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CDC Says Lusby Deaths Caused by “Super-Infection”

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Four family members came down with a mystery illness in Lusby, resulting in the death of three. Federal Centers for Disease Control officials say two of those deaths were caused by influenza-A combined with an unknown “super infection.” Story Page 3

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Pat Carpenter, right and husband Bob. Pat died Friday, March 2. “This is a devastating loss for Cal-vert County,” said Arts Council of Calvert County President Bill Chambers.

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A press release from the Calvert County Health De-partment, disseminated on somd.com on Tuesday, stated the Health Department is aware of a “cluster of severe respiratory illnesses in five Lusby-area [residents], in-cluding four members of a Calvert County family, resid-ing approximately a mile south of the power plant.”

The state Office of Chief Medical Examiner is working to determine the cause of the illness, the heath department stated.

Three members of one family died from the illness.The first case of illness occurred in an 81-year-old

woman who presented symptoms at her home begin-ning on or about Feb. 23. She was cared for at home by three of her children, a son and two daughters. The caregivers devel-oped similar upper respiratory symptoms on or about Feb. 28. All were hospital-ized and became critically ill. The elderly woman, her 58-year-old son and 56-year-old daughter subsequently died. A fourth family member and caregiver is currently hospitalized at the Washington Hospital Center, according to a health department press release on Tuesday.

Senior Vice President of Medical Af-fairs with MedStar Janis Orlowski told the Calvert Gazette it is still unknown how the first patient died, but the two follow-

ing deaths were determined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to be caused by Influenza A and a “super infection” caused either by a staph infection or a bacte-ria. A super-infection is a “condition in which a patient with a contagious disease acquires a second infection,” according to the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Initially the health department issued a release stat-ing five people were infected, with four from one fam-ily, and four people have died. A later release from the county public information office changed the number of people infected to four, and the deaths to three.

Originally, they were admitted to the Calvert Coun-ty Hospital, but were flown to the Washington Medical Center, Orlowski said.

Orlowski said such a super infection is “uncom-mon,” and it is possible that the influenza weakened the son and daughter’s immune system to allow the infec-tion to set in. She also said while the CDC has not de-termined cause of death for the mother, it is not unheard of for such an illness to be spread by close proximity and it is likely her children caught it from her.

Kathy Walton, sec-retary for Calvert County Health Officer Dr. David L. Rodgers, said Rodgers and

others have been in meetings to discuss the matter and how to proceed.

At this time, there is no information indicating spe-cial preventive measures are needed for family or other close contacts of the patients; however, the health de-partment will continue to work with the healthcare pro-viders and others on this situation and will update Cal-vert County residents if new information important to their health becomes available, the press release reads.

In the meantime, the health departments recom-mends people ill with influenza-like illnesses check in with their healthcare provider to be evaluated and see if they would benefit from anti-virals or other medications.

Orlowski said most people will get over the flu in two to three days, but if the symptoms don’t go away to worsen, she encourages people to go to their doctor. She also encourages people who are sick to wash their hands often and take precautions to keep others from catching their illness.

Walton said further information from the Calvert Health Department will be posted on www.calver-thealth.org as it is released.

At the time of print, Rodgers had not returned calls or e-mails seeking further comment from the Calvert Gazette.

Some national news outlets are reporting the family lives on Rousby Hall Road, but the Gazette could not confirm that information as of press time. Rousby Hall Road is nearly seven miles from the nuclear power plant.

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Every year, one of the two reactors at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant is shut down for routine maintenance and refuel-ing. This year, reactor 1 was separated from the grid and taken offline Feb. 5 at 10 a.m., according to plant spokesperson Kory Raftery.

Currently, the plant is a month into the scheduled shutdown and everything is go-ing as expected, Raftery said.

He said during the outage, approxi-mately one third of the fuel in the reac-tor will be replaced. The reactors are on a 24-month fuel cycle. He said the make up of the fuel is the “driving force” of the reactor.

The fuel consists of uranium pel-lets grouped into fuel assemblies that are placed in the reactors. He said the used fuel assemblies are moved underwater through the spent fuel pool, and the water acts as a heat shield. He said there are more than 200 assemblies in each reactor.

NRC public affairs officer Neil Shee-han said the plant will also be working on the pressurizer heater for the plant, and the turbine generator. Sheehan said because of the larger projects being done the reactor may be offline for a while.

The NRC will also be conducting in-spections during the outage, Sheehan said.

Raftery said there is no specific date for the reactor to go back online. They co-ordinate with PJM energy regarding the reactor and when it is returned to the grid, and making sure the load needed is taken care of so the people in the area are not affected.

To get everything done in a timely manner, Raftery said the plant will bring in between 900 and 1,000 workers for the outage. Some of the workers are unskilled laborers brought in from the community, while others have a specific skill, such as welding, and make a living going from plant to plant, working outages country-wide. The workers all have to go through background checks in addition to “site-specific training” to allow them to do their jobs safely.

“It’s a pretty rigorous process,” Raf-tery said.

He said there are workers at the plant working on the outage at all times, and to compensate for the long shifts they work, up to 12 hour stretches, workers get “ap-propriate time off,” longer breaks and tools to stay physically and mentally fit.

The outage can help boost the local economy, Raftery said. Additional workers from out of the area stay in local hotels and eat and shop at local establishments.

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As of Monday, the North Beach Boys and Girls Club is open for business and under new management.

Instead of the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maryland, the North Beach branch is now run under the Boys and Girls Club of Annapolis.

North Beach Town Councilman Randy Hummel said he heard about the Annapolis club opening the North Beach branch again during an executive session of the town council, and said he has high hopes for the future of the club.

“Hopefully, they’ll be able to expand the pro-grams now,” Hummel said.

Had the Annapolis club not stepped in, Hum-mel said there were plans to get another group in, like Calvert County Parks and Recreation or the YMCA to take over the programs. He said the community spent $1.8 on constructing the building and “there was no way we were going to leave it sit with nothing in it.”

Councilman Ken Wilcox said the Boys and Girls club had been using the building for $1 per year, a situ-ation that he said will not change with the Boys and Girls Club of Annapolis taking over.

He said North Beach was “very concerned” when the Boys and Girls Club closed its doors, and he’s hap-py to see the programs continued.

Boys and Girls Club of Annapolis Executive Director Reggie Broddie said taking over the North

Beach branch was an “opportunity to help in the most fundamental way” by giving young people in the area opportunities to learn and succeed.

He said North Beach Mayor Mark Frazer ap-proached him about taking on the North Beach Boys and Girls Club. The idea also got support from Sena-tor Mike Miller, and together they facilitated the re-opening.

“It comes down to who really cares about kids as opposed to talking about caring about kids,” Broddie said.

He said the process for re-opening included in-terviewing all the excising staff before re-hiring them and completing a Best Practice Analysis of the busi-ness. There is a new program director, and enough money to keep the facility open until June. By that time, Broddie said he hopes to see the facility become self-sustaining.

Forms of income will include membership fees of $25 per year, summer camp fees of $195 for eight weeks and various fundraisers. He said the fees were calculated based on the area’s economic situation. Broddie said the community will really need to step up to keep the club open and operating.

In addition to restarting existing programs, like tutoring, the club will be starting a new robotics pro-gram that has been successful in Annapolis.

“It’s going to be exciting,” Broddie said.

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Lusby will soon be home to a brand new, 199-foot tall telecommunications tower on Rousby Hall Road.

The new tower will help resolve a dead zone on Rousby Hall road coming off the roundabout. Alfred B. Muirhead owns the 20-acre parcel where the tower will be located.

The county’s Board of Appeals approved the structure at its March 1 meeting. A major talking point for the board members was whether they should require a light be on top of the new tower.

Kevin Shaver with Wilkerson & Associates was at the meeting to help present the application, along with Mark Da-vis from Davis, Upton and Palumbo and Manny Dureja with Telecom Capitol Group.

The FCC requirement is for any tower exceeding 200 feet to be topped with a light. After sending the FCC the site plan, including the elevation of the property the tower will be on and the height of the tower itself, the FCC determined the tower did not need to be illuminated, Shaver said. In addition to the FCC, the project also has approval from the base, and will not be in the flight paths for airplanes approaching the Chesapeake Ranch Estates.

Chesapeake Ranch Estates airport manager Bernard Wunder came to the meeting to advocate for the light atop the

tower. He said between the flights coming into the Ranch Estates and helicopter opera-tions in the area, it is needed. Though the FCC does not require it, he said the difference of one foot should be cause for deliberation.

The board considered Wunder’s comments, discussing the types of lights that could be installed, including red lights that wouldn’t be noticeable in people’s homes, and even if it would be of the authority of the board to require the light be installed.

Board of Appeals member John Ward said helicopter operations fly at over 200 feet, and he doesn’t see the need for requiring the light against the FCC’s recommendation.

“This is one of the cleanest applications we think would come before the board,” Davis said.

Additionally, the landowner specifically requested the tower not be illuminated. Da-vis said if the appeals board makes the light a requirement, there is a possibility the tower will not be built at all.

Board Chairperson Susan Hance-Wells agreed with Ward, saying the board has to go with the recommendation of the authorities, especially when the property owner doesn’t want the light to begin with. The Board approved the application, with the condition that if the FCC makes additional requirements they are met.

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North Beach Town Council members discussed removing park-ing restrictions on businesses in town at a work session last week with an eye towards ensuring that businesses that want to open in town can make the full use of their lot size.

Under current parking regulations businesses are required to plan for a certain number of parking spaces at their site, which takes away from their actual business footprint.

A parking consultant told council members March 1 there are about 2,000 parking spaces in town that are not restricted. With this surplus visitors and residents in town can still find enough parking spaces without businesses having their own.

Council members are also considering changing the parking scheme on certain streets from standard spaces to a diagonal plan that would likely require those streets be changed to a one-way design.

But that would also increase the number of parking spaces there by 40 percent, said Phil McCormick, the consultant for the town.

“There really is no parking problem, it’s just managing it,” Mc-Cormick said.

Mayor Mark Frazer said businesses in town would likely not suffer as a result of changes in plans for parking.

“I cannot think of any businesses we’ve lost because of inad-equate parking,” Frazer said.

Council member Ken Wilcox said the town already has enough capacity at the 2,000 unrestricted spaces (there are not quite that many town residents) but the diagonal parking plan would provide more relief to businesses that operated in commercial “hotspots” in town for certain hours of the day.

“We have enough capacity on the streets but it may not be ideal for what you want to do,” Wilcox said. “Diagonal parking could be really beneficial.”

Council member Gregg Dotson said the town should move swiftly with enacting the diagonal parking.

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For years Maryland law has required anyone seek-ing a concealed carry handgun permit to show a “good and substantial reason” why they should have one, but a U.S. District Court judge ruled this week that the long-held provision is unconstitutional.

The decision in the Wollard v. Sheridan case is al-ready being hailed as a major victory for gun rights in a state long known to one of the most restrictive in the country.

Judge Benson Everett Legg said in his opinion the state’s restriction did not exist to advance public safety or reduce accidents.

“Rather, the regulation at issue is a rationing sys-tem,” Legg wrote in his filing. “It aims, as defendants concede, simply to reduce the total number of firearms carried outside of the home by limiting the privilege to those who can demonstrate ‘good reason’ beyond a gen-eral desire for self-defense.

“A citizen may not be required to offer a ‘good and substantial reason] why he should be permitted to exercise his rights. The right’s existence is all the reason he needs,” the judge wrote.

Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans said the rul-ing represents uncharted territory in Maryland, but he believes it will lead to significant change.

“I guess this means that the state police will have to vet more handgun permits,” Evans said.

Evans said he is wary of concealed carry in public buildings or schools, but he believes that overall the rul-

ing is a good one.The ruling itself referred to the Heller decision by

the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008 that overturned the handgun ban in Washington D.C. and affirmed an indi-vidual’s constitutional right to own firearms.

“I believe in the Constitution; it makes sense,” Ev-ans said. “Other states that have more lenient policy [on concealed carry] don’t have a problem with people be-ing armed and doing anything foolish.”

The recent landmark case centered around the complaint of Baltimore County resident Raymond Wol-lard, who was able to get a concealed carry permit in 2003 after his son-in-law broke into his home on Christ-mas Eve while high on drugs.

Wollard held the invader at bay with a shotgun but he wrested it away from Wollard and a struggle ensued. Wollard’s son was able to get another gun and restrain the invader, according to court filings.

Police took two-and-a-half hours to respond, but Kris Lee Abbott was convicted of first-degree burglary but was eventually released and took up residence just three miles away from Wollard’s home, court records show.

Wollard was able to renew his handgun permit in 2006 after Abbott was released from prison but was denied another renewal by the Maryland State Police permit review board in 2009 because he did not provide evidence “to verify threats occurring beyond his resi-dence, where he can already legally carry a handgun.”

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Members of Calvert County Sheriff’s Office tactical team were involved in a bar-ricade situation in neighboring St. Mary’s County in which the suspect is alleged to have fired shots at them during the standoff.

Both counties tactical teams were called to an address on Mervell Dean Road on March 3 in Hollywood, police in St. Mary’s reported, for reports of a man who had bar-ricaded himself in a shed, claiming he was armed and would harm himself. Calvert County tactical team members came to assist St. Mary’s deputies in the 3 a.m. barricade.

The suspect in the case, Joseph Leonard Anderson, 53, of Mechanicsville eventually surrendered to police at about seven hours later.

He was charged with four counts of first-degree assault, four counts of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

According to information from the St. Mary’s sheriff’s office, Anderson exited the shed he was barricaded in once during the standoff and fired several shots from a long gun at the two Calvert tactical deputies and

two St. Mary’s deputies as well.The Calvert deputies returned fire, po-

lice stated, but neither Anderson nor the dep-uties were injured in the exchange of gunfire.

Lt. Steve Jones, commander of the Cal-vert Investigative Team, said that the officers involved would be subjected to an internal affairs review because they discharged their weapons.

But, Jones said, “by all the informa-tion we have” the shooting appeared to be justified.

Jones said that the officers discharged AR-15 rifles, similar to those used by the mili-tary, during the standoff.

Before the gunfire, police said they tried to contact Anderson while he was in the shed via a telephone, but he refused to answer.

Sheriff’s office negotiators tried to talk to Anderson directly but he refused and in-stead started hurling items at the officers, po-lice alleged.

Anderson was taken to St. Mary’s Hos-pital in Leonardtown for an emergency evalu-ation but was arrested upon release.

He is being held on $500,000 bail.

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An Owings man, who, along with his father, were convicted late last year of defrauding the National Secu-rity Agency out of millions of dollars on work contracts was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison last week.

Donald Turley, 54, must also serve one year of home detention after his jail sentence is completed. His fa-ther, William Turley, 71, of Annapolis received an identical sentence but was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Of-fice in Greenbelt.

William Turley was the owner of the business Bechdon Company, were his son was also employed, and the business that received payments for what federal prosecutors called a fraudulent billing scheme.

Both men were ordered to pay nearly $250,000 in restitution as well, authorities stated.

The Upper Marlboro-based com-pany manufactured metal, plastic and sheet metal products for the NSA among other customers; Donald Tur-

ley worked for the company until 2008 and managed the NSA contract that was the subject of the investigation, federal authorities stated.

Federal prosecutors alleged that both men along with Christina Turley Knott, William Turley’s daughter, told their employees to inflate the number of hours they worked on NSA jobs.

Prosecutors also said that both men chose not to report Knott’s own fraud, the embezzling of $4.5 million from the company, for fear she would reveal William and Donald Turley’s fraud against the government.

Knott had already pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes on that $4.5 million she was alleged to have em-bezzled, federal authorities stated, as well as fraudulently billing the NSA.

She faces two decades in prison.Both men admitted in polygraph

tests that were required for classified contracts around the 2006 and 2007 time frame that they fraudulently re-corded or reported the time employees worked on federal contracts.

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By Corrin M. HoweStaff Writer

Calvert County is one of three in Maryland in which the Sheriff’s Department, Maryland State Troopers and State’s Attorney’s Office have combined their resources to enforce the laws, according to State’s Attorney, Laura Martin.

Through a Memorandum of Understanding, the three normally dis-tinct jurisdictions have chosen to work together in the Criminal Investiga-tive Team or CIT, according to Lt. Steven Jones, who heads up the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigative Bureau of which CIT is a unit.

Both Jones and Martin’s explanation for joining forces are almost ver-batim. Prior to June 2003, detectives in the Sheriff’s Department and Mary-land State Police could be working on a rash of burglaries with the same suspect and not know.

Jones said the traffic patrol and assigning of detectives between the two law enforcement departments is equal. Representatives from all parties sign the memo of understanding every four years. The reason why it is reviewed and signed regularly is because the Sheriff and State’s Attorney are elected officials and the head of the Prince Frederick trooper barrack can change.

The memo outlines how everyone will work together and how respon-sibilities are divided out. Not many duties are reserved for one particular department. The death of an officer is one example that is, according to Martin. The lead detective will be from the same law enforcement depart-ment as the deceased officer.

Combining the resources allows the CIT to have specialized units for investigating crime, according to Martin. Now the county has its own Com-puter Forensics and will soon be able to handle data collected on cell phones.

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Last Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Warren Krug accepted guilty pleas from a shooting incident in at a residential home in Chesapeake Beach last July.

Benjamin Daniel Lowell, 21, of Hagerstown, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony. He received an aggregate sentence of life, suspended all but 40 years, according to State’s Attorney Laura L. Martin. Combining two cases, Lowell faced 20 to 50 years.

“He (Lowell) did get the top end of the sen-tencing guidelines,” Martin told the Calvert Ga-zette. “What this means is that he won’t be on the streets of Calvert until he’s in his 50s.”

Martin explained that one possibility for Lowell pleading guilty to the charges is that he has the possibility of getting out sooner on pa-role with a 40-year sentence as opposed to a life sentence.

Court documents show that Lowell told in-vestigators that he believed he shot five rounds before his gun jammed. “Lowell said if not for the gun jamming, he was going in the house and someone was getting shot,” court records read.

Later he bragged to investigators that he thought he’d only serve five years and then he would get out and kill the intended victim, police allege.

The charging documents indicate police found three .40 caliber bullets at the scene. One

went through the front door and into the sofa. One went into an exte-rior of a bedroom wall into an interior wall. The final one went into the trim of the front door.

Lowell had sent a Facebook message to his ex-girlfriend an hour before the shoot-ing warning her that if

she was at the residence of her current boyfriend’s parent’s house, then she need to take her baby and leave. An hour after the shooting he sent another Facebook message indicating that he carried out his threat.

According to charging documents, the resi-dent of the house involved said he had been sitting on the porch when he noticed movement and then the barrel of a gun. He avoided being shot by low-ering himself and getting inside. He called to his wife to call 911.

The two adults and one infant, who were in the house at the time, were not injured.

Police found Lowell the next morning near 6 a.m. sleeping in a shed on Seventh Street in Ches-apeake Beach, after receiving an anonymous tip.

A couple of days after his arrest, Lowell assaulted a correctional officer at the Calvert County Detention Center, police said. The officer received six stitches to his lips. Lowell was then transferred to Prince George’s County Detention Center.

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New parents worried about safely transporting their infants home from the hospital, or more expe-rienced parents frustrated with installing car seats can call the Maryland State Police Prince Frederick barrack and make an appointment for a trained and certified officer to do it for them.

According to Det. Sgt. Al Paton, assistant commander of the Prince Frederick barrack, car seat installers receive three days of training through Kids in Safety Seats, a non-profit program offered through the Department of Health and Men-tal Hygiene.

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Important deadlines for the upcoming 2012 Presidential Primary Election are approaching. The deadline to register to vote or change party affiliation and the deadline for certain voters to request a poll-ing place change for this election is 9 pm. on Tuesday, March 13.

To vote in the upcoming primary election, Maryland residents who are eligible to vote but are not yet registered – including 17 year olds who will be 18 years old or older on or before the Nov. 6, General Election – must complete a voter registration applica-tion and hand-deliver or mail the application to a lo-cal board of elections. A hand-delivered application must be received by a local board of elections by 9 p.m. on March 13, and a mailed application must be postmarked by March 13. This is also the deadline for registered voters who have moved since the last election to provide updated address information to the local board of elections and for registered voters who wish to change their party affiliation.

Voter registration applications are available at the following locations:• Local boards of elections;•Motor Vehicle Administration offices• State Department of Health offices• Local Department of Social Services offices• Offices on Aging• Division of Rehabilitation Services• Public institutions of higher education• Marriage license bureaus• Post offices• Public libraries• State Board of Elections• 1-800-222-8683 to request an application by mail or www.elections.state.md.us (click “Voter Registration Information” under Quick Links)

Most of Maryland’s polling places are acces-sible to voters with disabilities. An elderly voter or a voter with a disability who is assigned to an inac-cessible polling place may request reassignment to an accessible polling place. This request must be submitted in writing by 9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. The form to request reassignment is available at www.elections.state.md.us (type “polling place reassignment” in the Search field). On receipt of a timely request, the local board of elections will review the request and determine whether there is an accessible polling place with the same ballot as the voter’s home precinct and notify the voter of the status of his or her request.

On the State Board of Elections’ website, a voter can verify his or her voter registration sta-tus and find out if the polling place to which he or she has been assigned is accessible. To find this information, a voter can visit www.elections.state.md.us and click on the “Find Out Here” link.

The 2012 Presidential Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, April 3, and the General Elec-tion will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Starting the 2nd Saturday before the election through the Thursday before the election, voters can vote in person at the designated early voting center(s) in their county of residence. Early voting locations and hours and additional election-related dates and information are available at www.elections.state.md.us (click “Early Voting” under Quick Links).

For more information, voters may contact the State Board of Elections at 1-800-222-VOTE (8683) or visit www.elections.state.md.us.

For the third year, College of Southern Maryland massage therapy students participated in the Ameri-can Massage Therapy Association Legislative Awareness Day event in Annapolis on Feb. 14. CSM Massage Therapy Program Coordinator Tara McManaway, M.Div.LMT, third from left, has used this event to provide a service learning opportunity for her students, including, from left, Pat Gronert of Lexington Park, Becky Tatro of Prince Frederick, McManaway,Cristal Toribio of Chesapeake Beach, Toby Love of Owings, Quarn-tina Avery of Fort Washington and Doris Scannapieco of Waldorf. The students visited with members of the Southern Maryland Delegation and provided free seated massages in the Lowe House Office Building for state workers. CSM offers an associate’s degree in massage therapy as well as certificates in therapeutic massage and therapeutic massage advanced. For information, visit csmd.edu/hea/massagetherapy.

Calvert Library Events – March 7-14

Wednesday, March 7: Cinema Café at Calvert Library. 6:00-8:30pm. Join us as we present the inspiring story of a small town high school basketball team in Indiana as they compete for a state championship. The film loosely tells the story of the team in rural Milan, Indiana, that became the pride of all Hoosiers. Discussion and snacks! Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Thursday, March 8: Calvert Conversations. 10:00-

11:00am. An informal discussion of local history of interest to long-time Calvertonians and newbies. Complimentary coffee and tea. Come, relax in our living room, and share or learn some-thing new! Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch, 3819 Harbor Road, Chesapeake Beach, 410-257-2411.

Thursday, March 8: Kids Just Want To Have Fun. 2:00-

3:00pm. Reading, discussion and projects for children in K - 3rd grade. Please register. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Thursday, March 8: What’s Your X Factor? A Music Open

Mic. 6:30-8:30pm. Bring your guitar, drums, ukulele or what-ever to share some tunes! Or just come to listen! Sign up for a 10-minute spot if you want to perform. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Friday, March 9: On Pins & Needles. 1:00-4:00pm. Bring

your quilting, needlework, knitting, crocheting, or other project for an afternoon of conversation and shared creativity. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Saturday, March 10: Garden Smarter: Ponds and Water

Features. 10:00-11:30am. Do you want to enhance your home with a pond or fountain? We will give you suggestions to consid-er when designing a water feature for your home landscape. Cal-vert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Monday, March 12: Monday Morning Movies and More.

10:00-11:00am. Bring the little ones for a movie and a story! Cal-vert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Monday, March 12: Kids Just Want to Have Fun. 6:30-

7:30pm. Reading, discussion and projects for children in K - 3rd grade. Please register. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Monday, March 12: Book Discussion. 7:00-8:30pm. Girl in

Translation by Jean Kwok. Kimberly Chang is an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. She stud-ies hard and works hard, all the while struggling with who she is and wants to become. Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch, 3819 Harbor Road, Chesapeake Beach, 410-257-2411.

Tuesday, March 13: Local History Series. 7:00-8:30pm.

Dr. Ralph Eshelman will present local history on the War of 1812. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Wednesday, March 14: Creative Memoirs: Reinventing a Life. 2:00-3:30pm. Join author and editor Elisavietta Ritchie as she encourages the art of creative memoir writing. Bring 12 double-spaced copies of your piece of memoir, 500-800 words, to work on and share with the group. Calvert Library Prince Fred-erick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Wednesday, March 14: Yes, You CAN Use a Computer!

2:00-3:00pm. Learn the steps to setting up a Facebook account so you can locate and keep in touch with friends and family. The training will last one hour and will take place in a small group. Please register. Calvert Library Southern Branch, 20 Appeal Way, Lusby, 410-326-5289.

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The American Association of University Women, Patuxent River Branch, will hold is monthly meeting on Saturday, March 10 at 10 a.m. at Good Samaritan Presbyterian Church 13025 Good Samaritan Drive (on Route 5N, near the Billingsley Rd. intersection) in Waldorf.

The meeting topic is the life of Rachel Carson, founder of the contemporary environmen-tal movement and author of Silent Spring. The video, A Sense of Wonder, will be shown.

This program uses Miss Carson’s own words to recount, with both humor and anger, the attacks by the chemical industry, the government, and the press as she attempts to get her mes-sage to the Congress and American people.

Following the video, Caroline Beane will present a short overview of integrated pest man-agement resources in Southern Maryland.

Beane is a graduate of the University of MD with a degree in Horticulture and Landscape Design. She is partner in Landscape Designs, Inc.

For over 130 years, AAUW’s members have been advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, research and philanthropy. Call Anne Creveling at 301-934-7111 for details.

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“Indulge In Yourself … And Your Good Health,” an evening for women of all ages at Calvert Memorial Hospital’s Medical Arts Center, promises to be a fabulous, fun, infor-mative event.

Plans include free health screenings and mini spa services as well as a discussion with Dr. Theodore Tsangaris, Chief of Breast Sur-gery at Johns Hopkins Medicine and medical director of CMH’s Center for Breast Care, who will present “Dispelling the Myths about Breast Cancer.”

Participants can find out how healthy they are by participating in various screen-ings: a health risk assessment, blood pressure

screening, bone density screening and spinal/postural evaluations. Appointments will be taken for clinical breast exams, vascular screenings and skin cancer screenings.

For fun, there will be seated massage, reflexology, makeovers, eyebrow waxing, bra fittings by a certified bra fitter, and paraffin hand treatments. Refreshments will be ca-tered by DuPaul’s.

You won’t want to miss this opportunity to have fun and get healthy so mark your cal-endar for Tuesday, March 20 from 6-9 p.m. in the Calvert Medical Arts Center on the CMH campus. The cost is $10 and you must regis-ter to attend. Please call 410-535-8233.

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An Evening for Women’s Health

On March 24, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center will be the site of the 10th Anniversary of the Women of the World Luncheon and Awards Program, the WOW luncheon, honor-ing Calvert’s women and celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts.

The guest speaker, Jan Verhage, is the Chief Operating Officer of Girl Scouts USA and immediate past CEO of the Girl Scout Council of our Na-tion’s Capital.

The event is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters Calvert County and the Calvert County Com-mission for Women along with Ameri-can Association of University Women Patuxent River Branch, Brem Founda-tion to Defeat Breast Cancer, Calvert County Chamber of Commerce, Cal-vert Collaborative for Children and Youth, Inc., Circle of Angels Initiative, Inc., Community Mediation Center, Concerned Black Women of Calvert County, Inc., Daughters of Abraham of Southern Maryland, Girl Scouts of Southern Maryland Calvert County, and the United Way of Calvert County Women’s Initiative.

The event grew out of a desire to celebrate International Women's Day after a visit by League members to Zambia where they witnessed festivi-ties for the Day, a press release states.

Although not celebrated on the exact day; however, since March is

Women’s History Month and the ar-rival of spring, a Saturday in March has been set aside each year for the WOW Luncheon.

Each year this event is a combi-nation of educational displays, music, food, the honoring of many women leaders by the various women’s groups participating, inspiring speakers, ca-maraderie and networking among the participants.

With a commitment to celebrate Calvert’s women’s accomplishments and to have fun in getting into the spirit of focusing on women, mentoring has been an important focus of this event.

Girl Scouts have been an integral part of the annual event for several years providing the flag ceremony and creating centerpieces. It was a logical progression to merge the two anniver-saries into this year’s celebration.

The theme, "Badge of Honor" (It’s a Badge of Honor to be a Woman of the World Today!), provides an opportunity to explore the future of today’s young women.

Reservations are required and must be paid in full by March 12. Tick-ets are $27 per person. To reserve your seat, mail checks to: League of Women Voters, P O Box 1510, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.

For additional information, con-tact Anne Mychalus at 410-586-2176 or [email protected].

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Calvert County Sheriff ’s Office PhotoFrom left is Ofc. A. White and K-9 Saber (Maryland Park Police); Dfc. J. Morgan and K-9 Edo (Cal-vert County Sheriff's Office); Dfc. S. Morder and K-9 Wolf (Calvert County Sheriff's Office); and, Ofc. G. Savoy and K-9 Tyce (Maryland Park Police)


Keeping It Simple In The Complicated World of Software Programs


The newest branch of H.D.W is slat-ed to open in Prince Frederick, though various unknowns keep the ribbon cut-ting date from being set yet.

At their March 1 meeting, the Cal-vert County Board of Appeals approved the application for a special exception to operate an automobile repair and ser-vice shop at 3745 Hallowing Point Road. Emad and Randi Al-Banna currently own the property and are in the pro-cess of selling to H.D.W. president Don Smolinski.

Smolinski said the next steps will include setting a purchase price with the Al-Bannas, obtain the necessary permits and fix the location up before opening the doors.

In addition to the planned Prince Frederick Branch, H.D.W. affiliates in-clude Clinton Cycles, GUY Motors Auto Sales and GUY Motors Auto Repair in Mechanicsville and Waldorf Metal Co.

The property also comes equipped with fuel tanks and pumps, though cur-rent plans don’t involve selling gas at the location. Planning commission members explained that the use of the fuel facili-ties is a matter for the Department of Planning and Zoning. The facilities were not mentioned in the application to the Board of Appeals and “whatever hap-pens here does not validate the use of the gas pumps,” said Board of Appeals Council Carlton Green.

Board member John Ward moved to approve the use, and the board agreed unanimously.

The board also approved the expan-sion of the Wilson Ennis Clubhouse’s services to allow for a daycare center taking up to 60 children. The facility will need to be upgraded to accommodate the children during the day. A representa-tive from the clubhouse explained the children will be kept separate from the regular traffic in the facility.

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Twenty years ago Laura Allison had to choose between macro and micro comput-ers. She is glad that she chose to learn the personal computer over the mainframe.

“There has been incredible sweeping change with the progress of technology and how integrated it has become with our lives,” Allison said. “Windows changed everything in the business world. Our cell phones, tables and PCs have more capabil-ity than mainframes.”

Allison opened Keep It Simple Com-puter Training in the Calvert Village Shop-ping Center in 1993. Prior to going into business for herself, she had been raising her two sons and daughter, finishing school and doing freelance database work. It was while doing her freelance work she saw a need for people to learn how to use a computer.

She credits to the county’s Small Busi-ness Development Center to helping her fo-cus her business plan on training.

“I love it,” she said, adding that she gets up every morning looking forward to working and getting paid for doing what she

loves to do.Her primary clients are employers who

don’t have the staff, facilities or equipment to train their employees to use the Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator and more.

Keep It Simple doesn’t limit itself to employers. Men and women seeking career changes or returning to the workplace after a period of time also benefit from train-ing. Stay-at-home parents, injured workers needing retrained or previous field employ-ees brought into the office for the first time can benefit from the courses.

“I have field workers who have never used a computer who are suddenly promot-ed to a desk job and have never used email.”

Allison said one may be surprised to learn it is not only older people who have never used a computer.

Then there are the people who don’t have time to discover the capabilities of the programs they use daily.

“I have people who go through training who say ‘I wish I knew that three weeks ago.’ The benefit of training is they get away from the work place with no interruptions they can explore those buttons,” Allison said.

Keep It Simple primarily trains Mon-day through Friday during the business day; however, when there is a need, courses may be offered at other times.

Over the years, Keep It Simple had garnered several awards including 2009 Leading Edge Award Winner Calvert County Technology Company of the Year and Small Business of the Year from the Calvert Chamber of Commerce 1999.

When not running her business, Al-

lison is on the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce and Friends of Cal-vert Library. She also provides computer access for the End Hunger Tax Preparation program offered for those with income un-der $57,000.

For more information about course of-ferings and schedule go to www.keepitsim-ple.net.

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Action Against BullyingBy Sarah MillerStaff Writer

After hearing about stu-dents her age country-wide driven to suicide over bully-ing, Unique and Kim Keemer wanted to do something to actively reach out to bully victims rather than sit idly by. The result of her work came Saturday at the first ever anti-bullying rally at the Black Belt Academy in Prince Frederick.

Unique is a student at Calvert Middle School, said Saturday’s rally is the first of what she hopes will become a long string of rallies. She and her mother have already been asked to host another one in northern Virginia.

During the rally, Keemer and her mother kept the energy up by having games and activi-ties for the students to partici-pate in, in addition to informa-tional presentations. One such game was telephone, where the kids stood in a circle and passed a message by word of mouth. Once it reached the end of the circle, the phrase no longer resembled the original.

Kim Keemer said that was an illustra-tion of how rumors are started, and how they get twisted further with each retell-ing. After a couple retellings, what is being shared is no longer the truth.

They also played two truths and a lie, where three young people came up with something interesting about themselves and it was up to the group to decide which of them was not telling the truth. This illus-trated how difficult it can be to tell the dif-ference between truths and lies.

Attendees were automatically signed up for door prizes, and there were tee shirts and CDs for sale. Unique herself recorded two songs on the CD, and Kim Keemer wrote them.

Kayla Martin, a sixth grade student at Southern Middle School, said she has been bullied at school. She said she hopes the rally will help increase the awareness about bullying, and help students who are bullies

and are being bullied.Unique said she wants to not only get

the message out about students being bul-lied – she wants to help people understand the perspective of the bullies. She said bul-lies often have low self esteem or bad home lives, and they compensate by making oth-ers feel as bad as they do.

Kim Keemer told the students that if they are being bullied at school, they have to let somebody know, whether it is their parents, their friends parents or teachers at school.

Dave Brown, a parent who attended the rally said when he was a kid the students could take care of bullies themselves.

“The way I was raised, if someone touched out, you touch them back,” he said.

Now, children defending themselves can get in as much trouble as the instigators. This makes students, including his own children, afraid to do anything, he said.

Unique took the microphone as well, explaining that school officials don’t seem to take reports of bullying seriously, leaving students feeling like they’re on their own.

Kim Keemer told the group as-sembled that the goal is to raise awareness about bullying, and hopefully address concerns of par-ents, students and even teachers in the process.

For more in-formation, call Kim Keemer at 240-257-2115.

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Photo by Sarah MillerUnique and Kim Keemer hosted their first anti bullying rally at the Black Belt Academy in Prince Frederick.

Rally attendees see how rumors get started through a game of telephone.


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Death of Pat Carpenter Leaves Big Shoes to FillBy Sarah MillerStaff Writer

The county lost a valuable asset with Pat Carpenter’s death March 2.

Since moving here in 2002 with her husband, Patricia “Pat” Carpenter has be-come a central figure in the community, taking leadership positions in various agen-cies and projects and keeping them all run-ning smoothly.

“This is a devas-tating loss for Calvert County,” said Arts Council of Calvert County President Bill Chambers.

Bob Carpen-ter, Pat Carpenter’s husband of nearly 19 years, said Pat was the kind of woman who “liked being busy, liked being involved.”

“She couldn’t sit still,” Bob said.

He said he met Pat at a political func-tion in California 25 years ago, and he never knew her to not be actively involved in something.

Pat was the Executive Director of the Calvert Art’s Council, the only community position she was paid for. She was the chair-person for the Calvert County Commission for Women, on the Board of Directors with the Calvert Marine Museum, a chair person for the Cancer Gala at the Rod ‘N’ Reel, the community events chair person for Chesa-peake Beach and on the Beach Trolley commission. And, as if all her volunteer ac-tivities weren’t enough, Pat ran Celebrate!, a floral business in North Beach.

Even with all her daily activities, Pat

always got up at 7 a.m. on Saturdays with a full agenda that covered anything from grocery shopping to prep work and events in the evening, Bob said.

Pat came by her need to be involved naturally. She came from a small town in Kansas that Bob said was very similar to North Beach only without the bay, and her family was involved in various activities

and groups at home.“It was second

nature for her to get involved,” Bob said.

County Com-missioner Susan Shaw spoke highly of Pat, saying “she con-tributed quite a bit to the community” and, even with her hectic schedule, Pat was always laughing and smiling. Walking down in North Beach and Chesapeake Beach, there weren’t many who didn’t know her, Shaw said.

Pat had the abil-ity to forge connec-tions and bring people

together, a useful quality considering all her community involvement, Shaw said.

“A lot of organizations are going to have to regroup without her,” Shaw said.

Chambers said the arts council will definitely miss her.

“Pat was one of the most wonderful people I had the honor to work with,” he said.

He said she was “perfect” as an execu-tive director and had a very shallow learn-ing curve, making it easy for her to learn and take control.

He said Pat is the reason the Calvert arts council’s grant program looks like it

does, with a strong focus on schools and students. She was also involved with the Poetry Out Loud contest, which hosted its regional competition in Calvert County for the first time this year.

Chambers said he will be filling in for Pat as best he can to keep the day-to-day operations going, but she left huge shoes to fill.

Calvert County Commission for Wom-en member Linda Bracey also finds herself with large shoes to fill.

“I really loved and admired Pat; she was a great example that I hope to be able to

live up to,” Bracey said.Bracey said she met Pat when Pat

joined the Commission for Women in 2007. She has also worked with Pat on the Arts Council of Calvert County.

Projects Bracey and Pat worked on together included the Women of the World Luncheon co-sponsored with the League of Women Voters, the Domestic Violence Month Candlelight Vigil and Recognition Ceremony co-sponsored with Crisis Inter-vention and the Clothesline Project, among others.

Bracey said the Calvert County Com-mission for Women is trying to get through the Women of the World Luncheon on March 24 without Pat, and they will regroup and come up with a long term plan later.

Calvert Marine Museum Director Doug Alves spoke similarly of Pat, saying she worked on a number of committees and helped with the annual Bugeye Ball Fund-raiser. He said Pat was a great friend of the museum, and she will be missed.

“It breaks our hearts,” Alves said.Pat was so dedicated to her work that

even when she went into the hospital due to complications with ITP (a disorder in which the body’s immune system destroys the platelets needed for clotting that Pat was di-agnosed with eight years ago) she was more concerned about missing an appointment with a bride to discuss floral arrangements and getting behind with work and e-mail.

Bob said Pat even had him come out to George Washington University Hospital the day before she died because her computer wasn’t working properly and she wanted to get into her e-mail.

Like Bob, Bracey said Pat was “always about everyone else.”

A memorial will be held for Pat at the Rod ‘N’ Reel in Chesapeake Beach on March 11 from 4-7 p.m.

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Pat Carpenter Pat Carpenter, right and husband Bob. Pat died Friday, March 2. “This is a devastating loss for Calvert County,” said Arts Council of Calvert County President Bill Chambers.


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Delegate’s Bible is DustyIn the Calvert Gazette Feb. 23, 2012 edi-

tion there is an article that has me wondering what are our "leaders" thinking.

Delegate John Bohanan who is sup-posed to be Catholic according to what I hear, voted yes to gay marriage. Are we to let our elected officials (particularly Democrats) lead our state and ultimately our nation down the road to hell?

There must be a lot of dust on Bohanan's Bible if he has one. You see, the word of God

is very clear on this issue, it is not called a sin, it is called an abomination and rightly so. Anyone who has had high school biology can see the parts don't fit, therefore it is unnatural.

I have read that the ninth circuit court upheld this issue in California, but the ninth circuit is the most overturned court in the country, they have been reversed about 75% of the time by the Supreme Court when an is-sue was brought before them on appeal.

Gays make up 6 to 7 percent of the pop-

ulation but they are indeed a vocal 6 percent. Are our political leaders supposed to give in to the will of human beings when the words of the Creator are so explicit?

Even the animal kingdom does not en-gage in such behavior.

Rest assured Bohanon, I will never vote for you. This is man’s arrogance at its highest.

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By Marta Hummel Mossburg

Intolerance is a car-dinal sin for believers in the progressive faith. But the actions of the tax-payer-funded immigrant advocacy group Casa de Maryland (Casa) show that progressives willing-ly violate their own rules to force others to abide by their beliefs.

Casa pushed legisla-tion known as the Dream Act to allow students residing in the state il-legally to receive in-state tuition discounts at Maryland’s public colleges and universi-ties if they meet certain qualifications. The group lobbied hard for the law, which passed in 2011. I don’t take issue with its support for legislation, as everyone has the right to free speech and to petition our government.

Opponents of the bill quickly mobi-lized to put the bill to a vote of the people, gathering about twice as many signatures as necessary to put the legislation on the ballot this year. This is where the group’s hypocrisy arises. Casa and other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the state for certify-

ing the petitions, claiming that Mdpetitions.com had not collected enough signatures to refer the law to ballot. Casa also claimed

the legislation was an appropria-tions bill, making it ineligible for referendum.

So, when Casa didn’t get its way, it tried to stop others through the court system from exercising their rights, despite overwhelm-ing evidence that Mdpetitions.com abided by the law. Can anyone say undemocratic?

Casa withdrew its challenge to petition signatures late last year. But it maintained that the legisla-tion could not go to referendum be-cause it dealt with appropriations.

Circuit Judge Ronald A. Silk-worth thankfully rejected that argument last week, writing in his decision, “If mere-ly affecting an appropriation became the test for determining if a law actually makes an appropriation, the result would deprive voters of the important constitutional right of referendum.”

Come November, voters will rightly get to decide whether legislators made the correct decision last year. Regardless of one’s views on immigration, however, Ca-sa’s tactics reveal a contempt for the demo-cratic process and free speech of those who disagree with its views.

Toothless censureLast week the state Senate voted unani-

mously to censure Ulysses Currie, Prince George’s County Democrat, for not dis-closing his financial ties to Shoppers Food Warehouse.

He was acquitted last year of federal bribery charges in the case. But what is clear is that the former head of the Budget and Taxation Committee took about $250,000 from Shoppers and never reported it on ethics forms as required -- even as he was voting on legislation affecting the compa-ny. His malfeasance should have prompted members of the Senate to remove him from office. Instead, he will be allowed to keep his job, and as Len Lazarick wrote in Mary-land Reporter, he will also be permitted to sit on conference committees, the powerful groups that reconcile legislation between the House and the Senate. Worse, Lazarick re-ports members of the Senate did not official-ly adopt requirements that would have made each member of the General Assembly meet yearly with an ethics adviser to review his or her tax returns -- which would make it much harder to hide income. So much for legisla-tors holding one another accountable.

Marta Hummel Mossburg is a se-nior fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute.

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Brian Buck, 50

Brian Winfred Buck, more affection-ately known as “Jake” and “Bally”, was born on March 25, 1961 in Calvert County, Maryland to the late Frances Delores Stew-art Buck and Nathan-iel Buck, Sr. He peace-fully departed this life on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.

Brian was a graduate of the Calvert County Public Schools System where dur-ing his high school years; he was a star basketball player and a member of the track team. He attended Eastern United Methodist Church; and sang in the youth choir “Tomorrow’s Voices”. He enjoyed listening to music, cooking and most of all - hanging with family and friends. If Bally was present, laughter was bound to be part of your day as he could always be counted on to bring about smiles and laughter by cracking jokes.

Brian used his handyman skills work-ing for several companies. He was a ‘jack of all trades’. No matter the size of the task (great or small), all one would have to do was call him and he would do his very best to work it all out.

Left to cherish many memories of his life are his two beautiful daughters and six grandchildren whom he deeply loved: Nadine (Jonah, Lynaijah, & Jamon), and Levina (JayVion, Kaniya & Merriyah), three brothers: Nathaniel, Jr. (Joyce), Steve (Mary Jane), and Levi (Felicia), three sis-ters: Robin (friend Stanley), Renea (Leroy), and Brenda (friend Kevin), three uncles: James, Richard, and Charles Buck, six aunts: Ruth Blake (now deceased), Bea-trice, Louise, Patricia, Delores, and Mary Buck, Marnette and Lucille Stewart, and Emmalene Holland, a very special friend Catherine Stewart, along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Preceding him in death were his par-ents, Frances Delores Stewart Buck and Nathaniel Buck, Sr., a sister Wanda Ann Buck, a niece Shekeya Patrice Mackall, a nephew Alexander Antwan Mackall, and a brother-in-law Glenn Elroy Taylor.

Funeral service was held on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Eastern UM

Church, Lusby, MD with Rev. Dr. Samson Nortey officiating. The interment was at Sutton Cemetery, Lusby, MD.

The pallbearers were Carlos Buck, J. C. Buck, Darwin Herbert, Garry Buck, Elston Harvey, and Eugene Johnson. The Flower Bearers were Cindy Bannister, Tawny Gross, Sharon Mayes, Carolyn Gantt, Patricia Harrod, and Clarice Parran.

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

Ethel Cox, 88

Ethel H. Cox, 88, of Prince Frederick, MD passed away on Feb. 29, 2012 in Prince Frederick, MD.

She was born on June 14, 1923 in Stoakley, MD to Wil-liam and Ethel M. Rawlings Hodges.

She was raised on the banks of the Patuxent River near Leitches Warf with her four brothers and two sisters. She was a graduate of Calvert High School and was the Vice President of Cox Alarm Inc. Her hobbies were gardening, collect-ing antiques, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Ethel was predeceased by her hus-band Charles Allen Cox. She was also predeceased by her parents and her four brothers; Leon, Rawlings, Edward, Bill Hodges, and her sister Lee Vernon.

She is survived by her son, Maurice Cox and his wife Betty of Prince Fred-erick, MD. She is also survived by her granddaughter Ashleigh Cox of Prince Frederick, MD and her sister LaRue Bow-en of Hollywood, MD.

The family received friends on Sun-day March 4, 2012 at the Rausch Funer-al Home, Port Republic, MD. Funeral services were held March 5, 2012 at the funeral home. Interment followed at the Huntingtown UMC Cemetery in Hun-tingtown, MD.

Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimers Association, South-ern Maryland Office, National Capital Area Chapter, P.O. Box 1889, LaPlata, MD 20646.

Betty Estep, 68Betty Lou Estep,

68, of Lothian, MD passed away Feb. 27, 2012 at Anne Arundel Medical Center, An-napolis, MD.

She was born Feb. 26, 1944 in Greenock, MD to Elmer and Mar-garet (Stallings) More-land. Betty received her education in Anne Arundel County Schools and graduated from Southern High School in 1961. She was married to James E. Estep in Forest-ville, MD in 1964. Betty was a school bus driver for Lane Bus Service transporting Anne Arundel Public School students.

She enjoyed traveling to Dover and playing the slots. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy.

She was preceded in death by her par-ents, a sister Sue Plumley and two brothers James and Elmer Moreland.

Surviving are her husband James E. Estep of Lothian; three children Wendy Owens of Edgewater, Joseph Estep and his wife Tina of Lothian and Jackie Shartzer and her husband Buddy of Lothian; six grandchildren; a sister Donna Moreland and brother Richard Moreland both of Lothian.

Friends were received on Thursday, March 1, 2012, where a service and celebra-tion of Betty’s life was held. Interment is private.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.

Rodney Jones, 56Rodney Elwood

Jones was born Sept. 29, 1955 to the late Charles Franklin and Eva Genevieve Coby Jones. After a brief ill-ness, Rodney departed this life on Feb. 27, 2012 at Calvert Memo-rial Hospital.

Rodney, known to his family and friends as "Danny Boy", received his educa-tion from the Calvert County Public School System. He worked as a carpenter for Rich-ard Barrett Construction Company. Rodney was a very hard worker. No job was too big or small for him.

Rodney was a great father. As a single parent he loved spending time with his son, Jonathan, who was his heart. At any given time, you would find Rodney spending qual-ity time with Jonathan teaching him some of the hobbies he enjoyed, such as fishing and hunting. He also enjoyed hunting with his friend David Hall, car racing, watching the History Channel, Animal Planet, and the World Wrestling Entertainment. He was an amateur astrologist and loved gazing at the stars, moon, and planets. He could tell you just about anything you wanted to know about the solar system. He also was good at math. While you are getting pencil and pa-per, he would already have the answer. As a die-hard Redskins fan his view about the Redskins was that they never lost a game. He was a farmer at heart and loved working around the farm and helping others.

Rodney was baptized in Jesus name on Jan. 22, 2012. He was so excited that day. He said it was the best day of his life and

that it was like Christmas for him.He leaves to cherish his memory, his

son, Jonathan, brothers, Lloyd, Charles, Delano, Melvin, Larry, Lorenzo, Carson, Alvin, and Colbert; a sister, Lorelei; eight sisters-in-law, Olivia, Ruby, Agnes, Barba-ra, Maggie, Faye, Jackie, and Pamela; one aunt, Audrey Mackall, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and a very spe-cial friend, Regina Gray. His brother Elli-son Jones preceded in death.

Funeral service was held on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Mt. Gethsemane Holi-ness Church, Huntingtown, MD with Elder Charles Hall officiating. The interment was at Apostolic Faith Church Cemetery, Ow-ings, MD.

The pallbearers were Ford Harris, Melvin Jones, Charles Jones, Ross Jones, Delano Jones, Jr., and Raymond Jones. The honorary pallbearers were Colbert Jones, Lloyd Jones, Jr., and Lorenzo Jones, Jr.


Chuck Klein, 86Harry Owings

“Chuck” Klein, 86, of Chesapeake Beach, MD passed away Feb. 27, 2012 at his residence.

Chuck was born March 16, 1925 in Ow-ings, MD and raised in Chesapeake Beach where he attended the former Beach one-room school.

Chuck enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 and served aboard the USS Thom-as Stone, a troop transport vessel that was torpedoed one day out of Algiers in North Africa. He then served aboard the USS Baxter in the Pacific Theater and participat-ed in three invasions of the Philippines and in the last battle of WWII in Okinawa. He was discharged March 23, 1946 as a Signal-man Third Class, and was awarded the Eu-ropean, Pacific, Philippine Liberation, and American Theater Ribbons, and the WWII Victory Medal. Upon his discharge Chuck ran fishing charter boats on the Chesapeake Bay and in Florida. He also worked for 21 years as a manager at the Rod & Reel in Chesapeake Beach.

He married Allene Anne Moreland in 1962 and they lived in Chesapeake Beach where they owned and operated Chuck’s Carry-Out and Laundromat until retiring in the mid-1980’s. He also captained his charter boat Special Angel out of the Rod & Reel dock. In retirement Chuck and Anne wintered for 22 years at a home they owned in Port Charlotte, FL. In his leisure time Chuck enjoyed fishing, woodworking and re-finishing furniture, reading, and dining at good restaurants.

Chuck was preceded in death by broth-ers George and Herbert Klein and by a sis-ter Theresa Reid.

He is survived by six children, Timo-thy Klein and wife Melissa of Chesapeake Beach, MD, Wesley Gordon “Chuck” Klein of Tonopah, NV, Barbara Morton of Thom-ason, GA, Brenda Knopp and husband Ray of Deale, MD, Carolyn Ward and husband Smokey and Bernard “Monty” King, Jr., all of Chesapeake Beach. Also surviving are ten grandchildren and eight great-grand-children and sisters Emily Dixon of Plum


Point, MD and Evelyn Hardesty of Friend-ship, MD.

Friends and family were received on Friday March 2, 2012 at Rausch Funeral Home, Owings, MD, where services and a celebration of Chuck’s life followed. Inter-ment is private.

In lieu of flowers memorial contribu-tions may be made in Mr. Klein’s name to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058.

Arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, Owings, MD.

Phyllis Lazarus, 43Phyllis A. Laza-

rus, age 43 of Prince Frederick, Maryland passed away Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at her home.

She is the loving mother of Niki and J.J. and the daughter of Donald Escarraz and the late Barbara Escarraz. She is the grand-mother of Destiney, Heaven Angel, and Autumn and the sister of Pam, Paul, Pete, Pat and Philip. She is also survived by her significant other Randy Catterton.

Phyllis was born in Athens, Georgia and has lived in Calvert County for five years and worked for PAE, a government contractor in the human resources’ depart-ment. While with PAE she served a year in Iraq.

Children were very important to Phyl-lis and she enjoyed helping mentally ill and handicapped children. She loved cooking, baking, flower gardening and was known as an all around homemaker. Services and interment are private.

Reese Mackall, Sr., 58God, in his infi-

nite wisdom and tender mercy called his ser-vant, Maurice Wind-field Mackall, Sr., to eternal heavenly-rest on Feb. 14, 2012 at his home in Lusby, Mary-land after a lengthy illness.

Reese, as he was known to family and friends, was born to Clarence Mackall, Sr. and Catherine Dent on March 14, 1953 in Calvert County, Maryland. He was educat-ed in the Public Schools of Calvert County, Maryland. For a number of years Reese worked as a facility maintenance worker beginning with his first job at Ft. Meade Army Base, Maryland. For the past 10 years, he worked with independent contrac-tors such as Bolana Enterprises, Inc. (Navy Academy), and Best Kept Buildings, Inc. (Anne Arundel County Courthouse) both located in Annapolis, Maryland until his health began to fail.

On June 25, 1983, Maurice was unit-ed in holy matrimony to Frances Laverne Goldring at St. Johns United Methodist Church, Lusby Maryland. Out of this union was born one son, Maurice, Jr. better known as “lil man” when you saw one, you saw the other. They would often be seen at the race track or just out having father and son time together, they were inseparable.

Anyone that knew Reese also knows that he loved and enjoyed professional racing with lineup drivers such as funny car driver John Force; Pro stock, Warren Johnson; and in the top fuel, Antron Brown. He also en-joyed going to the track to watch his brother Jimmy when he raced his 1989 Mustang -- and let’s not forget that 302 engine which he often reminded everyone who would listen.

He was extremely close to his mom, which was a daily stop for him before re-turning home from work. He enjoyed Mom’s home cooked meals on Sunday and had a very close relationship with all his siblings. He and his wife Frances enjoyed his annual birthday celebration shared with family and friends.

Reese was a member of Mt. Geth-semane Holiness Church under the leader-ship of Bishop Robert D. Watts and was bap-tized in the name of Jesus accepting Christ as his Lord and Savior.

He was preceded in death by his step-father, Henry Johnson, brothers Lewis John-son, Allen and Gerald Mackall. His grand-parents Joseph & Eliza Dent and Chester Sr. & Sophie Mackall; aunts Helen Powell, Annie Mackall; Josephus Chase; Lillian Brooks; and Ella Mackall; uncles Richard and Charles Dent, and Cornelius Mackall, and one brother-in-law, Joey Thomas.

He leaves to cherish fond memories a loving and devoted wife, Frances; his son Maurice (Kavisha); his mother, Catherine, and his father Clarence (Virginia). His sisters Vanessa (Myron); Delsie (Michael); Cathy; Linda (Charles) and Lavenia; His brothers Clarence Jr. (Shirley); Albert (Hester); Hen-ry; Josephus; Steve; James (Kim); Michael; William (Aimee); David; and Steven (Ann); sisters-in-law Mary (Robert); Harriet (Guy); Florence (Ernest); Joyce; Barbara (Harry); brothers-in-law Charles; Frankie (Lisa); John (Vickie); Joseph (Barbara Jean); James (Wanda); Michael (Angie), Thomas and Jo-seph; aunts Mary Gross (Napoleon); Rachel Johnson; Elizabeth Graham; uncles Wilbur Dent (Ann); Joseph Dent; Chester Mackall (Annie); Elmore Mackall (Florence). His beloved godchildren Lance Thompson and Crea Stewart and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Funeral service was held on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Mt. Geth-semane Holiness Church, Huntingtown, MD with Bishop Robert D. Watts officiating. The interment was at Mt. Gethsemane Holiness Church Cemetery, Huntingtown, MD.

The pallbearers were Dale McKinney, James Goldring, Craig Wallace, Eric Young, Charles Gantt, and Clarence Sollers. The honorary pallbearers were Guy Reynolds, Charles Weems, Myron Thompson, William Foote, and Carlton Jones.


Maj. Donald Milliken, 77, USAF, Ret.

Donald James Mil-liken, of Upper Marl-boro, Maryland, died on March 1, 2012 at the age of 77.

He was born on April 4, 1934 in East Palestine, Ohio to Ed-ward and Vera Clare Milliken.

In 1956, Donald married Wilda “Carol” Wilde. In July, 1957 he joined the United

States Air Force. The Milliken family lived the military way of life until he retired in 1979, after 22 years of service.

He was an Ohio State Alumni and en-joyed and coached baseball, football and bas-ketball. He could always be found cheering for his grandchildren at their sporting events. He was their #1 Fan.

Donald is survived by Carol, his wife of 55 years and their five children – Doni (Terry), Lori, (Bruce), Jeri (John), Ed (Patty) and Richard (Caren). He was the devoted grandfather of 13 grandchildren – Rachel, Jessica, Josh, Drew, Amie, Rebecca, Ethan, Connie, Christina, Eddie, CJ, DJ and Scott and the great-grandfather to Cora, Eric, Lucy and Jake.

Donald went by many titles: Husband, Dad, Grandfather, Major, Coach and Friend. He touched many lives and will be greatly missed.

Memorial contributions may be made in Donald’s memory to the Hospice of Chesa-peake, 8724 Jericho City Drive, Landover, MD 20785 or Fisher House Foundation, Inc., 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20850-5168.

Family and friends were received at Lee Funeral Home Calvert, Owings, on Tuesday, March 6, where Funeral Services were held Wednesday, March 7 at 12:30 pm.

Interment is at Maryland Veterans Cem-etery, Cheltenham, Maryland.

Edith Seipp, 91Edith Evelyn Seipp,

91, of North Beach, MD passed away on Feb. 26, 2012 at Calvert Memo-rial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD.

Edith was born Dec. 26, 1920 in Balti-more, MD to Ervin and Gertrude (Wolf) Hann. She received her edu-cation in Baltimore schools. Edith married Calvert M. Seipp in July 1970. She was em-ployed as a bookkeeper for Fields of Pikes-ville for 46 years, retiring in 2006. Edith has resided in North Beach since her retirement. She was an avid reader and enjoyed mystery novels. Edith treasured the friends she made at the North Beach Senior Center.

She was preceded in death by her par-ents, her husband Calvert M. Seipp, a son Robert Zerrlaut and brothers Irvin and Mil-ton Hann.

She is survived by her niece Janet L. Be-wley of North Beach, MD.

A Memorial Service was held Monday, March 5, 2012 at Friendship United Meth-odist Church, Friendship, MD. Interment is private in Woodlawn Cemetery, Baltimore, MD.

Memorial contributions may be made to North Beach Senior Center, P.O. Box 85, North Beach, MD 20714

Robert Sugden, 94Robert Louis Sug-

den, 94, of Owings, MD, passed away Feb. 26, 2012, at Calvert Me-morial Hospital, Prince Frederick, MD.

He was born Jan. 31, 1918 in Atlantic City, NJ to John and Irene

(Martwick) Sugden.Robert was raised in New Jersey and

attended Atlantic City public schools. He en-listed in the U.S Army on Dec. 4, 1943, and served during WWII in the 29th Engineer Topographic Battalion earning the Ameri-can and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medals, the Philippines Liberation Ribbon and the WWII Victory Medal. He was discharged as a Tech 4 on April 24, 1946.

Robert married Anna Gertrude Waggett on June 29, 1946 and they made their home in Takoma Park, MD. He was employed as a cartographer for the Federal Government in Washington, D.C. and in Rockville, MD, retiring in 1973. Robert and Anna moved to North Beach in 2008, and following her death he lived in assisted living for a year before moving to Calvert County Nursing Center, where he had resided for the last six months.

In his leisure time, Robert enjoyed gar-dening, woodworking, playing trombone, doing crossword puzzles and working on cars. He was also an accomplished handy-man. He was a member of Smithville Unit-ed Methodist Church, a former member of Wallace Memorial Presbyterian Church in Adelphi, MD and Grace United Methodist Church in Takoma Park, MD. Robert was also a former member of the Greenbelt Con-cert Band where he played the trombone.

He was preceded in death by his par-ents, his wife Anna G. Sugden and by five brothers.

Robert is survived by his daughters Laureen A. Pond of Goodyear, AZ and Joanne M. Chaney and her husband Larry of Owings, MD. Also surviving are five grand-daughters, Jackie and Natalie Pond, Elaine Webb, Karen Mbuu and Diane Chaney, and three great-grandchildren, Chantal, Koryn and Luke.

Friends and family were received on March 1, 2012, at Rausch Funeral Home, Owings, MD and also on Friday, March 2, at Smithville United Methodist Church, Dunkirk, MD. Services and a celebration of Robert’s life followed, with interment in the church cemetery.

Memorial contributions in Mr. Sug-den’s name may be made to Smithville U.M. Church.

William Tyson, Jr., 73William Sherrod Tyson, Jr., 73, of Char-

lotte Hall, MD, formerly of Upper Marlboro, MD, died on Feb. 26, 2012.

He was born on March 11, 1938, Green-ville, North Carolina to William and Mary Tyson.

He is beloved husband of the late Irene Tyson and a loving father of Richard A. Ty-son and his wife, Rita and Donna Cox and her husband, Dwight. He was a devoted grandfather to Steven Tyson, Carly, Chad and Connor Cox and a loving brother of Preston Tyson and Ann Storey.

William is an Army Veteran and a member of the Operating Engineers Union Local #77.

Family and friends were received at Lee Funeral Home, Owings, on Monday, March 5, where Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, March 6.

Interment is at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD.

Memorial contributions in Mr. Tyson’s memory may be made to: Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, 29449 Charlotte Hall Rd., Charlotte Hall, MD 20622.

Thursday, March 8, 2012 16The Calvert GazetteSpotlight On


Following a successful inaugural year at Calvert High School, the Biomedical Science Pathway will be launched at every high school in the county during the next school year.

The new pathway is through national cur-riculum Project Lead the Way. Principals of Bio-medical Sciences teacher Kristen Clark had to go through a two-week training course in order to learn the curriculum and fit it to the way Calvert County Public Schools work.

“We have a great group of students who are very motivated, very interested in the health care field,” Craft said.

With 20 in the first class last year and 27 this year, interest in the new pathway is increasing.

“We’re definitely getting the word out,” Craft said.

Sophomore Robert White was so interested in being in the new pathway that he transferred from Patuxent High School in order to take the class. He said he plans to go into the medical field, and wants to either work in respiratory therapy or physical therapy.

Eventually, the class Craft has been teach-ing will be for freshmen entering the Biomedi-cal Sciences Pathway, with another three classes to take them through the rest of their high school career, including a capstone project during their

senior year. Next year, Principals of Biomedical Sciences will be offered at each high school in the county.

The major emphasis in the classes will be project based, with students working in groups and having the opportunity to see how what they’re learning connects to the real world.

Juniors Amanda Holley and Tatiana Hol-land took the first class last year, and came back for the Human Body Systems class, taught by Stephen King.

Both girls said they want to go into the med-ical field, working as OB/GYNs and helping to deliver babies.

Holland said the first class was a lot of work, but it was worth it. She said they learned how the body works and what systems are involved in different functions, and even dissected a heart, giving them hands on learning.

Unfortunately, some students have trouble finding the time for the pathway in their sched-ules, especially when trying to fit in AP courses and electives. Craft said even in its second year of implementation at Calvert High School that problem has seen a couple students leave the program.

“That’s the hard part for some of these kids,” Craft said. “They want to do so many things it’s hard to fit it in.”

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Calvert High School parents learned the International Thespian Society took its name from the Greek actor/play writer Thespis. They heard their teens recited their Foreign Language Honorarium vows in their second language. And they enjoyed a nice reception and snacks provided by the National Honor Society.

According to Linda Roberts, advisor for Foreign Language Hono-rarium, the high school has com-bined the induction services of all three organizations for about seven years. Conducting one ceremony during the school day makes it pos-sible for both students and parents to attend one program instead multiple and the school advisors to pull their resources.

“Many students are involved in after-school activities both in and out of school, some have jobs, and even the sponsors have other activities. But since it's just a once-a-year event, it's not a problem,” wrote Roberts.

“Many students are in more than one honor society, so instead of making them go through multi-ple inductions, we just put them all together. It also saves the parents from having to constantly take off from work to attend -- they come

once and they're good! In addition, it's nice for the sponsors because we share the responsibilities instead of me having to do everything for my inductions, Mr. Redden having to do everything for his ceremony, and Mr. Saunders having to do everything for his.”

The students participated heavily in the induction services from opening remarks, to NJROTC presenting the Colors, Kait-lin Wilding singing the National Anthem, to all the society officers handling various sections of the formal ceremony. Principal Susan Johnson had closing remarks.

Foreign Language Honorarium Sponsors, Abigail Gerwin, Linda Roberts, NHS Sponsor, Dave Redden have a stage view of all the honorees.

Combined Ceremony Recognizes Nearly 100 Students

New Biomedical Pathway Coming to Each High School

Photos courtesy of Jennifer AndreasenSenior Maya Eller recognizes the dual foreign language students during the ceremony.

Photo by Sarah MillerJuniors Amanda Holley, left, and Tatiana Holland work with a model in the second year Biomedical Pathway class.

Thursday, March 8, 201217 The Calvert GazetteSpotlight On

By Carrie MunnStaff Writer

The beauty of community colleges, according to College of Southern Maryland (CSM) President Brad Gottfried, is they can turn on a dime and genuinely respond to the community’s workforce needs.

“For us, it’s all about listening, making sure we stay relevant and providing employers with the workforce of the future,” Gottfried said.

He was joined by the many leaders within CSM that are putting that sentiment into action. Exemplifying how one program was cre-ated with the support of the nuclear energy industry, Mark Draxton, Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG) Manager and CSM Vice President and Dean of the Prince Frederick Campus, Richard Fleming shared how the Nuclear Engineering Technology (NET) program is answering the call of the community.

Draxton explained how more than 60 percent of the nuclear tech-nology workforce is eligible for retirement within the next decade, leading the industry to take action in providing a means to get a new generation trained to replace them. He referred to CSM’s NET pro-gram as a national model in its approach, involving the industry ex-perts from the curriculum development phase to the career pathways enabled through internships at Calvert Cliffs.

In May, the program will graduate 12 students. Fleming said the turnout and success rate of the program exceeded his expectations and announced that ground has been broken on a $10 million addition to the Prince Frederick campus, in which 3,000 square feet of space will be dedicated to the NET program’s state-of-the art equipment and ap-plied learning lab space.

Many, like CENG scholarship recipients Jonathan Varesko and Dante Johnson, who shared their personal academic stories with the crowd gathered at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center (SMHEC) on Tuesday morning, are seeing doors open to career paths with starting salaries around $50,000 a year.

Varesko shared his gratitude for the financial assistance in com-pleting the NET program, adding that learning from instructors who work at the power plant is beneficial for keeping students engaged and preparing them for practical workforce applications. “It’s a career opener, really … cooperative learning programs work,” he stated.

Rear Admiral Steve Eastburg, Deputy Commander of Naval Air Systems Command, spoke to the importance of another pipeline development, incorporating K-12 outreach, CSM and University of Maryland engineering courses offered at SMHEC into the creation of a highly qualified workforce. Eastburg said it’s essential to “grow a more robust science and technology base” to answer to defense needs in the next 5 to 20 years.

Gary Kessler, Executive Director of Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, shared that within the aviation technology commu-nity, they are also facing problems of an aging workforce. He shared how, at the local level, science and technology, which are a predomi-nant and expanding part of Naval aviation, can be integrated into all education levels and how, so far, the base has interfaced with about 8,000 kids in public and private schools through classroom and after school activities.

Studens interested in following an established path to meaningful work with the base can complete their first two years at CSM, transfer to University of Maryland’s engineering program, taking courses lo-cally at the SMHEC, while completing paid internships at the base.

Kessler stated that four students, who completed the pipeline pro-gram, are now working at NAVAIR. While the number of students en-rolled continues to increase, he said ultimately the goal is to have about 60 students, in their junior and senior years, coming out of it each year.

A planned third wing at the SMHEC, will further support the en-gineering program, which provides opportunities for both education and work in the local area.

Kessler said even in troubled economic times, the civilian new hires for fiscal year 2012 are projected to be around 620 positions, and they are expected to grow more in the future, especially in key tech-nological fields like unmanned and advanced information systems, as well as data technologies.

Eastburg said that while “sizable reductions in our defense bud-get” are expected, the need for a well-educated workforce will contin-ue to be vitally important. “I’m excited about the results we’re seeing so far and we are absolutely committed to sustaining and growing this program.”

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Offering school-aged children the chance to get outside and be ac-tive, the Calvert County Youth Flag Football League (CCYFFL) is gear-ing up for their second season.

Flag football commissioner and coach Joe Chenelly said the CCYFFL was started last year as an offshoot of the St. Mary’s County branch. In the first season, 120 chil-dren from Dunkirk to Lusby were involved in the new league. So far, Chenelly said there are 100 children already pre-registered and they are aiming for 200 participants between the ages of 5 and 17.

“It’s a pretty good deal,” Chenelly said.

Registration closes March 16 and is $75 per participant, which includes the cost of jerseys and the flags. The number of children who register determines the number of teams, and there are normally 10 children on a team. There are five players from each team on the field at one time, and every player gets the chance to play over the course of the game.

Coach Mark Stubbs, who played flag football for 20 years, said he has coached in other counties during his five-year tenure as a coach, and currently coaches a team in Dunkirk.

He said the Calvert “seems to be the best league and the best people.”

There’s a lot of strategy involved in the game, Stubbs said, and the kids work on their footwork, agility and hand-eye coordination in addition to other skills. For kids involved in other sports, it keeps them in shape during the off-season.

“I love this game,” Stubbs said. “There’s noth-ing like it.”

Alyssa Stubbs has been playing for a year, and said flag football helps keep her in shape for field hockey. She said her favorite position is wide receiver, though she has also played running back

and safety.Chenelly said for the young people involved,

being on the team is a confidence builder and teach-es children to work on a team. He said for students involved in regular football, being in flag football during the off-season can “turn a good receiver into a great receiver.”

Playing flag football has helped 9-year-old Mark Stubbs develop leadership skills as a quarter-back. He said he calls plays in the huddle and has learned to read the defense so he knows whether to call a running or a passing play, and wants to play football when he’s in high school.

He said it is also a good alternative for chil-dren who want to play football, but don’t like tackle football.

Flag football is independent from the public schools, which means home-schooled and parochial school students can also be involved, Chenelly said.

For more information, including dates to sign up in person, visit www.ccyffl.org.

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Photos courtesy of Mark StubbsFrom top left is Logan Duerr, Lukas Groom, Logan Douglas, Jens Jensen Coach Stubbs, Mark Stubbs, Bobby Knott, Tristan Leys, Noah Vitco, Ryan Douglas, Coach Vitco.

Calvert Flag Football League Growing

CSM, Johns Hopkins University Sign Agreement

The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (JHCBS) and the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) have partnered to offer students a seam-less transfer from CSM to the Bachelor of Sci-ence in Business program at JHCBS through the Johns Hopkins Carey Alliance Program for Ex-cellence (CAPE).

The program’s first participants can transfer in fall 2012.

“Knowing where the College of Southern Maryland is located, where it draws its students from, and given the footprint of Johns Hopkins in the state of Maryland, this is a very, very im-portant partnership. It allows us as a university business school to find the best and the brightest that is within our neighborhood and to get access to those students without losing them to other states,” said Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Interim Dean Dr. Phil Phan.

“We want to encourage area high school students who are considering a business degree to look into starting their studies at CSM. This partnership provides students affordable tuition at CSM with access to advising and resources from Johns Hopkins University while they are working on their associate’s degrees close to home. CSM students will continue to receive great value as the partnership has built-in scholar-ships for eligible students when they transfer to complete their bachelor’s degree at Carey Business School," said CSM President Dr. Brad Gottfried.

CSM President Dr. Brad Gottfried, left, seals an articulation agreement with a handshake with Johns Hopkins Carey Busi-ness School Interim Dean Dr. Phil Phan.


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By Debra MeszarosMXSportsNutrition.com

It’s hard not to notice the impact the Dr. Oz show has had on inspiring people to manage their own health. His show is beginning to influence a very broad audience as people of all ages are ex-ploring the idea of taking their health into their own hands. For those of us in the natural and integra-tive health practices, this is a movement very much welcomed.

As a practitioner, I also cannot avoid the many questions I’m asked about his supplement recom-mendations. One must realize that articles, internet posts, and even TV shows have limitations. The re-cent influx of inquiries related to weight loss prod-ucts has shown the limitations; people are just not realizing that maintaining healthy weight levels has many factors. The quest of the masses looking for that miracle, magic pill that will take off unwanted weight by the pounds continues, regardless of the fact that one does not exist. The reality for most people struggling with weight is that permanent weight loss, lost in a healthy manner, more than likely cannot be achieved with just a supplement.

Myths and misinformationAlthough this is not new news, diet products

may contain less calories but at the expense of add-ing designer sweeteners, chemicals, and often tak-ing out much needed healthy fats from the food; creating other issues within the human body. Since weight gain is rarely related to healthy calorie in-take, why poison your body and stress organs that perhaps are already stressed?

Designer ‘sweeteners’ know as artificial ‘sweeteners’, stress many organs in your body for several reasons. With some of these ‘sweeteners’, the brain and certain organs of the body are tricked into thinking that energy will be generated from these ‘sweeteners’, when in fact no energy is pro-duced and the body in its confused state, calls for more food. Yes, ‘sweeteners’ can increase your ap-petite! So diet foods may not be the answer.

When it comes to body weight, the human body when balanced will automatically maintain ideal weight. To achieve this balanced state one must explore the functions of their organs, especially thyroid, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, digestive en-zymes, flora balance of the intestinal area, and….emotional state. These are often “root” factors for being over weight.

It is believed that between 10 to 25 million Americans have low functioning thyroids and many more undiagnosed. Testing your own thyroid is ex-tremely easy, a simple Basal Temperature Test can be done at home and is claimed to be very accurate. If indeed the thyroid is under functioning, this is a factor that must be addressed to achieve healthy, permanent weight loss. Many have had success bal-ancing their thyroid with natural options.

Dietary intake of too many simple carbohy-drates, pasta, rice, starch vegetables, grains, and sugars, including fructose, creates extra stress on the pancreas and liver and often causes under func-tion. These two organs produce 80% of the body’s much needed enzymes. If they are busy dealing with blood sugar levels they cannot complete the hundreds of bodily functions they are responsible for and therefore can lead to many different dys-functions of the body. When the digestive processes by these organs are hindered, so is the utilization of nutrients from your food and supplements. Replac-

ing these foods with vegetables and proteins can help keep these organs functioning properly.

Gallbladder removal is common practice and places these individuals in a digestive disadvantage. Often one is simply told to stay away from fats as a solution to the disadvantage, but that may not be effective in helping the body in properly overcom-ing the stress of this organ no longer being available to the body. In my opinion this is a situation that warrants the help of Lipase enzyme supplementa-tion. With supplementation, the body may then have sufficient enzymes to carry out some of the normal functions related to the gallbladder, like the diges-tion of fats. Some benefits may come in the form of a better balance of blood lipids; cholesterol, triglyc-erides, and phospholipids. Additional benefits may be better transportation of nutrients since the body uses fat for transportation of such.

There is also a surprising link between gut health and weight gain. Poor eating habits, exces-sive sugar intake, antibiotic use, and excess stress all contribute to the decline of intestinal health. Low grade inflammatory states brought on by food intolerances and allergies also play a role in intesti-nal health. Recent research has revealed that certain strains of friendly bacteria that should reside in the intestinal area encourage proper metabolism, help maintain lipid and glucose balances, and inflamma-tory responses of the body. So the options of eating naturally fermented foods and taking prebiotic/pro-biotic supplements may want to be explored.

Emotions and their role in weight loss are rare-ly discussed, yet very important. The power of the brain should never be underestimated. Neurotrans-mitters are the “root” of brain functionality and if the need for them is not met, guess what? That’s right, the body as a whole under functions. When the brain has support in managing metabolism and cravings, overeating is under control. A number of neurotransmitters produce a sense of contentment and satisfaction. Dopamine is at the top of the list; without it one is frustrated, anxious, has a harder time controlling cravings, and leans towards addic-tive behavior. This is another reason I support ade-quate protein in ones diet and love the use of protein powders as an easily digestible form of protein in-take. Protein in the body is broken down into single amino acids which are the back bone to our body’s production of hormones and neurotransmitters.

The final myth; the idea of counting calories and restricting them below the norm will place the body in starvation mode. This lowering of the body’s metabolic rate creates other unhealthy issues and results in muscle loss, not fat loss. The only cal-ories that need restricting are ‘emp-ty’ calories found in highly pro-cessed foods. Utilizing appetite sup-pressors, and various carb or sugar blockers, does little in addressing the “root” of weight gain. Help-ing the body to maintain a healthy weight balance, in permanent fash-ion, may take the implementation of addressing several contributing fac-tors together.

DISCLAIMER: When you read through the diet and lifestyle information, you must know that everything within it is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care pro-fessional. I am making no attempt to pre-scribe any medical treatment. You should not use the information here for diagnosis

or treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. The products and the claims made about specific products have not been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are not in-tended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem. Confirm the safety of any supplements with your M.D., N.D. or pharmacist (healthcare professional). Some information given is solely an opinion, thought and or conclusion based on experiences, trials, tests, assessments or other available sources of information. I do not make any guarantees or promises with regard to results. I may discuss substances that have not been subject to double blind clini-cal studies or FDA approval or regulation. You assume the responsibility for the decision to take any natural remedy.

You and only you are responsible if you choose to do anything with the information you have read. You do so at your own risk. Use your intelligence to make the decisions that are right for you. Consulting a naturopathic doctor is strongly advised especially if you have any existing disease or condition.

Exploring Health with Dr. OzDebra Meszarosis a Certified Sports Nutritionist and Bio-feedback practitioner with further education-al studies in Naturopa-thy, Homeopathy, Or-thomolecular Nutrition and additionally holds fourteen U.S. patents. Through her extensive health education, and experience of 20-plus years in cellular biology, she has developed an all-encompassing Holistic health service that allows individuals to discover their biochemi-cal uniqueness, allowing them to fine tune their health. The basis of her service is to facilitate access to information that will help your un-derstanding of health processes and elements that are within your area of control. Her ser-vices are available in Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina. She can be reached at (540) 622 – 4989 Monday through Friday.


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The Southern Maryland office of the Alzheimer’s Association National Capital Area Chapter is seeking nominations for the second annual Southern Maryland Inspiring Caregiver Awards.

To be eligible, nominees must be family, volunteer, or professional caregivers who currently work or previ-ously have worked directly with Alzheimer’s or demen-tia patients in Southern Maryland. For the purposes of this award, Southern Maryland is defined as: Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s, and St. Mary’s Counties.

An official nomination form must be attached to a minimum 250-word essay stating why and how the nom-inee has demonstrated inspiring care giving. Two addi-tional supporters’ names and contact information must be included with the nomination package. No self-nomi-nations or family member nominations will be accepted for the professional caregiver category. Recipients of the 2011 Inspiring Caregivers awards are not eligible in 2012. Nominations must be complete to be considered and must be postmarked and/or delivered no later than Friday, March 16, 2012. Nomination forms can be found online at www.alz.org/nca.

“The success of this event last year spoke volumes; caregivers are loved in this community and this is our opportunity to show them that we care about the work

they do every day,” Linda Gottfried, Alzheimer’s As-sociation Director for the Southern Maryland Area said in a press release. “Caregiving for Alzheimer’s and de-mentia patients is very rewarding and challenging. Giv-en the intensive, complicated scope of care the disease requires, we believe that honoring those who are on the front lines improving the quality of life for dementia pa-tients is the right thing to do.”

2012 Inspiring Caregiver Awards CategoriesProfessional Caregiver: Used resources of county/

community; serves as an advocate; shows passion; posi-tive attitude; pursues professional development (e.g., conferences, lectures, seminars, additional education).

Family/Friend/Volunteer Caregiver: Sought re-sources of their county/community and sought connec-tions (e.g., support groups, conferences); serves as an advocate; shows compassion; positive attitude; cares for multiple people with a variety of needs (e.g., volunteers in the community, sandwich generation.)

Enduring Caregiver (10+ Years of Care giving): Sought resources of their county/community and sought connections; serves as an advocate; shows compassion; positive attitude; cares for multiple people and/or pur-sues professional development.

New Nomination Category in 2012: Advocate of the Year (singular award for the time period of January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011.) Potential Nominees: In-dustry professional, elected official, community activist,

clergy, medical professional. Must be Alzheimer’s and/or dementia related advocate. Must have made a signifi-cant impact on behalf of Alzheimer’s and/or dementia-related patients and their families.

The Inspiring Caregiver Awards Committee has representatives from all four counties who currently work or volunteer with Alzheimer’s or dementia patients and their families and includes: Andrew Applegate, Lakeysha Boyd-Moore, Regina Cunningham, Linda Gottfried (Chair), Jerry Hicks, Tonya Jackson, Rebecca Kessler, Roberta “Robbie” Loker, Sharon Nicholson, Chante Davis-OKunola, Cindy Olmsted, Michelle Ro-bllard, Sherry Santana, Dorothea H. Smith, Lee Ann Stedman, and Linda Wooge. Anyone wishing to volun-teer for this committee is encouraged to call the La Plata office at 301-934-5856.

The Inspiring Caregivers will be honored at an awards ceremony on Friday, April 20, 2012 at the Great-er Waldorf Jaycees Community Center at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase and event sponsorship opportunities are available. Proceeds support the mis-sion of the Alzheimer’s Association, which includes sup-port, training, education, information and care for fam-ily caregivers.

For more information, to download a nomination form and/or to purchase tickets, visit www.alz.org/nca or contact Linda Gottfried at 301-934-5856 or at [email protected].

By Keith McGuireContributing Writer

It’s a tough time of year for a lot of anglers, but I’m here to tell you that there are fish to be caught out there! Some re-fer to fishing at this time of year as “combat fishing” because doing battle with the elements is often in the cards.

Yellow perch have made their spawning runs up the tributaries to the tidal boundary and have scattered spawn all over the local streams. There are still some stragglers to be caught, but the hottest action is mostly over. Although that may be bad news to some, the good news here is that the white perch will be populating the same areas in the weeks that fol-low. In my opinion, white perch is a better tast-ing fish and you should be able to catch enough for a neighborhood fish fry using a few small jigs and minnows.

Some diehard striper fanatics have been out there all winter trying to catch and release rockfish in the colder times of the year. From

March 1st thru April 15th, more restrictions apply to catch and release striper regulations than the winter months, including restrictions in the locations where fishing is allowed and some gear restrictions. Check the regulations closely before you attempt catch and release striped bass fishing. It is the only rockfish catching that can be done between March 1st and the opening of the Spring Trophy Season on April 21st. Even though it is often a cold venture, catch and release striper fishing can be a lot of fun.

The fact that we have a preseason catch and release opportunity at all is testimonial to the success that Maryland DNR has ex-perienced in the recovery of the striped bass. Growing up and living most of my adult life in the Chesapeake region, I can tell you that there were times when we thought we had seen the last of the striped bass. After the 5-year moratorium between 1985 and 1990, catching

a striper seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime ex-perience when a meager rockfish population offered the first restrictive fall season.

Last summer MD DNR conducted their annual “young-of-year” survey – a method they use to determine the success of striped bass spawning in the bay – and found the 4th highest “YOY” index since the survey began.

DNR biologists have monitored the repro-ductive success of striped bass in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay annually since 1954. Twenty-two survey sites are located in the four major spawning systems: Choptank, Potomac, and Nanticoke rivers, and the Up-

per Bay. Biologists visit each site monthly from July through Sep-tember, collecting fish samples with two sweeps of a 100-foot beach seine.

If you haven’t done so yet, don’t forget to get your fishing li-cense. The Maryland Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing (tidal) License was expanded last year to include the coastal regions of the state, and included saltwater registra-tion with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for each licensee. Like last year, registration is still required for those who do not require a license, including:

1) Passengers on a boat with a Pleasure Boat Decal

2) Waterfront Property owners and their family members

3) Those fishing in a free fishing area

4) People who possess a Vir-ginia Saltwater license.

Online registration is easy at the MD DNR website www.dnr.maryland.gov/regis-try.asp.

Don’t forget to send me your fishing re-ports with pictures!

[email protected]. Keith has been a recreational angler

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

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By Doug WatsonContributing Writer

Even though we are in the heart of winter, tracks, race teams and fans alike are gearing up for what looks to be a tremendous 2012 season. One track in particular has set it’s sights on the up-coming campaign, Southern Maryland’s Potomac speedway.

Nestled in the far reaches of St. Mary’s County, Po-tomac is set to swing back in action, as the track will open for the 39th consecutive season. March 16 will serve as the track’s season-opener with a full program of limited late models, street stocks, hobby stocks, IMCA-style modifieds and strictly stocks.

Even though no major rule changes have been an-nounced, only the four-cylinder stock cars, have been dropped from the Potomac schedule. However, open-cock-pit racing will return to the speedway as the ever-popular United Racing Club (URC) sprint cars will invade Potomac for a one-night appearance on June 22 and the ARDC midgets will make two stops (May 18 & Aug. 17) giving Potomac speedway one of the more diverse schedule’s in the area.

Twenty-one events will be contested during the sea-son with seven classes of race cars (Late models, limited late models, street stocks, hobby stocks, modifieds, strictly stocks and u-cars) all competing on a rotating basis as the compete for divisional championships. Here’s a quick peek at the upcoming 2012 Potomac speedway schedule.

Late Models- The high-powered division will see action eight times this season. David Williams, the 2011 track champion, will once again be behind the wheel of his Pete Cameron and Roland Mann owned Rocket no.72 as he seeks his unprecedented fifth-straight Potomac late model crown. However, Williams will have his hands full as 2010-11 LM point runner-up Dale Hollidge who is hungry for his first Potomac title, plus a slew of other drivers that will contend for the crown. The division will see it’s first race on

March 23 and will also have dates in April, May, July and August with the point finale slated for September 2.

Limited Late Models- This class produced seven dif-ferent winners in the first seven races of 2011 and will be on hand for 12 shows this season. The LLM division schedule will be highlighted with two Potomac/Winchester chal-lenge events (July 20 & Aug 24) and they will once again see action in the season-ending Southern Maryland nation-als in October. Defending track champion Ben Bowie is set to defend his title. Tommy Wagner Jr. (3-time class champ), Derrick Quade (07 Champion) and Stevie Long (4-time 11’ winner) are all perennial Potomac title contenders.

Street Stocks- Without question the strongest class Potomac has produced over the last decade. They will be on hand for all 21 Potomac events this season and along the way they will compete in two Potomac/Winchester Chal-lenge events (June 1 & July 3) and will once again be the featured attraction in the season-ending Southern Mary-land Nationals in October. Nine different drivers scored a win with the class last season and 2011 track champion, Troy Kassiris, will be back to defend his championship. Stephen Quade, (4-wins), Darren Alvey (Six-heat wins) and Mike Latham (22-career class wins) should make the title fight quite interesting.

Hobby Stocks- Just like the street stocks, the Hobby stocks will be on hand for all 21 events on the schedule. Car counts were up in 2011 and new drivers are making plans to race with the class this season, giving them the opportunity to be one of the stronger classes at the track this season. Seven different drivers reached victory lane last year and defending track champion Bud Pickerall is seeking a sec-ond-straight Potomac title. The class will have one, 20-lap championship event, slated for August 3.

Modifieds- Rumors of the class not returning in 2012 have been silenced and the class will dot the Potomac schedule 11-times this season. The diversity of the class and close racing made them quite popular at Potomac last year despite lower than expected car counts. Tony Quade

became a first-time Potomac champion last season with the modifieds, but it’s rumored he’s getting a late start to the season, which could possibly take him from title conten-tion, leaving drivers like Rich Marks (3-wins) and Brian Maxey (2-wins) as legitimate title contenders.

Strictly Stocks- In an attempt to bolster car counts, management has decided to put this class back where it was a few years ago. 50-lap events will make up a majority of their 14-race schedule with the season finale a 100-lap af-fair. However, the class will run under traditional “enduro” rules as their will be no yellow flags just green and red race conditions, a move that should be quite popular not only with the drivers but the fans as well. John Hardesty is the defending and two time class titlist and is seeking a third-straight Potomac crown. He will, however, face some stiff competition from Ray Bucci (4 wins), Johnny Oliver (1 win), JJ Silvious and possibly the return of Kyle Vantassel, once a class dominator, to run for the championship.

U-Cars- Comprised of basically stock front-wheel-dive four-cylinder cars, the u-cars will be on hand 17-times during the course of the season. This will be the third-straight year the class has been on the Potomac schedule and as 2011 drew to a close the classes’ car counts seemed to improve as well. Five drives scored a feature win in the six races run for the u-cars last season and produced an-other new track champion, Justin Bottorf. The number of events on the schedule will only help to attract new cars as Bottorf looks to repeat as champion. He will have his hands full with 2010 u-car champ Brian Lederhouse (2 wins), point runner-up Chris Maxey and one-time division win-ner Vin Wroble in his quest for the championship.

Odds and Ends- Even with the plethora of race events of the schedule, several other specials deserve attention. The Lucas Oil East Coast Pullers tractor pull will have one date at the track this season coming on April 28 and the ever-popular Silver Hill Lions club sponsored demolition derbies will occupy four dates with two coming in June and two in September.

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By Ronald N. Guy Jr.Contributing Writer

N A S -CAR’s offsea-son is barely n o t i c e a b l e . With seasons b e g i n n i n g in February and ending in November, the “boys of the asphalt” e s s e n t i a l l y break for the holidays, press

the reset button on the scoreboard and go back to work. Unlike every other sport though, the obsessive-compulsive left-turners start every season with the sport’s crown jewel: the Daytona 500. As a “re-strictor-plate” (a mandatory device that saps horsepower, rendering any single car incapable of pulling away from the pack) track, Daytona features nail-biting bum-per-to-bumper and door-to-door racing by hot-tempered, patience-averse drivers. To

compare, think I-495…at rush hour…at nearly 200 MPH. Yikes!

Not surprisingly then, Daytona pos-sesses everything race fans love - spec-tacular wrecks, angry and candid drivers and photo finishes – in abundance. This year’s version delivered on all accounts. It did, however, manage to distinguish it-self from its many predecessors. First, in a sport that’s as diverse as Major League Baseball was in the early 1940s (which is to say it isn’t at all), Danica Patrick be-came just the third woman to start a Day-tona 500. Second, Mother Nature must have had a schedule conflict; rain forced an unprecedented rescheduling to Mon-day night. And finally, while under cau-tion, something went awry in Juan Pablo Montoya’s car hurling it up the track and into a jet dryer. The resulting explosion and fire delayed the race for over 2 hours. The bizarre incident and 4th of July wor-thy blaze looked like the signature mo-ment of this 54th running of the 500; then came the confounding finish.

After a late crash, the race was de-cided via a two-lap sprint. In such situ-ations at restrictor plate tracks, leading is

the worst place to be. The ability of cars to “draft” off one another makes two or more cars tucked bumper-to-bumper significantly faster than any single car. This restrictor plate reality typically seals the leader’s fate as any synchronized move by the second and

third place cars will catapult them to the front. This time though the leader, Matt Kenseth, took the green flag and drove to a drama-less victory that inspired yawns befitting the race’s 1 AM EST conclusion.

When the green flag dropped, Greg Biffle tucked his second place car under Kenseth’s rear bumper and never moved. Dale Earnhardt Jr, running third, made a couple quick jerks behind Biffle, as if he was begging him to break the draft and launch the two past Kenseth for a duel to the checkered flag. But Biffle never flinched. He inexplicably just sat there and, by doing so, ensured Kenseth would win the biggest race in American motorsports.

Whether you love NASCAR or not, it is fascinating in this respect: it simul-taneously possesses elements of indi-vidual and team sports. On the surface, NASCAR creates the impression of 43 cars individually competing for the same trophy. In reality, multi-car teams domi-nate the sport, so while drivers pilot indi-vidual cars, many are on the same “team.” Kenseth and Biffle happen to be Roush

Fenway Racing teammates. It was appar-ent that Biffle’s marching orders during those last couple laps were to ensure his “team” won the 500, even if that meant he wouldn’t. Biffle and company would never acknowledge this truth, but anyone who has watched 15 minutes of restrictor plate racing couldn’t draw any other rea-sonable conclusion.

So is sacrificing for your teammate a bad thing? Normally, the answer is an absolute “no” – in any profession. Self-sacrifice and a willingness to assume an unheralded role are hallmarks of a successful team. Professional sports, though, are fundamentally competitive. They have to be. If they’re not, what is the point? Greg Biffle’s obviously a loyal teammate. That’s a commendable trait, but in his profession – and at certain times in our lives - it needs an off switch for “winning” moments that demand indi-vidualist thinking in support of personal achievement. On his sport’s biggest stage, Biffle, quite frankly, settled for something less than winning and by doing so he did himself, his sport’s forebearers and the fans of competitive athletics an injustice. The final lap at the Daytona 500 should belong to self-serving competitors, not perpetually good teammates.

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“I’m not the fanciest, most expensive or cheapest, but on the most important day of your life I will pronounce your name right,” said Dave Lysinger, owner of DJ Dave.

Although Lysinger has been in broadcasting since he was 14 years old, he’s only owned his own DJ mobile ser-vices about four years.

“My fiancée thought it was a cute hobby, but now it’s taken off,” said Lysinger.

DJ Dave employs three part-time employees and one “swing” to help fill in. They have weekly appearances in restaurants and bars in Calvert and St. Mary’s counties. His full service mobile DJ company is a preferred vendor for sev-eral organizations throughout Calvert, St. Mary’s, Prince Georges and Anne Arun-del counties. He offers Karaoke, weddings, anniversary, birthday parties and Master of Ceremony services.

A wide breadth of musical knowl-edge, personality and professionalism set him apart from most of the mobile DJs operating within the county, according to Lysinger.

He said he’s a member of the Ameri-can DJ Association and Calvert County Chamber of Commerce, fully insured, and purchases his music from organiza-

tion selling music to DJs.“I can think of only

one other DJ in the area who can claim all but one of these things.”

Lysinger’s broadcast career started when had a radio job while he attend-ing the Broadcasting Insti-tute of Maryland, where he graduated with a college degree. He holds a license to operate a radio station, uses the best equipment, has back-up equipment, and offers some lighting effects. “All green – using LED.”

His company has over 30,000 tracks available and the largest “oldies” collection in the county. “Music for 50th anniver-saries, not Led Zeppelin,” he laughed. When he hires a DJ, personality is his number one consideration followed by the DJ’s music knowledge.

It is the DJ’s responsi-bility to set the tone of the event and to control the mood, according to Lysinger. If crowd starts to become drunk and short tem-pered or lascivious, then change songs.

“The first song sets the tone. A DJ’s reward is the crowd’s reaction. There is a reason why certain bars always have fights,” he said.

Lysinger’s early history includes professional performances “in many venues from the smallest to some of the world’s largest stages including the Kennedy Center, Folger Shakespeare Theater, Ford’s The-ater & even had some stints on the Silver Screen. He has worked as on-air talent at various radio stations in MD, DE & DC.”

He loved radio, but “it wasn’t paying the bills.” Also, “Ra-dio is very finicky. They can fire you

over your voice no longer meeting their format.”

Besides, the radio and Internet sta-tions lack personality and the human aspect, he said. “I became a government contractor. It was a job, not a career.”

About six years ago he started work-ing for a mobile DJ service. He saved up all his money to purchase his own equip-ment and music to set off on his own. At the same time, he called who he believed was his biggest competition in the area.

“He knew who I was,” he said.Lysinger said his competition is “a

professional,” and over the years the two will refer business back and forth when they aren’t available. “He has given me a lot of verbal support and encouragement.”

DJ Dave still works fulltime at Re-cord Books in Prince Frederick negotiat-ing art rights and running trade shows. He finds the work very satisfying and it provides him the benefits he needs for his family.

The Calvert County Chamber of Commerce presented DJ Dave “the Best Home-based Business for 2011.” He was also inducted into the Hall of Fame for the Broadcast Institute of Maryland Associa-tion. Both certificates he proudly carries around in his portfolio.

For dates and locations of his com-pany’s Karaoke, go to www.djdavemd.com

[email protected]

Dave Lysinger, owner of DJ Dave, has lived in Calvert County for over 15 years.

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Live Music: “No Green JellyBeanz”Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell

Road, Dowell) – 7:30 p.m.

Open Mic NightJake & Al’s Chophouse (258 Town Square

Drive, Lusby) – 9 p.m.

Free Comedy Show feat. Joe ReccaDB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road,

California) – 8:30 p.m.

Friday, March 9

“Wounded Warrior Fundraiser Acous-tic Show: The Sam Grow Band”

Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 7 p.m.

Live Music: “Hyjinx”Big Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch

Road, Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 10

Live Music: “The Piranhas”Jake & Al’s Chophouse (258 Town Square

Drive, Lusby) – 9 p.m.

Live Music: “Three Day Ride”Dew Drop Inn (23966 Mervell Dean Road,

Hollywood) – 9 p.m.

Live Music: “Legend”Big Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch

Road, Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m.

Live Music: “Renegade Country”Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell

Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

Live Music: “Switch”Cryer’s Back Road Inn (22094 Newtowne

Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 9 p.m.

Live Music: “No Green JellyBeanz”Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 11

Live Music: “Country Memories Band”Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 3 p.m.

Monday, March 12

Open Mic NightRustic River Bar and Grill (40874 Mer-

chants Lane, Leonardtown) – 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13

Open Mic NightRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell

Road, Dowell) – 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 14

Live Music: “Mason Sebastian”**DB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road,

California) – 5 p.m.

Live Music: “HydraFX Acoustic”ABC Lounge (22741 Three Notch Road,

California) – 9 p.m.

Throughout March• The Works of Barbara Boward and Rita MetroArtworks @ 7th 9100 Bay Avenue, North Beach

The photography of Barbara Boward shows her passion for the sea through her photos of boat docks, rivers, ocean and bay. Her love of all things vintage sends her to the country auctions, antique shops and flea markets to photograph the beautiful and weathered. Rita Metro is a North Beach local with a passion for designing and cre-ating stained glass. 410-286-5278 • www.artworksat7th.com

• Home Tweet Home: Art for the BirdsAnnmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center 13480 Dowell Road, Solomons

Visit the sculpture garden; it’s for the birds! This outdoor exhibit features bird houses designed by artists from around the region. 410-326-4640 • www.annmariegar-den.org

March 2-April 29• Living GalleryAnnmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center 13480 Dowell Road, Solomons

This exhibit of works by 18 artists in the Main Gallery complements the studio portion of the Living Gallery program. Guests are invited to attend the Annmarie After Hours Reception for the exhibition and sale on Friday, March 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit and sale will include works created during The Living Gallery, as well as works created in the artists’ private stu-dios. 410-326-4640 • www.annmariegar-den.org

Mondays, March 5-26• Monday Memories TourJefferson Patterson Park & Museum, 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard (10 a.m.-1 p.m.)

Each Monday in March the public is invited to the Monday Memories Tour to share memories of Calvert County, the Patterson Family, JPPM or those who may have worked the land. If you do not have a story to share, come enjoy the free guided tour of the beautiful 1933 Colonial Revival brick house and gardens, part of the Patter-son’s former country retreat known at Point Farm. For reservations call 410-586-8501 or Betty Seifert at 410-586-8578; or email [email protected] or [email protected]. 410-586-8501 • www.jefpat.org

Saturday, March 10

• Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Annual Volunteer WorkshopChesapeake Beach Railway Museum, 4155 Mears Avenue, Chesapeake Beach (10 a.m.-3 p.m.)

The CBRM annual volunteer work-shop will be held on site at the museum from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. Consider volunteer-ing! 410-257-3892 • www.cbrm.org

• Point Farm Garden RestorationJefferson Patterson Park & Museum, 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard (9 a.m.-Noon)

Join the JPPM Garden Club as it works to recreate the splendor of the main house gardens using the original plans of noted

landscape architect Rose Greely. For infor-mation call 410-586-8536 or email [email protected]. 410-586-8501 • www.jefpat.org

• Second Saturday Series - “Women of Sotterley”Sotterley Plantation (44300 Sotterleylane, Hollywood) – 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Discover the women of Sotterley. Whether it was the mistress of the house, the farm manager’s wife, the heiress, or the enslaved servants, the women of Sotterley were fascinating people who lived extraor-dinary lives. Advanced reservations only. $15 per person. Limited to 20 people per tour. Walking required. Call for reserva-tions. The snow date is March 17.

Wednesday, March 14• Volunteer Brown Bag LunchAnnmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center 13480 Dowell Road, Solomons

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center invites the public to a Volunteer Brown Bag Lunch in the Arts Building. This new monthly series is for Annmarie volunteers and those interested in becoming a volunteer. Bring a lunch, meet Annmarie volunteers and staff, tour the exhibits, and learn more about Annmarie volunteer op-portunities. All guests will enjoy a scrump-tious dessert provided by Annmarie staff! Future gatherings of this free monthly event will feature guest speakers and other interesting activities! Please RSVP to Ann Preston, Volunteer Coordinator, at 410-326-4640 or [email protected].

Thursday, March 15• PEM Talks: Lost Landmarks – The Age of Steamboat WharvesCalvert Marine Museum, 14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons (7 p.m.)

Ralph Eshelman will talk about life in Calvert County during the age of the steam-boat. Based on his 1996 inventory of Cal-vert County steamboat wharves and land-ings, the discussion will reveal how these sites became focal points of social and com-mercial activity on the waterfront. Some surprising vestiges of that time still survive. 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Free. 410-326-2042 • www.calvertmarinemuseum.com

• NARFE MeetingBob Evans, Priince Frederick (11:15 a.m.)

The National Active and Retired Fed-eral Employees Association (NARFE), Calvert County Chapter 1466, will meet at 1 p.m. at the Calvert Pines Senior Center, West Dares Beach Rd. Prince Frederick, MD. There will be a short presentation the United Seniors of Maryland, followed by a business meeting. Also, join us for an early lunch at 11:15, this month at the Bob Evans PF. Active and Retired Federal employ-ees, spouses, members, non-members and guests are welcome. For NARFE mem-bership Information and Application, Call 410-586-1441

Saturday, March 24• Keep Your Colon Rollin’ – 5k/Run/WalkJefferson Patterson Park & Museum, 10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard (9 a.m.)

Participate in the 7th Annual Keep Your Colon Rollin’ 5K Walk/Run, spon-

sored by the Calvert County Health Depart-ment. Proceeds benefit Calvert Healthcare Solutions, a nonprofit organization helping combat colorectal cancer. Contact the race director at 410-535-5400 or 301-855-1353, ext. 348 or by email at [email protected] 410-586-8501 • www.jefpat.org

• “Apostle Peter and The Last Supper” Movie NightTrinity United Methodist Church, Prince Frederick (7 p.m.)

Trinity United Methodist Church in Prince Frederick will host a free movie night for a special Lenten screening of “Apostle Peter and The Last Supper” at 7 pm Saturday, March 24th in the Sanctuary. Set in Rome A.D. 67, two jailers at the an-cient Mamertine Prison take custody of a famous criminal. He is Simon Peter of Gal-ilee - apostle, disciple and personal friend of Jesus, also called the Christ. Condemned to death, the elderly Peter (Robert Loggia) recounts his life as a simple fisherman who became one of the boldest figures in all of Christianity. As Peter prepares to depart this earthly life, he will make an unfor-gettable impression on his jailers through the saving power of the Gospel. Dove ap-proved for ages over 12. Call 410-535-1782, or go to www.trinityumchurch.org for more information.

Sunday, March 25

• Sunday Conversations with Chesa-peake Authors: Jennifer Keats Curtis, “Saving Squeak”Calvert Marine Museum, 14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons (2-4 p.m.)

Jennifer Keats Curtis, author of “Sav-ing Squeak,” has masterfully woven a tale that teaches children the importance of res-cuing and rehabilitating wildlife while de-lighting us with details of Calvert Marine Museum’s own otter, Squeak. Special guest appearance by Linda Hanna, the aquarist featured in the book and the Calvert Marine Museum otter. No registration necessary. Free. 410-326-2042, ext. 32 • www.calvert-marinemuseum.com

• Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Bayside Chats: “Oscar & Olive Osprey – A Family Takes Flight”Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum, 4155 Mears Avenue, Chesapeake Beach, MD (2-4 p.m.)

Janie Suss, author of “Oscar & Olive Osprey: A Family Takes Flight,” will dis-cuss ospreys and their life. Bayside Chats are held at the Northeast Community Cen-ter, 4075 Gordon Stinnett Avenue, Chesa-peake Beach. 410-257-3892 • www.cbrm.org

Saturday, March 31 • Hiking Trail Maintenance DayAmerican Chestnut Land Trust, 676 Double Oak Road, Prince Frederick (9 a.m.- Noon)

Join us as the spring hiking season begins to clear and maintain some of the ACLT trails. Volunteers are needed for chain sawing, sign placement, general trail maintenance, etc. Water, equipment and lunch will be provided. Please register in advance or call the office to RSVP. 410-414-3400 • www.acltweb.org

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