, too). The inability to express
themselves completely, to explain their
emotions, to understand others, explodes
as tantrums. Your son9s tantrum is a sign,
pointing you toward one obvious
the washington post . thursday, january 18 , 2024

conclusion: He is overwhelmed.
The rule of overwhelm is when you add illusTrATion By MAríA AlconAdA Brooks/The WAshingTon PosT

stress, you just get bigger tantrums. You

already know this: Whenever you have
been terribly upset, anyone who tries to
reason, silence or placate you is not going
to be well-received. When our
dysregulation is that high, we need a
quiet, loving presence and this is doubly
true for 3-year-olds. So remember, almost
every technique that is used to shut down
a tantrum (reasoning, silencing, talking
over them, etc.) ends up making it worse.
His behavior is not personal. He is not
manipulating or ignoring you, he has been
kidnapped by his big feelings. To avoid
making the tantrums worse, first stop
trying to be rational with him. You already
know this doesn9t work (<he doesn9t seem
to hear me out in the moment and only
seems to get more angry=). Next, if it
doesn9t seem to make the tantrum worse,
get on his level and make gentle contact.
Hugs, a compassionate face or a gentle
hand on the shoulder 4 anything that
communicates that you are there. While
you are on his level, see how long you can
stay silent. You may want to rip your hair
out, but compassionate silence often
works in helping settle his feelings. He is
accustomed to your overmanagement, so
be ready for the tantrum to continue for a
while before it gets better.
When a tantrum occurs in public, get
out of dodge as fast as you can. Find a
quiet place, such as your car or even
behind a wall. As soon as you remove the
audience, you will be able to manage your
own emotions better. And remember: You
are only responsible for your own
emotions when your son is melting down.
Your only job is to breathe, stay with him
and wait. No emotion lasts forever; you
need to trust that.
As for when you can expect the
tantrums to end, well, that is a bit stickier.
If everything goes according to plan, a
child becomes more cooperative in fits
and starts throughout their young years,
with a smoothing around age 7. The <fits
and starts= part is the most important;
every human is born with their own
unique temperament and family of origin;
developmental paths look different for
everyone.
And the really sticky part? The
struggles you begin now with your son
(arguing, silencing, etc.) can actually lead
to bigger problems down the road.
Imagine that you cannot help your big
feelings, and the person who is supposed
to support and listen to you (your parent)
shames and shuts you down. Those big
feelings don9t go away; your child only
becomes more frustrated, more
depressed, more angry, etc. Again, the
explosions are an invitation to connect,
not shut down. Is this the hardest work of
your parenting life? Yes, and it is getting
you ready for the older years.
If his tantrums get worse, please see
your pediatrician. Also, invest in some
good development and behavior-
mitigation books; they will put your mind
at ease. If you don9t know many other
parents with children this age, please
make every effort at finding some! It will
normalize your worries and give you an
opportunity to share your exasperation.
Children this age are challenging, but if
you keep your boundaries and gently love
him through this time, it will (fingers
crossed) pass. Good luck.
õ also at washingtonpost.com read the
transcript of a recent live Q&A with leahy at
live.washingtonpost.com, where you can also
find past columns.
ý Send parenting questions to leahy at
onparenting@washpost.com.