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By Sarah MillerStaff Writer

UniStar was given 60 days at the end of August to find an American partner to build the third reactor at Calvert Cliffs. The dead-line has passed.

A Nov. 1 press release from Beyond Nuclear touted the passing of the 60-day deadline for French-owned UniStar to find an American partner for the third Calvert Cliffs reactor as the “final death knell for the long troubled project.”

“French nuclear reactor in Maryland won’t go forward,” the headline reads. “Planned third reactor at Calvert Cliffs is canceled.”

Though the deadline has passed, there is

an active appeal from UniStar to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In late September, UniStar filed a petition with the five-member presidentially appointed commission that oversees the NRC.

The Commission has not yet ruled on UniStar’s appeal for the review of an earlier Atomic Safety and Licensing Board decision to set a deadline, said NRC Spokesperson Neil Sheehan.

“UniStar is pleased that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering our petition for review of the ASLB decision regarding foreign ownership, control and domination. The Commission’s guidance at this time is vital to guide UniStar and other applicants as we navigate the agency’s FOCD requirements,” the company said in a pre-

pared statement supplied by spokesperson Laura Eifler.

“The clock ran out on French nuclear expansion plans in the US,” said Beyond Nuclear Director of Reactor Oversight Paul Gunter in the group’s press release. “Elec-tricity companies have lost their appetite for exorbitantly expensive and increasingly risky atomic power,” he said. “The new reactor fi-asco is over in Maryland and the termination of the proceeding means that the other EPR projects are as good as dead in the US.”

Beyond Nuclear is one of four groups that filed contentions to the NRC in 2008 to block the new reactor.

Sheehan said NRC staff has received no notification indicating the application is dead or has been withdrawn. Until told to

do otherwise, the staff continues its work on environmental and safety aspects of the application.

Eifler said the decision from the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board was to close pro-ceedings on the foreign ownership conten-tion, but their ruling allows UniStar to come back at any point they find an American part-ner and request the proceeding be reopened.

The question of foreign ownership of the third Calvert Cliffs reactor is only one of 12 contentions against the application, Eifler said, who added, UniStar and the NRC will continue working to address the other con-tentions while UniStar seeks an American partner.

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Cool temperatures didn’t stop 102 run-ners and walkers from participating in the 12th annual CAASA Step by Step 5K at Solomons Island.

Step by Step honored Mike Blackwell, a runner who was killed in a hit-and-run acci-dent on Broomes Island Road. His wife Bon-nie spoke before the 5K started, thanking ev-eryone for coming out. She said it speaks to the character of Calvert County that so many would come out to support CAASA and honor the memory of her husband.

Matthew Nel-son came down from Chesapeake Beach to take part.

“Anything you run for and it helps someone, it’s a good thing,” Nelson said.

Participating in the 5K was a way to help Nelson to get back in after his re-cent chemotherapy. He said he couldn’t run the whole thing, but managed to run

half the circuit and walk the rest, finishing 83 out of 102 participants. He said he wanted to run the CAASA 5K as a way to help his community.

Amy and Nicklas Herrmann, mother and son, came out for different reasons. Nicklas wanted the practice for joining his school’s track team while Amy wanted to run for a good cause. Though he didn’t run, Hunter Herrmann made a sign to cheer on his mother and older brother during the 5K.

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Hundreds came out for the midnight release of Halo 4.

“It was crazy, from what I under-stood,” said Dunkirk GameStop Assistant Manager Chrissy Ogilvie. She came in the morning after to clean up, and the last numbers she received showed more than 100 gamers came out for the newest Halo.

The night was even bigger at the GameStop in California. Assistant Man-ager Amanda Jenkins said 250 showed up for the release.

Both locations anticipate the next mid-night release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, on Nov. 12. Jenkins said she expects between

300 and 400 to line up in front of the store. “It's the most popular game of the

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Turkey Trot Scheduled Before Feasts


Project ECHO invites citizens to lace up their running shoes before chowing down on their Thanksgiving feast.

Trisha Gipson, director of Project ECHO, announces the first Turkey Trot fundraiser for the homeless shelter.

“So many people want to do things for the homeless at Thanksgiving,” she said, adding Project ECHO doesn’t have a place for everyone to volunteer. The Turkey Trot is a way to let everyone who wants to volunteer with the local home-less shelter get involved. Funds will go to help “keep the lights on” and run day-to-day operations.

Project ECHO is working with the Arc of Southern Maryland. Nkeshi Free, development manager and spokesperson, said this is the first time the two organi-zations have worked together on a fund-raiser. The shelter approached the Arc to use its Prince Frederick location.

“We have to support each other,” Free said.

More than 60 participants re-regis-tered, and Gipson said she anticipates sev-eral showing up for day-of registration. Local track teams and a group of sorority sisters from St. Mary’s College have pre-registered for the race.

Volunteers will dress up as a turkey and a nun, and Gibson said she is looking for someone to dress up as a pilgrim.

The Turkey Trot, a 5K friendly to both runners and walkers, will start at the Arc of Southern Maryland community resource building on West Dares Beach Road in Prince Frederick, according to Gipson. Runners start at 7 a.m. and walk-ers depart 15 minutes later.

Registration is 6-6:45 a.m. Thanks-giving morning. Entry is $30 per partici-pant and everyone registering receives a tee shirt while supplies last. First, second and third place male and female finishers in age groups 13-18, 19-24, 25-35, 26-64 and 64 and up will receive medals.

For more information, contact Gip-son at 410-535-0044, ext. 4.

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Oct. 30, 2012 –Calvert County Resi-dents may dispose of tree/green debris as a result of Hurricane Sandy at the Appeal and Barstow landfills starting Wednesday, Oct. 31, through Friday, Nov. 30, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., free of charge. After Nov. 30, tree/green debris must be taken to Ap-peal Landfill and a fee of $67.23 per ton will apply.

Curbside pickup will not be available.

Tree/green storm-related debris is limited to un-bagged leaves, trees, limbs, branches, bushes, shrubs, etc. Tree/green debris and construction debris brought in commercial vehicles will be charged the commercial rate. Commercial vehicles must go to the Appeal Landfill.

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Tainted Halloween Treat Appears Isolated

Sheriff Office press releases recounts that on Wednesday, Oct 31 between 7 to 8:15 p.m. while participating in Halloween activities, a 16-year-old male visited approximately 25 homes in the Chesa-peake Ranch Estates in Lusby. He was accom-panied by at least three adults and three younger children. The 16-year-old and his mother returned to their St. Leonard home at approximately 9 p.m. The victim ate approximately 20 to 25 pieces of candy while watching television. He recalled that one piece (Dum-Dum flavored Cotton Candy lol-lipop) tasted unusual. Within an hour he was feeling ill and his mother drove him to Calvert Memorial Hospital. They arrived at approximately 11:00 p.m. A preliminary urine drug screening test resulted in a positive reaction to two controlled dangerous sub-stances frequently abused. The victim remained in the hospital emergency room for several hours be-fore he was discharged. The victim’s mother com-municated, via Facebook, with her friends about her son’s illness and the positive drug test results. These Facebook postings were reposted ultimately generating fear within the community and inquiries from the media.

None of the other adults or children who par-ticipated with the young victim’s trick-or-treating activities became ill. Most of their candy obtained during this event has either been seized by the Sher-iff’s Office or isolated to protect possible consum-ers. The wrapper and paper stick from the one piece

of suspect candy has been recovered by law en-forcement. Observation revealed nothing unusual.

The victim is prescribed a number of medica-tions. Poison Control personnel believe that none of his prescribed medications would have yielded the positive result obtained in the drug screening test. One of the physiological reactions the victim ex-hibited does not correlate to known reactions of the drugs detected in his urine via the screening test. Poison Control resources and administrators within Calvert Memorial Hospital confirmed that some drug testing procedures yield “false positives” if the parameters are too broad or non-specific. Cal-vert Memorial Hospital administrators have been very helpful. The urine sample collected from the 16-year-old victim will be forwarded to a second laboratory for confirmatory testing.

As of 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 no other medical calls for service have been recorded related to “tainted” Halloween candy and the hospital has recorded no additional cases of victims complaining about con-suming tainted Halloween candy.

Local law enforcement recommends immedi-ately discarding candy if your family visited homes on Gun Smoke Trail, Hickok Trail/Court, Pioneer Trail, Alamo Court/Lane/Trail, and Commanche Road.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Rich at 410-535-1600, ext. 2765.

Another Charged in Spate of Burglaries

By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

St. Mary’s detec-tives have charged and arrested a Lusby wom-an with taking part in a one-month rash of residential burglaries in Mechanicsville.

Kimberly M. Dove, 27, now faces 11 first-degree bur-glary counts for her alleged role in the day-time burglaries, according to court records.

According to charging docu-ments filed by Bureau of Crimi-nal Investigations Det. Cpl. David Alexander Dove’s co-defendant, Ashley Smith, operated the suspect vehicle and acted as lookout while Dove forced entry into various homes.

The two used cell phones dur-ing the burglaries, police alleged, and committed the acts while their children, all minors, were in the car with them.

The stolen items included jew-elry, currency, gift cards, a hand-gun and electronic devices. The

police said the couple drove to Charles Coun-ty to use coin machines to turn in the coins for cash money. The charg-ing documents estimate the total haul taken dur-ing the burglaries was near $30,000.

Dove had been charged in St. Mary’s

County back in August for similar burglaries using much the same method of operation in the latest crimes, according to authorities.

When Alexander interviewed Dove about the latest acts she ad-mitted to committing the burglar-ies in order to feed her addiction to prescription medications, court documents stated.

Dove has been charged with similar burglaries in Charles County, police said in charging documents.

The investigation continues into Dove’s possible connection to other burglaries in St. Mary’s and Calvert counties, police said.

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On Oct. 29 at approximately 7:27 p.m. members from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Special Opera-tions Team along with SMECO personnel responded to the area of Joy Road and Olivet Road in Lusby for a reported female subject trapped in her vehicle with downed live wires. The female was trapped for approxi-mately one hour. SOT members cut through trees across the roadway and pulled other trees out of the way to gain access to the trapped female. The trapped female was removed from danger and cleared medically by SOT personnel. She was escorted to her residence where she was reunited with her family. SMECO personnel arrived on the scene and de-energized all down power lines in the area.

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On Oct. 26 at approximately 10:16 a.m. a citizen con-tacted the Calvert County Control Center regarding a mo-torcycle and a white male located in the brush just off the roadway on Boyds Turn Road in the area of Three Broth-ers Way in Owings. The Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and called for Crash Reconstruction Team.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the motorcycle was involved in a single vehicle collision and the operator, identified as David Humberto Pagan, a 57-year-old male of Sunderland, was pronounced dead at the scene.

From the evidence on the scene it was determined that the motorcycle, a 2002 Harley Davidson, was traveling north bound on Boyds Turn Road when it left the roadway exiting the south bound shoulder. The motorcycle and Pa-gan struck a utility pole located near the edge of the road-way and continued into the heavy brush and bushes. In-conspicuous location of the motorcycle and the body made it difficult to discover until a passerby reported it. From the information available to the investigators at this time it appears that the collision occurred sometime between Oct. 25 at 7:15 p.m. and Oct. 26 at 10:16 a.m.; however the in-vestigators are still attempting to determine a more precise time of the event. It appears that speed was a contributing factor in this collision.

Pagan was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, where an autopsy will be performed in order to determine the cause of death. DFC E. Bradley of the Crash Reconstruction Team is conducting an investigation into the events that led up to the collision. Anyone with any information is asked to contact DFC E. Bradley at 410-535-2800 or via e-mail at [email protected].

A new state law that took effect this month establishes remedies for consumers when a dog sold at a retail pet store is found to have an undisclosed disease, illness or prior condition. It also creates certification, recordkeeping and public disclosure requirements for pet stores in Maryland, and sets penalties for violations of the law, according to a press release from the Maryland Attorney General’s office.

Letters have been sent to retail pet stores, defined as a for-profit public establishment that sells domestic animals to be kept as household pets, notifying them of the new provisions.

The law outlines different options for consumers who receive proof from a medical professional within a certain timeframe that a dog they purchased from a retail pet store has an illness or disease – or died from an illness or disease – that was known but undisclosed at the time of purchase. The consumer can return the dog to the retail pet store for a full refund, exchange the dog for one of comparable value, if available, or retain the dog and be reimbursed by the retail pet store for reasonable and documented veterinary fees not exceeding the sale price of the dog.

Retail pet stores must also now keep detailed records for each canine in its possession. That includes the breed,

age and birth date, if known, the gender, color and identi-fying markings, and a host of additional information about a dog’s medical history and background. Those records must be provided to the consumer at the time of purchase and must be made available for inspection at any time upon request of any prospective buyers and the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. A retail pet store must keep those records for at least one year after the date of sale.

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Patuxent High School brought in the last of the ballots and the board of elec-tions released the local numbers at 10:21 p.m. With the exception of the school board and two Chesapeake Town Council members, the incumbents kept their seats.

In District 3, challenger Kelly Mc-Conkey unseated current Board of Educa-tion President Rose Crunkleton, passing her with 53.37 percent of the vote to her 46.21 percent.

McConkey’s first reaction was “wow, that’s awesome.” He looks forward to at-tending the school board meeting Nov. 8, even though he and the other new board members will not yet be sworn in. Mc-Conkey said he is overwhelmed by the support of the voters, his family and Cal-vert Education Association and others for their support.

“It wasn’t easy getting to this point,” he said.

Second district incumbent Tracy Mc-Guire ran unopposed until the last couple weeks of the election, when Jason Phillip Delizio mounted an effort to overthrow her. She said the sudden opposition con-cerned her, especially considering she hadn’t done any hard-core campaigning.

“I took it for granted,” she said, add-ing she assumed she would be getting the vote for the district two seat. She said she is “so pleased” to serve on the board again, and she looks forward to the next four years.

Joe Chenelly took the top spot in dis-trict one, beating Clifton Savoy by 3,242 votes. Chenelly carried 54.59 percent, to-taling 18,806 votes before absentee and provisional ballots were counted.

“The real work starts now,” Chenelly said after receiving news of his election.

He said results are a clear indicator that county residents feel it is time to ad-dress issues unanswered by the current board. He intends to address “things that need to be taken care of to keep the schools great” – bullying and drug abuse.

“We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us to stay the best.”

O’Donnell vs. Hoyer In Calvert, Steny Hoyer squeaked

by Republican Congressional Candidate Tony O’Donnell by 636 votes, or 49 per-cent of the vote to O’Donnell’s 47percent. Libertarian Arvin Vohra, Green Party Candidate Bob Auerbach and write in candidates carried the rest of the prelimi-nary vote count.

Hoyer also won St. Mary’s County by a comfortable margin, 52 percent of the vote to O’Donnell’s 44 percent.

“Right now, it’s enough to say things didn’t turn out like we wanted them to,” O’Donnell said, adding he is uncertain of what his next move will be.

Though not victorious, O’Donnell said he takes pride in having run an hon-est campaign “done with integrity.” He regrets not having the opportunity to debate Hoyer in a formal setting, calling Hoyer’s lack of action to make sure such a debate happened as “unfortunate.”

O’Donnell is not giving up his politi-

cal career just because of this defeat, stat-ing Hoyer’s time in office is not infinite.

“Time waits for no man and no man is forever, debate or not,” O’Donnell said, ending with a hopeful note for the future.

“This is not the end, not by a long shot.”

Chesapeake Beach Town Council

Two new faces join four re-elected incumbents on the Chesapeake Town Council, according to results released by Election Judge Malcolm Funn.

Returning incumbents are Robert E. Carpenter, Patrick “Irish” Mahoney, Steward Cumbo and Valerie Beaudin. Jeff Krahling and Eric Reinhardt will join them.

“It will be all about the citizens of this town,” said Krahling in anticipation of coming actions by the board. He add-ed he is grateful to “all the citizens that trusted him, God and everybody who worked together” to help him get elected.

Mahoney, entering his fifth term on the town council, said the new members balance the board, bringing experienced and fresh board members, businessmen and members with young families.

He said he is looking forward to the opportunity to further serve his community.

“I’m elated.”

The Questions – Same Sex Marriage now Legal

All six of the state ballot questions passed, including the Civil Marriage Pro-tection Act (Question 6) and the Gam-ing Expansion (Question 7). Question 6 passed with a margin of 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent, while Question 7 passed with a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent.

The rest of the questions had larger margins. Question 5, a referendum peti-tion on redrawing the state’s congres-sional lines based on recent census data, passed 63.5 percent to 36.5 percent.

Question 4 asked voters whether leg-islation that “establishes that individuals, including undocumented immigrants, are eligible to pay in-state tuition rates at community colleges in Maryland, pro-vided the student meets certain condi-tions relating to attendance and gradua-tion from a Maryland high school, filing of income taxes, intent to apply for per-manent residency, and registration with the selective service system (if required); makes such students eligible to pay in-state tuition rates at a four-year public college or university if the student has first completed 60 credit hours or gradu-ated from a community college in Mary-land; provides that students qualifying for in-state tuition rates by this method will not be counted as in-state students for purposes of counting undergradu-ate enrollment; and extends the time in which honorably discharged veterans may qualify for in-state tuition rates,” ac-cording to elections.state.md.us.

Question 4 passed with a margin of 58.3 percent to 41.7 percent.

Question 3 handled changes to the suspension and removal of elected of-ficials. According to the website, the legislation “Changes the point at which an elected official charged with certain crimes is automatically suspended or re-moved from office. Under existing law, an elected official who is convicted or pleads no contest is suspended and is removed only when the conviction becomes final. Under the amended law, an elected offi-cial is suspended when found guilty and is removed when the conviction becomes final or when the elected official pleads guilty or no contest.”

Question 3 passed with 88 percent of the votes.

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School Board Has Two New Members

Newly elected School Board member Joe Chenelly and his wife Dawn earlier in the evening as they waited for results.

Tony O’Donnell supporters wait for final results to roll in. Photos By Sarah Miller


court judges, respectively. Question 1 passed with 87.7 percent and Question 2 passed with 87.9 percent.

Coming UpCalvert County has not counted pro-

visional and absentee ballots. Of 2,814 ab-sentee ballots issued, 2,178 were returned as of Election Day, according to Elec-tion Registrar Paula Bailey. Ballots post-marked by midnight Nov. 6 will be accept-ed through Nov. 16, she said. During the next two weeks, she said elections board staff will count provisional and absentee

ballots received from overseas members of the military and other voters. Chesa-peake Beach will also count provisional ballots during the next couple of days, Funn said.

For more information about Cal-vert’s board of elections, including ways to get involved, visit www.co.cal.md.us/government/elections. For more infor-mation about the state results, visit elec-tions.state.md.us/elections/2012/results/general.

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Planning Commission member Carolyn McHugh and Delegate Mark Fisher discuss the election at Tony O’Donnell’s watch party.

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Voters wait for the election results at the Democratic watch party.


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Record Early Voting TurnoutBy Sarah MillerStaff Writer

The Calvert Board of Elections experienced the high-est early voter turn out with 12 percent of registered voters casting their ballots between Oct. 28 and Nov. 2, according to Office Specialist Mary L. DePelteau.

In a breakdown by political affiliation, 2,740 Republi-cans and 3,275 Democrats voted and 1,025 “other” voters voted early. DePelteau said the number of voters never hit the election board’s unofficial goal of 2,000 in one day, but they consistently came close. On Saturday 1,417 showed up, on Wednesday there were 1,512 early voters, 1,597 on Thursday and 1,746 on Friday. The lowest turnout was 815 on Sunday, as the county braced for Hurricane Sandy’s ar-rival on Monday.

DePelteau said the election board expected the heavy turnout before Hurricane Sandy, but the continued turnout during the rest of the week, even the last minute addition of Friday, was surprising.

Voter turnout is normally higher during a presi-dential election, DePelteau said, adding that could contribute to the unprecedented number of early voters.

Voters’ reasons for coming out early varied. Bill Prochownik of Huntingtown said it was his first time voting early and he was doing it to make sure he got his vote in. He commended the people at the election board for making the process simple, noting it was even easier to vote at early voting than it had been to vote as his normal precinct during the last election.

Dunkirk resident Joe Crunkleton voted early because he wanted to make sure he was home to sup-port his wife, Rose Crunkleton, while she waited for the result of her campaign to remain on the school board.

Lois Zonderman of Solomons said she voted early because she works at the polls, and the one she is stationed at, Mill Creek Middle School, is not her home polling location.

Local candidates used the parking lot at the election board as a last minute platform. Campaign sighs crowded the lawn and school board candidates Kelly McConkey and Cliff Savoy could be found there, as could Republican congressional candidate Tony O’Donnell when he arrived to vote early.

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Calvert Democrats welcome early voters.

Tracy H. McGuire was re-elected to the school board.

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New Board of Education member Kelly McConkey greeted voters at early voting.

Election Judge Ron Lavender registers voters during early voting. Photos By Sarah Miller


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By Susan ShawCalvert County Commissioner, District 2

Recently, I had the proud pleasure of leading a panel at the Maryland Rural Health Association’s (MRHA) 2012 Rural Health Conference held in Solomons on the success-ful model of the Tri-County Council’s Veteran’s Committee, which I chair. The title of the presentation was Expanding Community-Based Health Care Services for Veterans and Retiring Military Service.

I was glad to see that Dr. Garner Morgan of St. Mary’s County received the MRHA’s Outstanding Rural Health Practitioner Award for his leadership in providing dental care through the Southern Maryland Mission of Mercy, about which I wrote previously. Congratulations to Dr. Morgan.

I learned a lot at the MRHA Conference, including facts presented by Jon S. Frank, Vice President of Calvert Health-care Solutions, speaking on Health Exchange Navigator Plan-ning in a Rural Community. His full presentation is available at http://mdruralhealth.org/2012conf/Frank.pdf. Here is a summary of what you can expect when you want to go to the doctor in Maryland.

For background, there are one million people in Mary-land on Medicaid. By 2020, that number is expected to be 1.2 million. Maryland is very advanced in its planning for Obam-aCare, which requires that Health Insurance Exchanges (HIE) be created. The HIE will determine eligibility for Medicaid. Medicaid will include all citizens below the age of 65 with income that is less than 138 percent of the poverty line. The

Maryland version of the HIE is called the Maryland Health Exchange (MHE). The MHE will provide a subsidy for health insurance for those above the Medicaid line which includes those with incomes from 138 to 400 percent of the poverty line. Those with incomes above 400 percent are required to pay the full amount. Eligibility for Medicaid or a MHE sub-sidy will be seamless as jobs and income change, but medical care will not. Changing income means a change in insurance companies and personal care physicians (PCPs). There is a guarantee of coverage despite pre-existing conditions, but it looks a lot like the current guarantee under employer-provid-ed coverage. There are no lifetime limits since the insurance company cannot set the price on risk, but on community rat-ings. The purpose of the individual mandate (legal require-ment to buy health insurance) is to bring in healthy people to spread the risk for sicker people. Insurance products must be approved by the federal government and if determined to be over-priced, a refund must be made.

Those earning 138 to 400 percent of the federal poverty limit must pay 9.5 percent of their family income for health insurance, after which they receive a tax credit for anything paid over 9.5 percent. Yes, the IRS is involved. If income in-creases or family size decreases, the credit must be re-paid.

Ratings take four factors into account: age by group, smoking, expense of healthcare services where you live, indi-vidual or family coverage.

You can apply on-line. Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) will be calculated the same for everyone everywhere based on your IRS tax forms utilizing one computer system

for the whole country. This federal data hub is being built to include the IRS, Social Security, Citizenship da-tabases, state data hubs including the Department of Social Services, Cor-rections, Child Support, and Vital Statistics. A problem is that IRS data lags to the income forms for the previous year.

Ten essential health benefits are required in commercial plans.

Most of these changes are set to occur in January 2014 with billions of dollars in federal funds scheduled to be spent to cover the expansion of Medicaid from 2014 to 2020. Cur-rently, Medicaid is paid 50/50 by the federal and state gov-ernments. In 2014, the split will 100 percent federal and zero percent state. Tax credit equivalent of $3.3 billion is projected for 2014 for the MHE subsidies for Marylanders. A navigator function is required. There will be something called Quali-fied Health Plans (QHPs) that will be required to meet stan-dards of more credentialing, must provide 24/7 emergency coverage, must have certain computer infrastructure, must meet provider credential standards, and on and on. There will be a Technical Assistance Center.

And after all of this, guess what? The penalty for non-participation will be less than 9.5 percent of MAGI. None of us will have the same healthcare we have now. The IRS will grow, and every time our income or family changes, we will have to report to Big Brother and hope the system works. So much for any assurance of staying with the physician we love now. Oh, yeah, ObamaCare is not the answer to my prayers.

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It’s homecoming weekend, and we all know what that means: grinding. Homecoming is a name ap-plied to many things. Some more literal minded people interpret it as the action of returning to the place of one’s birth. Others might think of the football game at high school each fall, while others still, take it to mean alumni going back to their college. But to high-schoolers, this word posses but one meaning: grind-ing. Grinding is a dance move that most people with any moral values whatsoever would shudder to think about. For those of you who have not yet been acquainted with this hedonism, I won’t go into specifics about how it is performed, but suffice it to say that is not the electric slide. Every year, my high school hires a decorating company to decorate our gym, and they recruit a DJ to play rap that is the antithesis of school appropriate, and they charge students $20 to come to school on a Saturday night to a dance.

This dance has, in recent years, changed names from “homecoming” to “the grindiest grindfest ever”. Mass hordes of students gather on the dance floor to grind in twos, threes, sometimes forming long grind chains. Huge lines of people just grinding while the revolted administration and shocked chaperones look on in horror.

So yeah, it’s pretty much the definition of a good time. Unfortunately, our good administration seems to disagree with this definition, and so this year, they are leading a Crack Down on grinding. They threat-ened to cancel the dance, but they make too much money to do that. Instead this year, they will be foisting the laws of polite civilization on us. Although I certainly don't wish our dear principal the best of luck in everything he does, I am somewhat skeptical of how these efforts will turn out. Because our behavior at dances and other social events is simply a learned pattern from a culture that we inherited from that same generation which is trying to repress us. You cannot play “Rack City” and expect us to do the waltz. And so, I hope you had fun, oh you of the druggie days, and early hip hop. You who illegally burned CDs. You who drove in mustang convertibles and spent hours on that Farrah hair. I hope you are proud of the values you taught us because this year it’s all coming home.

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Smith Named 2013 Superintendent of the Year

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The votes are in, and Jack Smith is Maryland’s new-est Superintendent of the Year.

Public School Superintendents’ Association an-nounced the winner of Superintendent of the Year Nov.

1 at the annual Maryland Negotiating Service Awards Banquet held in Ocean City, Maryland. Smith is one of 50 superintendents so honored this year, and is automat-ically submitted for national consideration for national Superintendent of the Year, announced in February, Smith said.

Smith has been Calvert Public Schools Superinten-dent for seven years, having entered the county in 1998. Before then, he said he served as deputy superintendent in Calvert and taught in Washington and Tokyo, Japan.

He has been in the classroom since 1980. Smith said he was the first in his family to go to college, after be-ing inspired by his English teachers in high school. He majored in English, and has spent his entire post-gradu-ation career in schools. He said the six years he spent in Japan and the time he spent as deputy superintendent in Calvert, learning from his predecessor before taking his current position, are two highlights of his career.

William Phalen, former President of the Calvert County Board of Education, in his nomination, com-mended Smith “for his outstanding leadership ability demonstrated through his constant seeking of academ-ic excellence for all students while operating within a collaborative environment with all constituent groups within and outside of the school system,” the press re-lease states.

Calvert’s public school students annually perform in the top quartile of Maryland school systems. In ad-dition to his instructional leadership, Phalen “identified Dr. Smith’s ability to work effectively with the Board of

Calvert County Commissioners in a difficult fiscal envi-ronment” according to the press release.

Dr. Lillian Lowery, State Superintendent of Schools, acknowledged Dr. Smith’s leadership within the county and across the state as “focused on what is good for children and refuses to be distracted by unim-portant and inconsequential rhetoric.”

Board of Education President Rose Crunkleton congratulated Smith after hearing the news, saying he is an “extraordinary leader” and deserves the recognition.

“We’re very privileged to have Dr. Smith serve our school system,” she said.

Smith currently serves a member of the Governing Board for the American Association of School Adminis-trators, graduated as a member of Leadership Maryland in 2011, and served as president of PSSAM in 2011-2012. In addition, he is a member of numerous professional organizations and has participated as an author of many articles and presentations. Earlier this month, Smith pre-sented at the Maryland Association of Boards of Educa-tion on teacher evaluations on the statewide initiative to incorporate new teacher and principal evaluation mod-els that use student achievement as a significant factor.

Smith said he feels “very blessed and fortunate,” to live and work in Calvert, and is honored by the associa-tion’s decision.

“I thought there were much more deserving people than I for this award,” he said.

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One of the hardest parts of being a DARE officer is setting aside the typical cop attitude and getting into a kids’ mindset, according to Sgt. Mike Bomgardner, program coordinator.

When in the field as regular law enforcement, officers are on their guard and ask “yes” or “no” questions, Bomgardner said, adding that when they go into the classroom, they become teachers, entering an entirely different mindset. DARE officers have to be able to ask questions that require kids to think and find creative ways to engage students in the lessons.

DFC Mark Robshaw is Calvert’s newest DARE officer. He spent two weeks in Sykesville, Md., training to be a DARE officer, putting in more than 80 hours for training in addition to his normal duties. He said the DARE training was that most difficult he has been through, and he has completed a number of training programs.

“They teach you to be a teacher in a two week period,” he said, adding potential officers were still being cut from the program on the last day of classes on Sept. 21. He went imme-diately into the classroom after getting his certification, finish-ing up his first round of classes at the end of October.

Robshaw said his family has been in law enforcement for 35 years. After starting his career on the street and seeing the trouble young people get into, he wanted to help make a posi-tive change for the county’s youth by reaching kids before they find themselves in trouble.

Robshaw teaches the drug abuse prevention courses at Southern and Calvert middle schools while the other six of-ficers split the rest of the middle schools in both public and private schools. Bomgardner said there are three full time DARE officers and four part-time. The part time officers were full time in the past, but have since moved on to other duties. To remain certified as DARE officers, they still have to be in the classroom, but not as often as the full time officers. Bom-gardner remains active in the classroom, spending time in and out of schools.

Though he just started teaching DARE in September, Robshaw enjoys is seeing kids excited about lessons, and en-gaging in questions and answers. He administered a test to the students at the beginning of the year, and already their scores

are higher, thus proving the students are paying attention and remembering what he teaches them.

Bomgardner has taught DARE since 2000. His first class is now graduating from college with Bachelors degrees. Some of his earliest students still remember him, and will come up and tell him about lessons they remember. Knowing what these students learn is staying with them the rest of their lives is a good feeling, he said.

In the public schools, DARE is uniformly used in the sixth grade curriculum. In the private schools, it varies. Our Lady Star of the Sea brings in DARE officers every couple of years, when they have a group of sixth, seventh and eighth grad-ers who haven’t been through the program. Cardinal Hickey Academy and Calverton bring in DARE for the fifth grade. Bomgardner said Calverton was using another drug-preven-tion class for middle school students, but they switched back to DARE this year.

DARE is offered at no charge to schools. The county and the state, in addition to funds from Mid-Atlantic Clothing Re-cycling, pay for materials for lessons.

Other programs are comparable to DARE, but Bomgard-ner said they are stricter than the DARE curriculum, even scripting what instructors tell students. DARE’s outline is flex-ible allowing officers to “inject personality” into the lesson.

“In my opinion, it’s the best delivery system out there,” he said.

For more information about DARE, visit www.dare.com.

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High school students in their sophomore, junior, or senior year of study during the

2012-2013 school year are invited to en-ter into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, George S. Stella M. Knight Essay Contest. This contest is spon-sored by the Thomas Stone Chapter of the SAR and is open to students attending public, parochial, private, or home schooled students in Charles, St. Mary’s and Calvert counties.

Local winner will be eligible for the state contest with the state winner eligible for the National contest. A $2000 prize a medal and certificate of recognition and paid airfare and one night stay for winner and one chaperone at the annual national conference is awarded to the winner of the national contest. In addi-tion, the winning essay will be submitted to the SAR MAGAZINE, for publication. The Maryland winner will received and award of $250. In addition the Thomas Stone Chapter provides a monetary award of $100

The contest is for an original essay writ-ten in English. It shall be a minimum of 800 words and not more that 1,200. The topic for the essay shall deal with an event, per-son, philosophy or ideal associated with the American Revolution. The Declaration of In-dependence, or Framing of the United States Constitution.

Contest entry deadline is December 30, 2012. Rules and other information about the contest can be obtained by contacting Tim Dyson at 301-643-5932 or an email to [email protected].

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Two Local Oil Companies Merge

By Alex PanosStaff Writer

Local compa-nies Burch Oil and C.L. Pitcher Fuel Co. announced their of-ficial merger last Fri-day, giving Burch Oil a larger presence in Calvert County.

Elliot Burch, chairman of the Burch Oil board, is thrilled to absorb Pitcher Fuel’s clien-tele in Calvert – add-ing to Burch Oil’s already distinct pres-ence in St. Mary’s, Charles, Prince George’s and even Anne Arundel counties.

“It’s always exciting when you’re grow-ing,” Burch said, claiming Burch Oil has al-ways had a small occupancy in Calvert.

“We have some [Calvert] presence, but this gives us more.”

He went on to say the new alliance, Burch Oil’s first since merging with St. Mary’s Ice and Fuel in the early 1990s, “is just another small acquisition,” but is going to “open up a new frontier.”

“This gives us an opportunity to pick up quite a few [customers] at one time,” Burch said of the third merger in company history. “We’re continuing to expand.”

According to Burch, Carl Pitcher, own-er of C.L. Pitcher came to him approximate-ly five weeks ago with hopes of agreeing to a merger.

Pitcher wanted more time to focus on the pool aspect of his business – Burch says Pitcher has contracts with major pool com-panies and has delivered pool water to the White House.

“He was anxious to dedicate time to his water business in the summer,” Burch said, who expects the merger to be a win-win for both sides.

The two companies essentially offer the same products, Burch explained, but the merger will benefit all customers because Burch Oil has additional resources.

Burch noted he offers propane – a

popular heating oil – which Pitcher did not provide.

“His customers have already called with interest in it,” Burch said.

Along with providing similar services, Burch believes the two companies empha-size quality service, which Pitcher custom-ers can continue to expect post-merger.

The two “country boys” have always provided “good, friendly, customer care,” he said, and he welcomes calls to discuss monthly budget pay plans, equipment in-stallations, service contracts and emergen-cy services.

“They’re values are very similar to ours,” Burch said. “We’re going to run the thing just the way that he did.”

The merger is effective for the next six months, although Burch expects the co-operation to last beyond the brief contract agreement.

During the merger process, Pitcher requests customers contact Burch Oil di-rectly to help with the transition.

Burch Oil, founded in 1928, is a fam-ily owned and operated company offering heating oil, propane, air conditioning, and energy assistance to Southern Maryland. The company delivers home and heating oil to thousands of commercial and residential customers, with multiple payment plans and options.

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In working as advocates, the Circle of Angels has a large group they work with, finding assistance or volunteer opportunities for anyone who asks.

If you’re a friend of Roseanna Vogt, you’re going to be involved in the Circle of Angels. At least, that’s how the joke goes, she said.

The Circle of Angels has grown from a group of wom-en based out of a church to an incorporated organization working to improve all facets of society.

The name is the game is advocacy, Vogt said. Above all things, the organization works with several groups, such as the Community Mediation Center of Calvert County and the Boys and Girls Club.

The Circle of Angels gets support for people who need

it, Vogt said. In recent years, the volunteers have worked, in conjunction with other organizations, to help find afford-able housing. In past instances, Vogt said the circle has helped families stay in their homes by assisting families in finding financial assistance and relief agencies.

Vogt said the circle would like to help the county set up more workforce housing, though the process is not moving as quickly as Vogt would like to see. Red tape, legal hurdles and a lack of funds slow everything down, she said.

“They never happen when you think they’re going to,” Vogt said.

Helping set up workforce housing and keeping fami-lies in their homes is in line with the organizations goal to eliminate poverty.

Money has been an ongoing issue for many organi-zations, Vogt said, citing the withdrawal of the Red Cross from Calvert because they didn’t have enough funding.

The circle works with mentoring organizations, such as the Boys and Girls Club and Big Brothers, Big sisters. Vogt said when the circle hears from individuals interested in volunteering in the community, it helps them find groups that would be the best fit.

Web for All, a new circle initiative, pairs volunteer web designers with non-profit organizations to create websites and train non-profits to use them effectively because “a website is as important as a business card.”

Often overwhelmed with many initiatives and ideas to juggle, Vogt admitted she has wanted to quit and let some-one else make it all work. But every time someone comes up and tells her they appreciate the work the circle does, or that

something they did saved a life, she thinks again.“That keeps me going,” Vogt said. Susan Rork, the director of the mediation center, feels

the Circle of Angels is unappreciated.“They are the unsung heroes on the county,” she said. In the Circle of Angels network, the mediation center

as one organization, directs volunteers and individuals in need to the correct group. Rork said having such a large network allows the circle to be effective as advocates. She commended the circle for their “high ethical standards” and their far-reaching goals.

For more information, visit www.circleofangels.org.

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Newsmakers Spotlight on VolunteersCircle of Angels Aims to Help All

The Circle of Angels• Works to eliminate poverty• Works to prevent risky behaviors • Seeks to empower individuals, communities and organi-zations, advocates for legislation, for changes in protocol in prevention, and for initiatives to enhance and improve the lives of people. • Promotes mentoring locally and globally, in entrepre-neurship, in community organizing, in community build-ing, as a prevention tool of prodigious strength and in over-coming risky behaviors• Brings all the parties to the table to work together for greater effectiveness and synergy to arrive at a solution.

Annmarie Garden Weathers Halloween

SMECO Sends Crews to Assist BGE

Vanpool Starting: Riders Needed

Hurricane Sandy did not stop 5,000 trick-or-treaters from visiting Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 27. Thousands of cos-tumed children arrived with their parents, grandpar-ents, friends, and family members to journey along the wooded path to receive candy and free giveaways from 90 Maryland businesses, schools, and organizations. By the end of the walk, trick-or-treating bags were loaded with all sorts of goodies and informative mate-rial, and, most importantly, children were smiling.

Annmarie Garden is grateful for the continued support of all who participate, decorate, dress up in costume, and interact with members of our commu-nity. Solomons Day Care Center, Dominion Cove Point LNG, and SMECO sponsored Halloween in the Gar-den possible.

Three Golden Pumpkin Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to the following businesses/organizations for their spirit, Halloween deco-

rations, and unique costumes:

• Golden Pumpkin Award, presented by Dominion Cove Point LNG: Golden Retriever Rescue of South-ern Maryland • Golden Pumpkin Award, presented by Solomons Day Care: Edward Jones Investments• Golden Pumpkin Award, presented by SMECO: Hoffman Transport & Moving Services• Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Annma-rie Garden: Solomons Day Care Center• Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Annma-rie Garden: Dominion Cove Point LNG

For the first time ever, a number of artLAB (hand-made) awards were presented to children and adults for the most “spooktacular”, creative, interesting, tiniest, or clever costumes. Proceeds from Halloween in the Garden will benefit the Holiday Food Basket Program, the Annmarie Garden Scholarship Fund, and other lo-cal charities.

SMECO sends six crews to assist BGE with power restoration. Pictured are Ron Rennick, Bernie Clark, Robby Abell, Joe Day, Harry Jackson, Chris Winkler, Scott Cox, Jamie Thompson, Charles Mattingly, Jesse Pike, Charlie Hayden, Chris Gallahan, and T.J. Bowman. Not pictured is Lonnie Stewart.

To the Naval Support Activity in AnnapolisA new vanpool route to Naval Support Activity Annapolis

is being established and is seeking riders. This route is leaving Southern Maryland. For information contact:

Charlie Richardson at Vanpool Services 703-725-9869 or email [email protected]

Additional routes starting soon, please call for details. Commuter Connections at www.commuterconnections.org

Photo by Sarah MillerRe-enactors Thomas McIlroy, left, Sam Fulks and Steve Fulks in WWII garb.

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Tracy Senior, 52Tracy Jay Senior, 52, of

Mechanicsville, Md. passed away on October 31 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Merle J. and Lorraine Wells Senior and a brother, Roger Senior. Tracy spent his life drawing and coloring pictures, and when he wasn’t do-ing art work he was watching cowboy movies, his favorite being the Lone Ranger and Tonto. He also loved music and singing especially Johnny Cash songs.

Tracy is survived by his brothers and sis-ters, Linda Downs (Norman), Susan Gibbons (Mike), Jackie LaBille (Dickie), Vivian Tucker (Jimmy), Merle Senior (Karen), Donald Senior (Bonnie), Wade Senior (Patty) and Troy Senior. He is also survived by 19 nieces and nephews.

The family received friends at the Rausch Funeral Home, 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, Md. on Monday Nov. 5. Ser-vices followed. Interment was in Chesapeake Highlands Memorial Gardens. Memorial con-tributions may be made to the family.

Peggy Steele, 86Sybil “Peggy” Steele,

86, of St. Leonard, died on Oct. 30 at Calvert Memorial Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Steele, in December 1992. She is survived by her son John “Robbie” Steele, his wife Tammy, and two grandchildren, Amanda and Nick.

She was born in Arkansas and graduated from Vilonia High School with honors. She then began attending Business College from which she was directly recruited to come to Washington in 1944 to work for the Treasury Department. She began in the typing pool and received many promotions. She left the Trea-sury Department in 1962 as the administrative secretary to the Under Secretary of the Trea-sury. She worked for many years on Capitol Hill for the American Library Association, and several more years doing food demos in gro-cery stores that she dearly loved.

Peggy was always active in community affairs. She was a member of the Ladies Aux-iliary to Landover Hills Volunteer Fire Depart-ment in Prince Georges County and held offic-es as Historian, Treasurer, and Vice President.

She moved to Calvert County in 2004 to live in an in-law apartment with her son and his family. She enjoyed and loved the six years she was able to spend there with her family. Most

of all she enjoyed spending many hours with her two loyal companions and best friends Tan-ner and Denali.

In August 2010, she moved to the Solo-mon’s Nursing Center located in Solomon’s Maryland. While there she made many friends and was very involved in many activities and functions. She became President of the resi-dents’ council and “true to form”, worked hard to make life better for everyone at the Nursing center.

A Graveside service was held on Satur-day Nov. 3 at Chesapeake Highlands Memorial Gardens, Port Republic.

Arrangement by Rausch Funeral Home in Port Republic. MD.

Memorial contribution may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 North Beauregard Street Alexandria, VA 22311.

Drew Woodmansee, 27Andrew Warren

“Drew” Woodmansee, 27, of Breezy Point in Chesapeake Beach, Md., formerly of West River, Md., passed away Oct. 20, 2012. Drew was born Dec. 2, 1984 in Silver Spring, Md. to James Terence and Lorraine Merle (Axford) Woodmansee. He was raised in West River and attended Shady Side Elementary, Southern Middle School, and graduated from Southern Sr. High School in 2002. Drew played youth football for the Shady Side Seahawks where he was on a 90 lb. county championship team as a safety. He also played baseball for Shady Side. While in high school, Drew was on the varsity golf and baseball teams. He was employed in construction as a carpenter and security sys-tems installer. Drew enjoyed traveling, espe-cially going on cruises and even won a limbo contest while vacationing in Jamaica. He also enjoyed fishing, snow skiing, four wheeling on his ATV, and was very athletically gifted. Most of all, he loved spending time with his family and friends and a bushel of crabs.

Drew is survived by his parents James T. and Lorraine M. Woodmansee of Chesa-peake Beach; sisters Michelle M. Bertelli and husband Brad of Tavernier, Fla. and Tracy A. Woodmansee of Bowie; and an aunt Elizabeth Axford and husband Patrick Johnson of Whid-bey Island, Wash.

Family and friends attended a memo-rial visiting and a celebration of Drew’s life on Friday Oct. 26 at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, Md. For ad-ditional information or to leave condolences visit www.rauschfuneralhomes.com

Steven Russell Dougherty, Sr., 65Steven Russell Dough-

erty, Sr., 65, of Lexington Park, Md., formerly of Upper Marlboro and Suitland, died on Wednesday, Oct 24 at the South River Nursing and Re-hab Center in Edgewater, Md.

He was born on April 27, 1947 in Washington, D.C. to John “Ducky” Dough-erty and Mary (Owens) Dougherty Simpson.

Steven’s hobbies included, boating, fish-ing, spending time on the beach and telling stories of days gone by. He loved old cars, lis-tening to and singing along with doo-wop mu-sic and rooting for the Redskins. He traveled to Florida and Aruba numerous times, but the most important thing to Steven, was spending time with his family. His grandchildren were his greatest enjoyment.

Steven was the loving father of Kimber-lie A. Lagana of Huntingtown, Md. and Ste-ven R. Dougherty, Jr. of Lusby, Md. He was the devoted grandfather of Taylor and Haley Lagana, Caitlyn Dougherty, Nicholas Lagana and Chase Dougherty. He was the brother of James and Albert Dougherty and the late Billy, Jerry and John “Bubby” Dougherty.

All services are private.

Donald Freeland, 78Donald Aubrey Free-

land, 78, of Owings, Md. passed away on Oct. 28 at Burnett-Calvert Hospice House, Prince Frederick, Md.

Donald was born Aug. 18 to the late Lillian Plater Freeland and Oliver Free-land in Parran, Maryland. He transitioned from this life to his eternal resting place after a valiant battle with brain cancer for almost five years. He was a graduate of W.S. Sampson Brooks High School in 1951. He briefly attended Morgan State University where he ran track and field. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior earlier in his life.

He was a Master Barber/Stylist and worked at Bolling Air Force Base in Washing-ton, D.C., Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Md. and for 27 years he managed Mr. T’s Unisex Barbershop in Eastover Shopping Center in Oxon Hill, Md. He also taught at the Barbering school in Bladensburg, Md.

He was a skilled carpenter, a gardener, a hunter, a boater and fisherman. He enjoyed lis-tening to gospel music, and especially enjoyed songs by the Canton Spirituals and Lee Williams.

Donald loved spending time with his family and friends. He enjoyed entertaining and loved to play Spades. He was a wonder-ful man and leaves behind a great legacy. He would often end visits with family and friends by saying “I enjoyed your company”.

Donald was a wonderful husband to his wife Thelma, a devoted father to his daughter, Tampatha and grand-daughter, Tamara. He was also fondly called PopPop by his other children, step-children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who loved, admired and respected him.

He is survived by one brother, Alvin Freeland, Sr. (Julia), and one sister, Myrtle Williams. He was preceded in death by sis-ters, Bernice Brooks and Alice Phelps and his brothers John and Russell Freeland. He is also survived by a host of special nieces, nephews, cousins and many close friends.

Funeral service was held on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Sewell Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD with Elder Carroll H. Spriggs, Sr. officiating.

The interment was at Holland Cemetery, Huntingtown, Md.

The pallbearers were Kenneth Booth, Sidney Brooks, III, Bryson Jones, Jr., Jamar Turner, Antoine Proctor and Shemaine Wills.

The honorary pallbearers were Law-

rence Bell, Timothy Booth, Robert Booze, Eu-gene Claggett, Allen Cook, Robert Freeland, Bryson Jones, Sr., John Jones, Albert Sanders, and Sherman Wills

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

Gayle Kem, 54Gayle R. Kem, 54, of

St. Leonard, Md. passed away Oct. 20, in University of Maryland Medical Cen-ter. She was born on May 23, 1958 in Waynesboro, Vir-ginia to the late Andrew and Anne Robertson.

Gayle graduated from Concord High School in Wilmington Del. in 1976 and from University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md. with a B.S. in Business Administration and Major in Accounting.

On May 24, 1985, she married Larry in Wilmington Del. Their life together began with a move to California, Md. in Sept. of 1985 and then to Huntingtown in 1992and finally to St. Leonard later that year where she was resid-ing at the time of her death.

Gayle became a CPA in 1991 and went on to work at Phelps & Rymer, P.A. in Prince Frederick, Md. She held many positions in her career, Tax Manager, BDO Seidman, LLP, Washington D.C., Tax Manager Grant Thorn-ton, LLP, Vienna VA, Sturn, Wagner, Lom-bardo & Co., Annapolis, Md., Controller, Jack R. Lichtenstein, M.D., LLC, Annapolis, MD, Tax Consultant, Jefferson Wells International, Vienna, Va., Senior Accountant, Comrent In-ternational, LLC, Liaison Records in Wash-ington D.C.. She had many important clients during these years such as Sotheby’s, Force Protection, Capital One, Caliper Life Sciences and Chuck Brown whom she helped with sales and shows in various cities.

Gayle was a big animal lover and would take any friends dog for a walk when then would come to visit. In recent years, she en-joyed fishing, especially deep-sea fishing for “the big ones”. She was a free spirit and some-one who was grounded in love, compassion, and kindness for her family and friends. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her husband Larry W. Kem of St. Leonard, Md., sister of Jane Offill and her husband David of Charlotte, N.C., Andy Robertson and his wife Angie of Bal-timore, Md, and John Robertson and his wife Carol of Freehold, N.Y.. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews, Jenny Offill and her husband David Hirmes, Blake Robertson, Ra-nee Robertson, Danny Robertson and his wife Rachele, Michael Robertson, and great niece Theodora Hirmes.

Services will be held at a later date. Me-morial contributions may be made to the Tri County Animal Shelter. Arrangements by Rausch Funeral home, P.A., Port Republic, MD

Kenneth Montgomery, 50Kenneth Willie Mont-

gomery, 50, of St. Leonard, MD passed away at home October 31. He is preceded in death by his sister, Bar-bara Parks and brother David Allen Montgomery.

Kenny is survived by his parents, William J. and Rindy P. Mont-gomery of St. Leonard, MD, brother James G. Montgomery of St. Leonard, MD and a niece, Bobbi Parks of Baltimore, MD.

The family received friends at the Rausch Funeral Home, 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, Md on Saturday Nov. 3. Ser-vices followed. Interment was at Broomes Is-land Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.

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By Alex PanosStaff Writer

This season, the Southern Maryland Originals – organized by the College of Southern Maryland’s Performing Arts Club to exhibit some local talent and creativity – will perform five plays by local playwrights, including twin 12-year-old girls.

“It’s their very first script,” producer George Johnson said of the twins, “and we be-lieve the audience will enjoy their story.”

Andrea Hein, directing her first play “A Happy Life,” says the actors in her play blew her away with their performance and matura-tion from the first few rehearsals.

SMO produces plays they believe will entertain the audience or “get the crowd to think,” Johnson said, adding they narrowed down 10 submissions to five.

Songs, poems and spoken word recitals accompany the plays.

Johnson believes the multiple plays and recitals throughout the evening create a unique atmosphere not commonly found in a typical, one-play show.

“Thanks to the support of Keith Hight [Associate Professor and Technical Director of CSM], we are not intimidated by cutting edge work and believe this is a good venue for try-ing new things,” Johnson said.

Although the program has just a brief history, it has provided exposure and a path to success for playwrights Johnson (The Im-portance of Being Hairy) and Trish Cole (But-terfly) – both of whom have had their work produced in the New York City Strawberry Festival.

DaSilva, who is notorious for works fea-turing a local theme, received attention for “History of St. Mary’s County in 23 Minutes.”

The Originals have already produced three of his plays.

Johnson believes people enjoy their ef-forts to support local talent and its initiative to promote student involvement.

“People appreciate the student angle,” he said, adding some have commented how much they enjoy the mixture of theatre, song and spoken word.

The program began as a way to provide a reliable venue for several local student and local playwrights.

The Performing Arts Club funds the show entirely out-of-pocket, Johnson said. “Hopefully we get paid back on the first day of general admission.”

Any profits made are given to Hight to invest in CSM’s theatre program.

This is third year of the program, created by Artistic Director Dr. Lisa Gregory.

“She developed SMO as an opportunity for local writers to show their wares in the form of plays, songs or spoken word,” Johnson said of Gregory, the “program’s brainchild.”

“This is a friendly venue,” Johnson con-tinued. “Dr. Gregory has found a balance be-tween having fun and giving our audience a high-quality performance.”

The plays take place this week, Tuesday through Sunday.

Opening Night, Nov. 13, is “Student Night” exclusively for students for $5 a ticket. General admission tickets go on sale at the door for $10 each starting Wednesday.

All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. – except for Sunday, Nov. 18, which is a 2 p.m. matinée – and will be held in the CSM Leonardtown Auditorium.

Contact [email protected] for additional information.

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The Calvert Gazette is always looking for more local talent to feature! To submit art or band information for our entertainment section,

e-mail [email protected].

Entertainment Calendar

Troupe Performs Local Original Works

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Live Music: “Funkzilla”

Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 9

Live Music: “Kappa Danielson”

Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road,

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Live Music: “Pet The Monster”

Jake & Al's Chophouse (258 Town Square Drive,

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Saturday, Nov. 10

Live Music: “ETUFE”Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8:30 p.m.

Live Music: “Angie Miller”

Running Hare Vineyard (150 Adelina Road,

Prince Frederick) – 12 p.m.

Live Music: “The Not So Modern Jazz

Quartet”The Westlawn Inn (9200

Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 11

Live Music: “Radio Caroline”

Running Hare Vineyard (150 Adelina Road,

Prince Frederick) – 12 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 13

Live Music: “Straight Shot”

Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 7:30 p.m.

This Year’s Featured Plays Consist Of Varying Storylines:

• a girl hiding behind a tree on her blind date, by Regan Cashman • a journalism student faced with a dif-ficult choice while interviewing a woman claiming to be a vampire, by Peter S. Coburg • a liberal writer with a knack for knock-ing out far-right prose who thinks he can sabotage a religious-right political candi-date, by R. DaSilva • a couple struggling with a difficult de-cision, by Andrea Hein• a woman threatened with eviction hopes for a miracle, by 12-year-old twins Loranika and Varanika Sharma.

Tasnim McWilliams, left, and Emma Gilligan perform during “Miracle at Downtown Alley.”

McWilliams and John Giusti.

Thursday, November 8, 201217 The Calvert GazetteCLUES ACROSS 1. Forbidden (var. sp.) 5. Strike a heavy blow 9. Guy (slang) 12. Tel __, Israel 13. The superior of an abbey 15. Swiss river 16. South American nation 17. Span. town Aranda de ___ 18. Yellow’s complement 19. Sun in Spanish 20. Sharp slaps 22. Cash dispensing machine25. Persistently annoying person 26. Japanese rolls 28. The woman 29. Fiddler crabs 32. Buddy 33. Majuscule 35. Lake in Oklahoma 36. Airborne (abbr.) 37. Physician’s moniker (abbr.) 38. Lincoln’s state 39. Doctors’ group 40. By way of 41. Coated with tobacco residue 44. Collect information 45. Smallest whole number 46. Honey (abbr.) 47. Luggage containers 49. Nine banded armadillo 50. Malaysian isthmus 51. Very heavy hammer 54. Cry made by sheep 57. Gorse genus 58. Chilean pianist Claudio 62. Table supports 64. Insect feeler 65. Pointed fork part 66. Periods of time 67. Harvard’s league 68. Affirmative! (slang) 69. An open skin infection

CLUES DOWN 1. Draw beer 2. Bird class 3. Ballpoint pen 4. Soft palate extensions 5. Not good 6. __ Dhabi, Arabian capital 7. One point E of due S8. Old fashioned upholstery fabric 9. Stop short10. Large extinct European wild ox 11. Important pollinator 14. Magnum P.I. star 15. Basic 21. Indicates position 23. 4th day (abbr.) 24. Underground phrase

25. 23rd Greek letter 26. Live polio vaccine developer 27. Forearm bones 29. An edict of the Russian tsar 30. Tent places 31. Not home 32. Peafowl genus 34. Bog berry 42. A shag rug made in Sweden 43. ___ Constitution Hall 48. Soft black furs 49. Atomic #4651. Defense to the Queen’s

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&Out AboutThursday, Nov. 8

• The What Counts ForumCalvert High School (600 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick) – 7 p.m.

Join the Calvert County Board of Education to discuss “What Counts in Public Education.” Participants are asked to arrive 15 minutes early for registration, and the forum will begin promptly at 7 p.m. To ensure adequate seating, please RSVP to Gail Bennett at [email protected] or 410-535-7620.

• Buy One Entrée, Get One Free every ThursdayCalypso Bay Crab House (120 Charles Street, Solomons) – 3 p.m.

Every Thursday when you buy one entree you will get a second one, up to a $16 value, free.

• Sea SquirtsCalvert Marine Museum (14200 Solo-mons Island Road South, Solomons) – 10:30-11 a.m.

Explore the wonderful underwa-ter world of fish, large and small. Move like a fish, make a fishy face, swim in a school, hear a fishy story. Free drop-in program for toddlers 18-months to three-years-old and their caregivers. Due to overwhelming demand, we are limiting participation in each session to 40 people, first come first served.

• The Innocence ProjectCollege of Southern Maryland, La Plata Campus, Business and Industry (BI) Building, Chaney Enterprises Conference Room, Room BI-113 (8730

Mitchell Road, La Plata) – 6-7:30 p.m.Sponsored by CSM’s Institutional

Equity and Diversity Office, this event will include presentations by Scott Hor-noff and Innocence Project’s Senior Ad-vocate for National Partnerships Kath-ryn A. Monroe. The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the crimi-nal justice system. For information on the Innocence Project, visit http://www.innocenceproject.org/

Friday, Nov. 9• Special Needs NightCalvert Marine Museum (14200 Solo-mons Island Road South, Solomons) – 5-7 p.m.

Free family fun night for families with special needs offered in coop-eration with Calvert County Parks and Recreation Therapeutic Recreation Services.

Saturday, Nov. 10

• Country DanceAmerican Legion 206 (Chesapeake Beach) – 7 p.m. -12 a.m.

For a fun time, come to the coun-try dance at the American Legion Stallings-Williams Post 206. If you can’t dance, teachers will be available to give instruction. One hour lessons commence at 7 p.m. followed by danc-ing from 8 p.m. until midnight. The price of $15 per person includes soft drinks or draft beer and light munch-ies. For information, call 301-855-6466 or visit www.ALpost206.org.

• Nuno ScarvesAnnmarie Garden (13480 Dowell Road, Solomons) – 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Robyn Strayer will instruct ev-eryone to blend silk and colorfully dyed wool with soap and water to cre-ated gorgeously textured, light and airy summer scarves. A fun, no-sew way to create a wearable work of art. Registra-tion is required. For more information, call 410-326-4640 or visit www.an-nmariegarden.org. Cost is $65 for non-members and $60 for members.

• Fall DinnerTrinity Episcopal Church (Old State House Road, Saint Marys City) – 12-5 p.m.

Come out for a dinner with Southern Maryland stuffed ham, fried oysters and chicken and spiced steamed shrimp. Eat in family style of take carry out. Adults are $24, children between 6 and 12 are $8 and children under 5 eat free. For more information, call 301-862-4597 or visit www.olg.com/trinitysmcmd.

Sunday, Nov. 11• Veterans DayCalvert Marine Museum (14200 Solo-mons Island Road South, Solomons) – 10:30-11 a.m.

In honor of Military Month, active military, veterans, DOD em-ployees, and their families may enjoy free admission at the Calvert Marine Museum.

• All You Can Eat BreakfastAmerican Legion 206 (Chesapeake Beach) – 8-11 a.m.

Start off the day with a hearty breakfast including hot cakes, sausage, scrapple, bacon, scrambled eggs, home fries, biscuits, fruit, and chip beef. Adults $10; kids six to 12-years-old $5; kids under six free. Bloody Mary’s will be available for a nominal charge.

For information call 301-855-6466 or visit www.ALpost206.org.

• Veterans Day CeremonyAmerican Legion 206 (Chesapeake Beach) – 1 p.m.

Veterans Park in Chesapeake Beach, conducted by the Ameri-can Legion Stallings-Williams Post 206. Following the ceremony, Com-mander Jack Custis will be hosting an Open House at the Post. All are wel-come. Questions may be directed to 301-855-6466.

Monday, Nov. 12• Dig a Little DeeperCalvert Marine Museum (14200 Solo-mons Island Road South, Solomons) – 1-4 p.m.

Love our fossil hall? This special fossil program gives visitors a chance to touch fossils that are eight to 20 mil-lion years old – including fossilized crocodile poop. Discover why there are so many good fossils here, and then find your own fossil in our Discovery Room. Free with museum admission, fifteen minute programs starting on the top of every hour.

• March of Dimes at Pizza HutPizza Hut Prince Frederick (727 N. Prince Frederick Boulevard, Prince Frederick) – All DayPizza Hut Lusby (178 Village Center Drive, Lusby) – All Day

Supporting Prematurity Aware-ness Month throughout November, various restaurants in Maryland and the Greater Washington Area will do-nate portions of their proceeds from Dining Out for Babies to the March of Dimes. Everyone is encouraged to help reinforce the message that we would like to see all babies born healthy and on time one day. Present this listing to donate 20 percent of your purchase to March of Dimes.

Tuesday, Nov. 13• Casual Tuesday DinnerAmerican Legion 206 (Chesapeake Beach) – 5:30-7 p.m.

Join us for an informal dinner hosted by the American Legion Stall-ings Williams Auxiliary Post 206. The menu for “Casual Tuesday Dinner” will include such fare as overstuffed sandwiches or subs and soup or chili. The cost is $10, including beverage. Call for more information 301-855-6466 or visit www.ALpost206.org.

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Wednesday, Nov. 14• The Man of 1,000 Sounds Comes to North BeachNorth Beach Volunteer Fire Depart-ment Banquet Hall (8536 Bayside Road, Chesapeake Beach) – 7 p.m.

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