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Navy Yard Shootings Hit Home This week’s tragic shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington DC shook many in Southern Maryland who knew the victims. The Washington DC Police Officer wounded in the attack is identified as Scott Williams of Owings. Congressman Steny Hoyer (D) said in a statement, “I was deeply saddened by the news that Sylvia Fraiser and Kenneth Bernard Proctor of Charles County and Frank Kohler of St. Mary’s County were among the victims of yesterday’s tragic shooting. These three hardworking individuals were among the many dedicated civilians who serve our nation and support our war fighters day in and day out. I join our entire community in reflecting on their service and expressing sincere condolences to their families.” Kohler, age 50, was a past president of the Rotary Club in Lexington Park, and active in the community. Maureen Frederick, Clerk of the Calvert County Commissioners, says she and her husband were watching Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray in a news conference on TV after the shootings when he identified their long-time friend, Williams, whom they knew worked as a DC police officer. “We asked each other – did he just say Scott Williams? So we immediately called and talked to his wife – we’ve known them for years. She said he was alert and talking before undergoing surgery and kept asking about his family coming from Pennsylvania.” Frederick adds, “She told us he was shot in both legs. The bullet shattered one of his femurs, passed through, and struck him in the other leg.”

BACK TO SCHOOL! Frank Kohler. His wife said he was awake and talking following surgery, but he may have a long recovery ahead. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said of the Owings man at a press conference, that Williams was a "great police officer" and has "a stellar record." Williams is hospitalized at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in fair condition. Following several hours undergoing surgery, doctors said they hopeful that he will be able to walk again. In the wake of the Navy Yard shooing, US Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) is calling on his Congressional colleagues to restart bipartisan discussions on reasonable, balanced, gun safety measures that would reduce the threat of gun violence in our communities while still protecting the rights of legitimate sportsmen. Six of the 12 fatal victims in Monday’s mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard were from Maryland.

Dunkirk Bus Service To Begin As of Monday, Sept. 30 a new bus route will be starting to and from the Dunkirk area. At their meeting Sept. 13, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) accepted funding to allow the service to begin. In October 2012, Calvert County submitted a request for federal funding to the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) under the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) grant. This request for funding was for FY 2014 and FY 2015 in the amount of nearly $109,000. The grant provides 50% federal funds, 50% local match to implement regular route bus service into the Dunkirk area. In June 2013, the county received an award letter from MTA notifying that the project was approved for funding. It was supposed to begin July 1, 2013 but with the late award notice and the additional grant requirements, it was not possible to start the service at that time. The additional grant requirements have since been fulfilled and the service is designated to start

Mon., Sept. 30. Due to the late start of the service, 25% of the FY 14 funding has been moved to the next year’s budget, meaning that the County will only be using $20,422.13 for FY14. The remaining match will be budgeted in FY15. Commissioner Susan Shaw (R) noted at the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Mon. Sept. 16 that public transportation services are costly. At the regular commissioner meeting the next day, Shaw said, “I’d like to make a statement: there is currently a movement afoot that we need additional public transportation in Calvert County…. In this fiscal environment, with property tax assessments still down, we don’t have additional money. Those services are heavily subsidized. With a fare of $1.50 – it doesn’t begin to cover the cost of buses, drivers, fuel, etc. So we have to look at the responsible thing to do, not just what is nice to have, but we have to look at how on earth to pay for it.”

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The 127th Calvert County Fair Runs Sept. 25 – 29. See calvertcountyfair.com for the latest schedule of events!

Fairs Celebrate Agricultural Heritage By Bea Poulin This year the Anne Arundel County Fair celebrated its 61st anniversary. It is not one of the oldest established fairs in Maryland, but it has become an annual must-do event for families throughout Anne Arundel County. By the time, this column is printed, the fair will be closed, all the exhibits taken down, and all ribbons awarded. My impressions of the Fair this year are due to my presence there as an exhibitor with Anne Arundel County’s Department of Public Works (DPW). DPW’s entire staff participated because it was an opportunity to share a message that DPW cares about the citizens it serves. Through its many programs and projects, DPW works to educate citizens about four bureaus: Engineering, Highways, Utilities, staff to talk with citizens in a more laid back atmosphere than a public meeting. and Waste Management. In fact, that is what the fair is all about it The fair is a perfect venue for citizens to meet the many faces of DPW, and for the seems– a place to meet and discuss how

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things are going. On the Anne Arundel County Fair website, the fair is described “as a showcase of the agriculture and home arts, which are slowly eroding from the landscape of a county that was once beaming with farms. It has become a place for the entire family to learn about Anne Arundel County's past, present and future.” Laid out over 75 beautiful rolling acres in Crownsville, the fair’s activities and exhibits are well organized. There are two large exhibition buildings - one with commercial, government, and non-profit displays, and the other with the handmade and homemade entries that are judged and awarded ribbons. Up the center entrance pathway to the main fair buildings was a midway lined up with food vendors who sell pulled pork, BBQ, hotdogs, lemonade, stir fry and roasted nuts. Church groups, political parties, musicians and small business entities made up the rest who really have no connection to the agricultural mission of the original county fair but who are community centric. On Friday night, there was a big name country singer who gave a concert that was well attended. In the building where the “agriculture and home arts” displays were displayed I saw rows of ribbons tacked on beautiful specimens from the farm - stalks of corn, bales of hay, hanging dried tobacco, canned vegetables, preserves and honey, baked goods, tomatoes, watermelons, peanuts, indian corn and bouquets of flowers. From the rafters of the agricultural building hung handmade quilts of all colors, patterns, and sizes. Inside display cases, hung hand-made clothing from baby clothes to knitted sweaters and afghans. There were old-fashioned embroidered and framed decorative stitchery - all these submissions indicating that many local people still takes the time to plant and grow, preserve and bake, knit, crochet and stitch.

Down below the midway, beyond the carnival with all the bright lighted rides, were the corrals and barns where sheep, cows, goats, pigs, and horses resided with their owners. Young people were busy grooming their livestock and preparing for their time to bring their animal before the judges to not only win a ribbon, but to also sell their prize winning animal in the auction. The origins of the county fair are found here in the barn stalls where farm animals raised by young men and women are awaiting their judgment day. It is an interesting sight to witness in 2013 in Anne Arundel County, and I wonder how much longer it will continue. Will we always have a county fair that provides a place for those who really participate in an agricultural business to promote their work - raising livestock or crops? Will we continue to have citizens who are interested in showing the vegetables they grew, and the quality of the hay and corn grown on their farm? I was encouraged that we would when I spoke with Brooke Catterton and Sierra Criste, two young women members of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter at Southern High School. Brooke is devoted to her animals, and has been a leader in establishing the only chapter of the FFA in this county. She sees the future, and it includes a college degree that will assist her in her plans to continue in the horse industry. Sierra is a sophomore, and is Secretary of the chapter. Along with other students who are in 4-H, they attended the fair to promote the new chapter and solicit sponsors. Our county fair is a cross section of our Anne Arundel community who use the fair for a week in September to promote their diverse messages. Today, the fair is much more than a showcase of the county’s agricultural activities. It is a place to reflect on our heritage, and to be a witness to the time-honored American practice of the Around the corner, the “arts” took over “County Fair” where ever you live. with paintings, clay work, and photographs competing for ribbons. All in all, there were About the author: Bea Poulin recently joined the over 1,000 submissions by local citizens of all staff of Customer Relations, Anne Arundel County ages who hoped their plate of tomatoes, their Department of Public Works where she works on quilt, their jar of preserves, their pie or cake many public works issues. She was previously with County Executive’s Office of Community & would win the coveted Best In Show ribbon the Constituent Services for 13 years. Friend her on in its special category. Facebook and follow her on Twitter @BeaPoulin1.

How To Sign Up For “ObamaCare” We’ve been hearing about it for years. Now it’s coming time when thousands of people in our area can begin to sign up for “ObamaCare.” “Open Enrollment” begins October 1 if you want to get into the plan in Maryland as of January 1. Calvert Health Officer Dr. Larry Polsky says it will take two weeks to a month, so don’t wait until late December – do it early. The agency in Southern Maryland that can enroll Calvert residents is called Calvert Healthcare Solutions, and they plan to have a number of community outreach sessions to explain how it works over the next few months. Meantime, you can look it up on your

own at MarylandHealthConnection.gov for the “official” information on how this works. And Polsky says it’s possible that some people who already have insurance may want to look into this because they may be able to get better coverage for less. At the same time, many people may soon be eligible for expanded Medicaid. This web site and Calvert Healthcare Solutions can help you figure out it out. They have hired additional staff and can answer your questions as well if you call them at (855) 339-3007. Watch the Chesapeake Current for more info as the Open Enrollment season begins next month.

BOCC, BOE Discuss Test Scores, Redistricting Here’s a warning for parents with kids in Calvert County Public Schools: student test scores will likely be going down. Interim Superintendent Nancy V. Highsmith told the Board of Calvert County Commissioners (BOCC) at a joint meeting with the Board of Education (BOE) Tuesday night at Adam’s Ribs that Maryland schools are “going through a very sizable change with the new curriculum” and there’s a “disconnect between the (Common Core) curriculum and assessments.” She added, “We’re in a hybrid stage, and because of budget cuts, class sizes have gone up. So what we may see is a stumble in test scores.” And she said that she learned just this week that schools may be asked to test children twice to help get more accurate baselines to measure their learning. Calvert students have traditionally had among the highest test scores in the state, and Maryland is currently ranked #1 in the country. However, in the State of New York, which recently went through the same curriculum shift, student proficiency scores in math and reading plunged by half, from 60% to just 30% proficient. Highsmith said it’s because there’s a disconnect between what’s being taught and what’s being tested. “The assessments and curriculum are not matching,” she explained. Board member Dawn Balinski remains optimistic, “I don’t think that Calvert’s scores will be affected that drastically.” However, Commissioner Susan Shaw warned, “We have to try to prepare the parents.” Commissioner Evan Slaughenoupt (R) questioned the logic behind the Common Core Curriculum. “There’s something wrong if the kids aren’t getting the basics of our country and we ask them how they ‘feel’ about things.” On the hot topic of redistricting of Beach Elementary School, Balinski said the main reason that the committee established to look into the situation was reluctant to act was because they don’t have accurate data on how many more students to expect in the beaches the future. “No one has a good idea on growth in the northern part of the country,” she said. “In 2010, Beach reached capacity. In 2011, we had another 30 kids, and in 2012, another 60 kids,” she said. “That’s an additional two to three classrooms.” Balinski said current enrollment was at

123% of the school’s capacity, although the central office has been working to allow many families to transfer out of Beach Elementary. She said the capacity is 550 at Beach Elementary, but there are 646 students there now. Commissioner Jerry Clark charged that the Town of Chesapeake Beach was to blame for the overcrowding situation because officials do not have a way to adequately monitor development. “The Town won’t put in an Adequate Facilities Ordinance,” Clark said, adding that, “they think it’s a county problem – here are the kids and we have an obligation to educate them.” Shaw (R) commented, “We’re not very sympathetic,” adding that the town needs to work with the county to plan ahead for adequate roads, schools, solid waste, parks and other amenities and services to support new development and families moving in. “What they’re doing is unfair to every other student in the area… everyone else has to cover this cost. I don’t want kids sitting in crowded classrooms. But the Town needs to step up to the plate.” Commissioners President Pat Nutter said, “What I’m asking is that we approach them for a resolution to this problem,” adding, “I know we’ll get calls after they read this in the paper.” The question of water and sewer rates also arose. Beach Elementary School could pay $10,000 or more per year under the new rate structure approved by Chesapeake Beach Town Council. Highsmith said the school is not prepared to deal with this huge increase in utility rates. “I need to know what’s coming down the pike. I don’t have this in the budget,” she said. Commissioner Clark advised, “You should not get involved in the politics. Just don’t get involved in their debate. Don’t get the Board of Education into it. That’s bush league.” Clark told Highsmith, “That was wrong trying to use you as a pawn in that debate.”

Water/Sewer Rate Issues Linger Just three members of the Chesapeake Beach Town Council showed up on Monday, Sept. 9 for a work session during which the council was scheduled to take up a proposed compromise water/sewer rate plan that would have subsidized the rates with a “grant” from the town’s general fund. Councilmen Pat Mahoney, Stu Cumbo and Bob Carpenter were in attendance, but the meeting was quickly adjourned because of a lack of a quorum. This follows the Board of Elections for the Town of Chesapeake Beach reversing its previous certification on the number of valid signatures collected during a petition drive to force the water/sewer rates to a referendum. The petition drive, led by Wesley Donovan, needed valid signatures from at least 20% of the town’s qualified voters, which would be 789 people. At first, it was believed that number was reached. But the Board of Elections later recanted that, saying there were just 788 valid signatures collected – one short of the number needed to force the election. The majority of town council members previously refused to set a special election date, so meaning the referendum would not appear on a ballot before voters before the 2016 general election. By then, this would be no issue. At an Emergency Work Session Aug. 19, most members expressed a willingness to “phase” in the rates over the next four years, which will be taken up at the Sept. regular council meeting. The compromise would give a “grant” of $638,000 from the town’s general fund to the utility fund to mostly cover the substantial increase in rates that residents were facing in their October bills. The new rates with this “grant” would be $6.83 per thousand gallons used for sewer and $2.35 per thousand gallons of water used for the first year. The council indicated a willingness to “phase in” the higher rates through 2016 with smaller amounts and additional “subsidies”

through FY 2016, although each would need to be approved each year. The rates passed earlier were $11.28 per thousand gallons of sewer and $4.28 per thousand gallons of water under the plan supporters called the “Flat Rate” system. One of the many reasons for the increase is the $16 million state and federal mandated upgrade to the town’s wastewater treatment plant. Another is because tap fees paid by builders were previously used to “subsidize” the town’s utility rates, and those have been substantially lower because of the housing slump and less development. Opponents of the “Flat Rate” plan, which a majority of council members did approve previously, say it could cause skyrocketing rates for the largest business users and employers in town, including the Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa complex, Traders, Abner’s, Beach Elementary School, and the town-owned Water Park, which would then appear in the red because of the increased costs. Mayor Bruce Wahl told the Chesapeake Current, “I was hoping this would be settled tonight, but it wasn’t. We need to know what rates to charge the customers. Those bills must go out in the October billing cycle so we can collect the money or the town will have a cash flow problem, and we’re getting down to the wire.” At the last meeting, John Bacon, who headed the town’s utility committee tasked with making recommendations for rates, had angry words for the three members who did not come to the meeting: Valerie Beaudin, Jeffrey Krahling and Eric Reinhardt. Bacon said, “I think they should resign because they’re neglecting their civic duty.” See page 12 for a Letter to the editor from Councilman Reinhardt on the subject. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the town council is Thurs., Sept. 19 at 8:00 p.m. at Chesapeake Beach Town Hall where the issue is again expected to be discussed.

“Rock It” For The Curl Girls By Sid Curl Owners Charlene and Ronnie Ward of Anthony’s Bar & Grill in Dunkirk turned their establishment over to the charitable foundation “Team Curl” on Sept. 7. Tohelp a local family. This fundraiser at Anthony’s came one month after the tragic traffic accident Aug. 7 on Mt. Harmony Rd. that claimed the life of Courtney Curl and injured her two sisters, Brittany and Peyton, along with another driver. Charlene Ward said after responding to the accident, members of the Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department gathered there, “as they began to talk through the crushing blow they all felt that day.” The fundraiser, which Joe Penn helped with, was to help the family with ongoing medical expenses. It started at 11:00 a.m. with a donation bake sale. Todd Hall’s Hall of Fame Entertainment provided upbeat Karaoke throughout the day. That evening, Backstage Pass provided several sets of rock and roll in the caravansary set-up in the parking lot with a great light show. Restaurant staff also donated a percentage of their tips. The night before, the Millers Brothers Band donated their evenings’ pay. Numerous other businesses and locals made donations, too. Lisa Curl, mother of the three girls, as well as daughter Peyton Curl, came. They said oldest daughter Brittany is now receiving care at the

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Lisa and Peyton Curl of Chesapeake Beach. Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore and was responding to friends that visit. Lisa says she approaches each day with “a bright outlook and remains positive day to day” as Brittany now has movement, and is so grateful to the friends and strangers that have responded with such kind gestures. Peyton says she is glad to be back at Beach Elementary and also is amazed at how supportive her school has been during her recovery. The fundraiser collected $8,000, and checks continue to arrive. The next event to help the Curl family will be October 13 at Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department from 12 noon to 8:00 p.m. About the Author: Sid Curl of Prince Frederick is President of the Twin Beach Players, and a cousin of the Curl girls.

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Police Blotter Calvert County Sheriff’s Department Reports: CDS Violations Dep. L. Wood responded to the corner of Hellen Creek Drive and Coster Road in Lusby on Sept. 12 at 12:07 p.m. for the report of a disabled vehicle. Wood made contact with the driver, Erin Nicole Stahl, 25 of Lusby. She found Stahl to be in possession of suspected drugs. Stahl was arrested and charged with possession of a schedule II drug: Oxycodone, and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia: a metal spoon. On Sept. 13 at 5:43 p.m. Sgt. G. Hollinger responded to the intersection of Bay Avenue and 2nd Street boardwalk in North Beach for the report of an intoxicated person. He observed a male sitting alone on a boardwalk bench who was asleep. He had suspected drug and drug paraphernalia material in his lap and on the bench next to him. Gerald G. Bowen, Jr., age 28 of Owings, was arrested and charged with possession of a schedule II drug: Propacet; possession of a schedule II drug: Oxycodone; possession of a schedule II drug: Morphine Sulfate; possession of a schedule IV drug: Alprazolam; possession of a schedule III drug: Hydrocodone; possession of a schedule I drug: marijuana less than 10 grams, and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia: a metal smoking device. Dep. P. Mosely conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle at Md. Rt. 4 and Skinners Turn Road in Owings on Sept. 14 at 9:30 p.m. He arrested the driver, Tara Michelle Wagner, 23 of Owings, and charged her with possession of a schedule I drug; Marijuana less than 10 grams and use of drug paraphernalia; a glass pipe. Dep. C. Ward observed a vehicle in the parking lot of the Bank of America on Commerce Lane in Prince Frederick with thick smoke coming out of the windows on September 14 at 10:27 p.m. The driver, Justin Alan Wheeler, 28 of Lusby and lone passenger Jesse Ray Engberg, 19 of Prince Frederick, were each cited for possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; a glass smoking device. On Sept. 3 at 11:54 p.m. DFC A. Mohler conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the Applebee’s Restaurant parking lot. He found the driver and lone passenger to both be in possession of suspected drugs. The driver, Sarah Joann Miles, 28 of Severn, and passenger, Jamie Lynn Maguire, 29 of St. Leonard, were both arrested and each was charged with possession of a schedule IV drug: Alprazolam, possession of a schedule II drug: cocaine, possession of a schedule II drug: Phencyclidine; possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia: a digital scale, possession of a schedule IV drug: Alprazolam in sufficient quantity to indicate an intent to distribute, and possession of a schedule II drug: cocaine in sufficient quantity to indicate an intention to distribute. On MD Rt. 231 west of Calvert Fair Drive in Prince Frederick on Sept.7 at 11:00 p.m., DFC A. Mohler arrested Thomas Edwin Bateman, 22 of LaPlata, and charged him with possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; a section of a soda can, and possession of paraphernalia; a hypodermic syringe with needle. Mohler had stopped Bateman’s vehicle because he had been swerving on and off the roadway and appeared to be under the influence. Bateman was also charged with driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol and other traffic violations.

Assault and Disorderly Three men were arrested at the Tiki Bar in Solomons on September 14 at 1:00 a.m. Bar employees advised deputies that the three men were acting disorderly and would not leave the establishment after being asked. Two of the men were reported to have hit and kicked a bouncer at the bar. DFC R. Weems arrested Michael K. Raabe, 28 of Los Angeles, CA and charged him with disorderly conduct. Nicholas B. Smith, 19 of Little Egg Harbor, NJ, was arrested and charged with first-degree assault and disorderly conduct. Anthony R. Smith, 31 of Bricktown, NJ was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a schedule III drug; Tylenol with Codeine.

Burglaries Dep. P. Mosley responded to the AT&T store located at 10082 Southern Maryland Boulevard in Dunkirk on Sept. 15 at 8:54 p.m. for a burglar alarm. He found that unknown suspect(s) had smashed the glass of the front door, gained access into the store and taken cell phones and some cash. Anyone with information is asked to contact D/Sgt. R. Naughton of C.I.T. at (410) Disorderly Conduct Two men were arrested for disorderly 535-1600 extension 2593. conduct in separate incidents in the parking A home in the 3600 block of 6th Street in lot of Captain Biggs Bar in Chesapeake North Beach was burglarized sometime Beach on Sept. 7. The first incident occurred between Aug. 30 and Sept. 3. Approximately at 12:37 a.m. when Cpl. S. Parrish arrested $3,400 worth of jewelry was stolen. DFC R. Travis D. Harris, age 24, of Prince Frederick, when the owner of the establishment told Kreps is investigating. Harris to leave but he began arguing and Someone entered a shed behind a home in cursing at Cpl. Parrish. The second incident the 3300 block of Recker Road in occurred at 1:03 a.m. when DFC J. Hardesty Chesapeake Beach sometime between Aug. observed Samual J. Boerckel, age 24, of 24 and Sept. 2 and stole $1,700 worth of Dunkirk, drinking a beer in the parking lot. tools. A Makita blue power saw, a yellow and Boerckel was asked to dispose of the beer black jackhammer, a Sawzall with a blue inside the bar. After doing so, Boerckel came handle, two silver and black skill saws and a outside and advised Hardesty that his ride red air compressor were taken. Dep. J. was waiting for him out back. Hardesty escorted Boerckel to the rear but Boerckel Brown is investigating. then advised there was no ride waiting for Someone entered a detached unlocked garage him. Boerckel was asked to leave and then of a home in the 9900 block of H.G. became disorderly, yelling obscenities. He Trueman Road in Lusby sometime between was advised to stop or be arrested. He Aug. 23 and Sept. 6 and stole over $800 continued to do so and was arrested. Both worth of tools. A Craftsman 11amp router, men were charged with failure to obey a an Echo backpack leaf blower, an 18-inch lawful order and disorderly conduct. Echo gas powered chain saw and a red case Boerckel was also charged with resisting holding a Door Butt Jig were all taken. DFC arrest. A. Clas is investigating. On Sept. 8 at 1:31 a.m. DFC R. Wilson responded to the parking lot of the Holiday Thefts Someone stole a Honda 15 hp long shaft Inn in Solomons for the report of a disorderly Dustin Jeffrey Daube, 43 of 4-stroke boat motor off a boat at the Breezy male. Point Marina. The theft of the $4,000 motor Hollywood, was arrested and charged with occurred sometime between Aug. 21 and destruction of property over $500 and Sept. 7. Dep. J. Brown is continuing the second-degree assault. Daube had gotten on a bus that operates between the hotel and investigation. several bar establishments on the island but Sometime between Sept. 6 and 13, unknown was refusing to pay the fare. He then began suspect(s) stole farm equipment from the to kick the door of the bus and cracked the yard of a home in the 9600 block of Grover left lower window of the door. Another Road in Lusby. Two 1949 Allis Chalmers passenger on the bus, a law enforcement cultivators with two row attachments, a 1964 officer at the Patuxent River Naval Air Allis Chalmers cultivator with one row Station, identified himself as a police officer attachment, a Ford cultivator with one row and got Daube to pay the fare. After doing attachment and a disc gang, green in color so, Daube started to yell and scream and with five discs, altogether valued at $1,000 punched at the officer. Wilson responded and arrested Daube. were taken. Dep. G. Gott is investigating. A victim in the 1600 block of Bayberry Road in St. Leonard advised DFC P. Wood that someone opened two packages that were in her mailbox, one on September 5 and another one the following day. The suspect(s) opened the packages, removing a bracelet from each one, and left the torn open packages in the mailbox. The stolen items are valued at $80. The investigation continues. DFC J. Lord responded to the Dunkirk Walmart on September 14 at 1:40 p.m. for the report of two shoplifters in custody by a store security officer. Lord arrested Quaid Christian Irving, 18 of Dunkirk and charged him with theft less than $100 and possession of a schedule I drug; Marijuana less than 10 grams. A 16-year-old female from Chesapeake Beach was charged with theft less than $100 on a youth report and released to a parent. Destruction of Property A vehicle parked outside a home in the 9600 block of Boyds Turn Road in Owings sustained $250 in damage between September 4 and 5 when unknown person(s) shot the rear passenger door with what may have been a .22 caliber bullet. DFC A. Locke is investigating.

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Employees at Jake & Al’s Restaurant in Lusby called police on Sept. 13 at 1:59 a.m. to report a disorderly patron who would not leave and who knocked over a trashcan in front of the establishment. Cpl. B. Gray responded and was told by witnesses that the subject, identified as John Frederick Marshall, Jr., 30 of Lusby, seemed to be very intoxicated and was mad, saying the bar had charged him for a drink he did not get. Marshall refused to leave the scene and began cursing and hollering. He was told numerous times by Cpl. Gray to stop and to leave but he refused to do so. Gray arrested him and charged him with disorderly conduct and failure to obey a lawful order.

provided a false name and date of birth and when his true identity was learned by DFC Velasquez, he still refused to provide the truth. McKinley Stacker IV, 28 of Lexington Park, was arrested and charged with driving on a revoked license, two counts of making a false statement to a peace officer and obstructing and hindering a police officer. State Police Barrack U Reports: CDS Violations On Sept. 2 at 11:26 p.m., Trooper Follin responded to the Super 8 Motel in Prince Frederick in reference to a fake I.D. A guest had checked into the motel using a false identification. Investigation revealed that the guest had used a relative’s identification to register. During the investigation, Heroin and drug paraphernalia were located. Brittany A. Dibble, 19 of Prince Frederick, was arrested and incarcerated in the Calvert County Detention Center. Trooper First Class Esnes stopped a vehicle on Sept. 3 at 6:04 p.m. for traffic violations on Main St. in Prince Frederick. A search of the vehicle revealed marijuana, Ecstasy and drug paraphernalia. Connor S. Peterson, 21 of Lusby, was arrested and incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center. At 9:31 p.m. on Sept. 4, Trooper First Class Esnes stopped a vehicle for traffic violations on German Chapel Rd. in Prince Frederick. The driver, Billie Jo Wood, 49 of Prince Frederick was arrested for driving under the influence. A search of the vehicle revealed marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Wood was incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center. On Sept. 6 at 5:37 p.m., Trooper Barlow responded to a traffic accident on Rousby Hall Rd. at Miriam Lane in Lusby. During the investigation, one of the drivers was found to be in possession of Adderall for which the driver did not have a prescription. Jennifer L. Lucas, 28 of Lusby, was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. She was later served a criminal summons for possession for drugs and drug paraphernalia. Trooper Matthews stopped a vehicle at 6:58 p.m. on Sept. 13 for traffic violations in the 2800 block of Tipperary Lane in Chesapeake Beach. The driver, Anthony J. Walton, 40 of Chesapeake Beach, was arrested on an open warrant through St. Mary’s County. A search revealed that Walton was in possession of marijuana. He was incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center. On Sept.14 at 2:59 p.m., Trooper Rowe stopped a vehicle for traffic violations on Rt. 4 at Broomes Island Rd. in Prince Frederick. The driver, Brandon Peterson, 27 of Mechanicsville, was arrested for the open warrant through St. Mary’s County. A search revealed that Peterson and his two passengers, Gary W. Wommack, 29, and James R. Delahoussaye, 28, both of Lusby, were in possession of suspected heroin and drug paraphernalia. They were all arrested and incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center.

Destruction of Property Trooper First Class Logsdon responded to Blankenship Auto in Owings on September 13 at 9:34 a.m. for a reported theft of tags. Mail Tampering Further investigation revealed that the engine On Sept. 6 DFC P. Aurich took a report and gas tank were also tampered with. A from a victim in the 3000 block of Jones suspect has been developed and an arrest Road in Dunkirk that someone had taken warrant has been applied for. her mail from the mailbox, opened it, and thrown it under a bush at the end of the Burglaries roadway. It is unknown if anything was Trooper First Class Casarella responded to stolen. The investigation continues. the 2400 block of Holland Cliff Rd. in Huntingtown on September 9 at 9:30 a.m. False Statement for a reported burglary. The home was On Sept. 14 at 3:30 a.m. DFC M. Velasquez entered while the homeowner was away and stopped a vehicle for speeding on MD Rt. 4 a safe was stolen from a closet. Investigation at Parran Road in St. Leonard. The driver continues.

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Huntingtown Man Dies in Accident On Monday, Sept. 10, members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of an automobile accident in the area of Solomons Island Rd. and Northwest Dr. in Huntingtown. One local man died as a result. Officers say their investigation showed that a 2003 Ford F-150 truck driven by Nicholas Paul Stup Sr. age 34, of Huntingtown was traveling southbound through a construction zone approaching Northwest Dr. The construction zone consisted of cones dividing the fast lane from the slow lane from the Rt. 2 and 4 split to Northwest Dr. The Ford F-150, while approaching Northwest Dr., collided with a 1995 Mack dump truck that was operated by 52-year-old Rex Eugene Jones of

A number of important new laws take effect Oct. 1, 2013 that all local drivers should be aware of and heed. As of Oct. 1, all Maryland drivers are prohibited from using their hands to operate a wireless device while the vehicle Huntingtown. The Mack truck was is in motion. If you illegally use a wireless reducing speed with intent to merge into device while driving, you could be the fast lane where the construction was ticketed - $75 for a first offense, $125 for to take place. The Ford F-150 impacted a second offense, and $175 for subsequent the Mack truck and came to a stop shortly offenses. This is now a primary traffic offense. So state police advise you to park after. Stup, the driver of the Ford, was pronounced dead on scene by EMS and then transported to Calvert Memorial Hospital where he was later examined by a forensic nnvestigator. Mr. Stup was pronounced dead on September 10, 2013 at 3:24 a.m. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information should contact Dfc. J.M. Hardesty of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Accident Reconstruction Team.

your phone before you drive! All drivers and passengers in motor vehicles must also use a seat belt. As of Oct. 1, this is a primary traffic offense which carries a fine of $50. Passengers riding in both the front and rear seats need to be belted too. This is a secondary traffic offense which carries a fine of $50. The child safety seat law continues to be enforced and carries an increased fine of $50.

Local Man Indicted For Child Porn A Lusby who is a man non-commissioned U.S. Air Force officer, faces a federal grand jury indictment on six counts of sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography. William S. Gazafi, age 44, faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years in prison followed by up to lifetime of supervised release. A press release from the US Attorney’s Office and Department of Justice says Gazafi was arrested on the criminal complaint on Sept. 3 and remains detained. Gazafi allegedly engaged in a chat on Aug. 15 on an Internet site dedicated to incest discussions. What he didn’t know was that he was chatting with an undercover officer. The press release explains that during the chat, Gazafi discussed his sexual interest in children

and said that he had been drugging and molesting several children, including a baby. During the chat, Gazafi allegedly sent seven images to the undercover officer, three of which were child pornography he claimed he created. The FBI identified Gazafi and say when he was arrested, he was carrying multiple digital media items; a forensic examination concluded these showed minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. These videos and photos reportedly included one child as young as five months old, and the images also depict children bound and handcuffed while sleeping. Prosecutors stress that an indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal proceedings.

Pizza Robber Sought On September 15 at approximately 1:44 a.m., officers from the Anne Arundel County Police officers from the Southern District responded to the Dominos Pizza in the 5700 block of Deale Churchton Road, Deale, for a reported robbery. Responding officers learned a male suspect, armed with a dark-colored handgun, confronted an employee who was leaving the business for the night. The suspect demanded money and the victim’s cell phone. The employee

complied with the suspect’s demands, and the suspect fled on foot after receiving an undetermined amount of U.S. currency. Numerous officers, including a police K-9 Unit and the departmental Aviation Unit searched the area but were unable to find the suspect. The suspect was identified as a black male, approximately 5’ 9”; wearing a camouflage ski mask, sunglasses and a thick black coat.

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By Brian McDaniel Physical Therapist Charlie Sclater is no stranger to hard work. After 10 years of working at a clinic in Calvert County, this former wrestler and sportsman decided to make the tough decision to open a new facility right here in the Beaches. In 2011 he opened the doors of Bayview Physical Therapy (BPT) in Chesapeake Beach in the Horizons on the Bay building. Charlie said he decided to do it to serve his local community in the place where he grew up. He wanted to provide his services the way he feels they should be, with a bedside manner Charlie takes pride in. Charlie’s approach to each patient starts with this question: “How would I want my mom, wife or family to be treated?” Thinking in this direction is one of the core reasons BPT is set apart from other offices, according to Charlie. The services offered at BPT involve outpatient treatment for strength conditioning, occupational therapy and a continued focus on getting each individual back to health. As a therapist, Charlie’s main goal is to restore his patients to maximal function with minimal pain so they can get back to what they enjoy in life.

Charlie understands what it’s like to be in pain. Before becoming a physical therapist, he was first a patient. After dislocating his shoulder during a wrestling match, he needed surgery and physical therapy to get his motion and strength back. He recalls being fascinated by how someone could take a person in pain and eventually get help them get their life back. This personal experience has taught him to always ask his patients what their goals are so they’re on the same page. Though he didn’t go back to wrestling, he was inspired to pursue a career in healthcare. “Basically I think of myself as a guide or the client's advocate,” Charlie says. There are so many different personalities that walk through the doors at BPT. Everyone is treated like a person rather than a number. As with any job where you deal with human emotions, limitations, and confidence, Charlie finds himself in a dance with his patients. Sometimes his work involves pushing his patients beyond their limits to prove that they can do it. Others sometimes move too quickly and Charlie has to encourage them to pull back so they don’t hurt themselves.

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Charlie Sclater. Charlie and his staff are ready for any challenge because helping people is their first love. One thing that any patient who enters BPT will leave knowing is that they were cared for, challenged and provided with results. Bayview Physical Therapy is going into its second year as a BBG member, joining shortly after they opened in 2011. One thing Charlie quickly realized is that small businesses are what give an area its identity. “People in general would much rather stay local as long as they have a good option to do so. I think that's true of any business whether it’s dining, shopping, or therapy,” Charlie explains. Charlie was excited to admit that it was his wife was the driving force behind his move to start his own business. Charlie’s wife’s business is Gentle Family Dentistry in Dunkirk. Charlie says that his wife has done a tremendous job of running a much larger business and serves as inspiration for what he is doing now. To contact Charlie Sclater or the folks at Bayview Physical Therapy, go to their website at bayviewphysicaltherapy.com or call them at (443) 964-5656.

How will your farm or small business be affected by the Affordable Care Act? The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) is hosting a second informational meeting with health insurance experts to discuss the impacts and opportunities for farmers/small businesses and their families from the upcoming implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). For most Marylanders and small businesses, the new state health coverage programs are expected to begin on schedule in October 2013 and January 2014. The meeting will be held Mon., Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. at the SMECO Auditorium,

15035 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville, MD, 20637. Guest speakers include: Jay Duke, President/Owner of Waring-Ahearn Insurance, Vice-chair of the Independent Insurance Agents Association and Member of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Navigator Advisory Committee and Producer Advisory Council. He will be joined by Michael Shaw, Executive Director of Calvert Healthcare Solutions, the regional connector of the Maryland Health Connection. Please RSVP using the online Registration Form at smadc.com or call (301) 274-1922 ext. 1.

Garden Center Grows Greenstreet Gardens has hired a veteran grower and retailer, Shawn Keane, as General Manager to oversee the operations at both their retail locations in Lothian, and Alexandria, VA. Shawn’s skills in retail efficiencies will be focused on the quality and service of the rapidlygrowing business. Shawn began his career as a thirdgeneration greenhouse grower in East Setauket, NY, working for his family’s business, Borella’s. Shawn purchased the company in 1998, which he renamed Olde Towne Gardens and converted to a retail garden center. “I have known Shawn for over 18 years,” says Ray Greenstreet, owner of Greenstreet Gardens. “As a grower and a retailer, he instinctively knows how to streamline retail operations to provide the best possible shopping experience for our customers, while offering only the highest-quality products. Having Shawn in place will also allow me to direct my attention to production and expanding our other divisions to offer products and

Shawn Keane. services that have been in the planning stages for a long time.” Shawn will be instrumental expanding the Fall Festival this fall at the Lothian location, as well as introducing educational events and seminars at the Alexandria location. Shawn also brings a wealth of visual merchandising experience to showcase seasonal offerings. Greenstreet Gardens has been one of the country’s premier retailer and growing garden centers since 2000. The Maryland location is at 391 West Bay Front Road in Lothian, and the newest location, which opened in spring of 2012, is at 1721 West Braddock Road in Alexandria, VA.

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About the Author: Brian “Crow” McDaniel is the owner of Crow Entertainment, LLC and a resident of North Beach. He is a Ministry Leader at Chesapeake Church in Huntingtown, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Bay Business Group.

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The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) is offering grants to farmers in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's counties to help in the purchase of wine grape vines. These funds are being made available as a continuation of SMADC's Growing Grapes for Wine Program that was established to encourage and support the development of a competitive wine industry in Southern Maryland. The grant program requires matching funds supplied by the farm owner for the purchase of grape vines of recommended grape varieties compatible with the region. The Grapes for Wine Program is offered together with the University of Maryland Extension, which will provide ongoing training and production expertise.

To be eligible an applicant must own or be co-applicant with the owner of at least five acres of land currently in agricultural use. Existing grape growers and new growers may apply. Past participants of the Growing Grapes for Wine cost-share program are eligible as well as past recipients of SMADC's Farm Viability Grant Program. Awards for the spring of 2014 will be contingent upon farms having suitable soils that have already been tested for nematodes. Awards will be made based on satisfactory test results and pending availability of funding. Grant applications are due to SMADC October 21, 2013. To download the grant application and guidelines visit the "News and Announcements" page at SMADC.com or contact SMADC staff at (301) 274-1922 Ex. 1.

Invitation To Leadership Seminar The Patuxent Partnership (TPP) and The Corporate Center at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) are co-hosting the GrassRoots Leadership Training Preview with Doug Krug on Tues. Sept. 24. This free executive briefing will serve as a preview to the GrassRoots Leadership Training, a program that provides leadership insight based on research and best practice techniques to help leaders achieve breakthrough results in their organizations. “We are pleased to present a no-cost preview of a program that will

enhance attendees’ leadership skills,” TPP Executive Director, Bonnie Green noted. “Our frequent collaboration with CSM is an important part of TPP’s mission to work with academia on workforce development.” Doug Krug is the author of the recently published book, “The Missing Piece in Leadership: How to Create the Future You Want.” His primary role is helping top executive teams create and sustain the focus and alignment essential to successfully deal with today’s most pressing leadership challenges. He will introduce you to the methodology

CAPT Mike Abrashoff used to take his ship from one of the lowest rated to become the highest rated in combat readiness in the Pacific Fleet. CAPT Abrashoff tells his story in his book “It’s Your Ship.” You will learn how he accomplished his successes and how you can generate more and better results. "CSM is pleased to partner with the Patuxent Partnership to present this free briefing. Our Corporate Center has provided hundreds of programs in Southern Maryland and this is one of our best," said CSM President Dr. Brad Gottfried. At this preview, attendees will experience the simple power of this transformation-in-thinking approach to

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improve their leadership skills that will ultimately benefit their organizations and employees. The follow-on GrassRoots Leadership Training is scheduled for Nov. 12-14 at CSM and is approved for 22 Professional Development Units (PDUs). The GrassRoots Leadership Training Preview will take place on Sept. 24 from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., with check-in at 8:30 a.m., at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, 44219 Airport Rd., Hollywood, MD. To register, visit paxpartnership.org. For more information on the GrassRoots Leadership Training in November, please contact Karen O’Connor at koconnor@csmd.edu.

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By Susan Shaw Calvert County Commissioner

The Dilemma: Where To Get Accurate News? Discussions with a variety of constituents in recent days has led to questions about where County residents get their information, especially their information about local affairs, businesses, and events. Or do they get local information at all? I continue to hear rumors that have no basis in fact. I can’t help but wonder the source of the information. How do we, as County Commissioners, get accurate and timely information to the public? Of course, if you are reading this column, you are a reader of the Chesapeake Current, but what about the many folks who do not pick up the Current? Where else do you get your updates on local issues? You may get breaking news from an Internet news site, but not more mundane information about local issues. Businesses struggle to get the word out about their presence, products, and services. Many, many times I am told that a new customer finds a local business only to report that they had no idea the business was there. I got this report from a local business person recently. I asked her if she questioned the new customers about where they get their information since this particular business advertises consistently in local publications, has a website, and recently has expanded their presence on Facebook with contests and prizes. The business hosts various non-profit events throughout the year, both to benefit the non-profits and to lure attendees into the business. E-newsletters proliferate and clog email in-boxes. There is so much

information available that ours can easily get buried in the avalanche. The County tries. We offer a lot of information on our Calvert County website. We publish an e-newsletter, for which you can sign up (no charge) on our website. There are also specialized e-newsletters for tourism, parks and recreation, and a number of others. There is a Calvert County Government official Facebook page, which contains press releases and other “official” information. There are also other Facebook pages targeted to Countians and nearby residents, some of which look “official”, but which are not. One Facebook page, Calvert County Maryland, routinely contains many comments in answer to questions about local businesses and services such as “Who is a reasonably-priced, trustworthy mechanic in the Lusby area?” There may be 50 responses. Other Facebook pages post opinion posing as information. My plumber told me that his two best referral sources are word of mouth and Angie’s list, where satisfied customers post their compliments. I asked two star high school students recently where they get their news. One said from her grandmother. The other said from Politico, an Internet news magazine that is national in scope. Of course, no one is monitoring the Internet nor social media for accuracy. No wonder crazy rumors become “fact” with no fact-checking going on. Which brings me back full circle to where I started. In addition to the Chesapeake Current, what are the best ways to provide fact-based information to our constituents? We REALLY need to know!

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We received the following letters in response to the letter we published in the Sept. 5 issue of the Chesapeake Current by Del. Bob Costa of Anne Arundel County about his recent visit to a local doctor…. Dear Delegate Costa, Imagine my surprise when I read the Chesapeake Current the other day and found that you were in the process of righting another wrong perpetrated against the residents of Anne Arundel County and for that matter the State of Maryland. I was also surprised that you had the time to tackle this issue given all the important things you worked on during the last session, I would have thought you would be exhausted by now. Let's recap some of those issues. You and the Assembly worked diligently to insure that "ILLEGAL" Aliens would be able to secure In State tuition rates thus insuring that some of our legal residents would be deprived of them. And what about the work you and the Legislature did to get "ILLEGAL" Aliens the right to Maryland Drivers License's and other legal forms of identification. You put a lot of document forgers out of business and I guess we should be thankful for that. And how about that job you and your colleagues did trampling on our Second Amendment Rights. I can only hope that you and your friends will step out in front of us, to protect us, when the proverbial stuff hits the fan. Why did I just break into a sweat? Last but not least, on my list anyway, you amazingly found a way to tax us for God's rain! Brilliant, but couldn't you just send him the bill? Now to the issue at hand, how dare you use your bully pulpit to beat down a couple of country doctors because you were inconvenienced by having to wait while they treated more seriously ill or injured patients.

These guys are the last of a dying breed, they're country doctor's, they don't turn any walk-ins away and believe it or not they still make "house calls." This was a self-serving attack on your part and not in the interest of the residents of Anne Arundel County. As far as I'm concerned your being stuck in their office for an hour was the best thing that could happen to us, it kept you from doing anything else to help us county folks out. By the way, if they actually take your bill seriously and pay it, and given that your approach to the matter is as a Delegate, sthen make sure you send me a check because you work on my dime and I'm not paying for this stupidity. Hugh F. Triggs Davidsonville Dear Chesapeake Current readers, I refer to delegate Robert A. (Bob) Costa’s letter in the September 5th edition of the Chesapeake Current. It is a pity that our selfimportant, self-interested delegate demonstrated so little concern for one of his constituents. Mr. Costa was in an examination room at his Doctor’s office when he was informed that his appointment with his Doctor would be delayed due to an emergency. One of his doctor’s other patients had a laceration which required immediate attention and it was therefore necessary that he be seen ahead of Mr. Costa. In spite of being told of the circumstance, Mr. Costa stormed out of the medical office. I know this to be true because I was there. Perhaps Mr. Costa could save himself future embarrassment by not even putting up for re-election.

Dear Chesapeake Current readers, As patients of the Shady Side medical practice, which has an outstanding staff, we are appalled with Del. Costa's comments in his letter to the editor of September 5th. We know that Del. Costa was informed that the physician was working an emergency and that there would be a delay. As a delegate of the state we appreciate his value of time and how the inconvenience of an hour delay could affect him.

We also understand that satisfying his hissy-fit through threat of legislative action and reports to medical societies is not what he was elected to do. We hope that the Maryland State General Assembly has more important issues to face than Del. Costa's unrealistic input. We may learn more about Del. Costa when he stands for re-election. The Gittings Family Shady Side

Original letter from Del. Bob Costa, first published in the last edition of the Chesapeake current. Dear Chesapeake Current readers, Have you ever had a doctor's appointment and had to wait in the treatment room for an hour or more and not seen the physician? What do you do about it? This happened to me this week in Shady Side. I am sending a complaint to the Board of Maryland Physicians, which has a downloadable complaint form on their website. This is one of the largest areas of complaints regarding physicians. And be sure to call your insurance company because they may still be billed for services not rendered. As I was walking out after an hour,

I was actually asked if I was going to pay the co-pay. Are you serious??? I also sent them a bill for the hour of my time wasted. They bill you for no shows, so I am doing the same as they do. Please share your experiences with me as we may be able to fix this in the Maryland General Assembly... Del. Robert A. “Bob” Costa (R) District 33B, Anne Arundel County House Office Building, Room 159 6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 841-3551, (301) 858-3551 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3551 (toll free) e-mail: bob.costa@house.state.md.us

Jane Fullwood West River

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Applications Available For Christmas In April Dear Chesapeake Current readers, Christmas in April Calvert County, Inc., an Affiliate of Rebuilding of Together and an United Way Community Partner, repairs and improves houses, assuring that low-income homeowners live in warmth, safety, and independence. Over 625 volunteers donated their time in 2013 to meet this goal for thirty homeowners. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2014 year, with a deadline of September 30, 2013. The work on the approved homes will be done the last Saturday in April. Applicants must live in Calvert County, all homeowners must reside in the home, and the homeowner must consent to having his/her home referred to the program. Applications are available at the churches, senior centers, and libraries and are also available at

Mike Boone of All Saints Episcopal Church replaces a window for a homeowner during Christmas in April day 2013.

christmasinaprilcalvertcounty.org and may be submitted online. Call (410) 535-9044 for more information or to request an application by mail. Carolyn D. Mohler Calvert Christmas in April Board Member and house selection chair

More Opinions On Beach Water Rates Dear Chesapeake Current readers, Money doesn’t grow on trees. It’s something I heard from my father as a kid. It’s something with which everyone is all too familiar. Its kin is there are no free lunches. These statements are great learning tools because they are true and easily understandable. Best of all they teach free market economics and the value of labor. Price The price to operate and deliver water and sewer services has increased dramatically this year primarily because of political agendas from Washington (EPA) that were gleefully supported by Annapolis and passed down to municipalities as unfunded mandates. The new cost associated with this is over $16 million. I have voted against the approval and implementation of this (ENR upgrade) at every opportunity. Unfortunately, a majority of the council approved this undue price burden.

gallons used or burden to the system. This structure was passed and is a change from the previous structure that greatly favored large users by pushing higher per gallon rates on the backs of low volume users. It was a positive milestone change for equality. Moving forward, no rate structure that stands in stark opposition to the Uniform Flat Rate structure is being seriously discussed. What is being discussed is taking from Peter to pay Paul. Specifically, the transferring of tax money without strings (not a loan) from other funds (General Fund) to artificially subsidize the water fund. This, in effect, creates a water tax which is not linked to usage. It also depletes the general fund for which this money was allocated. The result is the return of subsidies through robbery of the general rainy day fund. Money doesn’t grow on trees. The price is set. Any sales pitch about lower rates is nothing more than a shell game. If you are not paying attention you will end up with the empty cup. If we can’t afford the price, why are we buying (the ENR upgrade)? I wish we were not.

Payment Now payment is due. As is often the case, payment can be received in many forms. However, the price does not change. The Uniform Flat Rate payment Eric Reinhardt structure evenly links payment to Chesapeake Beach Councilman

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Operation Backpack Update Dear Chesapeake Current readers, Often, children who do not have the proper school supplies are too ashamed to admit it and end up falling behind. Students cannot do their best if they do have the right tools. With 23% of registered Calvert County Public School students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, it was clear to Children's Aid, Inc. we have students, neighbors, who will start school without the proper school supplies. That's the reason the Calvert County nonprofit started Operation Backpack in 2009. Their goal is to highlight the importance of education as well as help students approach the beginning of the school year with a greater sense of confidence and hope. To date, 284 Calvert County children have received a new backpack filled with school supplies through the program. As Operation Backpack 2013 comes to a close, Children's Aid, Inc. would like to take the opportunity to thank the members of the community who supported their school supply drive and the business owners who allowed collection boxes to be placed in their businesses. Children's Aid, Inc. would like to recognize Carl Thomas Zumstein of Boy Scout Troop #422 who chose Operation Backpack as his Eagle Scout Service Project. Thomas' hard

work resulted in the donation of 24 backpacks filled with supplies for elementary school students as well as a generous monetary donation that was used to purchase backpacks and supplies for an additional 40 Calvert County students. All told, 94 children received new backpacks, school supplies and a new fiction book through Operation Backpack. Additionally, 24 backpacks with school supplies were distributed among four area elementary schools. The nonprofit would also like to acknowledge Lisa Gabriel with Calvert County Department of Social Services for her efforts in registering 35 students for Operation Backpack and coordinating the distribution of their backpacks and new books. Children's Aid, Inc. is a familyrun charity with no paid staff and we would not have been able to prepare and distribute 118 backpacks and supplies without help. We would like to extend a huge, heartfelt thank you to Gayle Haines, Christy Litka and Donny Clime for their speed and efficiency in packing backpacks on our distribution day. These awesome volunteers kept us from falling behind schedule and I don't know what we would have done without them. Krista Brezina, Executive Director Children's Aid, Inc.

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Other 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calvert You Are Beautiful Awardâ&#x20AC;? nominees: - Sandy Artz, Christa Conant, and Richard â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dickâ&#x20AC;? Hu nominated for their volunteer work at Patuxent Habitat for Humanity. - David Chaney, who was nominated for restoring benches at Fairview Library in Owings in honor of his 10-year-old friend Duncan Zollinhofer, who died in 1969 after being struck by a truck while riding his bike. - Barbara Fetterhoff for her many years of volunteer work with the League of Women Voters and many other groups. - Mabel Grau for her volunteer contributions at the Calvert Well Pet Clinic. - Carole Harden-Haas, who was nominated by Project Echo for volunteering 500 hours a year since 2010 at the homeless shelter. - George Leah, Jr. for his contributions to Calvert County Schools and many other community service projects and groups. - Eileen and Dr. James McVey for their contributions to as Calvert Master Gardeners and numerous other groups. - And Pamela Moreland for her volunteet work on behalf of Calvert Hospice. thanks for his wife, Debby. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How many women would make a dress for their husbands? She makes all my costumes,â&#x20AC;? he laughs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And every step of the way sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been with me, criticizing, helping me do things better, advising me what not to do.â&#x20AC;? Spigler adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the really beautiful one.â&#x20AC;?

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Bob Bohn, 83 Robert “Bob” Leroy Bohn, age 83, resident of California, MD, passed away suddenly on September 12, 2013. Born in Lawrence, KS, January 9, 1930, he was the son of Fred Bohn and Margaret Mason Bohn. Bob had three siblings, Melvin, Richard, and Phyllis. He attended Manhattan High School and later graduated from Kansas State University. Bob was married and had six children by his first wife, Nancy Richardson Sommerville. He was very active in Boy Scouts and worked his way up to the highest rank of Eagle Scout and later, as troop leader, inspired three more eagle scouts in the family: one son and two grandsons. Bob coached football and was always supportive in his kid’s activities. He served in the Navy, the National Guard, and subsequently retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of Command Sergeant Major. He served in Vietnam, Panama, and Korea. Upon retiring from the military, he went on to work on government contracts in Saudi Arabia, and later returned to the U.S where he settled in Southern Maryland and retired as a Management Analyst from BAE Systems. Bob was an active member of the Olivet United Methodist Church in Lusby, where he served as Treasurer for many years, in addition to being active in the worship committee, book club, and singing in the choir. He was active in the Walk to Emmaus community where he supported many pilgrims and served on multiple teams. Bob loved Contemporary Worship and enthusiastically confessed Christ as his Savior. He also helped start the First Southern Baptist Church in Manhattan, KS. In addition to his religious aspirations, Bob loved golf, camping, and travelling. He later re-married, and is survived by his wife, Karen; brother Melvin and his wife, Vicki; his six children, Doug and wife Brenda, Carol and husband Joe, Jane and husband Rick, Kevin and wife Debbie, Mark and Silvia, Julie and husband James; and his three step children, Anthony and wife Christine, Veronica and husband Tim, and Christina and Mark; and 24 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends on Sun., Sept. 22, from 2:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Rausch Funeral

Home, P.A., 20 American Lane, Lusby. A Life Celebration Service will be held on Mon., Sept. 23 at 11:00 a.m. in Olivet United Methodist Church, 13570 Olivet Rd., Lusby, MD 20657 with Pastor Faith Lewis officiating. Interment will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. Memorial donations can be made in Robert’s memory to Olivet United Methodist Church.

Margaret Bowen, 77 Margaret Ann Bowen, age 77, of Prince Frederick, passed away on September 15, 2013. She was born on September 16, 1935 in Lancaster, Kentucky, to the late James and Lucinda

Holmes. Margaret attended Asbury College and Georgia Baptist Nursing School and Training Hospital. She worked as a nurse at University Hospital in Baltimore for 32 years. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents and son, David Lee Bowen. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Bowen, of Prince Frederick; daughter, Barbara Bowen, of Prince Frederick; and her son, Mark Bowen, of Grasonville, MD. Margaret is also survived by grandchildren Emily Elizabeth, David Lee, and Anna Margaret. Rausch Funeral Home in Port Republic handled the arrangements.

Joe Cagliostro, 86

Joe lived in Huntingtown over 36 years and retired from Giant Food in 1993 as the Director of Distribution at the Landover facility. He was a founding member of the Covenant Community of Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church and was involved in the Stewardship Ministry and Second Spring Group. His hobbies included playing golf, and over his career he scored 3 holes in one and also won several tournaments. Joe was an avid Redskins fan and enjoyed keeping his yard well groomed. Lee Funeral Home in Owings provided arrangements. Memorial contributions in Joe's memory may be made to the Building Fund of Jesus the Good Shepherd Church, 1601 West Mt. Harmony Road, Owings, MD 20736 or to the Cerebral Palsy Association.

Sarah Carter, 93 Sarah Rebecca Carter,age 93, of Huntingtown, passed away on Thurs., Sept. 5, 2013. She was the beloved wife of the late Ernest W. Carter, Sr. who was loving father of Ernest W. Carter, Jr., Roy Carter, Joseph Carter, Mollie Carter, Ruth Clark, Mary Burroughs and David Carter. Sarah is also survived by 11 loving grandchildren, 16 loving great-grandchildren, and four loving great-great-grandchildren. Lee Funeral Home in Clinton, provided the arrangements. Sympathies may be expressed in the form of donations to Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.

Joseph "Joe" A. Cagliostro, age 86, of Huntingtown, passed Marian Cole, 87 away Mon., Sept. 16, 2013 at the South Marian D. Cole, River Nursing and age 87, of Dunkirk, passed away Sept. 3, Rehabilitation Center 2013 at Washington in Annapolis. Hospital Center. She He was the was born Jan. 12, loving husband of 59 1926 in Marietta, OH years of Joan Cagliostro, and loving father of to Minor Wayne and Theresa Albright and her fiancé, Rick, and Joni Susanna (Evans) Gomilla and her husband, Bret. He is also Davis. survived by his four grandchildren: Tammy Marian was raised in Linthicum Heights, Donnelly, Dennis, Nicole and Christa Dziekan; MD, where she attended school. As a young nine great grandchildren and numerous nieces, woman, she was a secretary with American Can nephews, other family and friends. Company and was later a legal secretary for a Baltimore firm. She married Ardis Michael Cole February 15, 1948 at Linthicum Heights Methodist Church. The couple lived in numerous places during her husband’s military career. Her favorite was Hawaii, where they spent three years. They retired and settled in Dunkirk in 1978. Marian aspired to be a wife and mother, which she did lovingly. She and Michael raised Affordable Funerals, Caskets, Vaults, four children and celebrated their 65th Cremation Services and Pre-Need Planning wedding anniversary in Feb.2013. Marian was Family Owned and Operated by an expert in Mahjong, Scrabble and crossword puzzles. She was also an excellent cook and was Barbara Rausch and Bill Gross famous for her chocolate chip cookies. She was an avid reader and enjoyed murder mysteries www.RauschFuneralHomes.com and also enjoyed classical music and opera. Marian was active in the North Beach Senior Center and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane 4405 Broomes Island Rd. 20 American Lane She was preceded in death by her parents, 410-257-6181 410-586-0520 410-326-9400 sisters Irene Ruppert and Susanna Williams, and brother, John L. Davis. Surviving are her

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husband, Ardis Michael Cole; daughter, Mary Eileen Covault and her husband, Michael, of Meridian, ID; sons James Michael Cole of Fresno, CA, Thomas Ardis Cole of Severna Park, MD, and Russell William Cole and his wife, Margaret, of Laurel, MD. Also surviving are six grandchildren: Summer Cole of San Franscio, CA, Aynnie Miller and her husband, Kurtis, of Lafayette, IN, Rev. Ronda Gentry and her husband, Stacy, of Kingsport, TN, Sarah Davis and her husband, Chadwick, of Salt Lake City, UT, Evan Wells and his wife, Baohong “Ruby,” of Madison, WI, and Emily Wells of Minneapolis, MN, along with four great grandchildren. Rausch Funeral Home in Owings provided arrangements. The funeral service for Marian was officiated by her granddaughter, Rev. Ronda Gentry, an ordained Baptist minister.

Emma Cusick, 85 Emma Jane Cusick, age 85, of Lothian, passed away Sept. 16, 2013 at Crofton Convalescent Center. She was born Sept. 27, 1927 in Washington, DC to Louis and Mae Mildred (Canter) Brady. Emma was raised in Prince George’s County and attended public schools. She was married to Ralph Cusick in Upper Marlboro on September 14, 1942. The couple resided in Upper Marlboro until moving to Lothian in the 1970’s. Emma was a waitress at Wayson’s Restaurant until it burnt down and then she worked at Duffy’s III until retiring. She was also a part time school bus aide for disabled children. In her leisure time, Emma enjoyed crafts and sewing. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ralph, and son, Dennis M. Cusick. Surviving are daughters Frances M. “Susie” Willet of Lothian and Patsy F. Sames of Forestville, MD; grandsons Michael Cusick of Lothian, Nicholas Sames of Edgewater; and Larry Windsor and his wife, Debbie, of Jessup, MD; brothers Sonny and Frankie Canter, both of Owings; and a sister, Evelina Lawrence, of the Eastern Shore. Friends may call on Thurs., Sept. 19, 2013 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD, where services and a celebration of Emma’s life will be held Fri., Sept. 20, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. Interment will take place at Southern Memorial Gardens in Dunkirk.

William DeAtley, 74 William Thomas DeAtley, age 74, of Dunkirk, or “Bucky” as he was affectionately known to family and friends, passed away peacefully on Wed., Sept.4, following a battle with cancer. Born April 4, 1939 as the youngest of 10 children, he was the son of Norman Price and Eula Tucker DeAtley. Bucky spent his childhood and early adult life in Washington, DC. He was a graduate of McKinley Tech High School, Class of 1957. He went to work at Briggs, Inc., where he worked for over 20 years. His last employer was

Truck’n America, which treated him like family. Bucky is survived by his wife, Renny, of 51 years. They built their family and their lives in the Maryland area, living in Prince George’s and Anne Arundel Counties. They have one child, Teresa, of Raleigh, NC, who is married to Richard Pierrie, and three grandchildren: Michael (wife Sarah), Laura, and Virginia. Bucky’s happiest times were spent with his family; his pride in them was his greatest joy in life. He enjoyed his brother-in-law Bobby (wife Debbie) Citrano and his sister-in-law Pat Citrano. Bucky was a good friend to his neighbors, earning the unofficial title “Mayor of Lakehurst Avenue.” He could be found clearing streets and driveways during inclement weather, working in his flowerbeds and caring for his lawn, or avidly “people watching.” On most days in his retirement Bucky loved to watch sports, cheering on the Washington Redskins, Washington Nationals, and many area college basketball teams. Lee Funeral Home in Owings provided the arrangements. Bucky’s family appreciates the care he received at Anne Arundel Memorial Hospital during his last days. Donations in his honor may be made to the American Cancer Society, 8219 Town Center Dr., Baltimore MD 21236.

Frances Ferguson, 78 M a r j o r i e Frances Ferguson, age 78, of Friendship passed away Sept. 2, 2013 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She was born Aug. 6, 1935 in Washington D.C. to James Bennett and Inez (DeGarmo) Jones. Frances was raised in Washington and graduated from McKinley High School in 1953. She married Kenneth W. Ferguson on Nov. 1, 1965 in Winchester, VA. She has lived in Anne Arundel County for 40 years. Frances was a devoted homemaker and was very involved with her children’s school and athletics. She loved to read and crochet, and enjoyed bowling in her youth. She was a member of the Ladies of the Elks 2528. Frances enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth W. Ferguson, and daughters Paula McNees of Glen Burnie, Kathryn Khanna, Christine Rousseau and husband, Chuck, all of Salisbury; Michele Hurt of Crownsville, and Kimberly Patey and husband, Jon, of Salisbury. Also surviving are grandchildren Rebecca Endres, Joseph and Matthew McNees, Andrew Crosby, Kenneth and Lexi Khanna, Jacob and Cade Rousseau, Sydney Hurt and Zackery, Joel and Luke Patey, and two great-grandchildren, Sailor Endres and Matthew McNees II. Arrangements were provided by Rausch Funeral Home in Owings.

Britton. She was predeceased by her parents, George Washington Britton, Mary Estelle Virginia Margueritte Hopkins, age 95, of Britton, and one sister, Jaunita Taylor. Arrangements were handled by Lee Owings, passed away peacefully Sept. 7, 2013. She was born Dec. 5, 1917 in Waynesboro, Funeral Home in Owings. Kentucky to Elmer Ellsworth and Katie (Bennett) Hopkins. Carrie Lester, 48 Virginia was still a preschooler when her Carrie Napier family moved to Alexandria, VA, where she was educated in the Alexandria public school Lester, age 48 of system. Fairhaven, peacefully She retired in 1975 after 35 years of left this earth in the service as a cashier for Giant Food Company. presence of her family She enjoyed her work at Giant where she made and friends beside her many life-long friends. on August 2, 2013 She was preceded in death by her parents, after a long battle with Elmer E. and Katie (Bennett) Morris; her Melanoma Cancer. husband, Gordon Joseph Hopkins; and sisters She graduated Margery Graves and Dorothy Monroe. from Southern High School, Class of 1983, Surviving are her sons, Geoffrey W. Sikorski and worked for Bay Harbor Boat Yard in and his wife, Donna, of Apple Valley, CA, and Deale, as an Office Assistant. Carrie enjoyed Michael J. Hopkins and his wife, Jayne, of spending time with her family and pets, Owings; grandchildren Geoffrey W. Secora making crafts, taking pictures, dancing and fun and his wife, Monica, of Pineville, NC, Susan activities with her many friends. Najera and her husband, Jesse, of Yucaipa, CA, She is survived by a daughter, Leah and Trevor Sikorski of Costa Mesa, CA, and Napier, and grandson, Ciaus, of Owings; her four great grandchildren. parents, Gary and Donna Lester; two sisters, Arrangements were provided by Rausch Denise Klein and Lori Collins, all from Funeral Home in Owings. Fairhaven; and brother, Kevin Lester, of Moscow, ID, and many nieces and nephews. Dicie Hudler, 69 A Celebration of Life with be held at Bay Dicie Aline Harbor Boat Yard on Sat., Oct. 5 from 3:00 – Hudler, age 69, died 6:00 p.m. Memorial contributions can be made Sept. 4, 2013 at her to your local "No Kill Animal Shelter." home in Lusby. She was born in Lloyd Mister, 80 Woodstock, MD, on Lloyd Deshield Mister, age 80, of Prince April 10, 1944 to George Washington Frederick, passed away on Sept. 8, 2013. He was born Feb. 3, 1933 in Barstow to Britton and Mary the late Percy and Mary Mister. Estelle (Bowling) Britton. He is preceded in death by his siblings, At a young age, the family moved from Woodstock to Laurel, MD. Shortly after, she George, Nancy, Clifford, Buck, Delma, Mabel moved to Forestville and District Heights, MD. and Norman. Lloyd made Calvert County his home, On May 8, 1974, she married William Hudler and moved to Clinton, MD. In June, 1995, graduating from Calvert County Schools. He they moved to Calvert County. Dicie was was a painter by trade and worked at Cruis employed at High’s Dairy where she retired in Along Boats, in Solomon’s from 1955 after he 1990. This allowed her to be a full-time mom was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army until they closed. In 1968 he went to work at and housewife. Dicie loved working around her home and the Southern Maryland Prerelease Unit in yard. Her greatest joy was spending time with Charlotte Hall, MD, as a Correctional Officer, family, children and friends. Along with retiring in May 1988. Lloyd loved working on the water with his gardening, Dicie enjoyed collecting baby dolls brother Jack, especially catching and eating and porcelain angels. Her favorite book was the Bible. Dicie is survived by her husband, William B. Hudler. She is the loving mother of Norma Jean Welch-Williams, Thomas T. (Stacey) Welch, Jr., Michael D. Welch, Terry L. (Greg) Welch Kerns, George W. (Karen) Pruden, William Benjie (Eric Boykin) Hudler, and Angela Marie Hudler. She is the devoted grandmother of Maria (Bobby) Haller, Melissa (Stephen) Smith-King, Michelle (Joe) Abresch, Michael Williams, Krystal Pruden, Rebecca Kerns, Hannah Kerns, Thomas T. Welch, III, Tyler Welch, George Pruden, Kayla Kerns and Emily Kerns. Dicie also loved her great-grandchildren, Robert Haller, III, Triston Smith-King, Kylie Haller, Aubri King and Joseph Abresch, III. Dicie is also survived by sisters Elise (Harold) Busby and Irene Foltz, and brothers Hagon (Jane) Britton and Kenneth (Nancy)

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hard crabs. He loved gardening, especially planting tomatoes and cucumbers to give to his family and friends. Lloyd was loved by everyone he came in contact with and will be greatly missed by all. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Patricia Mister. They had one daughter who preceded him in death, Sandra Dee Jarvis, who was the “apple of his eye.” He is also survived by his sister, Marion Jones, of St. Leonard. Rausch Funeral Home in Port Republic handled the arrangements. Interment took place at Asbury Cemetery in Barstow. Memorial contributions may be made to Waters Memorial UMC, 5400 Mackall Rd. St. Leonard, MD 20685.

Shirley Peed, 78 Shirley Ann Peed, age 78, of Dunkirk, died in Prince Frederick Sept. 14, 2013. She was born in Washington, DC to the late David and Annie Dean Bradbury. She had been employed as a financial analyst with the federal government. Shirley and her husband, Richard, moved to Calvert County in 1979. She was a devoted member of Smithville United Methodist Church. She was a very social person who enjoyed visiting with her friends, playing bingo and attending plays. Above all else, “Mom Mom” loved her grandchildren with a passion. Shirley is survived by her sons, Richard Peed, Jr. and his wife, Cindy, of Madisonville, LA, and David Peed and his wife, Samantha, of Ellicott City, MD; brothers, Edsel Bradbury and his wife, Norma, of La Plata, and Alvin Bradbury of Waldorf, and five grandchildren: Joseph, Christopher, Dominic, Madison and Tyler Peed. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard Peed, Sr., one daughter, Angela Peed, and brothers, Furman and Reggie Bradbury. Raymond Wood Funeral Home in Dunkirk is handled arrangements, with the Rev. Walter Beaudwin officiating at the funeral service. Interment will be held Wed., Sept. 25, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery, Rt. 301 South, Cheltenham, MD. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123 or online at cancer.org.

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Elizabeth Ridgely, 56 Elizabeth Talbott Hutchins Ridgely, age 56, of Mallard Point Farm, Prince Frederick, passed away Sept. 7, 2013 at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House in

Prince Frederick. She was born on Dec. 24, 1956 to Mary “Jean” Hutchins Ridgely and Benjamin Talbott Ridgely II in Baltimore. She is preceded in death by her father, Benjamin, and her sister, Mary Jean Eig. Elizabeth is survived by her mother, Jean Ridgely; her brother, Benjamin Talbott Ridgely III; brother in-law, Larry Eig; niece, Eva Eig; and nephews, Elliott Eig, Benjamin T. Ridgely IV, (Leanne), Christopher Michael Ridgely, (Cassie) and five great nieces and nephews. Elizabeth attended Huntingtown Elementary School through 5th grade and then went onto Rollin Park Country School in Baltimore. She returned to Calvert County to graduate from the Calverton School in Huntingtown in 1974. Continuing her education, she majored in agronomy at Virginia Tech, University of MD, and Penn State. Elizabeth was most recently employed by the Calvert County ASCS office, but spent many years serving farmers at the Lothian Grain Elevator. She willingly gave her time to the local farming community through her work on various committees such as Calvert County Agricultural Preservation Advisory Committee and the Calvert Farmland Trust. Elizabeth’s greatest joy came from being with family and friends. Her quiet strength and resolve gained her respect and admiration from all who knew her. The family farm at Mallard Point consoled and nursed her during her illness, giving her strength on her daily walks. Art, music, and a great meal were her pleasures, especially when sharing them with family and friends. Pallbearers were Benjamin Ridgely IV,

Neville Martin, Eva Eig, Elliott Eig, Larry Interment with military honors followed at Eig, Susie Hance-Wells, Dana Krohnert, Cedar Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were provided by Lee Frank Krohnert, Tommy Brady, Bobby Hall, Leonard Ogden, Pat Buckler, Mike Funeral Home in Owings. Harrington, David Rawlings, Bob Mattingly, and Danny Sutphin. John Whitney, 41 Rausch Funeral Home in Lusby provided arrangements. Memorial John Joseph donations can be made to Calvert Hospice. Whitney, age 41, of Bethesda, passed away suddenly on Kenneth Smallwood, 86 Sept. 16, 2013. He was born on Kenneth J. Sept. 24, 1971 in “Bubba” Smallwood, Silver Spring, MD, age 86, of to Howard Frederic Huntingtown, Whitney and the late Ruth Ellen Andre passed away Sept. 11, Whitney. 2013. John graduated from Calvert High He was born on December 19, 1926 School, and completed one year of college. to Luther and Agnes He was employed as a superintendent of Smallwood in Fairfax, VA. Kenneth commercial and residential construction for originally grew up in Georgetown and then Castlewood Homes. John was an avid golfer. He was the proud and loving father to moved to Seabrook, MD, before settling in all of his four children. He is survived by his Huntingtown. He is the loving brother of Elaine father, Howard Frederic Whitney; his Ragsdale and Joan Bowers; beloved stepfather of Ed (Cindy) and Michael Heath; and also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, step grandchildren and great step grandchildren. Kenneth was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Smallwood, his parents, and his siblings: Bobby, Ray and Billy Smallwood, Ethel Stahl and Claire Crim. Kenneth not only served in the United States Navy during WWII, but he was also an avid WWII historian with particular interests in the planes and battleships of that war. He was a life member of American Legion Colmar Manor #131. Since the 1940s you could always find Kenny on Saturday cheering for his favorite football team, Notre Dame. He retired from Teamsters Local # 639 where he drove concrete trucks alongside his brother, Billy. Uncle Kenny will be dearly missed by his niece and caretaker, Diane and her husband Mike and their son Michael Gaylor, Jr.

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daughter, Brooke Marie Whitney; his sons Austin Michael Whitney, Robert Andrew Whitney and Chase Allen Whitney; brothers Howard Frederic Whitney, Jr. and his wife, Catie, William Jay Whitney and James Andre Whitney; his sister, Tina Jernigan Whitney, and his former wife, Sheila Whitney. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. He will be much loved and missed by his family, many friends and his loved ones forever. The family will receive friends on Fri., Sept. 20, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 20 American Lane, Lusby, where a service celebrating his life will be held on Sat., Sept. 21, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Rick Barrick officiating. Interment will follow the service at Solomons United Methodist Church Cemetery, Solomons. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made in John’s memory to the John Whitney Memorial Fund, C/O Monument Bank, 7401 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20814.

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Volunteers Small Group Leaders: Project Echo, the homeless shelter in Prince Frederick needs leaders to work with small groups of residents. These groups could be parents with children in foster care, people homeless because they’re recently out of jail, those on psychiatric medications, young single moms, and those who were in foster care themselves. Commit to help now! Please email Trish Gipson, trishgipson@projectecho.net or call (410) 535-0044 ext. 4.

Pets Meet Babs! Babs is about as sweet and laid back as they come. This six-year-old Schnauzer mix is calm and easy going and an all-around nice dog. She can go with other dogs, cats and kids. Babs can even go with guinea pigs! Babs appears to be house trained and knows basic obedience. Babs really is just a wonderful little dog. Come and meet her soon, you'll be happy that you did! For more information, please visit: HumaneSocietyOfCalvertCounty.org or visit all the animals available in person at the Humane Society of Calvert County, 2210 Dalrymple Road in Sunderland. Phone: (410) 257-4908. Be sure to say you read about this pet in the Chesapeake Current!

Free Rabies Shots The Calvert County Health Department is sponsoring rabies clinics in October, offering free rabies vaccination for county pets. Free clinics will be held at Northern High School on Sat., Oct. 5; Huntingtown High School on Sat., Oct. 19; and Patuxent High School on Sat., Oct. 26. Clinics will be open from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Proof of prior vaccination is required to receive the three-year vaccine. Eligible pets include cats, dogs and ferrets in carriers or on leashes and muzzled if necessary. Feral or stray animals cannot be accommodated. Calvert County pet licenses will also be available at the rabies clinics. Pet licenses are $7 for spayed or neutered pets (proof required) and $20 for those not spayed or neutered. For more information, call the Calvert County Health Department at (410) 535-5400 or (410) 535-3922. Visit online at calverthealth.org. Farrah Farrah is a beautiful, domestic short hair mixedbreed cat, black and white. She’s an altered female, believed to be about four years old.

Pelgreo Pelgreo is a mixed Labrador Retriever; an altered male who’s about three years old. He is black and white and was given up for adoption by his family. For more information about these or any of the many other lovable animals currently needing homes, contact Anne Arundel County Animal Control at (410) 222-8900. Be sure to say you saw them in the Chesapeake Current! (Note: Animal Control is closed on Mondays).

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"Diamond Jim" No Longer "Swims with the Fishes" By Bob Munro

ince the "Diamond Jim" component of the Maryland Fishing Challenge (MFC) was re-instituted nine years ago, no one has managed to catch the one and only specially-tagged Rockfish until this year. Blair Wheeler of Herndon, VA was fishing on a charter boat out of Deale last month when she caught one of the tagged fish. Like 52 other lucky anglers that caught tagged fish by tournament's end, no one but the computer knew if their fish was the real deal. But, on September 7 at the annual Maryland Seafood Marketing Festival MFC awards ceremony, the suspense ended with the announcement that Blair's Rockfish was indeed "Diamond Jim." She was then presented a check for $25,000 and $6,000 in gift cards among other prizes from tournament sponsors. The other lucky anglers each received $500 for their tagged fish. During the 2012 tournament, only nine tagged fish were caught and reported. Since "Diamond Jim" was still on the loose, those anglers each received an equal share of the $25,000 grand prize. Like many people who fish aboard charter boats, Blair was a novice fisherman and this was her first time out on the Chesapeake. The Captain and crew make sure that you know to use the fishing tackle to catch your fish. Literally thousands of anglers young and old fish aboard local charter boats every year, and this year's catch of Rockfish will go down as one of the best summers in recent history. Check out the nice Rockfish shown here that was caught on a live Spot. Live lining for Rockfish continues to be "off the hook" with limit catches

reported by most anglers. "Old Rock" near Chesapeake Beach is one of the best places to catch Spot for live lining or for the table, as is the mouth of the Choptank River across the Bay. Schools of Rockfish can be found anywhere primarily east of the main shipping channel from below Bloody Point to the "Summer Gooses" in 20-30 feet of water. Mixed schools of Rockfish, Bluefish and a few Spanish Mackerel are becoming more numerous crashing the surface in pursuit of Bay Anchovies or small Menhaden. Trolling Drone Spoons behind inline planers can be very effective around the edges of these breaking schools. Remember to increase your speed to around 5 knots to target mackerel. If you're into light tackle, small lead head jigs trimmed with 4 inch plastic grub tails tossed into breaking schools can be lots of fun, although Bluefish and mackerel will chop off lots of tails. "Stingsilver" jigs are also very popular lures for use in and around breaking fish. Remember that larger fish may be closer to the bottom under the surface feeders. The 12th Annual Calvert County Watermen's Festival will be held Sept. 22 starting at noon at Watermen's Wharf at the end of Solomons Island. The Festival is perhaps best known for its Boat Docking Contest, during which work boats and charter boats compete within their divisions for cash, prizes and trophies. Never a dull moment, this is a spectacular event to watch! Beer, food and soft drink sales and exhibits will also be available. Live entertainment will be provided by Deanna Dove, the Island Girl herself!

and we'll do our best to get you an answer. Don't catch 'em all, Bob Munro About the Author: Bob Munro of Chesapeake Beach has been a career research biologist for the US Fish & Wildlife Service. At one time or another, he has visited every river entering the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna Flats to Hampton Roads. An avid fisherman, he's fished the mid-Chesapeake since the mid-1980s.

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By Ray Greenstreet

“How To Go Native”

They come to us at the garden center, waving a piece of paper, sometimes clutching fistfuls of their own hair, and crying "help…they're making me do this!" "They" are homeowners who are building or remodeling on property located within the Chesapeake Bay's critical area. "This" is the part of their building permit requiring a defined number of native plants – perennials, shrubs and trees - to be planted on that property. How many and what type required is a head-scratching calculation based on building square footage and the existing surrounding environment. It can be as daunting as the building project itself.

Clethra Ruby Spice Native plant requirements are a component of Maryland's Critical Area Act passed in 1984 to address the impacts of development near the Chesapeake Bay. The Act defines "critical area" as "all land within 1,000 feet of the Mean High Water Line of tidal waters or the landward edge of tidal wetlands and all waters of and lands under

The list is long and now includes cultivars (or variations) of the species, which means even more to choose from. And there is a native plant for every corner of your yard. A damp, shady nook? Try a cinnamon or Christmas fern. The cinnamon fern grows two to three feet high; the Christmas fern is about 18 inches. Add any number of flowering perennials, like Jacob's Ladder, Solomon's Seal, Virginia bluebells or foam flower for a lovely shade garden. Got sun? The list of native sun-worshippers includes many old favorites you may not recognize as natives: Aster, baptisia or false indigo, Joe Pye-Weed, cardinal flower, phlox, bee balm, butterfly weed, and, of course, Maryland's state flower, Black Eyed Susan. Good choices for foundation landscapes include the evergreen inkberry, the winterberry for its bright red berries, and flowering shrubs like itea, azaleas and clethra. 'Ruby Spice' clethra is covered with pink flowers in mid-summer and you can smell its gardenia-like scent long before you can see it. Noted for its silvery blue foliage, fothergilla 'Blue Shadow' is a nice compliment to the glossy dark green leaves of other plants.

Sweetbay Magnolia the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries." It's a mouthful, no argument here. But despite it being another requirement of Anne Arundel and Calvert counties’ building codes, planting natives is a good thing. And the old argument that native plants aren't as "pretty" as other plants isn't true. Your landscape can be smart - and beautiful. Native species are defined as plants that occur naturally in our region – not necessarily just in Maryland or Virginia but in the mid-Atlantic, even throughout North America. They have evolved over time to not only survive but to flourish in our environment and they don't need to be fussed over; for the most part they do just fine left on their own. Non-native plants are cultivated from species imported from other areas of the country - and often from other continents. Many of these imports perform well in our area, especially if they come from a similar environment. But others at best require a lot of TLC to grow, and at worse, become invasive, wiping out native plants and with them, vital habitat and food for wildlife. Native plants are as easy on the eyes as they are easy to grow. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, this is true, but I'd like for you Witch Hazel in bloom to behold some of our outstanding natives. Larger shrubs like viburnums and Even if you don't have to add them to your landscape, once you discover native plants bayberries with their abundant fruit are favorites of our local bird population. And you'll probably want to.

Fothergilla witch hazel is an unexpected surprise in late-winter, its yellow or rusty red flowers bringing life to an otherwise gray landscape. The amelanchier has a couple of common names: Juneberry, serviceberry and Shadbush - so named because it blooms when the shad are running. Then there are native trees. Sweetbay magnolia is a terrific little "garden tree." It reaches a mature height of about 20 feet, and like its bigger cousin, the southern magnolia, it is covered in sweet-smelling white flowers in May and June. But unlike the southern magnolia, it loses its leaves in the winter (and isn't as messy). Add to the list spring blooming dogwoods and redbuds, evergreen white pine and hemlocks, and, perfect for this time of year, the native maple. Fast growing, it quickly provides a canopy for shade in the hot Maryland sun, and come autumn, its brilliant fall foliage rivals that of its New England relative. You don't need to replace all the trees and shrubs in your yard to "go native" – or close out that pesky building permit. Just incorporating some of these lovely, care-free specimens into your landscape is a good thing – for the Bay, for wildlife, and for your time. For more info and list of native plants: nps.gov/plants/pubs/nativesmd/lists.htm nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/ 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 Greentstreet 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 in Alexandria, VA.

Concerned Black Women "A Salute to Excellence Awards Luncheon" Sat. Oct 12 • 11:30 am- 2:30 pm • Rod ‘N' Reel Restaurant, Chesapeake Beach Guest Speaker: Delegate Aisha Braveboy Maryland State Delegate, 25th Legislative District Nicole Cooksey, President Tickets: $55 each in advance or $65 at the door Gala Co-Chairs: Annette Funn annefunn@prodigy.net and Call (443) 550-1229 or email CBWofCC@gmail.com for advance ticket information. Dr. Doris Cammack Spencer doris.spencer@verizon.net

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By Lyn Striegel

New Way of Business and Personal Financing

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Any small business owner who has tried to obtain a loan lately knows that it is almost impossible to find bank financing that is quick and affordable. Even pledging your firstborn children as collateral isn’t deemed sufficient by the heavily regulated banks. Whose fault is it? The banks, the regulators, whatever - the issue is, small businesses are having a terrible time finding bank financing for their projects. In past columns, we have talked about investment crowd funding and a variation of that same theme is peer-topeer lending. Websites such as lendingclub.com and prospermarketplace.com are achieving credibility as small lenders. These websites pair the small lender with the small investor so that lenders can borrow at interest rates that are not the lowest but not the highest and investors can lend at more attractive rates of return. All borrowing and lending is done online. No physical premises are offered so there is no high overhead. Theoretically,

savings can then be passed to the borrowers. Is this approach finding traction? Yes. Lending Club reports over $2 billion in loans this year and expects to double that in 2014. They apparently have a stellar Board of Directors and a CEO with a securities law background. Why is this important? Because every time a lender makes a loan, that lender is investing in a “security” and, unless that security is registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission, the security cannot be sold without violating Federal law. Lending Club has taken care of that issue by registering every loan they issue, basically as unsecured notes, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That’s a lot of loans and the process must be cumbersome from the regulatory point of view - but, the process requires that Lending Club offer investors full disclosure of the risks of their investment. Even with this, the potential for peer-to-peer lending and investing is limited unless a secondary market for the

notes the investor is buying can develop. What do I mean? Unless there is a place where an investor can sell his or her security/notes, the investor is locked into what may be a long-term investment. That works for the small investors, but the larger investors want more flexibility. They want the opportunity to get out of the investment if they need to. If a market develops in the notes offered by websites such as Lending Club, then there will be a place to sell those notes. Beyond that, Wall Street big guys are taking more notice of Lending Club and the dozen other peer-to-peer lending and investment websites because of the money they can make “packaging” the securities/notes. What does this mean? Remember the housing crisis? Many people believe that the housing crisis was precipitated by the packaging and selling of mortgage loans, specifically sub-prime mortgage loans. Essentially, the “securitization” of mortgage loans started with a good premise. The big investments banks purchased pools of mortgage loans and packaged them into securities that were composed of a percentage of highest quality mortgages, some lesser quality and some poor quality mortgages. Because interest rates paid on such mortgages vary from low interest paid on highest quality mortgages to much more interest paid on riskier mortgages, the combined securities were attractive from a price and risk standpoint. But then something went terribly wrong. Soon, securities were being sold based on pools composed

ONLY of sub-prime mortgages—they paid a very high interest rate but the risks were also very high. When defaults in the underlying mortgages occurred, the securities lost all value, investors lost their money, the banks backed away from the business and the market for mortgages collapsed. Will the same collapse eventually occur with the unsecured notes issued by websites such as Lending Club? The big investment banks are certainly circling these lending and investment websites looking for opportunity. The real question is whether anyone has learned anything from the mortgage crisis. Small businesses need an alternative to bank financing; small investors need an alternative to low interest rate investing. The potential is there to satisfy both. The question about the future of this alternative to traditional bank financing is two-fold: whether the website business of lending can continue to grow without the development of a secondary market and the support of the big investment banks and whether those big investment banks have learned enough from the mortgage crisis to structure pools of unsecured notes in a conservative way. About the Author: Lyn Striegel is an attorney in private practice in Chesapeake Beach and Annapolis. Lyn has over 30 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” (2013 ebook download available at LegalStriegel.com.). Nothing in this article constitutes specific legal or financial advice and readers are advised to consult their own counsel.

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Pride & Joy New Robotics Teams Forming By Jenny Kellner A new opportunity for students in grades 8-12 is coming to our area as an independent group of students and mentors is working to compete in this year’s FIRST Robotics league. The group has several students from various schools in Calvert County already on board, but is welcoming new talent as well. FIRST Robotics is considered to be one of the premier robot design and application avenues for students available. Founder Dean Kamen explains on the FIRST website, “Our mission is to show students of every age that science, technology, and problem-solving are not only fun and rewarding, but are proven paths to successful careers and a bright future for us all.” The program attracts hundreds of thousands of youth worldwide.

This latest FIRST group, led by parent mentor Shawn O’Connor, has named itself “High Impact Technology, HIT,” and will meet in Owings. Students from all schools are welcome to branch out at this independent level. Many avenues of student growth are available, from design, building, and engineering, to business aspects, public relations, research, and project management. Interested students, mentors, or business partners should contact Mr. O’Connor at oconnors@ahits.biz. About the Author: Jenny Kellner is a mother, teacher and Girl Scout leader. She lives in North Beach with her husband, Joe, and their four children.

Patriot Classic Comes Marching In By Jenny Kellner Mark your calendars! On Sat., Sept. 21, Northern High School in Calvert County will host the 20th Annual Patriot Classic marching band competition. This year’s event is part of the US Bands circuit of competitive performances for high school bands. As hosts, Northern’s own Marching Patriots will perform, but for exhibition only. Approximately 10 other regional and local bands will be in competition for ranking and trophies. Calvert High School will be competing this year as well. Hundreds of participants will provide an evening of entertainment for those who enjoy lively musical performances. Northern High School’s marching band members, under the lead of Michael Pugliese, Northern’s Band Director, have been preparing since early August. With two weeks of intensive camp followed by twice a week practices after school, the young men and women are looking forward to the 20th annual event. The NHS marching

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band’s show for this year is entitled “Guiding Light.” The event is being planned and made possible by many parent volunteers working with school staff to make sure all aspects of a large competition are in place. Volunteers have been meeting once a week to ensure a smooth and successful production. The competition begins at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $8.00 for adults, $4.00 for children, and children under 5 are free. Additionally, all Calvert County music students receive a free admission with a flyer distributed by their school’s music teacher. “This is an excellent opportunity for music students to observe high school marching band at its best,” Mr. Pugliese told us. Food concessions, baked goods, and school spirit items will be available. Additionally, many local businesses will be on hand selling ice cream, kettle corn and other festive treats.

“Building B” Now Complete

The College of Southern Maryland proudly unveiled its new “Building B” at the Prince Frederick Campus on Sept. with dignitaries snipping the ribbon on the 30,000 square foot “green” building, the first to be LEEDcertified for the college. It features a 3,000 square feet multipurpose room that can be used for hosting conferences, lectures, cultural events and concerts, and an additional 3,000 square foot Center for Nuclear Energy Training. CSM President Dr. Brad Gottfried said, “We’ve been waiting a long time for this building. It’s been the topic of much conversation, much imagination, much dreaming. It’s how we, as a college, can work with the community to improve Southern Maryland, and

especially Calvert County.” “The building is designed to meet at least silver level certification but we are trying for gold status,” said CSM Vice President Dr. Richard Fleming, who as dean of the Prince Frederick Campus served as a project lead for this construction. “This will be only the second LEED-certified building in Calvert County.” Among its many features are four green roofs with live plants to absorb water runoff and help with energy efficiency. The Prince Frederick Campus opened with its first building in 2005, and has experienced more than 38 percent growth in the number of students as of fall 2012.

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CURRENT EVENTS beginning boaters. It includes basic skills required for safely operating many types of boats, state and federal safety equipment requirements, trailering boats, boat handling, Rules of the Road for boaters and aids to navigation. Students will also receive three bonus introductory components including marlinspike (lines and knots), nautical charts and use of a VHF marine radio. The cost is $25.00 for the first member of a family and $10:00 for each additional member and/or for Boy, Girl or Sea Scout. For information or Safe Boating Courses registration call Bob Gittings, Flotilla Coast Guard Auxiliary “Herring Bay” 23-7 Public Education Officer at (301) Flotilla 23-7 will offer a boating safety 261-9704 or e-mail contact at course on Saturdays October 5 and 12, cbgitts@aol.com. from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Tri State Marine, 5861 Deale-Churchton Road, Voter Registration Deale. Register in advance, or on-site Sign up to vote every Tues. 11:00 a.m. between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. on October to 4:00 p.m. at Calvert Republican HQ, 5. The course provides the basic 424 Solomons Island Rd. Prince knowledge required for safe and Frederick (Radio Shack bldg., SB Rt. 4, responsible boating and satisfies the one block before Dares Beach Rd.). Department of Natural Resources (410) 535-9100, Boating Safety Education Law and is calvertgop.hq@calvertgop.org. designed for both experienced and Avian Solomons Plein Air Festival Through Sept. 21, artists will be painting in the open air throughout Solomons. A “Star Spangled Quick Draw” on Sat. Sept. 21 is open to all! There will be a Champagne Preview Reception and Awards Ceremony at 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 21 (tickets required) followed by an Affaire of the Arts, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Some items require registration or tickets; visit www.solomonspleinair.com for complete details.

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Sunday, September 8 (con’t)

Rethinking Conflict: Part of “One Maryland, One Book.” Free interactive workshop to examine the nature of conflict and learn effective techniques to resolve it. Facilitators from the Community Mediation Center will use scenes from the book, “King Peggy,” the One Maryland One Book title. Reading the book isn't required but it would be helpful. Co-sponsored by The Calvert Interfaith Council, Calvert Library and the Community Mediation Center of Calvert. 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Calvert Library Prince Frederick.

6:00 p.m., at the Annapolis Navy-Marine Memorial Stadium. For more info, see website at theannapoliscraftbeerandmusicfestival.com.

Friday, September 20 Merry-Go-Round Detective: Never look at a merry-go-round the same way again... learn a bunch of neat stuff to look for next time you hop on a horse! Hear a merry-go-round story, do a coloring page. At the Bayside History Museum, 4025 4th Street, North Beach, 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. For more information call (301) 855-4028 or (410) 610-5970 or visit baysidehistorymuseum.org. FREE. Recommended for children ages one through five.

Guided Canoe Trip: Depart from Warrior's Rest and enjoy a scenic tour of Parkers Creek. Canoe trips are physically strenuous, requiring paddling for three hours (frequently against wind and tides) and may require participants to help carry a canoe for up to one-quarter mile over sand to access the creek. 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. Rain date is Sunday, Sept. 22. Reservations are required. American Chestnut Land Trust, Scientists’ Cliffs Road, Port Republic. (410) 535-5327 or visit acltweb.org. All You Can Eat Crab Feast: At the Deale Volunteer Fire Department. Food from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Entertainment from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. Menu: crabs, coleslaw, baked beans, corn, hamburgers, hot dogs. Drink menu: beer, soda, tea, lemonade. Music, games, raffles, crab races, door pries. $35 donation to the Deale Vol. Fire Dept and Rescue Squad for a fun evening and a great cause!

Last Day of Summer Cruise: Celebrate the last day of summer aboard the historic Wm. B. Tennison with a look at the changing leaves of fall. Heavy appetizers and drinks are included. Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. For more information American Legion Membership Meeting: All or to purchase tickets, please contact Melissa members of Stallings-Williams Post 206 should McCormick at (410) 326-2042, ext. 41, or plan to attend this meeting at 7:00 p.m. Your mccormmj@co.cal.md.us. input is needed! For further information call 20th Annual Patriot Classic: Northern High (301) 855-6466. School in Owings will host several marching bands from the US Bands circuit in this compeSat. Sept. 21 & Sun. Sept. 22 tition, with host Marching Patriots of Northern performing an exhibition show. The event is Artsfest ’13 Fine Arts Festival: The only from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Doors open at festival of its kind in the region celebrates its 4:00 p.m. Concessions will be available. 20th anniversary. Enjoy more than 170 artist Entrance is $8.00 for adults, $5.00 for students, booths, 25 performers on two stages and great under age 5 are free. Northern High invites you food, wine and beer. The kids can participate in to join in this evening of beating drums, activities in the Discovery Tent, Studio School twirling flags, and family fun. Northern is and the Zany Zone and lots more. 10:00 a.m. – located at 2950 Chaneyville Road, just south of 5:00 p.m. each day. At Annmarie Sculpture Dunkirk. Garden and Arts Center, Dowell/Solomons. Info: (410) 326-4640 or annmariegarden.org. An Evening with Hal Linden: The South County Concert Association show begins at 7:30 at Southern High School, 4400 Solomons Saturday, September 21 Island Rd. (MD Rt. 2), Harwood. Backed by a seven-piece band, Hal Linden sings some of Putting Your Garden to Bed: If you are ready America's greatest songs and Broadway hits. to clean up your garden for a long winter's nap, Linden spices up the stage with a dose of nostalthis session is for you. Learn how to winterize to gia and a dash of legendary star quality. Admiseliminate future problems and improve your sion is free to subscribers of the South County soil to ensure a good spring growing season. Concert Association and the Anne Arundel 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at Calvert Library Community Concert Association. Admission Prince Frederick. Free! Part of the “Garden is $20 for the general public. For additional information contact F. R. Gouin at (301) Smarter” series. 789-3295 or visit southcountyconcerts.org. Story Theater Presents Ashanti Koragu Storyweaver: A marvelous entertaining and Drive-In Movie: “The Avengers” in the educational, multicultural experience for parking lot in North Beach. At dusk. Free. children and families. Walter Jones Jr., a multiinstrumentalist, singing, dancing host encourages audiences to sing along, dance along and Sunday, September 22 join the journey as we explore various cultures, historical events and colorful characters from Calvert Skate Jam 2013: SoMD CAN (College your favorite stories from Ghana and other Access Network) and Aggro Joe’s Skate Shop are African nations. 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. once again holding a skateboarding extravaganza Calvert Library Southern Branch in Solomons. at Dunkirk Park. There will be three different skateboarding competitions, raffle, and prizes. A Part of “One Maryland, One Book.” fun event as a fundraiser for SoMD CAN, which The Annapolis Craft Beer Festival: 12 noon - educates families on how to pay for college, Campfire on the Beach: On the beach on Bay Avenue and 5th Street in North Beach from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Free for elementary age kids and their parents. For more information contact (410) 257-9618 or northbeachmd.org.

Sunday, September 22 (con’t) where to find resources, and help them understand terminology and what they are responsible for. The group has a specific focus on students who are first generation college goers, minorities, and/or those in lower income brackets. For more info and business sponsorship opportunities, contact Shelby Potts at (410) 253-4365 cell or (410) 474-0742 office. Join Chesapeake Community Chorus: It's an all-volunteer chorus that performs concerts to benefit charities in Calvert County and is looking to add new singers. No auditions required. This practice session from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., at the North Beach Union Church, 8912 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach. Contact Larry Brown, Director, at (301) 855-74777 or email at lbrown9601@verizon.net for more information.

Monday, September 23 Defying Definitions Project: At the Calvert Library, the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR) and the Maryland Humanities Council (MHC), along with other partners, will be hosting the first of three public dialogues. The evening's topic will be “Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities: Exploring our Own Struggles with what ‘Created Equal’ Really Means.” An interactive website is now live to bring the "Defying Definitions" Project to a statewide conversation: defyingdefinitions.org. More info: Tara Taylor (410) 767-6459 or tara.taylor@maryland.gov.

Tuesday, September 24 National Voter Registration Day: The League of Women Voters for Calvert County will hold a voter registration drive at the College of Southern Maryland, Prince Frederick, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. For information call John Perryman, (410) 610-7591 or email muffin@olg.com. Shrimp Dinner: The American Legion Auxiliary 206 Chef will present a shrimp dinner with all the trimmings. Join us for an informal dinner from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. hosted by the American Legion 206 Auxiliary, in the lower-level dining room on Route 260 in Chesapeake Beach. Public warmly welcomed. The cost is $10, including salad, roll, and beverage. Call for more information (443) 964-5461 or ALPost206.org.

Wednesday, September 25 NARFE Meeting: The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) Bay Area Chapter No. 1363, will meet at 12 noon at Pirate's Cove Restaurant, 4817 Riverside Drive, in Galesville. Meals are ordered from the menu and members, spouses, invited guests and interested visitors are welcome. Sharon New, Education Specialist for the Anne Arundel Fire Department, Public Education Department, will speak on Fire Safety. For more information, call (410) 867-2207. Free Car Seat Check Up: Nationally certified child passenger safety technicians will check for recalls, ensure your seat is correct for your child and that both the harness and vehicle installation are correct. Fitzgerald Auto Mall, 34 Hudson

Wednesday, Sept. 25 (con’t)

Saturday, September 28 (con’t)

Street, Annapolis. 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. No appoint- 20th Annual Fall Festival: Enjoy fried ment necessary. For more information call (800) oysters, sugar glazed ham, green beans, corn 370-SEAT or visit mdkiss.org pudding, cole slaw, coffee, tea, desserts and more. Adults $20; children 5 – 12 $10; 5 and under free. Baked goods table, Silent auction, door prizes. Visit the Church Street Shop for Thursday, September 26 many items from a closed antiques shop. Tour the Maryland Archaeological Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 14515 Conservation Laboratory: Enjoy a free Church Street in Upper Marloboro. 2:00 to behind-the-scenes tour of this state-of-the-art 7:00 p.m. For more information please call the facility that houses more than 8 million Parish Office at (301)627-2636. Handicap artifacts, including collections from every Accessible county in Maryland. Visitors can get up close and personal with our conservators and Bull Roast: Southern Anne Arundel County collections. 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Jefferson Senior Center is pleased to announce that Patterson Park & Museum, St. Leonard. Call tickets are now available for this fundraiser to (410) 586-8501 or email benefit the Woodland Beach Volunteer Fire jppm@mdp.state.md.us for more information. Department and the Wounded Warrior Project. 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Mayo Reservations are not required. Kiwanis Club on Carr’s Wharf Road in Mayo. Cooking Demonstration: Go Nuts for your The event will be catered by Bayside Bull, music Heart: Learn about what are the healthiest by DJ Kaptn Kirk. There will be a cake wheel, foods, with this one focusing on raw brownies. 50/50 and basket raffles, a Big 6 wheel, and Part of the “Dinner with a Dietician” series at door prizes. Tickets are $25.00 in advance, Calvert Memorial Hospital about the best foods $30.00 at the door and can be purchased at the for overall health. 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. $10 Senior Center, 27 Stepneys Lane, Edgewater. per session or save by signing up for the series. Call (410) 222-1927 for info. Call (410) 535-8233 to register! Shark Lecture: Dr. Bretton Kent will present a free lecture titled “The Rise and Fall of the Neogene Giant Sharks” in the Calvert Marine Friday, September 27 Museum auditorium at 2:30 p.m. Dr. Kent will discuss the evolution and extinction of the Jellyfish! There's lots of jellyfish in the many different species of giant sharks; a 20 Chesapeake Bay! Learn about these squishy million-year story that gave rise to Megalodon – creatures, listen to a jellyfish story and make a one of the largest macro-predators ever. Dr. jellyfish craft to take home! Bayside History Kent is an instructor at the University of Museum, 4025 4th Street, North Beach, 2:00 – Maryland at College Park where he teaches 2:30 p.m. (no public school today). For more Animal Diversity and Biology of Extinct information call (301) 855-4028 or (410) Animals and supervises the laboratory for 610-5970 or visit baysidehistorymuseum.org. Introductory Ecology, Evolution, and Free program. Recommended for Behavior. He is a published author having preschool-elementary school age. written both “Making Dead Oysters Talk: Techniques for Analyzing Oysters from American Legion Stallings-Williams Post Archaeological Sites” and “Fossil Sharks of the 206 Annual Golf Tournament: To benefit Chesapeake Bay Region.” He has also been children and youth programs at the Twin featured in a National Geographic special on Shields Golf Club. Check-in 7:30-8:00 a.m.; Monster Sharks and has served as the director of Shot Gun starts at 9:00a.m. Format: Captains a biology teacher training program for the state Choice. $100 per person. Banquet will follow of Maryland. His present research, which he at the Stallings-Williams Post. Send checks to will talk about in Saturday’s lecture, is directed AL Post 206, PO Box 428, Chesapeake Beach at understanding the life and times of the highly Md. 20732. Attn: Roland Pelletier. Open to diverse shark fauna that existed between 10 and the Public. Questions may be directed to 20 million years ago. Roland (301) 980-9023 or Nancy (301) Square Dance & Pot Luck: Proceeds go to the 980-9022. ALPost206.org West River Improvement Association (WRIA) a 501(c)3 nonprofit. At Galesville Memorial Hall, 952 Galesville Road, Galesville, MD Saturday, September 28 20765. Potluck Dinner (Optional) 5:45 – 7:00 1812 Fair and Re-enactment: In 1814, war p.m.; Family - Friendly Dancing at 7:00 p.m.; reached the shores of Southern Maryland. At More Challenging Dancing 8:30 – 10:00 p.m. the mouth of St. Leonard Creek, on property LIVE traditional Appalachian music by Leah that is now part of Jefferson Patterson Park & Weiss (fiddle), Gary Wright (guitar), & friends. Museum, Maryland’s largest naval engagement Squares, longways set, and circle dances called occurred. This living history event puts you in by Janine Smith. No partner, experience, or the middle of life in Southern Maryland during lessons necessary. Yes, YOU can do it! All ages the early 1800s. This event features tactical welcome. Adults: $10; Ages 5-17: $5; demonstrations and re-enactments, camp life, Under 5 years: FREE! Call (301) 926-9142 for info/questions or visit live entertainment, crafts, music and hands-on more activities. After the day’s activities, experience communitysquaredance.wordpress.com. happy hour 1812-style! Join the festivities at “Patterson’s Pint,” our version of a tavern in the Sunday, September 29 1800s. Enjoy an evening filled with live period music, games, drink, food and fun. 10:00 a.m. Sunday Afternoon with the Pattersons Tour: – 10:00 p.m. at the Jefferson Patterson Park & Point Farm was the country retreat of the late Museum. For information call (410)586-8501. Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Patterson. In 1983 Mrs. See website for fees: jefpat.org Patterson donated the property to the state in

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Sunday, September 29 (con’t) honor of her late husband, creating Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum. Join us at 2:00 p.m. for a guided tour of this beautiful 1933 Colonial Revival brick house and gardens designed by noted female architects Gertrude Sawyer and Rose Greely. Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, St. Leonard. For reservations call 410-586-8501 or email jppm@mdp.state.md Memorial Canoe Trip: at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian from 2:00 – 7:00 p.m. Join Jug Bay Sanctuary director, Pati Delgado, for an evening paddle along the marshes of the Patuxent River. Includes an interlude of wine and cheese at the historic Mt. Calvert mansion high on a bluff overlooking the river before returning to the Sanctuary. Funds raised will be used to replace and repair canoes owned by the Sanctuary. The trip is in honor of Bill Steiner, long-time volunteer, canoe guide, and Friends of Jug Bay President. Participants will learn about Patuxent history and wetland ecology along the way. $25 per person, payable in advance. Call (410) 741-9330 for reservations.

Monday, September 30 10th Annual "Tee Off For Kids": Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Calvert County, Inc. at Twin Shields Golf Club in Dunkirk. $90 per golfer/$340 per foursome. Shotgun Start 8:00 a.m. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. Registration Fee Includes: continental breakfast, green fees and cart, beverages, contests, buffet dinner and more! Reserve your spot on the tee today! Call (410) 414-5009 or email asimpson5@comcast.net. Energy Assistance Outreach Day in South County: Anne Arundel County’s Community Action Agency’s Energy Assistance program will host an intake day from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church on 122 Bayard Rd, Lothian. For those who are interested, the following documents will be needed: 1. Applicant's Photo ID 2. Proof of residence (lease, copy of mortgage or property tax bill) 3.Social security Cards for everyone in the household 4.Proof of Income for household within the last 30 days and 5.Most Recent BGE Bill. For more information call (410) 626 1900 ext. 1035 or e-mail:cfisher@aaccaa.org

Tuesday, October 1 Financial Aid Night: At the Patuxent High School Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Parents and guardians of all middle and high school students are invited to this free informational session sponsored by SoMD CAN (College Access Network). Learn about scholarships, grants, loans and how to fill out the proper forms. For more info, call (410) 474-0742 or email somdcan@comcast.net.

Thursday, October 3 Diabetes Seminar: Do you struggle with diabetes? Knowledge is power and Calvert Memorial Hospital can help. Come for a free info session and meet diabetes educator Rose Essex, RN. From 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Door prizes and healthy snacks, too! Call Patuxent Health Center at (410) 535-8233 to register.

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Mark Your Calendar! Race Day is October 5, 2013

Have fun & raise funds for a great cause!

FOURTH ANNUAL

Join Calvert Memorial Hospital and our partners as we raise funds for the Sheldon E. Goldberg Center for Breast Care. Calvert Memorial Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4th annual 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, October 5. Run or walk around beautiful Solomons Island.

Early Bird Race Fee: $30 (before September 25, 2013)

Early Bird registrants guaranteed T-shirt and can pick up packets Thursday, October 3, and Friday, October 4 at the KeepWell Center.

Race Fee: (Day of) $40 Race Time: 8:30 a.m. with a Warm-up by World Gym at 8 a.m. Check-in begins at 7 a.m.

Scan here with your smart phone to register at www.active.com !

All participants will be entered to win a Total Wellness Package (one-year World Gym membership, four consultations with a registered dietition and four personal training sessions). Must be present to win.

Donations are tax-deductible as applicable by law.

You can register online at www. active.com or in person at the KeepWell Center.