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Stolen Items to Be Posted On Web Site for Retrieval
An estimated $200,000 in stolen property will be displayed online by the D.C. police for owners to see and retrieve. The property was recovered in January from a fencing operation in Southeast during a joint operation by the FBI and the D.C. police.
The items can be seen at http:/
The property will also be shown for three days at the D.C. Armory, 2001 East Capital St. SE. Viewing hours will be noon to 7 p.m. Jan. 5 and 6, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 7.
An owner who recognizes property online and wants to claim it must use the links on the Web site to e-mail the police burglary and pawn unit and give his or her name, address, phone numbers and the report number for the stolen property. D.C. detectives will then contact the claimant, who must submit proof of ownership.
Those who go to the D.C. Armory to recover property must provide report numbers must to view the items. Police and detectives will provide assistance.
To claim property, owners must have a government-issued identification card. Additionally, they must have one of the following: property serial numbers, insurance appraisals for the property or photos of stolen property with a copy of a receipt and a police report number. Unclaimed property will be released to the federal government after 30 days to be sold at auction.
Recreation Center Reopens With New Playgrounds
The Department of Parks and Recreation held a ribbon-cutting Friday after $1.3 million in renovations to the Stead Recreation Center at 1625 P St. NW. New features include two playgrounds, for children ages 2 to 5 and 6 to 12; a main entrance that complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act; and a central plaza with seating, a play area, planting areas and ornamental fencing.
In addition to the renovations, the parks department dug up some D.C. history: two brick foundations on the park grounds. An archaeological investigation determined they were stone lintels -- crosspieces that span and support an opening for a doorway or window -- from the Henry Hurt house, built in 1878 on the Stead grounds. The lintels have been engraved as ceremonial plaques to mark the completion of this project. Additional information about the archaeological investigation is available at http:/
Lincoln Theatre Hosts Playwrights Competition
The Lincoln Theatre is accepting submissions in its first Emerging Voices Playwriting Competition. Playwrights are invited to submit original 10 minute one-act plays until Feb. 2. The categories are: young adults, grades 9 through 12; and pre-professionals of any age. Plays will be judged on concept, dramatic action, characterization and dialogue. The five winning submissions will be staged at the Lincoln Theatre by a professional cast.
Submissions can be delivered to the Lincoln Theatre administrative offices or mailed to Glory Edim, Emerging Voices Playwriting Competition, Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. For information, call Glory Edim at 202-328-6000 or go to http:/
Finalists will be critiqued by a panel of theater professionals, after which the writers can address problems with plot, character and dialogue.
Submissions must begin with a title page that lists the play's title, playwright's name, address, telephone number and a page count. Another page with the title of the play, character listing, scene listing and a list of acknowledgments may be included. Plays must be typed or word-processed with the pages numbered and firmly bound in a standard professional play format. Submissions will be returned only if accompanied by a manuscript-size, self-addressed stamped envelope.
Actor to Play Douglass At National Historic Site
A professional actor will portray abolitionist Frederick Douglass next year as part of an Artist in the Park series at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. The site recently received a $10,000 grant from the National Park Foundation to fund the series.
The first performance will be at 10 a.m. Feb. 14 and feature actor Kevin McIlvane; it will be part of the Douglass birthday celebration at the site, 1411 W St. SE. Four more portrayals of Douglass will be scheduled between February and July. For more information, call the visitors center at 202-426-5961.
-- Compiled by TERENCE McARDLE
