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“I mostly like go-ing down to the island and walking the boardwalk, and the Solomons Pier, they have a really nice bar out back on the water,” said Siobhan O’Brien, of Lusby.

“I love the Tiki Bar,” she added. “And I like to go to Hulas over in St. Mary’s County, with my friend Angela.”

Jimi James Wingate Susha, of Lusby, is also known as “Mos High” locally in spoken-word poetry circles.

“When I’m not searching my soul for the words, love or inspiration to possibly effect, or perhaps even change a genera-tion, I can be found at Pro Fitness Gym, training my mind, body and spirit.” Susha said.

“Socially I enjoy island hopping, and prefer a re-freshing orange crush with Janel my belle down at the Solomons Peir, around happy hour time,” he said, talking about Janel Baki, who “is like a local legend.”

Val Sutton, of Lus-by, likes to have a nice seat in the shade when the weather is nice, hanging out with friends, rather than go to nearby events and concerts.

“I like to sit around in the yard and listen to music with my next-door neighbors and play cards,” she said.

“Sometimes I’m over at my cousin’s house, she’s got a nice back yard with tables and a canopy over top of it,” Sutton said. “We just sit around and drink and talk about people.”

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Sami Allen, left, Alex Glass and Annette Cook [not pictured] work at an archeological site at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum.

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F 26 Low 5:21 AM 0.0 7:00 AM Set 4:40 AM 76 26 High 11:41 AM 1.5 7:23 PM Rise 3:41 PM 26 Low 6:19 PM 0.2 26 High 11:54 PM 1.4

Sa 27 Low 6:29 AM 0.0 6:58 AM Set 5:13 AM 85 27 High 12:38 PM 1.4 7:24 PM Rise 4:54 PM 27 Low 7:03 PM 0.2

Su 28 High 12:51 AM 1.5 6:57 AM Set 5:44 AM 93 28 Low 7:33 AM -0.1 7:25 PM Rise 6:08 PM 28 High 1:30 PM 1.4 28 Low 7:45 PM 0.

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F 19 High 4:55 AM 1.5 7:11 AM Rise 8:40 AM 8 19 Lo 11:54 AM 0.2 7:17 PM Set 11:28 PM 19 High 5:16 PM 1.0 19 Low 10:58 PM 0.0

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Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa held its first-ever murder mystery weekend, “Murder on the Chesapeake”, on March 12-14. SEE PAGE 4

On March 9 the founders of the Calvert Marine Museum were honored with the unveiling of a newly installed “Founder’s Plaque.” SEE PAGE 14

A team from Patuxent High School took fourth place in this year’s Southern Maryland Regional High School Computer Bowl. Team members from left are Aaron Sherrin, Chris Taylor, Jordan Goldstein, and Nicholas Mosquera, and coach Blaine Mably. SEE PAGE 10

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Cast member Jim Layton lays dead on the floor of the Chesapeake Ballroom at the Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa during the resort’s first-ever murder mystery weekend, “Murder on the Chesapeake”, held March 12-14. More than 60 guests tried to solve the mystery and figure out which guests were imposters. All was revealed on Sunday morning, and guests who figured out the plot were awarded prizes. Resort management said the company that produced the event, Murder Mystery USA, will return to Chesapeake Beach.

Lusby Shooting Puts Focus on Local Gangs

Calvert County law officers are focusing their attention on the activities of local gangs in the wake of last week’s shooting involving two rival groups at the Chesapeake Ranch Estates.

Intelligence gathered from the Southern Maryland Information Center, a cooperative law enforcement group comprised of detectives from the region, was instrumental in the arrests of three suspects in the March 10 shooting, says one Calvert senior official, who added that the problem the county faces when confronting gangs is mostly home grown.

“We gathered a lot of intelligence from SMIC,” said Lt. Steve Jones. “I’d have to say that most of the activity we see is in the southern end of the county.”

Local gangs, sometimes known as crews, have so far focused on opposing each other rather than major criminal enterprises like nationwide organizations such as the Bloods or the Crips, Jones said, but have engaged in lower level drug dealing.

But, Jones said, the recent outbreak foreshadows a potential trend that law enforcement wants to stop immediately.

“Most of what we’re seeing is gang on gang but this shooting raises the bar for law enforce-ment,” Jones said.

According to law enforce-ment reports the shooting took place after two vehicles with rival gang members collided at the intersection of Bowie Trail and Bowie Court after driving towards each other in an apparent altercation.

After the collision, which police say occurred at about 2 a.m., one of the suspects produced a small caliber handgun and fired at the other vehicle.

Justin Gibbs, 19, and Kevin Accord, 17, both of Lus-by had sustained gunshot wounds. Gibbs was hit in the hand, police reports stated, while Accord was hit in the head but did not receive a life-threatening injury.

The suspects in the other vehicle that contained the ri-

val faction were arrested shortly after on Six Gun Circle. The suspects, police say, claimed they were fired upon by rival gang members in other vehicles that were involved, but police have not found any evidence to support that claim.

Marquis Angelo Glover, 16, Aris Xavier Curtis, 19, and Trevon Nakeem Benjamin, 17, all of Lusby, were arrested on charges of attempted first-degree murder, first degree as-sault and other weapons violations, police reports state.

Officials also state that the recent shooting has led to investigations into whether the two rival gangs have been in-volved in other crimes including burglaries, armed robberies and assaults. By Guy Leonard (CT) [email protected]

The Maryland Department of Planning is holding 13 public forums across the state to gain public input into its state growth plan called PlanMaryland.

Local residents are invited to partici-pate in the only Southern Maryland forum from 6-9 p.m. April 8, at the La Plata cam-pus of the College of Southern Maryland

to provide input for PlanMaryland.

The forum is open to all people living in Maryland who are in-terested in the future of growth and develop-ment, housing, transportation, public school construction and environmental and preser-vation issues, the Maryland Department of Planning said in a press release.

“PlanMaryland is a process at this stage. It’s designed to involve Maryland-ers in building a plan to create a better and more sustainable future for the state,” said Secretary of Planning Richard E. Hall. “The state legislature granted authority for a state development plan in the 1970s, but a broader recognition of unsustainable sprawl growth patterns has grown in recent years to the point where such a plan is now urgently needed. We need to do a better

job of planning growth toward areas that al-ready have roads, schools and other public infrastructure.”

The first hour of the PlanMaryland fo-rum, from 6 to 7 p.m., will feature an open house for attendees to meet and talk to State agency and local government staff and rep-resentatives of other community organiza-tions. The main forum begins at 7 p.m. and will include an overview of the process, an interactive live polling activity and facili-tated roundtable discussions.

For more information on PlanMaryland, or to RSVP to attend an event, visit plan.maryland.gov. RSVPs are not required.

The College of Southern Maryland is located at 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata. The event will be held in the Center for Business and Industry, Atrium. By Sean riCe (SCG)

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State Holding Local ‘PlanMaryland’ Forum

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Marquis Angelo Glover Aris Xavier Curtis Trevon Nakeem Benjamin


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Environmental Group Calls For Moratorium on Oyster Harvest

Four Maryland delegates last week introduced HB 1525 – Natural Resources- Oysters-Fishery Management Plan and Sanctuaries – in an effort to protect oys-ters in the Chesapeake Bay watershed on a long-term basis. The delegates worked with the Coastal Conservation Associa-tion Maryland (CCA MD) in drafting the legislation.

“It’s time to look toward the future when it comes to oysters and the health of the Chesapeake Bay,” Scott McGuire, chair, CCA MD Government Relations Committee, said in a press release. “For too long Maryland has attempted to place a band aid on a wound that requires surgery. This approach has failed time after time. Legislation that will put in place a new ap-proach is the only way to restore oysters for our future.”

The bill requires the Maryland De-partment of Natural Resources (DNR) to enact an oyster fishery management plan that would result in long-term sustainabil-ity of oysters and calls for the establishment of oyster sanctuaries that cover at least 50 percent of the available oyster habitat in the Chesapeake Bay.

The bill also would prohibit the har-vest of oysters in the Chesapeake until the

management plan and sanctuaries are es-tablished. It specifically allows for the con-tinued development and harvest of oysters through aquaculture activities.

“Today oysters are at one percent of their historical population in the Bay,” Mc-Guire said. “Yet they are one of the most important contributors to a clean bay in that a single adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water each and every day. While there are many steps that must be taken to restore the health of the Chesapeake, rebuilding the native oyster population is clearly an essential one.”

CCA MD officials said Gov. O’Malley has demonstrated strong leadership in cre-ating the Marylanders Grow Oysters Pro-gram, and it is time to take the next step that will move oyster restoration just from the hands of involved, caring citizens to state policy.

“It’s important to note that Maryland’s Oyster Advisory Commission has already recommended to the General Assembly many of the ideas in this bill, including increased sanctuary areas and a manage-ment-oriented approach to creating a sus-tainable oyster population.,” said Andy Hughes, CCA MD chairperson.

When about 100 watermen from around the state took time off work last week to protest against a proposed state plan to take some pro-ductive underwater oyster bars and turn them into sanctuaries, it was an uncharacteristic move that one of their kind says shows their plight.

“That’s how desperate they are,” said Tommy Zinn, president of the Calvert County Watermen’s Association.

Watermen, he said, feel that by taking away more waterway space that they have traditionally used to harvest their livelihood will put what few are left out of

business.Zinn also said that watermen are seldom if

ever consulted on major plans to restore or pre-serve oysters by state officials; sometimes they feel as if they are being ignored outright.

“We had no input on these proposed boundaries,” Zinn said of plans to increase the percentage of oyster sanctuaries from 9 per-cent of productive bottom to 25 percent. “They were sprung on us.”

About the reception their ideas get in An-napolis from bureaucrats, scientists and envi-ronmentalists who are guiding policy on oyster restoration, he was more blunt.

“We don’t have a degree, they think we’re a bunch of rednecks,” Zinn said.

Zinn said that there are only about 500 licensed watermen who harvest oysters left in the whole state where their numbers once stood in the thousands.

He said that their dwindling way of life may be on the way out for good because of pro-posed government regulation.

But officials with the state’s Department of Natural Resources say that the state must take drastic action in order to save both the na-tive oyster and the watermen from extinction.

“We’ve spent $40 million since 1994 and we still have the same harvest,” said Tom O’Connell, head of DNR’s fisheries division.

DNR reports show that the harvest has for the past several years been at just about one percent of the historical levels that made the region famous.

“What we’re doing now is working,” O’Connell said. “You need to expand your sanc-tuaries and you need to look at aquaculture.”

The situation has become so dire for the native oyster, O’Connell said, that productive bottom was likely the only answer to reestab-lishing a population that was resistant to the MSX and dermo diseases that have ravaged the indigenous populations in recent memory.

If oysters are allowed to grow and prosper on sanctuaries, he said, they would theoretical-ly also adapt to resist the decimating diseases.

Zinn said that of the bills currently up for consideration in Annapolis that could help wa-termen, proposals for power dredging the bot-tom to harvest oysters would likely provide the most hope for watermen if passed.

O’Connell and Zinn both agreed that dredging properly done helped to clean up the bottom and shell that larval oysters needed to attach to so they could eventually make a shell home.

But, O’Connell said, dredging is not a panacea and it could even have a negative im-pact on the environment by flattening out oys-ter habitat.

The future of dredging for harvesting pur-poses, he said, was in question.

“There’s uncertainty about that,” O’Connell said. By Guy Leonard (CT) guyleon-

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Watermen Say They’re Being Forced Out Of Business

On March 2, the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) charged Tony Allen Reynolds, 38, and Benson Albert Jones Sr., 61, with possession of striped bass during closed season.

NRP Officers observed Reynolds’ boat “Sea Biscuit” docked in Fishing Creek in the town of Chesapeake Beach, where Reynolds resides. Officers observed Reynolds unloading crates of fish into a truck driven by Jones.

Officers inspected the fish and found 204 striped bass rang-ing in size from 12” to 17”. It is il-legal to possess striped bass after the closing of the striped bass gill net season, which closed on Feb. 26. A court date has been set for May 10, 2010 in Calvert County.

NRP Say Men Were

Hauling Illegal

Rockfish

Tommy Zinn


Recovery Act Funds Available Locally for Employee Training

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(AP) – An American seized in Ye-men in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida members had been a laborer at six U.S. nuclear power plants, and authorities are investigating whether he had access to sensitive information or materials that would be useful to terrorists.

Sharif Mobley, 26, worked for con-tractors at plants in New Jersey, Pennsyl-vania and Maryland from 2002 to 2008, including working two weeks at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in 2006. His duties included mostly hauling materials and setting up scaffolding, plant officials said.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan said that inves-tigations are under way into which areas Mobley entered. But he noted that areas containing nuclear fuel are tightly con-trolled, and that a laborer typically would not have access to security information or other sensitive matters.

The plants are also checking areas where Mobley worked to ensure every-thing is in order, said NRC spokeswoman Diane Screnci.

Mobley, a U.S. citizen of Somali de-scent, has not been linked to any wrong-doing at any of the plants. And officials said nothing he did when he worked there aroused any suspicion.

Officials said Mobley passed the necessary screenings, which include criminal background checks, drug test-ing, psychological assessments and iden-tity verification.

Company officials said most of his work came during periodic refueling out-ages, when hundreds of contract employ-ees descend on the plants. The workers do a variety of jobs, but “nothing techni-cal,” said Curt Jenkins, business manager at Mobley’s union, Local 222 of the New Jersey Laborers Council.

Prospective first-time and repeat home buyers still have a little more than a month to cash in on the extended and expanded federal home buyer’s credit.

The Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 extended the tax credit of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time homebuyers purchasing a principal residence. It also authorized a tax credit of up to $6,500 for qualified repeat homebuyers.

The tax credit now applies to sales occurring on or after Jan. 1, 2009 and on or before April 30, 2010. In cases where a binding sales contract is signed by April 30, 2010, a home purchase com-pleted by June 30, 2010 will qualify. For sales oc-curring after Nov. 6, 2009, the Act raised the in-come limits to $125,000 for single taxpayers and $225,000 for married couples filing joint returns.

“It’s nice, they extended the program in the first week of November,” said Jack Fegeley, an O’Brien Realty agent who sells homes for Quality Built Homes at the Broad Creek Subdivision. “And I don’t know if people are considering that they’ll have another extension.”

It’s now too late to build a house from the be-ginning permit phase with Quality Built and meet the deadlines for the homebuyer’s tax credit, but there are many already build and in-progress “spec” homes available at Quality Built’s subdivisions.

“There’s probably about 9 homes between Forrest Farm, Broad Creek and Forest Knolls that Quality Built either has under construction or it

has permits to get ready to start,” he said, adding that there are several other homes at the c o m p a n i e s other sub-divisions in Calvert and St. Mary’s counties.

“ E v -eryone that I’ve talked to who’s ben-efited from (the tax cred-it), they put the money back into the e c o n o m y . They bought a fence, or new living room f u r n i t u r e ,” Fegeley said. By Sean Rice

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dpublishing.netPhoto By Sean Rice

The Tri-County Council for South-ern Maryland has $238,414 in fund-ing available for employee training in Southern Maryland through the Ameri-can Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

A key provision of the ARRA is increasing the availability of training for workforce system customers and expanding the availability of existing training courses and curricula to meet local needs in Southern Maryland.

The ARRA allows the local South-ern Maryland Workforce Investment Board (SMWIB) to contract with in-stitutions of higher education, such as community and technical colleges or other eligible training providers. Direct contracts with institutions of higher education and other eligible train-ing providers also allow SMWIB to quickly design training to fit the needs of the job seekers and employers in the Southern Maryland region. Funds will support short-term training activities that result in a certificate or recognized credential.

This program is designed to assist local employers who are currently re-cruiting for positions within their com-panies better align the skills of their ap-plicants with the needs of the job. As a result of the economy, many highly-skilled workers who are ready to transi-tion to new industries and careers will benefit as applicants.

“The success of this program will be measured by our ability to turn more job applicants’ resumes into suitable new hires,” Ellen Flowers-Fields, Di-

rector of Regional Economic Develop-ment at the Tri-County Council, said in a press release.

Employers are seeing highly quali-fied applicants who lack direct experi-ence in their industries. This discon-nect often results in the application not being considered. The SMWIB’s contract training pro-gram will pay for the cost to train that new hire in the specific areas needed to help the individual secure that job.

“This type of oc-cupational matching addresses both the needs of the job seek-er and the employer, aiding in helping local people secure local jobs and in business growth and sustain-ability,” stated Com-missioner Gerald W. Clark, Chairman Tri-County Council.

Employers and HR directors inter-ested in finding out how to access these recruitment ser-vices can contact their county busi-ness services repre-sentative. In Calvert County, contact Bar-bara DeHenzel at 443-550-6753.

The Calvert County Board of Com-missioners, upon reviewing the staff-rec-ommended $265 million 2011-2016 capital improvements plan budget, decided to leave in three projects that St. Leonard residents have been advocating.

The county will host a public hearing on the six-year capital budget proposal on Tuesday, March 23, at the Calvert Pines Senior Center at 7 p.m. After consider-ing input from the public, the six-year plan will become part of the county’s overall proposed budget, which will be presented at a public hearing planned for Tuesday, May 18.

Projects that benefit St. Leonard in the six-year plan include:

• Sewer feasibility study for Saint Leonard Town Center in 2012;

• Feasibility study for second access road from Calvert Beach/Long Beach in 2012, and

• Installation of new well water pump and elevated water storage tower for Saint Leonard Town Center in 2012-13.

“While the news is good, budgeting for these planned projects is not a sure thing or a done deal,” said Tim Grover, president of the St. Leonard Vision Group, an association of concerned residents. “Whether these projects get into the [com-missioner’s] proposed budget will depend on citizen input received.”

All three projects are detailed in the current Saint Leonard Town Center Master Plan, which can be viewed online at www.co.cal.md.us/residents/building/planning/TownCenters/St.LeonardTownCenter/de-fault.asp.

“Each of these projects has a ma-jor impact on the quality of life for Saint Leonard residents, businesses, and visitors. Our community has a lot riding on this,” Grover said. “A sewer feasibility study provides information that will be useful and necessary to shape the direction Saint Leonard is going to take. A small commu-nity sewer system would be essential for development of the small, very walkable ‘Chesapeake town’ envisioned in the Saint Leonard Town Center Master Plan.”

Grover said it is vital that residents rally in support of the St. Leonard projects if they wish to see them ultimately includ-ed in the county budget.

“I cannot stress enough how impor-tant it is for the community to come out and support these projects at both hear-ings,” Grover said. “Broad support for these projects, especially in these chal-lenging economic times, is obviously very important and critical.” By Sean Rice (ScG)

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Time is Running Short to Cash in on Homebuyer’s

Credit

St. Leonard Sewer Study Remains in

Budget

Al-Qaida Suspect Worked Shortly at Calvert Cliffs

Jack Fegeley, an O’Brien Realty agent talks about the homebuy-er’s credit in the kitchen of Quality Built Homes’ model house at Broad Creek in Hollywood.


Budget Deficits As Far As the Eye Can

See – Unless We Act With Decisive

Leadership

Maryland’s budget deficit is a long-term problem that requires a long-term solution. Over the past three years, the O’Malley/Brown Administration has made no real progress in addressing the state’s ongoing structural budget deficit. Only four months after Governor O’Malley’s first budget took effect in July of 2007 he called the General Assembly back in to special session to pass his massive tax increase plan. Please note that this was about 8 months after he first took office. It was also less than a year since he asked the citizens of Maryland to make him Governor with his promises to “help re-store Maryland’s fiscal accountability”. Since then we seem to get a never-ending stream of excuses and reactions to falling tax revenues that we loudly predicted would occur when he raised our taxes in the first place.

Increased spending, a failed slots bill, the largest tax increase in our state’s history, and federal bailouts make for a dismal track record of this Governor. The Department of Legislative Services currently projects a cumulative deficit of over $8 billion for fis-cal years 2012-2015. That’s $1,428 for every man, woman, and child (5.6 million people) in the State of Maryland. That is $5712 for a family of four just to cover overspending and the failure of state government under Martin O’Malley to tighten the belt. This is in addi-tion to and on top of the high taxes we already pay in Maryland, and Governor O’Malley has yet to offer a long-term comprehensive plan to deal with this crisis. Next year, when federal stimulus funding runs out, the day of reckoning will arrive and the taxpayers will be handed the bill. If we don’t reverse this trend now with decisive leadership, we are headed for yet another massive tax increase the year after the election.

On February 23rd, on behalf of the en-tire House Republican Caucus and its 37 members, we as its duly elected leaders made an important formal presentation of an alternative plan to the budget committees of the General Assembly. In response to a “challenge” from the Democratic leadership, we offered our vision of how to balance this year’s budget as well as a long-term plan to avoid tax increases and repeal the special

session taxes that have cost us countless jobs and economic development. Our plan also eliminates the need for additional demoral-izing furloughs of state employees and does not simply shift the state’s spending burden down to local government.

Our plan reduces government spending by $830 million in 2011 and puts strong lim-its on spending growth in the years that fol-low. We have put forth a comprehensive and detailed plan to balance the budget, avoid taxes, and get our economy moving again, for more specifics please visit www.mary-landhousegop.wordpress.com.

By controlling spending, we can repeal the Governor’s ill-advised sales, income and corporate tax increases in the out years and help get the state moving again with real private sector job creation and small busi-ness growth. Unlike the Governor, who ac-cording to the Baltimore Sun has a budget held together with “chewing gum and baling wire”, our plan provides a fiscal road-map to a sound financial future. Our plan will help stop the flow of businesses and people out of our state and to our economic competitors like Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

Last week, we met again with the House Appropriations Committee to answer addi-tional questions and continue the dialogue and discussion about our alternative plan. Our Caucus will continue to work in a sin-cere bipartisan effort to solve the structural deficit and avoid tax increases – something the O’Malley administration has failed to do. The burden is now on the majority party in the legislature if they chose not to accept – or simply to cherry pick – this plan. Federal funds are running out and we face a fiscal nightmare of higher taxes and jeopardized priorities if strong action is not taken now. If the Governor and majority party ignore our recommendations, as they have done in the past, then they should be honest with the citi-zens of Maryland and give them a list of what taxes they plan on increasing next year after the election, and by how much.

There is another way. We do have a choice - we can stop the flow of red ink now. While Maryland’s fiscal challenges are sig-nificant, they can be overcome. It just takes the political will to do so.

As always, feel free to contact my local legislative office at (410) 326-0081 or email at [email protected] with questions, comments or concerns regarding these items or other matters.

O’Malley Asks For More Federal Money

WASHINGTON - Gov. Mar-tin O’Malley asked Maryland’s congressional delegation Thurs-day to devote unused federal mon-ey to spur small business lending and create jobs in the state, where unemployment remains at 7.5 percent despite more than $4 bil-lion in stimulus funding.

Money returned from the Troubled Asset Relief Program should be used to guarantee small business lending, O’Malley suggested.

“If you could make it possi-ble for us to access those dollars, to be repaid to the federal govern-ment, it would allow us to lever-age on a one-to-six basis, the sort of small business lending that could be going on to create jobs and improve the business climate in our state.”

The appeal came as O’Malley brought his Cabinet to Capi-tol Hill Thursday to lay out his administration’s federal funding priorities for fiscal 2011, which begins July 1.

The event was organized by Sen. Barbara Mikulski, and every Marylander in Congress attended except for Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, who was attending a White House meeting.

O’Malley presented the del-egation with an agenda focused on job creation, transportation infrastructure and public safety. Federal dollars are expected to be harder to come by due to the fed-eral spending freeze proposed by President Obama, which would begin on Oct. 1.

“We know you’re under tremendous constraints and tre-mendous challenges and I know that you understand that our state government is as well,” O’Malley said.

The state is facing a $2 bil-lion budget shortfall this year, which the governor has proposed filling by furloughing state em-ployees, transferring $1 billion from other funding sources and slashing $375 million from state agencies.

The federal government has its own fiscal problems. Last month, the federal deficit was a record $220.9 billion, which is 14 percent higher than the previous record from February 2009.

As O’Malley laid out his spending priorities for the up-coming year, he thanked the del-egation for providing relief for the state through stimulus funds and Medicaid assistance.

“Although we’re one of the stronger states from a fiscal stand-point...I know that we would be in deep trouble were it not for your prompt action and leadership on this,” said O’Malley.

Funding for Base Closure and Realignment improvements, bus transit and the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Au-thority were among the infra-structure projects highlighted by O’Malley.

Also on the governor’s wish list was funding for a statewide radio interoperability project to smooth communications between first responders and law enforce-ment agencies.

After the presentation, O’Malley fielded questions from the members of Congress.

Mikulski asked how much money Maryland had spent to recover from the back-to-back snowstorms earlier this year, say-ing she was working to acquire federal “dough for snow.”

Transportation Secretary Beverly Swaim-Staley said the state spent $130 million, dou-bling the $65 billion budgeted. The state already won a fed-eral disaster declaration for one storm, and Maryland Emergency Management Agency director Richard Muth said he expects to submit another request to the fed-eral government within the next two weeks.

“Well, we’re ready,” said Mikulski. “As soon as you finish your request, we’ll be able to sign a joint letter to get this into the record.”

Roscoe Bartlett, the lone Republican in the state’s delega-tion, said he was part of a broad spectrum represented by team Maryland.

“I’m a conservative Republi-can so I can’t vote for these big government programs,” Bartlett said. “But I’ll tell you, after they vote to spend the money, I join my team Maryland colleagues in try-ing to get it all for Maryland.” By

Graham Moomaw (Capital News Service)


By Joyce BakiSpring is popping out all over! Crocuses are

starting to bloom and you can actually smell the fresh scent of spring. We are moving from the dull browns and grays of winter to the colors of spring and there are many great events in Calvert County – it is time to get out of the house and enjoy life.

Make a date with Annmarie to enjoy an adult evening of art, wine and live music on Saturday, March 20, from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Annmarie Af-ter Hours: AAH! Annmarie Garden opens their newest exhibit Constructed Place, where you can interact and immerse yourself in the created spac-es, built places and imagined environments de-signed and sculpted by the Washington Sculptors Group. Annmarie After Hours will feature the jazz music of Joyce Kinser, complimentary appe-tizers and tastings from the Blue Wind Gourmet and special sales in the gift shop. This is a perfect stop before or after dinner. (www.annmariegar-den.org)

The Calvert Artists’ Guild will host their Guild Art Show on the mezzanine at Annmarie Garden on Saturday and Sunday, March 20-21. An artists’ reception is planned for Saturday, March 20, from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and artists from around Southern Maryland will be featured. Since its inception in 1978 the Calvert Artists’ Guild has promoted art in Calvert County and works to de-velop interest and appreciation in all media of art. (www.calvertartistsguild.org)

Put on your Easter finery and hop down to Chesapeake Beach for an Easter Parade on the

Boardwalk, Saturday, March 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. The parade will begin at 17th Street and the Boardwalk and make its way down to Bayfront Park, where games await the children. The Easter Bunny will pass out treats supplied by the Town of Chesapeake Beach and local merchants so bring your Easter basket. Raindate – Saturday, April 3 (www.chesapeake-beach.md.us)

The Solomons Business Asso-ciation hosts the 10th annual Taste of Solomons on Saturday, March 27. Participating restaurants will showcase their signature dishes with tastings. Tickets are $4 per tasting and are available at partici-

pating restaurants and the Solomons Visitor Cen-ter. But that’s not all: Patuxent Adventure Center offers kayak rentals and classes with demonstra-tions on the Riverwalk. Stop by Bunky’s Charter Boats or Kingfisher’s Charters to learn how you and your family can enjoy a day of sportfishing. Explore maritime history and visit the river otters at Calvert Marine Museum. Sample tastings of recipes from the many cookbooks in the Calvert Marine Museum gift shop will also be available. Stop by Port of Call Liquors for a wine tasting. The Taste of Solomons brings many tasty and fun opportunities to see what this vibrant little island has to offer. (www.solomonsisland.com)

Head down to Pepper’s Pet Pantry on Sunday, March 28, for a very special event sponsored by the Humane Society of Calvert County and St. Mary’s Animal Welfare League. “Black Tie/White Tails Event” will feature black and white canines and felines looking for a home. The event runs from noon to 3 p.m. Light refreshments will be pro-vided for this free and fun event. Pepper’s Pet Pan-try is located at 13858 Solomons Island Road, next to Solomons Vet and Patuxent Adventure Center. The store is full of wonderful items for your furry four-legged friends! For more information, visit www.humanesocietyofcalvertcounty.org or www.smawl.org. (www.pepperspetpantry.com)

Get outdoors with the American Chestnut Land Trust on Saturday, March 27, for hiking trail maintenance and vine vindicator work day. From 9 a.m. to noon the group will work to improve the native plant species by identifying and remov-ing non-native invasive plant species. Bring work gloves, loppers and clippers if you have them. Or help ACLT on Sunday, March 28, for Barn Work Day. Join the barn volunteer crew from 8 a.m. to noon as they maintain historic barns lo-cated throughout ACLT’s preserved property. To register, call 410-414-3400 or visit online at www.acltweb.org.

Children in grades one through three can find out how spring is springing into our local parks. Join the staff at Battle Creek Cypress Swamp for the Spring Into Spring Mini Camp, Monday through Wednesday, March 29-31. Children will explore the woods, streams and swamps in this program, discovering if there are tadpoles in the pond and using binoculars to see birds singing in the woods. Songs, games, crafts and live animal observations will also be part of the learning experience. Bring a lunch and dress for the weather. Call 410-535-5327 for fees. (www.calvertparks.org)

The Smell of Spring Is In the Air

Shark-Bitten Fossilized Poop Found in Calvert

The Calvert County Minority Busi-ness Alliance (CCMBA) is sponsoring a community outreach training session titled “Expanding the American Dream.”

It is an opportunity for business own-ers or potential business owners to come together to learn about various topics per-taining to running a successful business.

Participants will hear from success-ful business owners who have already paved their way through the “business minefield,’ says Dawn Tucker of the Alliance.

The free event will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. March 28 at the Calvert County Library in Prince Frederick.

The CCMBA also holds meetings and special sessions to discuss local business concerns and opportunities. This commu-nity business training program was devel-oped to aid and support local businesses.

The Mission of the Calvert County Minority Business Alliance is to Educate, assist, and develop its members; Provide training and education opportunities; Act as a liaison to local, state & federal poli-cymakers; Recommend programs and ser-vices that increase the County’s business tax base; Provide opportunities to market and expand one’s business.

For more information, visit CCMBA’s Web site at www.calvertcountymba.org.

Feces sometimes fossilize, at which time they become known as “coprolites.”

Stephen J. Godfrey, of the Calvert Marine Mu-seum paleontology depart-ment, and J. B. Smith from the American Institutes for Research reported in the international peer-reviewed journal Naturwissen-

schaften on two unique coprolites found at Calvert Cliffs, in Calvert County, that preserve prehistoric shark tooth impressions.

These 14 to15 million-year-old fossils, from the Miocene epoch, are the first-known coprolites to preserve vertebrate tooth marks.

Before the fresh feces fossilized, they were bitten by a prehistoric shark. These coprolites provide evidence of extinct shark behaviors that cannot be directly known through the study of fossilized teeth or bones.

The kinds of shark behaviors that probably account for these impres-sions include:

1) aborted coprophagy (the prehistoric sharks started to eat the poop, but then thought better of it);

2) benthic or nektonic exploration (the sharks were just nosing about, bit into the feces and for reasons unknown, did not ingest them);

3) predation (the sharks bit into the feces-filled abdomen or dismem-bered intestines of a prey animal (alive or dead), leaving the tooth impres-sions in the feces that subsequently sank to the bottom of the ocean and fossilized).

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The Republican Women Leaders of Calvert recently donated several books to Calvert Library. The organization participates in the Mamie Eisenhower Literacy Program, providing books to the public library every year. This year the organization donated four books about President Abraham Lincoln. The titles are Lincoln’s Sword; the Presidency and the Power of Words, Manhunt; the 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, Team of Rivals; the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and Abraham Lincoln; the Prairie Years and the War Years. These books will be available to borrow from the library. Shown in the photo are, from left, Ella Ennis, President of Republican Women Leaders of Calvert, Marilyn Quinn, Chair of the Mamie Eisenhower Literacy Program in Calvert County, and Patricia Hofmann, Director of Calvert Library.

Celebrate spring at the Calvert Marine Museum’s annual Solomons Island Kite Day on Saturday, April 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the field across from the museum.

Visitors can hone their flying skills and learn fancy maneuvers from the exper-tise of the Wings Over Washington Kite Club. Expert kiters will give demonstra-tions on super kites, and offer flying les-sons. Bring your own kite, or make one at the museum. Kite kits will be on sale for $5 each, cash only.

Kite Day is co-sponsored by the Au-tism-Asperger Association of Calvert County, working to build awareness of Au-tism month. Admission to the kite flying activity is free and open to the public; gen-eral museum admission applies for visita-tion to the exhibition gallery.

See www.calvertmarinemuseum.com for more information about the Calvert Marine Museum.

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Looking for a great date night that is not going to cost you an arm and a leg? Come to the Leonardtown Fire Department on Saturday, March 27, for The Comedy Department, featuring Mark Matusof and Kier.

Enjoy a buffet dinner, prepared by the Auxiliary of the Leonardtown VFD, featuring steamship round,

stuffed chicken breast, crab balls and all of the fixings, an open bar and en-tertainment by two very funny guys – for $50 a person.

A former aerospace engineer, Mark Matusof is fast becoming a favorite entertainer across North America – from Las Vegas to the Bahamas. Based in Washington, DC, he has been described in the press as “funny without being vul-gar or nasty” and “going the smarter, hipper direction to the joke.” He has appeared on Night Shift, CNBC’s America’s Talking Network, XM Satellite Radio and the nationally syndicated “Bob and Tom” radio show. Look for material ranging from his immigrant family to the aggravations of modern life and the fragility of the male ego.

As a boy Kier wanted to grow up to be a singer-songwriter, he even went to college on a music scholar-ship and spent a great deal of time trying to write that great song. But after seeing Steve Martin live and how he mixed comedy and mu-sic started him thinking. Kier has opened for Don McLean, Roy Orbi-son, Randy Meisner, Reba McEntire

and Leon Russell. In 1993 he was named National Association of Campus Activities Coffeehouse Entertainer of the Year. His show will mix original music and life stories, along with comedy and impressions.

The evening starts at 6 p.m. with an “Attitude Adjustment” Hour, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The Comedy Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person and all proceeds go to the Leonar-dtown Fire Department. This is a great evening supporting a great organization. Tickets are going fast – and it is reservations only! Make your reservation now. Call Roger Mattingly at 301-475-5966 or email at [email protected].

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Patuxent Team Takes Fourth in SMECO Computer Bowl

More than 90 young computer experts participated in a contest of knowledge and skill during the 21st Annual Southern Maryland Regional Computer Bowl, held March 6 at Theodore G. Davis Middle School in Waldorf.

Twenty-three teams from 11 high schools in Southern Maryland faced the challeng-ing literacy and programming tests in the Computer Bowl. In the first round of the com-petition, students took a written test of their computer literacy.

In the second round, teams of three to four students created computer programs to solve specific problems, using programming languages such as Java and Visual BASIC.

A team from La Plata High School won first place. Northern High School placed second, with members Eric Butler, Bryan Ek, Mary Beth Kery, and Keegan Lee, coached by Eric Stroh. Huntingtown High School placed third, with team members Benjamin Arocho, Robbie Jackson, David Lavezzo, and Bryant O’Brien, and coach Tom Currier.

Patuxent High School won fourth place, with Jordan Goldstein, Nicholas Mosquera, Aaron Sherrin, and Chris Taylor, coached by Blaine Mably.

Winners received plaques, trophies, and U.S. Savings Bonds. System Planning Cor-poration awarded calculator rulers to the team members who placed third and fourth. Booz Allen Hamilton awarded computer backpacks to each of the students in the top two teams, and members of the first-place team also received $500 performance awards from the College of Southern Maryland.

Employees from Booz Allen Hamilton who served as judges for the competition were Carrie Dalton, Mike Hammett, and Doug Sanborn. David Sanborn from St. Mary’s College, Joe Burgin from the College of Southern Maryland, Lisa Clark, Mark Czajka, and Jason Sherrod from the Charles County Technology Council, Karen Lusk of Man-Tech, and Catherine Wood of System Planning Corporation also served as judges. George Matisick, a community volunteer who is retired from St. Mary’s County Public Schools, has assisted with developing the test and programming questions for the past 21 years.

Sponsors for the Computer Bowl are Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, the College of Southern Maryland, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the public school systems of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties. Charles County Public Schools equips each team with two laptops for the programming portion of the competition.

Congressman Steny Hoyer invites all interested students to the 5th Congressional Dis-trict of Maryland 28th Annual U.S. Service Academy and Military Education and Career Forum, featuring representatives of the U.S. Service Academies, College ROTC Programs and Recruiters.

The event will take place at the Show Place Arena at 14900 Pennsylvania Avenue in Upper Marlboro, from 6-8 p.m. April 19. For More Information Call (301) 474-0119.

The Calvert Alliance Against Sub-stance Abuse, lnc. (CAASA) announced this year’s Mini-Grant recipients. Each recipients received approximately $3,500 in funding to implement alcohol and other drug prevention activities or programs in Calvert County.

The recipients are:• Calvert Alternative Education Pro-

gram – to supplement program funding to promote healthy alternatives and decision-making skills.

• Calvert Crusade for Children – to help sponsor parenting trainings and workshops.

• D.A.R.E Program – to assist with the purchase of workbooks used by the students participating in the D.A.R.E. program.

• Optimists of Calvert – to provide funding for children to participate in the “Shop with a Cop” Program.

• Northern Middle School – to help purchase supplemental materials for the Quest Program.

• Southern Maryland Community Network – to help sponsor the ‘’Staying Connected” program that will focus on al-cohol and other drug abuse prevention.

CAASA awards funds to local com-munity organizations and groups as a method to encourage the community to become involved in alcohol and other drug abuse prevention.

Applicants must show that they will implement an activity or program that will address the problem of alcohol and other drug abuse.

The Board of Directors is excited that this year’s recipients will take a pro-active stance against substance abuse in Calvert County by sponsoring programs or providing educational materials for the county’s youth and adult populations, said CAASA Coordinator, Candice D’Agostino in a press release.

For information about the Mini-Grant Program, or any other program sponsored by CAASA, please contact D’Agostino, at 410 -535-3733.

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Alternative School Among Recipients of CAASA Mini Grants

Staff from the Calvert Alternative Education Program accepts their mini-grant check from CAASA (Cal-vert Alliance Against Substance Abuse). The grant will help supplement program funding to promote healthy alternatives and decision making skills for their students.

A team from Patuxent High School took fourth place in this year’s Southern Maryland Regional High School Computer Bowl. Team members from left are Aaron Sherrin, Chris Taylor, Jordan Goldstein, and Nicholas Mosquera, and coach Blaine Mably.


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On Saturday, February 20th, over 600 people helped the Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse, Inc. (CAASA) raise funds for Project Graduation by attending the “Comedy Invasion for Project Graduation” show featuring comedians Ralph Harris and Julie Fox. CAASA’s Board of Directors ap-preciates the community’s support. It was a wonderful night of laughter and entertain-ment for a great cause.

Of importance is the support CAASA received from the business community and generous individuals. Listed below are the names of local businesses, organizations and special friends that contributed funds to sponsor the performance. Without their gen-erosity, the program would not have been so successful.Benefactors: COMCAST, PNC Bank and SMECO

Sponsors:A.H. Hatcher, Inc., Maxine Adair, At-

lantic Coast Title, Auxiliary to the North Beach Volunteer Fire Dept., Benthic Telesis, Inc., Bob Hall, LLC, Bowen’s Grocery, Cal-vert Assoc. of Supervisors and Administra-tors, Calvert Body Works, Inc., Sheriff Mike Evans, Calvert Memorial Hospital, Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Dept. & Auxiliary, Honor-able Margaret H. Phipps, Register of Wills, Drs. Eugene and Victoria Karol, Lamson, LeBlanc & Carmean, LLC, Lighthouse En-graving & Signs, Inc., Lord Calvert Bowl, Maryland Bank and Trust Company, George W. Owings, III, Commissioner Wilson H. Parran,

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& Heating, Inc., Quality Built Homes, Inc., Ralph P. Sita, Inc., Rausch Funeral Home, Judge Thomas and Gracie Rymer, SACO Construction, Sisk Auto Body, Inc., Sleepy Hollow Daycare. Kathy P. Smith, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Sneade’s Ace Home Center, Inc., Garrett Music Academy, and Thomas L. Hance, Inc.

Friends of CAASA: Aria Spa, John and Janet Bateman, Calvert Elks Lodge, 2620, Chesapeake Grille and Deli, Collinson; Oliff and Associates, Dickinson’s Jewelers

Educate and Celebrate, EmbroidMe, Floral Expressions, Giant Foods, Inc., Thom-as and Sheila Hejl, Joe and Joyce Nalley, Papa John’s Pizza, Bill and Frances Phelan, Prince George’s Federal Savings Bank, Safeway, Inc., Smith Printing and Richard’s Bayside Florist.

Project Graduation is an important event in Calvert County, as it provides the county’s graduating seniors from Calvert, Huntingtown, Northern and Patuxent High Schools an opportunity to celebrate gradua-tion in a safe environment with their class-mates and guests. This event reduces the chance of crashes involving our youth on one of the most important nights of their lives - graduation.

To find out more about Project Gradu-ation, contact the CAASA Office at 410-535-3733 or visit our website at www.co.cal.md.us/CAASA. Donations for Project Grad-uation are graciously accepted year round and are tax deductible.

Janet Bateman, PresidentCAASA Board of Directors

In a recent letter to the Editor, Mr. Max Munger once again is misstating the facts and continues the Association’s attempt to scare property owners.

Mr. Munger stated that: “All property owners are members of the association,” and that, “Members approve of all budgets and ex-penditures.” That’s not true.

STD expenditures are not voted on by lot owners, and once again only owners who pay the DPPOA poll tax can vote so those that don’t pay don’t get a vote in any matters concerning budgets, or who represents them. So how can he say members approve?

He stated that in 12 years “There is/ are/ were no objectives or provisions for county takeover of roads”. Then why were roads men-tioned by name in STD proposals and budgets to be improved to the point the county would take them? Why has the county taken over several roads already? According to the coun-ty, three more need just be paved to be accepted right now.

Mr. Munger does not represent our com-munity, just the Association. He and the As-sociation are not concerned with the wants of property owners or what is best for the com-munity just their own vision of what they can do with our money.

There was almost $600,000 left from STD 3. Mr. Munger and the association wanted to get approximately $150,000 per year more with STD 4, once again I’m using their num-

bers. Why did they ask for more? Can we assume since they were asking for $150,000 a year that is all that is needed? Then why is their budget over $200,000 per year and what were they planning on spending the $600,000 on a fishing pier?

The amenities Mr. Munger mentioned, the beach and boat ramp, can most certainly be locked up. The common lots can be given to the Calvert land trust to assure no future development.

The fact stands the best thing for our com-munity is the county to take over our roads and that can’t happen if we don’t try. I, and most of my fellow property owners, want the specifics from the county what will it take to turn are roads over once and for all.

We should look into the possibility of long term bond funding to accomplish this. I believe the law now exists to do a bond funding situa-tion of this type; we could stretch it out 20 years if need be to keep cost down for those with low or fixed incomes.

There would be no more need for a STD, an association or letters to the editor from peo-ple or person’s who want to pretend they are an actual government.

Arthur W. DawsonDrum Point

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A Chocolover’s DreamOn the evening of Saturday, Feb. 20

over 150 people arrived at Annmarie Gar-den for the 5th Annual Chocolover’s Affair sponsored by the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce. Each year the Chamber uses this opportunity - -a veritable mini Taste of Cal-vert- - to showcase delicious foods and des-serts and wines from some of Calvert’s finest restaurants, caterers, and wineries.

Due to a storm on a previous weekend we had to reschedule our event to a date when Annmarie Garden could accommodate us and eleven restaurants/caters, a photographer, musicians, a winery, a rental company, and over a dozen volunteers could rearrange their schedules to pull the event together again. As often happens when an event is moved from its original date Chocolover’s then fell on the same night as other events in the community previously scheduled for that Saturday. We sincerely hope their events were equally well attended and successful.

Chocolover’s guests gave rave reviews to the following food vendors for showcasing their signature foods and desserts at Chocolover’s: DiGiovanni’s Dock of the Bay, Dreamweaver’s Catering & Cafe, Expressions Catering, Her-rington on the Bay Catering, Hilton Garden Inn Solomons, Maryland Country Caterers, Salsar-ita’s, Mikaela Clark, DuPaul’s Catering, and Jasper’s. And the guests gave a real shout-out to Spyro’s Bakery And Café for its scrumptious and creative chocolate desesrt by nominating it for the People’s Choice Award.

I’d like to thank all the businesses and members who donated a wide array of items for both the silent and live auction, to Bill Chambers for his skill and humor as an auc-

tioneer; to Darren Rickwood, Chocolover’s Chair, and his talented committee for their at-tention to detail and for ensuring that every guest enjoyed their evening; to Jax Photog-raphy for taking beautiful photographs of the event and guests; to Periqeaux Winery for in-truding its wine to a discerning audience, and to the music students at Patuxent High School String Trio for providing entertain-ment for the evening.

My special thanks goes to our event sponsors: Comcast, Constellation Energy Group, Fantasy World Enter-tainment, Show Place Arena, Calvert Design Group Inc, College of South-ern Maryland, Community Bank of Tri-County, Chaney Enterprises, PNC Bank, Perigeaux Vineyard & Winery, Servpro of St. Mary’s & Calvert Coun-ty, Asbury-Solomons, Bayside Toyota, Calvert Commercial Real Estate, Rog-ers & Goldbach Insurance & Associ-ates, Sheldon Studios, and numerous business and individuals who were so generous with their donations, time, talents, products and services. Without their support, the Chocolover’s Affair would not have been able to achieve such success.

Chocolover’s is open to the public and each year more and more people hear about it and attend. And when they’ve come once, they come again. For those who didn’t make it this year, look for us next year!

Carrie Polk, Chair, Board of DirectorsCalvert County Chamber of Commerce

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ries around, I think there’s two others in the United States that are the size and can do what we do,” said Kathy Concannon, MAC Lab educator.

“We really specialize in waterlogged wood, and large metal objects,” said Samford. “And actually there’s some really cool water-logged wood back there right now.”

One of the cool pieces of waterlogged wood in the Lab now is a storage box from USS Monitor, the first ironclad warship for the U.S. Navy, which was sent by Virginia to be preserved with freeze-drying.

The MAC Lab receives artifacts from all over the world to be professionally conserved by freeze drying or other methods, which along with state funding and donations col-lected by the Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park, helps fund operations.

“We have the largest archeological freeze dryer on East Coast,” said Concannon.

Vacuum freeze drying takes out all the moisture from an organic ob-ject relatively quickly, pre-serving it for storage. The MAC Lab has freeze dried

objects that range from a Caribou hide from Alaska and a 12-foot long dugout canoe from New Jersey.

Activities that go on in the MAC Lab are the most vital to preserving archeological dis-coveries for storage or for display at museums – but lab work overall is not what first comes to mind what thinking of archeology.

“When people think of archeology they think of it as just being out in the field, but for every day in the field, we spend three days in the lab,” said Samford.

This year from May 11 to July 3, JPP’s free public archeology program is open. Visi-tors can come to the park and get hand-on ex-perience in archeology, from the field to the lab.

“We get a lot of people come out because they want to get the experience of what ar-cheology is all about. Some people stay a day, some stay a week,” said Samford. “And we get them involved in the actual process – the dig-ging, the screening, the washing of artifacts, labeling artifacts. We get people involved in the whole scientific process of archeology.”

April 14 is the opening day for this year’s season at JPP. The entire site will be open, and there will be walking tours of the whole property; tours of the MAC Lab; the native America village will be in full swing, with primitive technologies demonstrations; ven-dors and displays and more.

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The point of land where the St. Leonard Creek meets the Patuxent River has been a prime piece of real estate for at least 9,000 years.

Evidence unearthed on the 512 acres that make up the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum [JPP] in St. Leonard provide tangible proof of con-tinuous human settlements spanning back to pre-historic times.

“There’s over 9,000 years of documented human occupation on this piece of property, so there’s a plethora of sites that could be excavated,’ said Megan Williams, marketing and devel-opment coordinator for JPP. “What we like to tell people is a good piece of property now was also a good piece of property 400 years ago. People always wanted water access.”

The Park may be most well known for its yearly community activities, such as the Celtic Festival, War of 1812 reenactment and the new Calvert Coun-ty Green Expo. But, the site is rooted in arche-ology. It is the state of Maryland’s premier ar-cheology location and storehouse – with more than 8 million artifacts housed in perpetuity at the park.

“We’re a state mu-seum of archeology,’ said Williams, stop-ping short of saying it’s the most important archeology location in Maryland.

“There are other museums in the state that discuss archeology,” she said, but Jefferson Patter-son Park houses the largest collection, and actively excavates new finds at nearly every exploration. “Our archeologists here have excavated maybe one percent of all the potential sites here.”

The conservatory on site is the primary arche-ology storage site for the state.

“We store all of the artifacts that are owned by the state of Maryland,” said Patricia Samford, director of the Maryland Archeologi-cal Conservation Labo-ratory [called the MAC Lab].

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aren’t what they used to be in South-

ern Maryland, said Doug Alves, Director of the Calvert Marine Museum (CMM) on Solomons Island.

“[Life} was water oriented,” he said. “You would take boats up and down the creek to visit friends … People fished and farmed and grew tobacco, and now there’s no tobacco … there are people learning to make boats, but no one is making skipjacks or doing things they way they used to, and in another 40 years there’s going to be no one left who used to do these things.”

And it was the realization that the cul-ture of an area known for its craftsmen and watermen was slipping away that led to the creation of the museum itself, which will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this fall.

The museum itself started in 1970 with the founding five; Bill Dovel, LeRoy “Pep-per” Langley, Dan Barrett, Alton Kersey and Joseph C. Lore, and Alves, a self-de-scribed carpetbagger from Connecticut,” said he joined the ranks at the museum 20 years ago, and has since been working with Jim Langley (Pepper’s son) to keep the mu-seum going.

As for Langley, he described his career with the museum as an extension of a fam-ily tradition, his own father being one of the many volunteers who built the place.

“He really cared about this place, even more than he did his family,” he said, smiling. “He worked here all the time, and

when he died, Doug was nice enough to let us have his funeral here, so we rolled him down in the auditorium, put all of his carvings and his pictures around him …

so that’s the kind of family orientation the museum has with all the people around here.”

Pepper Lang-ley was a compul-sive collector, said Jim, describing his penchant for amass-ing artifacts of all types throughout his lifetime.

“It was always crazy, how much

stuff he had,” said Langley. “We would lit-erally have to navigate past all the piles of stuff he had on his property.”

And though Jim said he’s not a collec-tor in his own rite, he has borrowed part of his dad’s collecting gene by becoming a lead curator and creator of exhibits at CMM.

“We’re in the process of redoing our maritime history hall, and that’s really close to our heart, our main theme,” said Langley, “and we’re giving it a facelift.” He explained that part of this renovation would include taking down of the text that goes with the exhibit and replacing it with

interactive audio and video. “We want people to feel they have some connection to the past … but we’re working on exhibits all the time.”

In addition to the museum’s 5th Annual Maritime Festival, which will be held on the island on May 1 and 2, Alves said there were a lot of other special things lined up for the museum’s hall-mark anniversary.

“We’re going to have a birth-day celebration on Oct. 23 … but some of the new things we’re do-ing is revising our orientation film,” said Alves. “Our Lore Oys-ter House on the island – Jim spent two years renovating that, and that will be dedicated on Sunday, May 2nd. On July 2nd, we’ve been renovating the maritime hall, and we’ll have a ribbon cutting. You know when you’re 40 you want to do that makeover, do all the nips and tucks.”

CMM will also host Blue Collar Comedy star Bill Engvall on July 3, followed by Pat Benetar and REO Speedwagon on Sept. 3.

In the meantime, Langley and Alves both agreed that far too many Southern Marylanders were ignorant of the area’s roots, which is why they said they are excited

to see what sort of interested the museum’s 40th anniversary will generate.

“We’re a wonderful resource, we’re very inexpensive, and it’s a wonderful way to come down to the place and learn a little bit about why we’re all down here,” said Langley.

For more information on Calvert Ma-rine Museum, including upcoming events and exhibits, go to www.calvertmarinemu-seum.com. By AndreA Shiell (CT) [email protected]

Museum Director Doug Alves points out a hidden sea otter painted into one of the wall scenes. Several other faces can be found scattered around the museum.

Photo By Bob HallOn March 9 the founders of the Calvert Marine Museum were honored with the unveiling of a newly installed “Founder’s Plaque.” From left is Commissioner President Wilson Parran, Barbara Barrett (wife of founder Daniel Bar-rett) with founders Alton Kersey and Bill Dovel flanking the plaque.

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By Joyce Baki

On November 22, 1633, two ships set off from Cowes on the English Isle of Wight. The two ships, The Ark and The Dove, carried approximately 140 pas-sengers, both Catholic and Protes-tant, who left England for simple reasons: the Catholics left to es-cape persecution and the Protes-tants left to seek a better life. Both hoped that the New World would offer greater opportunities.

The settlement in Mary-land was granted under a charter by King Charles I of England to Cecilius Calvert, Baron of Bal-timore. Lord Baltimore’s father, George Calvert, was a Catholic, well versed in diplomatic skills. King James I admired Calvert and

knighted him as Lord Balti-more. In these times Catholics

in England were not allowed to practice their religion openly and Calvert asked King James I for a land grant in the New World where he and others could settle and find religious freedom. James I died before granting the land to Calvert, but his successor, Charles I, agreed to Calvert’s request giv-ing him the land “to the true me-ridian of the first fountains of the River Pattowmeck.” George died before ever seeing this new land, but his son, Cecil, accepted the charter and named the new colo-ny “Maryland,” after the wife of Charles I, Henrietta Maria.

Leonard Calvert, Cecil’s brother, led the small group on the voyage and each adult on the voy-age was granted 100 acres, each child received 50 acres and inden-tured servants received personal supplies and food.

The voyage was not easy. Three days after departing, the group encountered a storm that separated the two ships. Both ar-rived in the West Indies within weeks of one another in January 1634, where they replenished their stores and sailed north, landing in Virginia on February 27, 1634. The group gathered more supplies and sailed into the Chesapeake Bay landing on a small island in the Potomac River. The island was named St. Clement’s Island, the patron saint of sailors, and on March 25, the Catholics as-sembled at a mass celebrated by Father Andrew White. This would

be the first Catholic mass celebrat-ed in the new and wild country of America.

The new colony of Maryland kept issues of church and state separate and George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, determined that the new colony was a place for all Christians – where differ-ent denominations could practice their faith without reprisal. Reli-gious toleration was the official policy of Maryland, Native Amer-icans were recognized as a sepa-rate people with inherent rights and these two policies were very different from the views in other colonies and in England. These policies laid witness to provisions of the U.S. Constitution guaran-teeing separation of church and state and laws being enacted to protect civil rights.

Maryland Day commemorates the landing of these origi-nal settlers. In 1903, the Maryland State Board of Educa-tion made March 25 the one day during the school year that would be devoted to the study of Maryland history and in 1916, the Maryland General Assembly authorized Maryland Day as a legal holiday in the State of Maryland.

Learn more about Maryland’s roots with a visit to St. Clement’s Island and the St.

Clement’s Island Mu-seum. The museum was founded in 1975 by local citizens and the 7th Dis-trict Optimist Club. Man-aged by the Museum Divi-sion of St. Mary’s County, the museum focuses on the history preceding the voyage to Maryland, the religious and politi-cal issues in England in the 16th and 17th centu-ries, the voyage of The Ark and The Dove, the colonists’ arrival and the heritage of the Potomac River. You will also find

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Don Bequeaith, 80

D o n a l d Dean “Don” Bequeaith, 80, of Hunting-town, MD, died March 11, 2010 at his residence. Don was born August 17, 1929 in Patter-son, IL to Gil-man and Ger-trude Dixon Bequeaith.

Don was raised in Illinois, enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and retired from the military on September 18, 1967 as a Chief Radioman after twenty years of service. While in the Navy Don received the Bronze Star, Defense Service, Silver Star for Good Conduct and Vietnam Ser-vice Medals. After his retirement from the Navy he worked as a Senior Elec-tronics Engineer for Philco-Ford/RCA until pursuing his interest in real estate later in life. In his leisure time Don en-joyed gardening, and was a meticulous builder. He had many interests includ-

ing football, boxing, crabbing, fishing, antique cars, gambling, great food, cold beer, and spending time with loved ones. He will be remembered for his charm, wit and thoughtfulness. He was a caring person who always went above and be-yond for his family, and will be greatly missed.

He is survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Joyce Ann (Hodges) Bequeaith of the home, two daughters, Deborah A. Snyder (Steve) of St. Leonard, MD and Cynthia D. Collins (Timothy) of Hun-tingtown, three sons, Brian C. Landry (Brenda) of Hollywood, MD, Donald D. Bequeaith, Jr. (Paulette) and Robert G. Bequeaith, all of Huntingtown, ten grandchildren, Shannon, Steve, Chad, Brianna, Joshua, Starr, Brandi, Brian, Jr., Tadd and Donald III, six great-grand-children, four sisters and one brother.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. March 18 at Rausch Fu-neral Home in Owings, where funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. March 19.

Interment will follow at Maryland Veteran’s Cemetery in Cheltenham.

Jamie Cheverton, 22

James “Ja-mie” Garner Cheverton, 22, of Lusby, MD passed away sud-denly on March 1, 2010 in Prince Frederick, MD.

He was born May 19, 1987 in Washington, DC to George and Nancy Cheverton.

Jamie loved music and recorded some of his own original music that he created. Jamie cherished spending time with his son “Little Man” and was a life-long Dallas Cowboy fan.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents Benjamin and Ruth Hedrick.

Jamie is survived by his son, Jacob Garner Cheverton, parents, George and Nancy Cheverton of Lusby, MD; sisters Tracy Lynn Cheverton of Dover, PA and Melissa Danielle Grieb and her hus-band Ryan of Laurel, MD; aunt Barbara MacNeil of Lexington Park, MD; cous-ins Crystal, Jason and Aaron Dumond of Prince Frederick, MD and his best friend Brian Phillips of Lusby, MD.

The family received friends on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at the Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 4405 Broomes Is-land Road, Port Republic, MD at 6:00 PM until the time of the funeral servic-es at 7:30 PM with Rev. Walter “Rusty” Bonham officiating.

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Anthony Elliott, 59

G e o r g e “A n t h o n y ” Elliott, 59, of Broomes Island, MD passed away on February 19, 2010 in Lusby, MD.

He was born Novem-ber 23, 1950 in Prince Freder-ick, MD to the

late Edward Elliott and Annie Marie Elliott.

Anthony graduated from Calvert

High School and went on to attend Anne Arundel Community College. He made his career as an Automotive Technician until his retirement in 2001.

Anthony is survived by his mother, Annie Marie Elliott of Broomes Island, MD; children, Tracy Sears and husband Billy, Krista Elliott both of Lusby, MD, and Lucas Elliott of Odenton, MD; sib-lings, Edward Elliott, Jr. of Washington State, Brenda Durnbaugh, Dwight El-liott, Robert “Bobby” Elliott, Richard “Ricky” Elliott, and Steven “Stevie” El-liott all of Broomes Island, MD, and 5 grandchildren.

The family received friends on Mon-day, February 22, 2010 at the Rausch Fu-neral Home, P.A., Lusby, MD. Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 12 noon in the funeral home with Rev. William Davis officiating.

The family requests memorial con-tributions be made to Hospice of Cal-vert, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 or www.calverthospice.org.

“Tink” Howard, 74

C h a r l e s Thomas “Tink” Howard, 74, of H u n t i n g t o w n , MD, passed away Tuesday March 9, 2010. He was born November 11, 1935 to the late John Ben-jamin Howard and Irene Walton Howard.

He was the beloved husband of Margaret Howard for over 45 years, devoted father of Jana Howard of Mt. Airy and Michele Heier of California, MD, brother of Shirley Brady of Lusby, Joan Robinson of Hun-tingtown, Linda Robinson of Prince Frederick and the late John Howard, and grandfather of Racheal Howard of Fred-erick, MD.

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A l i c e June Mc-Ginniss, 90, of Port Re-public, MD passed away on March 11, 2010 at the Burnett- Cal-vert Hospice House in Prince Fred-erick, MD.

She was the beloved wife of C. Edward McGin-niss, mother of the late David E. McGin-niss, and sister of Margie Turner. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held on Monday March 15, 2010, at 11 AM at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House, 4559 Sixes Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678. Interment is private. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.

Joan Schleutermann, 74

J o a n Elaine Schleu-termann nee Abell, 74, of Lusby, died at home Sat-urday, March 13, 2010 at 9:30 PM after a 15-year bat-tle with Pick’s disease. Held in the arms of her husband and surrounded by her fam-ily, pastor and friends she passed from their hands to God’s waiting arms.

She was born Sept. 29, 1935 in Dow-ell, MD, to late George Raymond Abell of Solomons, MD and Margaret Cecelia Barrett of Dowell, MD. Joan’s paternal grandparents were the late George E Abell and Ida V. “Ginny” Gamer and her maternal grandparents were the late Alexander J Barrett and Katie Allen.

Joan Elaine married Walter Michael Schleutermann Sr., the son of the late Walter F Schleutermann and Anna C. Suraci of North East, Penn, at her Lusby home on the Dec. 28, 1977. They cele-brated their 32nd wedding anniversary this past December.

Joan was educated at the old Solo-mon’s Schoolhouse as was her mother. A bookkeeper, she was employed in payroll by Bectal Contactor on site at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

and later in payroll by Architect of the Capitol Business Office in Washington, D.C. Joan worked for 17 years at Calvert County Nursing Center initially as their bookkeeper and then as their Business Office Manager. She worked for several years in the same capacity at Solomon’s Nursing Home-Center and briefly at Charles County Nursing Center in La Plata. Joan supported Walt in his work as Lion’s Club Treasurer, 1995-2000, Calvert County Lions Club District 22-C and she was a member-at-large of the Lioness Club, Prince Frederick. She grew up on the water and loved swimming, boating, camping, snorkel-ing and crabbing- and she liked to fast dance. Joan loved family get-togethers and hosted many a holiday dinner. A great cook she was noted for her beach plum jelly and her signature crab bisque soup. Joan and Walt enjoyed the Islands in the Mediterranean and travel out of the country. In 1976, they took a road trip across the southwest states and up the Pacific coast, returning through the middle states. In 2002, Walt, Joan and friends took a cruise through the Carib-bean Islands.

She was preceded in death by her parents, George R. Abell in March of 1981 and Margaret C. Barrett on Sept 6, 1986, her step-father Jesse Dare March 28, 1991, a brother, Gary Dare May 21 2004, a nephew Eric Dare on Sept 13, 1997 and most recently her aunt, Sylvia Barrett Morgan April 20, 2009.

Joan is survived by her husband Walter, her son Knute (Denise) Crivella, her sister Paula (Bob) Dare Wigginton of Great Mills, two brothers, Naugle (Bet-ty) Dare of Lusby, Maryland and Jerry (Betty) of Rogers, Texas, a granddaugh-ter, Christianna Crivella, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family wishes to express their special gratitude for the presence and support of Joan’s cousin and Walt’s friend, Michael Barrett and his wife 1m Sun, support from St. Paul United Meth-odist Church, Lusby, and especially the kind and caring treatment they received from Dr. Samuel Foster, the Adult Day Care, the Calvert Hospice and all of Joan’s personal caregivers.

The Pallbearers will include Mi-chael Barrett, David Fallin, Kevin Fal-lin, David Morgan, Xavier Polanski, Dr Michael Sivak Jr., and Honorary Pall-bearers are Charles F “Bud” Bell Jr., Ka-tie Sivak, Shawn Bresse and Thomas Po-lanski. Funeral arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, Lusby, with visitation on Thursday, March 18, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Visitation with service, burial and reception to follow begins at 10 a.m. Friday, March 19, St. Paul United Meth-odist Church and Cemetery, Lusby.

Grace Schroeder, 96

G r a c e Dorothy Schro-eder, 96, of Solomons, Md died on March 6, 2010 at her residence at The Hermit-age at St John’s Creek assisted living facility.

Born in Martin, ND, on May 2, 1913, to Rudolph and Olga Meitz, Grace spent her early years on the fam-ily farm, and briefly taught school on a nearby Indian Reservation before mov-ing to the San Francisco area where she also taught school. She married Arthur E. Schroeder in 1939 and they relocated to Seattle Washington in 1948 where she initially worked for the Seattle Times Newspaper, and later completed a 20-year career with the Federal Govern-ment as a cost accountant.

In 1997 Grace moved to the South-ern Maryland area in order to be close to her son, grand children, and great grand children who had affectionately given Great Grandma Grace the nickname of “GGG”. She resided at the Wildewood Retirement Village for 10 years where she was instrumental in establishing

and coordinating many community ac-tivities, crafts, and functions with her neighbors. In 2007, Grace moved to The Hermitage at St John’s Creek assisted living facility in Solomons, MD where she enjoyed the companionship of new friends and caring staff. Grace’s favor-ite activity was to attend family “get to-gethers” which were frequent events by her devoted family.

Grace was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Franklin Meitz of San Francisco CA, and sister Fern Benson of Olympia WA.

She is survived by son Rodney Schroeder of Solomons MD, sisters Blossom “Bobbie” Schnabel of Car-rington ND, Jacqueline “Jackie” Stevick of Puyallup WA, and brother Waldemar “Wally” Meitz of Seattle WA. She also leaves behind three loving grand chil-dren, William, Robert, and Michael Schroeder; and, five adoring great grand children Jake, Hannah, Jon, Sarah, and Emma Schroeder, who all live in St Mary’s County, MD. Survivors and spouses, extended family, and friends all cherish knowing her and having her as part of their life.

Private family services were held and interment will be in a common grave with her husband at the Willamette Na-tional Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.

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With 10 seniors and six returning starters making up the nucleus of the Patuxent High School softball team, head coach Jenn Bruno, in her 11th season in charge, feels that the Panthers can compete in the deep Southern Maryland Athletic conference – and beyond.

“I think they are hungry and focused and going to take this season one game at a time,” Bruno said of preparations for Monday’s regular season opener against Huntingtown. “Practices have been really fo-cused and I can tell there is real leadership on the field.”

Leadership comes from a group of seniors who nearly reached the class 2A state tournament in 2007 and are determined to climb that mountain this season.

“[Leadership] will play a huge role because they know what is feels like to fall short year after year,” Bruno explains. “When we made it to the regional finals, they were angry and disappointed because they came so close.”

While determined, Bruno hopes her girls can have a short memo-ry about any mistakes they may make during the course of the season.

“Each and every player is so hard on themselves that it can take their head out of the game,” she said. “In softball, you have to forget and make the next play or make it up at the plate.”

The leading returners are third baseman Samantha Millar, short-stop Kara Holtzman, centerfielder Becca Portillo, leftfielder Lauren Bartley, second baseman Dani Gilbert, who will share also pitching duties with Ellie Lake.

“All of these young ladies want to win. This being their senior year, it will be the last season of playing fast-pitch softball for some of them,” Bruno said. “They want to do everything they can to make this year successful. I think the desire and determination will be the strongest asset this year.”

Along the way this season, the Panthers will have to assert some competitiveness against Huntingtown and defending 3A state cham-pion Northern, the SMAC’s two power teams. “Northern and Hunting-town have a great tradition of winning. They know how to win and do whatever it takes to win,” Bruno explains. “Last year we were up on Huntingtown 7-2 in the 4th inning. Huntingtown started to come back and instead of shutting them down, we became nervous, tensed up and gave it away.

“The experience of winning and confidence that comes from win-ning won that game for Huntingtown. They refused to lose.”

Aside from those two powerhouses, Bruno believes the confer-ence as a whole will be competitive the entire season.

“SMAC is going to be interesting. I don’t feel that any team can take a game off this year,” Bruno said. “Of course, Northern and Hun-tingtown are always the teams to beat but don’t think we can take any-one else in SMAC for granted. It’s going to be a fun season. We just have to stay focused and not take any team for granted.” By Chris ste-

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SoftballPatuxent at Huntingtown, 4:30

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Tues., Mar. 23

Track and FieldPatuxent/Calvert at North Point,

4 p.m.

Wed., Mar. 24

BaseballChopticon at Patuxent, 4:30 p.m.

SoftballChopticon at Patuxent, 4:30 p.m.

TennisPatuxent at Chopticon, 4 p.m.

Thurs., Mar. 25

Boys’ LacrossePatuxent at Chopticon, 4:30 p.m.

Girls’ LacrosseChopticon at Patuxent, 4:30 p.m.

Fri., Mar. 26

BaseballPatuxent at Calvert, 4:30 p.m.

SoftballPatuxent at Calvert, 4:30 p.m.

Mon., Mar. 29

BaseballPatuxent at Lackey, 4:30 p.m.

SoftballPatuxent at Lackey, 4:30 p.m.

With a small group of seniors on the Patuxent high school baseball team, eighth-year head coach Keith Powell hopes that the youthful state of his team will improve with experience as the season progresses.

“We return several key players, but are still young, with only 4 seniors on the roster,” Powell says. “We can go far if we continue to focus on the little things that win games.”

Powell says the practices for the Panthers,

who finished 2009 with an 8-12-1 record, have been fruitful as the fight for positions and playing time on the squad has been a healthy one.

“It is a hard working group with great competition going on at practice for varsity positions,” he said. “Youth is a weakness now, but as the season progresses, hopefully their talent will take over.”

One senior who Powell hopes will take the

reigns is pitcher-shortstop Donnie Holtzclaw, a four-year starter, who Powell classifies as a “great leader, both vocally and by example.”

He also hopes that his young and talented team will make a run at the Southern Mary-land Athletic Conference title.

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Enjoy Environmentally Friendly RecreationChances are unless “green”

is your mantra, you may have not given much thought to sports and recreational activities that are environmentally friendly in nature. There are ways to enjoy some downtime and protect the planet simultaneously.

• Camping: Camping is a good activity for enjoying the outdoors, but many people do not take the outdoors into con-sideration when camping. Over-crowding, especially during the summer and fall seasons, can lead to infringement on wild-life and off-limits areas. Rather, choose an off time to go camp-ing and be especially conscious of how you treat the surrounding foliage and wildlife. Remember to carry out what you’ve carried in so you don’t litter. Be con-scious of campfires you have started so they can be properly

extinguished. And importantly, don’t feed wild animals. They can become dependant on food from humans, and fail to forage properly on their own.

• Beachside excursions: A trip to the water’s edge is a relaxing and rejuvenating rec-reational activity. However, the world’s oceans are continually under attack from trash, micro-scopic bacteria and other con-taminants. While many of these contaminants leach into ocean and lake water via drainage sys-tems or public water supplies, peak vacation season at the sea-side can also contribute. If you are visiting the beach, be mind-ful of your litter, including ciga-rette butts, plastic bottles, foil, baggies, etc. Seeming innocu-ous items can wreak havoc on marine life, suffocating them or compromising internal organs if

ingested. Also think twice about pets sharing the beach. Man’s best friend is a good compan-ion, however, his feces, if left on the beach, can promote danger-ous bacteria and some parasites, such as hookworm, which mul-tiply in warm, moist conditions and where waste is present.

• Boating: If you will be traveling the nation’s water-ways, consider doing so in a wind-, water- or human-pow-ered vessel. Sailboats, canoes, kayaks, and the like are emis-sion-free ways to navigate the water. If you must use an en-gine, investigate ones with an eco-friendly generator that puts the boat on auto-pilot, helping to cut back on fuel consumption and pollution.

• Fishing: Reeling in your catch and cooking it for dinner is an environmentally respon-

sible recreational activity. But fishing green can be foiled if you don’t learn about the species for which you are angling. Find out the appropriate size, habitat and feeding preferences of your chosen fish. This way you avoid by-catch, reeling in some other marine life by accident. Also, you want to toss back fish that are not of adequate size so that you ensure populations of spe-cies can continue to breed.

• Swimming: You may want to skip the chemical-lad-en swimming pool for one of nature’s natural watering holes. Provided the water is clear and safe, you can dive into lakes, rivers or oceans. Seek out a hot spring and you can turn your swimming adventure into a therapeutic one.


Out AboutWednesday Feb. 3- March 28

• “Take a Seat.”Through March 28 the CalvART

Gallery presents “Take a Seat.” Gal-lery artists have designed and deco-rated chairs for a special “chair-ity” sale. You can submit a bid or purchase outright any of the specially marked chairs with the proceeds benefiting Project Echo, Hospice and the Arts Council. The gallery, located in the Prince Frederick Shopping Center, is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more in-formation visit www.calvARTgallery.org.

Saturday, March 20• Constructed Place, Annmarie Af-ter Hours Opening Reception

Make a date with Annmarie to en-joy an adult evening of art, wine and live music on from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Annmarie After Hours. Annmarie Garden opens their newest exhibit

Constructed Place, where you can in-teract and immerse yourself in the cre-ated spaces, built places and imagined environments designed and sculpted by the Washington Sculptors Group. The exhibit will run until May 8. An-nmarie After Hours will feature the jazz music of Joyce Kinser, compli-mentary appetizers and tastings from the Blue Wind Gourmet and special sales in the gift shop. (www.annmar-iegarden.org)

• Fossil HunterDid you know that shark teeth are

not the only fossils found locally? In Calvert County you can find stingray, whale, dolphin, sea turtle, and even crocodile fossils from 8 to 20 million years ago. Learn the clues paleontolo-gists use to identify one kind of fos-sil from another. If you’re in grades 2nd through 5th, join us at Calvert Library, Prince Frederick and find out how to identify fossils like the experts. 11:00am-12:00pm. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Saturday, March 27• 10th Annual Taste of Solomons

Solomons restaurants will tempt you with tasty tidbits from menu items. Along with the culinary de-lights, there are offerings of cocktails (and mocktails), art, artisans, vendors and services - a “real taste of Solo-mons.” The Taste of Solomons runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. but plan to stay late and dine at the restaurant that has provided you with the greatest tempta-tion! Tickets for the tasting are $4 per tasting and are available at participat-ing restaurants and the Solomons Visi-tor Center. (www.solomonsmaryland.com)

Sunday, March 28* Sunday FunDay

Annmarie Garden and the United Way are teaming up with an afternoon of healthy and creative programs for all ages. Visit the Garden for “Sun-day FunDay.” Take a walk, play with clay in the Ceramics Studio and enjoy other fun family-friendly programs. Annmarie Garden will offer free site admission from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and additional information can be found at www.annmariegarden.org.

• “Black Tie/White Tails Head down to Pepper’s Pet Pan-

try in Solomons for a very special event sponsored by the Humane Soci-ety of Calvert County and St. Mary’s Animal Welfare League. “Black Tie/White Tails Event” will feature black and white canines and felines look-ing for a home. The event runs from noon to 3 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided for this free and fun event. Pepper’s Pet Pantry is located at 13858 Solomons Island Road, next to Solomons Vet and Patuxent Adventure Center. For more information, visit www.humanesocietyofcalvertcounty.org or www.smawl.org or www.pep-perspetpantry.com.

Monday, March 29• Turtle Talks

Get a close-up look at our local turtles from box turtles to snappers to our resident Diamondback Terra-pins. Join an interpreter in the Dis-covery Room about life as a turtle, and touch a terrapin at our touch tank. 15-minute program runs from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. on the hour. See www.calvertmarinemuseum.com for more information.

Saturday April 3• Go Fly a Kite

Celebrate spring at the Calvert Marine Museum’s annual Solomons Island Kite Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the field across from the museum. Visitors can hone their flying skills and learn fancy maneuvers from the expertise of the Wings Over Washing-ton Kite Club. Expert kiters will give demonstrations on super kites, and of-fer flying lessons. Bring your own kite, or make one at the museum. Kite kits will be on sale for $5 each, cash only.

• Fossil Egg Hunt Discover hidden fossil eggs

throughout the Calvert Marine Mu-seum at 10 a.m. For children age 3 – 7. Please bring your own basket for collecting eggs. Participants are awarded a prize, and may keep the fos-sils! Admission required. See www.calvertmarinemuseum.com for more information.

Monday, April 5:• Otter Breakfast

Learn about otter enrichment, habitat, and the mischief these mam-mals get into with their playful curi-osity at the Calvert Marine Museum beginning at 9 a.m.. Go behind the scenes to talk with a keeper and ob-serve a feeding. A continental break-fast will be provided. Children must be 8 years old and accompanied by an adult to participate. Space is lim-ited, pre-registration required. Fee is $15 per person, $10 for members, and includes museum admission. Call 410-326-2042 ext. 41 to register.

Saturday, April 18• 25th Annual Opening Day Celebra-tion, Discovering Archaeology

Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leon-ard, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Join us as we celebrate our 25th season of activities and education at JPPM. Discover the where, what, and how of archaeology, as we high-light our new exhibit “The FAQ’s of Archaeology”. Tour the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Labora-tory. Learn about archaeology through educational walks, activities, and demonstrations.

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Sam Grow Sounds Off... In a Good Way

Hula’s Bungalow was still filling up with fans as the Lloyd Dobler Effect fin-ished their sound check and singer/song-writer Sam Grow, who was scheduled to open with his new band, ducked into the club’s designated smoking area to explain who he was, where he came from, and why getting signed isn’t really his biggest goal.

But for Sam, 23, a Southern Maryland native whose soulful sets are starting to turn heads, getting signed is an afterthought, even if he describes himself as a full-time musician.

For now, it’s just another night at work for him.

Not all members of the Sam Grow Band are full-time though. Other than Sam and drummer Joe Barrick, who both make a living doing studio work in addition to playing gigs, bassist Gene Quade and lead guitarist Mike Stacey have day jobs. Quade, appropriately enough, manages Hot Licks guitar shop in Waldorf, where Stacey teach-es guitar lessons.

“I met Gene and Mike in the studio when I did my first professional recording,” said Sam. “I guess I was 18 then, and my producer, Ron Vento at Nightsky Studios called them in to do the music for the record. I was doing the acoustic and vocals, and he called Gene to do bass, and then he called in Mike Stacey to do lead guitar work.”

From there you could say it was only a matter of time before the group would start playing regularly, most recently add-ing Barrick for drumming duty. And for Joe, who has played with local bands like ShallowDeep, and who recently left his

former band, HydraFX, the timing couldn’t have been better.

“I left HydraFX about two months ago because they didn’t want to go full time,” he said. “They just wanted to play three or four shows a month and they wanted to focus on their families and day jobs … and I have a family, but I don’t have kids or anything like that,” so he’s taken the leap to a career spent beating out

rhythms professionally, most recently doing studio work for various groups in D.C. as well as his newest work with Sam and the others.

So, as only months ago the planets aligned to bring this slightly motley crew together, the group has been collaborating under Sam’s namesake for their latest proj-ect, which already boasts two iTunes albums and a 5-Song EP, “Rainy Day in Paradise,” which will be released by early April.

As for the band’s actual sound, it’s a hy-brid. It’s easy to pick out the soul influence in Sam’s singing, which echoes the likes of Wilson Picket and Al Green (all with a me-lodic lilt that reminds this reviewer of Otis Redding). In the same way, hard rock and metal echoes from Stacey’s guitar solos, all given appropriate punch by the rhythm sec-tion that sounds more pop-like than most. It also helps that original music comprises most (though not all) of their set list.

But what’s most interesting about this group is how they project that certain pro-fessional vibe. One look at Sam’s Myspace page will show you he has the thoughtful rock star pose nailed. He looks like he be-longs on an album cover, in fact. But more importantly, he sounds like he belongs on the radio, and that’s likely where they’ll end up.

Sam Grow will be playing next in a trio set at Jake & Al’s Chopshouse in Lusby on March 19 at 9 p.m. For more information, go towww.myspace.com/samgrowacoustik. By AndreA Shiell (CT) [email protected]

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Help! My Dog Jumps!

By Julie JacobusA very common behavioral problem

in dogs is jumping on their people. Dogs jump to get attention, and it works! For some dogs, any attention is good attention. Interestingly, jumping is not a natural be-havior. You do not see wolves in the wild hopping up and down like pogo sticks. It is a patently puppy/ dog greeting behav-ior. Some people think it is a dominance behavior, but it is actually a submissive behavior. Pups jump to say hello to their alphas, and we sometimes inadvertently encourage when they are tiny pups. Adult dogs continue because it becomes a habit, However, since jumping is a learned be-havior, we can remove the behavior. There are several techniques that work well, and many that don’t.

The most effective way to stop jump-ing in dogs is to remove the attention that jumping receives. If you are stepping in the front door, and your dog jumps on you, step right back out the front door, not saying a word. You are teaching your dog that jumping makes you go away; it does not get your attention. It is important to not speak to your dog. If you are chanting “no, down, bad dog, knock it off!” your dog is receiving your attention, and will continue jumping. Dogs respond well to your body language. As you step back in, tell your dog to sit. If he sits, come down to your dog’s level, and give calm praise. If he does not, go right back out the door again. If you have a serial jumper, this can take a few repetitions; but as soon as your dog realizes jumping does not work any-more, they change their behavior. Make sure no one is encouraging your dog to jump, it will undo your hard work.

If you have guests coming over, it’s a little uncomfortable to tell them to get

out as they step through the door. Be prepared by having your dog on leash. If your dog goes to jump on them, say your dog’s name and calmly remove him from the area. You are essentially giving your dog a time out. I will use the closest door to me; bathroom, bedroom, garage. Lead your dog into the area, and close them off. I recommend leaving the leash attached to the dog. Wait ten seconds, and bring your dog out again, getting a hold of the leash. If your dog attempts to jump on your guests again, give him another time out. Again, we are teaching your dog that jumping removes attention.

Another technique is teaching your dog the cue word “off.” When your dog jumps on you, point your finger, and starting at your dog’s nose, lead them to the ground. As soon as your dog puts four paws on the floor, give praise. You can even give them a small treat, but I recom-mend dropping the treat on the ground. If you try to hand your dog the treat, he may jump to get it. Repeat this several times, then start telling your dog to sit as soon as four are on the floor. The command for “off” will mean “off and sit.” I also rec-ommend using the word “off” instead of “down,” as we often use “down” to mean “lay down.”

There are some techniques I have found do not work well. Some people rec-ommend kneeing your dog in the chest. This may work from some dogs, but not all. Dogs often body- slam in play, and may think you are merely playing with them. Other people will tell you to hold the dog’s front paws off the ground until the dog is uncomfortable. However, the next time you have to handle your dog’s feet, to clean paws or clip nails, he may think you will make him uncomfortable again, and become resistant to handling. Yelling is attention, and may feed into an over-exuberant submissive display.

Ultimately, the best way to train your

dog is to clearly and consistently express your expectations, rewarding your dog for a positive behavior, and reprimanding him for a negative behavior by removing atten-tion. Make sure to be consistent and vigi-lant, and your dog will reward you by no longer jumping on you or your guests.

Julie Jacobus, A.B.C.D.T., is the owner of Training by Julie, conduct-ing classes and private in-home lessons throughout Southern Maryland, and regularly at Pepper’s Pet Pantry in Solo-mons. www.trainingbyjulie.com


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