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March 24, 2011

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Welcome to Holly Hill Historic Home in Friendship Featured in New Movie Page 12

Area Family Linked to Japan Quake, Tsunami Story Page 3

Deale Celebrates Maryland Day Story Page 18

Local Surgeon Performs at Regional Piano Competition Story Page 21

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Holly Hill is one of the most beautiful and historic homes in our area, perched on 250-acres in Southern Anne Arundel County. It’s featured in a new movie about the War of 1812, and will be open to the public twice this spring. Find out more on page 12…

local news

Governor O’Malley pays a visit, so does Steny Hoyer and an array of other dignitaries. Find out why they came on page 5.

green living

Dozens of volunteers pull on boots and gloves, pick up 2,000 pounds of glass in a community clean-up of Fishing Creek in Chesapeake Beach. Story page 19.

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Taking Care of Business 12 Cover Story 14 Education 15 Letters 16 In Remembrance 18 History 19 Green Living 21 Music Notes 22 Business Directory 23 Out & About

By Diane Burr The news of the earthquake and tsunami hit local resident Mika Ejiri Veazey especially hard because she has family and friends still there. She even lived for 10 years in the area hardest hit by the tsunami and is very familiar with Veazey family of Chesapeake Beach is hoping for local efforts to aid the coastal region it The earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. (L to R) Mika Ejiri Veazey, son Loudevastated. is, a 7th grader at Windy Hill Middle School, and husband/father Gregory Mika tells the Veazey, Chief Master Sergeant, US Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base.

Chesapeake Current, “I am from Japan and my family - my collect donations to help the people of Japan American husband, our 12-year-old son and right after the quake hit,” Mika says. “The I moved to Chesapeake Beach about eight school was in the MSA’s (Maryland Stanmonths ago. I do not see any Japanese dardized Tests) then. But a few days later, people in this area, so I would like to raise the principal (Nancy Miller) emailed him awareness about this sad disaster in Japan, back and said she thought it would be approespecially because I spent 10 years of my priate for the entire school to work on someelementary to high school days in Sendai, thing to help, which made him very happy. where the quake and tsunami hit severely. We are going to talk to them so that we can It is feared that perhaps 10,000 people were conduct activities for that.”

“After the phone call with you, my son killed in Miyagi prefecture by itself - Sendai came home and told me good news! There is the prefecture capital. I just want people to was a basketball game in the afternoon at be aware and maybe they can help.” school between the teachers and the students Mika’s husband is Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Gregory Veazey, who’s and everyone paid $2 to attend. During the been stationed at Andrews Air Force Base half time, there was an announcement that since April. They have lived all over the the money they earned would be sent to Jaworld, with their son, Louis, being born pan. According to my son, there were about in Japan. They have also been stationed in 300 kids watching the game, so that is a very Germany, and before coming here, Korea. good start,” she adds.

Principal Miller also indicated in an She now works as a private Japanese tutor in the DC area, so their son is also fluent in email that Windy Hill faculty members are looking into service learning projects rangJapanese.

Mika says it took several days, but ing from gathering clothing and supplies for she now has heard from all her family and families, providing books and school supfriends in Japan and fortunately, all are plies for students, to possibly having an adalive. “I heard from most of them from texts. vocacy campaign where students write letPhone lines are down and they don’t have ters to large corporations encouraging them Internet in many areas so my emails were to donate money or specific items for the not answered. But they finally were able to people of Japan to rebuild homes, schools, and infrastructures. text on their cell phones.”

Mika adds, “I am aware that many “My parents now live in Hiroshima, military personnel and US government about 800 kilometers from Tokyo, and they employees are living in southern MD and said the earthquake was unlike anything I am sure that some of them either used to they’d ever experienced. Most times, earthquakes last 10-20 seconds, but this one went be stationed in Japan or have some sort of on for at least two minutes. And the after- work/private relationship with Japan and shocks are very powerful and frightening,” Japanese people. It’s very sad and so many she adds. “My sister, who lives in Yokihama, people need assistance.”

One reputable group is the Japan Socisays it’s difficult to find the necessities such as rice, bread, and other food staples. Many ety that is collecting money, and promises people are still without power and she can- to send 100% to organizations that benefit victims the most. For more information, not find batteries anywhere.”

Her son, Louis, spent the first three their web site is: http://www.japansociety. years of his life Japan, and is now a 7th org/earthquake. grader at Windy Hill Middle School. “He About the Author: Diane Burr is the owner and emailed the principal and asked if he could founder of the Chesapeake Current.

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Japan Tragedy Hits Home for Local Family

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In Wake of Japan’s Disasters, Calvert Cliffs Remains Safe

By Susan Shaw President, Calvert County Board of Commissioners

Due to the recent horrific natural disasters in Japan, the world’s attention has turned to the nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiishi and the over whelming devastation that covers the lovely coastline where carefully tended gardens, homes and businesses previously existed.

We all feel a tremendous sadness at the sudden and total disruption for the citizens of Japan. Due to modern communication, we see videos of the efforts to mitigate the tsunami damage at the power plants alongside images of human recovery efforts. Japan was prepared for earthquakes. The country was also prepared for a tsunami, but was overwhelmed by the massive water wall that struck with such devastating force.

Several years ago, I visited the Tsunami Museum in Hilo, Hawaii. I was impressed to see the huge swaths of land along the Hilo coastline now preserved as parks to prevent extensive future tsunami damage.

Because there are no subduction areas where tectonic plates overlap on the Chesapeake Bay or near us, we are extremely unlikely to experience a tsunami. But are Calvert Cliff’s reactors designed to withstand an earthquake? Yes. They are designed for both an earthquake and the maximum flood levels that could result from a tsunami. Are the reactors designed to withstand a hurricane or tornado? Yes. I have learned from hard personal experience that a disaster in almost any form is a failure of multiple systems or processes. At Fukushima Daiishi, the electric power failed, the diesel power system failed and the spent fuel pool containment buildings appear to have failed.

The infrastructure to get to the plant was destroyed as well as the surrounding area with all its supplies.

Does this extreme chain of events mean that nuclear power is unsafe? No. I am confident after consulting with the leadership at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant that we are as safe and will continue to be safe.

It will be months before the postmortem can begin in depth on the Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami, but for now, those in the nuclear industry are learning everything they can and will rethink every safety measure, so that Calvert Cliffs will remain a valued member of our community.

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ELDER LAW AND FINANCE DAY The Elder Law and Finance Day is for you!

• TRUSTS, WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING Rosemary Keffler, Esq., Delaney and Keffler, LLC • FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT John S. Harding, CFP, CLU, ChFC, Financial Services Associates • LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE Rich Wierman, Senior Advisor, Long-Term Care Associates • MAXIMIZING & PROTECTING ASSETS IN RETIREMENT John S. Harding, CFP, CLU, ChFC, Financial Services Associates • MAKING END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS Peter Briguglio, MA, Executive Director, Calvert Hospice Mary J. Stephenson, Ph.D., CFP, CLU, Professor Emeritus, UMCP • MEDICAID LONG-TERM CARE PLANNING Cheryl Harms, Supervisor, Family Investment, Calvert Department of Social Services • ELDER FRAUD, SCAMS, & MISCONCEPTIONS Philip Ziperman, Deputy Chief, Consumer Protection Division, Office of the Maryland Attorney General

Saturday, April 2, 2011 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Calvert Pines Senior Center

Registration: $10 per person/couple includes continental breakfast and lunch Fee waiver available upon request.

For more information, call the Calvert County Office on Aging 410-535-4606 or 301-855-1170

This event is funded by grants from the Maryland Department of Aging.

Calvert County Services are accessible to individuals with disabilities.

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

LOCAL NEWS Gay Marriage: Where Do You Stand?

By Nick Garrett The Maryland State Senate just passed SB 116, “The Civil Marriage Protection Act” on a narrow vote of 25 to 21. However, when the passed bill moved to the House of Delegates, it was debated for several hours, over several days, and finally sent back to the Judiciary Committee.

The bill sparked protests in Annapolis and heated exchanges between elected officials on the floor of their respective houses.

Protestors spent a lot of time picketing at the State House. We continue to battle ourselves over the issue as much as we are debating those that agree or disagree with us. We can only hope that this is a growing pain for our state and country, and that we are eventually blessed with the wisdom to make the right decision and take the next step forward in history, and maybe logic will be the tool that frames the outcome.

So, where do you stand on this controversial issue?

Many argue the religious perspective in the context of potential civil impact without considering the social, economic, and spiritual aspects of its outcome and vice versa.

Others are torn between their religious desire to live in and promote the idea of a moral environment and their passion for a country whose Constitution is supposed to ensure equal rights for all Americans. Some have argued, based on definitions alone, without evaluating the potential influence a civil union law may have on western religions.

Maryland’s Family Law Article, (section 2-201) states “only a marriage, between a man and a woman is lawful in this state.”

However, there is nothing in Maryland law that defines the word “marriage” to begin with.

I called Maryland’s Law Library and asked a librarian how to define something that is not defined in the law. She told me, “When something is not defined in the law it is assumed that the word is known socially already.”

“So, I should look up the word in Webster’s Dictionary?” I asked.

“Yes, that’s right,” she suggested.

Webster’s Dictionary definition is, “(1) the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage (same-sex marriage).”

Another definition for marriage I gathered was from the Roman Catholic Church, representing the largest population in the US among Christian denominations. The “Cat-

echism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition, Article Seven, Paragraph 1601” states, “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring….”

Ironically, the problems of adultery, family disintegration, and the impact on children from a bad marriage usually aren’t considered. According to “The Enrichment Journal,” the divorce rate in America for a first marriage is 41%; a second marriage is 60%; and for a third marriage is 73%.

There are also no logically consistent proofs in the lifestyles among the entirety of married or same sex couples. Some may live great moral lives while others do not behave morally at all. It varies from person to person and group to group regardless of sexual orientation.

The preamble of the Declaration of Independence ends with a statement of natural rights that we all derive from God. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, are at the core of the American Democratic movement even though its message is still a work in progress. At the time it was written, slavery and women’s rights were overlooked and immigrants welcomed in large numbers. As time goes on, we continue to evolve based on these natural rights. Our Constitution laid the legal groundwork for the idea of natural rights even though it too is a work in progress.

Proponents of same sex marriage point to the fact that there are over 400 individual rights and benefits currently not extended to those who do not marry traditionally. They also argue that according to our Constitution, there is no reason why two people should not be able to cohabitate and choose to have a relationship together if they wish. Further, the government does not have the right to stop two individuals from living together, declaring love for each other, taking on the role of each other’s caretaker, and enjoying equal access to the privileges and benefits of government. Others argue that same-sex couples do have the same marriage rights, if, they marry the way everyone else does.

This in itself is a wholly unconstitutional argument and completely contrary to what the Constitution has aimed to provide groups of individuals throughout history.

We should not expect this debate to end anytime soon. In all, this is a tough issue that has many layers. There is no easy answer when it comes down to it.

About the Author: Nick Garrett is the owner of The Garrett Music Academy in Owings, a published author, and has served and continues to serve on various boards and commissions in Calvert County. He is also a State Senate legislative aide for District 29.

Democrats Honor Their Own LOCAL Governor, Hoyer Among Dignitaries

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley with Hagner Mister, incoming Calvert County Democratic Central Committee Chair, replacing Chris Reynolds.

NEWS

Eight Firefighters Injured in Huntingtown Blaze

Deputy State Fire Marshal’s are investigating a fire in the 3000 block of Soper Road, Huntingtown, Calvert County. The fire was reported at 11:56 p.m. March 19, and was originally dispatched as a chimney fire.

The structure involved is a two story single-family dwelling containing an estimated 9,500 square feet of living area. The damage to the structure is estimated at 1.8 million dollars.

During fire suppression activities there was a possible “flash over” which injured eight firefighters, four from the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department Co. 6 and four from the Prince Fredrick Volunteer Fire Department Co. Photo courtesy of Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad member Brian Brown - brianbbrown.smugmug.com 2.

Six of the injured firefighters were treated Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5) released and released for minor injuries. One firefighter is the following statement following the fire: currently under observation at Med-Star and is ex“I was very saddened to hear that volunteer firepected to be released soon. The most severely injured fighters from Calvert County were severely injured firefighter is currently at Med-Star and is expected to in the line of duty. Our communities depend on first remain there for treatment, the office of the State Fire responders to help us in life-and-death emergencies, Marshal reports. and their quick action last night – and every night Deputy State Fire Marshal’s have completed that they are called to service – helps ensure the safetheir investigation and have determined the fire ac- ty of our citizens. I join with our entire community in cidental, as a result of a chimney fire. praying for their quick and complete recovery.”

At the 13th annual Louis L. Goldstein Dinner in Chesapeake Beach at the Rod ‘N’ Reel, Calvert County Democrats honored their former chairman Chris Reynolds, who has been at their helm for the past six years. He resigned from the chairmanship of the county’s Central Committee in January in anticipation of an appointment to the Maryland Parole Commission. Hagner Mister will be stepping up to replace Reynolds.

Also honored were Barbara Bowen Elliott, who was given the Chairman's Award and Thomas J L Hausmann was recognized as the Volunteer of the Year.

In attendance were many dignitaries, including Governor Martin O’Malley, US House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of the 5th Congressional District, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, along with many others.

The Goldstein Dinner is held in the memory of Louis L. Goldstein, who was a long-time political power from Calvert County, and was Comptroller of the State of Maryland from 1959 – 1998. He died while in office.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, Former Calvert County Democratic Central Committee Chair Chris Reynolds (holding plaque) Senator Ben Cardin, Maryland Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller, and Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown.

Former State Delegate Sue Kullen with Rhonda Crawley of Calvert Adult Day Care at the Goldstein Dinner.

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Local Minister Has a Cow!

By Jay Lounsbury

Fifth graders flock around Rev. Byron Brought at Friendship UMC in a fundraiser to benefit Heifer International.

He’s not your quiet church mouse!

In fact, Friendship United Methodist Church’s minister proudly turned into a “holy cow” to further a good cause!

The 5th grade Sunday School class and teachers Linda Kovacs and Carole Butler at Friendship UMC wanted to do something in addition to prayer to help those in need. Their goal was to raise $500 for Heifer International's program to donate milk cows to poor families of the world. Little did they know they’d “milk” this event and come up with much, much more!

Pastor Byron Brought promised the kids that if they met their goal, he would dress up in a cow costume and treat them all to ice cream. They won, actually raising $1,200! On March 13, Rev. Brought kept his promise by trotting around the church and parking lot dressed as a cow.

They are donating the money raised to non-profit Heifer International, which gives livestock and training to needy families worldwide to help them improve nutrition and generate longterm income. In exchange, recipients agree to give one of their animal's offspring to another family in need, creating a network of hope.

The youngsters ran a "Name the Cow" contest at the church, asking for minimum $1 donations to submit a name.

The winners are: Emily Anderson of Owings, who won a steak dinner for submitting the name "Cheez Steak," and Dacey Collinson of Friendship, who won a pillow pets cow for coming up with "Byronita."

It was a “moving” experience for the kids. Sunderland Elementary fifth-grader Jonathan Wilkerson, 10, said, "We're so happy that we raised more than enough to pay for two cows. We cow! Rev. Byron Brought treats the congregation to ice cream all followed Pastor By- Holy for raising over $1,200 to help needy families worldwide become ron around, ringing more self-sufficient. our cowbells!" time applying lessons from the Bible to After a tough morning of mission, "Byronita" and the the needs of others."

Friendship UMC is one block east 5th grade class retired to the church hall for an ice cream social with the entire of Friendship Circle on MD Route 2. For more information and a service schedcongregation.

Rev. Brought added that, "Every- ule, call (410) 257-7133 or visit their one here at Friendship Methodist had website at www.friendshipmethodistfun with this cow project, at the same church.org.

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Calvert County Parks and Recreation offers an array of programs, courses and recreational opportunities for our residents. Look for their new spring program guide to appreciate the many classes and services offered.

From arts, fitness and music courses to sports, trips, aquatic programs and much more, there is truly something available for everyone. Events are hosted all across the county, including community centers in North Beach, Chesapeake Beach, and Sunderland.

As we look forward to warmer weather, now is the time to explore programs offered at Breezy Point Beach and Campground, and the pools at Kings Landing Park in Huntingtown and the Edward T. Hall Aquatic Center in Prince Frederick.

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Forget-Me-Not Fitness Hop Benefits Calvert Adult Daycare Calvert Adult Day Care holds its first Forget-Me-Not Fitness Hop on Saturday, March 26 at the Northeast Community Center in Chesapeake Beach from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. It’s in honor of Noreen Stedman, who spends two to three days a week with her caretakers at the Adult Day Care of Calvert County (ADC).

When she came to the agency for day care in November 2008, she thought perhaps she was there to volunteer.

Today, Alzheimer’s has taken its toll on the one time owner of Calvert Fitness and at the age of 62, Noreen no longer speaks.

Noreen remains loved by many, and it is because of her dedication to countless men, women and children across the area over the years.

At one time, Noreen put on a fitness hop to raise money for the hospital. This time, her former students and coworkers are putting their muscle behind this fundraiser to help ADC, in honor of Noreen.

The half-day event promises to be a great opportunity for the novice or experienced fitness guru to exercise in a whole new way. The Forget-Me-Not Fitness Hop will offer a variety of continuous programs throughout the morning including stretches, high and low impact aerobics, zumba, yoga and Pilates. Participants can expect a fun-filled day listening to new and retro music while professionals teach the latest in group fitness. Come for an hour, or come for the whole four hours because door prizes and freebies will be given out throughout the day.

“One hundred percent of the proceeds from this event will go to the Adult Day Care of Calvert County,” explained Nancy Haley, of Sunderland, who is organizing the event.

“That agency offers a valuable and important service in our community, and now knowing that Noreen is there and being taken care of so well, we are just moved to do what we can to help.”

This event is proudly sponsored by Calvert Financial Advisory, Inc. You can show up at the door and pay $20 to enjoy the fun. Children under 10 will not be allowed to attend as there will be no childcare provided. All youth 10 -16 participating must be accompanied by an adult 18 or older

and must be registered for the event. It is the sole responsibility of that adult to accompany that child during the event.

Youth taking a break from the group instruction for any time period must be with their adult sponsor.

Located on the lower level of the county’s health department in Prince Frederick, the Adult Day Care of Calvert County (ADC) is the only non-profit agency in Calvert County offering day services to our adult neighbors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia as well as other ailments. For more information about this fundraiser or Adult Day Care of Calvert County, please call Ed Sullivan at (410) 535-0133.

North Beach Approves New Sidewalks

By Norma Jean Smith The first regular Town Council meeting in the new Town Hall was held on March 10.

Although chairs for the council and public have not yet arrived, folding chairs purchased for use at Summer Concerts on the Pavilion were used. The sound system has not been installed.

A public hearing was held for the installation of sidewalks on 7th Street: Town Engineer John Hofmann and North Beach Public Works Director Don Bowen agreed a curb, gutter and sidewalk would have fewer installation problems on the north side of 7th street. The proposed sidewalk would extend from in front of Westlawn Inn on Chesapeake Avenue and west on the north side of 7th Street to Frederick Avenue and north to 8th Street, although not to the entrance of the Burnt Oaks development. After several comments from the public the project was generally supported.

The major part of the meeting concerned the Farmers’ Market. Ideas were presented to stretch the footprint of the market to include the businesses on 7th

Street and Bay Avenue.

New committees want to bring in different things such as crafters, organics and music not marketed previously by the farmers. Wine tastings would be moved to 7th Street in front of businesses, and the “Cruise-In” moved away from the boardwalk to Bay Avenue between 5th and 7th Streets.

In other business: • March is American Red Cross month. A citation was presented acknowledging work of the Southern Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross.

• A proposed streetscape design for the intersection of 7th and Bay was presented by Hofmann. Grant money for this project is pending.

• Bulk and debris may soon be picked up by the town public works.

• Funding for the construction of the new Public Works facility is being procured.

A work session is scheduled for Saturday, April 2nd for the FY12 budget.

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Police Blotter Sunderland Man Arrested For Child Porn The Calvert Investigative Team has been conducting undercover investigations for individuals possessing, selling or distributing child pornography.

Based on one of those investigations, Detective Mike Mudd applied for and received a search and seizure warrant for an address in Sunderland, Calvert County Maryland. Detectives from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland State Police searched the residence and say they recovered a large quantity of child sex abuse photos and videos.

William Knott, 21, of Sunderland was believed to be the perpetrator of this crime. Based on evidence obtained

by Detective Mudd and Detective M. Roy, Knott was charged with one count of distribution of child pornography (penalty: 10 years or $25,000 or both) and 30 counts of possession of child pornography.(penalty: one year for each charge or $2,500, or both).

On March 5, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office warrant unit arrested Knott without incident. Authorities indicate that further charges may be forthcoming.

Davidsonville Drug Bust On March 7, members of Southern District’s PACT unit concluded an investigation into CDS drug activity at 852 West Central Avenue in Davidsonville MD following community complaints.

Upon execution of the warrant, detectives seized approximately four grams of marijuana with an estimated street value of $40.00 and various types of CDS drug paraphernalia.

Two people were arrested. Okoye Robinson, 19, and Wanda Lee Brown, 53, both of that address, were each charged with Possession of CDS-Marijuana and Possession of CDS Paraphernalia.

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Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Reports: Violation of Probation

On March 13 at 11:33 p.m. DFC J. Windsor was attempting a stop on a vehicle for running a traffic light at the intersection of Mt. Harmony Road and MD. Rt. 2 in Owings. The vehicle failed to stop and started to exceed the 45 mph speed limit.

The vehicle speed then reached 75 mph as the driver turned onto Grovers Turn Road.

The vehicle then stopped in the driveway of a home and the driver fled on foot with DFC Windsor and K9 partner Azor close behind.

The suspect fled into a wooded area where he attempted to hide in thick bushes. When the suspect failed to comply with orders to show his hands and come out from the bushes, K9 Azor apprehended the suspect. The suspect then complied with orders and was taken into custody. The suspect was identified as Ryan Ford Gallagher, 33 of Lusby.

Gallagher was found to have an outstanding warrant through the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office for violation of probation on a first-degree assault charge. Gallagher was arrested on the warrant. Additional charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and numerous traffic violations are pending.

CDS Violations

On March 4 at 8:45 p.m. DFC T. Rickard conducted a traffic stop on Gray’s Road near Cypress Swamp and Sixes Road in St. Leonard. The driver, later identified as Kevin Lynn Belcher, Jr., 32, of Dunkirk, was found to be in possession of suspected drugs. He was arrested and charged with possession of Oxycodone, possession of Clonazepam, possession of Marijuana and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, a pipe.

Dep. A. Mohler stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on March 5 at 1:58 a.m. in the parking lot of the Prince Frederick 7-11 convenience store on Church Street.

He found the driver and two passengers to be in possession of suspected drugs. Jason Matthew Hood, 24 of Lothian, Andrew Embrey Lee Smith, 24, of Lothian and Lea Marie Foster, 25, of Huntingtown, were each charged with possession of marijuana.

Foster was also charged with possession of Adderall, a schedule II drug.

Sheriff Mike Evans and DFC Roscoe Kreps.

DFC Roscoe Kreps is the recipient of the 2010 Lifesaver Award by the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department for his actions on October 26, 2010 at 6:00 a.m. when Company 1 was alerted for a suicide attempt occurring on 4th Street.

DFC Kreps arrived on the scene first and found a male in his early 40’s sitting in a van with a hose extending from the gas pipe into the vehicle. The man had no pulse and was not breathing. Deputy Kreps removed the man from the vehicle and performed CPR until EMS from Company 1 arrived. The man was transported to Calvert Memorial Hospital and regained a pulse and a blood pressure.

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On March 6 at 3:18 a.m. DFC R. Kreps conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the Safeway parking lot in Prince Frederick. He found the driver, later identified as Michael Joseph Gonzales, 18, of Huntingtown, to be in possession of suspected drugs and arrested him and charged him with possession of marijuana and possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, a metal pipe.

Theft

Sometime overnight March 6 to March 7, someone stole over $3,000 worth of items from three unlocked vehicles in the driveway of a home on Limerick Lane in Owings.

Dep. M. Quinn is investigating theft of a black Carhartt jacket, 2 DVD movies: Death Race 2 and Megamind, and a black 6 drawer Craftsman toolbox containing numerous tools and power drills.

Burglary

Someone entered the shed of a home on Kerry Anne Lane in Owings sometime between February 19 and March 5 and stole $2,000 worth of tools and a bicycle. Some of the items stolen include two Snap-On pneumatic impact guns, a Nitro impact gun, several DeWalt tools and a white Huffy 24inch bicycle with black decals and black spoke wheels. Anyone with information is asked to contact Dep. N. Funchion at (410) 535-2800.

Destruction of Property

Unknown person(s) caused $600 in damage to the fence and tennis courts at the Victoria Station recreation area in Owings on March 2. DFC D. Deakins is investigating.

State Police Barrack U Reports:

Possession of Marijuana:

On March 12 at 11:30 pm, Trooper First Class Lewis responded to a home in the 11800 block of Rivershore Drive in Dunkirk in reference to a building check. Upon arriving, Troopers observed the front door of the home was open. A check of the residence was conducted during which, drug paraphernalia was observed. After finishing the check of the residence, drug investigators received a search warrant for the residence.

Drug paraphernalia and marijuana were located in the bathroom of the residence. The current resident, Tyler T. Schulze, 18, returned home and was placed under arrest.

He was incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center.

Possession of Pills

On March 5 at 10:40 a.m., Trooper First Class Lewis responded to the Super 8 Motel in Prince Frederick to check on the welfare of a guest. The guest was found to have overdosed on medications. Another room occupant, Gregory S. Moscati, 21, of Davidsonville, was found to be in possession of numerous pills and drug paraphernalia. He was arrested and incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center.

On the

Spring Turnover

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70 mph Early Morning ID’s

By Bob Munro Daffodils have popped up and ospreys should have returned to our local shorelines by the time you read this.

I find it amazing that the pair of ospreys that nest on the Number 1 Marker in front of Fishing Creek not only return to that marker year after year but they do so on the same schedule after having wintered somewhere in South America. By St. Patrick’s Day they have returned to reclaim their territory. More and more large Rockfish are also returning every day to their spawning rivers where they’ll wait for the water temperature to warm up.

Most of the waterfowl we reviewed last time have departed for their breeding grounds. Tundra Swans that winter here in the mid-Atlantic area have quite a journey in front of them to reach Arctic Canada and Alaska anywhere from Point Barrow (AK) east across the oil-rich tundra of the Northwest Territories. That’s about 4,000 miles as the swan flies, but they do stop along the way for a week here or there, depending on weather and other factors we don’t understand. It takes them the better part of two months, generally following receding ice and snow along the way.

Birds that nest up near the Arctic Ocean don’t have much time once they arrive on the breeding grounds to build a nest, lay and incubate a clutch of eggs for nearly a month, go through a flightless period, shepherd their young until they’re capable of flight, and head back south.

It is the short nesting season in the far north that

causes boom or bust years for species like Snow Geese that nest in extreme northern Canada where not infrequently Spring returns too late for them to complete the nesting cycle.

Speaking of the ducks we reviewed last time, some of our readers didn’t fare too well in their attempts to identify our “common” ducks. It’s one thing to have plenty of time to study and compare a few still photos up close and personal while sitting at the kitchen table reading the hints. It’s quite another matter, especially during early morning light (shooting time starts one-half hour before sunrise) on a foggy morning when a brace of Canvasbacks comes out of nowhere and you have a few seconds to react.

Canvasbacks are the fastest ducks in the world, capable of speeds approaching 70 mph. Sometimes you can identify birds by their songs or calls, but often in hunting situations the birds are silent well, the smarter ones anyway! Even during low light you can still pick out silhouettes and wing beats to separate out the common species or avoid taking aim at a grebe or a loon - ducks are hard enough without the other water birds. It wasn’t that many years ago that the hunting season for Canvasbacks was closed.

Trophy Rockfish Season starts April 16, 2011, so next time we’ll review some material that may prove helpful during the first few weeks of the new season.

Have a question about Chesapeake Bay fishing? Send your questions to onthewater@ ChesapeakeCurrent.com and we’ll do our best to get you an answer.

Trophy Rockfish Season starts April 16, so watch for the next Chesapeake Current to pick up tips on how to keep the really big ones from getting away!

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 midChesapeake since the mid-1980s.

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Those attending the CSM-hosted Tri-County Job Fair on April 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. should arrive ready for an interview on the spot, according to Career Services Coordinator Lisa Warren. “There is a lot of work to do before you get there if you want to make the most of your day and if you want to make the best first impression.”

The College of Southern Maryland is hosting its annual Tri-County Job and Career Fair for students and everyone else at the La Plata Campus on April 7.

“This is a different time in our community’s history,” says Lisa Warren, Assistant Director, Advisement and Career Services. “It’s the first time we have four generations of workers looking for jobs.”

Presented by the college’s Career Services office, the job fair brings to the campus more than 40 area employers representing area hospitals; utility, real estate and insurance companies; federal and local government; and nonprofit organizations. Businesses in Southern Maryland will be recruiting for current job openings as well as advising on future career opportunities and internships within their organizations.

In addition to employer booths, human resources professionals from the Naval Research Laboratory will lead a workshop on the federal government hiring process with up-to-date information on new forms and procedures.

Career Services will have a Resume RX table staffed by career professionals who will review and provide feedback and recommendations to participants throughout the day.

Attendees should be ready to sit for an interview with an employer on the spot, Warren says. “That means you are dressed as you would be for an interview, you have a polished resume in hand and you have practiced how you will answer questions about your experience and goals.”

“A lot of people make the mistake of going to a job fair unprepared,” said Warren. “There is a lot of work to do before you get there if you want to make the most of your day and if you want to make the best first impression.”

For info on CSM’s Career Services and a list of employers participating in the Job and Career Fair, visit http:// www.csmd.edu/careerservices/.

Perplexed by resumes, cover letters and the job market?

To help those looking for work, The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) is offering free events leading up to the April 7 Tri-County Job Fair on the La Plata Campus so you can learn how to prepare or fine-tune your resume and cover letter. It’s free, with two sessions scheduled: 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24 at the College of Southern Maryland, Flagship Building Lobby, 115 J.W. Williams Road, Prince Frederick.

For information on CSM’s Career Services and a list of employers participating in the Job and Career Fair, visit http://www.csmd.edu/careerservices/.

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Take a Moment to Meet Cindy Bliss

By Brian McDaniel

Kay gave 800 gifts to this cause.

She soon realized that like the armed forces, strength is in numbers.

That’s when she banned together with her Mary Kay unit and decided to bring some joy to those that very well have been losing hope. Seeing a wounded soldier smile is a picture in her mind that will last forever. She never takes credit for this. Instead, she is humbled by the efforts of her team and all those that made it possible.

Cindy’s business is one with heart and she continues her efforts to make gift giving for our Walter Reed Wounded Warriors possible each year, and represents just one of the many local businesses in this area that also give to vets.

Cindy and her husband, Glenn, live in Huntingtown and have a son that will be graduating from college in May. Cindy has been in Calvert County for 21 years, and is an excellent example of someone who puts her whole self into what she does.

She’s more than just makeup. She’s a BBG local business and ready to serve you.

If you would like to reach Cindy about her Mary Kay line or would like to help with her Wounded Warriors drive, you will find her contact information on the BBG website, or email Cindy Bliss at cindyblissmk@comcast.net.

What do construction workers and beauty products have in common?

To find that out, you would have to meet Cindy Bliss, an independent sales director for Mary Kay with an impressive background in construction. In fact, for 24 years, Cindy worked in commercial construction and was a steamfitter. However, she knew she didn’t want to stay in construction and had some ideas of her own.

She owned the company she worked for but didn’t have the flexibility or the hours that she wanted. It wasn’t as much in her control as she had imagined. So, she sold her company and moved onto what she calls, her “best life.”

Mary Kay Cosmetics was very appealing to Cindy because she could be her own boss, meet lots of great people and have the hours she wanted to spend more time with her family. With her drive and motivation, she set out to be her best at something she could thoroughly enjoy.

Cindy has a complete store in her home in Huntingtown where she gives clients a wonderful opportunity to explore many options of make-up and beauty products in a professional environment.

What I find to be very impressive is that Cindy knows every product and can answer any questions you have.

That’s not something you can get at a department store.

I also learned that Mary Kay isn’t just for women. They have a complete product line for men as well. In fact, I managed to pick up a nice men’s body spray, compliments of Cindy.

When you put it all in perspective, it doesn’t seem odd that someone who understands home improvement and construction can also understand self-improvement and cosmetics. In both lines of work, she gets to help people, which she says is the most gratifying aspect of her current career.

In just nine months after holding her first Mary Kay party she earned the title of Sales Director. Like Mary Kay, About the Author: Brian Cindy also has a “go give” attitude. She says it has never “Crow” McDaniel is the owner been about money, but instead about what she can do for of Crow Entertainment, LLC. He someone else. If she can give someone a new perspec- serves as one of three Ethics Comfor the Town of North tive or create that perfect look, she knows she has made a missioners Beach and is part of the communidifference. cations team for the Bay Business Cindy has always had a burning desire to go above Group (BBG). and beyond the act of just selling products and serving her customers. Those things, she admits, are what she originally set out to do when hesapeake urrent usiness alendar she decided to be her own Build your business through networking at these local business events: boss. She soon learned that she needed to balance her The Bay Business Group will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 20 faith, family and career. In at 8:30 a.m. at the Rod ‘N’ Reel in Chesapeake Beach. For more information, email other words, she wanted to sb.cosby@comcast.net or visit the BBG web site at www.baybusinessgroup.org. be completely honorable. It was then that she reached out to veterans. She feels The April Business After Hours will be Thursday, April 14 from 5:30 a deep pull on her heart p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The ARC of Southern MD, 355 West Dares Beach when she thinks about the Rd. Tour the facility and bring plenty of business cards for a chance men and women who serve to win a great door prize. in the armed forces. What Calvert County Chamber of Commerce, 15th Annual Golf Classic, Friday, May 20, could she do? That was her 2011 at Chesapeake Hills Golf Club. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m., Shotgun Start at 9:00 a.m., Awards thought for a long time.

Luncheon at 2:30 p.m.

For more information on these events, call the Chamber at (410) 535-2577.

In recent years, Cindy and her Mary Kay unit It’s back! The Southern Anne Arundel County Chamber’s South County that was joined together with their held 16 years in a row (but skipping last year) will return Saturday, June 11 from customers to give gifts to 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Herrington Harbour North Marina, 389 Deale Road the Walter Reed Wounded (Route 256), Tracys Landing MD, 20779. Vendor Applications, terms and condiWarriors and those in the tions and sponsorship forms are available online at www.southcounty.org. For rehab facility. This is made more information call (410) 867-3129. possible by partnering with their customers and corpoThe SAACC is now scheduling 2011 Networking Events, which include Business After-Hours (BAH) rate sponsors. Private donaMixers, Breakfast Mixers and Educational Seminars. If you are a business interested in hosting an event, tions also make what they do please contact the Chamber at (410) 867-3129 for available dates. (BAH Mixers have already been booked very possible. In 2010, Mary for April, May & June 2011).

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“You don’t have to go to Annapolis or Washington DC any more for great design services,” says Anissa Swanzy of SKD Studios. “We’re no longer Southern Maryland’s best kept secret, either!”

In fact, it now works the other way around. Their clients are now coming out here for help in creating beautiful spaces in DC and Annapolis.

Swanzy, Kelly Downs and their creative, talented team of assistants now has a Northern Calvert office in Dunkirk.

Their Southern Calvert Studio houses a spectacular showroom in the new Lusby Commons Shopping Center.

Their firm offers world class design, as well as guidance and support for area homeowners desiring a renovation of their kitchens, bathrooms or any other space in their home. The best part is that they come to you.

These days, you go into a flooring store and they are selling cabinets in the back, or you go into a cabinet store and they have flooring samples all over the place. That’s not the case with SKD Designs.

“We know who we are, what we do, and we not only do it well, we enjoy every minute of it,” says Swanzy.

“We have been doing this for so long, we have relationships with some of the best reps in the business giving us access to amazing products from all over the world. It is nothing for us to call one of our tile reps and say ‘we need the perfect glass tile that is turquoise,

with a touch of amber and it needs to sparkle like diamonds’ we will have several samples to us in no time to create the perfect space for you. We expect the best from ourselves as well as those that we work closely with.”

In this economic downturn, with the housing market decline, it could be that the home you love is undervalued. While you’re staying put, your kitchen and master bath are outdated, and you need a change.

Or, it could be that you’re a new homeowner, just having purchased a home in the area, perhaps on a river or creek, for a great price in this market. The only drawback to the deal is the dated kitchen and bathrooms.

“That’s where we can help tremendously,” Swanzy adds. SKD Studios will come out for a complimentary consultation of your kitchen and/or bathroom spaces to

include design suggestions and a home measure.

“If you are wondering if you can afford to call us, think of it this way, can you afford not to? The amount you spend depends greatly on the desired result, and at SKD Studios we offer you a product you will love, on a budget you can afford, in a time frame you can expect,” she says. “In just one meeting, you can clarify what you want and we can determine how it can be done within your budget. We are going to spend a lot of time together, so we have to trust one another and really just like each other.”

The SKD Studios’ designers are passionate about every aspect of the design process, from working with homeowners and builders to managing the entire project from start to finish.

She adds, “Our team approach has proven to be successful with each and every job. We bounce ideas off each other and feed off each others’ creativity. We know that together we will create a space that any one of us would love to live in…. and we have a lot of fun while doing it.”

Look for this dynamic team to be featured on HGTV’s Designers Profile and don’t hesitate to call them for your complimentary in home consultation. The number is (443) 7710374 Dunkirk Location. You can also visit their website for more information: www.skdstudios.com.

County Hosts Procurement Day The Calvert County Department of Economic Development, in conjunction with the Calvert Library, will present a state and local procurement training workshop and procurement fair on Friday, March 25, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Calvert Library in Prince Frederick.

Howard McLain, outreach and training coordinator with the Maryland Department of General Services, will conduct a handson workshop on eMaryland Marketplace, Maryland's online procurement portal. The web portal allows state agencies and other authorized procuring entities to purchase goods and services from vendors who register with eMaryland Marketplace.

Calvert County advertises all formal and informal bid opportunities on eMaryland Marketplace, so that’s the place to go for vendors looking to do business with the county. Vendors who are not registered can do it online.

In addition to the training, the procurement fair will provide information on

upcoming bid opportunities and the purchasing process for local, state and federal organizations. Representatives and procurement officials from SMECO, Calvert County Government, Calvert County Public Schools, College of Southern Maryland, the Maryland Department of Transportation, the Maryland Department of General Services, the Small Business Development Center, Maryland Procurement Technical Assistance Program, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Southern Maryland JobSource and the Calvert County Minority Business Alliance will be available for informal networking and discussion.

The event is free and preregistration is not required; however, seating is limited for the hands-on eMaryland Marketplace workshop.

For more information call (410) 5354583 or (301) 855-1880, e-mail info@ecalvert.com or visit online at www.ecalvert. com.

Workshop on Non-Profit Fundraising Want tips on the best ways raise money for your group, church or community project? Mark your calendars for an event in April you won’t want to miss!

Calvert Library in Prince Frederick will host a free 90-minute workshop on the essentials of creating a fundraising plan for your non-profit organization. It’s scheduled for Friday, April 1, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Caroline Herbert of the Foundation Center in Washington, D.C., will introduce you to strategies for devising a fundraising plan that best reflects your non-profit organization’s needs and resources. Learn how to assess your organization’s strengths, develop a case for support, formulate fundraising goals, look at diverse sources of support, and put this together in a plan.

Space is limited and registration is required. Contact Cathey Moffatt-Bush or Robbie McGaughran at (410) 535-0291.

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By William Poe

The home at Holly Hill has had several additions, but the oldest section dates back to late 1600’s. Some say it’s the oldest continuously occupied home in the United States, but owner Brooke Claggett says she’s not sure about that distinction.

Like to see Holly Hill for yourself? It will be open to the public twice this year: first, for the Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage on May 21 and it will also be a featured attraction of the North Beach House and Garden Tour on June 5.

At the time, Mr. Clagett was a lawyer with Covington and Burling in Washington D.C. "He had grown up on a farm in Prince Brooke Clagett pulls out a yellow notepad with a neatly pencil sketched gar- Georges County called Beall's Pleasure that den layout dated 1971. It is meticulously his family sold then moved into the city, so I think he always wanted to have a house in planned out.

"Dad always liked the English garden the country again. My dad commuted evstyle that's a little bit formal, but free flow- eryday to D.C. from here and my mom ended up in the county (Anne Arundel County) ing. He wasn't into pruning," she says.

Ms. Clagett's father, Brice McAdoo government."

Originally known as Holland's Hills, Clagett, along with her mother Virginia, purchased Holly Hill in 1968. Located in part of the tract of land was purchased Friendship along Friendship Road, approx- in 1676 by Richard Harrison, a Quaker imately 250 sprawling acres of pastures planter and merchant. He later acquired the Attorney Brooke Claggett, who grew up at Holly and woodlands make up Holly Hill today. remaining parcel ten years later. Around Hill, owns the 250-acre farm.

1699, Richard built a one-storey-and-loft tury paintings including one of a plat of house for his son, Samuel.

"Samuel Harrison's land near Herring Bay" "Initially a two-room house, it had an as it existed in 1730. upstairs and a downstairs along with a hallMore recently in Holly Hill's history way. Later, two more rooms were added," has been the filming of two scenes for a notes Ms. Clagett, "a lower level and an up- short movie. Contacted by the Maryland per level, as well as the old wing and then Film Commission, Brooke Clagett gladly this wing," referring to the study where Ms. green-lighted the go ahead for Aperture Clagett maintains her law firm’s office.

Films to come to Holly Hill to film for an John, son of Brice and Virginia Clag- upcoming War of 1812 production. The ett, also lives at Holly Hill, helping his sis- film, which is to be shown at the new Fort ter Brooke maintain the property.

McHenry Visitor Center, will coincide with "My brother and I grew up here and the bi-centennial of the War of 1812. we had horses, cats, and dogs," she says "It's two different scenes they shot with a laugh. "My parents bought the place here, one is a night scene with the tobacco This historic marker on MD Route 261 gives the from a family called the LeClairs." barn and the other is a day scene with the brief history of Holly Hill.

Captain and Mrs. Hugh LeClair pur- villagers digging a ditch. chased Holly Hill from the Scrivener famThey used one of our fields to pretend ily in 1936. The house went through a major like it was Patterson Park. The house wasn't restoration with the LeClairs adding a new in the film, but we had the 'British' come kitchen wing and additional outbuildings as in at night with torches and march toward well. the tobacco barn as if they were going to "It's a great place to play hide and burn the barn.. I think they will simulate it seek," Ms. Clagett says, referring to one of somehow." her childhood memories. "The house itself Ms. Clagett had been working in the has all these trap doors and funny transi- garden when I arrived at Holly Hill for our tions between building stages along with interview. several crawl spaces."

Working in the very area where her A working tobacco farm until the dad had platted the garden 40 years earlier, 1980's, Ms. Clagett remembers, "helping Ms. Clagett added, "Some of my mom and to garden and doing tobacco. Actually we dad's favorites were the cherry trees along didn't do it as a family, the kids helped the with the magnolias and dogwoods. The people who did the tobacco, who in one shagbark hickorys have been here the lonWindward Key Waterfront case was tenant farmer named Leonard gest of anything that I know of...the holly Coates. I remember getting plant sap on my trees and boxwoods were planted in the hands from topping it in the summer. Now 1940's." the tobacco barns are having trouble standAnd now, Brooke Clagett may have ing up." a new harvest that could interest local Added to the National Register of His- micro-brewers. torical Places in 1971, Holly Hill boasts "I'm actually working on growing many architectural hops so we'll see how design achievements that goes. I don't know including its massive if I care about making chimneys and overthe beer, but maybe eiRichfield Station sized fireplaces, not ther selling the plants or to mention the ogee the hops... it just seems arches over some of its sort of tobacco-like." windows. The etchedAbout the Author: Wilin glass names of its liam “Billy” Poe is a home-imprevious owners can be provement contractor who lives found embedded into in Dunkirk and is a published the windowpanes as author, poet, essayist, and docuAt Holly Hill is a small cemetery, with mentary photographer. Among well. credits is the book, “AfricanThe home is weathered grave markers that are difficult his G Street, Chesapeake Beach to decipher. The oldest readable head- Americans of Calvert County.” adorned with 18th cen- stone dates back to 1680.

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You’re Invited to Beach Elementary’s Luau On Saturday, April 2, the Beach Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA) will hold its seventh annual Auction for Education - the Beach Bay Luau - at the American Legion Hall in Chesapeake Beach. It begins at 6:00 p.m. and runs until 10:00 p.m.

Everyone is invited to come out and support Beach Elementary School, which has been a vital part of our community for more than 50 years. Last year, more than 200 people attend this free event providing wonderful visibility for businesses, parents and community leaders. An even greater turnout is expected this year at this event organized by the PTA, which is committed to supporting students, teachers and staff.

Last year’s event raised over $13,000 which helped to pay for new SMART boards for several classrooms, upgrades to facilities and other improvements and programs that directly affect the education of students.

Should you have any questions, or wish to donate to the silent auction or make a cash contribution, contact Sandy Hunting of the Beach Elementary School PTA at (410) 257-0752 or orionpublications@yahoo.com.

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Our Pride and Joy

Spotlighting Local Scholars

By Jenny Boyles Daniel Corteville is truly Richfield Station’s “boy next door.”

Daniel’s attention to his school work and strong character earn him good grades and good friends while growing up in Chesapeake Beach.

At age 13, Daniel is a 7th grader at Windy Hill Middle School. His grades have been excellent for several years, with a straight “A” run in 5th grade.

All of his classes are at the Daniel Corteville Honors level this year. Daniel says some of the schoolwork comes easily for him, but his success is because he does his homework first before he relaxes.

Much like his peers, Daniel’s preferred pastime is playing video games. “My favorite is Golden Eye,” replied Daniel. He followed up by wishing he was permitted to play the rated M games that his parents insist are not age-appropriate.

The quest for video game access is just one of the areas in which teens are driven by peer-pressure. Daniel shares that kids make it seem like it’s cool to dislike your parents, but his interactions with his dad and mom, Jeff and Danielle Corteville, reveal that he is resisting this peer pressure easily.

His mother describes Daniel as a ‘nice person,’ but says his kindness is not limited to his friends, family and neighbors.

Daniel also has a natural ease and ability with animals. He and his sister, Anna, enjoy a dog and a few cats at home. They also plan to do community service to help animals in need.

Music is another facet of Daniel’s life. He plays percussion instruments in the school

band, and is a a member of the Festival Band this year, with a trip to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania planned in May. They will perform a concert and then enjoy the rest of the day at the amusement park.

Daniel rounds out his music instruction with drum lessons at Garrett Music Academy.

When asked about the future, he said, “I want to design things - maybe be an architect or an engineer.” In the area of design, Daniel enjoys a spot on the MESA team at school.

Last year, they won at the regional level for their basswood bridge. They hope to advance to the state level again this year.

The team has upped the ante by attempting to build two bridges this time, one for testing and one for competition.

Daniel’s affinity for a good burger is so strong that it permeates his idea of a good camping trip: burgers cooked over the open campfire.

However, local burgers please Daniel on a weekend when his family isn’t enjoying a campsite.

The perspective of this young teenager in our community is one that is often echoed by local parents. Daniel smiled when he said, “I like living in this area. There’s not much to worry about. I mean, there’s not a lot of crime, ya’ know.”

About the Author: Jenny Boyles is a mother, reading teacher and Girl Scout leader. She lives in North Beach with her fiancé, their four children and a rowdy guinea pig.

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Rock & Roll for Rescues Was the Cat’s Meow Dear Chesapeake Current, The Humane Society of Calvert County would like to thank everyone who made our second annual Rockn-Roll for Rescues a success. This event featured the Fabulous Hubcaps and fans came from as far away as Delaware and Pennsylvania to see and hear them. All the proceeds benefit the animals waiting for permanent homes at the HSCC. Thank you to all of our sponsors: Abby Bell-Mills, PNC Mortgage; Jason McGee, McGee Fence and Deck; Mike Tennity, Century 21 New Millennium; Mary Beth Gates, Peppers Pet Pantry; and Jack and Barbara Brown. Your support helped us defer our expenses and raise more money for the rescued animals in our care.

Also, we would like to thank the Holiday Inn Select Solomons for donating the beautiful Chesapeake Ballroom to us for the evening. We appreciated all of your hospitality and help you gave us during the planning phase of this very successful fundraiser. A special thanks goes to Jeff Shepherd, Melissa Bless, and David Sarkissian.

Along with the Holiday Inn we would like to thank Jim Godbold, Calvert County’s own Rockin’ Elvis, for donating his time and talent for the evening. As usual he rocked the house!

Maggie Mudd-Stewart of Maggie Mudd Photography graciously donated her time and took many pictures throughout the evening. Thank you so much! And a big thank you to Becky Phillips-Heuman for offering to teach swing dance lessons during our Meet and Greet with the band. Thank you to Peppers Pet Pantry for selling tickets. The SPOT Thriftshop also sold tickets and donated many of the essentials we needed to make the evening a success. Thank you!

HSCC would also like to thank everyone who donated items to our silent auction that evening.

Cheryl Golden; Maertens Fine Jewelry and Gifts; David Lewis; Countryside Pet Paradise; Viviane Flaherty; Sherry DennisonSherry’s Dance Center; Washington Redskins; Baltimore Ravens; Lee Ammenhauser; Betty Mudd-Bette’s Bags; Tinder Box in Waldorf; Tiki Bar; EmbroiderMe; Edward T. Hall Aquatic Center; Diane Nape; Robert and Sandy Meicht; The Fabulous Hubcaps; Outback Steakhouse; Don “Reedman” Mark of The Fabulous Hubcaps; Bonny Woltz;

the Prom family; Pat Harvey; Digiovanni’s; Jerry’s Place; Barbara Barker; Dunkirk Wine and Spirits; Dudley and Gail Prisel; Kerry Prisel of Kerry Out Designs; Bowie Baysox; World Gym; Julie Jacobus-Training By Julie; Sally Lounsbury; Sheron Watson; Kelly St.Marie; Sacchetti Music; and Debbie and Becky Samler.

To all of HSCC’s dedicated volunteers, thank you so much for all your help in the planning and putting together of this fantastic event. A big thank you to Abby Bell-Mills, Gail Prisel, Kelly St. Marie, Sally Lounsbury, Sarah Lounsbury Jill Lee, Gary Lee, Sheron Watson, Kristy Anderson, Elleen Kane, Steve Donaldson, Debbie Samler, and Janet Gibson.

Thank you everyone. It was a night to remember.

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Rose Athey, 81 Rose Marie Athey, 81, of Edgewater, MD died March 10, 2011 at Spa Creek Center in Annapolis, MD. She was born April 23, 1929 in Landover, MD to Oden Wilson and Mary Ann (Fitzhugh) Beall. She attended Bladensburg schools and graduated from Bladensburg High School. Marie resided in the Landover and Bladensburg area most of her life until moving to Anne Arundel County in 2000.

She is survived by a son Louis I. Green and his wife JoAnne, of Chesapeake Beach, MD; five grandsons, Louis Jr., Adam, Joe, Shawn and Eric Green; six great-grandchildren; one great-greatgrandson; a brother Francis Beall of Edgewater, MD and two sisters, Alice Barrett of Landover, MD and Esther Stebbing of Bladensburg, MD. Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

Jerry Crist, 75 Jerry O’Neil Crist, 75, of Dunkirk, MD passed away March 8, 2011 at his residence after a lengthy illness.

Jerry was born January 4, 1936 in Arbovale, West Virginia to Estes and Janet (Woods) Crist. He was raised in Arbovale and graduated from Green Bank High School in Green Bank, WV, class of 1953. He attended Southeastern University in Washington, D.C. and received a Bachelor of Commercial Science (accounting) degree.

He was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1953, until entering the U.S. Army August 12, 1958. He received Army training in military and security intelligence and served until being discharged August 11, 1960 as a Specialist 4.

He was employed from 1960-1962 as an investigator with the Office of Naval Intelligence and from 1962 until his retirement in 1992 was a security analyst with the National Security Agency where he was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Award in 1991.

In his leisure time, Jerry enjoyed collecting and restoring antique furniture and clocks. He was also fond of boating and travel, having visited 62 countries during his career.

He was preceded in death by his parents and

is survived by his wife of 52 years, Joyce Anne (Sheats) Crist; a daughter Valerie Lyn Covington and husband, Donald of Petal, MS and son, Daniel Lee Crist of Dunkirk; a granddaughter, Laura Victoria Mixon and husband Jason and greatgranddaughters Kamryn Dawn and Maggie Isabell Mixon, all of Petal, MS; a brother Harold Crist and sisters Peggy Fanshaw and June Jonese, all of Arbovale, WV. Memorial contributions and expressions of sympathy in Jerry’s name may be made to the American Diabetes Association Memorials & Honor Program, P.O. Box 11537, Alexandria, VA 22312. Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

June Gott, 84 June Frances (Moreland) Gott, passed away peacefully, on March 14, 2011, at Asbury Retirement Community in Solomons, MD. She was born on June 5, 1926, in Owensville, MD, and grew up on the family farm in Lothian, MD. June graduated from Southern High School in 1943, and graduated from Church Home Hospital as a registered nurse in 1946. She worked as a nurse at Calvert Memorial Hospital for five years. Later, she became a teacher’s aide at Tracy’s Landing Elementary School. She enjoyed spending time with her family, playing games, making arts and crafts, and cooking.

June married Edgar Leslie Gott of Owings, MD, on June 7, 1947. She is survived by her three children, Edgar L. Gott, Jr. (Nancy) of Lusby, Linda Horsmon (Frank) of Solomons, and Dennis Gott (Loren) of Dunkirk. She was the proud grandmother of seven grandchildren, a greatgranddaughter, and step great granddaughter. She took great pride in her family, with whom she enjoyed spending time.

She is survived by her husband, Edgar Leslie Gott of Solomons, MD, brothers Benjamin Moreland of Annapolis, and Everett Moreland of Lothian, and her sister, Betty Rae Gott of Lothian.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Minnie Rogers Moreland, father, Benjamin Wallace Moreland, and brother David Moreland.

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Charlie Hooper, 77 Charles William “Charlie” Hooper, 77, of Huntingtown passed away March 18, 2011 at his residence after a brief illness.

Charlie was born August 27, 1933 in Prince Frederick, MD to Estep and Audrey May (Buckler) Hooper. He was a lifelong resident of Huntingtown, attended Calvert County public schools and graduated from Calvert High School, class of 1951. He was a self-employed house painter and a farmer raising tobacco, cattle, and other livestock. He was a member of the Elks, Prince Frederick Lodge 2620. In his leisure time Charlie enjoyed bowling with his good friend Lester Denton and spending time with his family.

Charlie was preceded in death by his parents, and is survived by an uncle, James Arthur “Tinky” Buckler, Jr. and his wife Mozelle of Baltimore, and by several cousins.

Arrangements were handled by Rausch Funeral Home.

Expressions of sympathy in Charlie’s name may be made to Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 482, Huntingtown, MD 20639 or to Calvert Hospice at P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678, or online at www.calverthospice.org.

Emma Jeffries, 86 Emma Jerman Jeffries of Owings was born in Norlina, North Carolina, on May 30, 1924, to Lula C. and Thomas P. Jerman, Sr. Emma departed this life at the age of 86 at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, Maryland, on February 17, 2011. She was baptized at an early age at Cooks Chapel Baptist Church where she remained a member until death. She attended Mt. Hope United Methodist Church and Largo Community Church in Maryland.

She was affectionately known as E.J., Em, and Emmy. She graduated from Warren County Training School and attended North Carolina Central University. She went on to earn her B.S. degree in Home Economics from North Carolina A & T State University. She furthered her studies, earning her Maryland State Teaching Certificate.

Eventually she would go on to earn her M.Ed. in early childhood education from Bowie State University. She was an elementary school teacher for Calvert County Public Schools for almost 30 years.

Emma married Robert Jeffries on November 21, 1948 in Greensboro, N.C. To this union five children were born. Emma exemplified the phrase “super mom” before the role was coined. She loved all sports and particularly loved attending her children and grandchildren’s sporting events.

She was an outstanding seamstress and made many of her family’s clothes.

Emma was preceded in death by her parents and three siblings: Mary J. Boyd, Lula J. Fields and Thomas P. (Boonie) Jerman, Jr. Emma leaves to cherish her memory her hus-

band of 62 years, Robert Jeffries, of Owings; five children, LaVerne Rowland (Nathaniel), Robert, Cheryl Thompson and Amelia, all of Maryland; and Michael (April) of New York; a brother Alfred Coleman (Esther) of North Carolina; two sisters-in – law: Sadie D. Jerman of Pennsylvania and Cardell Squire of New York; brother-in-law, Benjene Jeffries of Washington, DC; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She also leaves to cherish her memory many nieces, nephews, cousins, “adopted children and grandchildren” and other family and friends.

The memorial service was held at Cooks Chapel Baptist Church, Warren Plains, NC, on Monday, February 21, 2011. The funeral services were entrusted to Sewell Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD, and held at Dunkirk Baptist Church, Dunkirk, MD, on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Emma was interred at Southern Memorial Gardens, Dunkirk, Maryland.

Maybelle Maynard, 88 Maybelle Maynard’s was born April 16, 1922. She passed away March 13, 2011.

Sewell Funeral Home in Prince Frederick handled arrangements. Visitation and a memorial service was held at Church of God 1228 Marlboro Road Lothian, MD 20711 on March 21, 2011.

She was laid to rest at the cemetery at Carter’s United Methodist Church, 6715 Old Solomons Island Road, Friendship, MD 20758.

Sally Myers Sally Avril Myers of Owings, MD died March 16, 2011.

Beloved sister of Robert Hodgson (Sally), devoted Aunt to Brent Hodgson (Courtney), Tracy Hodgson and Caroline Hodgson; and loving companion to Ed Harris.

Sally cherished her yellow labs Teak, Lillie and Callie. Her professional career spanned 21 years with Litton Industries and 17 years with the offices of Stephen James and the Severn Financial Advisors.

Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements. Memorial contributions in her name may be made to the Tri County Animal Shelter, 6707 Animal Shelter Road, Hughesville, MD 20637 or Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 (online: www.calverthospice.org).

George Nutwell Sr., 92 George Lee Nutwell, Sr., 92, of Dunkirk, MD passed away March 16, 2011 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. George was born December 18, 1918 in Mayo, MD to Alphonso F., Sr. and Julia Adella (Sherbert) Nutwell. He was raised in southern Anne Arundel County and attended the former Bristol School. He married Katherine Sherbert on August 8, 1945 and they lived at Fishing Creek Farm in Annapolis from 1947 until moving to West River, MD in 1958.

George was a lifelong farmer primarily raising tobacco, corn and wheat. He and Katherine retired to Dunkirk in 1995, and she preceded him in death on December 23, 2001. He was a member

of the Anne Arundel County Farm Bureau and a member of the former Oakland United Methodist Church. He was active with the Nutwell Brothers championship horse pulling teams, enjoyed baseball and bowling, was fond of playing cards and loved spending time with family, especially his grand and great-grandchildren.

George was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Katherine, a son George L. Nutwell, Jr., brothers Alphonso, Jr., Edwin, John, Mac and Julian “Baby” Nutwell, and sisters Elizabeth Catterton and Fannie Stallings. He is survived by daughters Gloria Lee and husband Raymond Spicer of Chester, MD and Julia “Judie” Gibson of Brandywine, MD, 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements. Interment was at Woodfield Cemetery in Galesville, MD. Memorial contributions and expressions of sympathy in George’s name may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway, Annapolis, MD 21401.

Chuck Phillips, 70 Charles Orlan “Chuck” Phillips, 70, of Chesapeake Beach, MD, formerly of Dunkirk, MD passed away March 7, 2011 at Calvert Memorial Hospital.

He was born March 28, 1940 in Snomac, OK to Ray Clay and Thelma (Baker) Phillips. Chuck served in the United States Air Force from 1958 until being discharged in 1961. He was employed as an electrical engineer.

He was preceded in death by a son, Glen, and is survived by his wife Dolores S. Phillips; a son, Mark and a daughter, Sincere, both of Washington state, and a daughter Sonya of California; a step-son Chris Powell of Fairfax, VA; three stepgrandchildren; one brother Ray Dean Phillips; two sisters, Virginia “Sissy” Potter and Sharon Clarke and a step-sister Betty Farrell, all of Oklahoma.

Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made in his honor to the American Kidney Foundation, 6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852.

Janice Schrey, 75 Janice Roberta Schrey, 75, of North Beach, MD died in Prince Frederick on February 23, 2011.

She was born on February 21, 1936 in Mt. Holly, NJ to the late Samual and Florence Thomas Zulker. She moved from Virginia Beach, VA two years ago to North Beach to be near her family. She had worked as a secretary in the insurance business and was an avid reader, who also enjoyed bird watching, gardening, sewing and working on her computer.

She is survived by a son, Don, and his wife, Linda Wells of South Hampton, NJ; daughters, Cindy and husband John Mehrtens of North Beach, MD and Amy Moore of St. Augustine, FL; sister Norma Jackson of Mt. Holly, NJ; five grandsons and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services and interment were private.

Arrangements were provided by Raymond-Wood Funeral Home, Dunkirk.

Memorial contributions may be made to Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, PO Box 72, Oceanville, NJ 08231.

Dorothy Spriggs, 95 Dorothy Elizabeth Spriggs, was born December 08, 1915 and passed away March 13, 2011.

Her funeral arrangements were handled by Sewell Funeral Home in Prince Frederick on March 18, 2011.

A memorial service for her was held at Peter’s UM Church 2785 Chaney Road Dunkirk, MD 20754. She was laid to rest at Spriggs Cemetery on Jewell Road in Dunkirk.

Gary Sullivan, 63 Gary James Sullivan, age 63, of Chesapeake Beach died March 16, 2011 at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick.

Gary was born March 9, 1948 in Takoma Park, MD to Paul Gerard and Audrey Roxanna (Berndgen) Sullivan. He was raised in Calvert County and graduated from Calvert High School, class of 1966. Gary was a printer and owned operated Bayside Printing in Chesapeake Beach for 35 years. He had a passion for music of all kinds and loved playing the guitar.

He also enjoyed living in Chesapeake Beach, his Ford Mustang, fishing in the Chesapeake Bay and spending time with his family.

Gary was preceded in death by his parents Paul and Audrey Sullivan and a brother Michael P. Sullivan.

He is survived by his children Connie Roper, and her husband Dan of Hollywood, MD and Paul Sullivan of Chesapeake Beach; grandchildren Zach Sullivan, Doug and Megan Kaiser and Jake Roper, and a sister Nora Van Name and her husband Pete of Chantilly, VA. Arrangements were handled by Rausch Funeral home.

Memorial Contributions in his memory may be made to Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678. www.calverthospice.org.

Clarence Tippett, 72 Clarence Lansdale Tippett, 72, of Owings, MD passed away March 18, 2011 at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick, MD. Clarence was born December 22, 1938 in Upper Marlboro, MD to Guy Emory and Evelyn Margaret (Rawlings) Tippett. He was raised in Lothian, MD and attended Owensville Elementary in West River and Southern Jr. and Sr. High Schools in Lothian, graduating in 1957. He served in the U.S. Army from 1960 until completing his Reserve obligation in 1966.

He married Maybelle E. McKenny September 16, 1961 and they lived and raised their family in Owings, the last 37 years in the home they built in Lower Marlboro, MD. Clarence was a carpenter and construction superintendent and a member of Carpenters Local 132 in Washington, D.C. He had worked with the Crandall Pile-driving Company, Head Construction and Clevenger Construction Company prior to his retirement in 2001. He was a member

of Elks Lodge 2620 in Prince Frederick, MD, the Calvert Sportsman Club and the Jaycees. He was fond of boating, crabbing, and fishing, was a fan of NASCAR, and loved traveling, cruises, and spending time with family, especially his two grandchildren.

Clarence was preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Evelyn and Lewis Pinto, and brothers Francis A. and William W. Tippett.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Maybelle E. Tippett, his loving daughter Tammy HiggsMcCarroll and her husband John “Marty” McCarroll, and grandchildren John L. “Moe” Higgs and Amanda M. “Mandy” Higgs, all of Owings, and a brother Guy E. Tippett of Lothian, MD. Rausch Funeral Home in Owings handled arrangements.

Memorial contributions and expressions of sympathy in Clarence’s name may be made to Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 or online at www.calverthospice.org.

Helen Tippet, 87 Helen Marie Tippet, 87, of Huntingtown died on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at the Calvert County Nursing Center.

Helen was born in Waterloo, Iowa to Beulah and Paul Andresen, on March 21, 1923.

In 1947, Helen married the late Paul E. Tippet. While residing in Elkhart, Indiana, Helen attended Nursing School and received her RN degree. She was the loving mother of Michael A. Tippet, Carol Ann Raffensperger and Paula Marie Fogleman. She was a devoted grandmother of Steven Tippet, Harvey Raffensperger, Christina Cox, Danielle Raffensperger and Susan Marie Fogleman. Helen was the loving great-grandmother of five great-grandchildren.

In 1958, the family moved to the DC area, then to the Davidsonville area in 1971. In 1997, Paul and Helen celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. After 54 years of marriage, Paul passed away in 2001.

Helen was always busy. As a member of the Black-Eyed Susan Cat Club, she demonstrated her love of animals, especially her cats. She enjoyed bowling at the Dodge Park Bowling Alley, watching the wild birds in her yard and crocheting numerous items for her family. All of these brought much joy to her life.

Helen was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Huntingtown, Maryland and a former

member of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

To know Helen was to love her and witness her love of God, family and life. The love Helen had for and received from her family enabled her to get through many difficult times. It also gave her many blessings, wonderful memories and lots of laughter.

A memorial service was held at the First Lutheran Church in Huntingtown, Maryland on Friday, March 18, 2011, at 10:00 am.

Memorial contributions may be made in Helen’s memory to: ASPCA, 520 8th Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10018, 800-628-0028.

Alice Ward, 88 Alice Irene Gibson Ward, 88, of Owings passed away March 17, 2011 at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD. Alice was born July 31, 1922 in Prince Frederick to Joseph John and Irene Virginia (Bowen) Gibson. She was raised in Owings, attended public schools, graduated from Calvert High School and then attended business school for two years. She was employed as a bookkeeper for many years with Calvert Bank and Trust Company, now part of PNC Bank. Alice was a member of Smithville United Methodist Church in Dunkirk, and in her leisure time enjoyed playing cards, dining out and spending time with family, especially her grand and greatgrandchildren. She had been a resident of Calvert County Nursing Center in Prince Frederick for the past six months.

Alice was preceded in death by her parents, by a sister Charlotte Gibson Lewis, and a brother Joseph J. Gibson, Jr. She was previously married to John Ward and is survived by three children: Joan Dickerson and husband, Michael, of Owings, Jack Ward and fiancé, Diane of Cobb Island, MD and Teresa K. Ward of Prince Frederick, MD; four grandchildren, Noah (Buzz), Keith and Ward Shepardson and Pam Bowen; three stepgrandchildren, Tina Waldron, Laura Deck and Melissa Raley; twenty great-grandchildren; and a sister, Jane O. Whittington of Dunkirk, MD. Memorial Contributions and expressions of sympathy in Alice’s name may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Washington, DC-MD Office, 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1005, Washington, DC 20036-4104.

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“Ever had REAL ice cream?” asks John Ward of the Deale Area Historical Society. “We’ll have a grind-it-yourself ice cream churn on Maryland Day and you’ll even be able to taste it. Trust me, there’s nothing like REAL, homemade ice cream!”

The Deale Area Historical Society (DAHS) opens the Historic Village on Sunday, March 27 from 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. as part of Maryland Day activities statewide so you can experience a day in the early 1900’s.

DAHS Members will be dressed in period costumes in and around all eight restored buildings at the village at Herrington Harbour North. Among the experts on hand will be those who knew what it was like to be a housewife way back then, and visitors can chat with and ask questions of real watermen and a retired tobacco farmer.

Besides making ice cream, Ward says, “Visitors can experience how families lived long ago. Other activities include churning-butter, candle wicking, crocheting, learning in a one-room schoolhouse, and much, much more.”

The Nutwell School was moved from Franklin Gib-

Here’s how you and your family can go back in history a hundred years! The Deale Area Historical Society (DAHS) opens the Historic Village at Herrington Harbour North in Deale, 389 Deale Road (Route 256) on Sunday, March 27 from 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. as part of Maryland Day activities.

Deale Celebrates Maryland Day Deale Area Historical Society volunteer Sharyn Martin demonstrates the original i-Pad - better known as the chalk slate - which children can use on Maryland Day at the Nutwell School at the Historic Village at Herrington Harbour North.

son Road in Tracys Landing to its current location at the Historic Village at 389 Deale Road (Rt. 256) in 1993 when it was purchased by Steuart Chaney, owner of the two Herrington Harbour Marinas. It was an active schoolhouse for 80 years from 1885-1945. From 1885 until 1920, it was a school for only white children. In 1920, when Tracys Elementary school was opened, Nutwell School became a school for “colored” children. For years, it was a private residence that was divided into three small rooms. After Chaney purchased and moved it to the historic village, it was restored to its present state.

On Maryland Day, a “school marm” will teach students an authentic lesson, allowing them to write with a quill and ink and take notes with chalk on antique slates.

They’ll also learn about the games children used to play.

Deale traces its history

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At Historic Village back to 1651 when it was surveyed and settled by Quakers.

Herrington had its own militia and by 1669 was designated an official Maryland port.

Other buildings that will be open to the public on Maryland Day include the Meeting House, which DAHS member Sharyn Martin says was used as a meeting place

by African-Americans in a society called The United Sons and Daughters of Holland. Beneficial societies were an early form of insurance. Members paid monthly dues in return for sick pay and burial expenses.

There’s a late 19th century residence that was originally located in Prince Frederick that will be lovingly furnished for the day with period antiques by member Patsy Visnansky, proprietor of Willetta’s Antiques in North Beach.

The village also includes a mid-19th century dairy from the Emmerich Farm on Bayard Road in Lothian, a corn house from the property now owned by Exterior Image, Inc. in Lothian, and an early 19th century log smokehouse originally from Rosehill Manor near Crofton. The village is completed by two authentic outhouses that were actually used in Shady Side.

Also on display is the Mary E., a 1933 Hooper’s Island Draketail-style fishing boat with a rounded stern. It’s the only Draketail believed to have been built in Deale.

New Movie Features Local Antiques Props From North Beach

When the National Park Service was looking for items for the set of a movie they’re producing about World War II icon Rosie the Riveter, they only had to come as far as the Habitat for Humanity ReStore at Chesapeake Avenue and 3rd Street in North Beach to find what they needed.

Laura Brubaker, manger of the ReStore, tells the Chesapeake Current how it all came together. “Lester Fowler, owner of Metropolitan Appliance Repair and our landlord, was contacted by the National Park Service because of a 1940’s refrigerator he had listed on EBay. It’s a cream color fridge with a white door and legs, and they wanted to know if he knew of anything else. He checked with us about a little green wringer washer he knew we had. They asked if they could just rent them and we said sure! They said they’d clean up, and refurbish the appliances and bring them back to us when they were done.”

Brubaker says An “Easy” washer both the old ice box from the North and washer were Beach Habitat for brought in by area resHumanity ReStore idents in early Februwill be featured ary, but the appliances in a movie about Rosie the Riveter. came in separately.

The film will be The fridge had the shown at national “GE Monitor” brand parks nationwide. on top and the wash-

er had a plaque that simply said, “Easy.”

However, compared to today’s washers and dryers, it was anything but!

Park Service officials picked up the pieces last Friday, Brubaker says. They plan to bring them back when the filming is complete in mid-April.

Brubaker says she understands that the movie they’re making is about Rosie the Riveter, and it will be shown solely in national parks throughout the country.

According to Wikipedia, Rosie the Riveter is a feminist cultural icon of the US, representing the American women who worked in factories during World War II, many producing munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military.

The term "Rosie the Riveter" was first used in 1942 in a song of the same name written by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb. The song was recorded by numerous artists, including the popular big band leader Kay Kyser, and it became a national hit.

The song portrays "Rosie" as a tireless assembly line worker, doing her part to help the American war effort and goes like this: All the day long, Whether rain or shine She’s part of the assembly line.

She’s making history, Working for victory Rosie the Riveter.

First Clean-Up of Fishing Creek a Success Large Turnout on Beautiful Day

BRIGHTEN UP YOUR HOME NOW! We’ve received Groups of area residents picked up 2,000 pounds of glass bottles in and along Fishing Creek in Chesapeake Beach.

By Pat Carpenter

More than 75 people turned out to clean up Fishing Creek along the new Chesapeake Beach Railway Trail on Saturday on, March 19, working diligently from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. All ages of good community residents turned out, including children, adults, and senior citizens.

People came from not only Chesapeake Beach, but also from North Beach, Sunderland, Huntingtown and Breezy Point to help the town clean up its creek on a beautiful day.

The volunteers picked up over 2,000 pounds of glass along the trail, as well as various other things such as car parts, a hot water heater, chairs, motors, signs, and other discarded trash.

The morning began with a very brief presentation from Keith Pardieck, chairman of the newlyformed Chesapeake Beach Oyster Cultivation Society, who spoke about the program. As reported in the

January 27 edition of the Chesapeake Current (see online archives if you missed it at www.ChesapeakeCurrent.com), the Town of Chesapeake Beach plans to grow spat in Fishing Creek beginning this spring.

Town Engineer Paul Woodburn thanked everyone for attending and introduced Carrie Boyersmith, whose idea it was to create the clean-up project. Jay Berry, Chesapeake Beach Public Works, provided instructions and logistics for the project.

Town Councilman Bob Carpenter and Town Councilwoman Valerie Beaudin participated in the project, which was or-

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Several volunteers came by boat to the Fishing Creek clean-up, including these folks pulling up a discarded wooden pallet.

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Papa John’s Pizza donated pizza for all the volunteers, and the Town provided water, sodas, and supplies. The goal is for this to become an anOrganizers say the Fishing Creek Clean-Up will become an annual event. nual event.

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Are You Acting Out?

Take a Time Out With the Twin Beach Players!

By Sid Curl

The Twin Beach Players will hold auditions for roles in their upcoming production, Plaza Suite, on Sunday, March 27 from 7:00pm - 9:00 p.m. and Monday, March 28 from 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. at the Northeast Community Center in Chesapeake Beach. For more info, call Regan Cashman @ (410) 4744214. Rehearsals will be Sunday, Monday and Thursday evenings. Performances will be May 6-15 at Holland Point Civic Center 919 Walnut Ave. in N. Beach (just over the Anne Arundel County line).

It really was my mother’s fault! Every Thursday, my mother, father and I would drive to Hyattsville, MD. My father would retreat to his man cave of a bowling alley, duckpins no less, and my mother, to protect me from those pugnacious, crass, loud pin-spinners would invest in taking me to the movies.

Big-lighted marquee outside, red velvet walls inside with suggestive Greek statues on either side of the screen, a large clock with blue neon encircling it, and a concession stand as large as a ‘53 Cadillac - that was my video game of the times! I would have a choice of candy or popcorn and a soda, if I promised not to spill it, and then together we would descend into the denizens of Hollywood.

Every Thursday we went. It was not a multiplex mind you, but one screen, one movie, same movie, every week… for weeks. I think I have to hold the record for seeing “7 Brides for 7 Brothers.” I cannot watch it today! I know I saw “The Detective Story” over and over and over, but I couldn’t tell you who was in it. I found out later it was Dennis Weaver with the shiny blue-black greased hair that fascinated me.

Needless to say, I got hooked. I was in a dark, quiet place and the world unrolled in front of me. I then found out in later years, 11 or 12, that I had a natural comic air about me. I loved an audience. I wanted to perform, but there was no opportunity, other than a school show every now and then, where I could hone my Chevy Chase pratfalls before there was a Chevy Chase (not the town, but the actor!). We in our kid-dom had nothing.

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signer and years later, many years later (sigh!) I find myself in Calvert County and realize that besides occasional school shows, there is little to interest the performance art minds of children. My good friend Jackie Wymire had her youth group, Chesapeake Youth Players, but once Em, her daughter, reached college-age, Jackie realized that she needed to take back her own life.

So, enters the Twin Beach Players (TBP), a group that formed in Vic’s Italia By The Bay in Chesapeake Beach some years back, and decided that some theatre needed to happen in this area.

“A Christmas Carol” was the first of several years of presentations, but then things began to grow and the children that played the urchins in the original productions wanted more. And we adults decided that this was a good undertaking to help develop theatre in Calvert County.

Knowing that sports were king (a team really is a costumed affair, like a ballet troupe), TBP decided to develop a youth program. We started shaky with the 350th Celebration of Calvert County and had a large kid cast with adults, but hey, it worked. Then a thought was given towards a children’s playwriting contest. Could this be pulled off? So with development and sponsorships, the Twin Beach Players Youth Troupe has been created. Regan Cashman, now Vice President of TBP’s, has furthered the development and a home in partnership with The Calverton School where we will be presenting the Sixth Annual Children’s Playwriting Festival. Six finalists are chosen from the many submissions (last year 28 plays from

6 counties), their plays are produced, and $100.00 award given for the kids’ efforts.

But that’s not all, folks! As TBP continued to foster further relationships with other professional artists, a guest list has developed of people to come and offer their skills to help develop the theatre skills of our Youth Troupe.

In December, we rewrote “A Christmas Carol” to accommodate a full cast of children and it was a huge success. It was so well received in the community that TBP will recreate this critically acclaimed production for the 2011 Christmas season.

Last month, we offered a playwriting seminar, hosted by published playwright Mark Scharf. Twenty children attended to get a helping hand in their ideas for their scripts. Then The Youth Troupe was invited to the United Way of Calvert County Mardi Gras to perform scenes from Southern movies.

I, in fulfilling that childhood dream born in the movies, will be teaching an Acting Seminar on March 27 at the North East Community Center from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m, free to the children’s membership. This, I feel, is my best way to share this wonderful gift that began to glow so many years ago in a darkened movie theater.

We at Twin Beach Players encourage anyone that feels that urge to answer to that inner artist, be it on stage or as a backstage technician, to contact us. This includes children from ages five to 18, and also adults. It is a rare gift to share with people and the only way to find out is to find us!

About the Author: Sid Curl of North Beach is President of the Twin Beach Players theatre group.

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Southern Maryland Regional Competition will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, April 17, at CSM’s Prince Frederick Campus, 115 J. W. Williams Road, Prince Frederick. The concert is free. For more information, visit www.csmd.edu/SoMdPianoCompetition.

Local Surgeon Is Guest Artist at Southern Maryland Regional Piano Competition at CSM Dr. Sheldon Goldberg Inspires Life-long Love of Music

By Jonathan Pugh

I asked Dr. Goldberg what he planned to play -- or say -- as part of his guest performance at the competition.

Dr. Sheldon Goldberg is a physi- He declined to give any details, but said that he had some cian and general surgeon at Calvert Me- surprises in store. “The truth is that most people can’t be morial Hospital, where he has practiced professional musicians, but that doesn’t mean music can’t be since 1983. He is also the Director of the a big part of your life. It’s the same thing with the NCAA Center for Breast Care, which he founded basketball tournament. Very few of those kids will ever beafter his first wife died of breast cancer. come professional basketball players, but sports can remain Given the years of education and arduous an important part of their lives and provide many benefits.“ Personally, Goldberg says, “Music gives me a more training required to become a medical doctor, it may come well-rounded view of life.” as a surprise to learn that Dr. Goldberg Goldberg’s love of music has beis also an accomplished pianist. What come a family affair. “My children began with traditional piano lessons in have been involved in music and they the third grade gave way to a life-long have benefited from the gratification love of music that he says has enriched of having a piece of music and seeing his life in so many ways over the years. it through until they mastered it.” His But the journey was not without its fundraising performances have often moments. included his wife Dr. Ramona Crowley, By the time he was in high school, a soprano Goldberg says he had become bored soloist and with the piano and was ready to exPrincipal of plore new creative outlets. To his good Huntingtown fortune, he met up with a new teacher, Elementary, Eddie Dimond, who frequented the who joined original Bayou in Georgetown and achim at a gala companied Dizzie Gillespie and Pearl for the CenBailey. It turned out to be a pivotal moter for Breast ment in his life. Dimond asked GoldCare, as well berg to play something, after which Dias at CSM mond then played the same piece, but Foundation’s jazzier with chords and runs. Goldberg Celebration was spellbound. “Right then,” he said, “I knew I wanted to play like that. He Dr. Sheldon Goldberg, Director of the Center of the Arts for Breast Care at Calvert Memorial Hospital. and at the turned me around.”

Calvert ArtGoldberg remembers that event with striking clarity as if it was yesterday. “You smell it, you ists Showcase which funded lofeel it, you taste it and relive it. I was transformed into an cal charities.

Eleven pianists representon-fire musician, eager to enter the hipcat jazz piano scene.” ing the three counties will comAt Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Goldberg played in a 16-piece jazz band. He had gravitated from pete on Saturday, April 16 on the Chopin to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. In his col- handcrafted Bösendorfer Grand lege years at Georgetown University, he was the pianist for Piano, which is the centerpiece “Mask and Bauble,” a group of students who created origi- of the college’s Ward Virts Connal musicals. Over the years, he progressed to writing full cert Series. The winners, in adorchestral scores, which he described as “great fun.” Dur- dition to receiving cash awards, ing his nine years at Georgetown, when Goldberg wasn’t will perform in concert on the composing, practicing or performing, he was earning his Bösendorfer for the closing performance, on Sunday, April 17 degrees in mathematics and medicine.

Goldberg hopes he can equally inspire high school pia- along with Goldberg.

For information on benists competing in the Southern Maryland Regional Piano ing a part of the competition as Competition, April 16-17, when he meets them at the College of Southern Maryland’s Prince Frederick Campus. The a sponsor or partner, contact competition, in its third year and presented by CSM and Joann Kushner, 410-257-2627 or ArtLinks, is a high-school-level juried competition to pro- joannkushner@hotmail.com. mote piano performance, and reward and encourage young About the Author: Jonathan Pugh pianists within Southern Maryland. For young musicians is an independent management consultant who may be struggling to find the time and motivation to who enjoys many styles of music and has guitar since high school. He looks continue playing, Goldberg says, “Don’t give up on music played forward to the time when he can quit his when life gets hectic and takes you in many different direc- day job and bang on a guitar all day! tions. Maintain a connection with music along the way.”

Sunday, March 27 Celebrate Spring With A Community Hymn Sing! The members, friends, and sanctuary choirs of Carter's and Friendship United Methodist Churches invite you to join them for their annual Hymn Sing, Sunday March 27, 2:00 p.m., at Friendship UMC. Raise the rafters with your favorite music and enjoy light refreshments afterward. It's all free - donations are welcome to benefit the SCAN food bank in Lothian. For details, email bob. snider@hotmail.com or call (301) 855-7636. Friendship Methodist is one block east of Friendship Circle on Route 2, which is 1.3 miles north of the traffic light at Routes 2 and 260 in Owings. www.friendshipmethodistchurch.org.

Every Saturday Night: Open Mic Night at Heavenly Chicken and Ribs, Dunkirk Gateway Shopping Center, 10812 Town Center Blvd., Dunkirk. Come show your talent! Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Every Wednesday: Bluegrass Jam at Happy Harbor Restaurant, 533 Deale Road, in Deale. Pick and grin with your fiddle, banjo, dobro or acoustic guitar or just come to listen and enjoy great old-time music favorites. The Bluegrass Jam starts at 7:00 p.m.

Every Wednesday Night: Open Blues Jam at Beach Cove Restaurant, 8416 Bayside Road in Chesapeake Beach every Wednesday night, 8 pm, no cover charge. It’s just like an open mic, but it’s the blues! Hot Rods & Old Gas is the host band and features a variety of blues talent such as Lisa Lim (lead/slide guitar/lead vocals), Tom Maxwell (lead/slide guitar/lead vocals), Bart Balderson (drums), Andy Hamburger (drums) and Steve "Wolf" Crescenze (bass), along with occasional special guests.

The host band usually opens the night, playing from 8:00 p.m.

- 9:20 p.m., and then band members fill in with local blues musicians to make up "bands" which usually play three songs.

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Out&About Saturday, March 26 M i n i at u r e Golf Tournament: 14th Annual Northern Calvert Rotary Indoor Miniature Golf Tournament will be held at the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maryland, Bayside Unit Club, 9021 Dayton Ave. in North Beach.

It’s an evening of family fun to raise money for the local community projects including the Bayside Club. For details see www.northcalvertrotary.com. The fun begins at 6:00 p.m.

Call (301) 855-2380 for tickets or sponsorship information.

22nd Annual Friends of Patuxent Wildlife Art Show & Sale: Wild about Wildlife? Spend a weekend surrounded by nature at the Patuxent Research Refuge amid the beautiful wildlife art of over 35 nationally recognized wildlife artists, artisans and crafters. The art show is free, open to the public and will be held at the National Wildlife Visitor Center in Laurel on March 26 (9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and March 27 (10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

Enjoy Wildlife Interpretive Tram Tours plus a Maryland Migratory Game Bird Design and Bear Stamp Contests, Live Birds of Prey, and much, much more. Call (301) 497-5789 for information about tickets to an artists’ reception. Capt. Russ Mogel of the Mary Lou Too in Chesapeake Beach is offering a boat trip as one of the silent auction items!

Sunday, March 27 Celebrate Spring With A Community Hymn Sing! The members, friends, and sanctuary choirs of Carter’s and Friendship United Methodist Churches invite you to join them for their annual Hymn Sing, Sunday March 27, 2:00 p.m., at Friendship UMC. Raise the rafters with your favorite music and enjoy light refreshments afterward. It’s all free - donations are welcome to benefit the SCAN food bank in Lothian. For details, email bob.snider@hotmail.com or call 301-855-7636 / 410-257-7133. Friendship Methodist is one block east of Friendship Circle on Route 2, which is 1.3 miles north of the traffic light at MS Routes 2 and 260 in Owings. www.friendshipmethodistchurch.org.

Bull & Oyster Roast: At American Legion Post 206 in Chesapeake Beach from 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Music by “Smith Tucker Band.” Call

(301) 855-6466 for more info. Tickets on sale now at the post; see the bartender on duty.

Wednesday, March 30 Native American Women’s History: Bring the family for a living history presentation celebrating Women’s History Month. Historian Coby Treadway, from Historic St. Mary’s City, will bring a variety of materials, implements, clothing examples and more. 7:00 -8:30pm. At the main library in Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way. Call (410) 535-0291 or (301) 855-1862 for more information.

Thursday, April 7 Tri-County Job and Career Fair: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the college of Southern Maryland La Plata Campus, 8730 Mitchell Road, LaPlata, at the Physical Education Center. Meet with employers, network for current job openings or future possibilities. More than 40 employers representing federal, state and county government, military and private sector organizations will present information on job and career opportunities in their fields. Internship Showcase will list opportunities for current students. There will be a Resume RX table staffed by career professionals throughout the fair to review resumes and provide feedback and recommendations. Attendees are encouraged to arrive ready for on-site interviews with employers. Free. For list of participating employers, visit http://www.csmd.edu/CareerServices/ . Email janicel@csmd.csmd.ccsend. com for more information or call (310) 934-7574.

Juggling in High Heels: The Women’s Initiative (WI) of United Way of Calvert County is hosting a Dinner and Seminar series featuring guest speaker Congresswoman Connie Morella who will be speaking on the topic – Juggling in High Heels, to be held on April 7, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the SpringHill Suites Marriott in Prince Frederick. To learn more or to get involved, contact Linda Fadely at United Way of Calvert County at (410) 286-0101. Or visit www. unitedwaycalvert.org and look under the Initiatives tab for the Women’s Initiative, and visit the Events page.

Easter Parade Expands to Easter Festival The Town of Chesapeake Beach is planning a new event this spring for Easter.

Formerly the Easter Parade on the Chesapeake Beach Boardwalk, this expanded event will be held this year at Kellam’s Field on April 16 and will have many new attractions.

The Easter Bunny will be there along with other “characters” from around town, who will all pass out Easter eggs to the children. New this year is a Kiddiepillar Crawl-Through, a 45’ inflated caterpillar that children may crawl through, pony rides, a three-in-one Brave Knight attraction (moon bounce, climb and slide), and a trackless train.

Local merchants will once again have tables and will pass out Easter treats to the children who attend. There will be a wide variety of games and prizes to add to the fun.

So, mark your calendars for Saturday, April 16 from12:00 noon to 1:30 pm, and bring your Easter basket to gather up all the treats. Rain date is April 23.

Kellam’s Field is located behind Chesapeake Beach Town Hall, and there is plenty of parking.

For more information, contact Town Hall at (410) 257-2230 or (301) 855-8398.

Go Fly a Kite Celebrate spring at the Calvert Marine Museum’s annual Solomons Island Kite Day on Saturday, April 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Glascock field across from the museum.

Visitors can hone their flying skills and learn fancy maneuvers from the expertise of the Wings Over Washington Kite Club. Expert kiters will give demonstrations on super kites, and offer flying lessons.

Bring your own kite, or make one at the museum. Kite kits will be on sale for $5 each, cash only.

Kite Day is co-sponsored by the Autism-Asperger Association of Calvert County, working to build awareness of Autism month, with additional support from Roy Rogers of Solomons, and Lighthouse Marketplace. Admission to the kite flying activity is free and open to the public; general museum admission applies for visitation to the exhibition gallery.

In addition to kite flying, there will be massive inflatables to delight the kids!

Saturday, April 9 North Beach Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary Yard Sale from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon.

It’s held at the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department, 8536 Bayside Rd Chesapeake Beach. Tables are available for $15 ea./$25 for two (must be reserved in advance.)

To reserve table space, please contact Diana at (410) 231-1775.

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