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County Spends $1.3 Million on Fire, EMS Three Calvert Fire Departments will be getting new equipment following action by the Board of Calvert County Commissioners at its meeting July 22.

The BOCC approved a request from the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department to receive a $654,000 Fire and Rescue Apparatus Grant for the purchase of a new rescue pumper. This command unit will replace a 1990 E-One Spartan rescue pumper with 41,238 miles.

The St. Leonard Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad asked for and received a $435,000 Fire and Rescue Apparatus Grant for the purchase of a new tanker. This unit will replace Tanker 7, a 1991 Pierce Lance pumper/tanker with 60,785 miles.

Tanker 7 currently has a service agreement in effect through Jan. 1, 2016

with a balance due of $18,760.80. In order to proceed with their procurement, the department is requesting that the BOCC forgive the balance on this current agreement and release the security interest. Proceeds from the sale of the current apparatus are required to be applied to the purchase of the replacement apparatus.

At the same meeting, the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department was granted a $233,000 Fire and Rescue Apparatus Grant for the purchase of a new ambulance. This new unit will replace a 2003 Ford E450 PL Custom Type III Ambulance with 108,122 miles.

Each Fire Dept. has agreed to a promissory note through which the grant funding would be repaid through service over a period of years.

Local Marine Receives Highest Honor Gray Ray American Legion Post 220 on Sixes Road in Prince Frederick was bustling on Tues., July 22 as dignitaries, family, and friends came to pay tribute to Elmer Mackall, one of the founders of the American Legion Post.

Mr. Mackall, wheelchair bound in his 86th year, received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor the USA has to offer. President Obama ordered in 2011 that the members of the Montford Marines receive this high honor. Mr. Mackall was unable to attend the White House ceremony at that time.

Elmer Mackall was drafted at age 18 to serve his country in World War II, despite not having the full range of civil liberties at home. He served in Guadal Canal, which he described as "hot with an abundance of snakes."

Following the presentation of the flag by US Marines, very talented 14-year-old Unique Keemer sang the National Anthem, accompanied spontaneously by Mr. Mackall from his wheelchair.

Commander Cheryl Chew of the Gray Ray American Legion Post welcomed guests and was instrumental in working with Mr. Mackall's daughter, Phyllis Lester, and Senator Mikulski's office to arrange the delivery of the Congressional Gold Medal. Speakers included representatives of U.S. Senators and of Representative Steny

Pills Available For Residents Near Calvert Cliffs Calvert County Government says if you live or work within 10 miles of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant you are eligible to receive Potassium Iodine (KI) tablets.

KI helps protect the thyroid gland from damage caused by radioactive iodine that may be released from the plant during an emergency.

KI does not protect any other part of the body from radiation damage.

Therefore, KI is not a substitute for other protective actions such as evacuation or taking shelter, which protect the entire body. Should a radioactive emergency occur, official recommendations to the public for protective actions, including taking KI, will be broadcast by the media.

In 2008, Calvert County Health Department (CCHD) distributed KI tablets that had an expiration date of February 2014. This expiration date was extended by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to August 2014. Please check the expiration date on the tablets you currently have on hand. If the expiration date is

February 2014, they need to be replaced now.

CCHD will be having a drivethrough KI clinic on Sat. Aug. 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Patuxent High School in Lusby. We are encouraging heads of households or business representatives to come to this clinic to pick up a new supply of KI. Heads of households or representatives from a business may come to the Health Department any Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to replace expiring tablets. The Health Dept. is encouraging family-run daycares, businesses and private residents to have KI on hand if they reside within the 10-mile “protective zone.”

If you live south of Prince Frederick you probably reside within the 10-mile protective zone. For specific details please go to the health department’s website at www.calverthealth.org.

If you have any questions please call the CCHD at (410) 535-5400, extension 334.

Hoyer, of State Senate President, Mike Miller, as well as State Delegate Tony O'Donnell in person. Susan Shaw spoke eloquently for the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), who took the unusual step of recessing their weekly BOCC meeting and hearing, to attend the presentation.

Commissioner Shaw called Mr. Mackall a pioneer and added, "We are all walking in the shadow of a very big man."

The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to Mr. Mackall by a military representative of Senator Mikulski's office and a US Marine.

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North Beach Mayor Mark Frazer.

“It is my position that North Beach has continued to evolve positively over the past four years and today is in a strong position financially. A number of significant and exciting developments are planned for the foreseeable future, not the least of which is the construction of the North Beach Hotel and Conference Center on the corner of 5th and Bay. During my announcement I will outline my vision for the town during the next four years,” Frazer said.

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In an email, Frazer invited residents of the Town of North Beach to his official campaign kick-off event, scheduled for Sat. July 26 at 11:00 a.m. It will take place at the vacant lot at the corner of 3rd Street and Bay Avenue, which was purchased two years ago by the Town and currently is planned for improvement as a waterfront park.

“The past four years have been busy and productive years for our town.

Long-standing problems such as flooding and parking have been addressed through the acquisition of strategically-located parcels of land.

The creation of a living-shoreline and flood dike on the Walton Preserve and adjoining properties will restore much of the beach that has eroded from this location and also protect the area of town subject to flooding when the Chesapeake Bay reaches certain high-tide levels. Over the past four years, over $800,000 has been invested in our infrastructure to maintain streets, build sidewalks, manage storm water and take flood-control measures,” Frazer stated.

He adds, “The town has been able to accomplish all of these initiatives because of a strong, supportive council working with the mayor. During this administration the budgets and budget adjustments I have presented to the council have been unanimously approved by every member of the council.”

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This is an election year in the Town of North Beach, as registered voters will choose a mayor and six council members during an election to be held Tues. Nov. 4 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Town Hall.

According to Section 19-608 of the Town Charter, each person seeking nomination to public office during the general election shall file a certificate of nomination. To be eligible, the candidate must be a full-time resident of the Town of North Beach and a registered voter of

the Town of North beach. If you are a registered voter in Calvert County, and live within the town limits, you are a registered voter of North Beach.

Election packets fro potential candidates are now available at Town Hall. All interested individuals should file their paperwork with Stacy Wilkerson, Town Clerk by Mon. Aug. 25 at 5:00 p.m.

Anyone with questions about the upcoming election should contact Stacy at (410) 257-9618 or email at northbeach@northbeachmd.org.

Fisher Gains Endorsement Delegate Mark Fisher has been endorsedof the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) as he seeks a second term in the Maryland General Assembly. NFIB is the largest small business association in the state of Maryland, and the nation. It gives small and independent business owners a voice in the critical public policy issues affecting their businesses.

“I am honored to have earned NFIB’s support for my re-election,” said Fisher. “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and we must do everything we can to give them the necessary tools to grow, and create the jobs that Maryland workers need.”

As a small business owner himself, Fisher introduced legislation during the last session of the state legislature that would eliminate the Business Personal Property Tax in Calvert County.

In a letter to Delegate Fisher, NFIB’s Public Policy Director, Tim Goodrich stated, “Your flawless voting record over the last four legislative sessions (2010-2014) earned you a score of 100 percent with NFIB. Your votes on key issues important to small business indicated that you will continue to be committed to the needs of thousands of Main Street small businesses and their employees in Maryland when you are re-elected to serve in Annapolis.”

Beach Gets Grant, Debates Finances There were plenty of highs – and lows - at the North Beach Council meeting on July 10.

On the bright side, Gene Slear of Environmental Concern Inc., a group working with the town to create a “living shoreline” to prevent further erosion at Walton Beach near the Anne Arundel County line, announced that the town is one of only four recipients statewide of a substantial grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation (NFWF).

He said the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program decided to award the Town of North Beach a total of $616,000 toward its efforts to “create, restore and improve North Beach’s shoreline in Calvert County. The project will prevent further erosion to North Beach’s 105-acre salt marsh, protect the surrounding communities and prevent damage to MD Route 261, an emergency vehicle route.”

The council also instructed Slear to apply for an additional grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust for the living shoreline project. The recipients are expected to be announced in September.

Slear added that these grants are usually less than $100,000, but said he believes North Beach now has a better chance of gaining this additional grant funding since the NFWF has taken notice of the project.

The Town Council voted to move forward with plans to build paths at the proposed park at 3rd and Bay Avenue, but not without controversy.

Members voted 5 to 1, with Councilman Gregg Dotson casting the “no” vote, to award two contracts for constructing walkways within Bayfront Park and Sculpture Garden. Atlas Concrete of Leonardtown was the lowest bidder for labor, materials and equipment at $22,450, and Howlin Concrete of Owings was given a contract for $9,796 to supply concrete. Previous contracts were rejected as being too high.

Prior to the vote, Councilman Dotson, who announced his candidacy for mayor in the July 10 edition of the Chesapeake Current, stated, “The bottom line is, I’m not gonna vote on this, because again, I think it’s excessive, and we need to scale it back.”

During the public comment at the end of the meeting, Dotson’s wife, Chris, questioned whether a final design for the new park had been approved, and, if yes, how each member voted.

Council members Randy Hummel, Greg McNeill, Mike Benton, Ken Wilcox and Gwen Schiada each answered that they had agreed to move forward with the project.

Mrs. Dotson then questioned moving forward on building walkways in a park without a defined plan. She challenged, “Shouldn’t you get all RFPs for the entire project and then let the people decide if this is something they want to do with their hard-earned tax money? Let us vote on it.”

In his mayoral announcement published in the last edition of the Chesa-

peake Current, Dotson stated he and other residents “have called for fiscal restraint, but we’ve been ignored.

Instead, our town has continued spending our hard-earned tax dollars in a wasteful manner, which has pushed us deeper and deeper into debt to the tune of more than $10 million; an increase of more than $4 million in less than four years.”

Mayor Frazer told the Chesapeake Current earlier that the town’s loan balances were not over $10 million, and had been reduced to $8.6 million.

Councilwoman Schiada, at the end of the meeting when council members give reports, challenged Dotson’s claims, saying “misinformation” was being spread.

“There were several points I wanted to make,” Schiada said. “I feel a responsibility as a member of the council to address misinformation put forth and provide the facts.”

She told us: “Our debt is not more than $10 million dollars. It is actually $8,690,860.

- Based on acceptable practices we are extremely fiscally conservative. To put it in perspective for our residents, based on the legal practices we must follow, North Beach could accrue up to $46,000,000 million in debt or 20% of our assessable base. We are at $8,690,860.00 or 3.76% of our assessable base. This is very much in line with other small towns our size.

- It is important to note that of the $4 million dollars which accrued during our administration $1.8M was MANDATORY to cover our part of the upgrade to the Waste Water treatment plant.

- The other was for the $2.2M to purchase important properties. The town took advantage of record low interests rates and a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase amazing open space for our residents.

- May I remind you, that Councilman Dotson actually made the motion to purchase the property for the parking lot on 5th and Chesapeake. And, he seconded the motion to issue the $2.2 million bond to purchase properties – one of which is the park at 3rd and Bay. - In addition, keeping with our fiscally conservative practices, the town took advantage of low rates and re-financed our debt in 2011 and 2012, saving the town $430,000.

- Of the town’s expenditures, $773,000 was spent to improve streets, sidewalks and critical storm water projects between 2010 and 2014 and we continue to budget for these projects into the future.

- In summary, Mr. Dotson voted for all four budgets, ALL budget adjustments and purchase of ALL the properties.”

The day after that council meeting, Councilman Dotson e-mailed a financial worksheet to the Chesapeake Current saying, “So you can see I’m not making this up.” That document, dated Sept. 24, 2013 indicated at that time, the town’s total existing debt was $10,392,699.99.

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Police Blotter Calvert County Sheriff’s Department Reports: CDS Violations A complainant called in a suspicious vehicle in the area of Lowery Rd. and Bowie Shop Rd. in Huntingtown at 3:00 a.m. on Jul. 12. The caller advised that the vehicle’s occupants had stopped her and then stated, oh, you’re not the person we’re looking for. The subject vehicle was located on MD Rt. 4 near Hoile Lane and Dep. A. Curtin conducted a traffic stop. Two of the three occupants were arrested for drug violations.

Multiple tools commonly associated in burglaries were in plain view inside the vehicle. Davon Antwone Jones, 23 of Dunkirk, was charged with possession of heroin and a metal grinder. Richard Lee Foster, Jr., 29 of Owings, was charged with possession of Suboxone and a metal grinder.

Dep. W. Rector conducted a traffic stop at 11:01 a.m. on Jul. 13 on a vehicle near the Shell Gas Station on MD Rt. 260 and Md. Rt. 778 in Owings for driving above the posted speed limit.

He found the driver, identified as Cordell Valentino Garrison, 21 of Upper Marlboro, to be driving on a suspended license and in possession of drugs. Garrison was charged with possession of marijuana less than 10 grams.

Deputies responded to the Lusby Food Lion parking lot on Jul. 13 at 8:01 p.m. for the report of a vehicle parked in the travel lane of the lot with the driver and a passenger asleep. Dep. W. Durner made contact with the two subjects who appeared to be under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. The driver, identified as Bryan Ross Darling, 28 of Lusby, was arrested and charged with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia; two metal spoons.

Darling advised that a third person was with them and he was inside the Food Lion store. Durner located that individual, identified as Mark Thomas Plitt, 23, also of Lusby, and found him to be in possession of suspected drugs. Plitt was charged with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia, two metal spoons and a syringe. Charges are pending against the female passenger who was transported to Calvert Memorial Hospital for treatment.

On Jul. 15 Cpl. M. Naecker located a vehicle at 2:10 p.m. whose driver had been reported to be in possession of suspected drugs and possibly using them while driving. Naecker followed the vehicle and observed the driver talking on a hand-held cellular telephone.

The driver turned off southbound MD Rt. 4 onto W. Dares Beach Road and into the parking lot of the KFC Restaurant and parked.

Cpl. Naecker approached the vehicle and observed the driver with suspected drugs. The driver, David Paul Skirvin, 29, and passenger, Taylor Marie Heinl, 26, both of Lusby, were charged with possession of Heroin and possession of Alprazolam. Skirvin was also cited for use of a cell phone while driving.

CDS and Concealed Weapon On Jul. 10 at 1:50 a.m. Dep. J. Buck observed a vehicle on the shoulder of south bound MD Rt. 4 near Pardoe Rd. in Lusby. While making contact with the driver, identified as Nelson Kyle Eaton, 25 of Jessup, Buck detected a strong odor of marijuana emitting from inside the vehicle.

Eaton was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia; a metal grinder and glass jar. A search of the vehicle also revealed a black metal collapsible baton. Eaton was also charged with concealing a dangerous weapon.

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Burglaries Dep. W. Beisel is investigating the burglary to a home in the 100 block of Cove Point Rd, in Lusby during the daytime hours on July 15. Over $1,400 dollars in property was stolen to include an Xbox One, Beats headphones, and Xbox games.

At 11:19 p.m. on Jul. 20, Trooper Newcomer was responding to a burglary at the Granados Tire Store in Prince Frederick. While enroute he located the suspect.

Trooper Newcomer attempted to stop the suspect and he did not comply, exited his vehicle and attempted to flee on foot. James N. Bryant, 35 of Elkridge, was apprehended. He was arrested and incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center.

Attempted Burglaries A homeowner in the 3400 block of Hunting Creek Rd. in Huntingtown reported to Dep. A. Curtin that a neighbor had observed a vehicle parked in front of the homeowner’s shed and then the home’s alarm system sounded and the car drove off. Nothing appears to have been stolen.

The incident occurred on Jul. 8 around midnight.

The investigation is continuing.

Someone attempted to pry open the door to a shed behind a home in the 11200 block of Oakwood Drive in Dunkirk between July 13 and 15. Entry was not made and nothing was taken.

DFC J. Migliaccio is investigating.

Attempted Burglary and Assault A complainant reported to Dep. M. Trigg that at about 10:00 p.m. on Jul. 20 he returned to a residence he is staying in on Ridge View Rd. in Lusby and saw an unknown male on the front porch. The unknown male suspect, who had a knife in his hand, chased the complainant down the front walk. The complainant then stopped and turned and struck the suspect with a baseball bat. The suspect then fled the scene on foot. It does not appear that entry into the home was made. The complaintant was not injured. The investigation continues.

Assault On Jul. 14 at 11:35 p.m., a woman on War Bonnet Trail in Lusby advised Dep. W. Beisel that she was on her front porch when a dog came onto her porch. She states that a man then approached her and said the dog was friendly. He then asked her if she was home alone and stroked her arm. The woman was able to get into her house and lock the door and called police. A canvas of the area was conducted but no one was located.

Theft Dep. N. Gilmore responded to the Prince Frederick Walmart on Jul. 11 at 1:40 p.m. for the report of a theft. Gilmore was advised that the suspect had fled the store with stolen items and had run behind the Wendy’s Restaurant into the woods. Deputies located the suspect, out of breath, coming out of the woods. They stopped him and identified him as John William Mattia, 24 of Lusby. Mattia was charged with theft less than $1,000 and resisting arrest.

Thefts from Vehicles Someone stole a Bose speaker from inside a vehicle parked near the Rod ‘N Reel Restaurant on Mears Ave. in Chesapeake Beach on Jul. 8 sometime between 1:15 p.m. and 4:40 p.m. The victim advised that her vehicle locks automatically. There was no evidence of anyone damaging the vehicle to get inside. DFC R. Cress is investigating.

On Jul. 9 at 10:30 p.m., a victim advised DFC P.

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Mosely that he observed someone inside his car which was parked in the 300 block of Rivers Reach Rd. in Prince Frederick. He ran toward his vehicle and the suspect fled. The victim noticed that his driver’s license and a pair of Adidas tennis shoes had been stolen.

marijuana was detected. Danee M. Baxter, 21 of Lusby, admitted to smoking marijuana while driving home from work. She was arrested and transported to the MSP Barrack in Prince Frederick for processing.

A vehicle was stopped at Traditional Way and Heritage Dr. in Prince Frederick on Jul. 10 at 11:56 p.m. by Trooper First Class Lewis.

Contact was made with the juvenile driver.

When approaching the vehicle, TFC Lewis observed loose cigarettes in a plastic baggie on the passenger seat. A subsequent search revealed additional drugs and paraphernalia. The juvenile was placed under arrest for possession of marijuana and was transported to the MSP Barrack in Prince Frederick for processing. He Fraud and Counterfeit Someone passed a counterfeit bill at a produce was released to a parent. stand in Dunkirk on Jul. 17. DFC J. Hardesty is At 11:59 p.m. on Jul. 11, Trooper First Class investigating.

Barlow stopped a vehicle at Prince Frederick A second incident of passing counterfeit bills Blvd. and Cambridge Place for traffic violations. occurred the same day at the Dunkirk Walmart by A moderate odor of marijuana was emitting from two male suspects. The investigation by DFC inside the vehicle. Wilson E. T. Carroll, 24 of Prince Frederick, was arrested for driving on a Hardesty is ongoing. suspended license. He stated he had friends previously riding in the vehicle who were Destruction of Property Dep. J. Buck is investigating damaged property smoking marijuana in the vehicle. A probable that occurred outside a home in the 1800 block of cause search was conducted and Percocet was Parkers Creek Rd. in Port Republic on Jul. 10 found for which he did not have a prescription. between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The victim He was incarcerated at the Calvert County reported that someone had destroyed his mailbox Detention Center. and had thrown eggs at his vehicle.

On Jul. 15 a check welfare request was responded to at 5:02 a.m. by Trooper Palumbo Disorderly Conduct Cpl. B. Gray responded to the Super 8 Motel in in the 12600 block of Mill Creek Rd. in Lusby.

Prince Frederick on Jul. 12 at 1:05 a.m. for the Upon arrival, Trooper Palumbo found William report of a disorderly female. Cpl. Gray found H. Burns, 27 of Lusby, unconscious. CPR was Andrea Sue Anderson, 45 of no fixed address, in performed and Burns was transported to the one of the rooms. Anderson appeared to be hospital for further patient care. While speaking intoxicated.

She was cursing and yelling. with Katelyn M. Corrliss, 20, and Nichole D. Anderson was advised to stop yelling and that she Hobar, 33, both of Lusby, to obtain Burns needed to leave the premises.

Anderson medical history, several prescription drugs were continued to curse and scream. She was told that located and further investigation revealed crack she was under arrest and she resisted being cocaine. Open charges are pending for Burns, handcuffed. She was subdued and taken into Corliss and Hobar for CDS: Possession – Not custody. She was charged with disorderly conduct Marijuana. and failure to obey a lawful order.

At 11:25 p.m. on Jul. 19, Trooper Newcomer On Jul. 15 at 4:04 p.m. Cpl. D. Canning stopped a vehicle on MD Rt. 4 near Plum Point responded to a storefront on E. Chaneyville Rd. in Rd. in Huntingtown for traffic violations. A Owings for the report of an intoxicated disorderly strong odor of marijuana was emitting from male. Canning made contact with the subject, inside the vehicle. A probable cause search identified as Brian Joseph Haran, 21 of revealed suspected marijuana in the purse of the Chesapeake Beach, who appeared to be driver, Theressa D. Young, 49 of Hyattsville, and intoxicated and was yelling and cursing at one of another baggie of suspected marijuana was the store owners. Haran was asked numerous located on the side of the passenger seat. The times to sit on a bench and stop hollering but he passenger, James H. Robinson, 47 of approached Canning and pushed his chest against Washington, DC, and the driver, Young, were the deputy, who immediately subdued Haran and both arrested and transported to the MSP placed him in the police cruiser with assistance Barrack in Prince Frederick for processing. from DFC Migliaccio. Haran had to be restrained to prevent him from kicking the inside On Jul. 8 at 9:00 a.m., Trooper Riddle observed of the cruiser. Haran was charged with assault on an accident on Rt. 170 and I-695 in Baltimore a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct, while traveling to report for duty in Calvert failure to obey a lawful order and resisting arrest. County. A Consent to Search and Seize was approved and drug paraphernalia was located in vehicle. A probable cause search revealed the Maryland State Police Barrack U the passenger, Katherine M. Lee, 46 of Jefferson, Reports: MD, was in possession of heroin. She was arrested and incarcerated at the Baltimore CDS Violations County Detention Center.

Trooper Palumbo stopped a vehicle at 12:05 a.m. on Jul. 7 for traffic violations on MD Rt. Revoked License / Possession of Cocaine 231 and Rt. 4 in Prince Frederick. A faint odor Trooper First Class Esnes stopped a vehicle on of marijuana was emitting from inside the MD Rt. 4 near Calvert Beach Rd. in St. Leonard vehicle and a small amount of marijuana was for traffic violations at 8:18 a.m. on Jul. 17. observed on the driver’s shirt. A probable cause Oliver J. Sherbert, 53 of Prince Frederick, was search revealed 4.6 grams of marijuana and 13.8 arrested for driving on a revoked license. Upon grams of K2/Spice (synthetic marijuana). The exiting the vehicle, Sherbert was moving his driver, Joseph C. Armes, 20 of Prince Frederick, hands around his waist area as if he was trying to was arrested and incarcerated at the Calvert discard something from his person.

A County Detention Center. A juvenile passenger homemade smoking device containing suspected was arrested and transported to the MSP Barrack Cocaine residue was located under the door for processing and was released to a parent. frame of the vehicle. He initially denied ownership of the CDS but later claimed Trooper First Class Oles stopped a vehicle on Rt. ownership and admitted to discarding the item 4 at Parran Rd. in St. Leonard for traffic in an effort to avoid being charged with it. He violations at 10:39 p.m. on Jul. 7. Upon contact was incarcerated at the Calvert County with the driver, the strong odor of burnt Detention Center.

Someone entered a vehicle parked near Flag Ponds Park in Lusby on Jul. 13 between 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and removed a purse. The purse was located in the nearby woods but a cell phone and credit cards had been taken. The purse had been in the trunk of the vehicle. It is unknown how the trunk was entered.

Dep. S. Moran is investigating.

Police Blotter (Con’t) Open Warrant/ Possession of Substitute Body Fluid Trooper First Class Saucerman responded to the Parole and Probation Office in Prince Frederick at 4:18 p.m. on Jul. 8 in reference to a wanted subject. Brian P. Parran, 29 of Prince Frederick was placed under arrest for an open warrant through parole and probation. A search of Parran revealed a condom filled with dark yellow liquid substance tied to the button of his shorts to be used in a drug test. Parran was transported to the Calvert County Detention Center to be presented before a Commissioner on local charges prior to being transported to the Maryland Division of Corrections in Jessup.

Frederick for theft.

Disorderly Conduct On Jul. 8 at 8:18 p.m., Trooper First Class Saucerman responded to the area of the 500 block of Stamper Ct. in Prince Frederick to assist the fire department with a subject that was running away from them. Once contact was made with Joseph E. Miller, 22 of Lusby, it was determined because of the strong odor of PCP that he would be taken to the hospital for treatment. During transport, Miller became extremely agitated and required several officers to assist with preventing from doing any harm to himself. He began yelling obscenities and caused a disturbance in the emergency room.

An application for Statement of Charges has been requested charging Miller with Disorderly Conduct.

A reported theft on Jul. 14 in the 12900 block of Barreda Blvd. in Lusby was responded to at 1:19 a.m. by Tropper First Class Barlow. The victim reported that two bicycles were stolen from her back yard. Investigation continues.

Disorderly / Destruction of Property A reported disturbance at the KMart in Prince Frederick was responded to by Trooper Newcomer at 12:36 p.m. on Jul. 10.

A disorderly woman had left the store and the vehicle description and registration number were provided by the Loss Prevention Agent.

Trooper Newman gave lookout information to the barrack and Calvert Control Center.

After reviewing the surveillance video and obtaining witness statements, Trooper Newman responded to an address in the 12900 block of Mariner Circle in Lusby for the owner of the vehicle matching the description given previously. Jamie L. Miller, 31 of Chambersburg, PA was located and stated she became annoyed while in the store and felt she should leave before anything physical happened. Application for charges were prepared and she was arrested for Malicious Destruction of Property and Disorderly Conduct the following day.

Thefts On Jul. 14 at 7:28 p.m., Trooper Warrick responded to the Peebles store in Prince Frederick for a reported shoplifting complaint. Three males came into the store and stole large quantities of clothing from a sales table near the front entrance of the store.

Approximate value of the merchandise was $7,036. A witness to the event was able to provide a possible registration number for the get-away vehicle. Investigation continues.

On Jul. 9 at 5:09 p.m., Trooper First Class Matthews conducted a MVA query of a registration through METERS/NCIC and observed the registration was not on file.

TFC Matthews stopped the vehicle at the intersection of West Dares Beach Rd. and Prince Frederick Blvd.

The registration sticker on the license plate was found to be stolen. Case remains open pending arrest of James D. Tellier Sr., 43 of Prince

Master Trooper Gill received a report at 3:00 p.m. on Jul. 10 for money removed from a purse that had been lost and turned in at the MSP Barrack in Prince Frederick. The victim reported that she had accidentally left the purse at ABD Liquors earlier that day and did not realize that until later. The purse had been turned into the barrack.

When contacted to come to pick up the purse, the victim found money had been removed.

Surveillance video obtained from the store showed an employee, Becki A. Parker, 22 of St. Leonard, was responsible for the theft.

Charges are pending against Parker for theft.

Political Signs Stolen, Damaged Between the dates of June 30 and July 13, unknown culprit(s) stole various campaign signs from Sheriff Mike Evans.

These signs were stolen from Mt. Harmony Road, Federal Oaks drive in Sunderland and on one night five signs were stolen from the Plum point Road area. The values of these signs are in excess of $800.00.

In addition Delegate Mark Fisher also had one sign stolen from Federal Oaks and various yard signs from the twin beach area.

Sheriff Evans had another sign on Huntington Road that was shot. The two concerns are the destruction of property and more importantly a bullet was fired near a residential neighborhood.

Sheriff Evans and Delegate Fisher have

both personally offered cash rewards for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the person or persons involved.

This case is currently under investigation by Deputy J. Buck. If you have any information about this or any crime, Please contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office at (410) 535-2800 or to remain anonymous contact Crime Solvers at (410) 535-2880. Please visit the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office website at calvertsheriff.blogspot.com/ for online anonymous tips.

Any other candidates who have experienced thefts of signs are encouraged to contact the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office.

Can You Help Solve This Crime?

Calvert County Crime Solvers and the from a business located on Investment Court Calvert County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the in Owings. The iron was stolen overnight public’s assistance in identifying the person(s) between June 26 and 27. responsible for the burglary at a home in the Citizens with information on these 100 block of Cove Point Road in Lusby crimes or any criminal activity in Calvert during the daytime hours on July 15. Over County who wish to report it anonymously $1,400 dollars in property was stolen to can now access the Calvert County Crime include an Xbox One, Beats headphones, and Solvers link at CalvertCountySheriff.us or by Xbox games. calling (410) 535-2880.

Officers are also asking for help If the information leads to an arrest and Theft from Vehicle identifying the person or persons responsible conviction, the caller may be eligible for a cash Trooper First Class Wiesemann responded at for the theft of over $1,600 worth of angle iron reward up to $1,000.

6:37 p.m. on Jul. 15 to the 12400 block of Coyote Court in Lusby for a report of a theft.

The victim reported that the rear registration plate 2AV4992 was missing along with the mount for the plate. The missing plate has been entered into METERS/NCIC. Investigation continues.

Anne Arundel County Police say that on July 15, at approximately 1:14 p.m., officers Failure to Obey a Lawful Order Trooper First Class Lewis stopped a vehicle from the Northern District responded to the on Rt. 231 and Thoroughbred Dr. for traffic Glen Burnie District Court parking lot in the violations at 4:56 p.m. on Jul. 7. Avon D. 7500 block of Ritchie Highway in Glen Cochran, 23 of Waldorf, was driving on a Burnie to investigate a report of an animal suspended license. He was advised he could left in the car. An Owings man was later cited not continue to drive and he agreed to make in connection.

Upon arrival, officers spoke with a arrangements for his own disposition.

Approximately 5 minutes later, after civilian witness, who said she noticed a dog resuming traffic enforcement, TFC Lewis unattended in a pickup truck. The caller said located Cochran driving on Church St. in that she had been present at the scene at least Prince Frederick. He was arrested for failing 30 minutes before the arrival of police. The to obey a lawful order. He was incarcerated at officers noted that one of the truck’s windows was open only about one inch and there was the Calvert County Detention Center. no water available for the dog. The dog Photo of the dog rescued; from the Anne Arundel A vehicle was stopped by Trooper Palumbo at appeared to be in distress.

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Officers made attempts to locate the 6:40 a.m. on Lower Marlboro Rd. in Huntingtown for traffic violations on Jul. 13. vehicle’s owner in the courthouse without later. Police cited James Humphries, age 54, Stephen P. Miller, 44 of Huntingtown, was success. Based on the fact that the of the 9200 block of Easy Street, Owings, driving on a suspended license. He was temperature was 90 degrees and the dog, a with leaving an animal unattended in a advised he could not continue to drive and he seven-year-old Scot-Terrier mix was in vehicle.

The dog was evaluated by Animal agreed to make arrangements for his own obvious distress, the officers broke a window Control and did not require medical disposition.

Approximately five minutes to rescue the dog.

The dog’s owner returned to the vehicle attention. As a result, the animal was later, after resuming traffic enforcement, Trooper Palumbo observed Miller driving at about 1:50 p.m. – more than half an hour returned to the owner. past. He was arrested for failing to obey a lawful order. He was incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center.

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A report of a prescription medication theft was received by Trooper Warrick at 5:53 p.m. on Jul. 16. The victim reported that her ex-boyfriend and his sister had access to her purse while she was taken to the hospital.

Once she was back in possession of her purse, she found a number of prescription pills missing. Investigation continues.

Pet Left In Hot Truck

Fugitive/ Open Warrant On Jul. 8 a vehicle at MD Rt. 4 and Morning Glory Lane in Dunkirk was stopped for traffic violations at 7:35 a.m. by Trooper First Class Casarella. Vance B. Edwards, 40 of St. Leonard, was placed under arrest for an open warrant through Virginia.

He was incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center.

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Beware of Power Company Scams

Anne Arundel County Police are warning local residents and businesses not to fall for scams by people claiming to represent Baltimore Gas & Electric.

Here’s what has been reported to police that they’re doing: - A business receives a telephone call from a person purporting to be from BGE. They appear to have pertinent information about the business or personal account and inform that their account is past due. They threaten that if the past due amount is not immediately satisfied, BGE will disrupt their service. The business employee is directed to obtain Green Dot Money Paks in the amount of the deficiency. The number on the rear of the card is provided to the caller when they call back. The money on the cards is immediately transferred.

- An individual arrives purporting to be a BGE employee. He informs the business or resident that their account is past due and he is there to disrupt service.

If a certain amount is immediately paid, the service disruption will be suspended until the account can be satisfied.

- An individual arrives purporting to be a BGE employee. He informs he has been dispatched to examine their air conditioning system or to make sure they have no gas leaks. Once entry is gained, victims find that articles of value are missing.

- An individual arrives purporting to be a BGE contractor. He informs the business or resident that he has been contacted to remove brush from the rear of their property that may interfere with BGE service lines. He then asks the business or

property owner to accompany him and he will show them what will be done, so there are no misunderstandings. While in the rear of the property, someone else will enter the business or residence and steal items.

Police have issued the following guidance to make sure you are not a victim: - BGE does not call customers and demand immediate telephone payment utilizing Green Dot Money Paks or other commercially available cash cards.

- BGE does not send employees to disrupt service who accept payment on electric or gas bills without proper identification. Contact the official BGE Customer Service number to confirm the legitimacy and amount required prior to any payment. Do not call a number provided by the person at your door.

- BGE does not send employees to businesses or homes to do routine unrequested inspections. If you did not request the service, decline entrance into your home or business.

- Beware of anyone trying to occupy your attention and requesting you accompany them outside of the business or residence.

- BGE employees are required to carry official BGE identification which displays their logo, employee information and employee photograph. Do not be timid in requiring identification. True BGE employees will be more than willing to provide the requested identification.

- If you are unsure contact BGE Customer Service at (800) 685-0123 or call 911 rather than allow someone suspicious into your home or business.

Local Road Back in Service Sands Road in Harwood is now open for traffic following the completion of emergency culvert repair work by the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works. The road was closed on May 23 of this year after a collapsed culvert created a five-foot wide and 15 foot deep hole in Lothian.

The Bureau of Highways managed the emergency culvert repair project. Due to the extensive and complex scope of repair work, completion of the culvert repairs were expected to keep Sands Road closed until next month.

Emergency repairs included:

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- Open excavation of roadway, 30' x 80' x 15' - Remove existing 72" pipe and fill material - Pour concrete footings to form headwall - Install four sections of pipe - Bed pipe with gravel - Establish road base.

- Apply base course asphalt - Apply top course asphalt - Upstream stabilization and roadway drainage tie-in - Downstream stabilization, step pool construction and stream tie-in.

Dispose of Storm Debris for Free

By Susan Shaw Calvert County Commissioner

What’s Next for Shaw, Clark?

Many constituents are asking me about my reaction to the recent Primary Election and also asking me how Commissioner Jerry Clark is doing. A surprising (to me) number of people have told me that they were surprised to find that my name was not on the ballot, despite my having announced months ago that I would not seek re-election and despite my continuing to mention it.

Some people are angry with me, saying that I am “needed.” While I sincerely appreciate the compliment, no one is indispensable.

Commissioner Clark is doing fine.

He told me that he is “going to go make more money.” I am sure he will!

You see, he is a self-made man. He started his career as a meat cutter/butcher for Safeway. He saved his money and bought the old Calvert Room in Prince Frederick. It was the ONLY late night venue in Prince Frederick and probably in most of Calvert County for many years. He slept a few hours then went to work at his day job. This is not to say that he didn’t have fun. He did. He also got to know all the “good old boys” of Calvert County and maintained those friendships to this day.

At various times, Commissioner Clark has owned a variety of businesses in Calvert County. He is a natural businessman. He works very hard to make his projects successful. Even more importantly, he understands banking and financing in a way I never will. Nor will anyone else on the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). Oh, yes, all the BOCC has negotiated with Wall Street. I understand pensions and other post employment benefits, including actuarial projections, in a way I never expected.

But I cannot structure “a deal” the way that Commissioner Clark can. I can be a tough bargainer, which my late husband would have been happy to verify with some funny stories. But I do not understand real estate the way he does. I don’t know complicated financial instruments the way he does.

I wouldn’t know when a large corpora-

tion is fudging the books the way he does.

Commissioner Clark has a complicated personality. It took me a LONG time to REALLY get to know him. He is friendly and congenial and a very loyal friend to his long-time friends, among whom I hope to be able to count myself.

He is not highly educated in the formal sense, but he is extremely street-smart.

We had discussed whether either one of us was going to run again. It was not an easy decision either way.

Both of us could make a lot more money out of office, both of us have other career options, but we are both as ethical as humanly possible. Both of us love and adore our grandchildren. He get s a new photo of his granddaughter, Eleanor, every single day. She lives in San Francisco, is 2 ½ years old and has a new sister joining her, necessitating frequent trips to the West Coast.

The difference in our decisions about whether or not to run came down to our sense of responsibility.

I felt that 12 years of 24/7, 365 days a year, (yes, even on Christmas, things happen) was enough. Commissioner Clark loves his job, but mostly, he was concerned about the new tax revenue from the proposed Dominion Project and how it would be spent. He wanted to make sure that money was spent wisely. Some are trying to spend it when we do not even have it yet, nor is there any guarantee we will get it.

Both he and I have lived through the interminable delays in the Calvert Cliffs third nuclear reactor, which we once thought was a done deal.

Our terms as commissioners end Dec. 16, 2014. We have a few things we want to accomplish between now and then.

We can both leave with a great deal of pride and satisfaction at the condition in which we will be leaving Calvert County. Hopefully, the new BOCC, whoever they are, will have the wisdom to seek Commissioner Clark’s creative counsel regarding complicated fiscal issues. Calvert County would benefit.

Following severe thunderstorms the week of July 14 that left damage in their wake, the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners, through the Department of Public Works, announces that residents may dispose of tree/green debris for free at the Appeal Landfill. The debris will be accepted now through Sun., Aug. 3 during regular landfill hours.

The county will also perform roadside collection and removal of residential tree/green debris from county road rights-of way now through Aug. 3. Roadside collection will only be available to residents in the hardest hit area in St. Leonard from Governor Run Road south to Flag Ponds Parkway between Route 2/4 and the Chesapeake Bay. Calvert County residents in that region who live on any county-maintained roadway may place debris in front of their private property, in the county right-of-way only, for free removal. Tree/green

storm-related debris is limited to unbagged leaves, trees, limbs, branches, bushes, shrubs, etc. Please ensure that debris is placed at least two feet from the road edge to ensure it does not interfere with vehicle or pedestrian traffic.

Roadside pickup must first be scheduled through the county Department of Public Works by calling (410) 535-0905 or (410) 535-0906.

After Aug. 3, tree/green debris must be taken to Appeal Landfill and $69.71 per ton will apply for residents. Roadside pickup and free landfill disposal is available to residents only; commercial haulers must dispose of debris at the landfill under the commercial rate of $77.45.

For more information, call the Calvert County Department of Public Works, Division of Solid Waste, at (410) 326-0210 or visit the Calvert County website at co.cal.md.us.

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In the Yikes! It’s National Moth Week!

Imperial Moth ((Eacles imperialis). Photo by Jessica Morgan.

Notice the Painted Lady Butterfly has balls or clubs on the end of her antennae versus the Luna Moth, which has fuzzy antennae. Also moths have a fuzzy, fatter body than butterflies that help them store energy (from the caterpillar stage of life) as many adult moths do not have a mouth to eat with!

Butterflies can drink nectar from flowers and usually live longer than moths.

Butterfly photo by Lisa Bierer-Garrett. Luna Moth photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

By Lisa Bierer-Garrett July is a month of celebrations.

Usually we have picnics and fireworks but to naturalists and citizen scientists it is the month to count both butterflies and moths.

The North American Butterfly Association has sponsored a 4th of July Butterfly Count for many years. Volunteers go out on a chosen day in July and count all the species of butterflies seen in their assigned or chosen little section of wildness, be it a county park, a natural area or even a backyard.

The count reports are sent in from all over the USA and help show trends in different species of butterflies such as Painted Ladies and Monarchs.

The past few years of data show a big decline in Monarch sightings but a tremendous increase in Tiger Swallowtails in the DC area.

Counting butterflies, in fact, studying them, is much easier than their Lepidopterian cousins, the moths.

Butterflies are brightly colored, fly typically during the daytime hours and visit flowers drinking nectar. We have about 300 species in the Eastern US and

Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia).

Photo by Jessica Morgan.

Giant Silkmoth (Antheraea polyphemus moth) photographed locally.

on a regular summer day you could see 25 to 40 species if you’re really looking for them.

Moths on the other hand, fly mostly in the evening, and some are as tiny as a corn kernel. You may never have noticed, but some are breathtakingly beautiful like the Luna Moth. In North America, there are more than 20,000 known types of moths. It is a tad bit harder to gather information on these and that is where National Moth Week comes in.

The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission is a nonprofit (501C3) organization dedicated to local conservation and environmental education, located in East Brunswick, NJ. They started holding nighttime mothing events where folks would come out and learn to identify these nocturnal creatures back in 2005.

Thus National Moth Week (NMW) was born. It has become a large-scale event with information being gathered all across North America since 2011.

So here are some various ways

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local folks can become citizen scientists and report or submit their moth photos and sightings as described on their website.

How can you attract moths?

Observing moths is very easy; you don’t even have to actively look for them. If you create the right conditions, the moths will come to you. All it takes is a light source and a place for the moths to rest. By using two simple methods to attract moths, all you have to do is wait.

Moths are attracted to light (no one really knows why although there are a number of theories) and also to the smell of fermented sugar and ripe fruit – both are their food sources.

Any type of light will attract moths. Just leave a porch light on and wait and see what is attracted to it. If you are in a field or forest, you can use battery-operated lights or even a flashlight. Entomologists use black lights and mercury vapor lights, which emit light in a color spectrum that moths find irresistible. These types of lights can be ordered online at relatively low cost.

Moths need a surface to rest on.

White sheets are often used. Hang a sheet over clothesline or between two trees, and shine the light on it.

An outside wall also works well if your light is set up near a house or a building.

Simply wait for the moths to come to your light so you can observe and photograph them.

Specialty lights and light traps can be purchased from entomological equipment suppliers

such as BioQuip in California (Tel: (310) 667-8800). Mercury Vapor and black lights can also be purchased from local hardware stores or ordered online.

Blacklights can also be found in party stores.

If you want to get a little more complicated, you can make bait to attract the moths, NMW recommends a mix of beer, bananas, and sugar. You can do it right in your own back yard. Or, if you live in a city and don’t have a back yard, find a public event to join, or look for a light near a resting surface like a wall or a tree somewhere in your neighborhood.

You might be surprised at the variety of moths in the city.

If you want to start your own public event, you can register one in

Giant Silkmoth (Hyalophora Cecropia Moth) photographed locally.

How do you get involved? Info from National Moth Week Website: nationalmothweek.org/finding-moths-2/ NMW encourages people all over the world (that’s right, national can stand for any nation) to participate in or create their own mothing events!

You can attract moths simply with a light and something white, such as this sheet, on a dark night. Photo courtesy of WikiCommons.

the USA or internationally.

Once you have attracted the moths, this is what you can do to gather data.

1. Photograph any moths you see. This will help scientists to identify them if you aren’t certain of the species.

2. Submit your photos and any additional data to any of NMW’s partners. They have national and international partners. Such as BAMONA (Butterflies And Moths of North America) at butterfliesandmoths.org/ . The partners have various = protocols, some even accept specimens for

Io Moth (Automeris io). Photo by Jessica Morgan.

museum collections and DNA analysis.

3. Submit photos of the moths and your mothing set-up to the National Moth Week Flickr group.

Make a great memory, do something meaningful, and enjoy the beauty of the moths!

(Citation: NationalMothWeek.org) About the Author: Lisa Bierer-Garrett of North Beach is a local naturalist who works at Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary in Upper Marlboro.

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia miniata).

Photo by Jessica Morgan.

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By Lyn Striegel

Starting a Serious Financial Plan

Your Money Matter$ One thing is for certain: we already know that you will need investment income to see you through your retirement years. And the amounts you have in your investments may be needed for other goals such as educating children or purchasing a home. But, how much should you put towards your investment goals, where should the investments be made, how do you get started on your lifetime financial plan?

Got your motivations list in front of you? Let’s start with some basics about financial planning. Let’s start with where you are now - financially. To figure that out, you need to organize your paperwork. I know, this is something no one enjoys doing. But, it absolutely is the first step towards taking control of your financial situation. You have to know where you are to get to where you want to be.

So, get to the local office supply store and buy some manila file folders - lots of them.

I like the ones that look like pockets, since paper tends to fall out and get lost in loose

file folders. Or, you can do this with folders on your computer, too. You just have to be able to scan or keep track of your electronic receipts.

Organizing Your Paperwork Got the manila files? OK, let’s get to it.

Make the following labels on the files: “Pay Stubs” “Bank Account Statements” “401(k) Plan statements” “Brokerage Statements”- if you have more than one brokerage account, make a separate file for each one “Insurance” - put it all in this files - home, auto, life, and disability “Home Maintenance” - this file is for repairs, appliances “Mortgage Payments” “Property Taxes” “Car Payments” - this file is for expenses, whether car loans or lease payments “Credit Card/Loan Payments” - if you have more than one credit card or loan,

make a separate file for each one “Child Care Expenses” “Clothing” “Entertainment” - this is tricky file since it is difficult to estimate your expenditures if you entertain friends in your home. But, insert your receipts for food and beverages for guests every time you entertain. Also add tickets stubs, magazine subscriptions, rental movie stubs and anything else relating to your own entertainment. You will probably be surprised at your monthly expenditures on this category.

“Medical/Dental/Vision/Prescription Drug Expenses” - This is for unreimbursed medical expenses-those your insurance company doesn’t cover.

“Alimony” “Food” - this is for normal food expenditures for your family, and should not include food expenditures related to entertaining guests.

“College Education Expenses” - including tuition, books, car insurance, health insurance, apartment rental, anything you are spending for the child at college.

“Income Taxes” “Utility Payments”- gas/oil, water, electric, water, sewer “Telephone Payments”- home, cell “TV/Internet” - use this one if you have cable, satellite, etc.

Take all the receipts you have and sort them into each one of these file folders.

Make a sheet of paper for each folder.

On the sheet, put down the average amount of money you spend on a

monthly basis. Just take 12 months receipts, add them up and divide by 12 to get your monthly average expenditure for the item. Staple your tally page to the top of the folder so you can refer to it later.

You don’t have to file every bill away in a folder every time you pay it. Instead, one good method is to keep a “current receipts” envelope (a large one) into which you put every receipt, pay stub and invoice stub you have every month. Once a month, clean out the envelope and put all receipts into their proper folders.

Check and revise your tally sheets on top of the folders. If you see that you are continually spending money for something for which you don’t have a file folder, make a new one.

Keep your tally sheets on top of the folders up to date. That way, you will always be current and will always know by referring to each folder what you are spending or taking into income for each category.

Make sure your filing system works for you. If you have a better way of approaching your bills, do it. But, create something so comfortable for you that you will stick with it. Just by sorting your monthly expenditures, you have taken more control over your finances.

Now, start to analyze what you have.

About the Author: Lyn Striegel is an attorney in private practice in Chesapeake Beach and Annapolis. Lyn has over thirty years experience in the fields of estate and financial planning and is the author of “Live Secure: Estate and Financial Planning for Women and the Men Who Love Them (2011 ed.).” Nothing in this article constitutes specific legal or financial advice and readers are advised to consult their own counsel.

Back to School, Back to Work, Is Your Estate Plan Ready?

When I was growing up, August had always been a bittersweet month. At the beginning of the month, it is still summertime which meant no school, great vacations, and fun with friends; however, it was difficult to forget that the first day of school, which loomed somewhere at the end of August, was inching closer day by day. After those few sacred weeks of August passed, we were back in school, parents were back at work, homework and projects had started, and everyone was thrust back into their daily routines.

As the end of August nears for this year, it is often a time for reflection of the fun months that had just passed, but it is also a time to look forward at the upcoming school and work year.

Many people also take this time to reevaluate their lives and to get their ducks in a row. Typically, this is accomplished by reviewing your financial portfolio with your investment advisor and your estate plan with your attorney. This is of utmost importance because the economy and the law are fluid and forever changing.

So what does your estate plan look like?

At its most basic form, an estate plan should consist of a Durable General Financial Power of Attorney, a Health Care Power of Attorney, an Advance Medical Directive (also known as a Living Will), and a Last Will and Testament. Do you have all of these documents?

First to discuss is the Durable General Financial Power of Attorney (we will call this the “DGPOA”). This is the document where you appoint someone (your agent) to make financial decisions on your behalf if you cannot make them yourself.

The typical DGPOA allows your agent to write checks on your behalf, access your bank accounts, perform contracts, manage your real estate, deal with governmental entities (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, OPM, etc.), manage your stock accounts, annuity and insurance policies, and talk to your health insurance companies over a billing discrepancy; however, the powers you can delegate are endless. Additionally, a DGPOA is very important to have because it eliminates the need to get the courts involved in appointing someone (who you may not want making your financial decisions) to make financial decisions for you. In Maryland, there are no laws that allow someone (even your spouse) to make financial decisions on your behalf if you do not designate an agent. Only the court can designate someone to make those decisions and that can take months all while your bills are going unpaid.

The next document you need is the Health Care Power of Attorney. This document allows you to appoint someone to make health care decisions for you on your behalf if you cannot make them yourself, talk to your doctors about your medical condition(s), and to have access to all of your medical records, including those covered by HIPAA. Your health care agent is also the one entitled to carry out your final wishes and instructions as described in your Advance Medical Directive/Living Will.

Your Advance Medical Directive/Living Will is the document where you state your final wishes, i.e., do you wish to be kept alive by life sustaining methods or procedures or heroic measures if you are: (1) terminally ill, death is imminent and

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there is no likelihood of recovery, (2) in a persistent vegetative state, or (3) suffering from an end-stage condition. This is what clients often refer to as their “DNR” order. It is important to remember that no matter what you write in your Advance Medical Directive/Living Will, so long as YOU are: (1) conscious, and (2) competent, you can always change your mind about the direction of your care, regardless of what this document states.

The final document of a basic estate plan is the Last Will and Testament (no pun intended). In this document, the testator (person who makes the Will), accomplishes two things: (1) designates a personal representative, and (2) tells the personal representative how to divide the testator’s estate between the testator’s beneficiaries. In essence, a Will is a book of instructions for the personal representative to follow under the supervision of the probate court. Probate is the process where the court oversees the transfer of an asset from the decedent’s estate to the decedent’s beneficiaries in accordance with the Will. It is important to talk with your attorney to determine what assets you have and whether or not they will need to be probated.

So as the fun summer months come to a close, and as everyone starts to settle back into the swing of school and work, take the time to reevaluate your estate plan. Does it look like what we just talked about? Does it need to be updated? Laws are constantly changing and it is important to make sure your documents are current.

Many things can happen between now and next summer.

Is your estate plan ready?

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Garden Dirt

By Ray Greenstreet

Have a question about your garden for Ray? Email Editor@ChesapeakeCurrent.com and he’ll give you answers!

There’s an App for That

They say there's app for anything, and I tend to believe it. There is one that identifies constellations. Another shops for the best price on brand name toilet paper. Another locates the nearest coffee house. Many useful guides to the world around you, but our favorites are garden-centric: Apps that identify the big tree on the corner or the flower in your neighbor’s garden, how to grow that big tree and what plant pairs nicely with your neighbor’s blooms.

Here is a just a sampling of what’s out there. Most are available for both IOS and Android.

Leafsnap, NatureGate and iPflanzen are all electronic field guides. Snap a plant's photo with Google Goggles or take a picture of a tree's leaf against a white background and submit it instantly for analysis. Or click through a list of characteristics (leaf shape, flower color, plant's height) to make the flower or plant identification.

Garden Lite is a free app that's great for quick reference. There are about 750 plant species in the app's database, listed by both common and botanical names, with description, care information and what kind of soil, climate, planting and bloom time. There's a separate section on pests with about 20 common garden threats, such as aphids, and advice on how to deal with them.

The Master Gardener Pocket Guide is a classroom for your phone. It teaches

The Master Gardener Pocket App consists of different modules to help you learn about gardening.

Burpee's Garden Time Planner takes the guesswork out of planting.

should start growing your seed indoors or directly in the garden. A checklist tells you what actions to take throughout the year. There are a few videos with planting instructions. And there's even a weather report. The app is free at Apple's App Store and Google Play.

Apps are a great tool…IF you have a smart phone. If not, there are thousands of websites for gardening, landscaping and horticulture. The challenge is sifting through them to find dependable and accurate information, specific to our region.

There are several terrific sites to help identify native plants, and Maryland Native Plants is a good place to start. It identifies the different regions throughout the state and lists categories of plants found in each.

See: nps.gov/plants/pubs/nativesmd/lists.htm.

The Maryland Plant Society's web page is chock full of resources, including calendar of events, field trips and a news feed. mdflora.org.

The Department of Natural Resources' webpage is a great Maryland resource. It has information on our native plants – and the native environment. It provides links to statesponsored programs for creating "backyard habitats." dnr.state.md.us/

more than 675 gardening and horticulture terms by quiz, dictionary, and flashcards. The app allows the user to create their own flashcards and glossary, send quizzes to friends and post scores for a global ranking. Users can also access the Gardening news feed.

For those who garden from seed, check out Burpee’s Garden Planner. The free app contains a great database of a wide range of plants that can be grown from seed. In addition to the plant description, users receive updates of when to plant or transplant young growth to larger containers or the ground.

Garden Compass is good for finding essential data, like what season a plant blooms and how much light it needs.

The coolest part of the app has a plant or pest identifier. Take a picture of the item you need help with, email it to the Garden Compass team and an expert will answer your question. Because the app tags your location, the expert will tell you additional details based on where you live. The app is free at Apple's App store.

If you're schedule oriented, you'll like Garden Time Planner. Just pick a vegetable, herb or flower to add to your Garden Compass helps you identify garden and the app tells you if you plant diseases and find remedies.

With the LeafSnap app, take a photo of a tree leaf and it will tell you its name. wildlife/Plants_Wildlife/index.asp For all things organic, check out Mother Earth News. This is a comprehensive website on sustainable living with information on composting, organic gardening and food preservation www.motherearthnews.com And last but not least, our recently re-designed website. We are continuing to build on it, adding new information weekly: greenstreetgardens.com With so much information at your fingertips, you have a good excuse to stay inside on the hottest of our Dog Days – yet still be legitimately working on your garden. And with the explosion of mobile devices and their ever-increasing capacity to download and store information and images, you've got the equivalent of a public library in your pocket, handy while you're digging in the dirt and wondering what in the heck is that weed and where did it come from?.

Now if they could just find a way to truly eliminate the sun’s glare on those little screens...

About the Author: Ray Greenstreet began his career when he was just 13, as a “yard boy” at a garden center.

In 2000, Ray and his wife Stacy, began Greenstreet Growers, a wholesale growing operation on their 65-acre Lothian farm. In 2005, they opened Greenstreet Gardens, a retail nursery and gift store. Last year, Greenstreet Gardens grew to include a second retail store on Braddock Road in Alexandria, VA. In 2014, they’ve added a third location in the Del Ray section of Alexandria.

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By Brian “Crow” McDaniel Want brand recognition? There’s an excellent local company that can help.

Ad Options, Inc. of Owings can help your business create long-lasting recognition for their clients through the power of promotional products. Pam Howard of Ad Options, Inc., a BBG member, is someone you can trust for quality merchandise. She is also a proud member of the Advertising Specialty Institute.

Pam has lived in Maryland. She grew up in Prince Georges County and attended both PGCC and Maryland University majoring in accounting. She moved to Calvert in 1998. Pam is one of six girls.

“I have a “large, loud and loving family,” she explains. Pam and her husband Jim have been married for 25 years and have a daughter, Brittania who is a junior at Towson University's Honors College. Their son, Philip is a senior at Northern High.

It was May of 1992 when Pam started Ad Options Inc. It was based in Camp Springs, MD. Prior to starting her company she spent some time in the accounting field but realized that she didn’t have the personality for it. She was creative and wanted had a sincere interest in helping people grow their business with apparel and promotional products.

At Ad Options, one size doesn’t fit all. Pam enjoys offering unique products and loves working with business owners and others who want to brand their

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product, service, team, non-profit or event but don’t know where to start.

This is where her creativity comes in.

When Pam started Ad Options, she had small businesses in mind. Though her company has done many things for much larger companies, her target market remains local.

During their time in Camp Springs, Pam says Ad Options stayed busy with work from Andrews AFB. In fact, they’ve done work for Air Force One, Air Force Two, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and NASA as well as smaller clubs, schools and associations.

“We specialize in getting the highest quality products on time and on budget,” says Pam. She often uses the term “Better Branding” when working with customers. Logos can be iconic and with strategic placement and proper product choices, it can make the difference between success and failure.

“Branding is your corporate identity. It doesn't have to be expensive, just exclusively yours,” Pam explains.

Ad Options is able to supply your company with every possible promotional product from over 3,000 suppliers.

Promotional products are a nearly $17 billion dollar industry used by virtually every business in America.

Why? Items like pens, t-shirts, baseball caps, mugs and the like are memorable, useful and provide a great cost per impression. Successful companies such as Coca Cola figured this out years ago.

In fact, the color you see on the trucks that transport Coke products is completely custom.

Why shouldn’t your business approach be the same way? Pam is very good about helping you match your particular idea to a promotional product that’s right for your image. If you need embroidery or screenprinting, Pam and her team will guide you in the right direction. When it comes to materials, they will help you decide what’s best depending on what you want to do while wearing them.

Pam is also a volunteer at heart. She has served on the Prince Georges County Christmas In April Board of Directors since 1991 and has been a volunteer/member of the Silver Hill Lions Club since she was 14. She is a current member of the Shepherd's Hand

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Potter's group, making bowls for the Empty Bowl Supper for Project Echo and has organized or chaired more fundraising events than she would like to admit for churches, schools and clubs that her family supports.

It was Pam’s daughter who suggested that she join the BBG when she moved her business to the Owings location, after she found out about the group during a web search. The rest is history.

Pam was so excited about the BBG’s involvement in the annual Dragon Boat Festival in June that she surprised everyone by designing Egyptian cotton towels with the BBG logo our team. They were a big hit. Everyone went on and on about the quality and what a thoughtful gesture it was.

This kind of integrity is the very foundation of her company.

Ad Options is a quality local business also that gives back to the community.

You can contact Pam and the folks at Ad Options with the information below. They will be happy to discuss your ideas and make your endeavor stand out.

Ad Options, Inc. 849 Keith Lane Owings, MD 20736 Ad-optionsinc.com pamhoward@erols.com (301) 423-7778 About the Author: Brian “Crow” McDaniel is the owner of Crow Entertainment, LLC and a resident of North Beach. He serves as a Ministry Leader at Chesapeake Church in Huntingtown and serves on the Board of Directors for the Bay Business Group.

Local Microbrewery Hopes to Expand Brian Dailey of Huntingtown has quit his day job to live his dream: to own and operate a local microbrewery. Part of his plan is making beer from local produce, and to do that, his Scorpion Brewing Company needs a malting vessel. This will allow him to buy barley grown at Swann Farms in Owings and use this instead of barley imported from out of state. If he can raise enough money, he would create the first malting operation in the entire state of Maryland.

Brian has launched an online Kickstarter campaign in hopes of “crowdsourcing� the up-front money he needs for the equipment, and to pay the salary of an intern, David Goodwin of Dunkirk, who is a student at the University of Maryland Agriculture Dept.

Brian says making malt is a manual process that takes about a week and begins with allowing the barley to “aspire� or sprout. “Then, you kill it off to inhibit the growth using a heater,� he explains.

It has to soak for eight hours and during that time, he and the intern would have to manually turn it with a shovel every few hours.

In each batch, Brian says he could make about a ton of base malt. “You can add hundreds of flavors to this and there are countless things that can be done with it,� Brian tells us. “In theory, I could produce a ton a week, or 52 tons a year which I could then sell to other microbreweries so they also could make a completely Maryland beer.�

Swann Farms in Owings is one of the local farms that grows barley, a key ingredient in beer.

“Through this, we also hope to create a better market for barley in Southern Maryland which will help local farmers get more profit for their grain. Currently local farmers mainly produce barley for animal feed which they sell to big businesses at a price that is cheaper then market value, because they know it will sell. Us having

Brian Dailey, founder of Scorpion Brewing Company in Owings, has a flow chart on a blackboard at his brewery that shows the process for making malt from barley.

the malting vessel will help change this and create a need for better quality barley that would be bought at fair market price which would ultimately help the farmers,� he adds.

Brian founded his Scorpion Brewing Company in 2012, and has attended many classes and seminars around the country to learn the tricks of the trade. He says he has managed to craft and experiment with many different recipes to come up with a unique and fresh taste local just for Southern Maryland.

At his facility just off Skinner’s Turn Road in Owings, Brian has over 4,000 square feet of building space already filled with equipment and supplies to produce awesome craft beer. He has also created a “tasting room� that will operate on the weekends. That will open once he has all the necessary permits in place. Brian says he hopes to be in full production and selling his local brew by November, and brewing about 80 gallons at a time.

Meantime, if you’d like to help Brian with his Kickstarter campaign, you can give as little as a $1 to the effort. So far, Brian has raised over $6,000 but needs to have $8,000 in pledges by Aug. 2 or else his project will not be funded.

To watch a video about Brian’s malting project to understand how it works, visit the Chesapeake Current Facebook page (please “like� us while you’re there!) or our web site at ChesapeakeCurrent.com for the link. You can also go directly to kickstarter.com and search for Scorpion Brewing Company Malting Expansion. Hurry, there are just eight days left in this campaign!

The Chesapeake Current has made a pledge on Brian’s behalf, and we hope you will support the growth of this local business – and others - as well!

New Seminars for Non-Profits The Non-Profit Institute through the College of Southern Maryland has just announced two new seminars coming up in August. Sign up today to attending and organization name and reserve your seat! address.

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Direct sales of agricultural products from farmers and farm stands direct to consumers in Calvert County has doubled in the past five years, according to figures from the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC).

Dr. Christine Bergmark, who heads the SMADC told the Board of Calvert County Commissioners at their meeting on July 22 that gross direct sales for human consumption have increased from just over $200,000 in 2005 to more than $410,000 a year in 2012, according to figures from the 2012 US Dept. of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture.

She noted that the North Beach Friday Night Farmers’ Market is “going gangbusters.”

Bergmark said that between 2005 and 2012, gross sales of agricultural products direct to consumers in Anne Arundel County grew slightly to around $700,000. Nearby Prince George’s County saw a jump of a whopping 444%.

There’s been a 58% increase overall

jumped from one just a few years ago to 14 today. She credited the Southern Maryland Grape Grant Program for helping these wineries with get a jumpstart. By 2016, Bergmark said she hopes the number of wineries will grow to 20 in the five Southern Maryland Counties – Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s - that her commission covers.

As for agri-tourism, Bergmark says the state of Maryland as a whole has Dr. Christine Bergmark, Executive Director, Southern Maryland Agricultural Development seen an increase of 142%. However, Commission speaking before the BOCC on July 22. numbers are not available from the USDA Census for Calvert County in the past seven years in gross sales of because there are not enough sites or products to consumers in Southern data.

Maryland, compared with a 32% increase statewide, Bergmark said.

Overall, the gross sales in Maryland of farm-raised consumer products is $1.7 million.

These figures do not include the sales of “value-added products” or local processed goods, such as jams, jellies, sausages, and wine.

Bergmark noted that the number of wineries in Southern Maryland has

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Are You Up for the Challenge?

Maryland's Buy Local Week runs through July 27, and this year the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission hope you’ll take it to the extreme.

During this annual week, it’s hoped you'll pledge to eat local farm foods every day during. And this there’s a photo contest to “Take the Challenge to the Extreme!” You could win a $100 gift certificate to Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail. It's easy! Serve something local at every meal instead of once a day or eat only local foods during Buy Local Week, or sample new items you've never tried before, like local meat, cheese, ice cream, beer or wine!

Take the official Buy Local Challenge pledge. Then post your photos on the BLC Facebook page (before July 28) showing how you took the Challenge.

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on behalf of your business and be featured on the scrolling list on the BLC home page. Food service directors, chefs and food purchasing managers are invited to sign up their hospital, institution or business that serves food and commit to serving at least one local food every day during Buy Local Week.

Twitter hashtag: #buylocalchallenge.

Use the BLC hashtag to tweet about your BLC week adventures - the meals you created, your favorite recipes, or the farmers markets, restaurants, stores and even the wineries you visited!

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The Chesapeake Current, Bay Tripper and Cuisine are the only locally-owned and operated newspapers in our area. We’re not owned by a mega-billionaire investor in Seattle.

And don’t be confused by counterfeits that “claim” they’re everything Calvert County when they’re really nothing but St. Mary’s County and their goal is to get you across the bridge to spend your money over there with their advertisers.

The Current instead encourages you to patronize our advertisers, all of whom are right here in OUR area that provide jobs and keep our economy going strong! The Chesapeake Current supports local businesses and our communities in so many ways.

And now we’re bigger and better than ever before to better serve YOU! Nothing in the Current is syndicated, nothing is canned or boring junk content, and we have no fillers just to take up space. Every issue of the Current is packed with exclusive news and information that matters to you, your family and friends. There’s no other publication like us.

Ads in the Current, and our sister publications, Chesapeake Current Cuisine and Chesapeake Bay Tripper, are very affordable and really work to help you grow your business or promote your event. For more info, email ads@ChesapeakeCurrent.com or call our office at (410) 231-0140.

Classified Ads Help Wanted Cadets Wanted: The Anne Arundel County Police Department is hiring 10 police cadets. Cadets will be contractual non-merit employees who will work a maximum of 28 hours per week at $12.00 per hour.

Uniforms and required equipment will be issued, however, no other benefits will be offered. Cadets will be rotated through various areas of the department to include: patrol, criminal investigations, special operations, community relations, etc., which will enhance their knowledge and give them experience that will be invaluable when they apply to become a police officer. Candidates will be selected on the basis of a panel interview, background investigation and a review of their qualifications. Below is a list of the requirements for the position: • Must be a U.S. Citizen • Must be 18 to 21 years of age at time of appointment • Must be a high school graduate or possess a GED • Must possess, at a minimum, a valid class C drivers license Interested candidates may contact Corporal Ray Swigert at rswigert@aacounty.org (410-222-8672) or Corporal Chad McFarlane at cmcfarlane@aacounty.org (410-222-8990) for further information.

Hospice Careers: Calvert Hospice employees have a passion for end of life care, helping those with life limiting illnesses live each day to the fullest.

Calvert Hospice is seeking a Nurse Practitioner with specialization in Palliative Care to join our professional team. The Nurse Practitioner will provide assessments, planning and care recommendations to patients and families in cooperation with the interdisciplinary team.

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Pets Calvert County Humane Society Meet Baxter!

Oh boy, am I ready for a good time! I'm Baxter and I just arrived here at the Humane Society of Calvert County and so far, it's pretty awesome! I have toys to play with and I get to go out into playgroups with the other dogs and I go on walks with new people all the time, it really is so much fun!!!! You know that I'm enjoying it, too, because I'm smiling all the time! And, I hear that I'm going to get to go to a forever home soon and it will be even better there! Can you believe that??? Oh boy, I just can't wait!!!! Could you be my forever family?

For more information, please visit HumaneSocietyOfCalvertCounty.org or come in and see all the animals available at the Humane Society of Calvert County, 2210 Dalrymple Road in Sunderland. Phone: (410) 257-4908.

Be sure to mention that you read this in the Chesapeake Current!

Anne Arundel County Animal Control These kittens have been in a foster home for a couple weeks because they came in under age, under weight and in need of socialization. They are now old enough, healthy and social enough for adoption. Can you help them find their forever homes? Might you be interested in becoming a foster parent so you can help other underage/needy animals, too?

The shelter is now overflowing with LOTS of adorable kittens that need forever homes! Here are just a few that have come in recently, and although some of these may have already been adopted, please stop by and check out the others. They are all super sweet and cuddly – and Animal Control really needs to empty some cages so now’s the time for you to take home one of these adorable, playful kittens.

Anne Arundel County Animal Control is located at 411 Maxwell Frye Road Millersville, MD 21108. They offer a low cost rabies shot clinic for county residents every Thurs. from noon to 3:00 p.m. except on major holidays. The cost is $5.00 per animal vaccinated. Cash or checks only are accepted. Call Anne Arundel Animal Control at (410) 222-8900 with any questions.

Point/Counterpoint on Mileage Tax Dear Chesapeake Current readers, In the recent primary elections, almost four out of five registered voters in Calvert County decided not to vote. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s terrible.

But it gets even worse because those of us who do vote donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always know much about the candidates on the ballot.

I remember the first time I voted, almost 50 years ago. We had just moved from Wisconsin to Maryland and I had just reached voting age. I was so proud of myself as I walked into the voting booth for the first time and so proud that I lived in a country of free and fair elections. But when I looked down at the names on the ballot I realized I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a clue who any of the local or state candidates were. How could I fulfill my duty as a citizen, how could I be worthy of this profound gift of democracy that our fore fathers had fought so hard to give us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to give me - if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know who I was voting for?

That was a real lesson for me. Since then, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to learn as much as I can about the candidates they before I go into the voting booth but it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always easy and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned that some sources of information are much better than others.

The very worst source of information is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;negative attackâ&#x20AC;?, where one side says or writes bad things about the other side. If you hear or read something like that, check it out. Find out for yourself if Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true or not.

A classic example of a negative attack is a Letter to the Editor July 10. The writer accuses former Delegate Sue Kullen of being responsible for a proposed VMT (vehicle miles traveled) tax. I have to give the writer points for creativity since Sue hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even been in office for four years. There is no way she could be responsible for the proposal. But that

Dear Chesapeake Current readers, Nick Bowenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter to the editor in the July 10 edition is wrong. There is no commuter tax and Sue Kullen, our delegate in 2009, did not vote for one.

You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just make stuff up. If there is any proposed commuter gas tax it is happening on current Delegate Mark Fisherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watch. You can go to the Maryland General Assemblyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website and do your own research on HB 315 in

doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop the writer from linking her to it.

How did he do that?

Back in 2009, while Sue was serving as our State Delegate, she voted in favor of HB 315, known as the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act. You can read it for yourself on the internet. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mention a VMT tax.

How can she be blamed for a proposed tax she had nothing to do with? Ask her. Her phone number is 410-586-9575. She really likes talking to people and you will find yourself in an interesting conversation in no time. Or you can join her for a Community Chat at one of our local businesses (see her website www.suekullen.com for time, date and locations).

Of course, voting in favor of reducing greenhouse gas emissions is like waving a red flag in front of some voters who view any action to clean up the air or clean up the Chesapeake Bay as just another opportunity for the government to increase taxes, add more regulations and destroy jobs. Most of us just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think like that, but if we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bother to vote, our views wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count.

The Voters Guides and candidate forums sponsored by the Calvert County League of Women Voters are both excellent sources of information as are endorsements from organizations and newspapers as long as you know where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coming from.

Mileage Tax Would Bust My Budget Wake up Calvert County! The Vehicle Miles Travelled Tax is very real and headed for Maryland. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the Maryland Democrats fool you. It has already been implemented in Oregon and a pilot program is planned in California.

Can you imagine having a GPS tracker installed in your car that would monitor every mile you drive so that Maryland can charge you a mileage tax? How many of you commute over an hour to work each day?

We already pay more than 27 cents per gallon in gas tax to the State with another 3.5 cent increase in January 2015. By 2020, the Maryland Democrats want to track, monitor, and charge us for the miles we drive in addition to this ridiculously high gas tax!

The Maryland Democrats who support the VMT tax say it would help cut emissions and discourage driving. How

many of us need to drive over an hour to work each day to support our families? If you work in Washington, DC, driving from the southern part of the county is approximately 65 miles. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say the VMT tax is 5 cents per mile. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $6.50 a day / $32.50 per week / $130.00 per month / $1,560 per year in addition to the gas taxes youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re already paying. Can you afford $130.00 per month of your hard earned money going to the state of Maryland?

In 2014, Maryland Republicans supported House Bill 277, which prohibits a mileage tax. Maryland Democrats wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even let it out of committee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so nobody could vote on it! The Democrats want to tax hard working Marylanders for the miles we drive. This VMT tax is no good for Maryland.

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the 2009 session, as I did.

I also spoke to Sue Kullen at an event over the weekend and was glad that she answered my questions and set the record straight. I appreciate availability, honesty, respect and integrity in the person who represents me in Annapolis and I will be voting for Sue Kullen.

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Residents Speak Out On Cove Point

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Residents Speak Out On Cove Point On Wed., July 23, concerned citizens of Lusby were joined by public interest groups in Annapolis, confronting Governor Martin O’Malley to demand a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) be conducted for the Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export facility.

They staged a press conference prior to the Board of Public Works meeting, where O’Malley is one of the board members voting on whether or not to grant a wetlands license to Dominion Resources for a construction pier on the Patuxent River. Approval of the pier brings the company a step closer to

building the Cove Point LNG export facility.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its environmental assessment May 15. A final federal decision on the project is due Aug. 13, following the conclusion of a public comment period.

In recent days, residents made impassioned new pleas to the Calvert County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) for the QRA. Here are transcripts provided to the Chesapeake Current by those residents.

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Dear Chesapeake Current readers, This is the text of comments made to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and provided to the Chesapeake Current by Tracey Eno, and who spoke at a recent commissioner meeting on behalf of Calvert Citizens for a Healthy Community.

Mr. Nutter, as far as that tomato is concerned, our local produce and seafood from the Bay is wonderful until the Cove Point LNG terminal starts spewing 20.4 tons of carcinogenic air pollution each year. When that settles onto our farm fields and in the Bay, you’ll think twice about eating it. But I’m not here today to talk about offset emission credits.

I’m here to talk about priority number one: safety of local residents!

Our group made arrangements with the County Administrator, Terry Shannon, to have an emergency management representative from the County address our group regarding public safety issues related to the Cove Point expansion at our regular weekly meeting on July 30th. Ms. Shannon had requested that we relay our issues in writing so that the county representative could be better prepared for the meeting. We thought that was a good idea and a letter dated June 9th was delivered to Ms. Shannon. However, on Wednesday, July 9th we received a short letter from her stating that the county was cancelling the speaker, siting the fact that some of our members are seeking a judicial review of a water and sewer decision related to the Cove Point expansion – a matter completely unrelated to emergency preparedness.

To be honest, the cancellation came as no surprise. This was not the first time a county public safety official has canceled on us after we dutifully submitted our questions in advance.

If we didn’t know better – we would think county government officials were trying to avoid us because they don’t have viable answers.

So if they won’t come to us – we’ll come to you.

We have a copy of the letter that we delivered to Ms. Shannon – we believe we are still entitled to answers to these public safety questions and we will continue to look forward to a written reply.

With no forthcoming answers on safety risks, a preliminary risk study was commissioned by CCAN and our group, which is based on publicly available information. It is admittedly incomplete, and serves only to make a strong case to policy makers that we need a complete, thorough, independent, quantitative risk assessment: a QRA. So I know what you are thinking – surely FERC did a QRA, or if they didn’t, it isn’t so important, because FERC is the ultimate authority on LNG matters. Well we can assure you that FERC didn’t do a QRA. They explain why they didn’t do it on page 148 of their Environmental Assessment – we are not buying it!

So why are we still asking you for one?

Because we believe the County is legally and morally obligated to produce one.

We all remember the contentious text amendment passed in October 2013 where the county carved out a building code exemption for LNG facilities. That exemption indicates that LNG facilities must comply with NFPA 59A, the internationally recognized fire safety standards developed by a consortium of the world’s leading subject matter experts on LNG safety assembled by the National Fire Protection Association. FERC also applies NFPA 59A standards in their siting approval

Tracey Eno.

process. But here’s the rub- FERC applied NFPA 59A 2001 edition standards to our current expansion. These are standards that were developed when LNG exports weren’t even on the horizon and before the catastrophic events at an LNG export facility in Skikda, Algeria in 2004. The current standards are embodied in NFPA 59A 2013 edition, which were actually published in advance and active in 2012. It incorporates all the lessons learned from Skikda and for the first time, mandates a quantitative risk assessment.

So FERC has let us all down. They are using very outdated standards. The Calvert County text amendment does not specify an edition, so unless somebody can tell us where our logic is flawed, we are assuming that the 2013 edition of NFPA 59A applies to our current expansion at Cove Point.

So Cove Point area residents want to know, where is our QRA that is mandated by the County’s own building code? We notified the county of this discrepancy in our letter of June 9, asked for clarification in writing, and got nothing back but a speaker cancellation.

We are tired of being marginalized and completely ignored in this whole process. We are the only ones with our lives on the line – and quite frankly, we have lost faith in your ability to manage the safety issues surrounding this project, and we are beginning to wonder if the residents are the only people in Calvert County who are monitoring the FERC process!

If built, Cove Point would be only the second LNG export facility ever built in the lower 48. There are only about 28 LNG export facilities in the world today – and one of them has already suffered a major disaster resulting in extensive injuries and loss of life. Cove Point will also have the unfortunate distinction of being the first LNG export facility in the history of the industry ever to be built in such a densely populated residential area with limited and congested escape routes. If the public safety standards embodied in NFPA 59A 2013 were not developed with this project in mind, then you tell me who they were written for?

The residents living closest to the plant want me to deliver this message to you today.

We will not accept this project or any associated emergency response plans unless and until the standards of NFPA 59A 2013 are met. Our families are entitled to the safety protectionswe will accept nothing less than full and complete compliance with these safety standards.

WE DEMAND A QRA! Tracey Eno Lusby

Cove Point Questions Addressed The League of Women Voters of Calvert County will bring together experts in an informal setting to answer lingering questions regarding Dominion Cove Point’s proposed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) expansion. The meeting, on Thu., Aug. 14 from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. at Calvert Library, 850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick will be free and open to the public.

Topics will include: safety, proximity to local neighborhoods, evacuation plans, emissions, traffic and environmental concerns as well as economic benefits.

Expected attendees include: Kenneth Bean of Pace Global - Siemens, Robert Fenwick with Calvert County’s Emergency Management Division, CDR Scott Kelly of the U.S. Coast Guard, Dr. Thomas Miller My name is Rachel Heinhorst and I am here today to share my concerns about the safety risks associated with Dominion’s LNG expansion project that is happening directly across the street from my home.

My family is the number one affected family in Calvert County and I am simply asking for what my family deserves, to know the risks of living so close to such a place. So that you understand my concerns are real, I’d like to share the story of my family.

We have lived in our home for seven years. This is where my daughter, now nine, learned to ride a bike. This is where my children have received their most precious Christmas gifts. This is where we have made a home, where our first dog came to live, where tree forts have been built, where football games are played in our front yard, where snowmen have come and gone, where skateboards, scooters, and sidewalk chalk have given life to our driveway, where a porch swing has allowed us to experience families of deer that come for the pear tree in Dominion’s front lawn. This is our home, and now we are painting the walls, fixing the this and that living in a home brings; now we are covering up our existence here to try and sell our home that sits across from a risk too great for my family. My daughter, Ema, has cried, has said our house is the best and nothing out there will make her happy.

This is hard for all of us, but for my husband it is unthinkable. His passions came alive when we moved in our house, and he has never slowed down. Our front yard is the greenest, and our back yard has everything any child ever hopes for: a beach in front of a pool, a skateboard ramp, a tire swing, gymnastics bars, and the very popular dirt bike path that each of my children have played a part in creating. My husband envisioned all this and we made it happen, but now we have no choice but to think of the dangers that threaten to erase all of what makes our home unique and fun.

We have had to share with our children the reasons for feeling the need to move away, and children want answers. We have had to tell our little girl that it is not

with the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and Mike Tidwell of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. A representative from Dominion is expected to attend.

This meeting is co-sponsored by the Calvert Library and the Community Mediation Center of Calvert County.

Founded in 1920, the League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization and works to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government; increase understanding of major policy issues and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Membership in the League is open to both men and women. For more information, visit calvert1.lwvmd.org or call (410) 586-2176.

Rachel Heinhorst, and her daughter, Ema.

safe to live so close to what is happening across the street, and her responses have been the most heartfelt: “Can’t we just ask them not to do this here, mommy?”

In the early stages of this expansion, just days ago, orange and white portable barrier walls were placed outside of Dominion’s front lawn and is now the view from our living room window. My daughter, looking out the window as she often does, looking for hummingbirds, said, “I think one of the guys in the orange hats looked at me, mommy.” “I think he saw me looking through the window, and I think he said he was sorry.”

I know money is the power behind this project. Economic growth, job creation, and this thought of our country having a resource other countries want drives so many to want fracking and LNG exports, but what about us, what about my family.

What about those who have already lost lives and been displaced, forced to leave their homes because of terminals such as the one Dominion Cove Point desires. We do not deserve to live in fear of an explosion, of the water we drink, of the air we breathe.

Commissioners, I am only asking for what we all deserve, to know, to understand, to be prepared, to understand everything about this project. No one from Dominion has spoken to me or to my husband. We are directly across the street.

No one seems concerned about the safety of my children, and this is something I just do not understand. I am asking you to help my family, to please help us learn the truth about what is happening so close to our home.

The following comments were made to the BOCC were made by Karen Gibbs, a member of the Calvert Citizens for a Healthy Community (CCHC).

CCHC came together out of a need for information regarding Dominion Cove Point. Our small group consists of educators, engineers, biologists, environmentalists, health care professionals, fire specialists, entrepreneurs, analysts, and ex-feds. We have compiled a wealth of information on existing LNG plants, based on extensive research.

When I joined the fight against the Dominion Cove Point LNG project, it didn’t take long to reach the conclusion that the Calvert County Board of Commissioners had thrown the citizens of Lusby under the bus. As public officials, you were elected to protect the rights of your constituents, but without so much as an environmental or safety study, you granted permission to Dominion to build this refinery. Had you done your homework, you would have learned that no other liquefaction plant has ever been built within such a dense population as Cove Point. There are 2,473 residents living within one mile around Dominion Cove Point. These residents stand to lose the most in case of an accident at this plant. History shows that accidents happen. There have been three LNG facility explosions in the past year in this country alone. The county loses in the form of polluted air and water, excessive drain on the area aquifers, reduced tourism, and reduced property values.

And the state of Maryland and the country as a whole stand to lose if this refinery

Karen Gibbs.

is built, because LNG breeds more hydraulic fracturing (fracking), resulting in more toxic air and water, more greenhouse emissions, and negative climate change.

According to Governor O’Malley, 3200 miles of Maryland coastline are vulnerable to the impact of climate change. “Thirteen islands in the Chesapeake Bay have already been swallowed whole by rising sea levels.”

Is the promise of a few jobs and questionable amounts of tax revenue worth the release of methane, carbon dioxide, radon, ammonia, and other toxins and carcinogens into the air we breathe? Is it worth the possibility of a spill and explosion, fire, and loss of life?

Is it worth the emission of exorbitant amounts of greenhouse gases, increased tanker traffic spilling ballast water and contaminating the Bay with radioactive material and invasive species from Japan and India? Well, you seem to think so.

But we do not agree and will continue to fight until the war against Dominion Cove Point is won.

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Joyce Bell, 87 Joyce Virginia Bell, age 87, of Fahrney-Keedy Home, Boonsboro, MD and formerly of Prince Frederick, passed peacefully, July 9, 2014, with her loving family by her side. She was a graduate of Central H.S. in Washington, DC. Until retirement she worked as a secretary and office manager for a subsidiary of T.J. Lipton.

She was a member of Eastern Star and served as President of Calvert Pines resident council. She loved spending time with her family and playing Bingo.

She is survived by her daughter, Patricia L. Mohl and husband Myron (Mike) of Boonsboro, MD; son Ronald D. Bell and wife Ellen of Ijamsville, MD; grandchildren Stephanie Mohl, Stephen Mohl and wife Jenny, Kimberly Davis and husband Jared, Andrew Byzet and wife Brooke, Cheryl Wilkins and husband John, Alexander Byzet, Angela Bell, Cynthia Bell and three great-grandchildren, Kristyn Davis, Jordan Mohl and Joshua Mohl. She is also survived by son-in-law Ronald Byzet.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Cecil M. Bell and daughter Rebecca “Becky” Byzet.

Memorial services were held at Trinity United Methodist Church, Prince Frederick, and at Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home, Boonsboro, MD, officiated by Dr. James Swecker.

Memorial donations may be made in Joyce’s memory to Hospice of Washington County, 747 Northern Ave. Hagerstown, MD21742 or American Heart Association, 4217 Park Place Ct., Glen Allen, VA 23060.

Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

Alfreda Finley, 79 Alfreda Louise Jones Finley, age 79, formerly of Chesapeake Beach, passed peacefully in her sleep in Ft. Washington, MD on July 1, 2014. She was born on July 10, 1934 in Washington, D.C. to the late Susie Prout Jones and Jack Jones, Sr. She completed her education with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Johns Hopkins University, but chose a career path as

an electrical engineer for a government contractor.

Alfreda loved her church and was an active member of Mt. Gethsemane Holiness Church, where she served as a missionary. She loved to sing, tell jokes and socialize with friends and family.

Alfreda is survived by her son, Marvin Harris and his wife, Joanna of Washington, D.C; brothers, Eugene Jones and his wife, Inez of Chesapeake Beach, and Martin Jones and his special friend Mae Morsell, also of Chesapeake Beach; and one sister Zelma Brooks and her husband, Donald of Lusby.

Alfreda was blessed by four grandchildren, LaTonya Johnson and her husband, Detrick Johnson, Sr., of Ft. Washington, MD; Tennille Harris of Lusby, Iris Harris of Forestville, MD and Dalton Mackall of Prince Frederick, and ten great-grandchildren, Ke’yaun Harris, Detrick Johnson, Jr., Detri Johnson, Demetri Johnson, DaTashia Price, Bryanni Brooks, Brittany Brooks, Kweli Mackall, Dalashia Mackall and Xavier Mackall. She is also survived by her aunt, Frances Prout of Clinton, two sisters-in-law, Myrtle Jones of Croom, MD and Nancy Jones of Lusby as well as many other relatives and friends.

Alfreda was preceded in death by her daughter, Joann Mackall; two former husbands, John Harris and Alfred Finley, and three brothers, Antonio De Costa Jones, Grafton Jones and Jack Jones, Jr. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association at PO Box 11452, Alexandria, VA 22312 or online at diabetes.org.

Raymond Wood Funeral Home in Dunkirk handled arrangements.

George Ford, 77 George William Ford, Sr., 77, passed away on July 9, 2014.

He was born Nov. 3, 1936.

Services were held July 16 at Grace Brethren Church in Owings, followed by interment at Cooper’s United Methodist Church in Dunkirk.

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Sue Fry, 59 Susan "Sue" Jane Fry, age 59, a two-year resident of Dunkirk and previously of Mayo, died July 11, 2014 at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a five-week illness following complications from lung surgery. She was born June 13, 1955 in Pittsburgh, PA to the late Wayne and Jacqueline Eurich.

Sue graduated from Southern High School in Harwood in 1973. She worked for the Prince George's county government from 1973-79 and at South River Pediatrics from 1984-99.

Sue enjoyed spending time with her family and grandchildren and cooking.

She was an avid Washington Redskins and Washington Nationals fan.

Sue is survived by her husband, Donald Clifford Fry Jr., whom she married July 13, 1974; two daughters, Koren Ballard of Dunkirk and Heather Thomas (husband Matt) of Shady Side; brother Gregory Eurich of Lothian; sister, Sandra Eurich of Dunkirk; and five grandchildren, Maguire Ballard, Jamison Ballard, Emma Thomas, Addie Thomas; and Owen Thomas.

A memorial service was held at St. James Episcopal Church in Lothian.

Memorial donations in Sue's name may be made to St. James Parish.

Hardesty Funeral Home in Galesville handled arrangements.

Irving Harris, 96 John Irving Harris, Sr. was born Oct. 18, 1917, in Lothian, to the late Christine Harris Wilkerson and raised by his stepfather Marion Wilkerson.

He departed this life July 1, 2014, at his

home.

Irving, as he was affectionately known, was a life member of Carters United Methodist Church, where he was a Trustee, a member of the Usher Board, and the United Methodist Men’s Choir.

He attended school in Anne Arundel County. Irving’s occupations consisted of farming for 23 years, oysterman, and working various construction jobs in the Washington, DC area.

Irving enjoyed quiet moments, especially with his grandchildren and his great grandchildren. He prided himself in raising vegetable gardens and caring for his lawn. He loved watching the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, hunting and fishing.

Irving was a Past Master Mason of Joppa Lodge #94, F. & A.M., PHA., and secretary of the Holland Society.

He was preceded in death by his wife Gertrude Rachel Harris of 55 years, sisters Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Thomas, Maybelle Maynard and Tempress Lumpkin, brothers James (Philly), Charles (Buck), Lester, Perry, Herbert (Press) and William (Bob). Irving leaves to cherish his love and memories, his children Joan McGowans (Claude), John Jr.(Blanche), Faye Brown, Benjamin (Vera) and Mary Parker; twelve grandchildren, twenty two great grandchildren, two greatgreat grandchildren; one sister-in-law Audrey Freeman; one brother-in-law Theodore LumpButch Griggs, 93 kin; and a host of family and friends.

Sewell Funeral Home in Prince Frederick Lallier Gabriel Griggs, known as handled arrangements.

“Butch,” age 93, of Shady Side, was born May 20, 1954 James Hughes, 63 and passed away July 16, 2014.

James Edward Butch was a Hughes, Jr., age 63, died in Forestville, fan of the Baltimore MD on July 4, 2014.

Ravens football He was born on team. Some of his favorite activities March 7, 1951 in included shooting guns and watching Washington, DC to NASCAR. Butch was proud to serve his the late Alice Lorraine country during the Vietnam War. He was Mason and James part of the 11th Air Calvary Regiment Edward Hughes.

(ACR). Butch enjoyed nothing more than James attended St. John's Military spending time with his family, whether it was having drink with his brother or being Academy in Washington, DC. He lived in around his daughters and grandchildren. Maryland his entire life, with the exception of years of military service, during which he He was the loving father of Dawn eightstationed in Germany. He was honorably Baker of Elizabethton, TN; Devan Wallace was discharged in 1972 and pursued a career as a (Charles) of Winchester, VA; and Darrah carpenter.

McFetridge of Elizabethton, TN. He was James is survived by his brother, Joe the grandfather of Ashley Cook, Jordan Hughes and his wife Nancy of Prince FrederWilson, Dylan Wallace, Hailey and ick; sister, Janice Hughes of Winchester, VA; Isabella McFetridge, and Madisyn nephews, Joseph Hughes and Kevin Hughes Wallace. He was the brother to Joseph and his wife Amber; neices, Jackie Rice and her Collins and Sis Charlotte. husband, John, and Julie, Eileen, Lorraine and He was predeceased by his wife Danica Hughes. In addition to his parents, his Sandra Faye Griggs, his mother Peggy brother, John Hughes, predeceased him.

Griggs, and his grandson Charles HamilMemorial contributions may be made to ton III. Jackie Rice. The account is held at Bank of Lee Funeral Home in Owings handled America.

The account number is 435012069921. Those wishing to make a wire arrangements.

transfer only, please use routing number Michael Riggleman, 45 026009593. All other transactions use routing number 051000017.

Michael “Frog” Riggleman, age 45, of Raymond-Wood Funeral Home in Davidsonville, passed away on July 10, Dunkirk handled arrangements.

2014 from complications of pneumonia at Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was born on July 3, 1969 to his biological Bob Jones, 73 father, Franklin, and Susan Riggleman.

Robert “Bob” Michael was educated in Anne ArunFranklin Jones, Jr., del County schools and was a plumber by age 73, of Hunting- trade, but landscaping was his passion. He town, passed away enjoyed country music, the Orioles and on Wed., July 16, the Ravens. Michael spent 20 years in 2014.

Luray, VA and recently moved back to Bob was born Davidsonville, MD. in Greenbelt, MD He is preceded in death by his son, on Jan. 15, 1941 to Travis Lee Cave, and his stepfather, John Katherine (Morris) Tayman. He is survived by his mother, and Robert F. Jones, Sr. He was an Air Susan Gore Tayman of Davidsonville; his Force Veteran and worked as a firefighter father, Keith Orlando Moreland of for Arlington County.

Lothian; one brother, Robert Riggleman of In 1966, he met Wanda and they were Shady Side; one sister, Sandra Morelandmarried in 1967. They made their home in Oldham of Davidsonville; one son, Jacob Prince Georges County before moving to Riggleman and one daughter, Kendel Huntingtown.

Riggleman, both of Hagerstown, MD; one His entertainment came in many granddaughter, Skylar Riggleman of forms: hunting, cooking crabs outdoors, Hagerstown; one niece, Ayla Hurley of playing darts, bowling and watching Lanham, MD; one nephew, Donavon NASCAR, especially Jeff Gordon.

Riggleman of Edgewater; and many aunts, He is the beloved husband of Wanda uncles and cousins.

Jones, loving father of Robert F. Jones, III A memorial service was held for and Christopher S. Jones and his wife Michael at Mt. Zion United Methodist Kimberly. He was the devoted grandfather Church in Lothian. of Selena Jones and brother of Ernest Allen Memorial donations may be made in Jones and Wayne Morris Jones and his Michael’s name to the American Lung wife Betty. He was the uncle of Samantha Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Sapp and her husband Andre and great- Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004. uncle of Liam and Athena.

Kalas Funeral Home in Edgewater Memorial contributions in Bob’s memory handled arrangements. may be made to Johns Hopkins Orthopedic Surgery, 601 North Caroline Street, Room 5251, Baltimore, MD 21287.

Thomas Ripple, 25 Arrangements were handled by Lee Funeral Home Calvert, P.A., Owings.

Thomas Christopher Ripple, age 25, of St. Leonard, passed away July 13, Carlos Mackall, 58 2014 in Prince C a r l o s Frederick. He was Roosevelt Mackall, born on April 7, age 58, passed away 1989 in Washington on July 14, 2014. He D.C. to Christopher was born on Sept. and Donna Ripple.

27, 1955.

Thomas graduated from Calvert High Services were held Tues. July 22 at School in 2007 and worked at Ripple's Greater Bible Way Service in Upper Marlboro for seven years.

Church in Prince He was also a carpenter and did overnight Frederick, followed by interment at Ernes- stock at Giant Food. tine Jones Cemetery in Chesapeake Beach.

Thomas enjoyed volunteering his time as Sewell Funeral Home in Prince Freder- an advocate to the Gift Program at St. John ick handled arrangements.

Vianney and especially liked traveling to the HeartWork Mission Camps.

Thomas had many hobbies but most Kenneth Pensmith, 80 consisted of bicycling, lacrosse, going to the Kenneth Paul gym and spending time with his family, Pensmith, age 80, of friends, and fiancée. Many considered Odenton passed Thomas a connoisseur of movies, funny away July 15, 2014 quotes, video games, and music. He was also at his residence. He well known for his Arnold Schwarzenegger was born Oct. 3, impressions.

1933.

Thomas is survived by his parents ChrisServices were topher and Donna Ripple of St. Leonard; his held Fri. July 18, 2014 at Rausch fiancée, Elizabeth Malley of Huntingtown; Funeral Home, which handled arrange- daughter, Charlotte Ripple of Huntingtown; ments, followed by burial at the Mt. siblings, Candace Sappington and her Harmony United Methodist Church in husband Graham of Graham NC; Amanda Ripple of Baltimore, and Joseph and James Owings.

Ripple of St. Leonard. He is also survived by grandparents Joseph and Joyce Loewe of Gaithersburg, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

The family received friends at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, where a Mass of Christian Burial was held on Fri. July 18, 2014. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Donations may be made in Thomas' honor to The Memorial Fund for Charlotte M. Ripple. Donations can be sent to: Community Bank P.O. Box 3004 Prince Frederick, MD 20678.

Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

Ernest Sewell, 85 Ernest Arthur Sewell, Jr., age 85 passed away July 16, 2014. He was born February 8, 1929.

Services were held at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church in Prince Frederick, where the burial followed.

Sewell Funeral Home in Prince Frederick handled arrangements.

Alfreda Smith, 88 Alfreda Irene Smith, age 88, passed away on July 3, 2014. She was born on July 17, 1925.

Services were held Sat. July 12 at Sewell Funeral Home, which handled arrangements.

Services were followed by a burial at Mt. Hope United Methodist Church in Sunderland.

Sewell Funeral Home in Prince Frederick handled arrangements.

Mary Sledge, 92 Mary Lancaster Parran Sledge, age 92, of Lusby, passed away on July 19, 2014 in Lusby. She was born June 21, 1922.

Services were held Mon. July 21, 2014 graveside at the Christ Church Cemetery in Port Republic.

Rausch Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Bobby Watson, 63 Robert Vernon “Bobby” Watson, age 63, of Prince Frederick passed away July 17, 2014 at Calvert Memorial Hospital.

He was born April 29, 1951 in Prince Frederick to Robert Edward and Jacqueline Louise (Bittner) Watson.

Bobby was primarily raised in Maryland and lived in Minnesota through elementary school. He came back to Maryland, where he attended Southern Middle and High Schools. He was an avid sports fan, and loved the Minnesota Vikings and Twins. He also enjoyed bowling, westerns, Elvis and Johnny Carson.

Bobby is survived by his mother Jacqueline L. Watson; sisters Judith A. “Judy” Neiswenter and husband David of San Angelo, TX; Deborah J. “Debbie” Dickerman of Deale; and Victoria L. Avila “Vicki” and husband Ralph of Roseville, CA; brothers Peter Michael “Mike” Watson, Sr. and wife Carole of Leonardtown; and Daniel E. Watson and wife Rebecca of Harwood, numerous nieces and nephews and his caregiver Alice Brooks.

His father, Pete Watson, preceded him in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to Shriner’s Hospital for Children.

Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

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Kay Tucker, 68

Evelyn Wilkinson, 72

Mary Catherine “Kay” Tucker, age 68, of Upper Marlboro passed away July 10, 2014 at Bradford Oaks Center in Clinton, MD. Kay was born Nov. 14, 1945 in Cheverly to John Oliver and Mary Agnes (Windsor) Tucker.

She was raised in Upper Marlboro and was a lifelong farmer and gardener. She lived her entire life in the Upper Marlboro/Croom areas of Prince George’s County. Kay enjoyed word search puzzles and also loved playing Bingo and dancing.

Kay is survived by brothers Benny Tucker and wife Rose of Clinton, Eddie Tucker of Lothian, Richard Tucker of Upper Marlboro; Nelson Tucker and wife Yvonne of Upper Marlboro; Russell Tucker of Lothian; Joe Tucker and wife Petie of Lothian; and Harry Tucker of Southern Maryland. The family of Leroy Tippett also survives her.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Bessie Curtin Largen.

Inurnment was at the Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery in Upper Marlboro.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

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Evelyn Jane Barbara Jean Parker Wilkinson, Windsor was born in age 72, of Lusby, 1940 in Washington, passed away June 26, DC to the late Dave 2014 at her and Naomi (Smith) residence. She was Cooke. She was raised born March 1, 1942 in DC with her two in Fort Bragg, NC, sisters; Jeanette and and was the daughter Sandy. Barbara met of the late Mary C. her husband Gerald (Kushnerock) Parker and Vernon C. through Jeanette and the two were married on Parker.

April 7, 1962. Barbara worked for over twenty Evelyn was an executive secretary at years as a Clerk for the Prince George’s Princeton University. She was a member of County Circuit Court. She and Gerald the choir at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church and was a volunteer for SMILE. Evelyn is survived by her husband, Thurland Wilkinson whom she married on February 10, 1979 in Tampa, FL; her daughter, Mary Catherine Wilkinson of Owings Mills, MD; and her sister, Edith Parker of Tampa, FL. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Solomon's.

Memorial contributions may be made to: Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, 238 Merrimac Court, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 or S.M.I.L.E., 10290 H. G. Trueman Road, Lusby MD 20657.

Rausch Funeral Home handled arrangements.

welcomed their two sons; Gerald M, and Steve L. and the family moved to Prince George’s County to the place they called home.

Barbara enjoyed breakfasts at Traders, playing slot machines and Keno and taking trips to Atlantic City. She loved her family and visiting with friends.

Barbara is survived by her husband, Gerald “Bootsy” Windsor; sons Gerald M. Windsor and Steve L. Windsor and his wife Debbie; sisters Jeanette McDaniel’s and Sandy Hutchinson; and grandchildren Andrew, Amanda, Alex, Katelyn and Marissa.

Lee Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

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PG County Finalizes Casino Plan Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III, released this statement following this week’s 8-1 passage by the County Council, sitting as District Council, that approved the site plan for the $925 million high-end destination resort at National Harbor: “I want to thank my colleagues on the Prince George’s County Council for approving the site plan and allowing this nearly billion dollar development project to launch, which will create thousands of jobs and opportunities for county residents and businesses.

Throughout this entire process the County Council asked the right questions and effectively represented the interests and concerns of their constituents. They set a high standard of expectations and I am confident that the outcome of this project will live up to the outcomes that we all have for this facility.

Nearly two and half years ago, I decided to support the expansion of gaming into Prince George’s County only if it meant bringing a high-end destination resort casino.

I envisioned it to be an economic development game-changer, generate thousands of jobs and provide residents and visitors with highquality restaurants, retail, and entertainment amenities. Today’s vote puts us one step closer to that vision becoming a reality and another example that Prince George’s County is the ‘Place to Be.’ Last month, MGM Resorts International and Prince George’s County agreed on a comprehensive and historic Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) that features an ambitious commitment to hiring county residents and contracting

opportunities for local businesses.

The CBA is currently before the County Council for their consideration and I look forward to the Council supporting this unprecedented agreement. As this project moves forward, I encourage interested County residents, businesses and stakeholders to read this agreement and familiarize themselves with the opportunities that the new MGM National Harbor project is bringing to Prince George’s County.”

Prince George’s County Council Chair Mel Franklin released this statement after the vote: “Today's approval of the MGM National Harbor site plan by the Prince George's County Council, sitting as the District Council, is a giant leap forward for jobs and opportunity for the residents of Prince George's County. This $1 billion resort and entertainment venue is the surest sign that we are bringing the world to Prince George's County and becoming a national destination for economic development.

MGM National Harbor will generate thousands of new jobs and millions in new tax revenue for the County and State.

The Council looks forward to considering the Community Benefits Agreement negotiated between the County and MGM on Wednesday, July 23, which establishes requirements for local minority business participation, local hiring, and local resident investment opportunities for the MGM National Harbor facility. This is the first Community Benefits Agreement negotiated with one of Maryland's approved casino venues.”

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Golf Tourney Raises Record Amount The Calvert Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc. Benefit Golf Classic, held May 19, has reached a new milestone by raising more than $1 million. It seemed fitting that this year’s honorary chair was John Smith, who suggested 25 years ago that a tournament would be a good way to raise funds for new medical technology.

A field of 143 players competed for top honors and brought in nearly $66,000 that will be used to support a new patient portal that will enhance patient access to care information after they leave the hospital. Since the popular charity event began in 1990, it has raised $1,026,000 to fund patient care equipment and vital hospital services. Last year’s proceeds were used to help equip the new urgent care center that just opened in Prince Frederick.

Through the portal, patients will be able to view, download and print essential medical information such as lab and radiology results, discharge instructions, prescribed medications and scheduled appointments to use for reference

and to share with other providers.

This convenient, 24-hour access is intended to make it easier for them to manage their post-discharge care and promote their own wellness.

Tournament co-chairs Pat Petricko and Jay Fowler expressed their pleasure with the outstanding turnout. “Our success is entirely due to the incredibly generous sponsors, enthusiastic golfers and wonderful volunteers who come out year after year to support this great cause,” said Petricko.

CMH President and CEO Jim Xinis told attendees at the awards dinner, “I hope you know that your contribution really makes a difference in the care our hospital is able to provide to the community.”

Taking first place in Division I was Mark Duston, Patti Shoefstall, Bill Meetre and Bruce Fasick of CompuDynamics. Vince Wesley, Mike Avendt, Dr. Ciaran Browne and Xinis capped the top slot in Division II. Jay, June and Wes Fowler with Jim Pixton of All American Ambulance outpaced all contenders in Division III.

Concert Benefits Breast Center Enjoy a rare chance to hear familiar favorites from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Songbook performed in concert on Wed., Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall at Saint Nicholas Lutheran Church in Huntingtown. Proceeds will benefit the Sheldon E. Goldberg Center for Breast Care at CMH. The dynamic showcase celebrates the golden age of musical theatre and includes many well-known standards from “The Sound of Music,” “South Pacific,” “The King and I,” “Carousel” and “Oklahoma.”

The memorable melodies combined with witty, suave lyrics are a pure delight from beginning to end.

The benefit concert, part of the Spotlight Music Series sponsored by the CMH Foundation, features theater veterans Nathan Bowen, Sarah Johansen, Jimmy Mavrikes and Emily Mudd who capture the natural warmth and timeless appeal of these classic gems written by the most influential writing team in the history of musical theater.

They will be joined by Sandy Griese at the piano and special guest artist Ramona Crowley-Goldberg with Robin Henshaw as musical director. Tickets are $20 per person. The doors open at 7:00 p.m.

Reservations can be made online at calverthospital.org or by calling the CMH Foundation at (410) 414-4570.

“We are so pleased to be able to share our musical talents for such a great cause,” said Henshaw, breast cancer survivor and CMH Foundation board member. “Music can be such a powerful and healing force for people confronting cancer as well as their families and friends.”

The Sheldon E. Goldberg Center for Breast Care at CMH brings together a team of breast health experts with an experienced navigator backed by the latest technology in one convenient location. For more information about programs and services offered at the center, call the breast care navigator at (410) 414-4700 or visit calverthospital.org.

Pride & Joy Sprucing Up Water Park With Murals Anyone who’s been to the Chesapeake Beach Water Park this season surely noticed a series of stunning murals on the walls. Very talented local teenager Adam Kohn, a 2014 graduate of Huntingtown High School, is spending his summer vacation painting them.

During his high school career, Adam says, “I have had the opportunity to take various art classes from ceramics to photography. I also worked as a set painter for the Eye of the Storm Productions of Aida, In the Heights, Carpe Jugulum, and most recently Les Miserables. It was actually my work in Les Miserables that caught the attention of an employee at the Water Park who later approached me with a possible job that has since grown into several. I feel overjoyed and grateful for the opportunity and blessed to have a job right out of high school.”

This fall, Adam will be attending the Savanna College of Art and Design, SCAD, studying illustration and graphic design.

Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman is encouraging citizens to donate to the annual Back-to-School Program.

“As the number of students in need of meal and school supply assistance continues to grow in Anne Arundel County, initiatives like the Back-toSchool Program become increasingly critical for our students,” said County Executive Neuman. “I encourage our citizens to take an active role in our children’s success by participating as donors.”

The Back-to-School Program matches donors (organizations, individuals, businesses, churches and groups) with children in need of school supplies. The donor is given the child(ren)’s name, grade, school and list of required school supplies. Last year, with the help of more than 900 donors, the Back-to-School Program gave backpacks and school supplies to 6,700 elementary school students. Additionally, 12 middle schools received $1,000 each.

This year marks the 24th year since the program’s inception and the 19th year that the Department of Social Services and Anne Arundel County Public Schools have teamed up to provide backpacks and school supplies

to underprivileged elementary and middle school students. Over 7,200 students are in need of supplies for the upcoming academic year.

“With our current donors, we are usually able to provide most elementary school children with the supplies they need,” said Marcia Kennai, Director, Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services. “However, this year, the free and reduced lunch list for elementary students has increased by more than 1,000 students and that has us worried that we may fall short.”

“The fact that a child’s family cannot, for whatever reason, provide the full range of materials needed for school should in no way be a deterrent to that child excelling in the classroom,” Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent George Arlotto said. “The Back-to-School Program and others like it are critical links to student success, and I urge everyone who can help in any way to do so. The future of our children and our county depends on it.”

For more information or to become a donor, go to aacounty.org/DSS/BSP.cfm or contact the Back-to-School Program at (410) 269-4462 or email tanya.steele@maryland.gov.

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CURRENT EVENTS Help SPCA Through Book Fair On Fri., Aug. 1 the SPCA of Anne Arundel County is partnering with the Barnes & Noble on Solomon's Island Road in Annapolis for their national event Frozen Friday: Cool off with Olaf.

All are invited to attend this exciting and family friendly event! A portion of sales by mentioning the SPCA at checkout or by using the special book fair ID number 11386752 online will benefit the homeless animals at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County. Online sales will run from August 1-7, 2014.

To kick off the book fair, there will be a children's story time at 10:00 a.m. where kids can grab their Frozen Character Elsa Crown or Sven Reindeer Antlers and enjoy an animal and Frozen themed story. Following story time at 10:30 a.m., families can enjoy "Move & Grove" time of interactive family music making, singing, instrument play, and movement with Miss Christine from Move & Groove: Home of Music Together Chesapeake. Move & Groove: Home of Music Together Chesapeake offers music and movement classes for young children and their grownups. Children can grow

musically with Move & Groove as well through Violin Blast-Off and their newest offering for home school families, Joy of Music. After "Move & Grove" time children (11:30 a.m.) will have the opportunity to create their own "Do you want to build a snowman" Olaf puppet.

At 7:00 p.m. the Cool off with Olaf Party begins with a fun sing-along, summer adventure activities and crafts that will include Olaf, the snowman.

The SPCA of Anne Arundel County is dedicated to providing shelter, rehabilitative, and medical care for homeless animals in need. By supporting the SPCA, you are making a commitment to helping the thousands of homeless animals that enter our shelter each year.

Barnes & Noble is located at 2516 Solomons Island Road in Annapolis 21401. For more information, please call (410) 268-4388 x121 or email Rita Melvin at Rita.Melvin@aacspca.org.

Can't make it out to Barnes & Noble, but want to still help? Purchase books and supplies online August 1-7 and enter book fair ID 11386752 at checkout to help the SPCA.

Get Tickets Now for Hospital Ball The 26th Annual Calvert Memorial Hospital Foundation Harvest Ball is moving to a new venue and will be held on Sat., Nov. 15 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. The theme this year, “Imagine,” envisions a future full of promise and celebrates the remarkable transformation that has taken place at CMH during the 27-year tenure of President and CEO Jim Xinis.

“The ball has always been a special evening for me,” said Xinis, who is serving as honorary chair, “but will be even more so this year since I’m planning my retirement in 2015.” He is joined by Cindy Parlett and Mickie Frazer as event co-chairs. Both women are members of the Harvest Ball Committee and serve on the CMH Foundation Board of Trustees.

Xinis adds, “We think this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever. I’m confident our diligent planning committee will deliver an unforgettable evening.”

The annual charity gala is the single The 26th Annual Calvert Memorial most significant and successful fundraising Hospital Foundation Harvest Ball is event for the hospital. Since it began 25 moving to a new venue: the Baltimore years ago, the ball has raised over $1.4 Marriott Waterfront Hotel. million for medical technology and equipment at CMH. Plan to make a night of it and take This summer, an $11.9 million advantage of the reduced pricing offered for renovation and expansion of the diagnostic early room reservations. Guests have a imaging department is slated to get choice of a standard room with a king size underway. Proceeds from this year’s ball bed or two double beds at $149 plus tax or will help purchase state-of-the-art you may add the breakfast buffet for two in technology that will ensure outstanding Apropoe’s Restaurant for $184 plus tax. clarity at lower doses in less time, which Tickets may be purchased and results in faster and more definite diagnoses. overnight stays booked by credit card “We think our guests will enjoy the online at calverthospital.org or by calling chic, sophisticated atmosphere afforded by the Foundation at (410) 414-4570. the elegant venue selected for this year’s In addition to the dinner and dancing, ball,” said Parlett. For the past five years, it the gala also features a silent auction where had been held at the Show Place Arena. “It guests can bid on an impressive collection was time to re-energize.” of items from sports tickets to artwork.

Invitations will be mailed as reminders Dickinson Jewelers, a longtime hospital but are not required to attend. The ball is supporter, is once again sponsoring the open to the community and anyone is jewelry raffle where one lucky winner will welcome to attend. The cost is $500 per take home an exquisite piece from the couple and $250 per person and includes a stunning selection offered. cocktail reception and open bar in addition The Harvest Ball committee is actively to a sit-down dinner and dancing to a live seeking local businesses that are interested band. in helping to sponsor the ball.

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Monday Memories House Tours Mondays in August, 10:00 a.m. and Stories for a Summer Social 1:00 p.m. Jefferson Patterson Park & League of Women Voters members and Museum, 10515 Mackall Rd., St. supporters are invited. Fanny Craw- Leonard. (410) 586-8501. ford (story teller) will entertain with part serious stories and part humor Tour of the Maryland Archaeologisuitable for young and old alike. Hors cal Conservation Laboratory d’oeuvres buffet included. Sun. Aug. Thursdays in August. Tours: 11:00 10, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Five Waterside, a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, 10515 Mackall 421 Deale Rd., Tracys Landing. Rd., St. Leonard. (410) 586-8501. $25/person all inclusive; cash bar available. Mail w/names of attendees North Beach Farmers' Market,

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CURRENT EVENTS Friday, July 25 A Taste of Spice: Food Historian Joyce White presents her latest program on the history of spices from the Middle East to the Far East along the Silk Road to today’s modern international palate. The presentation will be followed by a chance to taste an assortment of spiced dishes.

Participants will take home a special historic spice blend! Be sure to sign up in advance! 10:00 a.m. Southern Anne Arundel County Senior Center, 27 Stepneys Lane, Edgewater. Call (410) 222-1927 or (410) 798-4802 or visit aacounty.org/aging for more information.

Saturday, July 26 Community Shred Event: Destroy unwanted paper and documents to help prevent identity theft at this free event.

Paper will be accepted from Calvert County residents only. Northern High School, 2950 Chaneyville Rd., Owings.

8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., rain or shine.

For more info call (410) 326-0210 or visit co.cal.md.us/recycle.

Dee of St. Mary’s Public Sail: Experience the Patuxent River aboard an historic Chesapeake workboat. Enjoy a two-hour public sail aboard the Dee of St. Mary’s skipjack leaving from the Lore Oyster House, Solomons at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $25 for ages 12 and up; $15 for children 7–12 years. No children under 7 please. Call (410) 326-2042, ext. 41 to register. Preregistration required; space is limited.

ACLT Guided Canoe Trip: Depart from Warrior's Rest and enjoy a scenic tour of Parkers Creek. American Chestnut Land Trust, 1985 Scientists' Cliffs Rd., Port Republic. 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Reservations are required. Please call us at (410) 414-3400 or e-mail info@acltweb.org for more information. Rain date is Sun., Jul. 27.

Kayaking at Kings Landing: Enjoy a leisurely tour of the Patuxent River and its nearby creeks. Participants must be at least nine years of age to accompany an adult in a double kayak, and at least 12 years old to ride in a single kayak.

6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Kings Landing Park, Huntingtown. Cost per person: $15 for BCNES members, $30 for nonmembers. Reservations and payment are

required in advance. Register online or Saturday, August 2 by mail or in person (at Battle Creek Cypress Swamp) No phone reservations accepted. Contact (410) 535- Lighthouse Adventure Cruise 5327 or CypressSwamp@co.cal.md.us. Northern Bay: Participants will see Cove Point, Thomas Point, Shady Shady Side Live Open-Mic Night: Point, Bloody Point, Sharpes Island, For South County teen performers: and Drum Point Lighthouses as they music, stories, poetry, comedy, art cruise aboard a private charter boat. work, short videos. Public welcome; Tickets for the cruise are $130 per donations accepted. Doors open at person; $120 for members. Preregistra6:30 p.m. Shady Side Community tion is required. Lunch is on your own and location is TBD. The cruises depart Center, 1431 Snug Harbor Rd. from the Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons at 7:45 a.m. and return at approximately 4:00 p.m. Call (410) Sunday, July 27 326-2042 ext.

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Gin Blossoms performing live on the Calvert Marine Museum’s PNC Water- Makers Market: Handmade. Homeside Pavilion and fun for the whole made. Homegrown. 9:00 a.m.-2:00 family! Pavilion opens at 4:00 p.m.; p.m. Annmarie Sculpture Garden & showtime at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $39 Arts Center, 13480 Dowell Rd., and $49 and available at Dowell. Free. For more info call: (410) calvertmarinemuseum.com, by calling 326-4640 1-800-787-9454, or in person at Prince Frederick Ford/Dodge (cash or check Summer Supper: Enjoy great food at only). The Calvert Marine Museum, All Saints Episcopal Church's 68th Solomons closes at 2:00 p.m. the day of annual Summer Supper, 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. at its Parish Hall, 100 Lower the concert.

Marlboro Rd., Sunderland, at the intersection of MD Rts 2 & 4. Menu includes home-made crab cakes, ham, Friday, August 1 fried chicken & lots more. Carry-out, Alabama in Concert: St. Leonard too. Wonderful home-baked goodies Volunteer Fire Dept., 200 Calvert & hand-made crafts available. Proceeds Beach Rd., St. Leonard. Tickets: benefit community & church minisPremium - $65; Reserved - $55; tries. Adults (age 13 & older) $20; ages Standing/Gen Admission - $45. 6-12, $10; 5 & under, free. Info: (410) 7:00 p.m. (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.) 257-6306. Handicapped accessible.

For more information call (410) 5861713.

World War II USO Remembrance: Honors those who serve in uniform and home front heroes and heroines.

6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Gazebo on the Riverwalk in Solomons Island. For more information, email Roseanna Vogt, director@circleofangels.org or call (301) 778-3848.

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Marsh Ecology by Canoe: Discover the abundant wildlife in the Patuxent River wetlands. Paddle up some of the smaller branches of the river to look for beavers, birds, and flowering wetland plants. Bring plenty of water, sunscreen, a lunch, and shoes that can

CURRENT EVENTS get wet. Children must be at least 7 years old and accompanied by an adult.

Call (410) 741-9330 to register or download form from jugbay.org and mail with check to the Sanctuary. $20 per person. 9:00 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1:00 p.m., Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian.

Day Lily Extravaganza: The Free State Day Lily Society will offer beautiful hybrid plants for sale at the Benson Hammond House, 7101 Aviation Blvd. at Andover Rd. in Linthicum from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Come browse these gorgeous plants, for sale at bargain prices. Plan to tour the Benson Hammond House, operated by the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society, Inc. to see the Sandra Sue Dollhouse exhibit as well as the Benson family portraits and silver tea and coffee service recently received as a bequest from a Benson descendent.

Free. For additional information contact Ann Evans of the Free State Day Lily Society: (410) 945-6449 or visit aachs.org.

Tuesday, August 5 National Night Out - Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night Out Against Crime: Join with neighbors, police officers and fire department members for this free, neighborhood safety and community crime awareness-raising event.

In Calvert County, 17 National Night Out observances will be held from 6:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8:00 p.m., in these neighborhoods and locations: Breezy Point; Chesapeake Ranch Estates; Dares Beach; Kenwood Beach; Long Beach & Calvert Beach, Patuxent Palisades & Shores of Calvert; Prince Frederick Village, Prince Frederick Seniors & Calvertowne; Symphony Woods; Town of North Beach; Victoria Estates; White Sands; and Yardley Hills. In Southern Anne Arundel County, there will be an annual observance in Shady Side.

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- 3:30 p.m. Gather on the waterfront lawn at the Captain Avery Museum or Friday, August 8 sit inside the screened porch and enjoy a lazy Summer Sunday with an ice cream sundae in hand before school Lee Brice and Cole Swindell in begins. We will have an old-fashioned Concert: Tickets: Premium - $45; turn-crank ice cream maker on hand to Reserved - $40; Standing/Gen Admisdemonstrate to kids how ice cream used sion - $35. St. Leonard Volunteer Fire to be made "in the good old fashioned Dept., 200 Calvert Beach Rd., St. days." A variety of kids' games will be Leonard. 7:00 p.m. (Gates open at 5:00 on hand for entertainment. Admission: p.m.) For more information call (410) Members $5 ; Non-members $6. Dead- 586-1713. Also visit leebrice.com and coleswindell.com line for reservations is July 27.

Monarch Larva Monitoring Project: Help a naturalist collect data at Cypress Swamp! Families can learn how you can participate in this citizen science project at home. Ages 6-9. 2:00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3:30 p.m. Battle Creek Cypress Swamp. For location and additional info contact Anne Sunderman at anne@calvertparks.org.

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An open letter to our community.

At the Dominion Cove Point LNG terminal, safety is a core value. Our neighbors in Southern Maryland know us and trust us to keep them safe. We value that trust and work hard every day to maintain it.

Most things are not changing with the addition of the export capabilities. The same number of ships will visit the site as when imports were at their peak. We will make use of the same storage tanks, the same pipeline and the same pier for the LNG ships. The 800 acres of woodlands and wetlands surrounding the facility will remain untouched.

The export facilities are undergoing what may be the most thorough examination of any project in the history of Maryland. Emergency preparedness experts and regulators continue to scrutinize Cove Point’s designed-in safety features, our highly trained employees and our close working relationships with local, state and federal emergency response agencies.

After an extensive and demanding review over the last two years—one that involved tens of thousands of pages of documentation— federal and state regulators are finding that the new facilities are being designed to their strict standards.

Some have called for a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) to be done. The safety review done by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation is more conservative than a quantitative risk assessment. Instead of attempting to assign probabilities that a safety event might occur, as is done in a QRA, our review looks at a wide range of scenarios and their likely results. As the federal safety review found, in the unlikely event of an emergency at the terminal, it would pose no threat to those outside the facility’s boundaries.

The areas around the LNG storage tanks, the processing area and the offshore platform are monitored by hundreds of very sensitive electronic devices. These devices monitor a wide range of conditions. If something out of the ordinary is detected, they will alert our operators to take appropriate actions, or they can automatically shut down the plant operations.

As for Cove Point posing any significant risk to the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, many safety studies have been conducted and all have concluded no significant risk exists.

As we move forward with our project to export liquefied natural gas to America’s allies overseas, we will remain focused on safety.

We will continue to provide training and resources for the first responders who protect our community and those of us who work here at Cove Point. Dominion will continue to pay Calvert County more than $1 million a year for security services in addition to our property taxes.

This ensures the best in equipment, staffing and training are available. We will continue to conduct annual training sessions, and provide financial support for volunteer firefighters and other emergency management personnel.

And we will continue to review our safety program and those of other facilities worldwide so we maintain the highest standards of performance.

We have been neighbors for four decades, and we believe we have been good neighbors. Our goal is to continue working together to improve Calvert County and all of Southern Maryland. We firmly believe our plans for Cove Point will do just that.

And do it safely.

@Dom_CovePoint

To learn more visit dom.com/covepoint