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Northern High School Seniors and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Brit-tania Howard, Brent Canter and Brandi Constantino review their plans for their project teaching “Banking 101” to students and adults.

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Development of the 92-acre Patuxent Business Park in Lusby began in 2002 as a joint venture

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Thursday, October 27, 20113 The Calvert Gazette

By Sarah MillerStaff Writer

The county’s newest Director of Plan-ning and Zoning, Chuck Johnston, formal-ly stepped into his position Oct. 12 and is ready to get down to business.

Before taking the position in Calvert, Johnston was the planning director in Clarke County, Va. Like Calvert, he said Clarke County has a strong focus on rural preservation and balancing new growth with preserving historical aspects.

He learned of the position through a website established by the American Planning Association, and thought the job would give him the opportunity for a “new challenge.”

“Calvert’s bigger,” he said. “It’s a good fit, brings the experience up a notch.”

His interview process involved meet-ing first with staff, then with the Board of County Commissioners. One interview went as expected, but the other had to be rescheduled due to the Aug. 23 earthquake.

He said he was sitting in the library, preparing for the interview, when the table began to shake, along with the rest of the building. He and the rest of the oc-cupants left the building, and he got a phone call to reschedule the interview.

Natural occurrences aside, Johnston got a call at the end of Sep-tember with an offer for the position.

To prepare for the job, Johnston

said he did “a lot of web searching” and at-tended the meeting to discuss Plan Mary-land. He said he’s been spending his time reading documents and ordinances, and getting familiar with the county. He and his wife have even come up a couple of times to explore the area.

In the near future, he plans to set up di-alogues with the Planning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners to find out what’s working and what’s not to pin down the areas he needs to focus on first. He wants to make sure there is communi-cation between his office and the public, saying customer service is one of the most important things to build up.

A unique challenge Johnston said Cal-vert County faces is its location relative to Washington, D.C., Annapolis and Balti-more. He said there are demands to grow that come from being so close to large ur-ban areas, but Calvert also needs to balance those demands with a need to preserve its history.

Homes on Calvert Cliffs is also an issue that he has never before encountered, but he said he is becoming familiar with the cliffs and the needs of the people living nearby.

He said he wants to continue working with the community and the county to continue the progress being made to help people save their homes.

Deputy Director of Planning and Zon-ing Mary Beth Cook said she is looking for-ward to working with Johnston.

“He’s bringing some great ideas to Cal-vert County,” Cook said. “I’m very enthusi-astic to get involved.”

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The agency that oversees the Show Place Are-na in Upper Marlboro is investigating allegations that more than $200,000 in funds were inappropri-ately spent from the agency’s account, according to published reports.

Auditors with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which oversees the Show Place Arena, are focusing on spending approvals and salary received by the arena’s direc-tor, William Chambers, The Washington Post re-ported this week.

Chambers is president of the Calvert County Board of Education and a member of the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce. His wife Kelly Chambers is executive director of the United Way of Calvert County.

The audit questions payments made to the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce totaling $64,100 and free alcohol provided to the United Way of Calvert County during that group’s events at the arena, the Post reported, after reporters ex-amined a draft version of the commission’s audit.

The audit also allegedly questions Chambers use of his company vehicle and receiving $28,000 in salary on days when he attended school board meetings.

Since the investigation began this summer, Chambers has retired, along with the arena’s fi-nance officer James Bennett and operations direc-tor William Mullikin, the Post reported.

Chambers told the newspaper he was shocked by the allegations and adamantly denied any wrongdoing, saying it is the product of an internal power struggle at the agency and he has received excellent evaluations throughout his 32-year career.

Maryland Senate Mike Miller (D-Calvert) has also come out in Chambers defense, writing a let-ter to the agency calling the investigation a “witch hunt.”

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Local Police Offer Opportunity for First Hand Experience


Students thinking about a career in law enforcement, or even citizens wanting to know more about what life is like on a police beat, have the chance to ride along with an officer for a night.

Through the Calvert County Sherriff’s of-fice, up to two people per night can ride along with an officer on duty to see how the real-life police experience differs from television shows.

Sgt. Tim Buckmaster said going on a ride along is “one of the best” recruiting tools they have, especially for young students who are considering studying criminal justice but haven’t made a decision.

He said some people have said police work may not be the thing for them after experienc-ing a ride along. He said it’s a lot easier to find that out without spending time, effort and mon-ey on a venture that will end in heartache.

The people who discover police work isn’t for them don’t come around often.

“Usually, someone calls you back and they want another one,” Buckmaster said.

Job shadowing a cop on the beat was how he said he discovered it was his calling.

“I knew this was what I wanted to do,” Buckmaster said.

The office gets six to 10 people going on ride alongs during a given week, with most peo-ple going Friday and Saturday evenings. Sev-eral participants are students from the criminal justice programs in local high schools and the College of Southern Maryland, though Buck-master said there have been occasions where locals, simply interested in learning more about the life of a cop, have signed up.

Deputy Meggan Quinn, who has taken several people on ride alongs, said the times she enjoys the most are the ones where the person riding with her actually wants to be there and is actively involved in asking questions and learn-ing from the experience. Some of the students who go with her, who are doing so only to fulfill a class requirement, are less attentive.

“I want them engaged,” Quinn said. “I want them asking questions.”

She always makes a point to, when possi-ble, show riders the visible parts of her job, like pulling people over, as well as the less glamor-ous parts, like paperwork. She said the problem with television shows that feature the police lifestyle make it look more action-packed than it really is and glosses over the less exciting parts.

“Shows like COPS are great, but it takes 80 hours to get a half hour [television segment],” Quinn said.

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D.A.R.E. Officer Mike Bomgardner turned the tables on the audi-ence during the Second Annual Community Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Forum’s question and answer period.

“The obvious thing is the attendance in the room is sparse. How can we get the word out?” Bomgardner asked the approximately 10 people who sat in the Patuxent High School auditorium.

Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse (CAASA), the organiza-tion which sponsored the forum, used many of the suggestions the au-dience provided. They sent emails through the high school community messenger program, advertised in newspapers, sent fliers to the local churches and posted the event on the Sheriff’s Facebook page.

One woman suggested sending information through communica-tion vehicles used to reach the Senior Citizens. She said many concerned grandparents approach her during healthcare expos about how they can secure their medications against theft.

Another gentleman admitted he was one of those grandparents who was concerned and that is why he attended the program. At the same time he pointed out the gym across the hall was full of people watching a girl’s volleyball game.

“Maybe you can schedule this when it doesn’t conflict with other events,” he suggested.

CAASA’s Coordinator Candice M. D’Agostino said it is hard to schedule without conflicting with some other event in the county.

Bomgardner said they are willing to take their presentation on the road to schools, clubs and organizations to raise the awareness of the growing problem in the county. For more information about a presenta-tion call the CAASA office at 410-535-FREE (3733) or email [email protected]

Officials Struggle to Spread Word About Drug Abuse Danger

Prescription Abuse the Leading Drug Problem in Calvert


Requests for country drug re-habilitation services have increased by 350 percent in the last five years, according to John Mitchell, direc-tor of Calvert County’s Core Ser-vices Agency.

Calvert County Assistant State’s Attorney Lisa Ridge said she recently counted her drug abuse cases and discovered half of them are related to prescription drugs, with the other 50 percent split be-tween all other illegal drugs.

Beverly Dillon, pharmacist at Chesapeake Pharmacy, said some-one dies every 19 minutes as a re-sult of drug overdose. Prescription drug deaths are now the second leading cause of accidental deaths among youths in the United States.

Lt. Dave McDowell of the Calvert Sheriff’s Office believes a majority of their calls lead back to drug abuse in one form or another.

Those below the age of 20 are more like to abuse medications, which is second only to the use of marijua-na, according to a DVD presentation developed by phar-maceutical companies for D.A.R.E.

These facts were shared during a second annual Community Prescription Drug Abuse Forum held at Patuxent High School last week. There were more pre-senters and community leaders at the forum than the au-dience of 10 people who came to learn about the growing problem in Calvert County.

“I don’t know why or where I got the idea that I could buy his sobriety,” said Bill Collins, who spoke about his son, Billy’s addiction.

Billy was 13 the first time Collins found him and his friends smoking marijuana which they got from a friend’s grandfather. Collins being a recovering alcohol and pill addict himself had tried everything he could to keep his children from becoming addicts. He built a ga-rage for them and filled it with activities. He purchased an ice cream shop in Chesapeake Beach for his kids to work at. However, none of these things prevented his son from becoming an addict.

“There were plenty of hints but it wouldn’t have mat-tered. You can only help people who want help. You and I don’t have the power over anyone. There is recovery for

people who want it. And there is a lot of people who need it, But they have to want it,” said Collins.

Billy was declared dead on Feb. 22, 2009, at Calvert Memorial Hospital; however, his body was in the back of a van when he was brought in. He most likely had been dead for at least a day, Collins said.

Billy and his mother had a fight they last time they saw one another. For the first time, they didn’t hug and declare their love for one another. At the end of his talk, Collins begged the audience to never let an opportunity go by to hug your kids and tell them they are loved.

Assistant State’s Attorney Ridge said when she first started prosecuting cases 13 years ago, crack cocaine was what she dealt with. She did not have any prescription drug or heroin cases.

“The most frightening thing is the defendants are getting younger and younger, 18 to 21 year old drug deal-ers. They all started on prescription drugs and moved to heroin because of the cost,” said Ridge.

At the end of the 90 minute presentation, the Sher-iff’s officers pleaded for the 10 people in attendance to go out and tell their friends and neighbors that this is a growing problem in Calvert County and citizens need to increase their awareness of it.

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Assistant State’s Attorney Lisa Ridge, Chesapeake Pharmacy Beverly Dillon and Core Servic-es Agency Director John Mitchell were speakers at the Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse forum.

Hurricane Damage Cost Still Being Tallied

Calvert County officials will be meeting Wednesday to asses the final cost of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee and send the figures to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

This meeting comes on the heels of an Oct. 14 meeting for Southern Maryland where FEMA explained they will reimburse 75 percent of qualifying damages sustained by 501 c 3 non-profit organizations, according to John Robert Fenwick, Division Chief of Calvert County Public Safety.

Once the county has their total, they will send it to FEMA so they can assess it.“It’s the start of the process of interpreting eligible costs,” Fenwick said.He said once FEMA assesses the totals, they will respond to the county with a total they

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Worries about Plan Maryland were expressed during a presentation of the new state plan during the Board of County Com-missioners meeting Tuesday.

According to the Plan Maryland web-site, the plan is “the State’s first compre-hensive plan for sustainable growth and development.”

The presentation was given by former county planning director Greg Bowen, who also serves on the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission as the Southern Mary-land Representative, and Jenny Plummer-Welker, a principal planner with county Planning and Zoning. The presentation outlined the issues the county is finding with the plan, such as being unspecific about the

definitions of “designates places” and “des-ignated special areas.”

Commissioner Evan Slaughenhoupt Jr. was especially outspoken in his dislike for the plan in its current form, where there is a possibility that if the state doesn’t approve of the areas designated, they will just come in and change things to suit the plan.

“They don’t care what you want and what you’re going to do,” Slaughenhoupt said. “The state’s going to dictate.”

Commissioner President Susan Shaw also expressed worries about being able to go back and update plans and areas in the future.

“Locking some of this in for perpetuity is pretty scary,” Shaw said.

A problem the commissioners has to do with locking into a plan where growth is lim-ited to specific areas, especially if the state

chooses those areas based on their projec-tions for the growth of the county. Accord-ing to both Shaw and Slaughenhoupt, the projections have historically been unreliable.

“Their population projections are, frankly, unbelievable,” Slaughenhoupt said.

Shaw said discussions with the Tri-County Council show that while the state may disagree, Southern Maryland local of-ficials don’t believe the plan is ready.

“At this point in time, we feel like it’s a work still in progress,” Shaw said.

The county commissioners voted unan-imously to send a letter addressing their con-cerns to Secretary Richard Hall at the Mary-land Department of Planning.

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Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Earl “Buddy” Hance recently spoke to Southern Maryland’s Newcomers and Neighbors Club about buying local, the newest technologies in farming and the Total Maximum Daily Loads of pollutants allowed in the Chesapeake Bay.

Hance began his talk explaining he’s a fourth generation farmer. His family has farmed a piece of land since 1905 on the south shore of Battle Creek in Calvert County. He’s

the eighth governor appointed Secretary of Ag-riculture, the fourth from Southern Maryland, three of which were from Calvert.

“My wife gave me six months,” Hance said when he climbed off his tractor an into a business suit. “I’m very passionate about the industry. Everybody is connected because ev-erybody eats.”

Hance told the women that his department is also responsible for mosquito control, gypsy moth spraying and maintaining the standards of anything sold by weight or volume. For ex-ample the gasoline pumps are certified so when

a consumer purchases a gallon of fuel, that it is in fact a gallon.

When it comes to buying local, Hance warned the group to ask questions. He said the state found that “Buy Local” became a market-ing tool for many grocery stores which choose to define local in a broad number of ways. One international chain decided “local” was anything grown in the United States. Another national chain decided it was anything which could be trucked in within 24 hours.

Maryland recently passed a law which re-quires stores to post where the produce comes

from. They can call it local but it has to say “From Wisconsin” if it came from there. Hance admitted the law doesn’t have any teeth to it, but it does give consumers the right to question where their fresh meat, vegetables and dairy came from.

“Roadside stands are the best lo-cal products. They will have products in season.”

Hance said when he first went to work

for the Department of Agriculture there were 60 farmer’s markets throughout the state. Now there are approximately 100. He commented that he has not seen a significant down turn in the farmer’s markets despite the sluggish economy.

He talked about how advances in technol-ogy and science in agriculture are making it possible and profitable for the next generation of farmers to keep the family lands and not sell.

“I saw an automatic tractor which can run 24/7.” He chuckled that he’d never give up driv-ing a tractor himself since it was part of what makes farming worthwhile.

Science is extracting DNA out of various plants to produce more yield, withstand poor climate conditions and attacks from pests. He said his father produced 70 bushels of corn with the seeds he planted. Now Hance can harvest 170.

Finally, Hance answered questions from the group about the future of septic systems and storm water runoff. The federal govern-

ment has a law that requires jurisdictions with impaired waters to establish prior-ity rankings and develop TMDLs for these waters. A Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, is a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a water body can receive and still safely meet water quality standards.

He said it is estimated that it would cost approximately $10 million to meet the statewide standards to reduce the TMDL into the Chesapeake Bay. While Agriculture is responsible for 40 percent of the TMDL, all the other categories such as septic systems, storm water run-off and sewage treatment and industrial businesses make up the rest.

“We have to weigh the costs and benefits,” said Hance, who said no or-ganization or agency has been able to estimate how much revenue a clean and healthy Chesapeake Bay generates.

For more information about TM-DLs and the Chesapeake Bay cleanup programs, go to http://www.baystat.maryland.gov.

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Making it’s way through the triple public hearing Oct. 18 and the Planning Commis-sion Oct. 19, the issue of the road extension of Hunting Creek Road is grinding to a halt, according to Jenny Plummer-Welker, a prin-cipal planner with Calvert County Planning and Zoning.

“There’s a long tradition of transporta-tion in the Huntingtown Town Center,” Plum-mer-Welker said.

She said the extension is no longer need-ed, and currently they are working to deter-mine whether they should save the right of way for it.

Plan Maryland Continues to Raise Concerns

Buddy Hance Talks to Newcomers Group

Hunting Creek Road Extension

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New to Southern Maryland?Or have you lived in the area for a while but don’t know many people or much about where

you live?The Southern Maryland chapter of Newcomers and Neighbors may be an opportunity to solve

both those issues. According to club President Terry Osman, the group meets the third Wednesday of every month from September through May.

They schedule approximately 30 minutes of social time before a guest speaker followed by lunch. The club also plans two trips a year, holds various functions and has several sub-groups.

The current group is 49 women from St. Mary’s and Calvert Counties and mostly retired; however, the group is open to anyone from Southern Maryland including Charles County and young men and women who work or stay at home.

Newcomers and Neighbors is a non-profit social organization that provides members op-portunities to meet their neighbors, connect with the community and learn about local businesses.

The November meeting will be held at Drum Point Club and will be an expo of member’s businesses or hobbies. Membership is $25 a year. For more information call Terry Osman at 410-586-3911.

Are You a Newcomer, a Neighbor?

Southern Maryland’s Newcomers and Neighbors meets once a month to meet new residents, catch up with neigh-bors and to learn something about the area in which they live. This month they invited Maryland Secretary of Agri-culture Earl “Buddy” Hance to speak.

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America ATM Project


Local Bank of America officials were in front of the Calvert County Planning Commission on Oct. 19 to discuss the placement of an ATM machine at their loca-tion in Prince Fredrick and whether a permit should have been issued without a variance.

When the permit was issued, Bank of America was not asked to go through the architectural review commit-tee, an oversight that was discovered later.

The planning commission’s decision was to get an official definition on the difference between and building and a structure, and which category an ATM falls into. After the determination is made, the Planning Commis-sion can decide whether to let the permit stand, or to send Bank of America back to get an architectural review, said Deputy Director of Planning and Zoning Mary Beth Cook.

“It’s ultimately the Planning Commission’s deci-sion,” Cook said.

An oversight like this is not a common occurrence, Cook said. Instead of simply letting the permit stand and possible setting a precedent they don’t intend to set, Cook said the commission is erring on the side of caution.

Mark Davis, the attorney for Bank of America with Davis, Upton & Palumbo, LLC., said the Bank of Amer-ica feels a little concerned about the decision reached by the commission.

“In my opinion, this is not the type of project that needed architectural review,” he said.

While he had hoped to convince the board to simply let the permit stand, he and his client are now waiting to get the official decision on whether the ATM is a build-ing or a structure. If it is judged to be a building, they can either go back to the planning commission, the Board of Appeals or possibly both.

“I’m just not sure which yet,” Davis said.The Bank of America is located at 55 Commerce

Lane in Prince Frederick. Cook said the ATM is located in one of the existing drive through lanes at the Bank of America.

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The Republican Women of Calvert County have donated SPOKEN FROM THE HEART, by Laura Bush to the Prince Frederick Branch of the Calvert County Library. This book is a reflection of Mrs. Bush’s experiences and thoughts during the White House Years of President George W. Bush.

This project is a part of the Literacy Program of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women to which many local clubs participate by donation of books under the Mamie Eisenhower-Barbara Bush Literacy Program, a press release states.

The local club (RWCC) meets on the second Wednesday of the month at noon at the Republican Headquarters, Suite 212 – 65 Duke St. Prince Frederick. Any interested registered Republican woman is invited to attend. To join the member-ship, contact Carol Lehman at 410 535 9081.

Lampooning almost everybody, the League of Women Voters invites you to wine and dine while you share laughs with and at Calvert County’s personalities, problems, and policies.

The League is an unlikely group to do this spoofing. These ladies, and now gentlemen, traditionally run can-didate forums, educational Constitution Days and polling place evaluations. But on October 29, the League members will take a break from character for their annual fundrais-er, “Good Evening, Calvert.” Event chair, Roberta Safer and her spoofers have teamed with Meghan Russell of the Calvert County Recorder to script “Good Evening, Cal-vert,” patterned on “Good Morning, Vietnam.”

Calvert extrovert and past master of ceremonies, Bill Chambers, will host the event, and be joined by a panel and parade of Calvert County’s well known dignitaries, busi-ness owners, executive directors, and mavericks. The guest list of this tongue-in-cheek event includes everyone from Commissioner Pat Nutter to SMECO’s Tom Dennison to environmental and disability guru Sue Kullen to longtime community volunteer Annette Funn and that matron of animal rights, Linda Kelley.

These foolhardy spoofers are inviting you to laugh with and at them, and enjoy wine and hefty hors d’ouvres while appreciating the beautiful art and architecture of Annmarie Garden. The cost of the event is $50, $25 of which is tax deductible as a donation to the Maryland Vot-er Education Fund. Proceeds will go to support League of Women Voters’ service programs.

The League of Women Voters has a serious purpose. Educating the public on important national, state and lo-cal governmental issues. We advocate by taking action on

these issues and by encouraging citizens to participate in government. We empower voters to make a difference. But they love fun. In 2003 the Calvert county League created a new form of fundraising, a Celebrity Fashion Show that headlined local celebrities wearing their favorite outfits. Our show highlighted the late Vera Freeman, our local unique show biz persona on the banks of the Patuxent Riv-er at her restaurant “ Vera’s White Sands.”

It was a great success and helped finance the publica-tion of our “ Know Your County” book. In 2005, at the Lighthouse Inn we did our “Celebrity Fashion Show II” in which we highlighted Calvert notables and extraordinary county citizens for their outstanding contributions to the County. Our “ Roast, Boast and Toast” in 2007 was held at Vincenzo’s Restaurant in Dowell and created a unique format which again highlighted local celebrities for their special contributions in a “ Hot Seat”.

This year’s “Good Evening, Calvert” will be Oct. 29 at Annmarie Gardens from 6-8 p.m.

Tickets are $50. RSVP 410-586-2176 or email [email protected]. Mail payment made out to LWVCC-MVEF to LWV, PO Box 1510, Prince Frederick, MD. 20678. Of the price of admission, $25 is a tax-deductible contribution.

More information about the event and the activities of the League may be found on their website at www.lwvmd.org/calv. Come laugh with the celebrities of Calvert while supporting the non-partisan League of Women Voters in its on-going mission--to educate and inform the public on important policy issues and encourage their participation in government.

The Calvert County Department of Economic Development is currently compiling information for the 2012 Calvert County Visitors Guide.

Museums, dining and shopping destinations, hotels, inns and recreational boating organizations with locations in Calvert County are welcomed to submit information for possible inclusion in the 2012 guide, free of charge. Forms are available by calling 410.535.4583 or 800.331.9771 or online at www.ecalvert.com/content/visitorsguideforms/index.asp.

Sites that were included in last year's Visitors Guide are requested to submit a new form only if there are changes. New sites and those that wish to note changes should use the online form and fax it to the Department of Economic De-velopment no later than October 31, 2011, at 410.535.4585.

Every effort will be made to include complete descriptions for each listing. However, due to space limitations, the Department of Economic Development reserves the right to edit or omit listings as necessary. The 2011 Visitors Guide is available online at www.ecalvert.com/content/tourism/visitorsguide.

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Festival of Trees to Kick Off Holiday SeasonCalvert Hospice’s 23rd Annual Festival of Trees will take place Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25 – 27 at Huntingtown High

School in Huntingtown. Come see over 70 beautifully decorated trees in a winter wonderland of holiday delight. Shop through several rooms filled with quality vendors featuring fine art, specialty goods and unique crafts.

Children can have breakfast or lunch with Santa on Saturday, and pictures with Santa are available throughout the Festival. Register for breakfast or lunch with Santa by visiting www.calverthospice.org and clicking the green Festival tree.

The Festival’s kick-off event takes place a week in advance this year on Saturday, Nov. 19. Rock with us at “A Lot More Zep,” a rock opera featuring the music of Led Zeppelin performed by the Sojourner Band. The concert is at 8 p.m. at the Mary Harrison Cultural Arts Center in Owings, MD. Reduced advance tickets are available at the Calvert Hospice office in Prince Frederick and the Shoppe for Hospice in Huntingtown. Tickets will also be available at the door. For more information call 443-481-7022 or visit www.calverthospice.org.

Trees and poinsettias are still available for purchase. Visit www.calverthospice.org or call 410-535-0892 for more information.There is sure to be something for everyone to enjoy at the Festival, so wake the family up from their Turkey naps and head to

Huntingtown. All proceeds from Festival of Trees events benefit the Calvert Hospice.

Community

Seminar Offered For Prospective

CandidatesHave you ever considered serving on the Calvert County

Board of Education? At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, Mary-land Association of Boards of Education (MABE) staff will conduct a one and a half hour seminar for Calvert County citi-zens and potential candidates interested in learning more about the responsibilities of, and what is involved in serving on, the Calvert County Board of Education.

While the election of Board of Education candidates is non-partisan in nature, both major political parties strongly support maintaining the high quality of Calvert County’s outstanding public school system, and the seminar by MABE was requested jointly by the Calvert County Democratic and Republican Cen-tral Committees, a press release states. MABE is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to serving and supporting boards of education in Maryland.

This seminar will take place at the Brooks Administra-tion building at 1305 Dares Beach Road in Prince Frederick. Among other topics, MABE Executive Director Carl Smith and Director of Board Development Kathryn (Kitty) Blumsack will discuss the respective roles and relationships of the Board of Ed-ucation and School Administration. Former Board of Education Presidents Robert Gray and William Phalen will also be pres-ent to answer questions concerning the public expectations of Board Members and the time involved in serving on the Board.

Anyone with an interest in the Board of Education, includ-ing those citizens considering the possibility of running for the Board, is encouraged to attend.

North Beach Habitat ReStore Celebrates First Year

The Patuxent Habitat for Humanity ReStore in North Beach is celebrating its first anniversary on Oct. 29.

Thanks to support from the citizens and government of Calvert County, and especially the Town of North Beach, the ReStore had a successful first year and is looking forward to another great year, a press release states.

To express their appreciation to the community, the North Beach ReStore will be running a 25% off promotion on Satur-day Oct. 29th from 9 am- 4 pm at the Patuxent Habitat for Hu-manity ReStore at 8900 Chesapeake Ave, North Beach in North Beach. Flooring is excluded from the sale.

Habitat’s ReStore sells reusable and surplus building ma-terials to the public, focusing on home improvement goods like furniture, home accessories, building materials and appliances. The ReStore accepts donated goods which are sold to the gen-eral public at a fraction of the retail price. The proceeds helps Patuxent Habitat for Humanity fund the construction of homes in Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties. ReStore resale outlets pro-vide an environmentally and socially responsible way to keep good, reusable materials out of the waste stream while provid-ing funding for Habitat’s community improvement work.

Donated goods are accepted when the ReStore is open, Wednesday through Friday from 10 AM – 5 PM and Saturdays from 9 AM – 4 PM. The North Beach ReStore can be reached by calling 443.964.4387. You can arrange for a Habitat truck to pick up your donation by calling 301.737.6273. All donations to the ReStore are tax-deductible. Proceeds benefit Patuxent Habitat for Humanity. More information is available at www.patuxen-thabitat.org.

Forty walkers came out to show their support and enthusiasm for the first Lusby Change the World CROP Hunger Walk held on Saturday Oct. 14.

Walkers began their mile long walk at St. Paul Unit-ed Methodist Church down H.G Truman Road but it was more about what they learned on their walk about the ravages of hunger that was message of the day, a press release states.

More than $3,633 was contributed to support the hunger-fighting efforts of Church World Service, both here at home and around the world. A portion of the funds will support the local SMILE Food Pantry and a portion of the funds will make possible the global work of Church World Service.

The funds raised here in Lusby and in CROP Hunger Walks across the U.S. will make a difference in the lives of people around the world -- from supplying clean water to thirsty villages in Kenya, to aiding dairy farmers in Bosnia, to assisting the over 10,000 families in Calvert County that utilize local food pantries every day

This year the Lusby community and some 2,000 cit-ies and towns nationwide have joined together in inter-faith community CROP Hunger Walks around the theme “Ending hunger one step at a time.”

St. Paul United Methodist Church hopes to make this an annual event.

Looking for a new and exciting way to volunteer? Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum (JPPM) is recruiting docents for their 2012 class.

If you are a lifelong learner who would like to interact with the archaeologists, ed-ucators, and historians who bring Southern Maryland’s past to life, this may be the pro-gram for you, a press release states.

The intensive program will provide you with in depth knowledge of the ar-chaeology, history, and culture of southern Maryland with a specific focus on the land where JPPM sits today. You will also ex-amine techniques and education strategies for engaging museum visitors in meaning-ful explorations of the past. Training for

this class begins in January 2012.The ten-week training course will

cover many topics including: an intro-duction to archaeology, the archaeology at JPPM, the War of 1812, JPPM's Indian Village, Point Farm-estate home of the Pat-tersons, and a general orientation to the Park and its facilities. After completing the initial training course, JPPM docents fur-ther the educational mission of the Park by offering regular, high-quality interpretive services for the public in support of annual programs, workshops, and exhibits.

Benefits to becoming a docent are ma-ny--docents will receive our regular volun-teer benefits including a Friends of JPPM family membership, a 10% discount in the

Show Barn Museum Shop, Friends' news-letter, and a discount on special event entry fees and workshops. The biggest benefit is the chance to work with some of Mary-land's top archaeologists and educators who are preserving our Southern Maryland heritage through the JPPM programs.

JPPM is located in Calvert County, approximately eleven miles north of Solo-mons Island. The training course will take place on Wednesdays beginning on Janu-ary 18, 2012 from 10:00 am until 12:30 p.m. The classes will be presented by profes-sional archaeologists, historians, and JPPM staff. Class size is limited and registration is required. Tuition and fees are $15. Class materials will be provided.

Adult Literacy Tutors NeededThe Calvert County Public Schools Adult Education Pro-

gram is expanding its services and is seeking volunteers to pro-vide one-on-one tutoring for adults who want to obtain basic reading, writing and speaking skills. These services were previ-ously provided by the Calvert County Literacy Council.

Individuals who would like to help adults obtain basic lit-eracy skills, including individuals who previously provided ser-vices through the Literacy Council, are encouraged to contact the Adult Education Program, a press release states.

In addition to individual literacy tutoring, the Adult Edu-cation Program offers beginning and intermediate English as a Second Language classes and helps adults obtain high school diplomas through the GED Test or the National External Di-ploma Program.

To volunteer as a tutor or get more information about the services provided by the Adult Education Program, call 410-535-7382 or visit the website at www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/de-partments/other/adulted/index.html.

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CROP Hunger Walk a Success

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 10The Calvert GazetteCommunitySpiggy & Friends 18th Annual ‘Fun Raisers’ A Hit Once Again

Blessed with excellent Fall weather and renewed enthusiasm throughout “Redskins Nation”, Spiggy Hogette and his many South-ern Maryland friends organized another thor-oughly enjoyable weekend of fundraisers to take care of local needy children and their families. Spiggy successfully put together a Celebrity Golf Tournament on Friday, Sept. 30 at the Chesapeake Hills Golf Club as well as a large Sunday Benefit at the American Legion Post in Lusby the afternoon of Oct. 2.

These outings continue to grow in popu-larity and attendance and this year proved to be no exception despite the troubling economy. This group of close-knit friends from all over the Tri County area raised more than $50,000 in donations of cash, products, and services. The proceeds from their efforts will be dis-tributed to organizations long known for their dedication to helping the unfortunate within the community. Among the outfits that will benefit from this fund raising are: Children’s Hospital, Washington, DC; Ronald McDonald House; United Way of Calvert; The Optimists; The Knights of Columbus; The Hunter Scott Fund; and local Rescue Squads and Volun-teer Fire Departments.

This year’s golf tournament was named the “Grand Paw Hogette Memorial Classic” in tribute to Ralph Campbell who passed away one year ago. Ralph was the most beloved of all the Hogettes and was widely known throughout the Metro-politan area during his 27 years of funny and humorous antics that kept both the sick children and their parents in “stitches.” More than 150 golfers played in this annual event and included former Redskins stars Ron “the Dancin’ Bear” McDole and Ron Saul, Bob Windsor of the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots, and Mike “Mad Dog” Curtis of the old Baltimore Colts. Teams of Sheriff Deputies from both St. Mary’s and Calvert Counties joined other golfers in what turned out to be a perfect day on the links. The St. Mary’s Deputy Team headed up by Deputy Jim Molitor turned in the winning score and each member of the team won a $100 gift certificate to the Pro Shop at Chesapeake Hills.

In attendance at the Tournament was Ralph’s widow Tommie Campbell and several members of her family who came to thank everyone for remembering “Grand Paw”. She was completely surprised when Spiggy presented her with a large portrait of Ralph that he prepared as a means to honor Ralph’s memory and what he meant to the Hogettes.

The Sunday Benefit saw more than 280 die hard Redskins fans show up to root on their favorite team and enjoy large banquet tables of donated food and cold beverages and watch the game on a 100-inch screen.

A long list of special guests included Ashley, Breanne, Chelsea, and Meghan from the Washington Redskins Cheer-leaders, “Pinch”. Ron Lord and Bat Boy Jordan Stearns of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Baseball Team, Rockin’ El-vis Jim Godbold, Mr. Tom, the Reptile Man with his 12-foot Boa Constrictors and Gila Monsters, and Mr. Slice from Papa Johns. Ron McDole and Bob Windsor signed autographs for many appreciative fans, and nine of the 12 Hogettes were on hand to add lots of color and hilarity to this large indoor tail-gate party! A terrific Silent Auction with 50 pieces of football memorabilia and other items were available and went for truly good prices. Sports Paradise was available to offer Redskins jerseys and goodies at significantly reduced prices to the de-light of those in attendance.

During half time, each of the Redskins Cheerleaders and Hogettes introduced themselves and spoke of their involve-ment with the “Skins and posed for pictures for an appreciative audience. Then Spiggy brought up 20 members of the Hunter Scott family to present them with a $1000 check for the Hunter Scott Fund. Sandra Scott, Hunter’s mom spoke of her 7 year old son receiving his “angel wings” this past June despite a three year long battle with cancer and thanked all present for their work and contributions in helping them find a cure for this tragic disease.

Next, Jordan Stearns, the Blue Crabs Bat Boy, asked to speak about the miracle that Children’s Hospital provided him at the age of one when they performed an operation that saved his life. And despite being born with Cerebral Palsy, Jordan

was able to graduate with honors from Patuxent High this past year and is now attending college.

Spiggy then spoke of another of his efforts this year to support the families of the 24 Navy Seals who lost a husband and father in the shoot down of the Army Chinook helo over Afghanistan in August. One of the Seals’ wives is Kimberly V., a former Redskin Cheerleader, who helped the Hogettes with their fundraising four years ago. He devised a plan to sell raffle tickets for his Hogette Bobblehead throughout the area and raffled two Bobbleheads during the afternoon. At last count, his idea has helped his Hogettes raise $4000 for this cause. This money will be given to Navy Seals Foundation in Norfolk next month.

Finally, Ms. Margit Miller of Lusby asked to make a pre-sentation and presented the Hogettes with another large check for Children’s Hospital, a contribution she makes annually to support their efforts. What is so amazing about her generosity is the well known fact that she is a long term devout New York Giants fan, but she admires and appreciates the dedication and example The Hogettes provide the community.

Despite all this hard work, neither of these two great days of giving would have been possible without the big warm hearts of the sponsors who provided the financial support to make it happen, starting with JJ and Kathleen of O’Hennon Builders who put up the $4,500 to sponsor the golf tourna-ment. They always rise to the occasion and are two of the most generous people in Calvert County! Other special “Spig-gy Friends” who always come through include Outback Steak House, California, Joe Bozick Distributors, Bayside Chevro-let, Century 21 New Millennium Realtors, American Legion Post 274, The Grill Sergeant, Mel’s Crabs, Hammerhead Pro-ductions, Embroidme, Southern Maryland Mustang Associa-tion, Delegate Tony O’Donnell, Chesapeake Hills Golf Club, Papa Johns, Mary Lou Troutman, Cakes by Jeneva, and each member of the Board of Calvert County Commissioners. And much thanks to Tommy McKay and Southern Maryland Pub-lishing Company for the super ads, and the 40 + sponsors that purchased signs displayed at the Golf Tournament and Benefit.

When asked about why he continues to organize and run these large events each year despite his “retirement age”, Spig-gy states that he is one of the luckiest of people in the world, in that he has always enjoyed good health, has a wonderful wife and family, three grown kids who are successful in their own lives and nine happy, smiling, healthy grandbabies that bring he and his wife Debby great joy. He believes each of us need to consider those less fortunate than ourselves and provide them with opportunities for the happiness that many take for granted. He has spent much of his adult life helping others and he hopes he has set an example for his family and friends that is catching and will rub off on them as well!

For his long term reputation and commitment to others, Spiggy was recognized earlier this year by the State Council of the Knights of Columbus as the “Maryland Citizen of the Year for 2011”. He states he appreciates this recognition, but is now makes it harder for him to say “no” when asked to help! And, he says this award also belongs to his many great friends who always come to his aid; he says “They are easy to spot as they wear bright gold T Shirts that say Spiggy’s Friend in big burgundy letters on the back”. Hence, his every annual charity raiser is always titled “Spiggy & Friends”! He wouldn’t have it any other way!


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Chamber Honors Businesses of the YearCalvert County Chamber of Commerce

recognized several local businesses at their an-nual meeting Wednesday night at the Holiday Inn in Solomons.

“The awards portion of the program is a time for the Chamber to recognize and show appreciation to Chamber members whose ef-forts have exemplified service to the commu-nity and the Chamber, to recognize business that exemplify high standards of ethics and business enterprise in the county,” according to Chamber CEO Carolyn McHugh.

This year’s winners include:

Ambassador of The Year: Ron Smith, Smith Insurance Services

“Ambassadors serve as a visible and vi-able “good will arm” of the Calvert County Chamber Of Commerce by providing outreach to new and existing members as well as assist-ing a ribbon cuttings, Business After Hours and other Chamber events,” McHugh said.

Chamber Member of the Year: Jax Photography

“Jacqueline has donated her time, talent and energy over the years at two of the Cham-ber’s most popular events- -the annual golf tournament and Chocolover’s. Golf teams con-stantly comment on the quality of their team photos and party goers love to have Jackie take their photos at the Chamber’s premier Choco-lover’s event,” McHugh said.

Home Based Business of the Year: DJ Dave Karaoke & Entertaining Services Da-vid Lysinger, owner.

“From the beginning of his business, Dave Lysinger received recognition by his peers in his chosen industry. This is dem-onstrated by the fact that in 2009, in his first year of business, Dave was inducted into the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland Presti-gious Hall of Honor and during the same year was inducted into the Alpha Beta Kappa Hon-or Society. He gives back to his community by helping numerous organization such as the Calvert County Fair, End Hunger, Christmas in April, Lusby Business Association, he does “gigs’ for cancer patients, he’s supported the Chamber’s Chocolover’s Event, and much more,” McHugh said.

Small Business of The Year: Chesa-peake Pharmacy

“The Small Business of the Year Award is designed to recognize a small business in Calvert County that exemplifies high stan-dards of ethics and business enterprise within the county. Within their industry, the phar-macy has been recognized in numerous ways. Only 5% pharmacies nationwide use digitized filling of prescriptions and Chesapeake Phar-macy is one of those 5 % … They’ve worked with local authorities to establish a program for safe drug disposal, a program to protect the Bay environment, and they work with oth-er local organizations to provide educational

community forums such as the recent Oct. 19, Prescription Drug Abuse Community Forum held at the Patuxent High school auditorium,” McHugh said.

New Business of The Year: White Glove Drug and Alcohol Testing, Inc.

“White Glove is most proud to have re-ceived “Accredited Facility Status” from the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry. They also have certification by the Substance Abuse

Program Administrators Association as a as a TPA and Drug and Alcohol Industry as a Nationally Accredited for Administration of Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs. The service White Glove offers extends beyond just drug and alcohol testing. They also do back-ground screening, sex offender searches, employment and education verification, So-cial Security Number and alias tracing, DNA testing, and much more,” McHugh said.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 Thursday, October 27, 201112 13The Calvert Gazette The Calvert Gazette

By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

For nearly 10 years the Patuxent Business Park in Lusby has sat vacant, despite its being built initially to capture defense

related and high tech contractors who flocked to work on new programs at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in neighboring St. Mary’s County.

County officials say they are still trying to fill the park and have continual contact with interested businesses, though they

admit no firm deals have ever been concreted.

While some economic de-velopment pundits are hopeful for Patuxent Business Park’s future, others familiar with the project are more skeptical.

Terry Shannon, county administrator, said “the econo-my is the big problem now” for getting any kind of business to locate to the park, let alone one that is connected to the defense industry.

“We have had interest in the park but nothing’s come to fruition,” Shannon said. “We continue to pursue every lead

we can.”The county’s Economic Development Authority, a quasi-

governmental agency, continues to hire landscaping crews to keep the grounds of the 700,000 square foot park manicured but dumping of various items from old couches to toilets and other garbage continues to be a problem there.

They use money from land sales at a business park on Route 231 in Barstow to fund the maintenance, county officials explained.

Calvert Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division Commander Lt. Dave McDowell told The Calvert Gazette that extra patrols have been assigned to the park to deter potential criminal activity that is often attracted to vacant and out-of-the-way properties.

“It is one of our more patrolled areas as a countermeasure to any illegal activities,” McDowell said.

The 92-acre plot of land was a joint venture between the Calvert County government the Maryland Economic Devel-opment Corporation and the county’s economic development authority.

The state’s business and economic development depart-ment, through the development corporation, provided a $4.25 million loan and a $750,000 grant to the county to assist in the financing of the project and building its infrastructure, which

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Business Park Investment Has Yet to be Realized includes water and sewer as well as wiring for telecommunications.

Linda Vassallo, Calvert economic development director said the inactivity at the park has been frus-trating, though one lot was sold in 2004 shortly after the infrastructure was completed. Building on it has yet to occur.

Still, she believes there is hope, since the county is actively courting three businesses with serious in-terests in the property, she said.

Carolyn McHugh, executive director of the county Chamber of Commerce, said that the county wanted to partner with the state to make the project happen and to prevent the land from being developed with houses or possibly as a strip mall.

McHugh said there is still much potential in the business park and that she also believed there could be tenants in the near future. She also called it something of a risky proposition going into the deal.

“I think they knew going in it might not fill up [immediately] and then the economy hit,” McHugh said.

She cited similar parks like the one in Barstow that took time to fill up as an example of how develop-ment can have a delayed reaction following state and county subsidized infrastructure.

“I’m confident things are going to break,” McHugh said. “Once you get one [tenant] down there … I think we’ll get some more interested parties.”

County Commissioner Gerald Clark (R-Lusby) agreed that the land was too valuable as a business and industrial park to be turned into anything else.

He believed that once the first tenant moved in others would follow and the county would be reim-bursed for its costs in running water and sewer to the site.

“We’ve been very close on several occasions but we haven’t been able to pull off the deal,” Clark said. “But I don’t believe we should cut bait and run on that at all.”

Todd Morgan, former president of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance and a current St. Mary’s County commissioner, said that he could remember many discussions about the business park and what hopes there were for it.

But the reality was far removed from those hopes, he said, because transportation infrastructure in the region did not support contractors making the trip all the way from Calvert to Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

“It’s called a bridge too far,” Morgan said. “The [Thomas Johnson] bridge and congestion have made contractors leery of being in Calvert … It’s too much inconvenience, it’s just too hard.”

House Minority Leader Tony O’Donnell (R-Dist.29C) said there is still opportunity to draw other businesses than retail to the park but that it falls to the county’s economic development arm to ensure it happens.

The continued vacancy at the park is discourag-ing, he said.

“The failure to attract any businesses to that park is very disappointing,” O’Donnell said. “Every time I drive north and see that large water tower adver-tising it as the Patuxent Business Park, it’s a painful reminder.”

While opportunities to get businesses connected NAS Pax River may have dried up, O’Donnell said the park was ideally situated to take advantage of business connections to Baltimore and Washington via its position off Route 4.

“One would think that over the many years some development would have taken place there,” he said.

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“One would think that over the many years some development would have taken place there.”

- Delegate Tony O’Donnell

Photos By Frank Marquart


Rash of Thefts from Cars Reported in Lusby

The following thefts from motor vehicles occurred over-night between Oct. 16 and 17. Outside a home on High Sierra Road in Lusby unknown suspects broke the passenger win-dow of a vehicle and stole a wallet and an Ipod, together val-ued at $220. A victim on Canyon Trail reported that during the same timeframe the window of her vehicle was smashed and a purse, calculator and flash drive, valued together at $270, were stolen. An unlocked vehicle on Pine Trail in Lusby was entered and various tools were stolen. A black Prada handbag was stolen from inside a vehicle after unknown suspects broke the drivers’ side window while it was parked outside a home on Club House Drive in Lusby. A black purse was stolen from a locked vehicle parked on High Sierra Lane in Lusby. The cul-prit broke the window to gain access. An unlocked vehicle on Highview Circle was entered, nothing was damaged or stolen, but the car had been rummaged through. A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on Corral Drive. The victim later located her purse in the woods near her home with everything intact except the currency. Three unlocked vehicles outside a home on Hemlock Road were entered and rummaged through but nothing was damaged or taken. An unlocked vehicle on Clipper Circle in Solomons was entered and a stereo was dam-aged while the suspect(s) were trying to steal it. An Ipod was removed from inside a vehicle on Windjammer Ave in Solo-mons after the unknown suspect(s) forced the lock open with an unknown tool. The same happened to two vehicles parked at the Holiday Inn in Solomons; a pair of Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses, a TomTom GPS and a Motorola Bluetooth were stolen. Anyone with information on any of these thefts is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 410-535-2800.

Police Investigating Burglaries in Owings

Unknown suspects broke into a home on Wander Drive in Owings sometime between Oct. 14 and 17. Nothing was sto-len but more than $500 in damage was done when they broke items and poured paint on the floor. A neighboring home was damaged after someone broke into the storage shed, but again, nothing was taken. That damage is estimated at $120. Dep. J. Denton is investigating.

Police Arrest Juveniles After Hunting Gear Thefts

Four juvenile males were charged on youth reports with theft and destruction of property after they stole a Polaris Mag-num four-wheeler valued at $3,000 and over $1,000 worth of hunting equipment from vehicles parked on Spears Road in Huntingtown while the owners were hunting. After returning to their trucks, the victims found the items missing and called police. Cpl. R. Selkirk responded and interviewed nearby neighbors who reported seeing the juveniles in the area. Sel-kirk found the juveniles and questioned them. After admitting their involvement, Selkirk charged the two 15-year-olds and two 13-year-olds on youth reports and released them to a par-ent. Three of the boys are from Huntingtown and one resides in Owings. Most of the stolen items were recovered but had been damaged, police reported.

Three Charged With Marijuana Possession

On Oct. 24 at 1:06 a.m. DFC M. Robshaw arrested three people after investigating a suspicious vehicle report on Bayberry Crossing in Owings. Alexandra D. Wilson, 18, of Dunkirk, Alexander Conty, 18, of Owings and Samantha Jo Simms, 18, of Chesapeake Beach, were each charged with pos-session of marijuana.

POLICE BLOTTER


After the sudden death of a 14-year-old student at Patuxent High School in Lusby, rumors circulated that he died im-mediately after taking prescription medication handed to him by another student, but Calvert police say that those rumors are groundless.

Lt. Steve Jones, commander of the Calvert Investigative Team, said that because Trevase Chew was a juvenile at the time of his death, the specific autopsy details could not be released.

Jones said, however, that narcotics were not involved.“Prescription drugs had nothing to do with it,” Jones told The Calvert Gazette. “It was just an unfortunate incident.”Jones also said that pills were just a speculation as to the actual cause of Chew’s death, but that the young man died of

“natural causes.”Jones said that prescription medications are, however, the cause of many deaths of young people in Calvert as the trend

towards the abuse of such drugs continues to grow.Lt. Dave McDowell, commander of the Calvert sheriff’s office patrol division, said that the agency along with other

county agencies has tried to reach out to the community in an effort to educate residents on the dangers of such drugs, but so far it had been difficult, with their first two forums on the issue not as well attended as they would have liked.

“That’s an obstacle we’re trying to overcome,” McDowell said. “We could have a forum on speeding in your commu-nity and the house would be packed.”

Statistics are difficult to come by on just how many young people are dying from prescription drug overdoses, but it is true that pill abuse is growing quickly among young people, McDowell said.

“They’re on the cutting edge of it; we do see a high volume of young adult abusers,” he said.And those young people come from all walks of life, McDowell said, and are getting their pills from multiple sources

such as their parents’ medicine cabinets, outright theft from others or on the streets.“It transcends everything,” he said of prescription abuse.

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Police: Teen’s Death Not Linked to Pills


St. Mary’s County police arrested two men from Lusby last week for al-legedly walking into a Lowe’s home improvement store in St. Mary’s County and attempting to walk out with about $700 worth of copper.

Both Christopher, 24, and Robert Bysheim, 23, were soon after arrested and initially jailed and charged with theft less than $1,000.

According to charging documents filed in St. Mary’s District Court by Trooper First Class Dustin Brill, both brothers went to the California store Oct. 20 and began behaving in a suspicious manner.

When both defendants went to the plumbing section of the store they loaded two large packages of copper wire into a shopping cart, charging documents stated, and then both passed all the cash registers and tried to exit through the front doors.

When store employees confronted them, both defendants left the cooper wire there, charging documents stated, and fled the scene in a Dodge Neon.

Employees then reported the attempted theft and police quickly arrested the pair in Calvert County.

Both were transported back to St. Mary’s to be incarcerated in the coun-ty’s detention center.

When St. Mary’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations detectives inter-viewed Christopher Bysheim he admitted to his involvement in the attempted theft, charging documents state.

Robert Bysheim also admitted to his part in the incident, court papers stated.

Court records show that this the first occasion of either man being charged with any crimes in St. Mary’s County, but in Calvert County both have been charged numerous times with various offenses for which they have mostly avoided prosecution.

Christopher Bysheim, however, has been found guilty on two previous theft charges as well as a charge of possession of marijuana.

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Guest Editorial:By Marta Hummel Mossburg

Occupy Wall Street is an authen-tic street protest movement in the same way the ubiquitous Baltimore form-stone is real stone.

It has the veneer of organized re-sistance, replete with disgruntled youth, homemade signs and disruptive behavior, but it lacks a unifying mission. And pro-testers, at least in Baltimore, seem more interested in practicing what looks like tai chi and playing guitar than rallying residents to their cause.

Maybe it’s because their purpose is defined only by vague complaints: that the rich need to pay their (undefined) fair share; that government needs to return to the people; that (un-named) Wall Street criminals be put in prison; that we build too many prisons and not enough schools; and that (an unidenti-fied) “they” are allowed to run the world for themselves.

Some of their musings -- at least those outlined on the occupybmore.org website -- make sense and deserve a wider

audience. The fact that a handful of developers are the only people allowed to thrive in the City of Baltimore is one of them.

The same could be said of most counties in the state. That theme could have been the rallying cry for a string of targeted protests around Maryland; would have brought attention to how politics works in this one-party fiefdom; and would have had a chance to force government to work for the people instead of the politically favored. But so far, protesters have squandered their chance to be relevant.

Here are a few examples of how they could trigger social change:

They could show up at the headquarters of the state De-partment of Housing and Community Development in Crowns-ville in Anne Arundel County to protest the agency’s planned move to Prince George’s County. The new headquarters will more than double the rent and force major commutes for many employees. The developer of the new site, Carl Williams, has donated thousands of dollars to Democrats. The state has re-vealed nothing about him, however, other than that he is a resi-dent of Prince George’s County. Nor will the state release his group’s winning proposal.

Or they could camp out at Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf

Resort, the tax-payer-bailed-out resort near Cumberland, where no sane business will put a slots casino.

A third option would be to occupy the area of the planned $1.5 billion State Center project in Baltimore. It will cost tax-payers $127 million in the first phase, according to a July report by the Maryland Public Policy Institute, while guaranteeing above-market rents and tax breaks to developers -- and luxury office space for state workers at a time so many are struggling to find jobs.

Wall Street bankers may be easy to vilify, but Maryland has plenty of homegrown crony capitalists equally worthy of identifying and shaming. Until protesters turn their attention -- and the media’s with it -- to local and specific examples of their complaints, politics won’t change. Unless not showering for weeks and sleeping outside is the only satisfaction protest-ers hope to achieve, they need rethink their goals and strategy.

Marta Hummel Mossburg is a senior fellow at the Mary-land Public Policy Institute.

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The St. Mary’s County Re-publican Central Committee agrees with Senator Dyson (D) when he said “I find it impossible and down-right inhumane to dump tax in-creases on Marylanders enduring the recession’s hardships.” While the Senator maybe concerned for the overtaxed citizens of Maryland, he offered no solution in his letter.

One obvious answer to Mary-land’s economic woes is increased employment. Sweeping tax hikes will only harm job creation. By increasing taxes, we increase the cost of doing business in Maryland, which leads to higher unemploy-ment. Why set up shop in Mary-land when the cost of running your business is less in Virginia or Dela-ware? The reality is that Maryland is hostile to businesses, and we rely

mostly on government jobs. The Governor may be concerned about less federal funding coming to our state, but the real blow will come when congress starts to slash the federal budget, and with it many Marylanders livelihoods.

Our budget problems are the product of over spending, not a lack of tax revenues. I invite Senator Dyson to come to our December Republican Central Committee meeting to share his plan to cross party lines and defeat Governor O’Malley, and the rest of the Mary-land Democratic Party leadership, in his attempt to extort another one billion dollars from the citizens of Maryland.

David WillenborgHollywood, MDMaryland Dem Chair

Responds to RedistrictingMaryland Democratic Party Chair Yvette Lewis issued the following statement after

the State Senate and House of Delegates passed, and the Governor signed the Congres-sional Districting Plan.

“The map that passed today by an overwhelming majority of the General Assem-bly and signed by the Governor reflects the largely Democratic population growth over the last decade, creates more competitive districts across the State and is the result of Governor O’Malley’s open, fair and transparent process that took into account the opin-ions of community leaders, elected officials, and citizens. Democrats are prepared to run aggressive, grassroots campaigns in every district to ensure Maryland continues to be represented by strong, principled Democratic leaders in Congress. I am confident that our message of promoting job creation, fighting for the middle class and investing in the future, coupled with the out-of-touch policies of Maryland Republicans, will result in the election of more Democrats in 2012.”

In the wake of new revelations about State Sen. Ulysses Currie’s failure to disclose a lucrative consult-ing contract with Shoppers Food Warehouse, Common Cause Maryland called for legislation that would require the State Ethics Commission to make all state officials’ financial disclosure forms available online. Current Maryland law requires anyone wishing to view financial disclosure forms to do so in person at the State Ethics Commission, and only after giving their name and ad-dress, a requirement that has a “chilling effect” on the public’s right to know, according to Susan Wichmann, Common Cause Maryland’s Executive Director.

“The Currie trial demonstrates the need for Mary-land to shine a much brighter light on the private finances of our public officials,” Wichmann said. “Making this in-formation freely available on the Internet is the best way to empower people to hold their elected officials more accountable.” Twenty-nine states already make officials’

financial disclosure forms available online.Common Cause also called for legislation that

would require electronic filing of disclosure forms as a way of promoting fuller disclosure of required infor-mation, more timely disclosure, and as a way of saving money currently spent on maintaining paper records. In 2008, a bill that would have required electronic filing, SB 190, was sponsored by Sen. Joan Carter Conway.

In 2004, Common Cause made copies of all 188 fi-nancial disclosure forms filed by members of the General Assembly available online. Common Cause also identi-fied dozens of instances in which legislators had spon-sored or co-sponsored legislation of general interest to their outside employers. The Maryland Ethics Commis-sion has ruled that voting on legislation of general, but not direct, interest to a legislator’s outside employer does not create the presumption of a conflict of interest.

Response to Dyson Letter, Talk of Tax IncreasesCommon Cause Calls For Putting

Financial Disclosure Forms Online

Thursday, October 27, 2011 16The Calvert GazetteSpotlight On


The nursing program at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) has been growing in the number of students, but not in physical space available.

Morag Dahlstrom, assistant professor of health at CSM, said the program has grown to include human simulations, where nursing students can work on a dummy that has the ability to react and interact to the students via remote control.

Unfortunately, the quarters are cramped for the students and professors alike.

“We’re really looking for more space,” Dahlstrom told the CSM Board of Trustees last week.

In addition to using pre-provided simulations and

scenarios, Dahlstrom said the students and teachers have been writing their own, growing the offerings to include code blue simulations, among others.

“The simulation is cutting edge for nursing,” Dahlstrom said.

She said the additional simulations help the stu-dents learn to react in different situations while re-maining calm.

“We really want to build this,” Dahlstrom said.

[email protected] Sarah MillerStaff Writer

Through agreements with various agencies throughout the tri-coun-ty area and beyond, the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) is striving to match students with careers.

Executive director of workforce development Susan Ross said pro-grams like the sports turf management class are intended to give stu-dents a hands-on learning experience that will help them practically in the future.

In sports turf management class, the students, with help from Finch Services, GL-Cornell and St. Mary’s College, stripped the sports field at the CSM La Plata Campus, laid an irrigation system and completely reseeded it.

“It was just really wonderful,” Ross said.She said the field is now regulation size, and the safety issues, such

as holes in the field, have been addressed.There is also articulation agreements designed to make the transition

from student to employee smoother.In the tri-county high schools, students have the option to attend ca-

reer and technology centers like the James A. Forrest Technology Center and the Calvert County Career and Technology Center. Students have the ability to take courses like electrical work or welding, and enter similar programs in CSM without having to take introductory classes. This can help save time and money, Ross said.

There are also articulation agreements with the Mid-Atlantic Re-gional Council of Carpenters, the Sheet Metal Union and the Washington, DC Building and Trades Council. CSM offers Employer and Association Partnerships and Apprenticeships by working with the Training Naval Facilities Command in the Washington, DC Area, Independent Electrical Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.

With some unions, Ross said there is an agreement for the student to work for six months, similar to an internship, and at the end of the six month period be taken on as an apprentice.

Michael Dahlstrom, who took two welding classes through CSM and now works for Naval Air Station Patuxent River at Webster Field, said the programs CSM offers are good for students who are willing to work hard.

“If you apply yourself and work hard, it’s helpful,” Dahlstrom said.He said taking the courses through the college also helped him get

his certifications more easily than if he tried to go it alone. The school even paid for one of his certification exams.

He said he would definitely recommend the workforce development classes to others.

“They brought me a long way,” Dahlstrom said.

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History Fair

Growing Nursing Program Needs Space

Southern and Northern Middle Schools soccer teams lined up after they played in Dunkirk last week. Northern won 8 to 1.

Nick Ruslander, a student at Calvert County Volunteer Fire Sci-ence and Emergency Services Program, is putting out a “fire” using a fire extinguisher at the Calvert Memorial Hospital Se-curity’s display at the Healthcare Careers Expo held last week at the Prince Frederick Branch of the Calvert Library.

Holly Mann and Madelyn Dyer, both of Cardinal Hickey School in Owings, looked through reference books after at-tending “Power Up for History Fair” presentation given at the Prince Frederick branch of the Calvert Library.

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Students’s ‘Banking 101’ Class is Open to PublicBy Corrin M. HoweStaff Writer

Northern High School Senior Britta-nia Howard leads the three Future Business Leaders of America members with confi-dence and a strong handshake as she meets to discuss their Banking 101 seminar.

FBLA prepares a quarter million stu-dents nationwide for careers in business and business-related fields. This year the three students decided their project for a state contest would be improving the finan-cial literacy of residents in Calvert County.

The Northern seniors took a class first taught in Huntingtown High School last year and expanded it to fit their needs.

“I never realized how Calvert County, even though it is one of the richest coun-ties in the nation, has so much financial il-literacy,” said Howard.

Brandi Constantino explained how their goal was to help adults outside of their school. To that end, they are conducting a five week seminar at Northern High School from Nov. 9 through Dec. 14.

Banking 101 is an introduction for those who don’t have prior knowledge or experience with banks. In their research, talking to Calvert County United Way, they discovered many adults are “blacklisted” by banks and incapable of opening up a checking or savings account.

While their project is for American Enterprise Project, a statewide competi-tion, they are receiving help from other FBLA members who are also taking cours-es from the Academy of Finance. The team thought these students would have a better working knowledge of the banks. In ad-dition to other students, they have invited guest speakers from local banks.

“We also have modules from the FDIC which are interactive so they can have hands on experience,” said Howard who admitted she learns better by seeing and doing.

Banking 101’s intended audience was adults, but the group has opened up the course to other Northern FBLA students during their lunch period. Approximately 31 students attended the first session last week.

According to the students, their pro-gram and ideas have been well received by the United Way, who asked them to con-duct a tax preparation course starting next January.

There is still plenty of room in the five week Wednesday night course offered at the high school in room 803. Deadline for registration is November 1. Call Nancy Co-hen at 410-257-1519 for more information.

[email protected] Northern High School Seniors and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Brittania Howard, Brent Canter and Brandi Constantino review their plans for their project teaching Banking 101 to students and adults.

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NewsmakersBy Sarah MillerStaff Writer

Between having a Chihuahua named Cinnamon for a running mate and a plan that involves lots of pink flamingos, Keely Tolley is making her bid for 12th annual Queen of Mardi Gras for the United Way of Calvert County something to keep an eye on.

During one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the United Way of Calvert County, the candidates for Mardi Gras king and queen work for their votes. Each dollar donated is a

vote and people can cast multiple votes.Jennifer Moreland, Director of Commu-

nity Impact for the local United Way, said the fundraiser generally raises $100,000 every year, and the goal is to raise $120,000.

“This money is vital,” Moreland said.Tolley said she heard of the United Way’s

Mardi Gras fundraiser last year when she met somebody running for king of Mardi Gras. Before then, Tolley said she hadn’t really heard of the local branch of the United Way.

“It became apparent to me the United Way needs more advocacy,” she said.

Advocating for a cause is something that is right up Tolley’s alley. She said she gets involved in things with her church and other organizations.

“I’ve always had a heart for helping people,” she said.

A person has to be elected to run for king or queen, and when Tol-ley got word she had been elected, then made it through the interview process and was one of the three queen candi-dates, she was excited to capitalize on the oppor-tunity. She said she has

been told Cinnamon will be the first canine running mate. Tolley said Cinnamon has become so popular she could possible become queen instead of her owner.

“I’m talkative,” she said, “I’m not afraid to ask for money.

One of Tolley’s ideas to raise money is to flock people’s yards with plastic pink flamingos. For a $20 donation, a person can send 12 flamingos to a friend’s yard. For $50, 12 flamingos will migrate to three friends’ yards. Tolley also has flocks of 23, 35 and 50 and an option to purchase flock insurance for $20. Payments can be made to the Unit-ed Way by cash, check or charge.

The “flocking” will begin in November, once Tolley has received her flamingos. She said she is pay-ing for the flamingos as part of her personal donation and all proceeds from the fundraiser will go directly to the United Way. She said she also plans to donate the flamingos to the youth group at her church to use in their own fundraisers.

The flamingos aren’t the only fundraiser Tolley has planned. She said she plans to host a pre-holiday open house party Nov. 17, among other fundraisers. Her open house will include a wine tasting from Napa Valley, raffles and vendors. The vendors will be donating a portion of their proceeds to the United Way.

Even Cinnamon will be host-ing a doggie tea party to help get votes, Tolley said.

She said she is happy to be able to support people and agencies close to home through the United Way instead of seeing every dollar donated sent out of state or out of country.

“I always knew there were people who needed help in Calvert County,” Tolley said.

The decision for queen and king will be announced March 10. Until that day, Tolley said she will be wearing a tiara and Mardi Gras beads as another way to draw atten-tion and, in turn, get the United Way more attention. She said she plans to continue

her involvement after March 10, seeing the United Way as another method to help her community.

For more information, or to cast votes, visit www.unitedwaycalvert.org or www.keely4queen.com.

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Joseph Booze, 85Joseph John

Booze, 85, of Hun-tingtown, MD passed away at Calvert Me-morial Hospital, Prince Frederick, MD.

Life began for Joseph John Booze on August 24, 1926 with the late James Booze and the late Mazzie Coates Booze. Joe

was the sixth of nine children. Midday Monday, around 2:00 p.m. on Columbus Day, Joe quietly slipped away unto his eternal voyage.

Joe’s early education began in Calvert County Public Schools. He terminated his edu-cation early to seek employment to support his family. Joe was a firm believer in the impor-tance of education. Therefore he took pride in his efforts in making provision to further his late wife’s, his children, and grandchildren’s ed-ucation. Joe’s career was that of a construction worker. Upon retirement around 1980 from the Original Local Construction Union 74 which is now 657, Joe continued and fulfilled his love for farming and landscaping by being a self made business man. Joe could be found venturing to one piece of farm equipment to another. Also, he relished his time at home “budding” with his dogs. On September 20, 1950, Joe was united in holy matrimony to the late Vera Holland Booze. From this union were three children, Vondeleah B. Parran, Gail D. Booze, and the late Renee M. Cauthen. Joe and Vera devoted their lively hood to their family’s well-being. Joe and Vera adopt-ed their granddaughter, Jasmine Cauthen upon Renee’s death. Also, they joyously raised their oldest granddaughter, Marita Parran-Mason. In Joe’s later years, he enjoyed hosting celebratory dinners and cook outs at his home. He was a so-cial butterfly with people of every race, age, and gender. He relied on the stewardship and dedi-cation of his nephew, Thomas Gray, Jr. (Dickie). Joe and Dickie had a father/son relationship. Joe also cherished the company of his friends: Joe Adams, Howard Booth Sr., Joe Jones, Walter Hall, John Henry, Charles Penn, Tony and Joyce and Bert and Rayfield Jones.

Those left to cherish his memories are: two daughters; Vondeleah Parran of Prince of Fred-erick, Maryland and Gail Booze of Hunting-town, Maryland, three grandchildren; Marita Parran-Mason (Douglas) of North Beach, Mary-land, Jasmine Cauthen of Huntingtown, Mary-land, Patrice Stepney of St. Leonard, Maryland, and one great-grandchild; Jaira Mason of North Beach, Maryland; three sisters, Hilda Grade and Bernice Stone of Owings, Maryland, and Anna Millings of University Park, Maryland , one brother Robert Booze (Norma) of King George, Virginia; three sister in laws, Lovelett Reid, Beulah Watts (Bishop Robert), and Mary Holland of Huntingtown, Maryland, and So-fronia Holland of Washington, DC.; and one brother-in-law, Wilford Jones of Huntingtown, Maryland.

Funeral service was held on Saturday, Oc-tober 15, 2011 at 12:00 PM at Mt. Hope UM Church, Sunderland, MD with Rev. Roosevelt Oliver, officiating. The interment was at Mt. Hope UM Church Cemetery, Sunderland, MD.

The pallbearers were Delonte Har-rod, Preston Long, Jr., George Hestonberry, RayKeith McConatee, Torian Jones, Brian Par-is. The honorary pallbearers were Bobby Jones, Joseph Jones Jr., Morgan Jones Jr., Julius Little, Quentin Morsell, David Thomas.

Funeral arrangements provided by Sewell Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD.

Eugene Gorrell, 93Eugene Bernard

“Gene” Gorrell, 93, of Lusby, MD passed away peacefully on October 24, 2011 at his residence. He was born on January 18, 1918 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Warren A. and Eda Kelly Gorrell.

He was pre-ceded in death by his

beloved wife, Helen Elizabeth “Betty” Gorrell and daughter, Suzanne Lindsay. Gene is sur-vived by his loving children, Grier Smokovich, Beth Wilkinson, and Kelly Gorrell; grandchil-dren, Stephanie, Jay, Amy, Kelly Anne, Mary-beth, Molly, Kate, Keegan, Emily, Kelly, Keith Allen, and Christopher; and fourteen great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 11 AM – 12 PM at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 90 Alex-ander Lane, Solomons, MD 20688, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12 PM. Interment will be private.

Should friend’s desire, memorial contribu-tions may be made in Gene’s memory to Calvert Hospice, www.calverthospice.org, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., Lusby, MD.

Thelma Fogle, 91Thelma Agnes

Fogle, 91, of Lothian, MD died suddenly October 21, 2011 at her home. She was born May 22, 1920 in Up-per Marlboro, MD the daughter of Eldridge and Bertie (Jones) Chaney.

She was educated in Marlboro schools

and graduated from Marlboro High in 1937. Thelma was married to Oron E. Sherbert in 1938, Mr. Sherbert died in 1961. She was employed as a secretary for the Prince George’s County Chief of Police in Upper Marlboro and later as a legal secretary for Maryland Home Title Company also in Upper Marlboro until retiring in the mid 1980’s. Thelma married Kenneth Fogle in 1973 and he preceded her in death in 1997.

She was a member of St. James’ Parish in Lothian where she regularly attended the early service to enjoy the choir. Thelma was a life member of the Marlboro Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary, a life member of Stall-ings- Williams Auxiliary Unit 206 and the Deale Elks Lodge 2528.

Thelma was proud of her independence and still enjoyed driving. She was avid reader and loved music, dancing .and traveling. She frequently traveled to hear and dance to the big band sounds of her favorite groups. She was especially fond of family gatherings and being with her grand and great grandchildren. Thelma was looking forward to welcoming her first great grand son next month.

She was preceded in death by her hus-bands Oron and Kenneth, brothers Casey and Kenneth “Pete” Chaney and sister Louise Hall.

Surviving are her daughters Carol L.

Wayson and her husband Dave of Owings, MD and Cheryl L. Horty and her husband Joe of Sut-ton, WV; grandchildren Donna Wayson and her husband Andy Gergely of Owings, MD, Thomas Craig Wayson and his wife Denny of Owings, MD and Kevin J. Horty of Sutton, WV; great grandchildren Nicole Horty, Cassie Gergely, Devon Wayson and Caroline Wayson and a sister Gladys Brooks of Chesapeake Beach, MD.

Friends were received Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD where servic-es were held on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. Interment followed in Trinity Epis-copal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, MD.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. James Parish of Marlboro Volunteer Fire Department.

Morris Holland, 74Morris Willmore Holland, 74, of New Car-

rollton, MD passed away on October 7, 2011 at his residence in New Carrollton, MD.

Morris was born in Huntingtown, MD on June 26, 1937 to proud parents Robert and Ruth. He attended Plum Point Elementary School and William Sampson Brooks High School in Cal-vert County, MD.

He married Georgia Johnson on May 20, 1960 and from this union three children were born. One daughter Michele and two sons, An-thony and Christopher.

He will be remembered by a daughter, Michele; six grandchildren, Terrance, Leticia, Alicia (Roland), India, Fernandes, and Bless-ing. Five great-grandchildren, Traevon, Nivea, Makaya, Amani, and Jordan. His mother, Ruth, mother-in-law, Blanche, two brothers, James (Theresa) and Stanley (Dorothy); four sisters, Phyllis (Edmond), Mable, Vivian (Eugene), and Bessie (Robert-deceased). He was preceded in death by his sons, Anthony and Christopher and father Robert.

His Christian experience in his early life was at Plum Point United Methodist Church and he also attended Emmanuel Assembly Church in Washington, D.C. Morris loved to listen to mu-sic, travel, cook, watch baseball and football (es-pecially the Redskins). He also loved spending time with family and friends. He was a profes-sional painter and did construction and mainte-nance work as well. His favorite bible verse was Psalms 23.

Funeral service was held on Thursday, Oc-tober 13, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Plum Point UM Church, Huntingtown, MD with Pastor Bryant Fleet officiating. The interment was at Plum Point UM Church Cemetery, Huntingtown, MD.

The pallbearers were Steve Tapscott, Van Johnson, Wardell Holland, Jr., James Hol-land, Jr., Derrick Holland, Charles Jones, Mark Coleman. The honorary pallbearer was Calvin Hurley.

Funeral arrangements provided by Sewell Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD.

Annie Laura Wells, age 90Annie Laura

Wells, 90, of Chesa-peake Beach, MD died October 20, 2011 at her residence.

She was born April 19, 1921 in Par-is, MD the daughter of Archie P. and Edna Viola (Wilkerson) Norfolk.

She attended Beach Elementary School and Calvert High School. Annie Laura was a beautician and oper-ated Laura’s Beauty Parlor in Chesapeake Beach for many years. She enjoyed music and played the piano and organ. Although she did take a few lessons she basically was a self taught musi-cian. She was an organist at Mt. Harmony Unit-ed Methodist Church for over 50 years. Annie Laura was a devoted mother and grandmother. She enjoyed family gatherings, cooking holiday breakfasts, summer trips to Wildwood, NJ and the annual day after Thanksgiving Christmas shopping trip to Harrundale Mall.

She was preceded in death by her husband James William “Pete” Wells and son William Rogers Wells.

Surviving are granddaughters Angela Fla-nagan and her husband Danny of TN, Stefanie Wells of St. Mary’s City, a great granddaughter Sofia Grace Flanagan; daughter in law JoAnne Weatherholtz and her husband Robert of West-minster, MD, sister Viola Denton and her hus-band Carl of Sunderland, MD a niece Carol Phillips and her husband Charles of Chesapeake Beach and nephews Ronnie Denton of Sunder-land and John Denton and his wife Brenda of Mechanicsville, MD.

Friends were received on Friday, October 21, 2011 at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A. Owings, MD where services were held Saturday October 22, 2011 at 10:00 A.M. Interment followed in Southern Memorial Gardens Dunkirk.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Harmony United Methodist Church, 155 East Mt. Harmony Road, Owings, MD 20736 or Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 or at www.calverthospice.org.

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The leaves are starting to change color, there’s a chill in the air and children have already been seen out and about in their costumes. All hints point to the fact that this is Halloween weekend.

There are activities from shore to shore for all ages, from the traditional trick-or-treating to a pre-sentation of “Dracula” by the Twin Beach Players during the weekend.

Sid Curl, the president of the Twin Beach Players, said several of the members pull double duty, from acting to set building. He is the director, an on-stage actor and has been involved in other ways too.

“You name it, I’ve got my hands in that pie somewhere,” Curl said.

The Twin Beach Players youth troupe is acting as the set crew and technical operators, Curl said, making the production an all hands on deck effort.

Show times include Oct. 27 at 8 p.m., for $8 tickets, and showings on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. There will also be a special Halloween pro-duction Saturday night at midnight, where any-body coming in costume gets free popcorn and soda. There will be another showing Oct. 30 at 6 p.m. and Nov. 4-6 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 for gen-eral admission.

The production cast runs small, with only 10 people. The cast consists of Angela Sunstone play-ing Sybil Seward, Nicole Johnson Starr as Hen-nessey, Vivian Petersen as the maid, Sid Curl as Dr. Arthur Seward, Christopher Raymond Quijada as Jonathan Harker, Sherry Hall as Mina Murray, Josh Cosman as Renfield, John Carter as Wesley,

Eva Miller as Professor Henrietta VanHelsing and Justyn Christolfel as the titular Dracula.

Curl said the production is definitely a horror.“See it and creep,” he said.While it is meant to be scary, he said it’s not

unsuitable for young audiences. He has seen chil-dren as young at 8 in the audience, and they didn’t run out screaming. It’s up to the parents’ discretion to decide whether their child is old enough to at-tend the play, Curl said.

The set is in black and white, with the only color being a blood red rose on the fireplace man-tle. The set was designed to be easily moveable, to accommodate the fact it is set up in the North Beach Fire Department, located at 8356 Bayside Road in Chesapeake Beach.

Despite the challenges facing an acting troupe without a permanent home theatre, Curl said they’ve gotten “a lot of positive comments so far,” which speaks to the ability of the group to work around challenges and produce a quality performance.

For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 410-474-4214 or e-mail [email protected]. For more information about the Twin Beach Players, visit www.twinbeachplayers.com.

In addition to the “Dracula” production, there will be several young children out trick-or-treating.

Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans said there will be extra patrols out during the weekend, and people are urged to exercise caution. If there is any sort of suspicious activity, Evans says to call the police and report it immediately.

“It should be a safe, quiet night,” Evans said.

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Chills, Thrills and Trick-or-Treats


• The Calvert Marine Museum offers a regular lecture series on paleontology, the environment and maritime his-tory (PEM Talks). The Thursday, October 27, PEM Talk features Kirsti Uunila, historic planner for Calvert County, presenting the “Legacy of Segregation.” Using churches, graveyards, school records, oral histories, settlement pat-terns, court records, population data, photographs, letters and family stories, Uunila will share her research on the his-tory of African Americans in Calvert County. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the auditorium and there is no cost. www.calvertmarinemuseum.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 Amer-ican Chestnut Land Trust for a fall colors hike at Double Oak Farm on Saturday, October 29, from 1 to 3 p.m. Enjoy beauti-ful 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 re-quired, www.acltweb.org.

• On Saturday, October 29, the Cal-vert Marine Museum offers a “Mon-ster Mash Cruise” and costume con-test. 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. Preregistra-tion is required. Call 410-326-2042 ext. 41 or visit online www.calvert-marinemuseum.com.

For additional events, visit www.ecalvert.com.

&Out About

Saturday, November 19, 9 am – 2 pm

Our Lady Star of the Sea SchoolChristmas Shopping Bazaar

Our Lady Star of the Sea School is located on scenic Solomons Island at 90 Alexander Lane, Solomons, MD 20688

Sample of our amazing vendors:

Grandma’s Girl : homemade herb dipsStella Dot: vintage modern jewelry

Color Storm Dragon: scarves and handbagsCookie Lee: assorted jewelry

Arbonne: swiss beauty, health & wellness productsSilapada: jewelry

Peggy Maio: tie blanketsTexann Hughes: finger puppets & wood plaques

Bottle of Light: recycled hand painted wine bottlesWillow House: home decor & jewelry

Hip Hop Lady Bug: handmade girl dresses & hair bows

BND Designs: floral arrangements & glasswareMary Kay: skincare & fragrancesMaking Scents: candles & tarts

Thirty One: purses & totesLia Sophia: jewelry

Sewing by Laura: homemade items & knick knacks

If you have any questions, have an item to donate or would like to join us as a vendor, please contact Diane Allen @ 443-226-5575 or [email protected]

Please join us for this exciting event, in support of OLSS School!It is going to be another fun-filled event!

Santa will be there to greet everyone 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 Parish and they will be on sale to our customers

The 2nd Annual OLSS Christmas Shopping Bazaar will be held in our Providence Room. There will be approximately 40 craft and specialty

vendors, Silent Auction, Holiday Raffle, fresh baked goods, hotdogs, pizza, sodas, coffee, hot chocolate and more!

North Beach HappeningsAmazing Train Displays

Tans Cycles and Parts puts together incredible Lionel model train displays. These amazing exhibits draw people from afar; we are lucky to have them right in our backyard! Tans is located at 9032 Chesapeake Avenue. For more infor-mation, call 410.257.6619.

Halloween Train Display: October 17 thru November 20, weekdays 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays 12 to 5 p.m.

Holiday Train Display: November 25 thru January 14, weekdays 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays 12 to 5 p.m.; December 24 and 31, 12 to 5 p.m.; December 27 thru 30, 12 to 8 p.m.

Twin Beach Players Present . . .The Twin Beach Players will present Count Dracula

October 21 thru November 6 at NBVFD. There will be 11 performances, including a special midnight show on Octo-ber 29th. Showtimes are as follows: Oct. 21, 8 p.m.; Oct. 22, 8 p.m.; Oct. 23, 6 p.m.; Oct. 27, 8 p.m. (special $5 show); Oct. 28, 8 p.m.; Oct. 29, 8 p.m.; Oct. 29, midnight; Oct. 30, 6 p.m.; Nov. 4, 8 p.m.; Nov. 5, 8 p.m.; and, Nov. 6, 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, military, students and TBP members. Special rate for groups of 10 or more is $10. Also, the all children’s musical, A Christmas Carol will be performed November 25 thru December 11 at the NBVFD. For more information, visit their website at www.twinbeachplayers.com <http://www.twinbeachplay-ers.com> .

Halloween Boo BashThe North Beach Business Loop and The Town of

North Beach present the 2nd Annual Halloween Boo Bash! This Saturday, October 29 from 2 to 6 p.m., children are invited to wear Halloween costumes and meet on the board-walk for a parade, trick-or-treating and costume judging. Next, visit local businesses for special treats and stop by Tans Cycles & Parts to observe the Halloween train display. A free movie on the beach will be shown at dusk.

Fun, Festivities and Flowing Refreshments at the Wheel!The Wheel Clothing Store holds their First Friday

Festivities on the first Friday of each month! On Novem-ber 4th, they will host Mr. Tompkins, also known as "The Cheese Man" from our Friday Night Farmers' Market. The Cheese Man will be selling his seasonal Pumpkin Cheese-cake, as well as his Goat Cheese Cake. He will also have all of his specialty cheeses for sale. For your shopping convenience,The Wheel Clothing Store will be open until 8 p.m. on the first Friday of each month. The Wheel Clothing Store is located at 4109 7th Street. For more information, call 410.286.0000.

Can You Eat, Shop, & Give to Charity All At The Same Time?

Yes YOU can. Each Sunday from 12 to 5 pm Olde Bay Tavern will be hosting a shopping party during the month of November. During this time you can come to eat, shop, or both. We will selling raffle tickets for amazing drawings. All money generated from the raffles will go straight to End Hunger in Calvert County, www.endhungercalvert.org. In addition, End Hunger in Calvert County will also be provid-ing us with collection boxes for non-perishable items. The collection boxes will be available during the entire month of November. The party details are as follows:

Nov 6 – Thirty One (handbags, purses, accessories). Raffle: Thirty One Bag Full of OBT Goodies – pickles, applesauce, peaches, jam, and an OBT tee shirt.

Nov 13 – Lia Sophia (jewelry). Raffle: Two Homemade Peanut Butter Pies made with love by Colleen

Nov 20 – Avon (makeup, jewelry, home, & more). Raffle: Cute Coin purse filled with an OBT Gift Certificate worth $25

Nov 27 – Scentsy (wickless candles). Raffle: Dinner cooked for you and 3 of your closest friends by Head Chef Norman Griese and OBT Owner Doug McClair at your house. How cozy!

What a great way to remove the stress of holiday shop-ping while helping out a great cause all at the same time! Olde Bay Tavern is located at 4114 7th Street. For more in-formation, please call 443.964.5261.

2nd Annual Luminary Holiday WalkOn Saturday, December 10th at dark, join the Town

of North Beach and the North Beach Business Loop for an evening of holiday shopping, caroling and cheer. The streets will be lined with candles and businesses will be open late with specials, holiday refreshments and more. Sing along with local carolers and let the holiday spirit take over.


By Keith McGuireI feel a little bit strange this week. I took the time to write a gleaming report last week about the abun-

dance of different species of fish that we now have in the area. Then the weekend came. Howling winds, really cold, unseasonable temperatures, and cloudy drizzle and rain kept many of us away from the water.

Well, we can sit around and commiserate over the foul weather, or we can get out there and do some-thing. It turned out to be a great Saturday to head to the deer woods, if you were so inclined. Cooler temperatures kept the bugs at bay, and sparked movement in the animals. It also turned out to be a great time for the Sotterley Wine Festival, if you have a taste for the stuff of grapes.

On the other hand, Saturday and Sunday may have been a little too brutal for fishing, but Thursday and Friday were great with some good local catches of stripers, bluefish, white perch, and even speckled trout for those who didn’t mind the cooling temperatures. The Bay was not extremely rough, so some of the hardiest anglers managed to get out there. The rivers, on the other hand, were fishable by most and produced good catches of stripers and perch. I don’t know anyone who fished on Saturday or Sunday.

Do not despair. Better weather is on the way. Do not winterize the boat just yet! There are still massive schools of breaking stripers and bluefish in the Bay. Jigging in and around these schools should produce good keeper size stripers and 3 – 5 pound bluefish. Casting top water plugs around rocky outcroppings and fishy looking shorelines has be-come one of my favorite methods for catching rockfish. It’s a little work, but with very willing fish it is also one heck of a lot of fun!

Most everyone talks about casting to the rocks at Cedar Point, which is a favorite location. This spot can be treacherous, though, and requires exceptional boat handling skills. There are many other areas that can be just as good. Look for clear, moving water, and structure for your top water casts. With as many stripers as we have around now, many other less dangerous areas are holding fish.

When you’re able to travel to the Eastern Shore side of the Bay, be sure to try Hooper Straights and the Honga River. A lot of anglers are hooking up on nice speckled trout there. When asked what bait he was using, one angler told me, “…anything that wiggles!” Most are using small bucktail jigs dressed with a Bass Assassin™ or Bass Kandy De-light (BKD) ™ and tossing them around shoreline points with clear water and good current. Apparently, the specks love it there!

Bottom fishing is producing white perch and other species, depend-ing on the bait being used. Most everything is hitting bloodworms and peeler crabs (when you can get them). White perch are most cooperative now, and will still chase small spinner baits cast around shoreline and deeper water structures.

To follow-up on my recent article about the Northern Snakehead, check out the new video posted on the Maryland Department of Natural Resources website. http://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/.

[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 conserva-tion organizations.

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Better Weather

Pumpkin Posse• PumpkinCarvingContest• ScarecrowMaking (bringyourownclothes)

• Hayrides• PuppetShow• LiveEntertainment• Games• FacePainting• AndTreatsforEveryone

Sunday,October301to5pm

FamilyFunPotter’sPlaceChurch/ChesapeakeMarketPlace

St.Leonard,Maryland410.586.1161 Chesapeake Auction House

St. Leonard, MD 20685410-586-1161

www.chesapeakeauctionhouse.com

• Rifles• Knives• shotguns• Bayonets

• handguns• AntiqueSwordS• AmmoAndAcceSSorieS

SundAynovember6-1:PmGun&KnifeAuction

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