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Gerry Schuh lives quietly in retirement near Solomons Island but in his younger days he was a world champion of shotgun skeet shooting.

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Between lacrosse camp and trips to the Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf, the Calverton School is keeping kids busy during the summer at camps.

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Senate Hopeful Bongino Tours Southern Maryland

By Sarah Miller Staff Writer

Dan Bongino

Sen. Ben Cardin

From the New York Police Department to the Secret Service to running for U.S. Senator from Maryland, Dan Bongino is a man on a mission.

Though he was far enough into his tenure with the Secret Service where, at retirement he would be set for life, Bongino gave everything up for a run at a position in the U.S. Senate because he is afraid for the future of this country.

During an address before the Calvert Republican Men’s Club on Monday evening, Bongino said the situation in the country, with the amount of debt and the economic downturn, is not the worst is could get. When he spent time in Argentina, Bongino said he saw the effect a total economic collapse can have on a country.

Argentina defaulted on their debt and, overnight, people’s money became virtually useless. Middle class citizens resorted to robbery to get enough money to put food on the table. If something doesn’t change soon, that could well be the future of the United States, he said.

“We’re at a point where it may be unfixable if we continue down this road,” Bongino said.

He said people who believe the situation will turn itself around without drastic action are fooling themselves.

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“We are in a debt apocalypse,” he said, adding the county’s debt is high enough to be nearly unimaginable numbers, and the county is dangerously close to defaulting on that debt. There is nobody who can bail out the Unites States, Bongino said.

One of the fixes he would put forward to help the economy is to “hold the line” on taxes, not increasing them any until the economy starts to turn around. Even without a tax increase, he said the amount of money the government gets will increase every year. He said he would also recommend a balanced budget approach, where every dollar is accounted for.

He also told the group that while the government can create work, they cannot create jobs.

“Anyone can make work,” Bongino said.

Jobs imply somebody is making money on the deal, while work indicates there is no profit being made. All the government can do is use tax dollars to put people to work, meaning the money they pay in taxes comes back to them in their paycheck.

He said everyone seems to have given up on Maryland, having decided already how the vote is going to go and having chosen to concentrate on the swing states.

He said ignoring a problem will not make it go away. It will simply follow a person, and the businesses and families moving to other states to escape economic difficulties

will only run into the same problems again.

“The fight is here and the fight is now,” Bongino said, adding a person’s response should be to defend their home and way of life, not abandon it when the going gets tough.

Bongino also promoted allowing parents to choose what schools their children attend, and possibly turning failing schools into charter schools to improve them. He said every child deserves a fair shot at a decent education by choosing a school offering what they need, just as every postsecondary student can choose their college or university.

Primary polls indicate Bongino performing better than opponent Ben Cardin, Bongino said. He said the polls will officially be released in the next month or two, but meanwhile he and his team have been working hard to get out and meet people at metro stations and ball games, spending considerable time shaking hands and answering questions.

“We do grass roots like no one else,” Bongino said.

Bongino said the one thing his campaign does need is help. Be it people wanting to volunteer an hour or two waving signs on the road and handing out fliers or in the form of monetary donations. sarahmiller@countytimes.net

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He was out there this 4th of July despite the 100 degree heat index, to mark his anniversary. He said that someone wants to write a book about him.

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But Judge Melanie Shaw Geter, visiting from Prince George’s County, allowed Vandevander 154 days credit for time served, which means he will only spend about a year in jail.

Randall Steenrod, the victim’s father, said he hoped for a heavier sentence, if only to ensure that Vandevander had enough time incarcerated to reform his ways.

He said his daughter suffered continually at Vandevander’s hands and so did his family from watching his daughter’s fear.

“It keeps you in mental turmoil all the time when someone’s abusing your kid,” Steenrod said. “I think he should have gotten five years.”

Geter sentenced Vandevander to a suspended five-year term the last time he came before her in 2011 but did not invoke his backup time in this latest incident.

She threatened Vandevander with backup time, however, if he again violated the law.

Vandevander said he was sorry for the trouble he had caused, but neither Geter or the family seemed persuaded.

“I’m sorry about all the events surrounding this and I’m sorry about the loss of Lydia,” Vandevander said.

“Sometimes sorry just isn’t good enough,” Geter said. “I don’t know what’s going on with you.

“I’m not going to stand for this foolishness. I want you to get it right,” the judge added.

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A Calvert County man who once served as a St. Mary’s Sheriff’s deputy has again been sent to jail after pleading guilty to assaulting his estranged girlfriend and violating a protective order she had against him.

Steven Michael Vandevander, 42, of Prince Frederick, was charged with assaulting Lydia Steenrod in January at her Lexington Park home, as well as a tenant who lived there who tried to break up the altercation.

Steenrod, 29, recently passed away of an undetermined cause, while Vandevander was awaiting adjudication for his most recent charges.

By coming to Steenrod’s home earlier this year, Vandevander violated a protective order stemming from a February 2011 incident in which Vandevander was accused of threatening Steenrod with a shotgun the year prior, police say.

In the latest incident, prosecutors said Vandevander came to visit Steenrod in violation of the protective order and assaulted her, and when John Tucker, her tenant, came to her aid he used pepper spray on the second victim.

Vandevander’s account of the incident had Tucker assaulting him and Vandevander using the pepper spray in self-defense.

Vandevander has avoided prosecution in the past on firstdegree assault charges and this time pleaded to the violation of the order and second-degree assault, resulting only in a local sentence of 18 months from an original suspended sentence of

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Photo by Corrin M. Howe William “Douggie” Douglass is celebrating 25 years of selling his sharks teeth alongside Route 4 near Calvert Cliff’s State Park.

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Chesapeake Beach Speed Cameras to Stay

By Sarah Miller Staff Writer The speed camera regulating the intersection near Beach Elementary School will remain active during the summer.

Joshua Hathaway, sales and account manager with Optotraffic, the company monitoring the camera, said the camera will be active from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. all year. The cameras have caught 927 speeding violations, averaging 11 per day since they were activated. That only makes up .002 percent of the 461,829 vehicles that have passed the camera, Hathaway said.

He said the presence of safety cameras has uniformly decreased speeding incidences where they are posted.

“There’s an atmosphere of respect for the law on that stretch,” Hathaway said.

“People respect the speed camera, and because of that they slow down,” Hathaway said.

Even though school is out for the summer, Hathaway said there are still people coming into and out of the school, and there is a continued need for safety at that spot.

Chesapeake Beach Mayor Bruce A. Wahl agreed with Hathaway, saying there is a “noticeable decrease in

speeding on that road.” During his monthly Mayor’s Night Out, where people can come and discuss any town issues with Wahl, he said the residents living in the south end of Chesapeake Beach have “uniformly” agreed there has been a positive impact from the camera’s presence.

He said the cameras will remain active during the summer, as allowed

by Maryland state legislation, in order to reinforce the habit of sticking to the 30 MPH speed limit on the stretch of road in front of Beach Elementary School. Before the speed camera was in place, Wahl said drivers were consistently doing more than 50 MPH all the way to the light at Mears Avenue, even through the posted speed limit is 30 MPH on all of Bayside Road.

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The Calvert County Department of Economic Development is accepting nominations for the annual Calvert You Are Beautiful Volunteer Awards. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday.

This project recognizes individuals whose volunteer service improves the quality of life for Calvert County citizens and visitors.

Nominated volunteers might be a tour guide at a museum or historic landmark, someone who organizes a local fair, festival or parade, or the person committed to making a difference by giving generously of their time to hospices, hospitals, homeless and other social service agencies. All nominees must be residents of Calvert County.

Nomination forms are available online by visiting www.ecalvert.com or by calling the Department of Economic Development at 410-535-4583. Completed nomination forms should be returned to Calvert You Are Beautiful c/o Tammy Loveless, Department of Economic Development, Courthouse, Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678. Applications must be postmarked or hand delivered to the Department of Economic Development by July 13.

All Calvert County nominees will be honored at a local awards ceremony sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners in fall 2012; one special nominee will be chosen as the volunteer of the year.

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By Sarah Miller Staff Writer

Calvert Board of License Commissioners voiced its approval of a plan from the Calvert Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to begin selling alcohol in the soon-to-be va99 Smallwood Dr. Waldorf, MD • 206 Washignton Ave. LaPlata, MD cated Crooked I location in Chesapeake Beach.

SERVING CHARLES • ST. MARY’S • PG • CALVERT (301) 932-7700 (301) 870-7111 FOP president Tom Phelps told the board during its last meeting that the group would like to move into the Crooked I location when the current owners vacate the space and move to their new location. The situation would be temporary, until the Crooked I’s lease runs out on the building, he said.

During the meeting, Crooked I co-owner Chris Chubb and Phelps outlined a plan for the FOP to use Crooked I employees and run the bar as a fundraiser for the FOP. The board told Phelps and Chubb they could not grant a 30-day temporary license, but they could grant a series of one-day permits, especially in light of the removal of the limit on one-day licenses at a previous meeting. Board Chairman Alonzo Barber said there is a precedent for granting a series of one-day licenses, but he offered no examples.

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Local Man Cherishes His Championship Days

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Gerry Schuh, 79, lives quietly in retirement near Solomons Island but in his younger days back in the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the rising stars of shotgun skeet shooting in the United States, with a place on a world championship team.

But Schuh said his entry into the world of sport shooting was a strange one, since he never even grew up around guns, shooting or outdoor sports like hunting.

But one day, decades ago he went out with some friends duck hunting and his poor performance inspired him to learn to do better.

“I couldn’t hit a duck to save my life,” Schuh said. “I was totally frustrated.”

He went to a local skeet range to get some advice from a top shooter named Charlie Parsons, Schuh said, and after hitting only 13 out of 25 fast moving clay birds his instructor told him he was doing everything wrong.

With some instruction and dedication, the then Ft. Lauderdale insurance business owner started to do better.

“Finally I got 25 out of 25 … and then I finally got 100 out of 100,” Schuh said.

After that, he started to compete, he said.

“I got lucky and I won some tournaments,” Schuh said.

Eventually he went on to win the Florida State Skeet Shooting Championship and soon after joined the All American skeet shooting team in 1966.

By this time Schuh was among the nation’s top 20 shooters with what was known as a “high overall” score shooting .410, 28, 20 and 12 gauge shotguns.

“To me the 28 gauge was the ultimate in shotguns,” Schuh said, noting its ease of use and low recoil in cracking clay pigeons.

Gun writer Jimmy Robinson, who wrote for Sports Afield magazine decades ago, even dubbed Schuh an “instant All-American.”

Schuh has newspapers clippings and photos from years ago showing his victories, including winning the world championship for 28 shotgun on a five-man team back in 1970.

He was even featured in a Rolex watch magazine advertisement that has him wearing the famous timepiece while shooting.

He still has the watch, he said.

Schuh remembers a lot about his time on the range, especially the lengths competitors would go in buying thousands of dollars in guns and equipment to better their game.

COUNTY NEWS Stabbing Suspect Sought

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Calvert investigators say they have a person of interest related to a stabbing that took place during the early morning hours of July 4 at the Tiki Bar on Solomons Island, but have made no arrests in the case.

“It was a bouncer who was stabbed,” said Lt. Steve Jones, commander of the Calvert Investigative Team. “The victim sustained lacerations to the outside of his arm.”

Jones said the incident occurred when the bouncer was escorting someone to the parking lot at about 1:25 a.m., and the bouncer was stabbed by an as yet unnamed suspect.

He remembers some Krieghoff-brand, German-designed shotguns he had purchased about 50 years ago for $12,000.

“I sold them for $14,000, so I got lucky,” Schuh said. “You can’t touch a Krieghoff today for less than $30,000.”

But he said he’d never forget the day when a shooter whose name he can’t remember came to a range session with a humble High Standard .410 gun and cracked 100 out of 100 after pulling the new gun right out of the box.

After that, Schuh said, he was convinced it was more important what the shooter did than what the gun happened to be.

“It all boils down to what’s in your head,” Schuh said. “You have to lead the [clay] bird. If you stop you’re going to miss him … It’s a lot of concentration.”

His success in the shooting sports lead to his dual budding as a hunter and sportsman, taking game in places like Alaska and Montana with rifles.

But it was an unlikely awakening, he said, since he never had a father growing up and shooting sports are often passed from father to son.

“I never thought of a gun until my 20s, but I never knew any better,” he said. “But I thoroughly enjoyed it.” guyleonard@countytimes.net

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“I said the only way it could work is if we didn’t work with each other.” So she worked with the marketing team.

Another seven years later, the Apples sold the business. “We could’ve retired if we didn’t have kids.”

Then Ed started Prince Frederick Graphics and Printing while Sue started Great Coupons!

“I contacted my friends and family from all over and asked them to send me all their direct mail. My sister in California sent me a saddle stitch book.

I called her back and asked where the envelope was. You know because most of the time coupons come in an envelope,” Apple said.

Her sister convinced her that this was how coupons were sent in California.

She said the name came from her experience of going through coupons in envelops and when finding a special one saying, “Oh, great coupon!” before setting it aside. “I wanted all my coupons to be great.”

Apple took some other ideas and improved upon them. She said she is the only direct marketer in the area who still sends out to post office boxes. “Because going to the post office is a social gathering around here.”

And her belief paid off. She said she goes through the post office trash to see how many of her books are tossed. The last time she went through this exercise, she had 1,600 deliveries to post office boxes and only found 20 yellow coupon books in the trash.

One of the things she likes about her business is the way she can combined her love of community, particularly volunteering and supporting, into her work.

“I give a ridiculous discount to non-profits.”

Whereas a business will pay $2,400 to go out to 75,000 residences, a non-profit is charged cost which is about $400.

The reason she thinks direct marketing works in Calvert is because “People put blinders on when they drive up Route 4.” A coupon gives consumers a reason to turn off the highway into a business.

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Clients who advertise in Sue Apple’s “Great Coupons!” direct mailer become part of her family and she “becomes a mother.”

“This is my baby. Everybody in the coupon book is good. It’s like a Better Business Bureau. If they don’t have a good product and commitment to customer service, I don’t take them on as clients,” said Apple, founder and owner of the Prince Frederick based di- Sue Apple rect mailing business.

She nurtures her clients by helping them brainstorm new marketing approaches and she’ll spread the news among her own networks.

Her latest story is about Floral Expressions, which recent began offering a repurpose and reuse service for the abundant floral arrangements left over after funeral services and weddings.

“If people bring them back the next day, they take them apart and make smaller arrangements and send them to the hospital, hospice and senior centers with a simple card stating ‘Expressions of Hope.’”

Apple also tells of how the local florist will exchange a bouquet of flowers for bringing in recycled vases, which may be used for Expressions of Hope.

“They are thinking about what other services they can provide to their customers.

Businesses are returning to customer service.

The arrogance of money is gone. People want good customer service,” Apple said.

Not only will Apple help business with their marketing once a part of her family, she will also turn away business. She said with her 20 years of experience, she knows which products and services don’t do well with a direct mailing approach.

A University of Maryland College Park graduate, Apple started off as a teacher for seven years. Then with her first pregnancy, she decided that she wanted to be more available for her children so she gave herself the summer between school years to make it as a sales person. She accomplished her goal by selling industrial chemicals in drums for seven years.

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“I came home from work one day and told my husband that I lost a big account, about a third of my income. He suggested that I work with him,” Apple said.

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Learning Doesn’t Stop For Summer Break

By Sarah Miller Staff Writer Between lacrosse camp and trips to the Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf, the Calverton School is keeping kids busy during the summer at camps offered through the school.

Calverton Director of Finance Janice Bunch said for the past 10 years, the school has offered day-long camps for nine weeks during the summer, taught by instruc-

tors from the area. During the summer the “teachers make things fun,” and the students aren’t tested on the things they learn.

The days are split into morning and afternoon sections, and three afternoons per week the kids are bussed to locations to go swimming, ice skating, rock climbing or even bowling. When the tall ships were coming through Southern Maryland, the kids went to see them, which was a combination of education and entertainment, Bunch said.

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Bunch said each week has a different theme, based on what the teachers are willing to do and what students want to participate in. Offerings have been sporadic, depending on what teachers volunteer during the year and how many sign up for the sessions.

“It varies by what kids want to do each year,” Bunch said, noting that in recent years kids have been drawn to sports camps and clinics.

One week was based on spies and spy activities, and the students participated in activities like making a “laser maze” out of tape.

“They use a lot of imagination on these things,” she said, adding activities during the spy week encouraged deductive reasoning, while other weeks encourage learning more about nature and even different cultures. Because some of the kids attend all nine weeks of camp they come up with a different theme and activities for every week, giving the children variety during their summer.

For Logan Bossert, a student at the Tidewater School, this is his first summer camp experience at Calverton. He is involved in the lacrosse camp.

During the summer, kids are free from school and have a lot of time on their hands.

The Calverton School is offering parents and students a way for the kids to get out of the house and have fun.

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student at University of North Carolina in Wilmington, started helping with the camps last summer when she was looking for a summer job. She enjoyed the experience so much that she returned this summer and is already planning to return in 2013.

Hosmer said the number of kids varies by session. The school is still accepting enrollment for upcoming summer camps.

Planning for the summer camps starts in October so Calverton can get the brochures out between January and February. Sessions are normally under $100, Bunch said.

For more information, visit www.calvertonschool.org. sarahmiller@countytimes.net

Teacher Contract Changes Settled The Calvert County Board of Education and Calvert Education Association have reached a tentative agreement on revisions to the teacher’s employment contract.

While the current three-year contract remains in effect through June 30, 2013, compensation and salary were negotiable for the final year of the contract. In addition, each party had the opportunity to reopen up to two other articles during this year’s negotiations.

The tentative agreement reached on June 25 includes no cost of living adjustment or step increases for this coming year, a joint press release states.

Changes in the contract include: additional compensation (during 2012-2013 only) for teachers who participate in one extra day of professional development work related to the transition to the Common Core State Standards and the new Teacher Evaluation System; a wellness incentive program which will compensate teachers when they use three or fewer sick days during the year; and opportunities for online learning resulting in additional compensation or personal leave.

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Key Club Fundraising All Summer

By Sarah Miller Staff Writer The Calvert County High School Key Club doesn’t stop raising money just because they are between school years.

On Saturday, despite extreme heat that threatened to melt their chocolate covered pretzels and cake balls unless they kept them in a cooler, Key Club members Raeghan Steelberg, Rachel Carroll, Mignon Kim and Rebecca Bell set up shop outside the Rita’s in Prince Frederick to sell their homemade treats.

Carroll said they have to fill out a fundraising form through the school and, while the section of sidewalk they use is technically public property, they also make

sure to get permission from Rita’s before starting. This turns out to be a benefit for the girls, as the employees at Rita’s were telling all their customers to be sure to stop at the bake sale on their way out.

There were no set prices, and everything was sold by donation. Saturday’s sale earned the club $135.58.

Carroll said they were raising money for the club, which in turn goes to enable the service organization to help their community. They raise money and work with Project Echo, the Ronald McDonald House, put on talent shows and even sponsor a beach cleanup.

Each girl has a different reason for joining the club. Kim said her sister had been in the Key Club and she followed be-

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Carroll joined for a similar reason, having followed an older sister into the club. Steelberg said she attended the first meeting of the year at random and decided to stick with it. Bell said she joined up to serve her community.

“It feels good, giving back,” Bell said.

The bake sales are traditionally one of their biggest fundraisers, Carroll said.

The summer bake sale is one of a series of sales held during the year, with the next scheduled for Aug. 25 at Wal-Mart in Prince Frederick. Carroll said any students interested in the Key Club can call her at 240-672-7723. sarahmiller@countytimes.net

Photo By Sarah Miller Key Club members Raeghan Steelberg, Rachel Carroll, Mignon Kim and Rebecca Bell set up shop Rita’s in Prince Frederick

Middle School MSA Reading Scores Down No Child Left Behind Flexibility Granted The Maryland School Assessments scores for elementary and middle school students are in, and Calvert’s scores are marginally better than last year’s.

According to a county schools press release, middle school “assessment results were mixed.” Middle school reading scores dropped from 92.9 percent proficient or above in 2011 to 89.1 percent in 2012. Middle school mathematics proficiency scores rose from 85.5 percent in 2011 to 88.8 percent in 2012.

In the elementary level, the students scoring at least proficient on the statewide reading exam increased from 93.3 in 2011 to 94.6 in 2012. On the elementary school mathematics assessment, scores improved slightly to 93.5 from 93.2 percent in 2011.

“While it is important to keep in mind that test scores are only one measure of student success, I am pleased that our students perform so well on the reading and math MSAs,” Superintendent Jack Smith said in the release. “Our school scores are all extremely high – near or above 90 percent. As the Maryland State Department of Education noted last year, once a school reaches the 90 percent proficiency

level, additional progress is difficult … Even though progress might be slow and, at times, inconsistent, we are committed to ensuring that every student has the opportunity to learn, grow and be successful.”

This year will also mark a baseline for school growth because Maryland was granted flexibility from No Child Left Behind.

“This year’s data begins a new baseline, and schools and systems will work to cut in half over the next six years the percentage of students not scoring at proficient levels on the exams. [...] Schools and systems must work to hit improvement targets, known as annual measurable objectives (AMOs). AMOs will be calculated for the student population in each school as well as for special service and racial subgroups,” the release quotes the Maryland State Department of Education.

Because Maryland was granted flexibility from the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, schools will now be measured against their own, unique progress targets, which are based on the school’s 2011 MSA scores. In other words, schools will no longer be required

to meet statewide student achievement goals. Under this new accountability system, schools will receive credit for growth in overall school MSA scores as well as for each student racial and service group. In all, there are seven racial groups and three service groups, which include English language learners, students receiving special education services, and student receiving free or reduced meals.

Schools and school systems will no longer be required to meet Adequate Yearly Progress, which was the accountability measure under No Child Left Behind, the press release states.

Still coming this summer are the elementary and middle school MSA science scores, High School Assessment scores, and graduation and yearly attendance rates.

In addition to the reading and mathematics MSA scores, these measures will be included in the new school progress indexes, which are an essential component of the state’s new accountability system.

State and county elementary and middle school MSA results can be found at the Maryland State Department of Education’s report card website at: www.mdreportcard.org.

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No. 1 Country Star Luke Bryan Sells Out St. Leonard

Luke Bryan made a hot night even hotter during his performance in St. Leonard this weekend, getting the audience on their feet, dancing and singing along to his concert standards and a few surprise songs.

Since 2005, St. Leonard Volunteer Fire Department (SLVFD) has brought high quality entertainment to Southern Maryland to heat up the summer. With a Luke Bryan’s concert a sellout at the Bayside Toyota Pavilion, Lynyrd Skynyrd coming back for a return engagement July 22 and Big and Rich rounding out the summer on Sept. 1, this summer looks to be no exception.

Bryan is a singer and songwriter made popular by songs like “All My Friends Say” and “Rain is a Good Thing.”

He has been performing since the mid2000s. He currently has the No. 1 single on the Billboard country charts with “Drunk on You.” His opening act Friday night was the River City Gang.

“I don’t have one more ticket to sell,” said concert co-coordinator Roberta Baker during the week leading up to the concert. The fire department has had sellouts before, but normally there are some scattered seats left to sell in the days leading up to the concert. Baker said she knew Bryan would be popular, but she didn’t know he’d be that popular.

Bryan’s concert brought out people from all walks of life, from high school and college students to county government employees. And, while most artists stick with their most popular songs

and selections from their most recent releases, Bryan broke off from his originals to do a medley in the middle of the concert where he covered a wide range of artists and musical genres. Songs during his medley included “Faithfully” by Journey, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica and even “Someone Like You” by Adele.

He showed off his musical proficiency vocally and instrumentally, rocking a guitar and piano with equal ease and never letting the energy level in the stadium drop for a minute.

Lusby resident Stephanie Marcino said the deviation from his own songs was “pretty awesome.” She said she likes hearing artists interpretations of different songs and genres. She hadn’t expected him to divert from his own works that way, though it was a welcome surprise.

“It was definitely not what I was expecting,” Marcino said, adding her personal highlight was when Bryan sang “Drunk on You,” one of her favorite songs.

Despite the heat inching past 100 degrees Friday, the crowd was out in full force, and people were out of their seats the minute Bryan took the stage and dancing all night, even singing along and filling in the blanks when Bryan held his mic out to the audience. He even joked around with the audience, noticing women out numbered men in the crowd and telling the men if they couldn’t find a lady to dance with, they weren’t trying hard enough.

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SLVFD President George Anderson said this was not the first act with a sellout crowd. He said they go through a booking agent, and only bring in top acts. Other high sellers have been Sugarland, Reba McEntire and Eric Church.

Baker said they take suggestions from the public and listen to the radio to see what’s popular. Traditionally, country acts have drawn larger crowds so they try to book a couple of those each summer.

Food and beverages were available all night, with the only downside being a sellout on water. By 8 p.m., the only beverages available were beer, sangria and other alcohol, which was remedied after Anderson went and got another pallet of water. He said they plan to have a larger supply on hand during the next concert.

“It was an error on our part and we hope it won’t happen again,” Anderson said.

One vendor said the fire department was the only one allowed to sell water during the concert, which Anderson corroborated. He said they don’t allow for duplication of vendors, allowing only one stand to sell pizza or one to sell snow cones.

“That’s just the way we do it,” Anderson said.

Marcino said she was surprised they ran out of water, and even if they went and got more that shouldn’t have happened.

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She suggested they add shaded areas to the venue, especially if people are going to show up two hours before show time.

At the lines for vendors, the snow cone line was consistently the longest, with crowds seeking relief from the heat with a frozen treat.

Coming up next is Lynyrd Skynyrd on July 22. The classic southern rock group has been active since the 1960s with hit such as “Freebird,” “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Gimme Three Steps.”

The opening act will be Drake White.

Ticket prices for Lynyrd Skynyrd are $56 for premium seats, $46 for reserved seats and $41 for general admission.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is a return act for SLVFD, but they are not alone in that classification. Anderson said there have been other artists to come back to Calvert, like Jason Aldean.

Big & Rich has been releasing hit after hit since 2004 and is known for “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy),” “Comin’ to Your City” and “Lost in this Moment.”

They will appear on Sept. 1 , and the pening acts include Cowboy Troy and Bradley Gaskin. Tickets are $50 for premium seats, $45 for reserved seats and $40 for

general admission.

Traditionally, St. Leonard hosts three concerts per summer. Last year there were only two, and this year the number was four, including Eric Church on June 2. She said Eric Church was a surprise. Early in the year, they send out queries to several agencies for bands to appear at the fire station. Sometimes they get refusals, but more often they hear nothing if St. Leonard doesn’t fit into a band’s schedule.

Baker said they inquired about Eric Church but got no reply, so they booked the other three bands assuming he would not be coming out. Then they got a call from his agency with an earlier proposed date, and added it to the summer lineup.

The money made goes to the artist, opening acts and the lighting and stage crew. The remainder goes to the fire station to buy equipment and tools that normally wouldn’t be in the budget.

“Fundraising is an integral part of firefighting,” Baker said.

Items purchased include thermal imaging equipment that can differentiate between body heat and heat from a fire, making it easier and quicker to find

people and animals trapped in a burning building. They also purchased LED lights for their trucks so when they are pulled over on the side of the road they are easier to spot.

“Safety is paramount,” Baker said.

Safety at the concerts is paramount as well. Anderson said they structure security around the crowd expected, and,

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Susan Adkins, 49 Susan Lorraine Adkins, 49, of Chesapeake Beach, MD passed away July 3, 2012 at her residence.

She was born December 16, 1962 in Cheverly, MD to Harold Wayne and Barbara Jean (Pratt) Adkins.

She was raised in Landover, Annapolis and Kent Island, MD and attended Annapolis and Queen Anne’s High Schools.

Susan was employed as a truck driver for construction companies and in commercial deliveries. She has lived in the Chesapeake Beach area for twenty years. In her leisure time, Susan enjoyed reading, fishing and doing needle work.

Susan was preceded in death by a brother Robert W. Adkins, and grandparents Lawrence R. and Margaret A. Pratt and Evelyn M. and Harold Adkins.

She is survived by her parents Barbara Jean and H. Wayne Adkins, Sr. of Chester, MD and by a brother H. Wayne Adkins, Jr., of Frederick, MD. Family and friends were received Monday, July 9, at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD, where a memorial service and celebration of Susan’s life followed.

Memorial contributions in Susan’s name may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings, MD.

Alice Butler, 89 Alice Lorraine Butler, 89, formerly of Chesapeake Beach, MD passed away on June 29, 2012 at Asbury Solomons Nursing Center.

She was born October 4, 1922 in Selma Township, NC to William Ezekel and Alonia (Deans) Jones.

She was raised and educated in North Carolina. Alice was married to John Watson Butler in South Carolina April 9, 1938. They made their home in Washington, DC in 1950 moving to Lothian in 1973 and settling in Chesapeake Beach, with their daughter Judy, in 1986. Alice has been a resident of Asbury Solomons Community for the last two years.

Alice was a full time homemaker and devoted mother to her children. She loved to cook and was famous for her chicken and dumplings.

She was a good person, always having a smile on her face and willing to help anyone who was in need. Her children and grandchildren were her life.

Alice was preceded in death by her hus-

band John W. Butler on January 6, 1987, a son Terry R. Butler, brothers Opie and Roland Jones and a grandson.

Surviving are her twin daughters Judy E. Wagaman and Janet M. Ricks and her husband Larry of Chesapeake Beach, MD; a son John W. Butler of Severn, MD; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Friends were received on Monday, July 9, at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD where a service and celebration of Alice’s life followed. Interment followed at Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham.

Memorial contributions may be made to Asbury Solomons Benevolent Foundation, 11100 Asbury Circle, Solomons, MD 20688.

Arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings, MD.

Glo Hall, 81 Gloria (Glo) H. Hall of Prince Frederick passed away on July 2, 2012 of natural causes at the Washington Hospital Center.

Mrs. Hall was born on May 3, 1931 in Baltimore, MD and is survived by her husband of 59 years Guy H. Hall, son, Jeff Hall of Virginia Beach, VA, daughter, Kim Roof of Prince Frederick, sisters, Carole Bowen of Prince Frederick, and Dorothy Walker of Abington, MD. She leaves two grandchildren Hunter Roof of Raleigh, NC and Josh Slocumb of Virginia Beach, VA, and four great-grandchildren (Ashley, Courtney, Joshua and Amhara). She was preceded in death by her daughterin-law, Angela O. Hall of Virginia Beach.

She began her career at the Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore. After marriage and moving to Calvert County in 1952, she worked with the Gerard Motor Company before working with the Calvert County Board of Education. In 1969, she began her 22 year career in the banking industry and became the Vice President of Branch Operations at First Federal Savings and Loan of Annapolis and Maryland National Bank. Mrs. Hall served on the Board of Directors of the Calvert Nursing Center and was a member of the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce, Trinity United Methodist Church and numerous other organizations.

Through her community involvement, Mrs. Hall actively participated in the democratic process. She enjoyed politics, the arts and continued to follow the financial industry after her retirement. Additionally, Mrs. Hall was an avid sports fan. She enjoyed playing golf and watching her grandsons participate in numerous athletic events. In her later years, she enjoyed watching collegiate athletics, professional golf, the Ravens, and the Orioles. Above all things,

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The family received friends at Trinity United Methodist Church in Prince Frederick on Friday, July 6. Services were held at Trinity United Methodist Church on Saturday, July 7.

Interment followed in Asbury Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her honor to The Calverton School, 300 Calverton School Road, Huntingtown, MD 20639, Calvert Memorial Hospital, 100 Hospital Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 or the Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Avenue, Washington, DC 20010.

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Vince Lavery, Sr., 78 Vincent Patrick Lavery, Sr., 78, of Chesapeake Beach, MD passed away July 1, 2012 at Calvert County Nursing Center, Prince Frederick, MD. He was born May 27, 1934 in West Leisenring, PA to John D. and Helen Marie (Graham) Lavery.

He was raised in Pennsylvania and graduated from North Union High School, class of 1952. Vince attended the University of Maryland for several years. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1954, serving until February 1962. While in the Air Force, Vince was stationed in France as a chaplain’s assistant. He married Dorothy A. Fudella on January 30, 1960 and they resided in Washington, D.C., Newark, DE, Rockville and Largo, MD. He and Dorothy retired to The Villages in Florida in 1995 and then moved to the Highlands in Chesapeake Beach, MD in 2002.

Vince worked for Singer Sewing Company for 16 years, and also worked for Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company for 21 years, retiring as Assistant Vice President for the Client Relations Division. He was a member of the Camp Springs Elks Lodge 2332, a life member of the Lady Lake Elks Lodge 2793 in Lady Lake Florida, where he was also a founding member, and was also a life member of the VFW Post 8083 in Belleview, FL. In his leisure time, Vince was an avid golfer, enjoyed bowling and was a lifelong Redskins fan.

Vince was preceded in death by his parents and brothers John and Thomas Lavery.

He is survived by his loving wife Dorothy A. Lavery; children Daniel Lavery of Manassas, VA, Michelle Duelley and husband Timothy of Chesapeake Beach, and Vincent Lavery, Jr. and wife Lisa of Warrenton, VA. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Christina and Michael Duelley of Chesapeake Beach, MD and Collin Lavery of Warrenton, VA; sisters-in-law Norma Jean Lavery of Morgantown, WV and Dora Jean Lavery of Uniontown, Penn.; and many nieces and nephews.

Family and friends were received Thursday, July 5, at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD where services and a celebration of Vince’s life were held on Friday July 6.. Interment followed at Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Vince’s name may be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association, 912 Killian Hill Rd., SW, Lilburn, GA 30047.

Arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings, MD.

Nona Richardson, 72 Wynonia Katherine “Nona” Richardson, 72, of Lothian, MD passed away July 6, 2012 at Calvert Memorial Hospital, Prince Frederick, MD. She was born November 13, 1939 in Washington,

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Nona graduated from Eastern High School in 1957. After marrying Isaac “Wink” Richardson in 1960, Nona moved with him to Florida. She was employed as a sales associate for Sears and she moved up the ladder to become Regional Retrofit Manager, eventually retiring in Brandon, FL. At the age of 54, she graduated from Tampa College as a medical assistant with a 4.0 Grade Point Average.

While living in Florida, Nona enjoyed attending the Miami Dolphins football games. After moving back to Maryland in 2005, she began working in the box office for the Bowie Baysox, a job that she absolutely loved. She also enjoyed working crossword puzzles and anything related to computers.

Nona was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Wink, and by a brother Frank Clerico.

She is survived by her son Michael Dustin “Dusty” Richardson of Boswell, IN; a sister Darlene Mingioli and husband Bernie of Dunkirk, MD; two brothers, James Clerico and wife Joyce of White Plains, MD and Bill Clerico and wife Trisha of Ohio; and grandchildren Carla, Darrell and Scotty Richardson.

Family and friends were received on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at Grace Brethren Church, 9870 Old Solomons Island Rd., Owings, MD where a funeral service and a celebration of Nona’s life followed. Interment followed at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD. Arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings.

Kaye Stack, 76 Kaye Davis Stack, 76, of Dunkirk, MD passed away July 2, 2012 at the National Caregiving Foundation Assisted Living in Owings, MD where she had resided for the past two years.

Kaye was born December 7, 1935 in Cumberland, MD to Warren and Mildred W. (Smith) Dyche.

She was raised in Hyattsville, MD, graduated from Northwestern High School and attended Maryville College in Maryville TN. She married Fred Scott Davis, Sr. and raised four children. She and Fred later divorced.

Kaye married Earl “Butch” Stack in 1981 and lived in Shady Side and Federalsburg, MD. Mr. Stack passed away October 19, 2008.

Kaye owned and operated a picture framing business in Upper Marlboro for many years, and was very artistic. In her leisure time she owned and raised horses and was fond of the Budweiser Clydesdales. She also enjoyed her pet dog Cee Cee, antiques and flea markets, doll collecting, and silver and turquoise jewelry. Her favorite movie was Gone with the Wind, and she was an avid Washington Redskins fan.

Kaye was preceded in death by her parents and by a son Fred Scott Davis, Jr. She is survived by a daughter Sherri K. Davis of North Beach, MD; two sons, Dale W. Davis and wife Diana of West River, MD and Warren W. Davis and wife Catherine of Dunkirk, MD, and a daughter-in-law Mary K. Davis of Dunkirk. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Kaytlin Hutchison and Tina, Erica, Andrew, Nicholas, and Billy Davis, and a great-grandson August Smith.

A memorial visiting and celebration of Kaye’s life was held Friday July 6, at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings, MD. Interment is private.

Memorial contributions in Kaye’s name may be made to Calvert Hospice at www.calverthospice.com.

Arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings, MD.

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Clark’s ‘Conservative Spending’ Calvert County Board of Commissioners President Jerry Clark in recent statements to the press has stated that there will be no pay steps to county employees because of no money being available. This statement does not reveal the whole truth to the public and all county employees based on some recent alleged “conservative spending” by Commissioner Clark.

Commissioner Clark stated in 2011 that he had a “conservative budget.” The Fraternal Order of Police has looked into this statement and has found the following examples: Commissioner Clark approved 10 new custom street signs and sign posts for Solomons Island. These custom made signs and posts cost in excess of $400 each. Total cost to the taxpayers of Calvert County around $4,000. The Fraternal Order of Police has also found out that Calvert County Highway Maintenance makes all of the street signs for Calvert County at a cost of approximately $15. Commissioner Clark had the Solomons Island street signs custom made by a private company.

The $4,000 cost was before the labor costs. The signs were installed by Calvert County employees. This was probably the only “conservative spending” part of the project because the employees did the labor at a reduced rate due to the fact they haven’t received any steps for several years. As the Fraternal Order of Police President my question is, when do the rest of the citizens and county employees get these custom street signs on their street? Every citizen in Calvert County paid for these signs, not Commissioner Clark.

A second example of Commissioner Clark’s “conservative spending” would be the traffic circle at the very end of Solomon’s Island.

Although this is very easy on the eye, it is at a dead-end road where to my knowledge there has never been a traffic issue. This was “conservative spending” in 2009 at a cost in excess of $500,000 to the taxpayers of Calvert County.

Next is the soon-to-be newly renovated grocery store slated to become the southern branch of the Calvert County Library that Commis-

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As we the taxpayers spend millions of dollars on the renovation for the Solomon’s library, the citizens should also know that the County will be renting the facility at a cost of $90,000 a year.

Why not put the library in the Patuxent Business Park that has been empty for years, which the county owns. Just think, a library in the PBP would be closer to where the majority of the citizens live to enjoy and we the taxpayers would not have to pay rent.

Last, but not least, is the new park on Dowell Road.

I am sure that this was not cheap, and I am also confident that county employees assisted in building it. Based on past and future projects, it appears that one Commissioner is calling the shots. Where do the county employees and the rest of the Town Centers in Calvert County fit into Commissioner Clark’s master plan?

All this “conservative spending” approved by Commissioner Clark to dress up the Solomon’s area makes one wonder why so much spent in Solomons? Is it the fact that Commissioner Clark owns a business in Solomons and is a member of the Solomons Business Association? If so, is this not a conflict of interest and/ or an ethics violation?

The county commissioners say they have no money to give the hard working employees of the Sheriff’s Office, Calvert County Detention Center, county government and the Board of Education pay steps.

Maybe prior to dressing up Solomons some consideration should have been given to following county code and giving county employees merit steps they have earned and that are owed to them.

If the Commissioners are truly being conservative then the Fraternal Order of Police has no complaint, however we as a county are not getting what we need, but Commissioner Clark is getting what he wants.

Thomas Phelps, President Calvert County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 109. Prince Frederick, MD

Ambush Makeover A Success The Solomons Business Association puts on the Plein Air Festival each year. As a business owner and member of the association, I am always looking for ways to be more involved in the association and in my community. Reaching out is one of my missions as a small business owner.

When one of the women at my shop came up with the idea for an Ambush Makeover, like you see on TV, I was thrilled. She took the ball and ran with it, contacting other business owners and making sure we were officially part of the event.

I would like to thank Carmen of Carmen’s Gallery for hosting the event and making sure our ambush was mentioned on the website.

She also showed our video that night at the Affair of the Arts public reception.

I would like to thank Caren of Caren’s Solomons Style for outfitting my staff in “Solomons Girl” t-shirts and for letting our makeover winner choose an outfit to wear for the “after” photo shoot.

I would like to thank Terry Quinn of Solomons Gallery and Mr. Video Man for being our photographer/videographer for the day and making the video shown that night at the reception.

I would like to thank Cecelia Rasmussen for saying “yes” when she was approached and asked if she wanted to get a makeover; others had said “no.”

I would like to thank my Senior Cosmetologist, JoAnna Gawlik for donating her hair, make-up and eyebrow services to our winner of the makeover and assisting with making this event a reality.

Most of all, I would like to thank Judy Angelheart, my Reflexologist and Reiki Master, for putting this together and donating her services, as well, to our winner that day. The idea for the makeover was hers and she followed through by networking to make sure that

we had a fun way to be part of a community event. I could not ask for better people to work with or a better result than we got from a very happy makeover winner, plus the great camaraderie with fellow business owners.

This was definitely a win, win, win situation.

Hilde Woell, owner Total Eclipse Salon and Day Spa Solomons, MD

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Local Bookstore Owner Tops Book Lists

By Corrin M. Howe Staff Writer This weekend as part of an agreement between the author and Kindle Direct Publishing, Richard Due gave away his “Moon Coin” for free on Kindle in a three-day promotion.

His book, for children, made it to four Amazon Top 100 lists.

“I was in shock,” said author and co-owner of Second Look Books in Prince Frederick.

On Friday and Saturday his book held the number one spot for two lists under Free Kindle Children’s books. It held the Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Magic list and the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror list. It made it as high as number two on the Action and Adventure list. The really surprise was that the book placed as high as number 46 on the overall “uncategorized” Free Kindle list.

By agreeing to give Kindle Direct Publishing 90 days exclusive rights to sell the book, Due received

five promotional days, which he could use all at once or spread out. On these promotional days, he agrees to let his book go for free. The rest of the time, he sells it for $3.99 in electronic form and $10.40 in paperback form.

Prior to the promotion, The Moon Coin was listed around 370,000 on Amazon’s regular list. During the Richard Due promotion it rose to around 16,000 on the same list. The children’s novel must have sales to push it to above 4,500 on the list before it will start ranking in Amazon’s regular top lists.

Due plans to use his last two free promotional days around the same time as his second book in the series “Dragondane” comes out in digital form on Sept 1. The paperback version of the book will be released later.

Part of the agreement, is that Kindle Digital Publishing does set aside a “pot of money” to divide among the author’s giving away their book.

“I think it might amount to $50,” Due laughed.

Lincoln Coming to Calvert

By Sarah Miller Staff Writer He may not be working as a vampire hunter, but Abraham Lincoln will definitely make a postmortem appearance during the Calvert Library exhibit “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War”, running now through Aug. 24.

This case of the reappearance from beyond the grave is not supernaturally driven. Jim Getty, a Gettysburg actor who has frequently provided the face and voice of Abraham Lincoln in film and television, is one of the nation’s leading Lincoln impersonator. Prince Fredrick Library Public Relations Coordinator Robyn Truslow said Getty has been described as “Abraham Lincoln reincarnated,” and his performance will be part of the exhibit.

Getty will do two presentations at the library July 14. One will be geared toward children between the ages of 5-13 at 11:30 a.m. and one for the older crowd at 2 p.m. Getty will talk about why Lincoln believed in the constitutionality of his decisions to suspend various civil liberties and be open to questions.

Also during opening weekend will be a Civil War craft and toy demonstration and Civil War music.

On July 21, visitors will have the chance to experience a Civil War camp as The Orphan Brigade, Camp 2166 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Maryland Division, Army of Northern Virginia will be setting up camp in the green outside the library. They will have samples of typical camp food and giving people tours of the tents and encampment, Truslow said.

The exhibit itself will be hard to miss, Truslow said.

The process for getting the exhibit began three years ago when Calvert Library first put in for the grant. She said the library is one of the last stops on the tour. She said the grant is from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association.

The events hosted during the exhibit are sponsored by Friends of Calvert Library and the Maryland Humanities Council, and supported

by American Library Association, Calvert County Economic Development, College of Southern Maryland, Calvert Historical Society, National Archives and Records Administration, Calvert County Board of Education, Surratt House, Jefferson Patterson Parks & Museums, Maryland Public Television, and many dedicated community volunteers, according to a press release.

“A lot of organizations have been willing to jump in,” Truslow said, adding that hotels, restaurants and local bed and breakfasts have been handing out fliers.

In addition, Truslow said approximately 20 volunteers ranging in age from high school student and up have been trained as docents to talk about the exhibit and will be on hand at all times. The library has held several training sessions for the docents.

Among the last performances will be a John Wilkes Booth impersonator talking about the assassination of the president and his reasons behind it.

For more information, including a complete list of activities during the exhibit, visit www.calvert.lib.md.us or call Truslow at 410-535-0291. sarahmiller@countytimes.net

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A Fairy and Gnome Adventure

Gwen Fratz and Faith Howe dressed up for their adventure through Fairies in the Garden.

By Corrin Howe Staff Writer Even on a day with a 107 degree heat index, two local fourth graders excitedly moved along the trail through Annemarie Sculpture Garden to discover 58 fairy and gnome houses.

“I would love to have this house,” said Faith Howe pointing to a completely glass three-story fairy house hanging in a tree.

“You would have to have a lot of blinds if you did,” said Gwen Fratz.

For $2 each, the girls received admission to the garden and an interactive guide to help locate all the homes. Besides a map, the guide has 15 ‘Can You Find?’ boxes along the trail which have a letter to unlock the secret word. On the back are fairies and gnomes to color and build into a puzzle.

The girls picked through a dress up area full of fairy wings, wands and other costumes. The boys can chose from an array of swords, hats, capes and canes before setting off on an adventure.

Along the trail, kids (and adults) can stick their heads over fairy and gnome bodies or make their own homes from natural materials collected and stored about a quarter of the way through the trail.

A number of themes run through the various homes. For example, apparently gnomes like to swing and fairies seem to prefer the Japanese bonsai style of home. But the girls also learned that fairies and gnomes span through time. One display has them hanging out with dinosaurs. One gnome family is quit industrious and has set up a grape vineyard next to his oyster shack. Of course, there are the traditional features one would expect to find with fairies and gnomes – red mushrooms with white polka-dots, lady bugs and houses with wings.

Last week the Garden celebrated the Fairy and Gnome Festival and Tour with over 700 people coming out despite “the acts of Mother Nature,” according to Jackie SudoreFlood, Director of Marketing & Development.

The homes were made by community members, who are listed in the guide and next to each home. This year about 25 homes are up for silent auction. The auction stays open until the end of the exhibit in October. All proceeds from the auction go to the artLAB, Annmarie Garden’s new reuse center.

Another interactive opportunity for the exhibit is to ‘Like” Annemaire Garden on Facebook and then leave a comment for a favorite fairy or gnome home. The house with the most comments will be declared “Best in Show” and receive a gift certificate to Wentworth Nursery and an annual membership to the garden. If the winner already has a membership, their membership will be extended. This competition ends on July 31, 2012. And the winner announced the next day. See www.facebook.com/annmariearts#!/annmariearts.

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Spotlight on Volunteers Barstow Acres Children’s Center

By Sarah Miller Staff Writer From the outside, Barstow Acres Children’s Center looks like every other house lining Main Street just down from the governmental center in Price Frederick. What sets it aside isn’t the exterior, a yellow house with a red door and a small parking lot in the back, but what goes on inside. Barstow Acres specializes in helping children throughout the county with behavioral or physiological challenges.

Barstow Acres opened in 2003 and moved to the current location in 2005.

Founder and Executive Director Sonia Hinds said it is the only center of its kind in Calvert, and she opened it because of the need she saw.

Barstow Acres offers individual and group therapy working with issues such as depression, anger, ADD, ADHD, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders and various behavior problems. They also help children deal with grief, loss and the emotional upheavals caused by divorce.

According to the Barstow Acres website, there are individual therapy programs for children from 2-18 and even adults. For children, sessions involve play therapy, art therapy, sand tray therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy, assertiveness training and supportive psychotherapy, always maintaining a focus on the child.

Barstow Acres also offers group therapy sessions to work on social skills like getting along with peers, making and keeping friends, recognizing social cues and responding appropriately and dealing with stress. They also work on expressing their feelings and self-regulating their behavior.

Parents can participate in parenting sessions at the same time their children are in group therapy.

The center welcomes volunteers of all kinds, from high school and college students looking for internship opportunities to parents and grandparents wanting to help their community.

This summer is the first for Britany Wallace, a Bowie State University senior planning to graduate in December. She said one of her professors recommended the center as an opportunity to get experience during the summer.

Wallace is working at the therapeutic summer camp, working with children between the ages of 4 and 12 who have disorders like autism and ADHD. She said until working at the camp, she had only read about behavioral disorders in textbooks, and the practical experience is invaluable.

“After two weeks it’s like I’m a professional, I got it,” Wallace said.

She said in the short time she has been at Barstow Acres, she has seen children make “amazing” progress in being able to express themselves. One child she has been working closely with was “like a shell. You had to pry him open to get emotions and feelings out.” After working with this child

and building a connection so he knows he can trust her, Wallace said she is beginning to see what he keeps bottled up.

Experiences like that are why Wallace recommended volunteers look at Barstow Acres. She said there is a relationship volunteers build with the children where the child looks for them every day, and is disappointed if they don’t see them.

Wallace said she fully intends to remain involved.

“I already told Ms. Sonia I’d be here next year to help in any way I can,” Wallace said.

Wallace is working on a degree in Child and Adolescent Studies, but not all volunteers with the camp have such formal training. Laura Hillier, another first time therapy camp volunteer, said she babysat when she was a kid and loves to work with children. She said she read about the program on-line and decided to see if they could use help.

She has been working with children at the camp and helping them express their feelings through art.

“Sometimes they want more instruction than they need,” Hillier said. She said she will give them a vague instruction, like draw something about the ocean, and let them take it from there. She said they begin to think independently and take pride in what they create.

“It’s very wonderful, what’s happening here,” Wallace said.

Hinds said therapy camp is a unique opportunity to work intensively with a child over a period of weeks and help children with social skills and other behaviors.

During the summer, the children listen to speakers on health, fitness and nutrition, get classes in Spanish, yoga, music and dance and go swimming weekly. Days are broken up into therapy in the morning and activities that reinforce therapy in the afternoon.

While volunteers with degrees in fields related to child studies are welcome, Wallace said the biggest requirement is potential volunteers have a passion for working with children. She said there are openings for people to work one-on-one with children who have trouble focusing, chaperone kids on field trips and work with them in art therapy. She said Barstow Acres has a hands-on, child focused attitude.

She said volunteers also need to be patient. It’s easy to see a negative behavior and punish it, but it is just as important to sit down and work with a child so they understand why a behavior is unacceptable and ferret out the cause of that behavior to address it.

All volunteers go through orientation and work with an established volunteer for a time before working one-on-one with a child.

She is also looking for volunteers to help organize the 2013 Children’s Fashion Show.

The spring fashion show itself is a form of therapy, Hinds said, helping chil-

Photo by Sarah Miller Barstow Acres volunteers Lashann Feeman, left, Britany Wallace, Sonia Hinds, Mary Ann Hammond and Laura Hillier.

dren build self-esteem and confidence. Kids involved in the show learn to walk properly and about posture and etiquette. Every year, Hinds said there are about 50 children in the show, which combines a traditional fashion show with a talent show.

For more information, or to get involved, visit www.childrencenter.net or call 410-414-9901. sarahmiller@countytimes.net

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By Linda Reno Contributing Writer Charles County citizens joined with those in St. Mary’s and presented Governor Wright to their own Grand Jury saying “Therefore, we (the Grand and Petit Jurors of Charles) do enter our most solemn opposition in the said pardon as dangerous and mischievous precedent, and request our delegates to the next General Assembly to enquire into the grounds causing such an extraordinary and unwarranted

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execution of the prerogative, and to suggest which measures as will in future restrain the nature within its natural limits.”

Gov. Wright became the first Maryland governor to ever resign. This occurred on May 6, 1809, but the ever-arrogant, selfassured Wright had a plan. He thought he would get himself appointed by the Legislature as a justice of the Court of Appeals representing Queen Anne’s County, telling them that he “would have no serious competition for the appointment.” The Legislature didn’t agree and he did not receive the appointment.

The newspapers of the day had a field day. The Salem Gazette (Massachusetts) of

June 20, 1809 said it the best.

“The Ex-Governor Wright, of Maryland, if his own words may be taken for it, (and who shall dare to doubt the veracity of a man when he testifies to the excellence of his own character himself), is one of the first patriots that ever existed. It is pleasing in such degenerate times as the present, for the eye to be relieved now and then by such fair specimens of human virtue, worthy of the proudest days of Greece and Rome.

Who can disbelieve the disinterestedness of a man who when about to resign one office convokes the Legislature for no other purpose but to appoint him to another?

That very Legislature shews their sense of his worthy by appointing another person to the office; and so the poor Governor, who has testified such wonderful anxiety to serve his country, is left by that ungrateful body to his patriotism and his private life. Strange that such a wonderful

round of services so important should receive no other reward! Now, his country having afforded him leisure to become the heralds of his own worth, he pops upon us with all the majesty of consummate patriotism and benevolence. After a perusal of a letter like the foregoing, even if his administration had been ten times more turbulent than it was, the community, we trust, will join with us and him in the ascription to it ‘to the weakness of his head.’ Whether the ‘recording angel has actually inscribed the purity of his administration on the records of Heaven,’ we know not, but shall suspend our belief until he produces a certified copy.

The letter we present as a political instance of genuine chrononhotonthology.”

His disgrace appears to have been short lived because in 1810 he was selected to fill a vacancy in the U. S. House of Representatives. In 1823 he was appointed associate judge of the district court. He died in 1826.

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To submit art or band information for our entertainment section, e-mail sarahmiller@countytimes.net.

Sunshine and Summertime

Calvert Hosts First Ever Southern Maryland Sun and Music Fest

By Sarah Miller Staff Writer From well-known local artists like the Sam Grow Band to breweries like the Ruddy Duck, the first ever Southern Maryland Sun and Music Fest will have something to offer everyone this weekend at the Calvert County Fairgrounds.

The Southern Maryland Sun and Music Festival started as an idea for a wine festival. Co-founder Jimmy Zirakian said his friend and partner Jim Meunier called him with the idea back in December and they started calling around to see if they could pull it off.

They first approached historic St. Mary’s City as a venue, but were told they only allowed one wine festival per year and that was already booked. After some more research, Zirakian said they decided to “step it up a notch,” transforming the initial wine festival into an “all inclusive” two-day event with wine, beer, music and all types of vendors.

With two stages, 13 performers, five Maryland wineries, including Port of Leonardtown and Cove Point Winery, a number of local breweries and vendors on site ranging from local artists to Harley Davidson and even Calvert Kettle Corn, the event blossomed into a festival.

Doors open at 11 a.m. both days, and close at 9 p.m.

Saturday and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, though just because the party at the fairgrounds is over doesn’t mean people have to go home, Zirakian said. Six local bars, Seabreeze Restaurant & Crab House, Big Dogs Paradise Bar & Liquor Store, Monterey Mexican Restaurant, Ruddy Duck Brewery & Grill, The Greene Turtle and Toots’ Bar will all be ready and rocking with bands to keep the party going.

Musicians booked include The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Patty Reese, Sam Grow Band, Deanna Dove, Groove Span, Courtlyn Carr and David Norris, among others. After party musicians at participating bars include Six Gun South, The Sammus Theory and Awake the Atrium.

Zirakian credits Calvert Tourism Specialist Joyce Baki and the Department of Economic Development with helping he and Meunier take the festival off the drawing board.

He said all of economic development “put their arms around us” and helped the men develop the idea, cut through the red tape and set up Spirits in the Sky, LCC and arranged meetings with various boards, such as the Liquor Board. They even helped the men pick a weekend and a venue.

“It seemed to work out perfectly,” Zirakian said.

Baki said her job is to help promote events and help people take ideas from a dream to reality. Events like the Southern Maryland Sun and Music Fest are more than something going on at the fairgrounds over the weekend. People come from out of town for something this large, meaning they will be looking for places to stay and eat and even check out other area attractions.

“There are so many things it’s going to touch,” Baki said.

She said economic development helped develop a list of possible venues and dates. For the festival, Baki said the fairgrounds was a good location because there are only two ways in and out, which will help with crowd control, and a stage already in place.

There is also parking for between 1,500 and 2,000 cars.

Because the scope of the festival is so expansive, Zirakian said they will start planning for next year almost immediately.

“Once this is over, we’re going to take the week off,” Zirakian said.

There are committees for everything from the bands to the vendors. Because it is a new event, Zirakian said there were “100 no’s” for every one sponsor they secured, but as the event got attention more and more sponsors made offers. He said he anticipates next year being even bigger and better. Zirakian’s goal is to make the Sun and Music Fest the “largest event in Southern Maryland.”

As a way to give back to the community, a number of local charities will have booths at the festival free of charge, and a portion of ticket ales will go to Calvert Hospice and End Hunger. Zirakian said plans are to rotate the

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Friday, July 13

Live Music: “Jennifer Cooper and Carl Reichelt” Stoney’s Seafood House (14575 Solomons Island Rd. South, Solomons) – 6:00 p.m.

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

Magic Show: “The SuperMagicMan’s Big Illusion Calvert Marine Museum (14200 Solomons Island Rd., Solomons) – 7 p.m.

Live Music: “Dixie Ramblers Concert” Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum (155 Mears Ave , Chesapeake Beach) – 7:30 p.m.

charities getting money every year, and continue to allow local charities to advertise free at the festival. There will also be a Ride for Wounded Warriors Project July 14, leaving from Spider Hall Farm in Prince Frederick and touring Southern Maryland, stopping at participating venues to pick up “special mementos,” according to the website.

Registration is at 10 a.m. and riders leave at 11 a.m. Registration is $28 per rider.

Tickets can be purchased on-line at $28 for a one-day pass, $38 for a two-day pass, $125 for a one day VIP pass and $175 for a two day VIP pass. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate for an additional $4 each. Zirakian said he recommends purchasing tickets in advance.

For more information, to purchase tickets or to get involved in planning next year’s event, visit www.somdsunmusicfest.org. sarahmiller@countytimes.net

Live Music: “The Not So Modern Jazz Quartet” The Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 14

Live Music: Musikgarten, Family Music for Mixed Ages Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center (13480 Dowell Road, Solomons) – 10 a.m.

Live Music: “No Green JellyBeenz” Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 9:30 p.m.

Potomic Jazz and Seafood Festival St. Clement’s Island Museum (38370 Point Breeze Road, Coltons Point) – 6 p.m.

Southern Maryland Sun and Music Festival Calvert County Fairgrounds (140 Calvert Fair Dr. Prince Frederick) – 12 p.m.

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

Sunday, July 15 Southern Maryland Sun and Music Festival Calvert County Fairgrounds (140 Calvert Fair Dr. Prince Frederick) – 12 p.m.

Monday, July 16 Monday Morning Movies Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) – 10 a.m.

Tuesday, July 17 Open Mic Night Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 6:30 p.m.

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Thursday, July 12 • Dream Big - Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) – 2:30-3 p.m. 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862 - Calvert Library Fairview Branch (Rt. 4 and Chaneyville Road, Owings) – 2:303:30 p.m. 410-257-2101 Learn about the careers of people who have changed the world by dreaming big!

Dream Big focuses on designers, musicians, astronauts, inventors, athletes, chefs and visionaries. The program features a related story, craft, and snack each week. For children from Kindergarten to 5th grade.

Registration not required.

• Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours: Lincoln Exhibit Kickoff Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) – 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Join us to kickoff Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War exhibit! Docentled tours. Period music. VIP introductions.

Networking opportunities. Reception.

Members and by invitation. For more information, call 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Friday, July 13 • On Pins & Needles Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way) – 1-4 p.m.

Bring your quilting, needlework, knitting, crocheting, or other project for an afternoon of conversation and shared creativity. For more infomraiton, call 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

• Moorish Science Temple of America Friday Night Meeting Southern Maryland Community Center (20 Appeal Lane Lusby) – 7:30 p.m.

The Moorish Science Temple of America (A Religious Corporation) was founded by the Divine Prophet Noble Drew Ali in 1913 A.D., and has consistently promoted plans for the betterment of man and mankind in general. In our missionary work we urge those who know that their spiritual, social, intellectual and economic condition can be better to join the Moorish Science Temple of America. We are Moslems and we have proclaimed our Nationality and the Divine and National Principles of our Forefathers in order to meet the Constitutional standards of Law of the United States of America, become citizens of the U.S.A. and have political status in our government. The object of our Organization is to help in the great program of uplifting fallen humanity and teach those things necessary to make our members better citizens. The work of the Moorish Science Temple of America is largely religious and we are committed to a plan which promotes Unity, Spiritual Fulfillment, Economic Power and Truthful Education of our Posterity. We advocate that the Moorish Science Temple of America is the only national organization amongst our people that can solve our problems because the true teachings of Prophet Noble Drew Ali will redeem our people from mental slavery which we now have.

We teach that our people are Asiatic because according to all True and Divine Records of the Human Race there is no negro, black or colored race attached to the Human Family. These names are unconstitutional and are a result of and delude to slavery. We consider it to be a sin to cling

to names and principles that delude to slavery. Therefore, we are calling on all Asiatics of America to learn the truth about their Nationality and their Divine Creed because they are not negroes. We urge them to link themselves with the families of nations. We honor all true and divine prophets. For More information contact Shahidah Brewington Bey at 410.326.8063 or Roger Brewington Bey at 410-814-8458.

Saturday, July 14 • Lincoln Exhibit Opening Weekend Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way) – 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Meet Jim Getty as Lincoln, hear live period music, see period crafts and other demonstrations. Join discussion and play the Lincoln’s Crossroads Online game.

Tour the exhibit. For more infomraiton, call 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

• Southern Maryland Sun & Music Festival Calvert County Fairgrounds (140 Calvert Fair Drive, Barstow) - July 14-15, 12 p.m.

Spirits in the Sky Benefit LLCis pleased to present its first Southern Maryland Sun & Music Festival The following charities will be participating in this year’s festival: Calvert Hospice, End Hunger in Calvert County, Project ECHO, Marines helping Marines, Calvert Alliance against Substance Abuse, Hunter’s Hero’s, Animal Relief Fund, Calvert Animal Welfare League, and Humane Society of Calvert.

The Festival event planners have put together a schedule of events which combines a music festival, wine festival, arts and crafts festival, craft beer festival and a charity fund raiser into one spectacular event. The event will boast music from national, regional, local bands and musicians both days on two stages. Headliners include The Fabulous Thunderbirds from Austin Texas, The Patty Reese Band, The Kelly Bell Band, voted the best blues band in the Mid-Atlantic, Courtlyn Carr from Nashville, along with the local bands Sam Grow and No Green Jelly Beenz. In addition, the event planners also have reached out to many of the local musicians that play in so many of the great Southern Maryland venues. The local musicians have donated their performance to help the awareness of our local charities.

Some of the other activities include, wine tasting from Maryland wineries, craft beer tasting from national and local breweries, great food from local caterers and restaurants, arts and crafts from local artists and exhibits from local merchants. Jim Zirakian and Jim Meunier, the event planners, proclaim their dedication to providing an atmosphere that will help bring support to our local charities along with striving for economic development for the tri-counties of Southern Maryland. The event will provide cash contributions to one or several local charities from a fixed portion of each ticket purchased. Other charity exposures will include free exhibit space during the 2 day event along with website and social media support. The event planners are asking that if any local charities would like to be a part of this year’s Festival, to please contact them at the above email address. In addition, there are still openings for sponsorship opportunities, vendors, artists, and wineries. If you wish to be a part of this first annual event, please contact us. For up to date information, visit www.somdsunmusicfest. org.

Out&About

Sunday, July 15 • Drawing for Beginners Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (13480 Dowell Road, Solomons) – 3-5 p.m.

Series Dates: Jul 8, 15, 22 and 29 Member Cost: $70 Nonmember Cost: $80 Materials Fee: Materials list provided at registration Instructor: Melinda Fabian Have you always wanted to draw, but just don’t know where to begin? Then join us for this comprehensive drawing series designed especially for beginners. Concentrating on drawing in pencil, learn to draw what you see with a variety of tools, techniques, and styles. Learn all about proportion, shading, composition, and lighting as we create a still life, landscape, portraits and more. To register, call 410-326-4640.

For more information, visit www.annmariegarden.org/annmarie2/for_adults.

• Nuno Felted Scarves Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (13480 Dowell Road, Solomons) – 10 a.m.4:30 p.m.

Member Cost: $60 Nonmember Cost: $65 Materials Fee: $17 due to instructor at class Instructor: Robyn Strayer Learn to blend silk and colorfully dyed wool with soap and water to created gorgeously textured, light and airy summer scarves. A fun, no-sew way to create a wearable work of art! To register, call 410-326-4640. For more information, visit http://www.annmariegarden.org/ annmarie2/for_adults

Monday, July 16 • Monday Morning Movies Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) - 10-11 a.m.

Bring the little ones for a movie and a story. For more infoormation, call 410-5350291 or 301-855-1862.

Tuesday, July 17 • Teaming Agreements: Sub-Contracting and Joint Ventures Calvert County Courthouse Square Conference Room (205 Main Street, Ground Floor Prince Frederick) – 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

The Procurement and Technical Assistance Program will hold a workshop for companies with limited or no experience in developing teaming agreements and would like to learn strategies for developing agreements and related documents. Entry is $85.

• InterAction - Northeast Community Center (4075 Gordon Stinnett Ave, Chesapeake Beach) – 1011 a.m. 410-257-2411 - Dunkirk Fire Department (3170 West Ward Road, Dunkirk) – 2-3 p.m.

410-257-2101 Productions presents ‘InterACTion’ where story telling comes to life in Abe Lincoln at Last! Come join Jack and Annie as local youth present a dramatic reading of this Magic Tree House tale. InterACTion means the audience has a part to play in this interpretation of ‘ Abe Lincoln at Last!’ so come prepared to be creative with us and

our imaginations will help tell this story in a fun and InterACTive manner! For kids of all ages.

• Summer Wii Gaming Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) – 2-3:30 p.m.

Join us to play Nintendo Wii. Try out Rock Band, Guitar Hero and more. All ages are welcome! For more informaiton, call 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

• Tween Summer Book Fest Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) – 6:30-8 p.m.

5th to 7th grade students are invited to great evening of fun activities! Registration required. Stop by Calvert Library to register - the first 10 registrants receive a free copy of “Stoneheart” by Charlie Fletcher.

Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, July 18 • Summer Fun – InterAction Patuxent Elementary School (35 Appeal Lane, Lusby) – 10-11 a.m. 410-326-5289 Calvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way, Prince Frederick) – 2-3 p.m., 7-8 p.m. 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862 FollowSpot Productions presents ‘InterACTion’ where story telling comes to life in Abe Lincoln at Last! Come join Jack and Annie as local youth present a dramatic reading of this Magic Tree House tale. InterACTion means the audience has a part to play in this interpretation of ‘ Abe Lincoln at Last!’ so come prepared to be creative with us and our imaginations will help tell this story in a fun and InterACTive manner!

• Dream Big Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch (3819 Harbor Road, Chesapeake Beach) – 2:30-3:30 p.m. 410-257-2411 Calvert Library Southern Branch (20 Appeal Way, Lusby) – 2:30-3:30 p.m.

410-326-5289 Learn about the careers of people who have changed the world by dreaming big!

Dream Big focuses on designers, musicians, astronauts, inventors, athletes, chefs and visionaries. The program features a related story, craft, and snack each week. For children from Kindergarten to 5th grade.

Registration not required.

• Dominion Cove Open House Holiday Inn Solomons (155 Holiday Drive, Solomons) – 6-8 p.m.

Dominion Cove has scheduled an open house in relation to the Dominion Cove Point Liquefaction Project. This is not a public hearing with a formal presentation.

It is a display of project information that attendees can review at their convenience.

Dominion personnel will be available to explain the proposed facilities and answer questions.

• VBS in Huntingtown Calvert Community Church (2450 Kings Landing Road, Huntingtown) – 6-8:30 p.m.

Calvert Community Church in Huntingtown will be having Vacation Bible School starring your favorite Veggie Tales characters Monday through Friday. Kids from K-6th grade are invited to attend “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything.”

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Fish For The Grill The Ordinary

Angler

By Keith McGuire Contributing Writer Nothing gives me greater pleasure than cooking up the catch of the day to provide dinner for my family and guests – except maybe catching that catch of the day!

Most of the fish that I’ve served up lately have been cooked outside on the grill. It is unbelievably easy! First of all, I fillet everything. Fish that I plan to cook on the grill are filleted with the skin and scales left on, except white perch which are scaled and filleted with the skin left on.

I rinse the fillets in clean water, pat them dry with a paper towel, lay them out on a cookie sheet skin side down, and sprinkle/rub on some seasoning. I like Zatarain’s Blackened Seasoning, but even Old Bay will do. Then I fire up the gas grill and let it get up to the

high temperature setting. The fillets of larger fish: stripers up to 25”, bluefish up to 20” and large flounder are transferred from the cookie sheet directly to the grill and cooked for 10 minutes. Smaller croaker and white perch fillets are done the same way, but transferred from the cookie sheet to a seafood cooking tray with holes in it, and cooked for just 5 minutes. The flesh of the fish separates nicely from the skin with a spatula or turner, and can be transferred nicely to dinner plates without the skin. Umm, umm!

My most recent fishing trip was an evening on the lower Patuxent River. I was joined by two fishing buddies, Richard Everson and Bill DeLorme. We launched the “Ordinary Angler” at the Solomons boat

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By Ronald N. Guy Jr. Contributing Writer

Like most degenerate sports fans, I seamlessly adapt to lulls in the calendar of events. Hit me with the end of the football season and I nestle up to college basketball through March Madness. No college hoops? Cue up the NHL and NBA playoffs.

This time of year, with only one major sport in action, presents the greatest challenge to my considerable sports fan survival skills. During July I resemble Bear Grylls in the midst of a barren wasteland with no apparent hope for survival (perhaps a slight embellishment). What sustains me, unlike Bear who would undoubtedly scour for potable water, unearth some edible insects and fashion a makeshift shelter, is the imminent return of the NFL. Knowing the return of American’s game is near triggers a religious trolling of the usual websites and T.V. channels – getting uncomfortably obscure, as necessary - for any justifiably relevant pigskin news.

Recently, I happened upon a little gem from “ The Worldwide Leader In Sports”: an analysis of the NFC East for the 2012 season. After a predictable flip through familiar entities like Michael Vick and the improved Eagles, Eli Manning and his “Giant” cast of defending champs and the flashy but habitually under-achieving Dallas Cowboys, the experts offered brief, obligatory comments on the ‘Skins, the least attractive and championship-irrelevant member of the NFL’s flagship division. The pacifying verdict was that, while improved, the ‘Skins are destined to finish in the NFC East cellar…again.

Ouch. That hurt. But I get it.

The ‘Skins have done nothing between the lines to earn any other forecast.

They’ve been awful for so long that not even the presence of a dynamic talent (RGIII), several interesting acquisitions and a strong coaching staff can portend anything more than another last place finish. No offense to these experts and their “Doubting Thomas” analysis of the

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We fished for a while longer, and as the sun went down, Richard and I both hooked up on rockfish: mine was 24 inches and his was 23 inches. By 9:30 PM we had the boat on the trailer and headed home to split up the catch. Some of the fish were served for dinner the next day in our three households.

Public Meeting: The Patuxent River Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association, Maryland, is having their monthly meeting on July 16th at 7:00 PM at Zahniser’s Yachting Center Pool Bar on Solomons Island. The meeting is free and open to the public. Scott McGuire and Chris Moe will demonstrate techniques for fishing with a variety of artificial lures and flies in the Zahniser’s pool. If Bill DeLorme with a keeper flounder caught in the Patuxent River. you have a favorite lure or technique, the pool can be ramp at around 5:00 PM. Using small jigs and spinner baits, we used for you to conduct your own demonstraquickly caught 10 really nice white perch up tion during the meeting. Refreshments and to 11 inches. Then we moved to oyster bot- appetizers will be available from the pool bar.

Remember to take a picture of your tom in an area that was 10 – 35 feet deep to see if we could find croakers. After an hour catch and send it to me with your story at or two, we had 4 croakers in the boat up to riverdancekeith@gmail.com.

14 inches and released a multitude of smaller Keith has been a recreational angler ones. Then Bill hooked something different.

As it broached the surface of the water, it be- on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries came obvious that it was a flounder. I quickly for over 50 years; he fishes weekly from his netted it for Bill and the measurement of 17 small boat during the season, and spends 1/8 inches proved that it was a keeper! Holy his free time supporting local conservation organizations. smokes! A keeper flounder!

The Perils Of A Doubting Thomas ‘Skins, but there’s often a latent reaction to the performance curve. It’s human nature to assume that known, but aging teams will continue to be what they’ve always been (the seen) and to underestimate talented but unproven commodities (the unseen). The best prognosticators and General Managers align with the performance curve and sense talent and outcomes before they happen. As a matter of fact, the best leaders in any profession possess a similar ability to connect the right person with the right job at the right time. The deft ability to accurately predict future performance of others - to sense what can and likely will be, before it happens - contributes tremendously to an organization’s success and has a transformational impact on the talented and unproven worker that just needed an opportunity and an advocate.

For the sake of the story and its accompanying point, I’ll share a personally embarrassing moment. I was a shy kid, painfully so. Arriving at my first t-ball practice (my initial foray into organized athletics), I launched into one of those uncontrollable, inconsolable nuclear meltdowns all parents fear. The sight of all those kids on the field was intimidating and the realization that I would have

to perform among them was simply overwhelming. There was zero chance, as far as I was concerned, of me exiting the car and taking the field. However, my irresistible emotional force met an immovable object: my steadfast mother. Mom had watched me obsess over any type of ball since birth and use any spherical object capable of being thrown or bounced to wreak havoc throughout her house. Despite my theatrical objections, she knew I belonged and would thrive on that field. Whether it was her dedication to my happiness or her sanity (probably both), she coaxed me off planet irrational and onto that baseball field. It proved to be the humble start of a meager but fulfilling athletic career that produced some of the best friends and memories of my life. Thanks, mom, for knowing the happy ending I’d yet to experience.

So does all this philosophical dribble and storytelling mean that I think the ‘Skins will finish better than 4th in the NFC East this season? Admittedly, that’s still something I need to see to believe.

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The Calvert Gazette

Thursday, July 12, 2012

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