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educationPrince Frederick Rotary Scholarship Committee Chairman Gene Karol, let, with scholarshipwinners Alexandria Vendemia, Kelly Collins, Emily Allan, and Carol Keller. Each studentreceived a $2,000 scholarship.

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The decisions of Calvert Board of Edu-cation vice chair William Chambers whileacting as the top manager at the Show PlaceArena in Upper Marlboro have been scruti-nized and found to be highly questionable inan audit report from the Maryland NationalCapital Park and Planning Commission.

Chambers retired from the manage-ment position at the arena abruptly last yearafter 32 years with the organization.

According to the audit, Chambers au-thorized as much as $40,000 over a six-yearperiod to be used to benet many charitableand non-prot groups, but none more thanthe United Way of Calvert County at $9,276.

That organization is under the leader-ship of Chambers wife, Kelly Chambers.

The report outlined these numbers asevidence of improper and excessive hospi-tality expenditures.

One instance found by auditors showedthat the arena incurred hospitality expenses

for a staff members family party to cel-

ebrate a high school graduation, which isobviously an improper expenditure.The report went on to say the costs

were reimbursed during the investigationbut the incident nevertheless suggests adangerous sense of personal entitlement.

That incident did not detail those in-volved but the audit immediately follows upby chiding Chambers directly for his man-agement decisions.

Similarly, although we have no doubtthat the work of the United Way of CalvertCounty is laudable, the president and CEOof this organization is the spouse of the for-mer Show Place manager who authorizedthe hospitality expenditures as indicatedabove for that group, the audit reads. Ac-cording to the documents we reviewed, theorganization has rented the Show Place

Arena for several years to hold an annualfundraising gala, and the revenue generatedfor these events is about $11,000 in recentyears.

Apparently, the facility managerwould routinely provide an openbar during part of these eventswithout charge, costing the facil-ity an average of $1,300 per yearfor the seven years included.

Chambers said that thearrangement with the CalvertUnited Way was 100 percentabove board and that rate struc-tures and fees charged to any en-tity were approved by the parkand planning commission.

He said that during theinvestigation he was never al-

lowed to see any of the ndingsuntil they were released to thepublic.

I served honorably for 32years everything was aboveboard, Chambers said. I wouldstand by the decisions made inadvertising and marketing.

Chambers said that the are-na grew to become a venue thathad between $25 million to $30million in economic impact forPrince Georges and surround-ing counties.

It started out as a realwhite elephant and turned into a

real economic engine, Chambers said.

The United Way also received BowieBaysox tickets, according to staff e-mailsreviewed by auditors, for the stated pur-pose of rewarding the staff of the facilitymanagers spouse.

This was often accomplished by a pro-cess of bundling in expenses that person-ally beneted arena staff with those thatwere deemed legitimate advertising pack-ages, some of which may not have been im-proper, the audit stated.

Still much of this was accomplishedbecause of a lack of oversight, the auditstated.

Some of these advertising transactions,however, were questionable at best, the re-port stated.

These included valuable tickets forsporting, social and political events that

were intentionally bundled into paymentsfor advertising packages. Sometimes thesetickets found there way into the hands ofarena staffs family members, the reportstated.

Staff also coached third parties intocomposing invoice language and terms inways that effectively concealed the true na-ture of advertising payments bundlingvaluable tickets, golf apparel and undocu-mented travel expenses under advertisingsponsorship.

This coaching of third parties also

extended to concealing the true nature o

advertising payments that actually coveredopen bars, booze cruises, memberships andcharitable donations, the audit showed.

The audit was rst sparked by an employee whistleblower who made allegationof policy violations at the arena back in July2011. The Maryland National Capital Parkand Planning Commissions Internal AudiDivision (IAD) then began an investigation

Eventually six members of the arenastaff were placed on paid administrativleave, three promptly retired.

By September of last year, howeverIAD reported to their superiors that it intended to terminate the investigation because of the potential for undue inuencand threats resulting in impaired independence all or iginating outside of theCommission.

The threats were not specied in threport, but the audit revealed that there werefforts by arena employees to deliberatelyhinder the investigation by deleting relatee-mails.

Ofcials at park and planning thenhired the law rm of Akin Gump StrausHauer and Feld LLP to take up the workwere IAD had left off.

Their investigation nished in Januaryof this year.

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By Sarah MillerStaff Writer

The saga between Dominion EnergyCove Point and the Sierra Club continues asDominion seeks a judgment regarding theSierra Clubs authority to block its proposedexpansion.

Dominion led a complaint Friday fordeclaratory judgment in response to an erro-neous claim by the Sierra Club that the clubhas the authority to block the expansion, a

press release reads.The plain language of a 2005 agree-

ment, to which Dominion and the SierraClub are parties, specically permits all theactivities related to the planned liquefaction

project, Dominion said in a complaint ledwith the Circuit Court of Calvert County.

This project is of immense value toCalvert County, the state of Maryland and theUnited States, said Dominion Energy CEO

Gary L. Sypolt in a statement. We have along history of working with our environ-mental partners at Cove Point. Although theSierra Club has chosen not to work with us inthis instance, we are condent we are rightand believe the best time to resolve this issueis now.

Sierra Club Associate Attorney CraigSegall said the Sierra Club prepared for a dayin court.

Its not surprising, obviously we disagreeover what the contract means, Segall said.

He said the Sierra Club expects to beable to express their complaints along withDominion, then a judge will make the nalruling.

Dominion Spokesperson Dan Donovansaid they will be moving ahead with the proj-ect while waiting for the ofcial ruling. Hesaid as part of their pre-ling with the FederalEnergy Regulation Commission, Domin-ion will be holding a series of informational

meetings during the summer so commu-nity members and local businesses can learnabout the expansion and express concerns.

Construction of the liquefaction projectis expected to begin in 2014, with an in-ser-vice date in 2017.

At the end of March, Dominion signedbinding precedent agreements with two

companies. Between the two shippers, theplanned project capacity of about 750 millioncubic feet per day on the inlet and about 4.5million to 5 million metric tons per annum onthe outlet is fully subscribed, a press releasestates.

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The North Beach Town Council willget a brieng at its June meeting on a vital

project that aims to construct a protectivedike on 9th Street in the northern stretchof town to prevent ooding of nearbyhomes.

John Hofmann, the towns projectengineer, said the review will bring thecouncil up to speed on the project, whichis currently in its engineering and plan-ning phases.

Hofmann said the project should beunder $250,000 in costs.

Hopefully it will be far below that,he said.

Town Council member Randy Hum-mel said the dike project is part of the

overall wetlands restoration project thatprotects the marshlands that the town re-cently acquired as part of an U.S. ArmyCorp of Engineers effort.

Planning for the dike star ted about 10

years ago, Hummel told The Calvert Ga-zette, but had fallen away from interest inthe intervening years.

However, with continued beach ero-sion it has become easier for water to oodover into the marshland which in turn im-

pacts several homes, making the projectessential, he said.

Its gotten progressively worseover the years, Hummel said. But [thedike project] should cut back on nuisanceooding.

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Twin Shields Golf Course is slated to become a housingdevelopment, once the community and the developer cometo an agreement about which road will be used for construction trafc.

In a submitted petition, 113 homeowners asked to makeRoarty Road a public road and to conne all constructiontrafc to it. Several homeowners from Lyons Creek Hundred, Twin Shields Estates and other adjacent properties saidthe existing public road, Shields Drive, would need to be up-graded before it can handle the additional construction trafcand, eventually, trafc from the subdivision.

Department of Public Works Director Terry Carlsonsaid it is easier said than done to make the private accessroad, designed for light trafc, into a public road.

We dont support or deny a subdivision, Carlson saidWe look out for public safety.

The developer agreed to table the subject in order toconduct further safety studies and discuss possible optionfor inow and outow of construction trafc.

In the latest of a long list of things to review and reviseRural Planner Veronica Cristo brought forward the Agriculture Preservation Rules and Regulations for a long overdueupdate.

Were blowing the dust off them and wed like to revisethem, Cristo said.

She said some of the changes will clean up language andclose loopholes in regard to the countys Transferred Devel-opment Rights (TDRs).

Its a neat program to administer, Cristo said, adding

that she has spoken to people from Canada, North Carolinaand even Australia about the countys TDR program.

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By Corrin M. HoweStaff Writer

Miranda Reichard had two friendscommit suicide leaving her feeling helplessand frustrated.

No one wants to hear about someonewho feels the need to take their life, saidReichard. I would have done anything if Idknown they were feeling hopeless.

She discovered while there is a Teendedicated Crisis Hotline in Calvert County,funding to keep it open 24/7 was lacking soshe and her mother, Susan, decided to plan afundraising event.

On Sunday, the owners of Veras BeachClub provided the space for communitymembers to come in and sell their wares,provide information and generally raiseawareness about the availability of the crisishotline.

I didnt know there was a hotline,I gured most other teens dont either,Reichard said.

Reichards grandmother, Rita Kovak,came up from Florida solely to supportReichard.

Im so proud of her, said KovakPart of the activities to raise funds in-

cluded a silent auction, a 50/50 rafe, dona-tions from the vendors and a tour of VeraFreemans home.

Initially only three hours of tourwhere scheduled, however towards the enof the day Reichard said, The tours are sopopular that we are thinking about adding 4 oclock (tour).

Bernadette Villa-Morris, CommunityHealth & Guidance Educator, manned thCalvert Health Department booth at th

fundraiser.We are nding teen

who have no hope. We arhere today to tell everyonabout our programs helpinthe young people to knowthat it is okay to ask for help,said Villa-Morris.

The Calvert County Teen Crisis Hotline i410-257-2216.

Reichard hopes to start club at Patuxent High Schoonext year to support teenwho feel hopeless whethefrom abuse, depression, bahome situations, or stress that there are people and resources available.

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Miranda Reichard, left, Kaitlin Harbin, Cameron Forrest and Juliet Collins sell Chinese wish lanterns tothose coming to Veras Beach Club.

Jessica Koehn said she makes cake pops andcowboy and cowgirl cookies to raise money fovarious causes mostly Relay for Life. She cameout to support her friends, the Reichards.

Joy Kolenda, independent consultant for Thirty One, is one ofseveral local businesses which came to help raise money for teensuicide prevention.

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(This is Part 1 of a two part seriesabout jury duty in the county.)

We try our best to make sure youhave something to do, Bonnie Weise re-cently told a pool of approximately 100 po-tential jurors receiving orientation prior toan attempted murder trial.

These men and women had alreadygone through the rst qualication pro-cess. Weise sends out about 300-325 no-tices each month in order to have between100 and 150 jurors for the attorneys to

question and select for both civil and crim-inal jury duty.We only have about two or three tri-

als per month. If we dont have to call (citi-zens) in, we try not to, said Weise.

Kathy P. Smith, Clerk of the Courts,said that some jurisdictions have the pol-icy called One trial, one day. However,since Calvert doesnt have enough citizensto pull from, Smith said they cannot offerthis.

Currently, once a year her ofce

pulls names out of a database populatedwith names from the Department of Mo-tor Vehicles and Voter Registration. Thesenames are the ones draw from throughoutthe year. The four weeks of potential juryduty runs from the third Monday of themonth to the second Friday of the month.

Weve considered having a poolavailable for two weeks at a time, but thatalso means that people could be called inmore often, said Smith.

Just because a citizen comes intocourt and sits through several jury selec-tion processes doesnt exempt them from

being called back again later in the year.They have to serve on a jury be-

fore they can be exempt. It is possible tobe called in ve times. It all depends onwhether they (the attorneys) want you arenot, said Weise.

We just have to make sure they havea pool, said Weise, who indicated af ter sheconrms they all have arrived and receivetheir orientation, she leaves the rest to the

judge and attorneys.After pulling names for the year, and

then from that pool each month, Weisesends out a qualication questionnaire.

During the initial qualication process, aperson will check one of the boxes whichindicate they are not qualied to serve ona jury in Calvert. Things which will dis-qualify someone include no longer being aresident of the county, not being a citizenof the United States, currently in the judi-cial system for civil or criminal cases, andmedical issues. All of the disqualicationsneed documentation.

There are exemptions too. These in-clude being a full-time college student, ac-tive duty military, an elected ofcial to thefederal legislative branch, or deceased.

Citizens can request exemptions be-cause they are over 70 years old or have

served on a jury in the past three years.However, they can also choose to remainin the jury pool.

Finally, someone can request a post-ponement or excusal.

Maybe it is a bad month for them,or they have travel plans, said Kathy P.Smith, Clerk of the Court. We try to workwith everyone.

Because her ofce pulls data fromvoter registration and department of motorvehicles, they nd most citizens feel it is

their civic duty to participate in jury dutyIt is when jurisdictions pull from incomtax records or other sources, that resistanceto jury duty comes.

Whether we pull from voter registration or tax records, it is still their civicduty, laughed Weise.

Smith said it is rare to call in the sheriffs ofce to hunt down unresponsive potential jurists. But if they have to, a deputy will track them down. It may be theymoved or are deceased. However, if theyare just reluctant, the deputy comes withthe questionnaire in hand and waits for thcitizen to complete it before bringing i

back to the Clerks ofce.

On the day of jury selection, if theydont appear, Weise said a phone call isoften enough to remind them to come tocourt. But again, a sheriffs deputy can bedispatched. Then the citizen could facenes and jail time.

The Clerks website has very detailedinformation about jury duty at http://wwwcourts.state.md.us/clerks/calvert/index.html

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When the state rst began talkingabout shifting the cost of teacher pensionsto the local level, the counties braced forthe inevitability high cost to come.

Now, after a special legislative ses-sion, the so-called Doomsday Budget isgone, the pension shift has happened, andthe counties are dealing with the fallout.

In Calvert, the shift was anticipatedand already worked into the budget. Cal-vert Director of Budget and Finance TimHayden said the outcome was the one wewere betting on and will cost the countyan addit ional $2,835,938 next year.

Some of the revenue will come fromincome tax increases, Hayden said. Be-tween the state and the county level, Cal -vert is anticipating $1.7 million in addi-tional revenue from that source, Haydensaid.

He said the pension shift model thatwas passed was the one that was nearlypassed in April when legislatiors ran outof time, and the county had already writ-ten it into the budget.

In a big win for the schools, the Geo -graphic Cost of Education Index (GCEI)was put back into the states budget.

Thats the good new that comes

out if it, Hayden said, adding Calvertsschools stand to get $2.3 million throughCGEI.

Calvert County Public Schools Pol-icy and Communication Specialist GailHoerauf-Bennett said the GCEI is ad-ditional money for schools in areas witha greater cost of living, such as in theWashington, D.C. metro area. She saidthe funding was in the governors pro-posed budget, but not in the DoomsdayBudget.

She said the shift is on par with whathad been nearly decided in April anddidnt have any surprises.

From Calvert Countys perspective,its good they recovered and got it done,Hayden said.

Delegate Tony ODonnell (R-29C)said he wasnt pleased to see the shifthappen.

It didnt need to happen, he said.Unfortunately, shifting of teacher pen-sions at this time, in my opinion, willforce local governments to increasetaxes.

He said even without the extra GCEIfunding, school funding is at historical-ly high levels. The increased taxes willonly serve to increase economic pres-sure on taxpayers, and he said the legis-lation should be balancing funding edu-

cation against not bankrupting the statecommunity.

He said the shift was not uniformlyseen as a good thing, with a nal vote of77 for and 60 against.

The opposition was bi-partisan,ODonnell said, adding that measures to

decrease the impact to local governmentwill only last one year before they too aregone, asking even more money of them inthe next year.

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By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

Local prosecutors expect state At-torney General Douglas Gansler to takethe issue of collecting criminal suspectsDNA to the U.S. Supreme Court after

Marylands own Court of Appeals an-nounced Friday it would not reconsider itsverdict that states taking and cataloguingsuspects DNA who have not yet been con-victed is unconstitutional.

Im not surprised, I think it will goto the Supreme Court, said Calvert StatesAttorney Laura Martin. Were all goingto be watching that case.

Martin said that there are more than20 states that allow DNA collection fromsuspects charged with violent crimes andtaking away that tool from law enforce-ment hampers their efforts to link suspectswith other unsolved cases.

The Court of Appeals decisionbrought a halt to such collection last monthwith widespread protests not only from

prosecutors but from police departments

as well.Martin said she believes the nations

High Court would bring down the statesruling.

She said she did not see any differ-ence between taking DNA samples and theestablished practice of taking ngerprints.

It wont be the rst time the SupremeCourt has overturned a Court of Appealsdecision, Martin said.

The case that led to the courts deci-sion, King v. State, involved a man fromWicomico County arrested on charges ofrst- and second-degree assault. WhenDNA taken from Alonzo King on those

initial charges, without conviction, wasused to link him to a 2003 sexual assault iteventually resulted in his being convictedof rape and sentenced to life in prison.

But a majority of the court ruled thatan arrestees expectation of privacy to

be free from warrantless, suspicionless

searches of his/her biological materialoutweighed, on the facts of this case, thegovernments purported interest in usinga second method to identify King, when,in actuality, the obtention of the biologicalmaterial was intended by the state to beused for general investigatory purposes.

The dissenting judges stated the ma-jority of the court erred in over-inatingthe arrestees expectation of privacy in thecase.

St. Marys States Attorney RichardFritz said a Supreme Court decision wouldsettle once and for all the debate betweenthe states that allowed the collection ofDNA and those that banned it on a FourthAmendment protections basis.

Its something the Supreme Courtshould take up. Theres a split of authority

and it does involve a constitutional issue.The question is whether its [taking

a swab from someones mouth] invasive ornon-invasive, Fritz said, noting that stripsearches being a requirement for entranceinto prison was accepted by the courtswhile a simple sampling had caused somuch controversy.

But you cant put a swab in some-ones mouth? Fritz asked. How is itinvasive?

Its no more invasive than what youhave to go through to get on an airplane.

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Prosecutors Hope High CourtWill Settle DNA Issue

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Local Republicans were red up about the recentlyconcluded special session and the upcoming elections dur-ing the 2012 Lincoln Reagan Day Dinner on Thursday atthe Hall in Huntingtown.

Weve got to send Obama back to Chicago, saidCalvert County Republican Central Committee (CCRCC)Frank McCabe during his opening address to the crowd.

He said there has been a steady increase in the num-

ber of registered voters in Calvert, and registered Repub-licans overall.Delegate Mark Fisher (R-27B) briefed the crowd on

the special session, telling them legislation passed showedthe Democrats are against expansion, passing bills thatincrease taxes, especially for individuals in a higher earn-ing bracket, and discouraging growth in general.

This has got to stop and this has got to stop rightnow, Fisher said.

Delegate Tony ODonnell (R-29C) echoed Fishersaddress, saying that unless action is taken to prevent it,there is no guarantee that we can save this nation, thisworld, from slipping into 1,000 years of darkness. Be-tween the teacher pension shift from the state to the coun-ties and increased taxes, the state is in a downward spiral,and there will be nothing left for the coming generations.

Keynote speaker and Candidate for the US SenateDan Bongino said the democrats always use the argumentof whats fair and unfair, but nothing about the current ad-

ministration is fair to the average citizens.This is our ght, the fairness ght, he said.Under the Democratic administration, he said it a

guarantee that the nations children and grandchildrenwill be buried in debt.

Were spending money with no value behind itwhatsoever, he said. We dont have it.

He said hes condent the country can get turnedaround. Were Americans, he said. We can x every-thing, we always have. What worries him is the path toturn the economy around.

He said he is also concerned about rising energy pric-es, and said instead of using tax money to build windmillsthat may or may not work, he said the focus should be ongetting prices under control.

Also during the meeting, the CCRCC named theirman and woman of the year, Judy Randall and CalvertSteuart.

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Photos by Sarah MillerMembers of the Calvert County Republican Central Committee gather at the Annual Lincoln-Regan Day Dinner.

Delegate Mark Fisher (R-27B)

Delegate Anthony ODonnell(R-29C)

Candidate for US Senate DanBongino

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ert, curator, saidthe tea in the

garden is an an-nual fundraiser.This year themoney raisedwill help pur-chase wroughtiron gates and

possibly renishthe wrought ironsunroom furni-ture in the Pat-terson home.

The gate at the formal entrance was struck by a truck, she said.The other gate was at the entrance of the garden, off to the side of thehomes entrance.

Rose Greely, the rst female licensed architect in Washington,D.C., designed the gardens for the Pattersons Point Farm home dur ing1933-1935.

Seifert said volunteers have given their time working in the gar-den but bigger projects require nancial and in-kind support. The goalis to complete restoration of the garden and make it available to the

public, and for special occasions.Former Maryland Delegate Sue Kullen said she had picked up poi-

son ivy after spending about ve hours in the garden. Her husband,Steve, was one of the two men who sat down to tea, while the othermen on the grounds seemed to prefer to be in the background carryingitems back and forth to the tent.

Arleen Strider brought her two daughters, Emma and Erin, whosaid they were enjoying the tea very much.

Patra Healey, who wore black silk gloves, has participated in teasin London and New York with her mother, Toni.

Seifert was pleased with the turnout, saying that while they hadrequested ticket sales in advance, a good number of guests purchasedtickets at the door and everyone was able to receive enough tea andfood.

For additional information visit www.jefpat.org. Or call Betty

Seifert at 410-586-8578.

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NewsmakersTea in the Garden at Point Farm

MedStar St. Marys is hosting its

25th National Cancer Survivors

Day Picnic on June 3 from

1 to 4:30 p.m. on the hospitalgroundsand youre invited.

Come learn how surviving cancer is an attitude

about l ife and living each day to the fullest.

Youll find our communitys event fi lled with joy,

camaraderie, hope, and love as we honor cancer

survivors. We wil l also recognize the contributions

of their families, friends and healthcare providers.

Good Southern Maryland cooking w ill be available

for all!For more information call 301-475-6070.


Women, grandmothers, mothers and daugh-ters sipped tea and nibbled on cucumber sand-wiches while overlooking the Patuxent River atJefferson Patterson Park and Museum on sunnySunday afternoon.

While the formal Tea in the Garden at PointFarm did not require formal attire, nearly 100

women (and two men) did come dressed for hightea. Most of the women wore oral dresses, strawhats topped with owers, and fancy hair pieces.Two women wore silk gloves up to their elbowsand both men wore pastel colored shirts in keepingwith the spirit of the tea and Jefferson Pattersons

The Songbirds, a quartet plus one, was one ofentertainment acts for the afternoon.

Photos by Corrin M. How

Toni Healy, in pink, goes through the buffet line with herdaughter, Patra.

Left to right: Arleen Strider, Emma Strider and Erin Strider, chose to sit under a treeinstead of the banquet tent.

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Kyle McQuighan of ChesapeakeBeach has accepted membership inGolden Key International Honour Soci-ety and was honored dur ing a recent cer-emony at University of Maryland.

It is only tting that a top aca -demic achiever like Kyle be recognizedby Golden Key, said William W. As-bury, Board of Directors Chair. Ourmembers are inspired and motivated notonly to achieve exceptional academic ac-complishment, but also to make a posi-tive impact on our world through the Societys commitment toservice.

Kyle McQuighan is a 2008 graduate of Huntingtown HighSchool, son of James and Priscilla McQuighan of ChesapeakeBeach. He will graduate f rom the R. H. Smith School of Businessat the University of Maryland in College Park in May 2012.

Golden Key International Honour Society provides aca-demic recognition to top-performing college and university stu-dents, as well as scholarships and award, career and internshipopportunities, networking, service and leadership developmentopportunities.

For more information on Golden Key, please visit www.gold-enkey.org.


Four North-ern High School(NHS) seniorsgot one last hur-

rah in beforeleaving school- Kerry Mc-Gowan, MaryBrooke Umhau,Katherine Stilesand AlexanderFowler placedthird in the na-tional Personal Finance Challenge in St. Louis.

The national competition on May 14 came after the studentstook rst in the state challenge April 17 under the tutelage theirteacher sponsor, NHS Business Department teacher BernadetteHager. Media Center Instructional Assistant Martha Umhau andNHS Vice Principal Trey Sirman accompanied the students on theovernight trip to Missouri.

Martha Umhau said the students were tested individually andas a group, and tied for third place among the teams from 14 dif-ferent states.

The National Personal Finance Challenge is an opportunityfor students to demonstrate their knowledge of Personal Finance bycompeting with other students across the nation in a three-roundcompetition, the Personal Finance Challenge website reads.

Students were tested in knowledge of insurance, credit carddebt and other personal nance areas.

Its more than just how to balance your checkbook, Umhausaid.

She said the students showing in the competition demonstrat-ed how strong the Personal Finance courses are in the county. Nextyear, Calvert will be joining other counties statewide to make a per-sonal nance component mandatory for graduation. Umhau saidthe class of 2017 will be the rst to graduate with the requirement.

Getting the students to Missouri was a group effort, Umhausaid. The Maryland Council on Economic Education underwrotethe cost for the ight and hotel, and the NHS administration helpedwith the rest of the costs.

For more information, visit www.nancechallenge.org.

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Golden Key SocietyInducts Local Student

Northern HighStudents Show their

Financial Chops

Appeal, Patuxent Elementary HostFirst Combined Yard Sale

Prince FrederickRotary Recognizes Students

Spotlight On

Photo courtesy of Martha Umhau

Kerry McGowan, Mary Brooke Umhau, Katherine Stilesand Alexander Fowler at the Personal Finance Challenge.


The Rotary Club of Prince Frederick took time tohighlight outstanding youths from local high schoolsduring their regular meeting Monday evening.

For students preparing to enter college, ndingmoney is a challenge. The Rotary Club awarded fourgraduating students with $2,000 scholarships.

We believe all children should be educated tothe limit of their ability, said Scholarship Commit-tee Chairman Gene Karol. He explained the studentseach had to submit essays with their applications andthey were chosen out of a pool of more than 100 ap-

plicants. Those were whittled down to eight, then thefour award recipients.The students receiving the scholarships repre-

sent the best of the best of Calvert students, Karolsaid. He said the Rotary Club, as well as the studentsparents, were proud of how much the students haveachieved before even graduating from high school.

The scholarship winners were HuntingtownHigh School seniors Emily Allan, Alexandria Ven-demia and Carol Keller and Calvert High School se-nior Kelly Collins.

Allan and Vendemia will be attending Univer-sity of Maryland College Park, Keller will be attend-ing Cornell University and Collins will be going toGettysburg College.

Our clubs extremely proud and pleased toaward these scholarships, Karol said.

In addition to the scholarship awards, RotaryPresident Martha Caneld oversaw the installation of

Ruth Cooper, Sophie Lellis-Petrie and Kate Barrett

as ofcers for the Patuxent High School Interact Clubwith the help of Interact Club Supervisor and Patuxent Spanish Teacher Anna Price.

Patuxent High School NJROTC student RicardoFabila also received special recognition during themeeting. Past Rotary Club President Stovy Browngave Fabila the community service award in recognition of his 87 hours of service.

Fabila said he has volunteered at Appeal Elementary School, Annmarie Gardens and anywherthat I was needed.

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Taking advantage of thewarm weekend, the Parent-Teacher Associations from Ap-peal and Patuxent Elementaryhosted the schools rst evercombined yard sale Saturdaymorning.

Families paid for theirspaces at the sale, and themoney went directly to benetthe schools, said Kim Owenswith the Patuxent PTA. Protsfrom the items sold went to theseller. The PTA also took dona-tions and sold scented pencils,something Owens said is a hot

item among students. She de-scribed the yard sale as an effortto let the community know theschools work closely together.

This sale raised $115 to be divided between theschools. Kathy Patton, Vice President of AppealsPTA, said they werent sure what to expect form thesale.

We tried to advertise as much as we could we were probably hoping for a little more, but I didntreally have any [expectations], she said.

She said there were listings on SOMD.com andFacebook to advertise the sale and encourage peopleto buy spaces.

The yard sale was the rst combined spring

event for the schools, Owens said. A similar event ithe fall fair in October with safe trick or treating fochildren and activities for families.

Appeal and Patuxent Elementary School split up nearlyall the children from the Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Owensaid, with Patuxent takingKindergarten through secondgrade and Appeal taking thirdthrough fth grade. All totaledOwens said the school divideapproximately 1,000 studentsAppeal and Patuxent are theonly schools in the county thasubdivide the elementary gradstudents, she said.

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Photo by Sarah Mille

Rotary Scholarship Committee Chairman Gene Karol, left,with scholarship winners Alexandria Vendemia, Kelly CollinsEmily Allan, and Carol Keller.

Photos by Sarah Miller

Anthony Shir makes a sale to BarbaraMatthews.

The Appeal and Patuxent Elementary inaugural spring yardsale.

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STORY

Pets with Disabilities FoundedBecause Teir Spirits Arent Broken


A large white dog with tan patchespaces inside the double gate entry with hertail wagging eager to great guests. Meganwas the rst to the fence as Joyce Darnell,her owner, and Annie, a golden haired mix,followed behind.

Megan enthusiastically greets the guestto Pets with Disabilities home in PrinceFrederick. Once she is done, she runs offahead of everyone, as the party returns tothe barn to meet the other rescued disabledpets awaiting homes.

Megan is our temperament dog, said

Darnell, co-founder of the organization. Adog comes in that Megan doesnt like, thedog doesnt stay.

Megan is blind, but it is hard to tell bythe way she navigates the yard and barn.Darnell said Megan is the self-appointedMayor of Pets with Disabilities taking itupon herself to greet all guests human orcanine.

Annie and Ernie, two wheelchair dogs,were also among the greeting party. Ernie isa medium size white ball of uff. Annie hasthe face reminiscent of a German Shepherdbut is golden like a Retriever and runs likea Greyhound despite not having use of herhind legs.

Annie comes to us from Granada,said Darnell. A veterinary school was clos-

ing for a break and was faced with a deci-sion of nding her a home or euthanizingher. They went on line and found us. Illtake animals from anywhere as long as theycan get them to me.

With a glowing face and smile Darnellsaid she was able to rescue and adopt out50 dogs this year. However, later in the hourshe also swallowed hard and admitted thishad been a tough month as a number of herseniors died. One was due to cancer.

Duke was the beginningDarnell said something good always

comes out of something bad. In this case,she and her husband, Michael Dickerson

rescued Duke, a six month old white head-ed shepherd mix. He broke his back whileplaying two months later. When Darnelland Dickerson couldnt nd anywhere toturn for help, they started their own cam-paign to raise awareness and be a resourcefor others.

Wheelchair dogs are always the rstto be euthanized.

Dukes injury was in 2000. By 2003they formed a non-prot organization.Dickerson continues to work full-time tosupport his family, while Darnell providesfull-time care for the dogs.

In their backyard is a two story barnwhich houses some of the pets waiting fortheir forever homes. Most people mightcall the sections dividing the dogs living

space stalls or pens but Darnell callsthem apartments. Once inside the barn itis easy to see why.

Above each apartment hangs framedcolored photos of dogs and decorativeshelves of collectible lunch boxes. Lookingover the wooden walls into the apartmentone sees a futon like bed with bedding anda steel water bowl. More than that, the light-colored wood oors are immaculate. Then

the realization sinks in. The barn doesntsmell like a barn at all. In fact, it doesntsmell like animals live in the structure.

In the back of the barn, behind theapartments, are racks of towels and bed-ding, a washer and dry set, and a room off tothe side that secures all the food and medi-cation for daily care of the dogs.

Darnell gives every apartment a topto bottom cleaning daily. She also does in-termittent cleaning three times a day. Morn-ing, afternoon and evening. As she cleans,the dog has the chance to play outside in thelarge fenced in area.

And a signicant amount of time ispent keeping the peace. With as manyas 20-25 dogs in her care at any time, shsaid their personalities are bound to clashShe has two Border Collies living in hehouse that bicker like a married coupleThe female is wheelchair bound while thmale is deaf. The barking, she said, can boverwhelming at times. Therefore she has trailer on the property for human guests t

stay, instead of in her house.A number of the dogs must stay in hehouse because of the close monitoring theyneed. The ve wheelchair dogs she has cancontrol their bodily functions and are morprone to infections and health issues.

We have everything here between one eye-dog to one who cant use half itbody, deaf dogs, blind dogs and even twocats with a feline disease.

A Toast to Pets with DisabilitiesFive years ago, Sharon Sirkis was in

a doctors ofce waiting for an appointment when she picked up copy of the Ladies HomJournal to read a story aboua couple rescuing pets withdisabilities.

After 30 years of working in the government, I nally found what I wanted todo, said Sirkis.

She said she could connect with the story becausshe was suffering debilitatinback problems. In fact, shrecently retired after anotheround of emergency surgery

Never having been fundraiser or event planner, Sirkis has taken on thresponsibility of helping traise money which allowDarnell to take care of thdogs. One of the rst thingshe did was get the organization listed with the govern

ments Combined Federa

Megan is blind.

Joyce with Ernie Annie

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Campaign, which withdraws money out ofpaychecks, at the employees request, andsends it to an organization of their choice.

Then Sirkis started smaller events. Forexample, she discovered the Orioles baseballteam has community booths set up duringthe games. Sirkis picked the days which theteam sets off reworks because of the crowdsdrawn. Each game Pets with Disabilities hasbeen able to collect about $500.

Darnell said it costs about $2,000 to takecare of each dog, this includes the vet bills.

This year will be the third annual fund-raising event at Running Hare Vineyards inPrince Frederick on June 1.

Its our biggest fundraiser of the year,said Darnell. Its like a wedding receptiononly without the bride and groom.

Though they cannot bring the animalsthemselves, Sirkis and Darnell have tablesset up for the dogs which include photos andvideos.

The event is on the rst Friday in June, adonation the owners of Running Hare offeredhalf way through the rst fundraiser, accord-ing to Sirkis.

They said we could have this date andthe hall free of charge for as long as we neededit, said Sirkis.

During the evening, attendees can comecasual, drink all the beer they want, receive a$10 bottle of wine from the vineyard, eat buf-fet style, dance (with hula hoops possibly), andparticipate in a silent auction.

Darnell said they already have about 50people coming in from out of state, whichmeans the local hotels and restaurants are alsobeneting from the fundraiser. Over a hun-dred other tickets were sold to locals already.But there are plenty more tickets available forpurchase.

How People Can HelpWe need a grant writer, said Sirkis.

Someone who is willing to donate their timeand expertise to apply for grants to help fundthe organization.

Also, Sirkis would love to have volun-teers to help with event planning, administra-

tive duties and fundraising.Joyce is really the only one who can take

care of the dogs.So the more people who can take on other

responsibilities, allows Darnell to continuegiving the loving care she each one needs.

Mark your calendars for June 7, and goonline to vote in Toyotas 100 Cars for Goodcontest where voters will decide which 100 outof 500 non-prot organizations will receivenew vehicles. Pets with Disabilities wouldlike an SUV to help transport their animals.https://apps.facebook.com/carsforgood/

Also, when the Pets with DisabilitiesFacebook page receives 2,000 Likes a po-tential donator has agreed to give them a lotof good stuf. Their page is http://www.face-book.com/PetsWithDisabilities.

Finally, go to their website. There are pic-tures, stories, videos and more ways to helpget involved. www.petswithdisabilities.org.

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Sharon Chase, 59

Sharon Yvette(Fenwick) Chase or"Mickey", as she wasfondly called by her

family, 59 of DistrictHeights, MD., (for-merly of Chaptico,MD), departed thisearthly life to ascendinto glory on Sunday,May 13, 2012, sur-rounded by her lov-ing family. Born December 18, 1952 in Leon-ardtown, MD., she was the fourth child bornto the late Harry Buck P. Fenwick and thelate Edna E. Fenwick (Dent).

Mickey attended public schools inSt. Marys County. She married George P.Chase, Jr. in March 1978, and has two daugh-ters: Sherri L. Young and Tonya L. Chase.

She worked at Regency Nursing Facil-ity in Forestville, MD. Mickey was currentlyworking as the Resident Manager at Spanish

Village Apartments, and was one of the mostwell respected resident managers that theycould have ever had.

Mickey was quite the comedian; youcould count on her to make a not so bad situ-ation into something humorous. She enjoyedgambling. There wasnt a slot machine thatwasnt her friend, or a family friendly cardgame that she wasnt coming out a win-ner. Traveling with her family was specialto her; Rehoboth Beach, visiting family in

North Carolina, and enjoying a Thanksgiv-ing cruise to the Bahamas. Her favorite timewas the weekend spent with her granddaugh-ter and husband, adventuring to many shop-

ping centers, restaurants, and parks. Therewas nothing that gave her more pleasure thanshopping for and spoiling her granddaughterSheridan. Mickey was fun-loving and al-

ways willing to give a helping hand to anyonewhether it was sharing one of her wonderfulhome cooked meals or just being there to lis-ten when it mattered the most.

Mickey leaves fond memories in heartsof many, including her loving and devotedhusband George P. Chase, Jr.; daughtersSherri L. Young, Tonya L. Chase, and a

beautiful grand-daughter Sheridan L. Young.Four brothers, Harry P. Fenwick, Jr.(Pat) ofDistrict Heights, MD; James V. Fenwick (Di-ane) of Lusby, MD, Paul A. Fenwick (Lisa)of Bushwood, MD; Chris O. Fenwick ofLexington Park, MD; ve sisters, Mary Su-sie A. Somervil le (Woodley) of Hollywood,MD; Diane M. Fenwick of Hollywood, MD;

Dorothy L. Fenwick of District Heights, MD;Terri L. Fenwick of District Heights, MD;Toni F. Blackwell (Tim) of Lexington Park,MD; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousinsand friends.

Mickey was preceded in death by her

parents and one brother James SonnyboyE. Dent.Family and friends gathered for visita-

tion from 9 am until Mass of Christian Burialat 10 am on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at St.Josephs Catholic Church, Morganza, MD.Interment immediately followed at SacredHeart Church Cemetery, Bushwood, MD.

Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funer-al Home.

Vincent Dickens, 75

Vincent GeorgeDickens, 75, of Lex-ington Park, MD,also known to othersas Pipe or Vince,

quietly entered intoeternal rest on May15, 2012. Vincentwas born on June26, 1936, to thelate James O. Dick-ens and Viola M.(Greene) Dickens in St. Georges Island, MD.He was the third oldest of eleven brothers andsisters.

Vincent received his education at Car-dinal Gibbons High School in Ridge, MD.He was a member of St. Georges CatholicChurch until his illness began in December2011.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1956to 1965. After his honorable discharge fromthe Navy, he was employed with Local Union657 in Washington, DC, Calvert Cliffs Nu-clear Power Plant and Patuxent River Naval

Air Station until his retirement.In his past time Vincent enjoyed listen-

ing to gospel music, and watching the Red-skins and the Baltimore Orioles.

Vincent leaves to cherish his memo-ries one son, Stanley J. Robinson; four sis-ters, Cecelia Young (Joseph), Mary Stewart(George), Elaine Frederick and ElizabethBarnes; four brothers, Ernest Dickens (Fran-ces), James Dickens (Annette), Paul Dickensand Francis Dickens. He is also survived bya friend of many years Darlene McDowney,and her ve children Kirsten (Pebbles) Mc-Downey, Robert Lee McDowney, CoreyMcDowney, Damien (Shortstop) Bonds, EricBonds, and her two grandchildren Kemya

(Moochie) Rhodes and KeAndre Gant. Heis also survived by a host of nieces, nephews,and cousins.

He is preceded in death by his parents,two brothers, Joseph and Russell Dickens;and his paternal grandparents, Henry and

Bessie Dickens, who raised him.Family and friends will unite on Fri-day, May 25, 2012 for visitation at 10 am un-til Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am at St.George's Catholic Church, 19199 St. George'sChurch Road, Valley Lee, MD. Intermentfollowing in the church cemetery.

Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funer-al Home, Mechanicsville, MD

Paula Hobb, 55

Paula MarieHebb departed thislife on Wednesday,May 16, 2012, atSpecialty Hospitalin Washington, D.C.

She was born on Sep-tember 5, 1956 to thelate Thomas LeroyHebb and Marga-ret Briscoe Hebb inWashington, D.C.She was the second of ve children born tothis union and was loved dearly by her par-ents. Paula was an extremely outgoing child,who loved hanging out with her family andfriends. Her smile would light up the roomand she loved making people laugh.

Paula graduated from Anacostia HighSchool and attended the University of theDistrict of Columbia. She worked at theSmithsonian Institute and later at the U.S.Postal Service for more than 30 years, untilshe retired in 2011.

As a young child, Paula was involvedin Karate and joined the community softball

team. She later joined an acrobatic team, theFlying Nesbitts, which appeared as an open-ing act for various R&B groups and othersocial events around the D.C. area. While at-tending Sousa Jr. High School, Paula, her sis-ter, and a group of friends decided to dance tothe song Shaft in the schools talent show.The group enlisted the help of a communitydance instructor, who immediately advisedthe group that Paula should be the lead danceras Shaft, because of her personality. Theyentered the talent show and came in rst

place. The audience came alive to her per-formance and she became known as Shaftaround school. We all teased her about it foryears!

Paula was very protective over her fam-ily and had a heart for those who were unableto defend themselves. The family use to joke

with Paula, that she could beat us up when-ever she pleased, but no one else could touchus. She would show her big smile, for whichshe was known, and say, you got that right!Also, anyone who knew Paula knew thatshe lived to play Bingo. Her love for Bingowas another running joke in the family. Shewould laugh at us and say, yeah, yall canlaugh while Im counting my money too,which was an understatement, because shedid very well at winning in Bingo!

Paula leaves to cherish her memory, herloving son, Michael S. Gallion, Jr. (Jenni-fer), her grandchildren, Michael III, Mariah,Tynia, Malique, Marcel, Martinus, Monyae,Maciah, Manny and Michaela; sister, Debo-rah; brothers, Thomas Petie, Jr., CharlesBrian, Sr. (Wanda) , Kevin (Mia); nephews,Thomas Putt (Edwina), Charles BJ, Jr.,

Elliott (deceased); nieces, Makeeta (Steve),Nikia, Kaya (Kyle), Tania, Tiffany and Bre-

anna; great-nieces and nephews, ThomasRavyn, Stephen, Lauryn, Kira, Charlie, KyleJr., Kori Lynne; and a host of aunts, unclescousins, and friends. She is preceded ideath by her mother and father, Thomas Leroy and Margaret Briscoe Hebb.

Family and friends will unite for visitation on Thursday, May 24 from 10 a.m. untitime of service at 11 a.m. at Briscoe-ToniFuneral Home, 38576 Brett Way, Mechanicsville, MD. Interment following at St. FranciXavier Cemetery. Compton, MD.

Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, Waldorf, MD

Halston Jones, 70

Halston Jones,70, of Great Mills,MD passed away onMay 13, 2012 at hisresidence. HalstonJones, son of the lateJohn and Virginia

Jones, was born onDecember 1, 1941 inCalvert County, MD.

Halston wasknown to his familyand friends as "'Hal".He received his education in Calvert CountyPublic School and graduated from BrookHigh School. After graduation, Hal pursuedhis career as a Licensed Boiler Engineer. H

performed engineering services for manyears for apartment complexes throughouthe Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area.

Hal was known for his neat appearancehis clothes and especially his cars. His rscar was a black 1963 Ford Galaxy 500 witha white convertible top. When the road wamuddy leaving from the house, Hal woulddrive his car to the end of the road and washit. Then he would walk back to the house; ge

dressed and then tip toe back to the car, so hwould not get his shoes and clothes dirty. Haalso managed a local band in Calvert Countduring the good ole days.

He was preceded in death by one sisteVivian Ella (Jones) Wills and two brothersEmory and Kenneth Graham Jones.

Hal leaves to cherish his loving memory, one daughter, Tina Renee Jones, one sonJermaine Jones and two granddaughtersAriana and Asia White; one sister, LucyViola (Jones) Kent, one brother Clifton Jone(Magnolia), sister-in-law Delores Jones (Emory), a devoted nephew Rodney Jones and ahost of relatives and close friends.

Memorial service was held on SaturdayMay 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Sewell FuneraHome, Prince Frederick, MD with PastoRonald Titus ofciating. The interment wa

Private.Funeral arrangements provided by

Sewell Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD

Tyrone Jones, 44

Tyrone AnthonyJones, 44, of TempleHills, MD passedaway on May 15,2012 at Tate HospiceHouse, Linthicum,MD. Tyrone AnthonyJones was born Oc-tober 6, 1967 to thelate Mervin Jones, Jr.and the late ElizabethMae Jones.

Tyrone graduated from the CalverCounty Public School System. He later joine

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the Navy. He was employed with AmericanChemistry Council as an Emergency ServiceSpecialist. He loved his two dogs, Blanketand Prince. Tyrone enjoyed singing, plantinghis owers, Wal-Mart, the Green Bay Pack-ers and being with his family and friends.

Tyrone leaves to cherish his four broth-ers: George (Delore), Donald (Lavata), Carl-ton (Marcel) and Preston (Tucksandra); foursisters: Velma (Howard), Mable (Preston),Barbara (William) and Josephine (Kenneth).He also leaves a very special friend, dear tohis heart, Armanda Long, a host of uncles,aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Memorial service was held on Monday,May 21, 2012 at 6:00 PM at Sewell FuneralHome, Prince Frederick, MD with BishopDarnell Easton ofciating.

The interment was private.Funeral arrangements provided by

Sewell Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD.

Melvin Kaplan, 79

Melvin DavidKaplan, 79, of PortRepublic, MD passedaway on May 21, 2012at his home. Melvinwas born March 31,1933 in WashingtonDC to the late Davidand Elizabeth Kaplan.

Besides his par-ents, Melvin is also

predeceased by hissister Shirley Barletta.

He was the beloved husband of HattieA. Kaplan, of Port Republic, MD and fatherof Anna Kostelni and her husband Jeff. ofWilliamsburg, VA. Brother of Frederick L.Kaplan of Port Republic, MD and Bobby Ka-

plan, of Mechanicsville, MD. He is also sur-vived by four grandchildren, Samantha and

Christopher Kostelni, Lauren Caldwell andMelissa Pierce and three great grandchildren,Brandon Pierce and Christopher and MikeyErwin.

The family received friends on Wednes-day May 23, 2012 at the Rausch FuneralHome, 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Re-

public, MD where services followed.Interment will take place on Tuesday

May 29, 2012, 3PM at Maryland VeteransCemetery, Cheltenham MD.

Memorial contributions may be made toCalvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838 Prince Freder-ick, MD 20678

Marion Lewis, 90

Marion Sebree

Lewis, 90, of Martins-ville Va., formally ofBroomes Island, Md.He was affectionatelyknown as "Whitey" or"Pop" to all who knewhim. Born on a farmoutside CincinnatiOhio April 4th 1922,his favorite storieswere of his life grow-ing up on the farm.

"Pop" was a WWll Navy Vet., a gun-ners mate who crewed on several "LibertyShips." He retired after 33 years workingfor the B&O Railroad. He was a 30-year lifemember of the Glen Burnie Elks Lodge andcurrent member of Calvert Lodge #2620. Heloved to go crabbing and shing for ounder

on the eastern shore in Md. and the outerbanks. Many will remember talking to him

at the coffee counter in Don's General Storeevery morning.

He is preceded in passing by his wifeBessie May and daughter Anna May, brotherGeorge and sister Betty Sue and father Ralphand mother Mattie.

He is survived by his daughter Patricia(Don) Goehle; son Marion S. (Kathy) LewisJr.; four grandchildren, Michael Lewis Goeh-le, Wendy Kirkpatrick, Marion Steven Lewisand Kimberly Brooks; and 8 great grandchil-dren, Nicholas and Carter Goehle, Stevie andRayne Lewis and Maliyah, Madison, andMakayla Brooks and Emma Kirkpatrick.

The family received friends on MondayMay 21, 2012 at the Rausch Funeral Home,4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic,MD, where services were held on TuesdayMay 22, 2012. Interment followed in Mead-ow Ridge Memorial Park, Elkridge, MD .

Lenny Parness, 81

Leonard Lenny Parness of North

Beach, Maryland, died on May 14, 2012, athome. Lenny was born on September 22,1930, in Bronx, New York, Eli and SallyParness.

For 26 years, he was the beloved hus-band of Elizabeth Parness and the loving fa-ther of Deborah Gittleson and her husband,Gary; Holly Parness; Scott Parness and hiswife, Karen; Justine Gulledge and KristineKelly.

He was the devoted grandfather ofStacie, Brett, Blake, Jodie, Katie, Kevin,Sammy, Dylan and Shannon. He was thegreat-grandfather of Austin, Kelcie, Adisonand Parker. Lenny is also survived by one

brother, Myron Parness.Lenny and Elizabeth moved to North

Beach, Maryland four years ago fromSeabrook, Maryland.

Lenny served in the Korean War from

1951 to 1955. He was a member of the NorthBeach Senior Center and loved playing cards,horse races, traveling, spending time in the

pool and he was a New York Yankee fan.Family was the most important thing in

his life, followed by lifelong and new friendshe met at the Senior Center. Nothing broughthim greater joy, than being with family andfriends.

Albert Robinson, 70

Albert L. Rob-inson, 70, of PrinceFrederick, MDpassed away at hishome on May 20,2012. Albert was

born in Prince Fred-erick, MD to thelate James Briscoeand Della GattonRobinson.

Albert wasa typical old time Calvert County man,he was born here, lived here all his life,farmed during the season and worked as acarpenter when not farming. He was alsothe rst Chief of Huntingtown Vol. FireDept. Co. #6.

Besides his parents, he is predeceasedby his siblings, James B. Robinson andNellie Mae Carpenter.

Albert is survived by his wife, LindaLou Robinson, of Prince Frederick, fatherof David D. Robinson and his wife Cathyof Sunderland, and Tania D. Milstead and

her husband Roy of Prince Frederick.

Grandfather of Nathan and Kelsi Robin-son, Justine, Allison, and Kacie Milstead,he is also survived by Sister Marion Punti-gan and Brother Charles O. Robinson.

The family received friends on Tues-day May 22, 2012 at the Rausch Funeral

Home, P.A., 4405 Broomes Island Road,Port Republic, MD, where services wereheld on Wednesday May 23, 2012. Inter-ment is private.

Memorial contributions may be madeto Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838 PrinceFrederick, MD 20678.

Bill Rowe, 82

William DavidBill Rowe, 82, ofChesapeake Beach,MD passed awayMay 16, 2012 atInova Fairfax Hos-pital, Fairfax, VA.He was born Janu-

ary 7, 1930 in New-ark, New Jersey toMilton and Pauline(Strauss) Roethler.

He was educated in New Jerseyschools and graduated from ColumbiaHigh School in Newark, class of 1948. Heattended Wesleyan University in Middle-town, CT, graduating in 1952. He thenreceived his MBA from the University ofPittsburg, an in 1973, and later his Ph.D.in Business Administration from Ameri-can University in Washington, D.C. Healso received a diploma in theologicalstudies. Bill was employed as an environ-mental consultant for Peak Performanceof McLean, VA. He formerly was a selfemployed consultant operating Rowe Re-search and Engineering.

Bill resided in northern Virginia un-til moving to Chesapeake Beach in 1995.He was an accomplished musician, man-aging and playing the drums for The NotSo Modern Jazz Band. Bill was a memberof the Masonic Order and Kena Shrine inFairfax, VA, the Potomac River Jazz Club,and the Kiwanis Club of Northern Vir-ginia. He was also a member of All SaintsEpiscopal Church in Sunderland, MD. Hewas involved with the Twin Beach Play-ers, Treasure of the Bay Business Groupand often performed at the Wine and ArtsFestival at All Saints Church. He was abrew master who enjoyed making his ownbeer. Bill was also very athletic and en-joyed jogging, lif ting weights, swimmingand biking.

Bill was preceded in death by hisparents.

He is survived by four children Wil-liam D. Rowe, Jr. and wife Teresa of An-nandale, VA, Andie Rowe and husbandRobert Jones of Germantown, MD, DedeRowe of Savannah, GA and Ryan Roweand wife Sandra of Ft. Myers, FL. Alsosurviving are six grandchildren and abrother Howard Rowe of Indianapolis, IN.

A memorial service for family andfriends was held Monday, May 21, 2012 atAll Saints Episcopal Church, 100 LowerMarlboro Road, Sunderland, MD. Inter-ment is private.

Memorial contributions in Billsname may be made to the North BeachBoys and Girls Club, 9021 Dayton Av-enue, North Beach, MD 20714.

Isidora Ware, 102

Isidora Ware,102, of Hunting-town, MD passed

away on May 9,2012 at LucilleBrown's AssistedLiving Home inHuntingtown, MD.She was born inHarper's Ferry, WestVirginia, June 30,1909.

After Isidora's birth, her mother wento Washington, DC to work, leaving Isidora with her mother's father. Her mothereturned to West Virginia as often as shecould to visit her father and her daughterHer mother stayed in Washington until hedeath. Isidora was an only child, born toparents who were only children. Isidora nished her high school education and attend

ed Storer College, after which she left homeand went to D.C to work and live. She latemet and married Jesse Ware. They ownedand operated a store on Benning RoadN.E., which sold fresh chickens and shAfter they retired, they traveled frequentlygoing on cruises and to Japan, China, andHawaii. Jesse died June 21, 1982.

While in D.C., she was a member oPisgah Baptist Church of Washingtonwhere she served on the usher board. As anavid bowler, she and friends bowled twicea week. In the latter part of Decembe1999 her "Calvert County extended family" moved her from her apartment in D.C.where she had been living alone for 17years following her husband's death, to thehome of Myrtle Patterson, a f riend of mor

than 67 years. By January 2000 Isidora wamoved into an apartment at Calvert CountySenior Pines where she resided until 2005While at the Pines she joined a bowlingteam that she played on well into her 90'sMr. & Mrs. Desmond Burton graciouslytransported her each week. Isidora joinedPatuxent U.M.C Church in 2000.

All who met and knew Isidora will always remember her for her wonderful smileand her easy going manner. She was trulya sweetheart and had the disposition of anangel. She loved stuff animals and duringthe time she was bedridden, she held on toa black and white dog given her by DarleneLong on her 100th birthday.

She leaves to mourn her death, helong time friend Myrtle Patterson, Alice

Sewell, her part-time companion, BessieMoore, Betty Reynolds, Darlene Long, andChristine Long, who visited her, and Patuxent's church family who inquired about hewell being frequently. Lucile Brown, hecaregiver and friend, took Isidora whereveshe went. Isidora enjoyed going for ridesLucille's personality was a perfect matchfor Isidora. Deborah Harvey was also acompanion for Isidora. We all have beenblessed to have had Isidora in our lives.

Funeral service was held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM at SewelFuneral Home, Prince Frederick, MD withRev. Bryan Fleet ofciating. The intermenwas at Harmony Memorial Park, Landover, MD. The pallbearers were family andfriends.

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Phone 301-373-4125Staff WritersGuy Leonard Law EnforcementSarah Miller Government, EducationCorrin Howe Community, BusinessCarrie Munn Staff Writer

Contributing WritersJoyce BakiKeith McGuireSusan ShawSherrod Sturrock

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Special Session isSelf-Inicted Wound

on Job Growth

By Susan ShawCalvert County

Commissioner, 2nd District

Responsible StewardshipRequires Investment

As the news about the recent actions ofthe Maryland General Assembly in the Spe-cial Budget Session hit the press, I have de-cided to discuss priorities.

To re-cap, in shorthand, the MarylandLegislature used the recent Special Sessionon the budget to raise taxes on individuals,couples, and products including tobacco andon banking transfers called I-Dots or indem-nity deeds as well as passing the teacher pen-sions to the Counties along with so-calledoffsets, which are some of the effects of thejust listed tax increases, as well as removal ofthe requirement that the Counties pay back

their own portion of income tax revenue thatthe state borrowed. All of these contortedbudgetary actions were to allow the stateto spend 2.7% more this scal year that be-gins July 1st with a projected $500 Millionstructural budget decit for the following s-cal year. 2.7% of Billions of dollars (about$35.5 Billion) is a LOT of money. The statelegislative leaders said that these budget ac-tions were necessary, in part, to maintainthe States AAA bond rating. Clearly, theactions of the state government demonstratethat their priorities were to spend more, toeliminate pension funding obligations and topreserve the States AAA bond rating. Rais-ing taxes proves to the bond rating agenciesthat the state can afford to spend more, asdoes reducing the state-incurred pension ob-

ligations, so all three are intertwined.Are your priorities as a voter and a

state resident aligned with those of the stategovernment?

What about Calvert County priorities?Given that the state has the power to make orbreak county budgets and has been doing soregularly for the last several years, and given

that the economicdownturn has re-sulted in sharp-ly decreasedcounty tax rev-enues, meaningthat there is lessavailable moneyto spend for theforeseeable fu-

ture, how does aCounty Commis-sioner prioritizewhere to directthat limited rev-enue? We cannoteliminate pen-sion funding ob-ligations. Whatabout the othertwo state priori-ties of spendingmore and pre-serving the bondrating?

The CalvertCounty Boardof County Com-

m i s s i o n e r s(BOCC) hasclearly dem-onstrated thatmaintainingour AAAbond rating is a high priority. It is analogousto you maintaining your high credit score.Doing so provides you options. Inability orfailure to do so eliminates or reduces optionsabout where you can live, what car you candrive, and what you have to pay in interest.Calvert Countys AAA bond rating was justre-afrmed, allowing us to sell bonds (bor-

row money over time) to pay for CalvertHigh School, the second building of the Col-lege of Southern Maryland, and other capital(building) projects at an interest rate below2%. This low interest rate saves the taxpayermillions of dollars over time.

The remaining state priority is to spendmore and to raise taxes to pay for the addi-tional spending. The Calvert County BOCChas not endorsed that priority. Despite theurging of some groups that we do so, we areholding the line on spending. That deci-sion to spend less means that we cant takeon more continuing expenses beyond theever-increasing burdens with which the statelegislature has saddled us, like the teacherspensions, unless we can nd a new fundingsource. Examples might be an increase in

the commercial tax base through businessexpansion or new business location. Or an-other example might be an increase in tour-ism, which expands the local tax base. Con-sequently, one of my priorities is expansionof the local business and tour ism economy.

An additional priority is to maintainthe exceptional quality of life that Calvert isblessed to have. Maintenance is a key word.Just like you have to maintain your propertyand your car to keep its value, and becausereplacement costs are often much higherthan maintenance costs, the county govern-ment has to maintain its buildings and infra-structure. When the useful life of your prop-erty or car has been exceeded, and the cost ofmaintenance is more than the value or safetyis compromised, then you must make deci-

sions about replacement and what kind ofreplacement is affordable. County govern-ment makes similar decisions. Calvert HighSchool was cheaper to replace than to reno-vate. Northern High School has reached thatmilestone where maintenance requires reno-vation and where renovation is more costlythan replacement. Responsible stewardshiprequires an investment. A homeowner whochooses other priorities or who cant affordrepairs may end up living in a dilapidatedhome whose value has been lost. My priorityis to continue to invest in maintaining whatmakes Calvert County a valued place to live,work, visit, and raise a family.

I hope that the priorities of the major-ity of Calvert Countians mir ror those of yourCommissioners.

COMMISSIONER CORNER

Maryland Business for Responsive Government characterized the conclu-sion of the special session as yet another self-inicted wound on the state's busi-ness climate. The outcome of this special session, enabling the state to collect$264 million in additional revenues, comes mostly through increases in theindividual income tax. New tax brackets and reduced exemptions will hit thosewith annual incomes of $100,000 or greater and comes on the heels of suchlegendary ill-conceived tax policies including the 2007 tech-tax and its replace-ment - the millionaire's tax.

This latest self-inicted wound on our business climate could have beenavoided if our state government lived within its means, said MBRG PresidentKimberly M. Burns. Instead, our top elected ofcials chose the politically ex-

pedient route of continuing government spending at record levels and avoidingthe difcult choices required of a scally-responsible approach to governing.

Over 80,000 businesses led S-corporation tax returns in Maryland in2010, according to the state comptroller's ofce. Income from S-Corporations,LLCs, and sole proprietorships are taxed at personal income rates. Many busi-nesses will simply reduce employment levels or reduce costs elsewhere.

Robert Bauman, President of Trusted Systems, Inc. in Carroll County, anda member of MBRG, said businesses will adjust to tax increases in any numberof ways including layoffs, pay cuts, raising prices or identifying other cost-saving measures.

Many people don't realize that with this increase in the individual incometax, you are essentially taxing businesses at higher levels as well, said Bau-man. It's foolish to think that won't impact hiring and stunt private sector jobgrowth.

Do you have something to say?Would like your voice to be heard?

Send us a letter telling us whats on your mind!

E-mail letters to: [email protected]

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Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) welcomedguests to the grounds of Sotterley Plantation on Thursday tohonor Wilson H. Parran with its inaugural Heritage Award.

We wanted to create an award that really honors oneperson from our region that has mastered that leadership,service and mentoring that is so important, someone whoreally represents those qualities. LSM Executive DirectorKaren Holcomb told the Calvert Gazette.

This years president of the organizations board of

directors, and the rst LSM graduate to take on the role,Susan Vogel, told guests the annual Hertiage Award willuse the acronym LSM- leadership, service, mentoring- andselect a recipient that exemplies one of those traits at theregional level.

Vogel likened LSM to oyster cultivation and Parran,a life-long Calvert County resident and leader, received apolished pearl in a crystal shell as well as his plaque forExcellence in Leadership.

Parran, LSM Class of 2009, said his travel through-out the region and the state as a CalvertCounty Commissioner and member ofthe local and state school boards, seeingdifferent perspectives, made him realizehow blessed we are to have our strongSouthern Maryland region.

Thank all of you out there, becausewe now have a group of 138 people thathave gone through LSM, and all of you

have not only signicantly contributedto your community before that point butI know youll continue to contribute inthe future, he said.

Wilson was denitely the exam-ple, the very perfect rst person to re-ceive this award, Holcomb stated, add-ing it was gratifying that Parran, evenafter completing Leadership Maryland,joined LSM, making a statement abouthow important it is to have that re-gional platform of communication and

cooperation.In reality, we share common issues across these thre

counties and we share the ability to make to make a differ

ence as well, Holcomb said.The Class of 2012s 35 graduates became LSMs fourt

graduating class earlier in May.After their completion of the nine-month tuition-base

program where local issues are at the forefront, Holcomsaid, We are condent these individuals will apply theiLSM experience in positive and dynamic ways to benethe region.

For more information on Leadership Southern Maryland, visit www.leadsomd.org.

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Leadership Southern Marylands board of directorspresident Susan Vogel presents the groups inauguralHeritage Award to Wilson H. Parran, honoring hisexcellence in leadership which has impacted the region.

Photo by Carrie Munn

LSMs recently-graduated 35-member Class of 2012

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PostureScreenings,

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Magic Show

Sidewalk Sale Benefts Calvert Libraries

Crooked I Supports Skills USABy Sarah MillerStaff Writer

To balance health and safety aware-ness with a fun day out, the AlexanderChiropractic Center opened the doors ofits Solomons Island ofce to welcomefamilies to the 12th Annual Kids Day.

Alexander Chiropractic Center Re-ceptionist Melissa said this is the secondtime the Kids Day has been held at theSolomons Island ofce. She said they didit once before, but the facility was toosmall and they held it in their Californiaofce. Now, after expanding the ofce,they decided to try again.

During the span of the day, 200 kids

and 400-500 people came through thecenter. They had their ngerprints taken,got free posture and vision screeningsand dental care information from Tide-water Dental.

It wasnt all business during the af-ternoon. Between cotton candy, picturesin a re truck and a comedy magic show

by SuperMagicMan Reggie Rice, therewas plenty to keep the children enter-tained outside.

Dr. Larry Smallwood, one of thedoctors performing posture screenings,said the afternoon is a way to interactwith the community and introduce peo-

ple to the benets of chiropractors.

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Community

By Sarah Miller

Staff Writer

With hundreds of titles, many for$0.50 and $1, readers has a chance topick up some new books without break-ing the bank at the annual Friends of theLibrary Gently Used Book Sale in PrinceFrederick.

Friends of the Library President Mar-tha Grahame said last weekend was one ofthree large sales they hold per year out-door ones in May and September and athree day indoor sale in January.

This sale raised approximately$2,000, said Library Public Relations Co-ordinator Robyn Truslow.

Truslow said a lot of work goes infrom the Friends to sort the book dona-tions. Donating books is a great way for

people to get rid of books they dont wantwhile supporting their local libraries, shesaid.

The Friends of the Library raise mon-ey along with the Calvert Library Founda-tion, which Truslow said runs the higher-dollar fundraisers, such as the awardsdinner in April. The foundation also ap-proaches larger corporate donors for thelibraries. The friends run the kind of fun-draisers that everyone can participate in.

She said anyone can come buy a bookfor a dollar, but not everybody can afford$100 dinner tickets or $10,000 donations.She said it is important for people to knowthey can be involved and support the li-braries no matter how they do so.

All money from the book sale goes tothe libraries to fund projects and programs

outside the capital budget. She said themoney has gone to fund teen and tweenprograms.

I like to think we put the cream andsugar in the coffee, Grahame said.

The May sale is the only outdoor onethat spans two days. She said they set upon Sunday in May to combine with a com-munity event that takes place in the areabetween the Prince Frederick library andPanera Bread.

For individuals disappointed because

they missed last weekends sale, there is noneed to wait until September for anothechance to buy quality books cheap. Theris a Friends of the Library room at thePrince Frederick library, and small bookstores at other branches, that is continuously re-stocked with gently used bookat the same price as the used book saleGrahame said the money all goes to helpthe library.

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