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Calvert Artists Guild President Lonnie Harkins demonstrates glass bead making during Patux-ent River Appreciation Days this weekend at Calvert Marine Museum.

“Atomic Alice” Faith Howe, 9, and Jonathan Howe, 11, how to make worms at a Mad Science booth at Mt. Hope Community Center’s “Back to School Blast.”

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Christina Kettmann, a bartender at Anthony’s Bar and Grill in Dunkirk, was friends with Amanda Mitchler, 25, who died at Calvert Me-morial Hospital on Sept. 24, shortly after giv-ing birth to her son Gavin. Several businesses, including Anthony’s held fundraisers for baby Gavin and Amanda, who was a member of the Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department.

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Calvert County’s first large-scale passive solar panel array has been met with trepidation from the community. And, despite several people coming to the meeting to oppose the panels be-ing placed in their neighborhood, the Board of Appeals granted Solis Energy Solutions permission to plan and build the solar panels.

The panels will be constructed in Abington Shores, on a 2.1 acre piece of farm property owned by Donald Bowen in Huntingtown. Bowen said the reason he wants to work with Solis Energy Solutions and host the panels on his farm is to help keep the farm afloat.

“The farm has to have some supplemental income to keep it alive,” Bowen said.He said the community was “stabbing [him] in the back” with their opposition and “contra-

dicting themselves” by saying they have no problem with the panels on schools, or in other areas, but didn’t want them in their neighborhood because of the safety concerns they have.

Cheryl Pranger, the treasurer of the Abington Shores Civic Association, said they “don’t question the safety of the panels” but the dangers, such as shorts and malfunctions, that could be a product of improper installation. With this array being Solis Energy Solutions first project since it opened in December, she said the community wants to be sure the installation is “top notch.”

Bill Shoemaker, another resident of Abington Shores, stated his concerns during the Board of Appeals meeting about fire hazards and special training the fire department will need to contain the solar panels if they run into an issue.

Other concerns raised during the meeting included the safety of the cadmium in the panels, and electromagnetic radiation from the panels.

“There are risks with solar panels which the board patently decided to disregard,” Pranger said.

Luke Hutzell with Solis Energy Solutions, said the company has been working with Bowen since April, and “delayed our initial hearing that was scheduled in early July so that we could have additional time to work with the community with the hope of assuaging their concerns.”

He said they first began working with Bowen after a local shareholder recommended him.“A company shareholder and native of Calvert County has known Mr. Bowen for decades,

and thus, initially approached Mr. Bowen. We believed this project could be advantageous for the Bowen family, our corporation, Calvert County and the State of Maryland and its pursuit of foster-ing renewable energy growth within the state,” he said.

The name of the company shareholder is confidential, Hutzell said.With the Board of Appeals having approved the plan, Hutzell said Solis Energy is looking

forward to the future of the Calvert County project.“Now that we have crossed one hurdle, we shall begin the site plan phase with Calvert County

in unison with the actual engineering and design of the solar system,” Hutzell said.The passive panel array will be engineered and installed by Green Power Design, Hutzell

said, a Philadelphia-based solar integration company.Efforts to contact members of the Board of Appeals for comment on the decision were unsuc-

cessful. Board of appeals administrator Roxana Whitt said board members are prohibited from talking about cases outside the scheduled meeting times.

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Nuclear plant operators and officials at Calvert Cliffs in Lusby say their facility has an enviable safety record, but detrac-tors of nuclear power in general say that they should pay more attention to safety at both Calvert Cliffs and facilities around the nation in light of the disaster that befell Fu-kushima, Japan earlier this year.

The two sides met Oct. 7 at the Cal-vert Marine Museum to debate the safety of nuclear power and most agreed that the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, leading to the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant was not the likely threat to Calvert Cliffs.

Paul Gunther, of Beyond Nuclear, one of the opposing parties to the third planned reactor at Calvert Cliffs, said the next threat could be man made.

“I’m worried about something like a cyber tsunami” that could attack the computer network of the plant to cause a malfunction, Gunter said, warning that the presence of “military grade viruses” is a real concern.

Gunter also chastised Calvert Cliffs owner Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG), and all others, for not resolving safety issues, such as what is known as General Safety Issue 191.

The issue basically is one that the nu-clear industry has been trying to resolve for years and involves the reactor’s emergency core coolant system.

In the event of an emergency where the reactor begins to overheat, high pres-sure releases inside the system can cause

debris to pile up, Gunter, said, essentially clogging the emergency coolant.

“Basically the reactor loses the abil-ity to cool itself,” Gunter said in a later interview.

With the inability to cool the fission reaction of the nuclear fuel, a plant can be in danger of a meltdown.

Maria Korsnick, chief nuclear officer for CENG and 17-year veteran of working at Calvert Cliffs, said that the Fukushima incident had prompted the nuclear industry to work on more ways to deal with long term power outages and on the emergen-cy coolant issue, CENG is “continuing to make modifications” to the system.

Mohammed Modarres, a nuclear sci-entist with the University of Maryland, said that simulations the industry have used in the past help them to prepare for the affects of natural or man made disasters, but the focus should be on extending the ability to deal with long term power outages that last more than 24-hours, which is the standard on most disaster models.

“Calvert Cliffs and the rest of the re-actors in this country have a phenomenal record of safety,” Modarres said. “It’s a technology to be promoted, not feared.”

The owner of CENG, Electricite de France, is still seeking to build a third nu-clear reactor at Calvert Cliffs but has not yet found another U.S. partner to run the site as required by federal law; and while Calvert Cliffs is regarded as a safe facility it has been criticized both by the U.S. Nu-clear Regulatory Commission and senior employees for safety and security lapses.

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Former Republican candidate for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District, Charles Lollar told audience members at St. Mary’s County Lincoln/Reagan Dinner that he will decide whether to seek political office by Oct. 23.

Lollar, of Newburg, told GOP insiders that the strain of campaigning last year against incumbent Democrat Congressman Steny Hoyer, as well as multiple deployments to the Middle East as a senior Marine Corp officer, took a toll on his family.

He said that his political future rests in the hands of his wife, Rosha, but the talk he gave this weekend sounded much like a man who can still energize Republicans.

“Oct. 23, I’ll know what I’ll be doing,” Lol-lar said Oct. 8 at Lenny’s Restaurant in California, who added that Republicans must come together in coming elections to ensure their candidates get elected to Congress and the State House.

He said political change is necessary to foster business and economic growth in the private sec-tor, which he claimed is critical to forestall rising unemployment he said would hit Maryland if deep cuts at the federal level occurred.

“Maryland is headed for an economic disas-ter,” Lollar said, warning of its dependence on federal spending. “If they make cuts of 22 percent we’re going to lose 150,000 jobs.”

Lollar’s figures match those of a study posted by the Sage Policy Group in Baltimore, which esti-mated that a 22 percent cut in federal spending as advocated by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform appointed by President Obama would result in deep withering of the state’s job field.

This would have the affect of raising unemploy-ment to 11.8 percent, both Lollar and the study said.

Lollar, the keynote speaker, called on Repub-lican voters to stay united and look to God and the

Founding Fathers as the guideposts to victory; he said that capitalism cannot survive without phi-lanthropy and a “belief in something big-ger than us.”

Todd Eberly, po-litical science profes-sor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, said that Lollar’s prospects may be used up in the 5th Dis-trict, since it has been drawn to ensure that a Demo-crat remains in power.

The recent redrawing of the districts pro-posed by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s commission on the issue has left it virtually unchanged except for removing portions of Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties.

For Lollar to win, Eberly said, it would take African American Democrats in Prince George’s or Charles counties, as well as conservative voters in Southern Maryland to cast ballots for him.

“That would take the mother of all coalitions,” Eberly said. “I don’t see a future for him running against Hoyer.”

Lollar’s better chances might be to run for a statewide office, like the U.S. Senate, because he would receive broad support from conservatives around the state and be able to rely less on African American Democrats.

“But he would have to raise his profile for that,” Eberly said.

Still GOP operatives in St. Mary’s County have been pushing for Lollar to run against Hoyer again, and have even begun a campaign to show their declared support for him to encourage him to enter the race in 2014.

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Plan in the Works to Help Cliff Homeowners

Lollar to Decide on Political Future Soon


People living on Calvert Cliffs and in flood plains will soon have a chance to have a say on regulations that affect their homes and back yards.

David Brownlee, a principal planner with Calvert County Environmental Planning, said the people living on the cliffs, who have so far been unable to shore up their homes against erosion due to the Puritan Tiger bee-tles may soon be able to save their homes while helping

set up a plot of land for the beetles.The endangered Puritan Tiger

beetles allegedly have a large popu-lation in the cliffs, making it diffi-cult for the residents of the cliffs to do anything to save their homes.

Brownlee said the proposal is still in the planning stages, and sub-ject to change, but Calvert County and the Department of Natural Re-sources (DNR) have been working on setting up a bank to purchase easements to set up a preservation on the cliffs for the beetles. This will allow the beetles to survive and give people the opportunity to save their homes, which are in precarious situ-ations. Brownlee said people may have to pay into the fund in order to take action, but the plan will allow people to do something.

Brownlee said the Cliff Stabili-zation Committee meets on the third

Tuesday of the month. For more information about the meetings, or to see agendas online, visit www.co.cal.md.us/business/planning/cliffstabilizationcommitt/ or call 410-535-1600 extention 2340.

In addition to the potential for cliff dwellers to help their homes, there will be a joint public hearing between the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners and the Calvert County Planning Commission on pro-posed changes to the county’s floodplain regulations and floodplain maps on Tuesday, Oct. 18, after 7 p.m. in the Planning Commission Hearing Room at 205 Main Street in Prince Frederick.

According to a press release, “Prior to the public hearing, representatives from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), the State Coordinating Of-fice of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will hold an open house from 4:30 to 6:15 p.m. to provide assistance to the public on the use of new on-line floodplain maps. They will also be able to locate individual properties on the revised maps and answer questions about the NFIP.”

The floodplain planning process takes into consid-eration factors such as river flow, storm tides, rainfall and coastal storm surge. FEMA produced new flood-plain maps for Calvert County using this data along with information gathered from local site visits. Residents may use the preliminary floodplain maps to investigate their flood risk status and determine whether to make modifications to flood insurance coverage. The maps will become effective on Dec. 16, 2011.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011 6The Calvert GazetteCOUNTYNEWS


In an ongoing effort to cut down on the unemployment rate, the state has started a new initiative to get unskilled labor-ers in the workplace for training for a job.

Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland director of regional workforce and business development Daryl Rosen-baum said the Council is offering a program called On-the-Job Training (OJT) which provides funds to businesses to train new employees.

The tri-county council has 20 contracts they can fill, which is the equivalent of putting 20 people into the work-force. Rosenbaum said the goal is to fill the gap between ex-perience and employment. Several employers will not hire a person who has no experience in the job they are being hired for, but without the chance at that first job, they can’t get the experience they need.

“This is all part of the job creation program,” Rosenbaum said.

Eligible employers can receive 50 to 90 percent reim-bursement for a new employee's wages for the agreed upon training period. Small businesses can get 90 percent of the trainee’s wages reimbursed, medium companies can get 75 percent and large ones can get up to 50 percent reimbursement, Rosenbaum said.

Jobs that offer up to $24 per hour are eligible to enter into a contract with the tri-county council to put a person to work.

Rosenbaum said there is a chance the tri-county region could get more funding, if enough contracts are awarded to businesses. The plan is to get an assortment of large, medium and small businesses hiring people, and giving them money to do so until the worker is done with training.

The tri-county council also does interviews with the em-ployees before and after, as well as keeping tabs on them dur-ing their training to make the OJT more efficient.

The tri-county council JobSource will also match quali-fied candidates with approved job openings and help design a training plan to meet business needs. For more information, contact Belinda Denton at the Calvert County JobSource of-fice, at 443-550-6750 or [email protected].

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By Corrin M. HoweStaff Writer

On Saturday, Fresh Meadows farm in Huntingtown spon-sored what turned out to be one of the biggest horse events in Calvert County, according to according to event coordinator Rosie Wynne-Meador.

At one point there were 400 cars parked in the open field. The event raised $5,000 for local horse rescue organizations.

The venue had pony rides, about a dozen different horses including rescued Arabians from the Eastern Shore in April 2011 and two mustang ponies rescued from a Calvert County location on Sept. 11, 2011.

Girls from Happy Trails Four-H club helped collect mon-ey for baked goods and run the crafts. Painting and decorating horseshoes seemed to be a favored activity among children at-tending the event.

Tammy Sommer, a volunteer with Freedom Hill Horse Rescue in Dunkirk, brushed the two pony mustangs.

“I’m not really a horse person,” she said. When asked why she volunteered to work with horses, she said she wanted to give back to the community but wasn’t confident she had skills necessary. “I figured I could muck stalls at least.”

A year and a half later, she and her husband, Steve Mosca-ti spend three days a week and about two hours total brushing, feeding, mucking stalls and socializing rescued horses.

“It’s amazing to see the horses come in and then turn around,” said Sommer about how quickly the horses seemed to be adopted by new owners.

The day was sunny and dry. The participants ranged from children in strollers to a pair of senior women walking around with canes. The horses seemed as happy to greet the visitors as the visitors were to stop, talk to and stroke the animals.

Wynne-Meador said she plans to hold another fundraiser between Thanksgiving and Christmas where people can come out and take a photo on a horse dressed up for the holidays.

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Bethel Way of the Cross church in Hunting-town wanted to give back to the community. The members of the church donated clothes, blan-kets, diapers, personal toiletries, shoes, furni-ture, haircuts and food.

First Lady Margo Easton, wife of the pastor Bishop Darnell Easton, had a vision to give to the helpless and needy in the community. However the generosity of the congregation was such that they had more than enough and decided to open up the event to the community at large.

On Saturday, Oct. 8 the church members provided transportation from the shelters and

picked up homeless and brought them back to the church where they could pick up free clothes, eat a hot meal, visit with one an-other and the Bethel members, get a hair-cut, have a chance for a $25 cash raffle and allow the kids to play in a moon bounce.

“We had a really good time of fellow-ship. About 125 people,” said Brenda Ran-dall, assistant for the project. “We packed up food and sent it home with them. For some this might be the only meal they eat today.”

Bethel Way of the Cross is located at 5445 Cherry Hill Road, Huntingtown. The website is http://www.bethelwotc.org and phone numbers are 301-855-5488 or 410-257-2053.

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Gift Extravaganza on Sunday, November 20, 2011, between 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Dunkirk Fire Department Banquet Hall located at 3170 West Ward Road, Dunkirk.

Enjoy sweets and treats while you shop an array of unique items for that hard to please family member or friend on your holiday list. Vendors include, but are not limited to, special-ized gifts, handmade items, crafters, packaged products and whatnots.

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Bethel Way of the Cross Gives BackHeather McCrumb, left, a two year volunteer with Freedom Hill Horse Rescue, talks to Sarah Webb and Ashley Idol, who are also volunteers.

One of the two mustang ponies rescued from a local Calvert County farm on Sept. 11. One mare was attempting to nurse both ponies as the other mother had died. All three rescued horses are now at Freedom Hill and on their way back to a healthy weight.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011 8The Calvert GazetteCommunityHow Would You Fix the Bay?

Fundraisers at Our Lady Star of the Sea School

Basket Bingo is BackMark your calendar for Oct. 23 and come join the OLSS Family

Friendly event. Doors at our school will be opening at 12 noon and games will begin at 1:30.

Concessions and bingo markers will be available. The cost is $20 for first packet of regular games, $5.00 each additional packet, $5.00 for spe-cials, and $5.00 for each additional packet. Children may participate but pay full price. Great mom's day out or bring your family.

Prizes include Longaberger baskets and some will be filled with extra goodies! Sponsors are welcome.

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Belk Charity SaleOur Lady Star of the Sea School is participating in the annual Belk

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receive 20%-70% off merchandise. Purchase those holiday Christmas out-fits, items for your children, grandchildren, or something special yourself!

In exchange for a $5.00 donation, customers will receive a ticket ad-mitting them to the Charity Sale. You will be able to obtain a special sav-ings on rarely discounted brands. The $5 ticket purchase supports OLSS School.

Purchase your tickets from an OLSS School Family, or you may pur-chase them after church masses. Call 410-326-3171 for more information. Don't miss out on this great exclusive sale. Don't worry, if you are out of town, you may pre-select starting as early as Oct. 30.

Christmas Shopping BazaarThe 2nd Annual Our Lady Star of the Sea Christmas Shopping Bazaar will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9-2pm, in

our Providence Room.We will have approximately 40 craft and specialty vendors, Silent Auction, Holiday Raffle, fresh baked goods, hotdogs,

pizza, sodas, coffee, hot chocolate, and more. Santa will be there to greet our customers and the kids and give out Candy Canes.In the Chesapeake room, we will be featuring "Grandma's Basement." This will feature gently used, donated items from our

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Writers from all over the greater Southern Maryland area are encouraged to enter the environmental essay contest hosted by the Potomac River Association.

This year’s writers are given the challenge of writing an essay on what they would to clean up the Chesapeake Bay if money and resources weren’t limiting factors, and everybody had to do “as if they were a king or queen and their every com-mand had to be obeyed,” said Potomac River Association Pres-ident Bob Elwood.

He said the hypothetical situation, and the creativity it al-lows for, is meant to encourage people to have fun with the essay. While they’re not step by step plans for the future of the bay, the essays are designed to find what the community thinks would fix the bay.

“People give us what they thing without worry about how it will play politically,” Elwood said.

Points will be given for how fair the writer is with their rule, and how they compensate people affected by their plan.

He emphasized the fact that this competition is open anybody in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince Georges and St. Mary’s counties, not just students, because the bay is “a community wide problem, and the solutions have to come from the community.”

He said the goal of the essay contest is to “spark discussion in the community” and start a dialogue that is all inclusive.

The judging is done blindly, with the judges reading the

essays with no name attached. Submissions must be in Eng-lish and not more than 5,500 words in length, with the pages numbered. Two copies of the submission must be mailed, hard copy, to Potomac River Association, attn: Essays, PO Box 76, Valley Lee, Md. The deadline is Dec. 1. The winners will be announced at the next Earth Day celebration in Leonardtown.

Last year, there were fewer that 20 entries, Elwood said, but this year he has “no doubt” there will be more, judging by the interest he has heard about the contest.

For more information related to the essay contest contact Potomac River Association at [email protected], call 301-769-3840 or visit www. potomacriverassociation.org.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Patuxent River Appreciation Days

It was a picture perfect weekend for the annual Patuxent River Appreciation Days at Calvert Marine Museum. Above. Calvert Artists Guild President Lonnie Harkins demonstrates glass bead making. Below, for children, model boat building and face painting were popular activities.

Photos by Sean Rice



With beading stores in Prince Fredrick and King George, Va., but none in be-tween, Cindy and Chris Staley saw a need in the area for a place for beaders, wire-wrappers and crafters to go for their materials and classes.

To fill the need in the area, the Staleys started All About Beads, located in the Wilde-wood Shopping Center in Cali-fornia. Cindy Staley said the grand opening was June 10 and they have been busy ever since. They sell everything from beads of all shapes and sizes to wire for jewelry and ornaments, clasps, leather cord and tools for crafts.

The classes are offered in an assortment of crafts, like Viking knit bracelets, custom rings and earrings. The classes are offered for be-ginners through advanced crafters, and Anitra McLeod, a regular who has taken several classes at All About Beads, said the classifications are well suited to the level they denote.

For people coming in for their first project, McLeod said “everybody helps everybody” dur-ing the classes and the classes are kept small.

All About Beads has tools and workspac-

es available outside of classes, which are free for people to use. Cindy Staley said some people come in all day just to work on their projects. She also said the classes are kept affordable, approximately $15 for each class. Because of this, Cindy Staley said she sees several repeat customers and familiar faces in the store often.

Chris Staley, said most classes fill up ahead of time, so pre-registration is recommended.

They offer five or six classes per week, often on a nightly basis, with different teachers on different nights, all of whom are local artists. They get several church groups and Red Hat Ladies in for nights out.

“Folks around here look for some-thing to do,” Chris Staley said.

Women aren’t the only people who come in either. Chris Staley said

men often come in for chain mail and Viking knight les-

sons, or to make items for their girlfriends

and wives. They get people in from Cal-vert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties for the classes and to buy supplies.

In addition to making crafts for

gifts, Chris Staley said there are also gift

certificates available so crafters can purchase

their own supplies or come to a class for free.For more information, in-

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The Healthcare industry has created one in four new jobs in 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The U.S. Department of Labor predicts 3.2 million new wage and salary jobs will be created in the healthcare industry between 2008 and 2018.

Recognizing the high demand, the Calvert Healthcare Partnership is spon-soring its third annual Healthcare Careers Expo at Calvert County Library in Prince Frederick on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 3-7 p.m.

Representatives from various health-care providers in the area will be on hand to answer questions about salaries, ben-efits, educational requirements and oppor-tunities. There will also be a resume writ-ing area for those needing help.

Event sponsors include: Calvert Me-morial Hospital, Calvert Hospice, College of Southern Maryland, SoMD CAN (Col-lege Access Network), Calvert Volunteer EMS, Fire and Rescue, and SoMD county governments.

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‘All About Beads’ Fills Crafter Gap

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A firefighter from the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department was bad-ly burned last week when he fell through the floor of a Leonard Court home while fighting a fire.

Michael Montgom-ery, Jr. suffered second-and-third-degree burns to his right leg, according to a statement from Hunting-town Fire Chief Jonathan Riffe.

“He was air-lifted to Med Star and is currently admitted to the burn unit,” Riffe wrote in his state-ment about the Oct. 5 fire that also saw St. Leonard volunteers and others re-spond. “It is anticipated that in the next few days Montgomery will undergo surgery and possible skin grafts.”

Firefighters arrived that day to find heavy fire emanating from a split-foyer home located just behind the St. Leonard volunteer firefighter station; firefighters attacked the blaze from the back of the home and eventually extinguished it within 15 minutes.

St. Leonard volunteers reported that the fire was under investigation by state fire marshals.

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State fire marshal’s office inves-tigators have arrested two 13-year old boys from Chesapeake Beach for alleg-edly setting fire to Abner’s Crab House that occurred Monday on Harbor Road in Chesapeake Beach.

Both juveniles have been referred to the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice, a fire marshal’s press release stated.

The fire that started at nearly 3:30 a.m. Oct. 10 caused $250,000 in damage to the restaurant, fire marshal’s reports stated, and it took firefighters from North Beach, Huntingtown, Dunkirk, Prince Frederick and Deale volunteer fire companies more than 30 minutes to control.

Approximately 60 firefighters re-sponded to the scene, fire marshal re-ports stated, and there were no injuries as a result of the blaze.

North Beach fire volunteers re-ported on their web site that the fire had consumed enough of the older building to break through the roof.

Fire marshals reported that both de-fendants were found at the scene of the fire and gave statements regarding their involvement both to them and to Calvert sheriff’s office investigators.

Investigators said that an accelerant was used to ignite the blaze to the two-story, wood framed restaurant’s second floor office.

Both juveniles have been charged with second-degree arson, fire marshal reports stated, but have been released into the custody of their parents.

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Calvert to Hold Pill Take Back DayBy Guy LeonardStaff Writer

Calvert residents with left over or un-used prescription medications can dispose of them safely by turning them in to the sheriff’s office in Prince Frederick, Mt. Hope Community Center in Sunderland, the Northeast Community Center in Ches-apeake Beach or the Southern Community Center in Lusby on Oct. 29 during one of the county’s biggest collection efforts of the year.

Prescription medication abuse, par-

ticularly pain killers that are synthetic heroin-based, have become the rising drug problem in Calvert County, police officials here have said and prescription take back programs ensure that legal pills don’t be-come illicit narcotics through just one il-legal sale or transfer.

Lt. Steve Jones, commander of the Calvert Investigative Team, part of the sheriff’s office, said that the agency takes prescription medication whenever resi-dents bring it by for disposal and that after just about one year the amount has been piling up.

“We’re weighing prescription drugs by the pound now, that’s how much we’re getting,” Jones said. “We’ll take prescrip-tion drugs daily and we’ll destroy them a couple of times a year.”

Calvert County runs mostly on septic systems and with people tempted to dis-pose of prescription medications through their home water and sewer systems, it also creates a potential hazard, Jones said.

“This prevents flushing them down the toilet; they permeate the ground and get into the water and that’s something we don’t want,” Jones said.

The prescription pill take back day will run from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at the four selected locations and no questions will be asked of residents who wish to turn them in.

The event is sponsored by multiple pharmacies in Calvert County as well as the Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse, the sheriff’s office, the county divi-sion of parks and recreation and the state’s attorney’s office.

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State Fire Marshals investigators are looking for the cause of another restaurant fire that occurred in Prince Frederick at about 1:50 a.m. Tuesday.

Investigators have already arrested two juveniles for allegedly setting fire to a crab house in Chesapeake Beach on Monday.The fire was discovered by a passing witness according to fire marshal reports, at the Country Dock Restaurant in the 6900 block of Hal-

lowing Lane.The fire caused $167,000-worth of damage to the vacant single story wood frame building and took 42 firefighters about one hour to

extinguish.Anyone with information about the fire is asked to contact the regional office of the State Fire Marshal at 443-550-6820.The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.

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STORY Beloved Dunkirk Volunteer Dies Unexpectedly Leaving Baby BehindBy Corrin M. HoweStaff Writer

“I really didn’t know Amanda other than she came in here, drank soda and gave people rides home who needed it,” said Dawn Smith, manager of Anthony’s Bar and Grill in Dunkirk. “It was just her personality to sing and dance … It’s a real tragic story which touches everyone.”

According to numerous websites for Calvert’s volunteer rescue and fire stations, Amanda Mitchler, 25, died at Calvert Memorial Hospital on Sept. 24, after a c-section. Her baby, Gavin, was born seven weeks premature.

It is not clear why from the posted reports, but after giving birth, she suffered a cardiac arrest. Doctors left her on life support for several hours to allow family to come into town to visit her. She was known around the community for her volunteer work, particularly as an EMT for Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department.

The Calvert Gazette attempted to reach Mitchler’s family and David Todt, father of Baby Gavin, to learn more, but was told it was too soon for them speak about their loss. However, the social networks and those raising money for the family were willing to talk.

The Dunkirk VFD website announced her death and said, “Amanda was a friend to many and a part of the Dunkirk VFD family for many years. Amanda was a fun, loving, and caring friend to us all. Amanda was a volunteer in Calvert County since 2003. Please keep Amanda's family, friends, and baby Gavin in your prayers.”

Owings resident Don Campbell said he witnessed the long parade of fire trucks, rescue ve-hicles, police vehicles and civilian vehicles commemorating her death. Former Dunkirk Fire Chief Monk Wells said this kind of showing is typical because the volunteer fire and rescue community is like one big close-knit family.

Mitchler was well known and loved in the community. Not only she, but her mother and broth-ers volunteer throughout the community in the fire departments, rescue squads, high school athlet-ics and local youth sports.

“Their family has given so much to the community. It’s the right thing to do, to give back to them,” said Wells about the two fundraisers he’s organizing for the family.

Wells said that Mitchler worked at Ledo’s and was attending school to become a paramedic. Nick Ferguson, co-fundraising organizer, went to school with David Todt, father to Baby

Gavin. Both graduated from Northern High School in 1998. Wells and Ferguson said Mitchler and Todt had been together for approximately a year. Todt was involved in Ole School Kickball, a league started by Ferguson approximately two years ago and Mitchler volunteered with the organization. According to Ferguson, it is believed Todt and Mitchler’s mother will share in the responsibility to raise Gavin.

All those interviewed for the story mentioned Mitchler regularly attended Karaoke night Wednesdays at Anthony’s Bar and Grill in Dunkirk.

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Sitting under pavilion in crowded Dunkirk Park, it was hard not to get caught up in the sincerity and passion of Monk Wells, former Dunkirk VFD Chief, and Nick Ferguson, one of the founders of Ole School Kickball. Both men are putting together two days of fundraisers for Baby Gavin and family.

The first is a Poker Run on Saturday, October 22 starting at Anthony’s Bar and Grill (behind the 7-11 in Dunkirk). Registration is from 9-11 a.m. Registra-tion is $20, whether for a bike or car, and will be col-lected both in advance and at the door. The stops, in order, are Trader’s in North Beach, Vera’s Beach Club in Lusby, Calypso Bay in Solomons, Greene Turtle in Prince Frederick and back to Anthony’s. Best Run re-ceives $150 and a trophy, second best $100 and worst hand $50. There will also be a trophy for the best bike.

For those who have never experienced a Poker Run, the bike ride is run in honor of a person. Each stop the rider collects a card in hopes of collecting the best poker hand.

“This is a real big thing. One last ride. Have a drink, eat food and visit before moving on to the next stop,” said Wells.

The second fundraiser will have two events will be held at Jesus the Good Shepherd Church off Mt. Harmony Road on Nov. 19 starting at 8 a.m. One event will be a kickball tournament starting with kids age 5 and up to adults. The fee is $100 per team which is a minimum nine players and maximum of 15 to 20. The team must have at least four females.

At the same time is a Corn Hole tournament for 18 years and older. Only two people form a team and the fee is $50.

Wells said participation in both tournaments is welcome and encouraged. “I’d raise $10,000 if I could. Nobody plans a funeral for a 25 year-old.”

The goal is to have an event that the entire fam-ily can participate in while raising money for Baby Gavin. They plan to have a moon bounce, face paint-ing, baked goods and more. Of course, they are also hoping as much of these things will be donated so that any money collected will go directly to the fam-ily rather than offset expenses.

November is usually when the Ole School Kick-ball league holds its tournament. However, since Mitchler and Todt are part of the family, the teams asked to use the tournament as a fundraiser and to open it up to the entire county.

The organizers of the events said they will take volunteers and in-kind donations in lieu of mon-ey. They need people to clean the field, referee the games, bake the goods, paint faces, and anything else that might come up.

Register for the Nov. 19 event by Nov. 1. They need a contact name, email address, phone number and fees. Contact information: Nadreen Ferguson at 410-610-4063 or [email protected] or Monk Wells at 443-975-2261 or [email protected]

Locals Stepping

Up To The Plate, Literally

Christina Kettmann, a bartender at Anthony’s Bar and Grill in Dunkirk, was friends with Amanda Mitchler, 25. Several businesses, including Anthony’s held fundraisers for baby Gavin and Amanda, who was a member of the Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department.

Amanda Mitchler


STORYBeloved Dunkirk Volunteer Dies Unexpectedly Leaving Baby Behind

Anthony’s Bar and Grill in Dunkirk raised ap-proximately $4,000 during a week dedicated to Amanda Mitchler, her family and her baby.

“One couple stands out in particular. I’d never seen them before. They came in for lunch and say the jar and asked about it. When they left, they dropped a 20 in the bucket,” said manager Dawn Smith.

After the Wednesday night Karaoke, she posted on the Anthony’s Facebook page, “All I can say is Wow and thank you all so very much. Thought we had seen it all Wednesday night, but the service to-day - the biggest I have ever seen and tonight was amazing, so many people honoring Amanda & want-ing to help Baby Gavin.”

Coolbeanz Charters, Backstage Pass and the staff at Anthony’s also shipped in prizes, percentages of their proceeds and tips which made up the $4,000 total for the week.

In a separate fundraiser, Hair Cuttery of Dunkirk had a two hour Cut-a-Thon on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. in which they raised $761 from $10 haircuts and all their tips. Walking in at 6:15, all the cutting sta-tions were manned and had customer’s seated, the lobby had extra folding chairs, someone was dedi-cated to washing hair while another young woman spend her time sweeping up discarded hair. The staff, normally dressed in all black, wore pink and black for Breast Cancer awareness month.

• Generator and Lights for evening play• Food, drink, baked goods to be sold• Moon Bounce• Face Painting• Clean Fields• Umpire/Referee games• Corn Hole Boards

If you have any of these items, please contact Contact information: Nadreen Fergu-son at 410-610-4063 or [email protected] or Monk Wells at 443-975-2261 or [email protected]

Monetary donations can be sent to: Mary Weakley c/o NASA Federal Credit Union, 500 Prince George’s Boulevard, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Attn: Beth Simmons or Jennie Frank. In the memo line specify: Gavin’s Fund.

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Newsmakers


A local author tackles the topic of bul-lying, and the rest of the trials and tribula-

tions that come with being in fourth grade, in her premier children’s book, “Ginger and the Bully.”

Susan Simpson, who goes by the pen name S.E. Simpson, is a native of Southern

Maryland, said she has been writing since she “could hold a pencil.” Her first taste of writing recognition came when she was in second grade, when a poem she wrote and submitted to the Charles County Fair was selected as one of the winners.

“Ginger and the Bully” is the product of years of writing, a little bit at a time. Simpson said she would read what she had written to her children, and they liked what she had written. So, when she finished her manuscript, Simpson decided to take the next step and try to get it published.

In August, Simpson said she got word that Tate Publishing had picked up the book, and her dream of seeing it in print and on shelves would be coming true.

“I was jumping up and down for joy,” Simpson said.

Currently, Simpson is working on the second Ginger book. She said she is work-ing on it “here and there” when she gets time for it around her day job. “I wish writ-ing were my full time job,” she said, but until she makes more money doing it, that goal is a little further in the future.

The book chronicles real life prob-lems that kids can relate to, Simpson said.

“Ten-year-old Ginger Ryan is dread-ing starting fourth grade. She and her best friend, Melody, have been split up for the first time since kindergarten, and Ginger has the meanest teacher in school, Ms. Lindell. Just when she thinks things couldn't get any worse, they do. The new kid in school shares the same last name as Ginger, so he sits right next to her. Typi-cally, he turns out to be the class bully. Todd Ryan makes it his goal in life to

make Ginger's life a living nightmare,” the book’s jacket reads. “As if that's not bad enough, Ginger is also dealing with a pes-ky older brother and a best friend who has turned into a snob. Fourth grade is sup-posed to be fun. So how could things go so horribly wrong?”

Ginger tries “everything from ignor-ing Todd to purposefully throwing up on him,” but can’t seem to shake her bully.

“So many kids go through situations like that,” Simpson said.

She said she wrote the book to try to show kids that they trust adults for help, and hopes to go into the local schools to talk to students about bullying and who they can turn to for help, like parents, teachers and principals.

In addition to children’s books, Simp-son is looking at writing adult fiction un-der a different pen name.

Simpson has a BA in English/educa-tion from St. Mary's College of Maryland and a BS in nursing from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. She currently works as a community health nurse and works with young children in Sunday school.

Individuals interested in meeting Simpson and picking up a copy of “Ginger and the Bully” can find both at Fenwick Street Used Books and Music at 41655 Fenwick Street in Leonardtown on Oct. 23 at 12 p.m. The book can also be purchased at www.tatepublishing.com, Barnes and Nobel and Amazon.

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On Oct. 15, volunteers from SMILE will gather to truly cele-brate 20 years of service providing aid to those in need in southern Calvert County. A Festive dinner will be held at Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Solomons at 6:30 p.m.

SMILE was organized when a group of clergy and lay per-sons from seven congregations (later expanded to nine) in Lusby and Solomons met in the spring of 1991 to answer the questions, “What would you like to see your church doing to meet the needs of the community?” This led to the formation in October 1991 of a chartered, non-profit status group called SMILE (an acronym for Service Makes Individuals Lives Exciting). We opened! Starting first in a parsonage, and then moving to trailers behind the fire-house. Smile found its permanent home next to a state park and Middleham Church in Lusby. Construction began after a massive fund-raising effort in 1998 with a single donation of $150,000 and parlayed into matching funds. The initial building has been ex-panded twice and is debt-free.

Approximately 150 unpaid volunteers, angels every one, pro-vides the backbone of SMILE for lower Calvert County.

With open arms, these angel volunteers have helped those in Calvert County undergoing tough times and in need of a helping hand. Determined to be of service to the homeless, the helpless and the hungry, SMILE has stood and continues to be a beacon of hope.

From the beginning, SMILE has operated a Thrift Shop and a Food Pantry. The Thrift Shop offers reasonably priced good usable clothing, linens, household goods, jewelry, furniture, toys, electronics, accessories and more to anyone to purchase. Sales from the Thrift Shop help to buy groceries for the Food Pantry, provide Holiday Food Baskets, and assist in sponsoring Holiday Free Dinners. In addition, the sales aid Emergency Assistance. This program helps with utility bills, rent, mortgage, prescriptions and other life ne-cessities. With a total volunteer staff of over 150 persons, SMILE is able to use all its resources to help others.

Aid is also given to Calvert County agencies that help uninsured medical pa-tients and provides funding for dental work for seniors. Further, help is supplied to a homeless shelter, a pregnancy care center, and a Habitat for Humanity among others. Outreach beyond our area has aided victims of hurricanes, children’s orphanages, flood and other calamities.

Determined to be a service to the homeless, the helpless and the hungry, SMILE stands today as a beacon to those southern Calvert residents in need. SMILE”s motto embraces its purpose for service: “No one goes away hungry; no one goes away ‘na-ked’ or cold; no one goes away without a smile, a word of encouragement, or a friend-ly hug; no one goes away feeling humiliated, rejected or less than a child of God.”

Little wonder that after 20 years, the volunteers gathered at this dinner will find themselves happily in the company of angels.

Katherine McClellanSolomons, MD

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In The Company of Angels

Road Crews Are Unsung Heroes

During the now infamous Hurricane Irene, many thanks were extended to the hundreds of workers who spent countless hours cleaning up the storms aftermath.

While Irene is now history and most of us have finished the clean-up and are accepting Autumn’s cool breezes the job is far from done countywide.

There are many workers who are still spending their days attempting to bring Calvert County’s landscape back to it’s pristine condition.

Among those unsung heroes are the men and women of the Calvert County Roads and Maintenance Department, who display patience and perseverance in their ongoing efforts. We thank each of you your hard work is greatly appreciated.

Barbara StinnettOwings, MD

Guest Editorial:Green Jobs MythBy Marta Hummel Mossburg

Green jobs are supposed to be one of the pillars of Maryland’s fu-ture economy. Twenty percent of the

state’s energy is supposed to come from renewable sources by 2020, including 2 percent from solar energy.

But the Solyndra bankruptcy shows the failure of a gov-ernment policy of picking winners and losers. Taxpayers may be on the hook for $535 million because of the California-based company’s bankruptcy filing last month. Congress, the FBI and the Treasury Department are all investigating why the company received a loan guarantee from the Department of Energy despite ample warning that it was not viable.

And we could be even more in the hole following two other loan guarantees of more than $1 billion to solar projects in Nevada and Arizona.

Now to jobs. Maryland has been one of the worst states at creating jobs since the recession ended, green jobs in-cluded. Nationally, green jobs are also losing people. As Joel Kotkin wrote in Forbes recently, “Since 2006, the waste man-agement and remediation sector -- a critical portion of the green economy -- actually lost over 480,000 jobs, 4 percent of its total employment.” What sector is adding jobs? The biggest growth is happening in the mining, oil and natural gas industries.

One bright spot: The number of people installing solar panels in the state is increasing. But the cost -- from about $9,000 to $50,000 per house -- is prohibitive to most resi-dents. (The median household income in Maryland is about $69,000.) Even those with the cash to install them have little incentive to do so, considering that the payoff in energy sav-

ings can take decades. And with home prices in decline or stagnating, the initial outlay will likely never be recouped at sale.

And we haven’t even gotten to the cost of generating electricity with solar energy compared with other types of energy. Solar power is about three times as expensive as elec-tricity produced by natural gas. By comparison, wind energy starts at about twice as much.

It’s one thing for individuals to make the decision to switch to solar, but a state policy mandating a certain per-centage of solar electricity will hit all ratepayers. Constella-tion Energy just announced last week plans for a $60 million solar facility in Emmitsburg. Energy from the project will be bought by Maryland’s Department of General Services and the University of Maryland.

Nowhere in the press release about the project was the projected cost of the energy versus electricity produced by natural gas. But it’s a given that the project means Maryland taxpayers will be forking over more money to provide energy to state agencies.

The same thing will happen to individual ratepayers as more energy suppliers are forced by politics to buy more renewable energy. For example, an offshore wind farm sup-ported by Gov. Martin O’Malley was projected to cost rate-payers an extra $9 per month if it goes forward. California has some of the highest electricity costs in the nation because of its mandates -- something Marylanders have to look for-ward to.

Green energy is expensive, unreliable and a job-killing folly. Maryland needs cheap, reliable energy to grow, not uto-pian goals.

Marta Hummel Mossburg is a senior fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011 16The Calvert GazetteSpotlight On


Last Friday, Shelly arrived at her new temporary home, Mrs. Timmons’ second grade class at Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Solomons.

Shelly is a terrapin from the National Aquarium’s “Terrapin in the Classroom Project.”

“We won’t find out for awhile if it is a boy or girl,” said Karen Timmons. However, most of the terrapins from its hatchling area tend to be girls.

Born on Aug. 10, Shelly’s birth certificate will soon arrive at the class which agreed to take care of it until its release.

“It has to be measured, weighed, fed and data collected every day, even over Christmas and Spring breaks,” said Timmons.

The teacher thinks the heavy responsibility may be why she and the four Calvert high schools are participat-ing in the project. This terrapin project is different than the one CCPS students participate in through Chespax when in the third grade, according to Timmons.

Her students are too young to be allowed to handle Shelly, but they can help in collecting data such as water temperature, air temperature, and measurements. The class will slowly introduce Shelly to carnivore food such as beef liver for the vitamin A. Also, they will gradually increase the salinity of the water, so Shelly can one day be released back into the wild at Poplar Island in the

Chesapeake Bay.Timmons said she just received Shelly, so she is still becom-

ing acquainted with all the requirements. She is also hoping to set up a camera so the students can go online and monitor the terrapin when not in the classroom.

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‘Our Lady’ Class Nurturing Baby Terrapin

OLSS Friend Day

Left is Carolyn Allen, 7th grade student of OLSS, who invited her friend, Ashley Patterson, a 7th grader from Mill Creek. This is Ashley’s second year coming to ‘Bring A Friend Day.”

“I thought I would like to attend, so I came to visit,” said Ashley.

OLSS has one or two Friend Days a year to pro-vide parents and students an opportunity to experience what it would be like to attend a Catholic school.

Jack Harper takes a peek at Shelly the terrapin in the aquarium. Shelly is hiding in the artificial leaves.

Photo by Corrin M. HowePhoto by Corrin M. Howe



John Sullens went mad after 15 years as a stay-at-home dad with three chil-dren. When the youngest started school five years ago, Sullens became a Mad Scientist.

Thinking he was too old to go back to school to become a teacher, Sullens at-tended a franchise expo in Washington, D.C. where he learned of a way he could receive the benefits of teaching without the disadvantages.

“I get to have them for an hour in a classroom and then leave,” said Sullens. “What we do is get kids excited about science.”

Now known at Jupiter John, Sul-lens owns the Southern Maryland terri-tory of Mad Science, a franchise out of Montreal, Canada. He estimates he has approximately 140 hours of prepared sci-ence curriculum which meets the Mary-land’s Voluntary State Curriculum sci-ence standards.

“We have five summer camps, seven stage shows, five birthday parties, five eight-week after school programs and 30 individual workshops,” said Sullens. In addition, he can cobble together material to meet specific needs.

For example, one elementary school’s fifth grade students were having a difficult time with a couple of science concepts necessary to pass the Maryland State Assessments. The principal asked John to come in with workshops to ad-dress these areas.

“I’m invited into schools by the PTA, principals, and individual teachers. I do home school programs in the library and parks and recreation invite me into com-munity centers. We touch all genres of science.”

The College of Southern Maryland is Mad Science’s biggest client, having him do Saturday workshops and sum-mer programs. Calvert County Parks and Recreation is his second with after school programs. Charles County is “blossom-ing” with the schools picking up all or a significant part of his fee so students can participate in Title One and STEM after school programs.

Although his office is in a light in-dustrial park in St. Mary’s county, he doesn’t receive as much business from the county as the other two. The St. Mary’s Library is his largest client there. Sullens does have regular business with two public schools and one private school in St. Mary’s but expanding his business in St. Mary’s is one of his goals.

Sullens said his shows can be one hundred percent curriculum based, half curriculum based and half “fun” or one hundred percent pure fun, but always an interactive way to teach kids about science.

“What I love about the program is we put something in their hands. Then it

opens up a conversation with parents or grand-parents. Kids get to tell them what they learned in class. That’s where the real learning takes place,” he said.

This type of pro-gram is excellent for the tactical and visual learn-ers according to Sullens. In 50 minutes of actual instruction, Mad Sci-ence will have nine to ten different activities. He will also perform the same activity sev-eral times, either from a different angle or talk about different aspects.

An independent study commissioned by Mad Science in 2005 showed that students ex-posed to science through the program “signifi-cantly” increased their knowledge of sci-ence content and subjects, increased their enjoyment of science-related leisure ac-tivities and increased their view that most people should learn about science.

Although there are stories through-out the franchise that students credit Mad Science to their career choice in science, Sullens said he hasn’t had any kids come

back to him yet. He’s only been being do-ing this five years. He has had parents say their kids now go to the library and look for science books to read.

Sullens would like to see his sum-mer camps grow, to get more kids ex-cited about science and have corporations invite him out to company picnics for a kid’s hands-on activity or show. He also just purchased a stage show about “Be

Tobacco Free” which he would like to in-corporate into the county health depart-ment, Sheriff department’s DARE and other community based programs about smoking and drugs.

For more information about Mad Sci-ence call 410-586-3606 or email [email protected].

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Any individual, community youth based organization or school interested in expanding or starting a program to address Childhood Obesity can apply for grants of $500 and $1,000.

Last year Youth Service America and UnitedHealthcare awarded $4,000 in grants to Maryland organizations for a program they call “Health Heroes.”

Program spokesperson Tasha Teeluck-singh said programs are considered that “demonstrate a clear understanding of health risks associated with childhood obesity; pro-pose creative solutions to fighting obesity in their schools and communities; and can be easily implemented, scaled and measured.”

Hartford, Md, high school students won a grant for their program called “Fight Be-gins At Home.” They polled students at a lo-cal elementary school, tallied the results and then created a program to address their find-ings. Another Maryland community paired members of a health council with those involved with high school curriculum for healthy eating and physical activity.

Teelucksingh encourages anyone work-ing with youth in the Southern Maryland communities to check out their website for an application or more information www.ysa.org/HEROES or call Tammy Teeluck-singh at 301-581-7293. The deadline for sub-mitting the application is Monday, October 17, 2011 by midnight.

“As far as I know, any organization meeting the requirements is eligible for the grants. I don’t believe there is a limit to the money available,” she said.

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“Jupiter John’ is Mad About Science

“Atomic Alice” Faith Howe, 9, and Jonathan Howe, 11, how to make worms at a Mad Science booth at Mt. Hope Community Center’s “Back to School Blast.”


Lucy Buckmaster, 75Lucy Lucille Buckmaster, 75, of Hughes-

ville, MD passed away on October 10, 2011 at Calvert Memorial Hospital.

Lucy was born on June 16, 1936 in Prince Frederick, MD to the late William McCullen and Mary Edna Gibson Buckmaster.

Lucy is survived by her siblings; Della Pile of Benedict, MD, Anne Virginia Hutchins of Prince Frederick, MD, William Robert Buck-master of Ethica NE, Samuel Richard Buck-master of St. Leonard, MD., Rose Marie How-ard of Freemont NE and the late John Edward Buckmaster. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends on Friday October 14, 2011 from 9-11 AM at the Rausch Funeral Home, 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, MD where services will be held at 11 AM. Interment will follow in Asbury Cemetery, Barstow, MD.

Pallbearers will be David Price, Jackson Simmons, Beverly Smith, Tamika Harrod, Earl Hutchins and Dara Cohen.

Memorial contributions may be made to the ARC of Calvert County.

Ardell McMannis, 94A rdel l

E l i z a b e t h M c M a n -nis, age 94, of North Beach, MD died Octo-ber 3, 2011 in George-town Uni-versity Hos-pital, Wash-ington, DC.

S h e was born March 10, 1917 in Al-e x a n d r i a , VA to Delbert Charles and Hannah Elizabeth (Hall) Herder.

She was raised in Southeast Washington and graduated from Eastern High School in 1934. Ardell was married to John N. Owens August of 1934.

Ardell was employed as a payroll super-visor and punch card operator for the United States Government retiring in 1960 from the Naval Ordinance Laboratory.

In June of 1958 she married Glenn A. Mc-Mannis and they made their home in Lewis-

dale, MD. Mr. McMannis died in 1985. After Glenn’s death, she moved to North Beach.

Ardell was of the Baptist Faith, and was a former member of the Lady’s Auxiliary of the College Park Moose Lodge. She worked crossword puzzles (in ink) every day of her life, played a serious game of Scrabble and was an excellent poker player. She had a lifelong pas-sion for bowling and switched from duck pins to ten pins in her mid 60’s.

Ardell was preceded in death by her hus-bands John and Glenn and four siblings.

She was the mother of 1 and grandmother of 35. She is also survived by numerous great and great-great grandchildren.

A private family celebration of Ardell’s life will be held by the family.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to American Lung Association 211 E. Lombard St., #260, Baltimore, MD 21202 or at [email protected] or www.lungmaryland.org.

Donald O’Dell, Sr., 68D o n -

ald E. O’Dell, Sr., “ B o o t s ” , 68, of P r i n c e Frederick, MD passed away on October 9, 2011 at his home.

H e was born on July 15, 1943 in Calvert C o u n t y , MD to the late Anna Mae Chaney O’Dell and Carl Emmett O’Dell, Sr.

Besides his parents, Boots is predeceased by his wife, Dianne B. O’Dell, son Robert “Bobby” O’Dell, sister Deborah Kent and brother Carl E. O’Dell, Jr.

Boots attended Calvert High School where he played soccer. He loved to watch drag rac-ing, NASCAR, and the Red Skins and he loved to crab. He was a member of Steamfitters Union Local #602.

Boots is survived by his son Donald E. O’Dell, Jr. and his wife Gayle, grandchildren Jaime, Jesse, Michael, Keith, Robbie, and Krystle O’Dell. Great grandfather of Teaira, Alana, Kaleb and Ava O’Dell, he is also sur-

vived by his siblings, Paul E. O’Dell, “Buddy”, Linda Dillon, “Susie”, Wayne O’Dell, “Snook-ie”, Kathy Jones, Randy Kent and Donna Kent, and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends on Thurs-day October 13, 2011 from 10-11 AM at the Rausch Funeral Home, 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, MD where services will be held at 11 AM. Interment will follow in As-bury Cemetery, Barstow, MD.

Pallbearers will be Jesse, Michael, Keith, Carl, and George O’Dell and Matt Spring.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Thomas Palmer, 81Thom-

as R. Palmer, 81, of Prince Frederick, MD passed away on O c t o b e r 2, 2011 in Prince Frederick, MD.

H e was born July 15, 1930 in Kingsport, TN to the late Basil and Margaret Begley Palmer.

Mr. Palmer served in the Navy from 1951 to 1954 during the Korean Conflict. He was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Navy Occupation Medal, Korean Service Med-al with 1 star and the United Nations Service Medal. After his time in the service, he gradu-ated from University of Maryland and went to work as a Pharmacist until his retirement in 2009.

He is survived by his wife, Catherine B. Palmer of Prince Frederick, MD, father of Linda McClure of Fredericksburg, VA and Michael Palmer of Camp Springs, MD. He is also survived by six grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

A Memorial service was held on Tuesday October 11, 2011, at the Chapel in Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD. Inter-ment followed in the cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions should be made to American Cancer Society.

Lisa Nutwell-Simpson, 44L i s a

Ray Nut-well-Simp-son, age 44, of Deale, MD passed away Octo-ber 9, 2011 at Anne A r u n d e l M e d i c a l Center in Annapolis, MD.

L i s a was born January 16, 1967 in Baltimore MD.

She was raised in Shady Side, MD and graduated from Southern High School in Harwood, MD with the class of 1985. She was employed for fifteen years as a pre-press

worker with Whitmore Printing in Annapolis, and for the past fifteen years as a caregiver and healthcare aide, primarily helping persons with brain injuries. In her leisure time Lisa enjoyed gardening, flowers, animals, her pet dogs, and spending time with family and friends.

Lisa was preceded in death by her parents Ray C. and Lillian (Sneed) Nutwell.

She is survived by her devoted husband Michael L. Simpson and beloved sons James Eric Reinoehl II of Prince Frederick, MD and William Ray Simpson of Deale.

Family and friends will be received at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A.., 8325 Mt. Har-mony Lane, Owings, MD on Thursday Octo-ber 13, 2011 from 12:00 Noon until the time of service and celebration of life at 2:00 PM.

A private interment for family will be at a later date at Sherbert Cemetery in Deale.

Gary Turner, 63G a r y

S t e p h e n Turner, 63, of Shady Side, MD passed away Octo-ber 3, 2011 at Anne Arun-del Medical Center in Annapol is , MD after a brief illness.

G a r y was born De-cember 18, 1947 in Annapolis to Doris (Leitch) and Melvin W. Turner, Sr.

He was raised in Fairhaven, MD, attended Tracey’s Elementary and graduated in 1965 from Southern High School in Lothian, MD where he excelled in football as quarterback and co-captain and in basketball as a guard and team captain. Gary was employed as a union sprinkler fitter and member of Sprinkler Fitters Local 669. In his leisure time Gary was an avid fan of the Baltimore Ravens and NASCAR.

Gary was preceded in death by his beloved wife Donna Lee Smeltzer, his parents Doris and Melvin Turner, Sr., and by a brother Melvin W. Turner, Jr.

He is survived by his beloved sons Ste-ven Gary Turner and Donald Carl Turner, both of Deale, MD; a sister Nancy T. Skillman of Dunkirk, MD; and brothers David C. Turner and wife Jeanne of Deale, Paul L. Turner and wife Debra of St. Leonard, MD, and Stuart R. Turner and wife Jill of Tampa, FL. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 14 at Saint James’ Parish, Lothian. Burial will follow at St. James’ Parish Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy in Gary’s name may be made to St. James’ Parish, 5757 Solo-mons Island Road, Lothian, MD 20711.

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By Keith McGuireNo one can argue with October weather; it is fantastic!

October is surely Mother Nature’s annual gift to all of us. She starts the month with a hint of shorter days, a foggy mist in the mornings, milder daytime temperatures, and crisp clear evenings. When it rains, it is more likely a simple rainy day than a day torn apart by thunderstorms or other severe weather patterns. If there were a place on earth where it was October all the time, I would have to think about moving there. October provides some of the best fishing of the year.

So let’s get to it. Breaking fish can be found on the Bay with little effort these days. Look in the usual places and wherever you usually find schools of baitfish. There are fre-quently a lot of smaller ones near the surface, but bigger ones down deep. You will also find that there are a lot of bluefish up to 3 pounds mixed in.

As I’ve told you before, now is the time to cast top-water plugs along fishy looking shorelines and structures for rock-fish. If you’ve tried this, you know that there are very few methods of fishing for stripers that are more fun.

Trolling for rockfish is also productive during the fall. If you are a troller, mix your offerings with rigs that run high in the water column and some that run deep to the bottom. Look for the bigger stripers on the deeper rigs.

Bluefish are one of my first targets while they are still here. Bluefish in the 3 pound range make some of the best smoked fish out there. I filet and rinse the fish, then soak them for 4 – 6 hours in a brine solution made from 1 gallon of water, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of kosher salt, and 3 tablespoons of Old Bay™. At the end of that

time, I take them out of the solu-tion, pat them dry and let them sit on a rack for several hours until the filets develop a glaze. Then I place them in a smoker with hickory chips at 150° for 4 hours. At the beginning of the last hour, I baste the filets with pure maple syrup. The smoked fish filets that aren’t eaten in the first day or two are vacuum sealed and fro-zen for cocktail appetizers over the winter.

The second target is the stripers. If not served fresh, the filets of stripers up to 20 – 25 inches are vacuum sealed and frozen with the skin left on. I prepare the filets by rinsing and patting dry, and then treat-ing them with a fish rub of some sort. I make a fish rub using Old Bay™, lemon pepper, and Morton’s Natural Seasons™. Then I place them on the grill with very low heat (± 250°) skin side down for about 10 minutes. They can be served with the skin still attached, or you can take a spatula turned upside down and scrape the filets off the skin. One of these filets with the usual side dishes and a glass of your favorite wine make a delectable meal.

I think October has just made me hungry!

Don’t forget to take a picture of your catch and send it to me with a report at the email address below. [email protected].

Keith has been a recreational angler on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for over 50 years; he fishes weekly from his small boat during the season, and spends his free time supporting local conservation organizations.

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From Toots Bar in Hollywood to The Ruddy Duck in Lusby, The Piranhas are offering people in Southern Maryland live music on the weekday.

The three man band, comprised of Mike Dam-ron on vocals, guitar and drums, Justin Myles on drums, vocals and guitar and Anthony Damron on bass, started in January.

Front man Mike Damron, also of No Green Jel-lyBeenz, said he started the group for something to do on the weekdays, similar to the No Green Jelly-Beenz acoustic side project. His new project took on a life of its own.

“It turned into something else,” Damron said.The Piranhas have a regularly booked gig at

Leonardtown Pub on the first Thursday of every month. The Piranhas are a cover band, performing songs by artists such at the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty and Jason Aldeen. He said the crowd var-ies in both size and age. He said they can have a group in their 20s and 30s to 40s and up.

To keep things interesting, Damron said they “almost never play the same set list.” This makes sure no matter how many times a person sees them in concert, they never know what’s coming up next.

The band will also change songs in the middle of the set to get the crowd to respond better, and can even change mid-song. Damron said that is made easier in a band with his little brother, who he has been playing music with all his life, and a friend from high school.

“I’ve always wanted to play with these two,” Damron said.

In addition to the cover songs, Damron said the owner of the Ruddy Duck has been encouraging them to start working in original pieces. Once they have six good original songs they are comfortable debuting, they will be massaging them into the set list.

Dameron said the Sam Grow band does some-thing similar, throwing in original pieces with their cover songs.

“It seems to work really well,” Damron said.Damron is the main songwriter, and they have

been recording the songs as they go in the studio in his basement.

“We’re pretty new to songwriting as a group,” Damron said.

The original songs take inspiration from ev-erything, from politics to relationships. He said the sound is also inspired from all different types of music, and he said he wants to avoid making a CD where every song sounds similar.

“I don’t want to be bored when I listen to my own music,” he said.

He said the variance in their sound is also close to what people expect when they listen to music.

“Now that everybody has an iPod with thou-sands of songs, people are used to listening to every-thing, not one genre at a time,” Damron said.

In the future, Damron said he hopes to book the band at Seabreeze, Gilligan’s and the Tiki Bar.

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&Out About• On Friday, October 14, from 6 to 9 p.m., make a

date with Annmarie to enjoy an evening of great art, wine & beer, light hors d’oeurves and live music by Kevin Amos at Annmarie After Hours (AAH). Un-leash your inner child on the opening night of their holiday exhibit, Toys – art created from toys and in-spired by toys or art that is a toy itself. Guests can also tour “Imagine a World…” featuring the works of Mimi Little, Suzanne Shelden and Abbey Griffin. Visit the Gift Shop for special AAH sales. Appetizers provided by Lotus Kitchen. No reservations required. For more information, visit www.annmariegarden.org.

• Get to know Calvert County’s rural community by spending the day on three working farms. The 14th annual Farm Tour takes place Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16, rain or shine. It promises to be a great family outing with special activities and educa-tional opportunities at these three local farms:

Fridays Creek Winery, 3485 Chaneyville Road, Owings, 410-286-WINE or www.fridayscreek.com .

Lucky Cricket Farm LLC, 1935 Emmanuel Church Road, Huntingtown, 410-610-4849 or www.luckycrick-etfarm.com

Spider Hall Farm, 3915 Hallowing Point Road, Prince Frederick, 410-610-0094 or www.spiderh-allfarm.com

Learn about new agriculture methods and the county’s agricultural community. At the various stops you will find demonstrations, hayrides, animals, music, food, children’s activities, produce and pony rides. For more information, visit www.calvertag.com or email [email protected].

• American Indians have made and continue to make lasting contributions to the social, political, tech-nological and cultural fabric of this nation. Join Jeffer-son Patterson Park and Museum in their Indian Village on Saturday, October 15, as they celebrate the Ameri-can Indian’s history and culture from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Demonstrations include fire making, basketry, hunting, music, archery, trapping, storytelling and more. Cost is $3 a person or $10 per car. (www.jefpat.org)

• On Sunday, October 16, attend the 3rd annual “That Doggone Tiki Bar” at the Tiki Bar in Solomons from noon to 5 p.m. The event benefits the Calvert Well Pet Clinic offering well pet visits and low-cost dog and cat spay and neuter clinics. Enjoy raffles and prizes, live music by NoGreenJellyBeenz, food by the Grill Ser-geant, Calvert K9 Search and Rescue team demonstra-tions, agility demonstrations, pet games and Mr. Tom’s Party Animal reptiles. Visit more than 20 vendors and animal rescue groups, some offering pets for adoption. Pet contests will start at 3 p.m. Admission and park-ing are free. Well-behaved, leashed, vaccinated pets are welcomed. (Please no flexi-leashes.) For more in-formation, call Jean from the Calvert Well Pet Clinic at 410-326-1616, or Mary Beth from Pepper’s Pet Pantry at 410-326-4006.

• DiGiovanni’s Dock of the Bay offers a cooking class Tuesday, October 18, on the “mother” sauces of Italian cuisine. The sauces – tomato, brown, béchamel, velouté and hollandaise – form the basis of many other sauces. The class features a four-course menu that al-lows Chef Jack Batten to demonstrate the lesson. The menu includes chicken soup Santa Fe, macaroni and three cheeses with shrimp, the great American pot roast and berries with sabayon. The class fee is $40 per person and starts at 7 p.m. Call 410-394-6400 today to make your reservation to learn something new. (www.

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• Newcomers and Neighbors of Southern Maryland will have their monthly luncheon at DiGiovanni’s Res-taurant in Solomons on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Meet ‘n’ Greet will begin at 10:30 a.m. and at 11:00 a.m. Mary-land Secretary of Agriculture, Earl “Buddy” Hance will speak. For more information about the group or to attend this luncheon please email [email protected].

• On Friday, October 21, Gordon Bok, American folksinger and songwriter will appear live at the Calvert Marine Museum. Bok’s repertoire consists of a rich trove of ballads of Maine and the Maritimes, songs and dances of the Americas and abroad and stories of boats and sailors. He has recorded over 20 albums and plays at concert halls, festivals and folk clubs throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Scandanavia. He will also sing his own composition of sea folk tales, contemporary songs and instrumentals. The show be-gins at 7:30 p.m. in the museum auditorium. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For more informa-tion, visit www.calvertmarinemuseum.ticketforce.com.

• On Sunday, October 23, at 2 p.m., Calvert Ma-rine Museum’s Sunday Conversations with Chesapeake Authors series features Ralph Eshelman, author of “A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake.” A world traveler, scientist, historian, Renaissance Man, Calvert County resident and previous director of the Calvert Marine Museum, Eshelman never fails to enlighten and entertain. He will lead a historical tour following the steps of the American and British troops during the summer of 1814. Sunday Conversations with Chesapeake Authors is free and open to the public. The series is sponsored by The Patuxent Partnership with support from the Holiday Inn Solomons. www.calvert-marinemuseum.com

• Looking for something SPOOKtacular to do for Halloween? Bring the family to Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center for a safe and spook-free day-time trick-or-treating event on Saturday, October 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dress the whole family and enjoy trick-or-treating in the garden and unique photo oppor-tunities with boo-tiful decorations! Children can me-ander through the woods along the paved pathway, free of vehicles, to receive candy from nonprofit organiza-tions and local businesses. Free art activities provided. One dollar admission benefits the Holiday Food Basket Program. Visit online for more information: www.an-nmariegarden.org.

• On Saturday, October 22, Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum will host Girl Scout Native American Day, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Explore Southern Mary-land’s Native American heritage to learn who lived, and continues to live, in this region. Visit the Indian village, work in the native garden and experience cooking with Native American techniques. Advanced registration is required. For more information, call 410-586-8501 or visit www.jefpat.org.

• On Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23, the Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia presents the 43rd annual reenactment of “The Battle of Hastings” at Kings Landing Park, Huntingtown, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Battle of Hastings occurred on October 14, 1066, between the Norman-French army of Duke Wil-liam II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II. Activities will include a battle reenactment,

living history encampment, combat and horse demon-strations. You may also view two reconstructed Viking ships. For more information, visit www.markland.org.

• The Chesapeake Beach Water Park celebrates Halloween on Sunday, October 23, with a free family event, Halloween Family Fun Night at the Water Park. Come in costume from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to wander through the haunted river and trick or treat throughout the park for Halloween treats supplied by the Town and local merchants. For more information, call 410-257-2230 or 301-855-8398. (www.chesapeake-beach.md.us)

• Join the Calvert Library for an evening of Hal-loween thrills and chills on Wednesday and Thursday, October 26 and 27. This family story time is designed for little ones from birth to five years of age. Wear your costumes! Visit http://calvert.lib.md.us to find the time and date your local library will host Halloween Evening Story Time.

• The Calvert Marine Museum offers a regular lec-ture series on paleontology, the environment and mari-time history (PEM Talks). The Thursday, October 27, PEM Talk features Kirsti Uunila, historic planner for Calvert County, presenting the “Legacy of Segrega-tion.” Using churches, graveyards, school records, oral histories, settlement patterns, court records, population data, photographs, letters and family stories, Uunila will share her research on the history of African Amer-icans in Calvert County. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the auditorium and there is no cost. www.calvert-marinemuseum.com

• Fall Ladies Day at the Point Bazaar at the Drum Point Club, Lusby, will be held on Saturday, October 29, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Over 20 artists, crafters and vendors will participate and the Lotus Kitchen will offer lunch. Funds from vendor-donated raffle prizes will be donated to the SMILE Food Pantry. For more information, call 410-326-6669 or email [email protected].

• Join the American Chestnut Land Trust for a fall colors hike at Double Oak Farm on Saturday, October 29, from 1 to 3 p.m. Enjoy beautiful fall foliage and autumnal views of Parkers Creek and the Chesapeake Bay. Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Registration is required, www.acltweb.org.

• On Saturday, October 29, the Calvert Marine Museum offers a “Monster Mash Cruise” and costume contest. Little goblins and their families are welcomed to cruise aboard the “Wm. B. Tennison” from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Adults $7, Children 5-12 $5, children 4 and under $4. Preregistration is required. Call 410-326-2042 ext. 41 or visit online www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.

• Join the fun at the North Beach boardwalk with BOOfest on Saturday, October 29, beginning at 2 p.m. Children can parade in costume on the boardwalk for prizes in a variety of categories. Local businesses will provide a safe place for children to trick or treat for can-dy. Face painting and other activities will be available. End your day at Tan’s Cycle for the Halloween train display. A free movie on the beach will be shown at dusk. For more information, call 310-855-6681 or 410-257-9618. www.northbeachmd.org

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45th Annual St. Mary’s County

Oyster FestivalSat. Oct. 15, 10 AM—6 PM Sun. Oct. 16, 11 AM—6 PM

Brought to you by: The Rotary Club of Lexington Park

Celebrate the Tradition Annually the 3rd Weekend in October

MHBRNo. 103

2011-10-13 Calvert Gazette

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