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16 History
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Calvert County Commissioners cut the ribbon for the new Solomons Town Center Park on
Tuesday afternoon, along with area coaches and parks and recreation staff. The park houses
enough space for up to five multi-purpose fields and will soon be home to a playground. The
project took 18 months to complete.
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Jeremy Linehan, Michael Hildebrand, Michael Happell and Rebecca Vest run
through a practice round before the Mario Cart tournament at the Prince Fredrick
Library on Saturday to mark National Gaming Day.
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As Gov. O’Malley pushes ahead with designs
to enact Plan Maryland, a broad ranging land
use plan, local officials across the state are worried
about what they perceive to be an overtaking
of local land use authority.
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COUNTY
NEWS
Miller: Teacher Pension Liability
Will Move to Counties
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
During the Nov. 8 joint meeting on Calvert County’s 2012 legislative proposals,
Senator Mike Miller strongly hinted that the responsibility of funding teacher pensions
would be shifted form the state to the county level this year.
In response to this idea, which has been popping up for a number of years, County
Commissioner President Susan Shaw tells the Calvert Gazette she is firmly against such
an action.
“Given that teacher pensions are untenable for the state, they are even less tenable
for the counties,” Shaw said.
The counties are struggling with decreased real estate assessments, which leads to
decreased taxes and the county is working with less money rather than more, she said.
“Now is not the time to force the counties to raise taxes on our struggling citizens,
including teachers, who are required by the state to pay more, to pay for pensions that
cost close to four times what our county employee pensions cost,” Shaw said in an email
to the Calvert Gazette.
Last year, Shaw said the amount teachers must pay into their retirement was increased
by the state, but the additional funding went to balance the state budget for at least
two years instead of to increase the teacher retirement trust fund.
Les Knapp, associate director of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) legislative
staff, said MACo opposes the pension being moved from the state to the counties.
“MACo’s decision is they are moving the problem,” Knapp said.
The state funds the counties, and if the counties were to suddenly be trying to fund
the teacher pensions would cause a shortfall in the counties, which would become the
state’s problem again when the counties are looking for more money to offset the cost of
the teacher pensions.
In some counties, Knapp said as much as 60 percent of the budget goes to fund
schools.
Even the Calvert school district is against the pensions being moved from the state
to the county level. Gail Bennett, policy and communications specialist with Calvert
County Public Schools (CCPS), said she has heard plans to move the pensions to the
school districts themselves which, because the schools are funded by the county and
make no money on their own, would accomplish the same thing as moving the pensions
to the county.
Miller, one of the biggest supporters of moving the pensions to the local level, said
he wants to see the change made because the salaries keep getting raised without the
knowledge of the state, but the state is supposed to supply an ever-increasing amount in
the pension fund.
In the past five years, the cost for the pensions has gone from $550 million to $900
million, he said. Instead of the state continually being pressed to foot the bill, he said the
burden should be moved to the people creating the problem.
“I think anyone with common sense is a supporter of that,” he said.
He is also confident that the change will be made and the bill will go through in the
house.
“It has to go through at one point in time,” Miller said.
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By Corrin M. Howe
Staff Writer
“Where does Uncle Charlies Spur come from?” “When
did Fishing Creek get rerouted?” “What’s up with the tar paper
house on Boyds Turn Road?”
These were some of the questions asked at the third meeting
of “Calvert Conversations: An Informal Discussion of Local
History” sponsored by the Twin Beaches Branch of Calvert
Library.
Branch Manager Joanie Kilmon was prepared to talk about
the names of some of the streets in the Twin Beaches area based
upon questions asked at the previous meeting. While she still
doesn’t know the answer to how Uncle Charlies Spur got its
name, she did have old postcards and books about the amusement
park that opened in the 1890s.
Arcade Court, Band Shell Court, Carousel Way and Dentzel
Court all go back to the original amusement park which
was part of the attraction to Chesapeake Beach, a day trip from
Washington, D.C.
Kilmon said there was a horse race track built and even as
late as 1930s aerial-photos showed the outline of the track; however,
there was never a race run. The builders failed to talk to the
Maryland Gaming Commission before building it.
Gustaf Dentzel was master carver of carousel animals at
the time. Kilmon said a Dentzel carved kangaroo sat in the park
administrator’s basement for a long time until it was repaired
The Calvert Gazette
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
What’s In a Name?
and put on display at the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum.
In fact the restorer Gary Jameson is a resident of North Beach
and is considered a restoration specialist.
Kilmon said Mears Ave probably gets its name from Otto
Mears, who was from Colorado and helped to complete the railroad
line to Chesapeake Beach. He owned Durango and Silverton
railroad lines out west, which is probably where Silverton
Court got its name.
As questions were asked during the meeting, Kilmon would
jump up from the table and disappear. Then she’d return with a
book. “Otto Mears Goes East: The Chesapeake Beach Railway”
by Ames W. Williams is a book she said she’s very fond of. “History
would be lost if not written. Ames loved trains and small
lines. It was just his hobby.”
Williams’ passion for knowing about the Chesapeake
Beach Railway caused him to come to town and interview
people. He preserved town history which would have been lost,
Kilmon said.
While most of the most recent “conversation” centered
on the Beaches, Kilmon said participants drive the topics each
month. If residents come from other parts of the county, she will
recruit other historians to share their local knowledge.
A program of this type is not new to the library system.
Similar conversations have been held in the past at Prince Frederick
and Southern branches. Now that the Twin Beaches library
has a little bit more room as a result of a grant from the foundation,
she is excited to open up more programs to enjoy the view
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O’Donnell May Run Against Hoyer
Anthony O’Donnell
Photo by Frank Marquart
Maryland House of Delegates Minority Leader
Anthony O’Donnell (R-Dist. 29C) said this week
that he is “strongly considering” a run for the seat
currently held by Democrat Congressman Steny
Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in Congress.
O’Donnell told the Calvert Gazette last week
that he might look at higher office because of his
concerns over national debt and the apparent goal
of some in the Occupy Wall Street movement to do
away with capitalism.
This week, speaking to a gathering of Republican
central committees from the five counties in
the 5 th Congressional District, O’Donnell seemed
to strengthen his stance, though he has not yet committed
to a run against Hoyer.
“I am strongly considering a run for Maryland’s
5 th Congressional District,” O’Donnell said
Tuesday. “I expect I’ll make that decision by no
later than early December.”
O’Donnell said the economic struggles in the
nation, exemplified by small businesses trying to
stay afloat and families finding it difficult to make
ends meet, represented an opportunity to defeat
Democrat incumbents.
“In 2012 the political environment is very volatile,”
O’Donnell said. “The president’s policies are
not popular right now.
“This environment is not a typical political environment,”
he said.
O’Donnell has criticized Hoyer for voting for
liberal policies that he said do not reflect the values
of the 5 th District, and vowed to run an aggressive
campaign if he decides to run.
“If I decide to run for this office I’ll do so unrestrained
and I’ll be running to win,” O’Donnell
said.
Rising GOP star Charles Lollar, of Newburg,
recently announced that he would not seek to run
for Hoyer’s seat, after having lost to the entrenched
incumbent last year, citing the strain on his family.
Lollar was well received among Republicans
and even some conservative Democrats in the region
and garnered national media attention for his
campaign.
Todd Eberly, professor of political science at
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, said O’Donnell is
a “serious candidate” who could also use a congressional
run to raise his profile for some office outside
the Maryland General Assembly.
“I would view his as a serious candidate”
should he decide to run, Eberly said. “I would see
this as O’Donnell’s signaling he has interests beyond
the General Assembly.”
Eberly said the recent redistricting map for
District 5 took away some conservative votes from
Anne Arundel County and replaced them with
some from Prince George’s, making the district
even more strongly Democratic.
Also in heavily Democratic counties like
Prince George’s and now Charles, it would be a
real battle for O’Donnell to propagate his staunchly
conservative message successfully.
“That’s going to be a hard message to sell in
Prince George’s and Charles counties,” Eberly said.
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and camaraderie.
Calvert Conversations meets the second Thursday of the
month from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and is open to anyone.
By the way, Kilmon wants to hear from fellow historians
about how the road called Uncle Charlies Spur in Dunkirk got
it’s name.
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Ellie and Dick Wilson chat with Twin Beaches Library Manager Joanie Kilmon
about street names in Chesapeake Beach.

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COUNTY
NEWS
Taking A Proactive Approach to Domestic Violence
By Corrin M. Howe
Staff Writer
Photo by Corrin M. Howe
The State’s Attorney’s Domestic Violence Unit, from
left, is Asst. State’s Attorney Jennifer Morton, State’s
Attorney Laura Martin and victim/witness coordinator
Kristy Longfellow.
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
It was a packed house at the Dowell
Road construction discussion in the Calvert
Marine Museum Auditorium on Monday
night
Ṫhe nearly one mile stretch of Dowell
Road starting at H. G. Trueman Road
is scheduled to be widened to include sidewalks,
bike lanes and a turning lane, and
wider travel lanes.
The next step in the process is getting
the right of way for the project. Rai Sharma,
Deputy Director of Engineering with Calvert
County, said property owners will be visited
by an appraiser and appropriately compensated
for the land needed. For land that has
been foreclosed upon, county officials will
have to go to the banks to purchase he right
of way.
When concerns came up about getting
the project funded, Commissioner Jerry
Clark took the microphone to assure the
crow that “nothing’s gonna derail it.”
“The money’s there,” Clark said. “The
board’s committed to do this.”
Other concerns were expressed about
the State Highway Administration imposing
a speed limit without consulting the people
living on the road.
“The state highway administration has
nothing to do with this,” Sharma said, adding
the speed limit will likely be set at 30 mph
along Dowell Road, down from the current
40 mph limit.
The construction on Dowell Road is set
to begin in 2013, and is expected to take 18 to
21 months. During that time, they will close
one lane at a time or construct temporary
lanes, but the road will not be completely
closed at any time, Sharma said.
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“Why doesn’t she leave?” Calvert County
State’s Attorney Laura Martin asked a room
full of businesswomen.
Why doesn’t a woman leave a violent environment?
During an interactive exercise, Martin
asked that each woman with an answer line
up by the door.
One by one, women from the monthly
meeting of Calvert County Chamber of Commerce’s
Women to Women made suggestions.
All together they proposed 10 reasons, which
included: finances, co-dependency, children,
love, no support system, fear of death and fear
of the unknown and other reasons.
When the line was 10 women deep, Martin
answered the question she proposed. “They (the
women) have to solve all these problems to get
through that door.”
The Domestic Violence Unit, which Martin
said has received statewide recognition as a
model program, began as the result of the murder
of Darlene Turney on Dec. 3, 2000. Several
days prior, her ex-boyfriend Ancil Tony Hamrick
was in court facing some “serious jail.”
His defense attorney approached the prosecuting
attorney at the time and requested bail until
sentencing.
The prosecutor discussed it with Turney,
who agreed because she needed Hamrick to
work and pay child support.
“Three days later she’s dead. The prosecutor
and victim didn’t know better,” Martin
said. The lack of understanding of domestic
violence precipitated an application to the Violence
Against Women Act for a grant to start
the program.
Now, if there is physical injury or a history
of violence, the State’s Attorney’s office
will “force the cases further.”
When there is a report of domestic violence,
a response team made up of law enforcement,
State’s Attorney’s office and social services
will go out as a team and meet with the
victim.
They will go through a survey of questions
with the victim asking questions such as “Has
he/she threatened to kill you or your children?”
“Does he/she have a gun or can easily get one?”
Based upon the answers, the team will have a
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COUNTY
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10 Days Waiting Period
May Not be Needed
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
With some uncertainty over whether a 10-day waiting period is needed
after every public hearing and whether it can be omitted, Calvert County is
asking the state to help to clarify the rules.
Calvert County Attorney John Norris said the issue arise from the
reading of Maryland Annotated Code, Article 24, §3, which reads under
the Express Powers Act:
“An act, ordinance, or resolution may not be adopted by the county
commissioners, under the powers conferred by this section, until 10 days
after a public hearing has been held on the proposed act, ordinance, or resolution.
Prior notice of the public hearing, together with a fair summary
of the proposed act, ordinance, or resolution, shall be published in at least
one newspaper of general circulation in the county once each week for two
successive weeks. This subsection is not applicable to: (1) an administrative
act or resolution adopted by the county commissioners of Dorchester,
Frederick, Somerset, or St. Mary’s County; or (2) a resolution, other than a
bond resolution adopted under §15 of Article 25B of the Code, adopted by
the county commissioners of a county that has adopted home rule powers
under Article XI-F of the Maryland Constitution. For purposes of this subsection,
“ordinance” means a permanent rule of law enacted by the county
commissioners, and “resolution” means a formal expression of the opinion
of an official body.”
According to Norris: “The issue is this: If the first sentence is to be
read narrowly to only apply to actions being taken pursuant to the express
powers act of Article 25, Section 3, why does the third sentence state (by
using a double negative) that this subsection applies to bond resolutions adopted
under Section 15 of Article 25B of the Code? I found noting in Article
25, Section 3 related to such bonds; only performance and private activity
bonds are referenced in Article 25, Section 3.”
Norris told the Calvert Gazette the changes they are seeking, to clarify
the times when a 10 day waiting period is required and when it is not, is
to avoid “gotchas” and slip ups between the county commissioners and
citizens.
“Nothing in the proposal seeks to shorten the time in which County
citizens have an opportunity to comment on a proposed Ordinance or
Resolution, nor does any part of the legislative request seek to prohibit the
County Commissioners from leaving a record open even where the State
law does not require the County to leave a record open to accept additional
comments after a public hearing,” Norris said in an email.
County Commissioner Evan K. Slaughenhoupt, Jr. echoed Norris’s assurances
that they are not attempting to cut the community out of decision
making in the county. He said he’s “not so sure it’s necessary” to even have
the language clarified, but he was willing to leave the issue open to hear
further dialogue on the issue.
He supports letting the county as a whole have their time to say what’s
on their mind, and doesn’t see where 10 days will make much of a difference
one way or the other.
“I don’t see the harm in the 10 day waiting period,” he said.
sarahmiller@countytimes.net
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To be held at
Mother Catherine Spalding School
38833 Chaptico Road (Rt. 238) ‐ Helen, Maryland 20635
That’s right a “grocery auction”. If you have never been to one, plan to attend. Grocery auctions have been gaining
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For more information contact:
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Brian Russell – 301-475-1633
The Calvert Gazette
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
The St. Leonard Town Center Master Plan is currently
under construction.
Highlights of the plan involve decreasing the amount
of setback required from the road to a house, and making
the town overall more pedestrian friendly.
St. Leonard will also continue to limit building sizes
to 25,000 square feet, under the plan, leaving Solomons
Island and Prince Fredrick the town centers best equipped
to handle box stores and industrial growth.
Jenny Plummer-Welker, principal planner with Calvert
County, said this is because St. Leonard town center
lacks the public sewer infrastructure that the other two
town centers have.
There is also mention of burying utility lines in
the town center, with a goal under the energy section to
“identify and protect a preferred location for an underground
utility right-of-way to eventually move above
ground power lines.”
Tom Dennison, spokesperson for SMECO, said
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St. Leonard Master Plan Getting a Facelift
burying lines can be expensive, and there are potential
problems if one entity owns the poles, such as SMECO,
whole another owns the lines connected to the poles, like
Verizon. He said they are always open to ideas and suggestions
though, and looks forward to working with the
county on the St. Leonard master plan.
There are seven town center master plans – Solomons
Island, enacted in 1986, Dunkirk in 1987, Prince
Fredrick in 1989, Huntingtown in 1993, St. Leonard in
1995, Owings in 2000 and Lusby in 2002. Plummer
Welker said they are working through updating the plans
one by one.
There will be a joint meeting between the Planning
Commission and the Calvert County Commissioners to
discuss the upcoming third draft for St. Leonard at 2 p.m.
Dec. 6. After the meeting, there will be a public hearing
for the plan to get input from the community as a whole.
For more information, or to see a draft of the plan in
its entirety, visit www.co.cal.md.us/business/planning/
towncenters/st.leonardtowncenter.
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Gamers Welcome at Library
Photo by Sarah Miller
Jeremy Linehan, Michael Hildebrand, Michael Happell and Rebecca Vest run through a practice round before the Mario Cart tournament
at the Prince Fredrick Library on Saturday. 32 players ages 6 to 12 signed up for the morning games, and 16 teens from 13
to 17 signed up to play during the afternoon round. The tournament marked National Gaming Day.
County Employees May Get
Christmas Bonus
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
In lieu of the annual cost of living raise that
was suspended this year due to budgetary constraints,
Calvert County government employees
may soon be receiving one-time bonuses from
leftover money in the employee healthcare
budget.
“Frankly, it’s overdue,” said County Commissioner
Evan K. Slaughenhoupt, Jr.
He said the bonus is a “thank you” for government
employees who were willing to step up
and help make the budget work in trying economic
times.
County Commissioner President Susan
Shaw echoed Slaughenhoupt’s sentiments, saying
the bonus is a thank you for the employees,
which she isn’t sure will happen again in coming
years.
“You have to do it when you can do it,”
Shaw said.
She said the future “looks bleak” financially
speaking, and worries that government employees
will have difficulty making ends meet
with the cost of living continuing to increase.
“There’s no way employees are keeping
up,” Shaw said.
When calculating the cost of living index,
Shaw said Calvert County uses the Baltimore-
Washington general area index.
The bonus is proposed to be $750 for full
time and $375 for part time employees who
qualify. The total cost to the general fund, according
to information handed out at the Nov.
15 board of county commissioners, will be
$536,501, which will be covered by the decrease
in healthcare expenses.
Commissioners will vote the issue on during
the Nov. 29 meeting, and if the decision is
favorable, the bonuses will hit government paychecks
Dec. 15.

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By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
Local motorcycle enthusiasts and organizations turned out
Saturday morning with toys to donate to local children during the
7th Annual Renegade Classics Toy Run.
Diane Harrington, co-owner of Renegade Classics in Prince
Fredrick with her husband, Kerry Harrington, said they started
the toy run when they opened the shop and it has been growing
ever since.
“It means a lot to the guys,” she said, noting that she has seen
bikers cry at the reactions of the children and the families during
the giveaway at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in North Beach.
The event starts at the Harrington’s shop in Prince Frederick.
Riders and others arrive with their toy donations, which are
loaded into a box trailer. Then, as a group, the participants ride to
North Beach to meet Father David Russell at St. Anthony’s, where
a crowd of children was waiting for presents.
North
Bikers Donate Toys to Children in Need
Some participants chose to make a cash donation, which
goes into a fund to buy presents.
The families receiving toys are on a list provided by the
county, and each child at the giveaway gets one toy, Harrington
said.
There was also a special appearance by Santa Claus at the
toy giveaway, who was available for pictures with the children.
The leftover toys are sent to other charities and parishes
to go to other children. Harrington said they are never worried
about not having enough to go around.
“People have such a misconception of riders,” Harrington
said. “They have such a giving heart.”
While there were first-time participants at Saturday’s toy
run, others have been involved since the first toy run. Doug Barber
is one of the long-time participants.
“You’ve got to take care of each other,” Barber said.
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Steve Thorne, dressed as Santa Claus, leads the bikers into North Beach.
Skylar Tidd shows off her Christmas gift.
Diane Harrington, co-owner of Renegade Classics, gets her picture taken
with Santa.
Madison Bechtold is fascinated by her new doll.
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Save On Auto Repairs
With Your Library Card
A popular and often-used online library resource has been upgraded
and now offers library users even more savings when it comes
to automobile repair.
The Auto Repair Reference Center offers repair information,
technical service bulletins, specifications and diagrams for more
than 37,000 vehicles. The information, including high-quality, printable
images and in-depth repair information, is free for anyone with
a valid library card from one of the three public library systems in
Southern Maryland – Calvert Library, Charles County Public Library
and the St. Mary’s County Library.
“In this economy, a lot of people are looking for ways to cut
expenses,” said David Paul, Information Services Manager for the
Southern Maryland Regional Library. “Providing this service is one
way we can help anyone who is willing to get a little dirty under the
hood of their car save hundreds of dollars in automobile repair.”
The auto repair service provides step-by-step, illustrated repair
information for all areas of most vehicle makes and models from as
far back as 1954, including brakes, drivetrain, steering and suspension.
There are also electrical diagrams, recall bulletins, diagnostic
information and even a labor estimator that helps determine the time
it will take to do a repair and estimates the cost.
“This is a service we’ve provided for quite a while,” Paul said in a
press release. “But recent upgrades have made it much more intuitive
and user-friendly.”
The Auto Repair Reference Center is just one of many free online
services provided by the Southern Maryland Regional Library in
partnership with the Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s county public
library systems.
To access the Auto Repair Reference Center with your library
card, go to the “COSMOS” link on the library’s website (www.calvert.lib.md.us),
and then to “online resources.”
Hospital Earns
National Award for
Stroke Care
The American Heart Association (AHA) has awarded Calvert Memorial with the prestigious
Gold Plus Award for outstanding stroke treatment. The award – the highest level of achievement
through the AHA’s Get with The Guidelines Program -- recognizes the hospital’s use of the latest
treatment techniques for stroke care.
CMH was designated as a Primary Stroke Center in 2008. It means the hospital meets or
exceeds the requirements set by the state for effectively treating strokes. Calvert’s multidisciplinary
team, which includes EMS, physicians, nurses, radiology and laboratory technicians,
rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists and case managers, is headed by board-certified neurologist
Dr. Harry Kerasidis.
Members of Calvert Memorial Hospital’s stroke team are, from left, Kathy Moore, director
of rehabilitation services; Dr. Harry Kerasidis, director of the stroke center; Darla Hardy, director
of Level 2; Dr. John Schnabel, director of emergency medical services; Stephanie Cleaveland,
director of the emergency department, Elena Hutchinson, occupational therapist and stroke
support group facilitator; Karen Seekford, clinical nurse educator and Angela Clubb, PI stroke
program coordinator.
Bag it or Scoop it?
By Susan Shaw
President, Calvert County Commissioners
One of the critical roles
of a County Commissioner
involves land use planning
and zoning. In my last column,
I alerted you to Plan
Maryland (PlanMD.com), a
proposed septic bill and Watershed
Improvement Plans
(WIPs) that seek to reduce
the Total Maximum Daily
Loads (TMDLs) of pollutants
going into the Chesapeake
Bay. While you will be hearing
more about the exorbitant
price tags on these pie-in-thesky
plans soon, and I hope you keep your ears open for
mention of these, there are more immediate zoning concerns.
A recent zoning hearing addressed two controversial
topics: what should a nursery be allowed to sell and
what kinds of activities should be permitted in an Agriculture
Preservation District?
Calvert County uses the Town Center concept for
zoning. We try to concentrate residential development
with a mix of housing types in town centers along with
retail, offices and services, and other commercial development
that serves the residents. We try to concentrate
our agricultural industry in the countryside between and
around town centers. The state currently calls our town
centers Priority Funding Areas (PFAs), which makes
those areas eligible for state funding for infrastructure
like schools. Water and Sewer should be located in Town
Center PFAs, for example, and not in the countryside or
Priority Preservation Areas (PPAs). But what about nurseries?
Greenhouses? Most nurseries in Calvert County
grow at least some of their own stock; some grow a lot
of it. Logically, one would not expect to grow plants and
trees in a town center, where the land costs are higher.
Retail is supposed to go in the town centers where accommodations
are made for traffic and parking. Yet,
for nurseries to survive financially, they need to be able
to sell mulch, soil amendments, pavers, and pots. To
Submitted Photo
commissioners
some, that sounds like retail. To others,
it sounds logical to offer one-stop shopping at
a nursery for the plants, pots, potting soil, peat,
and mulch needed. Where is the line between
keeping retail in town centers and not having
nurseries in Calvert County because they cannot survive
without the retail component?
This argument has been going on for three years.
But, instead of being straightforward, as I just recounted,
it has devolved into arguments between whether to allow
bulk mulch sales vs. bagged mulch sales, whether “fertilizer
mixing” will be allowed, on what size of road a nursery
can be located, what is a commercial nursery vs. what
is a retail nursery. Common sense went out the window
a long time ago on this topic. For example, bagged mulch
supposedly draws less traffic than bulk mulch, but how is
that factual when the amount of mulch needed is the same
whether it is purchased in a bag or bulk and when bagged
mulch arrives on tractor-trailer trucks and bulk mulch
comes in dump trucks? Why can’t the consumer choose
whether to try to handle the heavy bags or to get a scoop
in his trailer and shovel it?
The latest idea from the Planning and Zoning department
was to limit the amount of retail a nursery could have
to a particular square footage, which is less than they already
have and use. 100’ buffers were proposed. What??
100’ of plants to hide plants or to shade a greenhouse?
There aren’t that many nurseries in Calvert County. Why
not allow some retail to keep them in business? The argument
on the other side is that the retail will gradually slide
to more and more, until you have a complex like Green
Street Gardens in AA County that sells purses, shoes,
sculptures, and other retail items that belong in a town
center along with the plants, furniture, pots, etc. Meanwhile,
at least one mulch/retail business in a town center
doesn’t want the rules to change for nursery businesses
outside the town centers to protect his investment.
What do you think and want? Next time I will discuss
what should/should not be allowed on agriculturally
zoned land. Stay tuned for more …
c
orner
NAMI Adds Recovery Support
Groups in Calvert, Charles
NAMI Southern Maryland, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the
nation’s largest grassroots non-profit organization providing education, support and advocacy for
persons suffering from serious mental illnesses, announces the start of two new support groups
for persons suffering from serious mental illnesses.
On Dec. 5, NAMI’s Waldorf Connection Recovery Support Group will hold its first meeting,
at the Institute for Family Centered Services, 605 Post Office Road, Suite 205, Waldorf. It
will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and will meet every first and third Monday of the month at that
location.
NAMI’s Prince Frederick Connection Recovery Support Group will start on Dec. 7, at Classroom
2 of the KeepWell Center at Calvert Memorial Hospital, 100 Hospital Road, Prince Frederick.
It will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and will hold its meetings every first and third Wednesday
of each month.
In addition, NAMI Southern Maryland will continue to hold its ongoing Lexington Park
Connection Recovery Support Group at its office, located at 21161 Lexwood Drive, Room 2,
Lexington Park, every first and third Tuesday of the month, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
NAMI Connection is a recovery support group program for people living with mental illness,
providing a place that offers respect, understanding, encouragement and hope. The groups
are confidential and are lead by persons living with mental illness that are in recovery themselves.
Connection offers a casual and relaxed approach to sharing the challenges and successes
of coping with mental illness. The groups are free and are open to all adults with mental illness,
regardless of their diagnosis.
“NAMI Connection has helped me understand and accept my mental illness, and take the
next step in recovery. I love NAMI – this group has helped save my own life and it will save
many others,” a participant said in a press release.
Having Connection Groups in all three Southern Maryland counties will add significantly
to the options available to persons living with mental illness to aid in their journeys in recovery.

9 Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Calvert Gazette
Community
Community Chorus Begins Christmas Concerts
The Chesapeake Community Chorus held their annual
concert at Olivet United Methodist Church in Lusby on
Sunday.
Musical offerings during the evening ranged from
Mother Goose Madrigals and “Do You Hear What I Hear,”
geared toward children in the audience to “Run to the Manger”
and Handel’s “The Hallelujah Chorus” for the adult
listeners.
The chorus is in its 9th season and currently under the
baton of Larry Brown. He said the community chorus is
open to anybody and not limited to any age group or section
of community members.
“We get older singers, but we take anybody we can get,”
he said.
The concerts aid in raising money for charities in Calvert
County. To date, Brown said they have raised more than
$50,000 for charity organizations.
For more information about the chorus or joining
the group, contact Brown at 301-855-7477 or by e-mail at
lbrown9601@verizon.net.
Upcoming Concerts
Nov. 25 - Service of Remembrance for Hospice
Huntingtown High School, Huntingtown
4:45 pm
Nov. 26 - Festival of Trees
Huntingtown High School, Huntingtown
April 15, 2012 – For Hospice
5 pm
Waters Memorial UMC, 5400 Mackall Road, St. Leonard
5 p.m.
Dec. 2 – For Hospice
Elks Lodge, 1015 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick April 22 – For Hospice
QBH St M7 p.m.
North Beach Union Church, 8912 Chesapeake Avenue,
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North Beach
5 p.m.
Photo by Sarah Miller
May 6 – For Hospice
Hospice Huntingtown UMC, 4020 Hunting Creek Road,
Huntingtown
5 p.m.
MHBR
No. 103

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Thursday, November 17, 2011 10
Man Charged With Smuggling Drugs
into St. Mary’s jail
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
St. Mary’s police have charged a Lusby
man with trying to secret various narcotics into
the Leonardtown detention center last week.
Phillip Lynn McCan, Jr., 55, faces nine separate
counts related to the case.
Charging documents show that when Mc-
Can was reporting to the jail due to a court order
Nov. 8, deputies alleged they found contraband
narcotics on McCan when they conducted
a pat down search of his person.
They found several kinds of narcotics located
in the insoles of McCan’s shoes, police
National Take Back Day
First Sgt. Tim Buckmaster, left, Lt.
Col. Thomas Hejl, Lt. Richard Williams
of the Charles County Sheriff’s
Office and Lt. Randy Stephens,
Commander, Maryland State Police
Barrack “U” on the steps of
the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office
to mark the success of the Oct. 29
“National Take- Back Day,” when
law enforcement agencies across
the country facilitated the turn in of
expired or unwanted prescription
medications for safe and proper
disposal. Residents can anonymously
turn in unwanted prescription
medications anytime using a
designated mailbox on the steps
of the Sheriff’s Office at 30 Church
Street in Prince Frederick.
MAJOR 2-DAY REGIONAL
EQUIPMENT/TRUCK AUCTION
Located On-Site at
FLAT IRON COMPLEX, 45820 Highway to Heaven Lane, Great Mills, Maryland
Selling Equipment & Trucks From: SMECO; Saint Mary’s County Government; METCOM-Metropolitan
Commission; U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland; Area Contractors; Several Small
Estates; Banking & Lending Institutions; Equipment Dealers & Other Owners are Participating!
FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
AUCTION BEGINS AT 8:00 AM
THE FOLLOWING TO BE SOLD
FRIDAY- BRIEF LISTING!
Farm, Equipment of all kind;
Lawn & Garden & Miscellaneous;
Tractor Trailer Load of New/Unused
Office Furniture; Misc. Tools, Garden
Equipment and Other Items
too Numerous to List!
Check out our website at
www.CochranAuctions.com
for photos and more detailed listing!
alleged in court papers, including clonozepam,
opanaer and 14 morphine pills.
Deputies cross checked the pills with
state’s poison control authority, which stated
that the pills were likely narcotics as deputies
had identified them based on their markings,
color and shapes, court papers read.
A drug schedule from the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration confirmed that the
pills were all narcotics, court papers state.
McCan was formally charged with three
counts of drug possession, three counts of possessing
drugs while in a place of confinement
and three counts of possessing or receiving narcotics
will confined in the detention center.
SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 19, 2011
AUCTION BEGINS AT 8:00 AM
VERY BRIEF LISTING!
IMPOSSIBLE TO LIST!
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO BE
SOLD ON SATURDAY!
Tri-, T/A & Single Dumps - Nice Selection:
Road Tractors; Support Trucks; (42+) Pickups, Vans,
and Cars to 2008 Model Year; Trailers; Hydraulic
Excavators; Track Loaders & Dozers; Compaction;
Paving; Motor Graders; End Dumps; Motor Scrapers;
Rubber Tire Loaders; Telescopic & Straight Mast
Forklifts; Warehouse Forklifts; Working Platforms;
Scissor Lift; Loader Backhoes; Skid Loaders;
Tractors; Collector Cars; ATV’S/Golf Carts/
4-Wheelers; & Many Others Items Not Listed
COMPLETE PAYMENT SALE DAY: Payment for all items must be paid in full on
sale day with cash, Cashier’s checks, traveler’s check or money order. Personal
or company checks will be accepted with a valid bank letter or guaranteed payment.
All sales subject to the applicable 6% sales tax of the State of Maryland.
SALE SITE INFORMATION: 301-994-0300
NOTE: Several Auctioneers will be selling at one time. Please come prepared for the arrangement.
Subject to additions and deletions. We are not responsible for the acts of our principles.
Some items sell with reserve. Buyer’s Premium applies to all purchases-$0.00 to $5,000.00-10%,
$5,000 & up-$500.00 flat fee. Online Bidding-Provided by Equipmentfacts.com
POLICE BLOTTER
Deputies investigating garage thefts
Unknown suspects stole $625 worth of property to include a Porter Cable reciprocating
saw, a red metal Craftsman toolbox with drawers containing various tools, a carpet kicker,
a Craftsman cordless drill and one Evo air compressor. This occurred overnight between
Nov. 5 and 6 in a garage behind a home on Hunting Creek Road in Huntingtown. Dep. A.
Mohler is investigating.
Two arrested, charged in narcotics case
After checking out a call for a suspicious vehicle
alongside the Giant grocery store in Lusby, DFC C. Johnson
found the occupants to be in alleged possession of illegal
drugs. He arrested the driver, Joshua Alan Moore,
22, of Mechanicsville and charged him with possession of
a schedule IV drug, Alprazolam (Xanax), and possession
with intent to use drug paraphernalia, two syringes. He
arrested the passenger, Samantha Joell Faucette, 21, of Waldorf,
and charged her with possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, two syringes.
Theft from vehicle under investigation
Unknown suspects stole a black iPod classic, the charging port and three books of CD’s
from an unlocked vehicle parked outside a home on Lake Shore Drive in Owings between
Nov. 8 and 9. Dep. S. Esposito is investigating.
Police: Woman filed false report to get more
prescription pills
On Nov. 10 at 7:45 p.m. a woman attempting to report a theft was arrested
and charged with possession of Percocet, use of drug paraphernalia,
a credit card, making a false report and obstructing a police officer in the
performance of his duties after DFC J, police alleged. Deputies responded
to her location on Laurel Drive in Lusby. Melissa Sue Wathen initially advised DFC Harms
that she had given a ride to a man and when he got out of the vehicle, she discovered her
cash was missing. When asked for her identification, Wathen gave Harms a false name,
police alleged. After some questioning, it was discovered that Wathen was attempting to
file a police report for theft in order to obtain another prescription for pills from her doctor,
police reported.
Wishing well, dog house stolen
Sometime in the month of November someone stole a wooden wishing well with a red
shingle roof and a wooden dog house, white with a blue shingle roof, together valued at $550
from the side of the road in front of Marco’s Quality Storage in the 1800 block of Solomons
Island Road in Prince Frederick. Both items had been placed outside for sale. Anyone with
information is asked to contact Dep. Y. Bortchevsky at 410-535-2800 or Calvert County
Crime Solvers at 410-535-2880 for anonymous tips.
Man Charged with Resisting Arrest
On Nov. 12 at 1:30 a.m. Cpl. S. Parrish responded to a home on Monterey
Road in Lusby for the report of a woman screaming. Upon arrival,
Cpl. Parrish observed there was a party at the house. He advised the occupants
to quiet down. After returning to his vehicle and driving up the street,
Parrish was approached by one of the party-goers who advised a fight was
breaking out. Parrish returned and observed Sean Paul Judd, 19, of Lusby, in the middle of
the street cursing at another male, police reported. Judd was told to stop and leave the area
but he refused, police stated. Judd was advised he was under arrest for disorderly conduct
and at that time he began to struggle and resist arrest, police alleged, however, he was ultimately
handcuffed and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting a lawful arrest.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Vehicle Burglaries Expanding
Calvert law officers warned residents
last week that vehicle burglaries involving
high value items that had mostly occurred in
the Lusby area are now cropping up in more
northerly locations like Prince Frederick and
Huntingtown.
Calvert criminal investigations officials
had said earlier that they were working on several
strategies to combat the emerging problem
— often driven by drug addictions — including
enhanced police presence in affected areas
and surveillance.
The rash of thefts began in mid-October,
law officers said, and have continued to the
present day, with most vehicles that were burglarized
unlocked at the time of the crimes.
However, some vehicles were damaged
when the thieves tried to pry out various items
such as car stereos, police reported.
The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office and
Sheriff Mike Evans remind citizens to remove
valuables from their vehicle when possible and
to secure them from sight when that is not possible,
according to a press release.
Also, citizens should lock their vehicle
at all times. An additional measure to guard
against theft is to leave an exterior light on at
night since most of these incidents occur during
the overnight hours, police advised. Police
also asked citizens to report any suspicious activity
to the sheriff’s office at once.

11 Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Calvert Gazette
By Corrin M. Howe
Staff Writer
“Giver’s Gain. As simple as that sounds it takes awhile to
understand and take advantage of what it means,” said Business
Network International (BNI) Regional Director John
Stutzman.
Giver’s Gain is the cornerstone of the philosophy of the
international networking organization that was founded in the
state of California around 1983 by Dr. Ivan Misner. The idea
is that when businessmen and women focus on selflessly helping
improve another’s businesses, theirs will gain as well.
Misner and a group of other business owners met regularly
to brainstorm how they could grow their small businesses.
They discussed how to make referrals to one another
and their businesses started growing. When other business
groups saw they were growing, they asked Misner’s group to
show them how to be successful. Now there 6,000 chapters
in 50 countries. Jerry Schwartz started Maryland BNI about
a dozen years ago and now there are 110 chapters meeting
throughout the state and Washington, DC.
“The agenda and structure has remained the same
over the years. What has changed is the development of an
educational section where BNI teaches skills and processes
which help improve business people’s networking skills,” said
Stutzman.
There are two components to BNI’s education. First it
teaches its members how to be effective within the BNI structure.
Then it teaches them how to effective in other business
social and networking arenas.
“We are a specific type of networker. What we are not is
competition for the Chamber or meet up groups.”
For example, BNI trains its members about the difference
between a “lead” and a “referral.” An example of a
lead is “I know Joe Smith, he owns a restaurant which might
need your pest control services.” A referral is “I talked to Joe
Smith. He owns this restaurant. He needs a pest control service.
I’ve already given him you name and number and he
By Carrie Munn
Staff Writer
Turning Leads into Referrals
A chance meeting of two experts in their fields, looking
into renting commercial space along Three Notch Road
in Mechanicsville led to Tony Langley and Jimmy Stinson
setting up shop in one shared building.
Langley owns The Fabric Store and Stinson owns Broad
Creek Kitchens and Millwork.
This is Stinson’s second location, following his flagship
business in Fort Washington. A resident of Hughesville, Stinson
frequently stays busy on-the-job. One of the advantages
his business offers, he explained, is that customers see him
not only designing new kitchens and collecting the check, but
on the job hanging cabinets or doing trim work.
Stinson has been in the business for about 25 years and
says he offers real wood products and quality
workmanship, because he and his small
crew do entire kitchen makeovers from the
floor to the ceiling, from structural work to
designer lighting fixtures.
In the rear of the Mechanicsville business,
customers can find a man who’s been
in the fabric business for 44 years. With an
assortment of high-quality home décor fabrics
at $9.95 per yard and affordable, professional
upholstery work, Langley said,
“Anyone would have a hard time touching
my pricing on the East Coast.”
Over the years, Langley has forged
relationships with fabric manufacturers
and encourages his clients to take samples
home, “live with them for a few days,” and
come back when they’ve made a decision.
Then he’ll make the curtains or re-cover
that old cushion at a rate that beats out bigbox
competitors.
Langley said the marriage of the two
businesses is only logical and has learned
plans to call you this week. But just in case, here is his name
and number to follow up.”
With a referral, another BNI member was practically
made the sale for you because she told one of her own clients
about someone she knows and trusts to perform a necessary
service.
The way BNI members can become an extended sales
team is at each weekly meeting, the members share a little
bit about their business and what types of referrals they want.
The members also have a ten-minute presentation to explain
their business. The chapter also encourages the members to
meet with one another outside the weekly meeting to learn
more about the others so that they can make quality referrals.
Throughout the following week, each member is actively
looking to refer business based upon the referral requests at
the previous meeting.
One of the advantages to a BNI weekly meeting is that
only one representative from each profession is allowed in the
chapter. This “locks out” competition so that the other members
only have one banker, one real estate broker, one florist,
etc. to refer all their business.
The weekly meetings last 90 minutes and are very structured
to get the most out of the time together. Chapter business,
educational teaching and member’s 10 minute presentation
are sandwiched between a period when each member and
visitor gives a 60 second elevator speech about their business
and what type of clients they want that week. At the end of the
meeting all the other members have an opportunity to present
referrals to one another based upon what was requested.
The Prince Frederick BNI Chapter meets every Thursday
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Greene Turtle in the
Prince Frederick Shopping Center at the intersection of Route
4 and 231. For more information contact Jerry Schwartz at
jerry@bnimaryland.com.
corrin@somdpublishing.net
Chance Partnership Puts New Biz on the Map
enough about the kitchen business to offer, what they agree is
the number one advantage to doing business with them, topnotch
customer service.
The Fabric Store has been open since March, and
Broad Creek Kitchens opened its showroom in July. They
said they’ve already worked with many Southern Maryland
homeowners looking for a crafter to work with them handson,
and have since gotten steady business thanks to positive
word-of-mouth.
“I like being able to put my personal touch on a project,”
Stinson said.
Langley and Stinson are trying to get the word out
through local advertising and invite anyone considering a
home improvement project to stop by and see them at 27215
Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville, Monday through Friday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.
Photo by Carrie Munn
Tony Langley, left, owner of The Fabric Store, and Jimmy Stinson, owner of Broad Creek
Kitchens, stand in front of their shop along Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville.
Closing the Books on 25 Years
of Local Business History
By Corrin M. Howe
Staff Writer
Stuart Hanson, pharmacist and former owner of Whitesell
Pharmacy in Lusby, sits at the kitchen table in the office/residence
above his former shop. He kept the first book in which Reese Whitesell
recorded prescription sales. The first entry is Sept. 20, 1984.
Hanson points out four days later Shelia Marcino, long time manager,
started working and on Nov. 6, Hanson began working parttime
for Whitesell.
Hanson started his career in pharmacy on July 1, 1975. He
went to work for Drug Fair, a national chain, which opened a store
in Prince Frederick. At the time he and his wife were living down
in Jimmy Carter’s hometown, Plains, Georgia.
“(Drug Fair) paid the way. My wife and I decided we’d try it
out for a year and see if we liked it,” said Hanson.
At the time the only other “big box stores” in the county were
Safeway and A&P. He said there is a legend where Drug Fair’s
electric cash register motor burned out the first day because they
were a “wildly busy store.”
Hanson worked with Drug Fair for 10 years and Nationwide
Pharmacy for about two years where he overlapped working one
day a week at Whitesell for part of that time.
Whitesell Pharmacy was to be Reese Whitesell’s easy retirement
job. He sold his other store in Frederick to be closer to his
grandchildren.
“He lived above the store. We could hear the grandkids running
around. He thought he would have an easy retirement job, but
he was busier than he thought he would be.”
Hanson bought Whitesell Pharmacy on July 1, 1986.
“We struggled at first. I worked 12 to 14 hour days. But I always
had good employees and enjoyed working with patients.”
He said the business grew and grew. He thought he would
have setbacks like when the doctor across the street moved out;
however, another doctor moved in.
“I thought when they moved the main road (from Rout 765 to
Route 4) that our business would dwindle down to nothing.”
Even after Wal-Mart and CVS moved into the county he said
Whitesell “kept growing and growing no matter what we did.”
However three or four years ago three pharmacies moved into
Lusby’s Town Center.
“I still want to work, but I just don’t want the heavy responsibility
of owning. I could never afford a partner. And no matter how
good your managers are there is always something that comes up
which needs an owner.”
He sold his business to Walgreens at the end of October and
accepted a part-time position in their pharmacy department.
“I really, really enjoyed working. I profusely thank my customers
over the years.”
He is proud to say that he helped people in their daily lives and
owned an independent business that made it.
Hanson said his grandfather was a farmer who didn’t become
hugely successful; however, he was fond of saying, “Nobody left
my kitchen table hungry.”
Now he can say, “I made payroll for 25 years and never
bounced a check.”
corrin@somdpublishing.net
Stuart Hanson stands by an original sign
Reese Whitesell had made for inside his
pharmacy.

The Calvert Gazette
Thursday, November 17, 2011 12
STORY
Fear of Plan Maryland
By Guy Leonard and Sarah Miller
Staff Writers
As the state and Gov. Martin O’Malley
push ahead with designs to enact Plan Maryland,
a broad ranging land use plan to govern
development and growth throughout the
state, counties and even towns are worried
about specific impacts from what they perceive
to be the plan’s overtaking of local land
use authority.
Elected officials in Calvert and St.
Mary’s counties have gone public with their
apprehensions over what is seen by some as
a state takeover of local land use decisions.
Calvert County Commissioner Evan K.
Slaughenhoupt Jr. said he’s not against the
idea of a comprehensive plan for the state,
but that is not what PlanMaryland represents.
Instead, he said, it looks like it’s more
about taking control away from the local
governments and reassigning it to the state
government.
“They put their blinders on,” said
Slaughenhoupt, of Dunkirk.
He said they should have looked at common
features between the counties and built
from there. Going to the extent of having
two plans, one for the more rural areas and
another for the cities, may have been more
viable – an option that was never looked at.
“[Governor Martin O’Malley] has definitely
shown his love for the cities,” Slaughenhoupt
said.
He said this plan harkens back to a similar
initiative in the 2006-2007 timeframe
called Reality Check Plus, and seeing a similar
plan taking shape with no input from the
local governments is “no surprise. Disappointing,
but no surprise.”
He said this plan gives the state the ability
to make land use decisions for the counties
that should be made at a local level and
designate certain areas to be specific zones,
when he county may have had other plans.
“We probably are going to be very hurt,”
Slaughenhoupt told the Calvert Gazette.
The Maryland Association of Counties
(MACo) is also against Plan Maryland in its
current form. Les Knapp, the associate director
of MACo, said they don’t have a problem
with the idea of Plan Maryland, and they
have identified areas they agree with and
support. But there are blanks that need to be
filled before the plan moves forward.
“We just want to know what the rules
are upfront,” Knapp said.
He said there are also concerns that the
individual counties have not been consulted
as they should have been.
“We don’t feel the process to date has
been collaborative,” Knapp said.
Knapp said MACo has
drafted and sent letters to
the state, with three things
highlighted that the state
should be looking at – the
plan should “contain clear
protection for local land use
autonomy,” implementation
of the plan should be delayed
until blanks are filled
in and questions answered
and the plan should be a
collaborative effort.
In Leonardtown, officials
say the first draft of
Plan Maryland, complete
with a map of the town,
showed the state’s vision
for growth differed much
from that of local elected
officials.
Laschelle McKay,
town administrator, said
that since the second draft
of the plan has come out,
this time without maps,
town staff is still worried.
At the heart of their
concerns are what are known as
priority funding areas, which have traditionally
been chosen by towns and counties, over
where state money should go to influence
development.
With the first iteration of Plan Maryland,
the map showed the priority funding
area changed to not include all of
Leonardtown.
Without the same maps in the second
draft, the uncertainty of the state’s designs
on Leonardtown’s growth continue, she
said.
“We worried it would be shrinking
Leonardtown’s development district,”
McKay said, adding that a provision in Plan
Maryland allows jurisdictions to appeal
the state’s final decision on what are designated
areas for both development and preservation,
but local governments have little
leverage.
“I think everyone has the same concerns
that the process is there but the state
has the final say,” McKay said. “Just it being
such an unknown that’s scary.
“Who knows how this map is going to
end up?”
James Peck with the Maryland Municipal
League said according to the latest draft,
municipalities would be allowed to stay
intact as priority funding areas. Peck also
said the “major concern” was for counties,
where their development plans outside of
state mandated priority funding areas could
be stifled for lack of infrastructure funding
from state coffers.
St. Mary’s County Commissioner Todd
Morgan (R-Lexington Park) said the state’s
ability to deny funding for infrastructure
such as water and sewer and other amenities
that are critical to county growth plans
was one of the key leverage items in Plan
Maryland.
He said by emphasizing development
where infrastructure already exists, growth
in rural areas would suffer.
“We’re extremely concerned about Plan
Maryland,” Morgan said. “We’re not happy
about this plan. We have to abdicate our
rights for
what is considered to be prudent development.
“We’re not willing to abdicate.”
Water and sewer connections are unlikely
to make their way into Valley Lee or
other rural areas in St. Mary’s, he said. Instead
those areas depend on septic systems,
which are also targeted by the state for more
restrictions.
Given this, Plan Maryland will put the
damper on rural expansion, Morgan said.
“It will severely limit any development outside
of development districts,” he said.
Charlotte Hall-based developer John K.
Parlett said that Plan Maryland would only
increase the cost of development in rural
areas of the county, still desired by many
residents despite requirements to purchase
development rights to do so, and so make
it even less accessible to those with lesser
means.
“My biggest concern is they’ll take away
our ability to put development where we want
and how we want to do it,” Parlett said. “[The
state’s] agenda is completely different; they
don’t want development in the rural areas,
they want it in development districts.
“But people want to live where they
want to live,” Parlett continued. “Plan Maryland
will exacerbate the haves and the have
nots.”
Morgan said that St. Mary’s best chance
for viability in the future is to be able to allow
growth to accommodate Naval Air Station
Patuxent River – Plan Maryland would
only make that more challenging.
“Plan Maryland will limit our ability to
expand and grow,” Morgan said, adding the
plan was driven more by political ideology
than by good policy.
The plan itself requires no legislative
review, but is rather an executive mandate
based on a state law from the 1970s that requires
the state have an overarching growth
plan.
“The state is controlled by a very liberal
governor who has nothing to lose and nothing
is going to stop him,” Morgan said. “It’s
a no win situation.”

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By Corrin M. Howe
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Each year the Calvert County Public Schools (CCPS) Board of Education
seeks members from the community to act in an advisory capacity
and to provide insight into pending polices and decisions before the
board.
This Citizen’s Advisory Committee is a mixed group of parents and
non-parents who desire to provide feedback on areas of concern.
For example, in recent years, the committee has discussed school
safety, nutrition and wellness, grading policy and procedures and life
after high school and whether or not CCPS prepares them for college,
trade schools or the workforce.
Last year the committee found the school system needed to better
prepare graduating students in the area of financial literacy. As a result
of that finding, school staff will propose adding a mandatory half credit
in financial literacy to the high school graduation requirements. This
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Citizen Input Drives Decisions
proposal is set to go before the board in December, according to Gail
Bennett, policy and communication specialist.
This year the board has tasked the committee with reviewing two
points from last year’s “What Counts” community survey.
According to an Aug. 11 memo from Superintendent Jack Smith to
the board, regarding next steps in What Counts: “One valuable task for
the committee might be to help staff identify what evidence exists to indicate
the degree to which the school system is meeting identified areas
of values and successes, how CCPS can better identify gaps in services
when the metrics show we are falling short of our goals, and what actions
and resources might be needed to close the gaps.”
As a result, at the next meeting of the CAC, the group will begin
discussions on “Rigorous and Diverse Academic Programs.”
Bennett said the committee might start with questions such as
“How do we define a rigorous and diverse academic program?” “Do we
offer enough rigorous and diverse programs?” “Are they accessible to
all students?”
The CAC meets once a month for about two hours at the board
of education building on Dares Beach Road. Although the meeting
is usually in the evening on the fourth Monday of the month, Bennett
said it can be moved for various reasons.
The BOE starts looking for interested citizens around June
each year and starts appointing one year terms by August. The
committee still has vacancies for those interested in applying. They
can go to CCPS website, and look under the Board of Education
tab, scrolling down to the Citizen Advisory Committee and click
on “Application.”
There are no term limits for the committee, which has both
long-standing and new members. It also has a student representative
from each high school.
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Last minute legislative changes to the
decades-old maintenance of effort law protecting
local per-pupil school funding has
opened the door to $2.6 billion in potential
local education cuts, the Maryland State
Education Association (MSEA) announced
in a report released this week.
Maintenance of effort is intended to
ensure that the education funding partnership
between state and local governments
remains well-defined, intact, and dependable
by discouraging local governments
from shortchanging schools and students, a
release from MSEA states.
This partnership, coupled with the historic
investment in our students made possible
by the Thornton Plan in 2002, has led
to significant progress in Maryland’s public
schools, including number one rankings by
Education Week magazine three years in a
row. However, if MOE is not fixed, Maryland
could face an unprecedented and dangerous
wave of education cuts that would
lead to increased class sizes, discontinued
programs and services, and widespread layoffs,
the release states.
MSEA’s report, Maintenance of Effort,
Repairing Maryland’s School Funding
Safeguard, details how MOE became broken,
the impact of the broken MOE law on
schools and students, and what steps can be
taken to fix the law.
To read the full report, and to see a
county-by-county breakdown of the effects
of the broken MOE law, visit www.marylandeducators.org/moe.
Calvert County
Science Fair
Expanded
Calvert County Public Schools is
expanding its traditional Science Fair to
include an exposition of student projects
in the areas of science and engineering, a
schools press release states.
“The Science and Engineering EXPO
is one forum to display scientific and engineering
practices that students have applied
in classes and clubs,” said Yovonda Kolo,
Supervisor of Science and STEM. “We are
looking forward to an exciting time.”
The Science and Engineering EXPO
will still include traditional individual and
group science fair entries, which will be
judged according to the Intel International
Science and Engineering Guidelines.
All students in grades 6 through 12 are
encouraged to participate in this section of
the expo. As in previous years, the top ten
percent of winners from the science fair
will have the opportunity to compete at the
Prince George’s County Area Fair. The top
winners there are eligible to move on to the
Intel Fair.
New this year is the exposition which
will not be judged. Targeted groups of
students from MESA (Mathematics, Engineering,
Science Achievement), Robotics,
Project Lead the Way, and technology and
science classes will be invited to participate
in the exposition with their sponsor.
The exposition will showcase 21st
century skills and practices that promote
innovation and creativity. The Science and
Engineering EXPO will be held at Calvert
Middle School on Feb. 25, 2012.

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Guest Editorial:
PlanMaryland: O’Malley Tries To Tell Us Where To Live
By Marta Hummel Mossburg
If Gov. Martin O’Malley
has his way, future generations
of Marylanders will be forced to
live where current residents are
fleeing.
His PlanMaryland — and
it is truly his, as it was assigned
through executive order — will
dangle development money at
counties abiding by “sustainable”
development paths and withhold
it from counties pursuing “unsustainable”
growth plans. Sustainable
is one of those terms, like climate
change, whose meanings are
so subjective and mutable that they could raise George Orwell
from the dead in protest of their abuse of the English language.
But in planning-speak, sustainable translates to high-density
housing near public transportation.
The problem with the plan is that internal migration maps
of Maryland show that hundreds of thousands of people are
leaving high-density areas of the state in favor of more rural
places. From 2000 to 2009, nearly 78,000 people left Baltimore
City; more than 77,000 left Prince George’s County; and about
68,000 people left Montgomery County. The top places that absorbed
those migrants in state include the much more suburban
and rural Frederick (16,176), Carroll (12,872), Charles (12,349),
and Harford (11,673) counties. Thousands of people left the
state altogether. The Tax Foundation projects that Maryland
lost $5.6 billion from 1999 to 2009 due to outmigration from
the state — one of the worst losses in the country.
So any plan that directs most state funding to more dense
areas directly contradicts the will of the people — and will likely
accelerate the loss of vital tax dollars and population.
Worse, contrary to the plan’s assertion that “It will not
remove local planning and zoning authority,” Mr. O’Malley
has already acknowledged it will — by withholding money for
those very purposes that local residents have already paid in
state taxes. During the annual Maryland Association of Counties
conference earlier this year, he promised that the state
would no longer subsidize “stupid land-use decisions.” Responding
to concerns from local lawmakers, he also refused to
put a limit on how far the state’s mandates will go.
Vaguer is better from his perspective because that gives
him more leeway to cherry-pick winners and losers among the
counties. Lest anyone think this is all about Mother Earth and
future generations enjoying Maryland’s natural bounty, take a
look at electoral maps. Few Republicans reside in the state’s
most densely populated areas.
The other major problem with PlanMaryland is that it is
based on faulty assumptions about the policy’s ability to lessen
pollution, lower greenhouse gases, create more job opportunities
and reduce infrastructure costs for state government.
As demographer Wendell Cox (a colleague of mine at the
Maryland Public Policy Institute) pointed out at a forum last
week about PlanMaryland, compact development makes air
pollution worse because the slower speeds of cars in highly
populous areas intensify air pollution. That increases asthma
and other health problems, costs not accounted for in the plan.
Mr. Cox’s firm, Demographia, works with governments around
the globe on public transportation and urban policy. He said
fuel efficiency is much more important than increasing density
for reducing emissions.
Two other points of interest: Limiting growth makes
housing prices go up (not down as asserted by the state), as
Drum Point STD’s Twisted History
The Special Tax District for Drum point
which was sold to the community as a way to
free ourselves of our failing infrastructure by
repairing our roads with our money and then
turning them over to the county has had quite
a twisted path.
The first STD was established in 1996 it
was for 4 years and collected approximately
$1,063,368. The money was needed for and
spent on infrastructure as it was intended. Then
to many property owners surprise and concern
the association began creating a petition for
a second STD to cover years 2000 thru 2004
which included the addition of amenities that
many didn’t want.
The point was brought up by myself and
others of the ever increasing and unknown future
cost that come with the addition of amenities.
We who differed from the associations
goals were quickly told to shut up. I believed
and still do believe the board is trying to lay the
groundwork to build a town.
To prove me wrong the association bought
a house, now their town hall, and hired an employee.
The association had to apply for a zoning
variance for the house they bought. The
president stood up and told the zoning commission
that all the neighbors were OK with
the planned use of the house. The first person
to testify against the requested variance was
the neighbor. Despite being caught in a lie and
being in violation of the covenants, the variance
was approved. We were promised that
no STD money would be spent on the house
purchased with our money but that was a lie
too. STD money did go to the 401 Lake Drive
property.
So much for STD 1 and 2. Then DPPOA
wanted STD number 3 which brought more
dissension to our quiet community, but the
real action started when DPPOA went for STD
number 4 in 2010 and although DPPOA had
substantial cash left from STD 3 they wanted
another $192 per lot. I couldn’t find an exact
number of how much was left but I’ve been told
it was between $300,000 to 500,000.
Luckily our county commissioners saw
what DPPOA was trying to do and cut the
amount from $192 to $50 per lot. Now after
only collecting the $50 per lot, less than 1/3 of
what they wanted per lot the association still
had $281,000 as of the end of September.
I don’t think it takes a mathematician to
see DPPOA was out to screw lot owners. We
the property owners have had to listen to scare
tactics, half truths and lies.
I refer to a letter published March 19,
2011 – signed by then president John McCall,
Vice president Len Addiss, secretary
Duane Heidemann and treasurer Dan
Mathias – which stated the amount
was $125 not $192. The DPPOA STD
application shows $192; the latest DP-
POA newsletter says it was $192. The
same letter claims that we the dissenters
are misinterpreting the bylaws.
The bylaws state that “all expenditures
will be voted on by the
members.” If we misinterpreted the
bylaws, why did DPPOA later change
the bylaws and leave that section out?
The last thing in that letter stated “using
simple math the real time before
a savings in the tax burden might be
realized in the peoples pocket would
be 66 years,” and the dollar figure
to turn over all the roads would be
$3,986,400. If you round that number
to an even $4,000,000 and finance it
with a 30-year bond at today’s rates
it comes out to $149 per lot per year.
That is an immediate savings of $17
per year, and unlike the $166, the $149
won’t go up, it’s a fixed cost.
Then Mr. Munger also wrote in
March 2010 that the amount requested
in STD 4 was $125 not $192. How
can you explain that? DPPOA’s website
shows $192; the current
president says it was
$192; and the petition
shows $192.
Mr. Munger goes on to say it would cost $2
million to turn over some roads the other four
gentlemen said it would take $1.3 million to
turn over the same roads. Where did the extra
$700,000 come from?
He also went on to say we couldn’t gate
our boat ramp and beach, of course we can.
Mr. Munger went on to state that “DP-
POA by law represents all property owners,
all members in good standing can vote on all
issues, members approve of all budgets and
expenditures.”
How could this be? Every time we ask to
vote on STD budgets we are told we don’t get
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it shrinks land
available for
development. It
also adds major
stresses to 100-year-old-plus water and sewer lines as more
people tap into them — one other set of expenses not accounted
for in the plan.
And as the center-left Brookings Institution has shown,
most jobs are not accessible by transit. In the Baltimore region,
only 7.9 percent of jobs are within a 45-minute transit trip,
making autos a key component of upward mobility. Even massive
transit subsidies will not change the fact that the vast majority
of people will continue to rely on cars. As Mr. Cox said,
“There is no place in the world where there has been a material
shift from auto to transit.”
As far as greenhouse gases are concerned, Lord Christopher
Monckton, former science adviser to British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher and another speaker at the event sponsored
by the Carroll County commissioners, pointed out that
“If you were to shut Maryland down entirely, our emissions
would be taken up by China in less than a month.” And that’s
not even accounting for the cost of doing so, which Mr. Monckton
estimates at a whopping $7.3 trillion by 2050 — the main
reason why he says a “proper cost benefit analysis” is necessary
prior to the state launching into such a comprehensive plan.
Maryland needs runaway, unanticipated expenses for social
engineering like it needs another Fortune 500 company to
leave the state. And the irony is that a governor who prides
himself on using data to govern will only look at selective parts
of it that bolster his argument, at the expense of property rights,
Marylanders’ pursuit of happiness and economic growth.
Marta Hummel Mossburg is a senior fellow at the Maryland
Public Policy Institute.
to vote. Even after I got over 300 signatures requesting
a vote, we were told no. The current
president went so far as to write in the newsletter
that community input is not required for the
STD.
Once again they tried to change the covenants
to get rid of their biggest roadblock – the
will of the property owners. They lost by over
1,000 votes.
They try to maintain control by spreading
half-truths and lies. I ask you how can you trust
people who ignore the people they represent,
the rules which govern their actions and then
don’t even live up to what they say in print?
Arthur W Dawson
Drum Point property owner
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By Joyce Baki
The tradition of Thanksgiving – a day of
thanks and prayer – is believed to have begun
with a meal held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the
Wampanoag Indian tribe in Plymouth, Mass.
The Pilgrims who made it through their first
brutal winter gathered to give thanks. They
were following a tradition that had been around
for many centuries; around the world, people
had held feasts and festivals after the autumn
harvest to share meat and crops.
The first Thanksgiving meal would probably
have included turkey, venison, fish, lobster,
clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, squash
and beetroot. All of these foods are native to
America. Today, a traditional Thanksgiving
meal consists of turkey with stuffing, mashed
potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, cranberry sauce
and pumpkin or sweet potato pie.
Some interesting facts about
Thanksgiving:
• Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on
the fourth Thursday in November in the United
States. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the
second Monday in October.
• President George Washington was
the first president to issue a national Thanksgiving
Day Proclamation in 1789.
• Abraham Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving
Proclamation on October 3, 1863, and
Let Us Give Thanks
This painting titled The First Thanksgiving by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris is on file with the U.S. Library of Congress.
officially set aside the last Thursday of November
as Thanksgiving.
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt
changed the date of Thanksgiving to the
Thursday before the last Thursday in November
in 1939 to make the Christmas shopping
season longer and stimulate the economy.
• In 1941 Congress passed an official
proclamation declaring that the fourth Thursday
of November be observed as the legal
holiday of Thanksgiving.
• President Harry S. Truman gave
the first official Presidential “pardon” to a
Thanksgiving turkey in 1947.
• Benjamin Franklin wanted the
turkey to be named the national bird of the
United States. Thomas Jefferson opposed this
and pushed to make the eagle the national
bird. Some believe it was Ben Franklin who
named the male turkey “Tom” to get back at
Jefferson.
• Turkeys are the only breed of poultry
native to the Western Hemisphere. Domesticated
turkeys cannot fly, however wild
turkeys can fly for short distances at speeds up
to 55 miles per hour.
• The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade was held in 1924. The large balloons
made their first appearance in 1927 with Felix
the Cat. The parade was not held during World
War II (1942-1944) because rubber and helium
were needed for the war effort.
• A male turkey is called a “tom” and a
female turkey is a “hen.” While the male turkey
gobbles, a female turkey clucks. The skin
that hangs from a turkey’s neck is called the
wattle.
• The American Automobile Association
projects approximately 42.2 million travelers
will take a trip of at least 50 miles from their
home during the Thanksgiving holiday.
• Have questions about cooking your
turkey? Visit www.eatturkey.com, the official
website of the National Turkey Federation.
Throughout America we will gather on
Thanksgiving to eat dinner with family and
friends, watch football and holiday parades and
make wishes as we snap the turkey’s wishbone.
As you gather, give special thanks to the men
and women who serve in our military, as well
as the firefighters, police, hospital workers and
many others who will be away from the table
making sure we have a safe and happy holiday!
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By Keith McGuire
Deer In The Woods
Apparently, it’s not all about the words used in the
regulations. For some reason, Maryland DNR decided
to call the waterfowl hunting days for minors “Youth
Waterfowl Hunting Days” and the deer hunting days for
minors the “Junior Deer Hunt Season.” Could it be that
only the boys were supposed to hunt the big bucks?
Well, they forgot to tell young Corrine Fernald! She
and her Dad, Robert Fernald, were sitting in the woods
this past cold Saturday morning (wishing that they were
fishing) when a nice 8 – point buck walked by. Corrine
wasted no time in harvesting her first buck! Congratulations
to her and her Dad.
Some might be wondering if the rut is in full swing
now. Bucks are only beginning to venture out in daylight,
it seems. They are generally nocturnal creatures
until the mating season when they can be seen at any
time. In the woods, you will see leaves scraped away
from under small overhanging branches in certain (somewhat
traditional) places. The bucks scrape these leaves
away, leave their mark and scent in the scrape and lick
the low-hanging branch to also leave their scent. This is
one of the signs that deer hunters look for when pursuing
the big bucks. Once a scrape is made, many bucks come
to visit it and leave their scent hoping to confuse a young
desirable doe so that she will seek out a different buck.
The dominant buck will visit the scrape periodically to
see if a ready doe has been by to leave her calling card.
Another sign that hunters look for is the rub. Big
bucks mark their territory – right up to their bedding areas
– by rubbing the bark off small saplings with their
antlers. Bigger bucks tend to rub bigger trees, although
smaller saplings can be marked by bigger bucks, as well.
Rubs can be very destructive to trees – as anyone with
small evergreens in their backyards near forested areas
can attest. Bucks favor the more aromatic conifers
like cedar trees for rubbing. I guess it’s their cologne
splashed on before a hot night in the woods!
Nothing beats the senses of smell and hearing of a
deer in the woods. Their eyesight is not so great. They
can pick up movement, though, and when that is combined
with what they smell or hear, they can put things
together quickly. In picking your location to hunt deer,
always consider the wind. If the wind direction is out
of the South, pick a spot with a small amount of cover
(under a holly branch or near a blown down tree) on the
North side of a deer trail or scrape where deer are likely
to visit, and sit still.
According to researchers, deer don’t see colors, so
a hunter sitting still and quiet with a florescent orange
hat and vest can still be invisible to the deer. Anytime
we’re hunting in woods where there are hunters with
firearms, florescent orange is required in order to identify
ourselves to the other hunters with color-differentiating
eyesight. A hunter taking aim at what he (or she)
believes to be an animal should withdraw the shot the
very moment that the slightest bit of florescent orange
can be seen in the area.
Apparently, it must not be all that exciting to hunt
snipe, because I didn’t get any feedback to my request
last week for information from readers.
If you have a particularly interesting hunting
story and a picture (or if you have Snipe hunting experiences)
please drop me a line at riverdancekeith@
gmail.com.
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Newsmakers
The Calvert Gazette
Local Craftsman Makes Traditional Toy Soldiers
Thursday, November 17, 2011 18
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
In a world of mass-produced plastic toys
and machine-produced decorations, Owings
resident Patrick Harrington is keeping the
tradition alive of creating miniatures with oldfashioned
casts and molten metal.
Harrington said he first began experimenting
with metal molds in the 1990s with his
Photos by Sarah Miller
father-in-law, who had some old rubber molds
from the 1930s.
“We would mess around with them,” Harrington
said.
Harrington’s father-in-law gave him the
molds as a Christmas present one year. Before
that point, Harrington’s wife Lori said they belonged
to her great grandfather and went down
the line until they got to Harrington.
“It’s kind of neat to keep that in the family,”
she said.
Harrington said the molds were an “awesome
Christmas present” and he was happy to
get them.
After a while, Harrington began purchasing
additional molds, a task he said became
much simpler with the Internet. His normal
suppliers in the United States are located in
New Jersey, Tennessee, Washington and he
even has one international company in Ireland
that he purchases from.
The process from beginning to end is
long and detail-oriented.
The molds are in two pieces that fit
tightly together, with a hole at the top to
pour the molten metal in. Because the mold
is in two pieces, there will be a ridge down
the middle at the seam. Harrington files the
ridge down before painting the pieces.
There is little waste when it comes to
the metal. If a piece breaks or doesn’t come
out of the mold right, Harrington said he can
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melt the piece down and begin again. With tin
at $12 per pound, it is in Harrington’s best interest
to waste as little as possible.
Pieces that are already painted present
more of a challenge. If they break, Harrington
can fix them, but unless the amount of metal is
significant, he said it’s rarely worth the trouble
to strip the paint in order to melt the figurine
down.
Other craftspeople will only cast the
molds, and then sell them for others to paint.
This is often the case with gaming pieces,
where customers buy kits with models and
paints. Harrington is unique in that he works
with the pieces from beginning to end and normally
only sells the finished product.
Harrington’s pieces go for $8 per figure,
though he said he is willing to make deals with
people who want to place larger orders.
In addition to the traditional toy soldiers,
Harrington casts Christmas display figurines,
such as ice skaters, carolers and Santa Claus,
sports models and even cartoon characters
such as Minnie and Mickey Mouse. He also
has soldier figures from most war periods,
from Napoleon to modern day.
He said he started out doing only Civil
War figures, but got bored with only painting
blue and grey. Now, he will cast a few of one
thing and move on to something different.
“There is no one subject,” Harrington
said.
Currently, Harrington is using single
molds, where one item at a time is produced.
In the future, he said he plans to experiment
with a centrifuge and molds that produce multiple
items. He said the centrifuge is good for
detail-oriented items, such as miniature rifles,
because the centrifuge pushes the metal to the
ends of the mold and distributes it evenly.
Harrington has one local show coming up
Dec. 10 at Northern High School, during the
Northern High School Annual Holiday Craft
Fair.
For more information, contact Harrington
at 301-855-4012 or by e-mail at alvasmall@
aol.com.
sarahmiller@countytimes.net

19 Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Calvert Gazette
Fydella Dunmore, 90
Fydella M.
Dunmore, 90, of Baltimore,
MD passed
away on October 24,
2011 at Maryland
General Hospital,
Baltimore, MD. She
was the oldest of
four children born
to the late John Wesley
Wills and Mary
Susan Randall Wills
on March 7, 1921
in Friendship, Maryland. At a young age, she
moved to Calvert County where she attended
the public schools. It was also in Calvert County
that she was nurtured in her Christian Walk.
She enjoyed her membership at Wards Methodist
Church where her mother was church pianist
and Sunday School Superintendent. Fydella
would eventually work in Wards in the Women’s
Society, and was known for planning the
children’s programs and for sponsoring picnics
as major fundraisers for the church.
Fydella met Allen L. Rice and they were
married in Wards Methodist Church. From
their union, one daughter, Alberta, was born.
Their marriage ended in divorce.
In 1954, Fydella took residence in Washington,
DC. She married Eugene Dunmore in
1962 and happily became “mother” to Michael.
While in Washington, she assumed the role of a
highly valued employee of the Wyman family.
Also in the nations’ capital, she chose to
unite with Lane Memorial Christian Episcopal
Church. Here she sang on the choir and served
on the Board of Stewardesses. She thoroughly
understood her role as servant of God, and, as
such, was always ready to respond positively to
requests to serve. No task was considered too
menial - whether caring for the Communion
linens, stuffing envelopes or even opening the
church.
Very talented, Fydella was also known
as a consummate cook and baker. Her cakes,
cookies and pies were always choice items at
bake sales. Her musical gift was displayed
through the solos she rendered at her church,
and through her involvement in a gospel singing
group known as the Friendly Jubilees. This
group, in earlier years, traveled throughout Calvert
County.
Her love and honor for God were seen
in the beautiful way that she chose to live her
life. Though her two brothers, John Thomas
and Ernest Wills Sr. preceded her in death, the
company of her remaining natural family, her
extended family and her church family brought
her joy beyond measure.
Fydella’s wisdom, patience, bright smile
and positive attitude, despite her illness, gave
many, many people the encouragement that
they needed to face the vicissitudes of life. Her
letters, written from her bed, brought inspiration
to those who would receive them. She was
a light that shone brightly within the Futurecare-Homewood
Nursing Center.
She shall be remembered by her daughter
for the emphasis that Fydella placed on adhering
to the Golden Rule. She shall be remembered
by her granddaughter for the faith in
the possibilities that could not yet be seen for
Kimberly, for the evident pride in her accomplishments,
and for the admonishment to her to
always remain close to the Lord.
Fydella made a definite impact upon each
person whose life she touched. She transitioned
to Eternal Life on the morning of October 24,
2011.
The fragrant memory of Fydella M. Dunmore
will linger in the hearts and minds of
her daughter, Albert Brown (Shelton); her beloved
granddaughter, Kimberly Brown, Ph.D.
(Charles); her cherished sister, Mary F. Wills; a
loving stepson, Michael Dunmore and his wife,
Gloria, and their children, Jamal, Ayana, Marlon
and Ketorah; a sister-in-law, Florence Wills
and many, many caring nieces, nephews and
cousins, Lane Memorial members and friends.
Funeral service was held on Wednesday,
November 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Lane Memorial
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church,
Washington, DC with Rev. H. Shirley Clanton
officiating. The interment was at Ft. Lincoln
Cemetery, Brentwood, MD.
The pallbearers were Carroll Hicks Jr.,
George Hicks, Bristol Nick, Calvin Rice, Benjamin
Spriggs and Ernest Wills Jr.
Funeral arrangements provided by Sewell
Funeral Home, Prince Frederick, MD.
Evelyn Patterson, 91
Evelyn Mae
“Polly” Patterson,
91, of Lusby, MD
formerly of District
Heights and Mechanicsville,
MD passed
away on November
9, 2011 at Solomons
Nursing Center.
She was born
on June 14, 1920 in
Clifton Forge, VA to
the Late Florence and
Preston Wyne. Polly was the beloved wife to
the late Richard C. Patterson whom she married
in Washington, DC.
Polly graduated form Clifton Forge High
School and went on to be an Office Manager
for NAPHCC and retired in 1971 after 30 years
of service. She moved to Lusby, MD from Mechanicville,
MD in 1994.
She was preceded in death by her parents
Florence and Preston Wyne, her brother
Robert Wyne, her sister Mildred Stevenson,
her husband Richard Patterson, and son, John
Patterson.
Polly is survived by a son, Richard C. Patterson,
Jr. of Lusby, MD; two grandchildren,
Leigh Senger and Mathew Patterson as well as
two great grandchildren.
The family received friends on Saturday,
November 12, 2011 from 11-1 PM in the Rausch
Funeral Home, P. A., 20 American Lane, Lusby,
MD, where funeral services was held in the
funeral home chapel with Rev. Faith Lewis officiating.
Interment was held on Monday, November
14 in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland,
MD.
Should friends desire contributions may
be made in Polly’s memory to Olivet United
Methodist Church, 13570 Olivet Rd., Lusby,
MD 20657.
Kenneth Riddick, 64
K e n n e t h
“Kenny” Lee Riddick,
64, son of
the late William
and Agnes Riddick
was born on
July 11th, 1947 in
Bronx, NY. Kenneth
was called
home for eternal
rest on October
30th, 2011 in New
York.
Kenneth graduated from Evander
Childs HS in 1965. Afterwards, Kenneth attended
University of Minnesota on a basketball
scholarship. After college, he entered the field
of video production, editing, and camera operations.
Instead of taking a position as head editor
of a television station in Syracuse, New York,
he stayed in New York City because he was to
become a father. Kenneth’s professional career
included two stints at WPIX Channel 11 as an
ENG cameraman and editor for the nightly
news, WBCS Channel 2 News editor and technician,
and editor for WNYW Fox 5 News. He
also was the associate producer for a Gospel
Video Program, Make a Joyful Noise, in coordination
with the Harlem Plaza Corporation.
In recent years, Kenneth worked at Mary Immaculate
Hospital as a switchboard technician,
managing all incoming calls to the hospital, including
the emergency phone call for the Sean
Bell murder.
Kenneth was an avid jazz collector and
sailor. He gained his sailing license in 1995
and would routinely go sailing and fishing at
Willow Lake, Long Island Sound, and Jamaica
Bay. Kenneth had a jazz collection that would
put a radio station to shame. A regular caller
to WBGO, patron of Smalls, Sweet Basil, and
The Jazz Standard, Kenneth’s collection ranged
from dixie-land, bebop, hard-bop, and funk.
With a CD and tape collection numbered in
the thousands, he would regularly play songs
from jazz greats like Art Blakey, Miles Davis,
Dexter Gordon, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell,
Max Roach and Sonny Rollins.
Kenneth is survived by his wife, Delores
McBride and son Kiesean Riddick, New York,
NY: Father-in-law John McBride. New York,
NY, sister-in-laws Arlene Smalls, Ann Tyler,
and Patricia McBride, New York, NY: 3 aunts;
Alverta Buck, Marnett Stewart, and Ruth Blake,
Lusby, Maryland: aunt-in-law Elease Williams,
New York, NY: 1 uncle: Thomas Gray, Lusby,
MD: 3 cousins: Marlene Stewart and Louvenia
Banks, Lusby, MD Leander Lockes Baltimore,
MD and a host of friends and loved ones.
Funeral service was held on Monday, November
7, 2011 at 12:00 PM at Sewell Funeral
Home, Prince Frederick, MD with Pastor Brenda
Stepney officiating.
The interment was at Chesapeake Highlands
Memorial Gardens, Port Republic, MD.
The pallbearers were family and friends.
Funeral arrangements provided by Ponce
Funeral Homes, Brooklyn, NY and Sewell Funeral
Home, Prince Frederick, MD.
Maggie Young, 90
Maggie Elizabeth Young, 90, was born to
the late Alexander Young and Ozella Height-
Johnson on June 26, 1921, in Prince Frederick,
Maryland. She departed this life on October
25, 2011 after a short period of illness at her
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children. She truly enjoyed flying with
her friend and employer Franklin Parran in his
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She leaves to cherish in loving memory
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She was preceded in death by her Children,
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One Sister Evelyn Johnson and six Brothers,
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Raymond.
She leaves to cherish many fond memories,
her devoted friend Keith Robinson who
she called her nurse & family friends Ernestine
Smith, Morris Haskins, Jackie and Carlton Mason
and Libby Johnson. She was blessed with
the love and assistance from her niece Susan
Harris, who made sure all her spiritual needs
and wants were met. She was also blessed to
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Funeral service was held on Saturday, October
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Carroll Western Cemetery, Prince Frederick,
MD.
The pallbearers were Brian Savoy, Derrick
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Gerald Boyd, and Allen Boyd. The honorary
pallbearers were William Jones, Jr. and Donald
Chew.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 20
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CLUES ACROSS
1. Currently fashionable
5. Free from gloss
10. Licenses TV stations
13. Pop
14. Wakes a sleeper
15. Not light
17. 13-19
18. Sets of statistics
19. Ultimate image
20. Rescued by payment of
money
22. Vowel sound
23. River in Florence
24. European money
26. Electronic data processing
27. Carriage for hire
30. Not out
31. Bird homes
33. Helps little firms
34. Challengingly approaches
38. Taxis
40. 007’s creator
41. Scoundrels
45. Landed properties
49. Dash
50. Yemen capital
52. Atomic #89
54. One point E of due S
55. Kilocalorie (abbr.)
56. Ed Murrow’s home
58. A braid
60. Czech writer Karel
62. Examines in detail
66. W. Rumania city on the
Muresel
67. A citizen of Oman
68. Cain’s brother
70. Add alcohol beverages
71. N. Swedish lake & river
72. Fury
73. Prohibition
74. Birthday sweet
75. Frozen rain
CLUES DOWN
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2. Garden digger
3. The content of cognition
4. Indian shot lily
5. Pop star Ciccone
6. “l836 siege” of U.S.
7. Murdered by Manson
8. An equal exchange
9. M M M
10. Insures bank’s depositors
11. Indication of superior
status
12. Large groups
16. Chip stone with sharp
blows
21. ___ Lanka
22. Fat for birds
25. The brain and spinal cord
27. Reciprocal of a sine
28. Goat and camel hair fabric
29. Founder of Babism
32. Strategic Supply Chain
35. Former OSS
36. Feline mammal
37. Smallest whole number
39. Brunei monetary unit
42. Public promotions
43. Tap gently
44. The woman
46. Terminate someone’s job
47. The bill in a restaurant
48. Rushes out to attack
50. Divine Egyptian beetle
51. Llama with long silky
fleece
53. A coral reef off of S.
Florida
55. 1000 calories
57. A S. Pacific island group
58. A special finish for velvet
59. Former Russian rulers
61. Home of Adam & Eve
63. Informer (British)
64. Israeli politician Abba
65. Lily flower of Utah
67. Securities market
69. Soul singer Rawls
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21 Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Calvert Gazette
The Calvert Gazette is always looking for more local talent to feature!
To submit art or band information for our entertainment
section, e-mail sarahmiller@countytimes.net.
An Interview with Sam Grow:
Humble, Homegrown Musician Heads West
By Carrie Munn
Staff Writer
Sam Grow grew up in Charles County and cut his first
record at the age of 17. After making a name as the front man
of The Sam Grow Band, the artist will now head to California
to perform an acoustic solo set of original songs as the
opening act for popular singer-songwriter Tony Lucca.
Now 24 and fronting one of Southern Maryland’s hottest
bands, Grow said he’s excited to open for a performer
he is such a huge fan of. “It will be a big moment for me,” he
shared during an interview Friday.
Grow said he’s continually learning from and is humbled
by the veteran musicians he shares the stage with routinely,
as the Sam Grow Band plays about 300 gigs a year. He
explained how as a kid, hanging out at the Hot Licks in Waldorf,
current bassist Gene Quade barely gave him the time of
day. But after meeting up with the 30-year music veteran at
a studio, Quade co-wrote Grow’s “Ignition” album and has
been a mentor and driving force ever since.
“Gene’s been the boss since day one,” Grow said, adding
Quade often challenges him to grow as a songwriter.
Grow said lead guitarist Mike Stacey and drummer Joe
Barrick are also phenomenal musicians. “I’m a fan myself
… I’m just the fan that gets to be on stage with these guys,”
Grow said.
“The only reason I am the performer and musician I am
today is because of [my bandmates].”
After four years as a full-time band and with a bevy of
sponsors like Coors Light, Jagermeister, Bully Bling Energy
Drink and Hot Licks, The Sam Grow Band typically plays
four to six shows each week. The week prior to heading out
to open for Tony Lucca, the group played six shows, three of
which were local benefits.
Grow said, “That’s the payoff for me … getting to do
those kinds of things and give back to an area that’s given so
much to us.” When it comes to benefits, Grow said they’re the
band that never says no.
He doesn’t refer to the crowds that gather at shows as
fans, but rather he calls them the Sam Grow Family and said,
“Bands make it because of their support system.”
“Over the years, we’ve gotten to know our true fans and
have nurtured relationships with them,” Grow explained,
adding, “It’s still amazing to me to see the same faces in the
crowds at several shows every week.”
The support means so much to Grow that he continues
to personally respond to an abundance of Facebook posts
weekly, stating that while management offered to take over
the task, he didn’t like the stale, impersonal responses and
thought fans deserved more. “Showing genuine appreciation
for anybody who thinks you’re cool enough to buy your cd’s
and come out to your shows and listen to your music is just
so important,” he said.
Grow said he’s proud to be a local boy and “Southern
Maryland born and raised.”
Grow said the local open mic nights are a hotbed of raw
talent and he enjoys hanging out and hearing the up-andcomers
share their talents on his rare off-nights. He does take
two days each week to spend time with his young daughter
and fiancé, who he described as one of his biggest supporters.
Grow’s mom has also been instrumental in his pursuit
of music as a career. He said that near the completion of a
college degree in business administration, he knew he would
much rather dedicate his energies to writing music and when
he shared that with his mother, she helped make it happen.
“She’s always been my biggest cheerleader,” said Grow.
Some of young Grow’s earliest influences were The
Platters, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley. In fact, he said, his
father bought him his first guitar after he’d learned an Elvis
tune. “I’ve come to appreciate how timeless that music really
is,” he said.
His music has been influenced by everything from indie
to country. “I like music that tells a story,” Grow said.
While Grow and his band aren’t eager to sign with a
record label, he said some have taken interest in the group.
Recently, with the help of the “Sam Grow Family” and social
networking, the group’s single hit number 7 on the iTunes
singer-songwriter list of most downloaded songs in a day.
“I’m still riding high on that,” the singer said.
The band has received compliments from within the
music industry on their grassroots approach, winning over
Southern Marylanders and successfully marketing singles.
Grow said he feels the longer the band can remain unsigned
and independent, the better.
Though they have traveled to New York and Nashville
for performances and Grow is about to embark on a set of
West Coast solo shows, the group likes playing in Southern
Maryland. The Sam Grow Band has become a local favorite,
booking bigger rooms like Vera’s and Hotel Charles and also
playing acoustic sets in all-ages, family-friendly venues like
Rustic River.
“I love performing,” Grow said, “That’s when it really
all comes together and I’m so grateful to be able to do what
I do.”
carriemunn@countytimes.net

Out & About
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 22
• The National Active and Retired Federal
Employees Association (NARFE), Calvert
County Chapter 1466, will meet at 1:00 pm on
Thursday Nov 17 at the Calvert County Public
Library, Prince Frederick, MD. There will
be a special presentation by guest Doug Hill,
ABC Chief Meteorologist, followed by a regular
business meeting. Also, join us for an early
lunch at 11:15, this month at Mama Lucias in
PF. Active and Retired Federal employees,
spouses, members, non-members and guests
are welcome. For NARFE membership Information
and Application, Call 410-586-1441.
• Enjoy PEM Talks at the Calvert Marine
Museum with thoughtful discourse on paleontology,
the environment and maritime history,
the three themes covered by the museum’s exhibits.
The 2011-2012 PEM Talks focus on Lost
Landmarks, the ‘bones’ of the past that lie hidden
around us. Learn to look with new eyes at
the places you pass every day and better understand
how the past informs our lives today. On
Thursday, Nov. 17, the Lost Landmarks series
will feature Greg Bowen talking about “Growing
Up on a Tobacco Farm.” The talks begin at
7 p.m. in the museum auditorium and are free
to the public. For more information about the
2011-2012 PEM Talks Series, visit the website
at www.calvertmarinemuseum.com.
• On Friday, Nov. 18, the Calvert Marine
Museum will host a free open house for
families with special needs from 5 to 7 p.m.
This program is a partnership with the Calvert
County Parks and Recreation Therapeutic
Recreation Services. For more information call
410-326-2042 ext. 11.
• Our Lady Star of The Sea School is hosting
its Christmas Shopping Bazaar from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. Do your Christmas
shopping with OLSS and help raise money
for the school. Vendors include Grandma’s
Girl, Color Storm Dragon, Peggy Maio, Bernie
Goldsborough, Making Scents, Sewing by
Laura, BND Designs, the Hip Hop Lady Bug
and much more. Event is at the OLSS School at
90 Alexander Lane, Solomons.
• Vendor / Craft Fair at the Chesapeake
Ranch Estates Club House, Saturday, Nov. 19,
9 am to 3 pm at the CRE Clubhouse, 500 Clubhouse
Drive, Lusby. Come look for holiday
gifts - shop early for the best selection. Bring
a friend! Table Rentals $15. Rental fees will go
towards Thanksgiving Food Baskets to help
families in need. Call 410-326-3182 or email
info@poacre.org.
• On Saturday, Nov. 19, the Calvert Library
offers a Genealogy Workshop as part of their
Lifelong Learning Series at the Prince Frederick
branch from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Kathie Eichfeld
has years of experience compiling biographical
and genealogical data and will present the genealogy
databases available at Calvert Library.
Learn about other websites that can help with
your search. Along with Kathie, Conni Evans
who has done extensive research overseas will
answer questions on the strategies to use when
searching for far-flung forebears. For more information
or to register call 410-535-0291.
• On Saturday, Nov. 19, engineer some
holiday fun with the “Sweet Treat Express.”
The Friends of the Chesapeake Beach Railway
Museum will help you and your children make
Rice Krispie® train engines. The fun happens
at the Northeast Community Center, Cheasapeake
Beach, from 1 to 3 p.m. www.cbrm.org.
• Come explore the night sky and discover
its many wonders with the Astronomy Club of
Southern Maryland! Learn how to choose, set
up and use telescopes and other amateur astronomy
gear. Interested? Meetings are held at
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum. The next
meeting will be Saturday, Nov. 19, from 7 to 10
p.m. For more information call 301-602-5251
or email tom_dugan@hotmail.com. (http://
somd-astro.s5.com/)
• It is time
to start your holiday
shopping! On
Sunday, Nov. 20,
visit the Holiday
Gift Extravaganza
Show at
the Dunkirk Fire
Department from
11 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Sponsored
by Windows of
Strength, there
will be an array of
unique items from
which to choose
a special gift for
that hard-to-please person on your holiday list.
Windows of Strength is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to providing assistance with
nonmedical costs not covered by insurance
and government programs to organ transplant
recipients and their caregivers. For more information
contact Sandy Walker-Samler at
443-951-5125 or email mywish@windowsofstrength.org.
• On Sunday, Nov. 20, during Calvert Marine
Museum’s “Sunday Conversations with
Maryland Authors,” meet Raymond McAlwee,
author of “Chesapeake Bay Stories.” A lifelong
denizen of the Bay, his short stories include
a little history, travel, food, and fiction about
the diverse people who make the Chesapeake
Bay their home. The free presentation begins
at 2 p.m. in the museum lounge. www.calvertmarinemusuem.com
• View one-of-a-kind ornaments at the 4th
Annual Ornament Show & Sale at Annmarie
Sculpture Garden & Arts Center. These beautiful
hand-crafted ornaments are created by talented
artists from across the region. Beginning
Nov. 23, Annmarie Garden makes a great stop
for your holiday shopping. Find special gifts in
their amazing gift shop. For more information,
visit www.annmariegarden.org.
• The Calvert Marine Museum will present
the musical performance “Rosie” on Sunday,
Nov. 20. “Rosie” will take you back to the
days of rationing, the housing shortage, spies,
and women going to work outside their homes
for the first time in the 1940s. Salute the women
of World War II at 2 p.m. in the museum auditorium.
This free program is sponsored by
Northrop Grumman.
• The 23rd Annual Festival of Trees will
host a special kick-off event on Saturday, Nov.
19. “A Lot More Zep” is a rock opera featuring
the music of Led Zeppelin and performed by
Thursday, Nov. 17
the Sojourner
Band. The
concert begins
at 8
p.m. at the
Mary Harrison
Cultural
Arts Center,
N o r t h e r n
High School,
Owings. For more information, call 410-535-
0892 or visit www.calverthospice.org.
• The Hospice Festival of Trees will be
held Friday, Nov. 25 through Sunday, Nov. 27 at
Huntingtown High School. The festival features
beautifully decorated Christmas trees and the
Festival Shoppes with wonderful vendors offering
merchandise, art and unique crafts – great for
holiday presents. On Saturday, Nov. 26, children
can enjoy either breakfast or lunch with Santa
which includes food, photo with Santa, crafts
and a whole lot of fun (reservations required).
School, church and community vocal and instrumental
groups will perform throughout the festival.
All proceeds benefit Calvert Hospice. For
more information, visit www.calverthospice.org.
• Chesapeake Beach lights up the town for
Entertainment Events
-Live Music: “No Green JellyBeenz” Acoustic
Olde Town Pub (22785 Washington Street, Leonardtown) – 7 p.m.
-Live Music: “Piranhas”
Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.
-Live Music: “Dylan Galvin”
The Blue Dog Saloon (7940 Port Tobacco Road, Port Tobacco) – 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 18
-Live Music: “Fair Warning”
Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.
-Live Music: “Dave Norris”
DB McMillan’s (23415 Three Notch Road, California) – 5 p.m.
-Live Music: “ Joe Martone Jazz Band”
Chef’s American Bistro (22576 Macarthur Boulevard, San Souci Plaza suite 314, California) – 7
p.m.
-DJ Tommy T and Friends Karaoke Dance Party
Scheible’s Restaurant (48342 Wynne Rd., Ridge) - 9 p.m.
-Live Music: “Karma Exchange”
The Greene Turtle (6 St. Mary’s Avenue, Suite 104, La Plata) – 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19
-Bull and Oyster Roast with Anthony Ryan and Renegade
American Legion Post 206 (3330 Chesapeake Beach Road, Chesapeake Beach) – 1 p.m.
-Live Music: “Synergy”
Lisa’s Pub (4310 Indian Head Highway, Indian Head) – 9:30 p.m.
-Live Music: “Four Friends”
Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.
-Live Music: “The Honchos”
Casey Jones Pub (417 E. Charles St., La Plata) – 9:30 p.m.
-5 Th Anniversary Celebration w/ “3 Day Ride”
Big Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m.
-Live Music: “Yoko Says No”
Cryer’s Back Road Inn (22094 Newtowne Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 20
-NFL Sunday w/ $1 Domestics
Fat Boy’s Country Store (41566 Medleys Neck Road, Leonardtown) – 2 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 21
-$2.50 Margaritas All Day
Big Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville) – 10 a.m.
-Cooking w/ Dan Rebarchick: Stuffed Ham
Lenny’s Restaurant (23418 Three Notch Road, California) – 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 22
-Cigar Night
The Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 8 p.m.
-Open Mic Night
Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 6:30 p.m.
-All Night Karaoke
Martini’s Lounge (10553 Theodore Green Boulevard, White Plains) – 8 p.m.
the holidays on Sunday, Nov. 27, from 6 to 7:30
p.m. when tens of thousands of holiday lights
will twinkle in Chesapeake Beach making it
the “Brightest Beacon on the Bay.” Bring your
family to the official start of the holiday season
where all of the lights are lit magically from
the Chesapeake Beach Town Hall by our own
“Mother Christmas.” Ride through Town to
enjoy the holiday sights which will be displayed
until the week after the New Year. www.chesapeake-beach.md.us.
• Tans Cycles and Parts will once again put
together an incredible Lionel model train display.
These amazing exhibits draw people from afar;
we are lucky to have them right in our backyard!
The Halloween Train Display runs thru
Nov. 20, weekdays 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays
noon to 5 p.m. The Holiday Train Display begins
Nov. 25 and runs thru January 14, weekdays 3
to 8 p.m. and Saturdays noon to 5 p.m.; special
times on December 24 and 31 (noon to 5 p.m.)
and December 27 thru 30 (noon to 8 p.m.). Tans
is located at 9032 Chesapeake Avenue, North
Beach. For more information, call 410-257-6619.
For more information on events in Calvert
County visit www.ecalvert.org.

23 Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Calvert Gazette
Debra Meszaros is a Certified Sports Nutritionist and
Bio-feedback practitioner with further educational studies in
Naturopathy, Homeopathy, Orthomolecular Nutrition and additionally
holds fourteen U.S. patents. Through her extensive
health education, and experience of 20-plus years in cellular
biology, she has developed
an all-encompassing Holistic
health service that allows
individuals to discover
their biochemical uniqueness,
allowing them to fine
tune their health. The basis
of her service is to facilitate
access to information that
will help your understanding
of health processes and elements
that are within your
area of control. Her services
are available in Maryland,
Virginia and South Carolina.
She can be reached at (540)
622 – 4989 Monday through
Friday.
By Debra Meszaros
MXSportsNutrition.com
Science has been studying sleep and its influence on your
health for a very long time and no one will argue that sleep
is vital and extremely important. Unfortunately, many people
have difficulties sleeping, either falling asleep or waking up.
There are various reasons for why.
How Important Are Your Sleeping
Habits?
Your metabolism is altered when you are sleep deprived
as the hormone that signals satiety, Leptin falls; additionally
Ghrelin, which signals hunger, rises. Research shows sleepdeprived
people tend to consume more starchy and sweet foods
rather than vegetables and protein. Sugar cravings are thought
to be brought on by the fact that your brain is fueled by glucose
and when sleep-deprived, the brain searches for carbohydrates
to keep going. The body is designed to run on protein and fats
as primary fuel, not carbohydrates; although many people have
retrained their bodies to run on carbohydrates, doing this long
term has associated health and performance risks. Sleep deprivation
impairs your immune system, lengthens your recovery
time, and can even cause changes in your brain activity. The act
of focusing can be a difficult task when one is sleep deprived.
Some other consequences are high blood sugar, high blood
pressure, depression and accelerated aging.
Programming Rhythm:
The circadian system drives the biological activities of
your body on a cellular level. Disruptions in programmed
cycles affect your entire body. Sleep disruption upsets its delicate
balance, so planning your sleep cycles is one of the best
things you can do for your body. There are five stages of sleep
in which your body takes about 90 minutes to complete. During
the five stages there are different functions taking place in
each stage and there is a perfect time in the cycle to wake. Have
you ever thought you had a good nights sleep and still woke up
tired? Odds are you woke up while in stage three or four. So lets
learn the proper rhythm to your sleep patterns. Stage one lasts
about 5 minutes, this is a light sleep period and you are easily
woken during this time. Stage two can last ten to twenty-five
minutes and is considered still a light sleep stage. Stage three is
a deep sleep stage; here if you are woken you will most likely be
groggy and take awhile to actually wake. Stage four is a more
intense deep sleep stage; here blood flow is directed away from
the brain towards muscles, restoring physical energy; the recharging
stage. Stage five is known as the REM sleep stage occurring
approximately 70-90 minutes after falling asleep. This
is the dream stage. Stage five is the stage you want to program
waking up from. So, the formula is to plan your sleep in multiples
of 90 minutes. Example would be to plan to fall asleep
around 10pm and wake at 5:30am.
Creating a Healthy
Sleep Routine
For some it’s really not about “when to wake up” that’s the
issue, but actually falling asleep. There are definitely some conditions
that need to exist to get a restful sleep and to quicken
the time to actually fall asleep. I call the actions one takes
before turning in for the night as “pre-conditioning”. “Preconditioning”
consists of some simple steps and guidelines
to follow like: one to two hours before bedtime concentrate
on summing up your day, preparing for sleep, not activities
like watching TV or using any electronic type devices as we
want no brain stimulation at this time. What we actually want
to do is to spend wind-down time with activities that soothe or
relax you. There is a nice trick that works well for most active
individuals called journaling. Get yourself a notebook that you
will keep at bedside. Before retiring for the night, go through
your day, recapping the events in your mind. Write down anything
that you feel was unresolved, unfinished, or points of importance.
Writing down tasks or ideas for the next day is also
helpful in clearing the mind of anything you would normally lie
awake thinking about. Once you have written them all down,
close the notebook and say to yourself “I’ll deal with all of that
tomorrow”. You’ve now pre-conditioned yourself for sleep.
Sleep Recovery & Quality Factors:
As you already know, stress, whether mental, emotional,
or physical in nature, affects your overall health status and your
adrenals, so knowing when in the sleep cycle recharging and
recovery happens would be of great interest and helpful. It is
between the hours of 11pm and 1am that you should definitely
be sleeping. The quality of sleep is also of great importance
and there are several factors that can increase the quality of
your sleep.
Light is your body clocks worse enemy. The room needs
to be completely dark so your pineal gland produces melatonin
and serotonin. Complete darkness means that even the faint
glow of a clock can disturb this process. Close your door, no
night-lights, and if waking to use the bathroom, either don’t
turn on the light or install “low blue” light bulbs. These bulbs
emit an amber light that does not hinder melatonin production.
The perfect room temperature is about 70 degrees F and
not lower than 60 degrees F. These temperatures match the
lower body temperatures the body reaches during the night.
Avoid sugar based snacks or carbohydrate foods before
bedtime as they may contribute to an increase of energy.
Make sure any other conditions you find supportive to
sleep exist.
Build a routine to your sleep cycle especially the total time
of sleep. Keeping each day the same helps the body build a routine,
but listen to your body during times of illness or emotional
stress and lengthen your sleep period if it is needed. Please remember
that there is no such thing as “catching up on sleep”.
You cannot skimp on sleep all week and plan to “catch up” on
the weekend. Consistency wins and routine is king.
Hopefully you now understand the process of sleep many
of us take for granted, and realize the true benefits of quality,
routine sleep.
DISCLAIMER: When you read through the diet and lifestyle
information, you must know that everything within it is for informational
purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice
from your physician or other health care professional. I am making
no attempt to prescribe any medical treatment. You should not use the
information here for diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or
for prescription of any medication or other treatment. The products
and the claims made about specific products have not been evaluated
by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are not intended
to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. You should consult
with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or
supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you
have or suspect you might have a health problem. Confirm the safety
of any supplements with your M.D., N.D. or pharmacist (healthcare
professional). Some information given is solely an opinion, thought
and or conclusion based on experiences, trials, tests, assessments or
other available sources of information. I do not make any guarantees
or promises with regard to results. I may discuss substances that have
not been subject to double blind clinical studies or FDA approval or
regulation. You assume the responsibility for the decision to take any
natural remedy.
You and only you are responsible if you choose to do anything
with the information you have read. You do so at your own risk. Use
your intelligence to make the decisions that are right for you. Consulting
a naturopathic doctor is strongly advised especially if you have
any existing disease or condition.
Pre-Conditions Of Sleep:

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December 10
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December 17
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Winter Seahawk
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January 20-28
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