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The Office of Early Childhood Development will hold a public hearing tomorrow for residents and community leaders who want to comment on the proposed Child Care and Development Fund block grant plan and the city's funding application for the D.C. Early Intervention Program for people with disabilities.
The hearing will be from 4 to 7 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Library, 901 G St. NW. There will be simultaneous interpreter services in sign language and Spanish. Interpreter services for other languages can be provided, but only by prior request.
The block grant program is a major source of funds to help parents pay for child care; the early intervention program provides therapeutic and family support services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities. For more information, call 202-727-1839.
MARYLAND
Officer Shoots Man in Robbery Attempt
An off-duty Prince George's County police officer shot a man attempting to rob a convenience store in New Carrollton yesterday, police said.
They gave this account of the incident: The officer, who has been on the Prince George's police force for six years, was inside the store in the 8400 block of Annapolis Road about 4 a.m. to buy something to eat when a man wearing a mask walked in and said he was robbing the store. During a confrontation with the man, the officer shot the man, who was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
The officer, whom police did not identify, has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation.
Officer-involved shootings have attracted much attention in Prince George's in recent years and were the subject of a U.S. Justice Department investigation in 2000 after police shot 12 people, five fatally, over about a year.
Howard County Student-Actors Honored
Two Howard County students won awards last night at the annual Baltimore Cappies gala for their performance in a controversial production of the musical "Big River" at Glenelg Country School.
Nick Lehan, who is white, was named featured actor in a musical for his portrayal of the runaway slave, Jim. Classmate Jay Frisby, who is black, won lead actor in a musical honors for his performance as Huckleberry Finn. The show also won the best song award for "Muddy Water."
The production has been embroiled in a battle with the musical's licensing agency, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, over the cross-racial casting. The agency forbade the students from performing "Muddy Water" on a C-SPAN program that aired last week and at the awards gala last night, calling the casting "an inappropriate interpretation of the musical."
Officials of last night's awards show protested the organization's decision last night with a parody entitled "Not Muddy Water," in which the award winners called the ghost of Mark Twin on a cell phone to ask permission to play their roles.
