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January 2012
Volume 12, No. 3
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Index
Upcoming Events 6-9
COUPONS GALORE 6
Tred Avon Players 30th Season 10
Eastern Shore Mysteries with a Twist 11
Aztec Two-Step bayFolk-Rock Duo
Celebrates 40th Anniversary with new CD
“Cause and Effect” 12
Catching the Light
By Terry Callahan 14
Easton Donates to Teen Court/Talbot
Partnership 16
Caldwell Named 2011 Adoptive Parent of
the Year 17
Dancing for the Dogs 18
Learn About Mentoring at Talbot Mentors
Open House 19
Brown Bag Lunch - The 2BoomerBabes 19
Canada Geese Decorate the Cove
By Bonna L. Nelson 20
Talbot County Marriage Licenses 22
950 Acres in Talbot County Conserved
through Donated Easement to Maryland
Department of Natural Resources 24
Historic Oyster Cannon on Display in
Annapolis 25
Deer Hunters See Increased Firearm Season
Harvest 26
Farm Management Classes for Women 28
“My Victorian Valentine” Bus Trip is Planned
for Valentine’s Day 28
Saturday Speaker Series 30
Rotary Clubs Respond to Community’s
Greatest Need 31
Call for Artists: Adkins Arboretum to Sponsor
2012 Art Competition 32
Brown Bag Lunch - Brown’s Battleground 32
Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition
Draws Musicians from Coast to Coast 33
Art Exhibits 33
TAP Announces Auditions! 34
February 24 Deadline for CBMM Internship
Applications 34
Comedy Theatre & Amish Farm Tour 34
Parents - Do You Know What Your Kids Are
Texting 35
AARP Mid-Shore Tax-Aide Program 36
Global Health:TB, Malaria, AIDS - More
ThanYou Ever Thought You Needed to Know,
& Why It Matters 36
The Country School Makes Significant
Commitment to Childhood Fitness 37
Shore Medical Pavilion Now Open In
Queenstown 38
Astigmatism 39
National Board Member to Speak at CMT
Support Group on January 7th 40
Cheap Fix to Old Problems 41
Have You Had Your Teeth Checked Lately?
42
The Evolution of Energy on the Chesapeake:
From Indian Settlements to the Present 43
Energy Anatomy...the Art of Drugless Healing
by Dora Meyer 44
Talbot Co. Land Transfers 45
The Other Side 46
Dance Like No One’s Watching 47
Theif! 49
Academy for Lifelong Learning at CBMM
Winter Semester to Begin January 9th 50
WORD PUZZLE 50
Talbot Guide would like to wish everyone a
Happy New Year!
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Bingo is held every Saturday night at the
Trappe Volunteer Fire Company, 7pm. Doors
open at 5 pm. There are 25 games that range
from regular, straight, and speed games. Pay
outs on regular games vary on attendance.
Trappe Volunteer Fire Company, 4001 Powell
Ave, Trappe, MD.
Bingo is held every Friday Night at the Easton
Volunteer Fire Department, 315 Aurora Street,
Easton. Doors open at 6:30pm. Games start at
7:30pm. Food available from the members. $75
payout per regular game. $100 if 100 people
are in attendance. Frequent flyer cards are
available. 410-822-4848.
Upcoming Events
Dec. 31: First Night Talbot 2012 - Downtown
Easton celebrates the Arts in different venues,
as well as on the streets, with a wide variety of
performances for all ages all for the cost of a
souvenir admission button. Additional information
TBA. Buttons are available in advance at
Talbot County Visitors Center, 11 S. Harrison St.,
Easton, MD. 410-770-8000. Prices TBA.
www.easternshore.com/firstnighttalbot. Contact
410-820-8822.
Dec. 31: Come help bring in the New Year at
the Ruthsburg Community Center with all
Flashback and Stonehenge (Ricky/Bobby
Band). 8:30pm-12:30am. Advance tickets only:
$20/person and $30/couple. BYOB - Snacks
and Soda provided. No one under 21 yrs. will
be permitted. For tickets and info., please call
Jennifer Kaufman at 410-758-3523 or 410-490-
4776.
Jan. 2: The Tidewater Camera Club is sponsoring
wildlife photographer, Ken Conger, who
will present a seminar entitled "Alaskan Wildlife
and Landscapes", from 7-9 pm in the Wye Oak
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Room at the Talbot County Community Center,
Rte. 50, Easton, MD. As a retired game warden,
Ken has carried his motivation and enthusiasm
for wildlife protection over to his passion of
wildlife photography. He has attained both a
Bachelors of Science degree in Wildlife Management
and a Masters of Science degree in
Administration of Justice. Ken's interest in photography
began at a young age and wildlife photography
has always been his concentration.
His photographs are only of wild animals, primarily
captured within National Parks and Fish &
Wildlife Refuges. The majority of the images utilize
available early morning and late afternoon
light to capture the natural color and beauty of
the wildlife. An award-winning photographer
(National Wildlife Federation, National Parks
Competition, Sony International Photography
Contest), Ken's images have adorned a number
of magazine covers and calendars. After retiring
as a conservation officer, Ken spent the 2009
and 2010 summers as a seasonal park ranger in
Denali National Park, Alaska. For this evening's
program, Ken will feature a diversity of dynamic
wildlife (moose, lynx, musk ox, polar bears) and
stunning landscape images (Mt. McKinley,
ANWR, 10,000 Smokes, Northern Lights) captured
during his two seasons in Alaska. For
more information about Ken's work and to view
JANUARY
1st - Post closed. Happy New Year!
10th - Chicken & Dumplings 4-7pm, $7
14th - Karaoke with Bill 7-11 pm
15th - Breakfast 8-11 am
22nd - Breakfast 8-11am
28th - Rib Eye Steak Dinner 5-7pm, $14
Lounge Opening 1pm on Sundays
Thursday’s - Shrimp / Friday’s - Burgers
Call for Daily Specials & Hall Rentals
American Legion Talbot Post 70
29511 Canvasback Drive, Easton, MD (behind Walmart)
410-822-9138
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 @ 2PM
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UPCOMING EVENTS
a sample of his images, visit www.kencongerphotography.com.
The seminar is open to the
public. Please check the club website, www.tidewatercameraclub.com,
or contact Janet at 410-
901-2223 for changes in venue or weather-related
cancellations.
Jan. 3-14: After Christmas Sale. Handbags,
Gifts and Collectibles, Fresh or Silk Arrangements,
Home Decor and Painted Furniture. The
Garden Basket, Dover Bridge Rd. (Rt. 331) Midway
between Easton & Preston. 410-822-0575
Jan. 7: St. Michaels’ Civil War Dead, 2:00 pm at
St. Michaels Library. Betty Seymour, a volunteer
in the library’s Maryland Room and a member of
the St. Michaels Museum, will talk about what she
has learned during the past year as she has researched
the local graves of Civil War veterans.
Some 56 Union soldiers and one (possible) Confederate
soldier are buried in St. Michaels, each
with their own unique story. St. Michaels Library.
Jan. 10: Chicken & Dumplings, 4-7pm, $7,
American Legion Talbot Post 70, 29511 Canvasback
Dr., Easton. 410-822-9138.
Tuesdays, Jan. 10 - Feb. 14: Clay - Intermediate
Pottery Wheel. Instructor: Paul Aspell
10 a.m. – noon, Session 1, Academy Art Museum,
Easton, MD. Cost: $175, Members;
$190, Non-members. Participants will be introduced
to new techniques such as the making of
lidded jars, plates and larger forms while still
working on basic skills. For further information
and to register for Museum programs and
classes, visit www.academyartmuseum.org or
call 410-822-2787.
Jan. 11: Activities Singles Klub (ASK)
General Member Meeting, 6pm, at Denny’s
Restaurant in Easton on Hwy. 50, Easton.
Theme: "Great Expectations" Let’s discuss our
expectations for the new year, both for ourselves,
and for the klub. Visitors are welcome,
but must place a reservation by Monday, January
9, by calling 410-745-2797.
Event is open to the public.
Jan. 13: The Chesapeake College Alumni
and Friends Association 1st is hosting a free
tailgate party on at 6 p.m. in the Caroline Center
open to all alumni. Stop by and enjoy some
traditional tailgating treats before the basketball
game. Learn more about the Networking the
Shore Campaign, the alumni business network,
and future plans to grow. Anyone who joins the
Alumni and Friends Association you will receive
a free ticket to that night’s basketball game. For
more information, please call 410-827-5818.
Jan. 14 - Feb. 25: Ches-Adventures (Formerly
Saturday for Kids) at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum. The Saturdays for Kids program
offers two hours of fun-filled and creative handson
games, arts and crafts, and storytelling.
Small classes and age-appropriate projects facilitate
the learning process and offer kids a special
place and opportunity for early engagement
in building a love of the Chesapeake Bay and
the region. Contact 410-746-2916.
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CHRISTMAS
SALE
Handbags Gifts and Collectibles
Fresh or Silk Arrangements
Home Décor Painted Furniture
Monday-Friday 9-5 Saturday 9-1
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410-822-0575 ~ Delivery Available ~ Monday-Friday 9-5 · Saturday 9-1
Jan. 14 & 21: Safe Sitter Class, 9am – 4pm,
Memorial Hospital, 219 S. Washington Street,
Health Education Center. Designed for children
ages 11-13 years. Teaches basics of babysitting,
first aid and CPR. Children must attend
both sessions. Cost: $35. For more information
and to register, call 410-822-1000 or 410-228-
5511, ext. 5231.
Jan. 15: Breakfast, 8-11am, American Legion
Talbot Post 70, 29511 Canvasback Dr., Easton.
410-822-9138.
Jan. 18 & 19: Jewelry Sale, 7:00 am to 4:00
pm, Memorial Hospital, Nick Rajacich Health
Education Center, 219 S. Washington Street,
Easton. A selection of gold and silver jewelry,
watches and more. Sponsored by the Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary to benefit programs and services
of the hospital.
Jan. 20: Chase your January blues away at St.
Luke’s United Methodist Church, 304 Talbot
Street, St. Michaels. The 22nd Annual
Spaghetti Dinner will be held from 4:30 to
7:00pm. “All You Can Eat “ for just $10.00 (Children
11 and under $4.00). Take-outs will be
available. For fantastic food, family fun and fine
fellowship, call the church office at 410-745-
2534 for information.
Jan. 22: Breakfast, 8-11am, American Legion
Talbot Post 70, 29511 Canvasback Dr., Easton.
410-822-9138.
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Jan. 26: Talbot Mentors Open House, Noon –
2pm. Talbot Mentors office, 108 Maryland Avenue,
Easton. Learn about mentoring and meet
current volunteers. Refreshments. For information,
call 410-770-5999.
Jan. 28: Make a Book with the Judy Center -
Saturday, 10:30 – 11:30am. Children 8 and
under, accompanied by an adult, can create
their own book! All materials for book-making
will be supplied. Thanks to the Judy Center
Partnership at the Talbot County Public Schools
for this program. Easton Library (Pending Easton’s
move back to permanent quarters at 100
West Dover Street, children’s programming must
remain TBA for the time being. Please check our
website or call the Easton branch at 410-822-
1626 for the latest information.)
Jan. 29: Benefit “Winter-grass” Bluegrass
Concert to benefit Ames United Methodist
Church Building Fund, 2pm at 26299 Sennett
Road, Denton (Hobbs), MD. The home of Bill &
Gail Towers. Inside heated facility. Bring a lawn
chair. Food will be available. Three bands to perform:
Flatland Drive, New & Used Bluegrass, Ray
Sheridan. $10 donation at the door. In case of
snow, check Flatland Drive’s website @ www.flatland.com
or call 410-479-1580. Snow date - February
5, 2012. Call 1-800-773-9128 for advance
ticket sales.
Feb. 4: Winter Cooking Demonstration Lunch
Series - Cooking demonstrations with celebrity
Master Chef Mark Salter to include recipe cards,
two hours of demonstrations followed by a two
course luncheon with wines. Each starts at 10am
with lunch at 12 noon. $64 per person with limited
guest numbers or $288 to attend the full series
of five. Price is $64 per person excluding tax
and lunch service gratuity. Program and contents
subject to confirmation. The characteristic
of Italian cuisine is simplicity. Italian cooks rely
chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather
than on elaborate preparation. Try some of
Marks favorites: Best Caesar Salad with
crunchy Baguette Croutons, Goat Cheese,
Black Olive and roasted Red Pepper Raviolli.
How to make the perfect Pasta dish with homemade
Marinara Sauce, Risotto with Wild Mushrooms.
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Music, dancing, absurdity, drama,
epiphanies, and spectacle are all coming
your way with the 30th season of the Tred
Avon Players. The new 2012 season will
open in the newly renovated Oxford Community
Center in Oxford, MD with the
music of the dynamic writing duo of John
Kander and Fred Ebb. “Life is a Cabaret:
the songs of Kander & Ebb” opens February
9.
TAP’s 30th season coincides with the
50 anniversary of the collaboration of Kander
and Ebb. Director Joe Tyler shares his
enthusiasm for the talent and genius of this
writing team by presenting a singing and
dancing production of their music & lyrics.
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songs for twenty Broadway musicals, fourteen
of them Broadway hits, including
“Chicago”, “Cabaret”, “Woman of the
Year”, “Curtains”, “The Act”, and “Kiss of
the Spider Woman”. They also worked together
on the films “New York, New York”
and “Funny Lady”.
Twenty-eight talented local performers
pay tribute to these great composers’
unmatched ability to tell a poignant story
or simply entertain! Gail Aveson, Sarah
Claggett, Jane Copple, Katie Cox, Nathalie
Derakshani, Paulette Florio, Joey Frankos,
Marcia Gilliam, Sharon Gilroy, Bill Gross,
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Higginbottom, Portia Hughes, Jenny
Madino, Ira Nelson, Bridget Page, Wendy
Pagenstecher, Lara Prettyman, Lisa Roth,
Zack Schlag, John Swann, Laura Todd,
Travis Todd, Joe Tyler, Kim Wilson, &
Herb Ziegler. Accompanist is Ellen Barry
Grunden, with Shelby Clendaniel on percussion.
Spring flowers in May herald the sophisticated
drama of “The Women” by
Clare Boothe Luce. Director Tom Quimby
reprises the all time SRO hit of 1990. Based
on the 1936 play starring Norma Shearer,
Rosalind Russell, Marjorie Main, Joan
Fontaine, Hedda Hopper, and Joan Crawford,
“The Women” follows the lives of a
circle of wealthy Manhattan women and
their story of marital conflict, friendships,
and coping with changing values and
lifestyles. It’s a classic portrayal of the
fairer sex meeting the challenges of love,
rivalry and self fulfillment during the beginning
of women’s liberation. “The
Women” runs May 3-20.
Opening August 9 is the hilarious
comedy of “The Drowsy Chaperone” with
book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar,
and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and
Greg Morrison. Director Marcia Gilliam
presents the Tony winning Broadway hit
that started out as a spoof of old musicals
written by friends for the wedding of Bob
Martin and his wife Janet. It pays homage
to 1920 American musicals. A recluse listening
to a recording of a musical comedy
is transported into the musical. The consequent
plot highlights mistaken identities,
dream sequences, an unflappable English
butler, an absent minded dowager, gangsters,
and millionaires.
Closing TAP’s 30th season in October
is the comical spoof of the spy thriller
movies of the Cold War era, Michael
Hollinger’s “Red Herring”, directed by
George Edmonds. “Red Herring” follows
the attempts of three couples to overcome
the obstacles that stand in the way of love
and marriage such as a not-too-bright Russian
spy, mistaken identities, counter agents,
and farcical plot twists.
TAP’s 30th Season begins at the Oxford
Community Center in Oxford, MD
with the dazzling “Life is a Cabaret: The
Songs of Kander & Ebb”. Fridays and Saturdays,
February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, & 25
at 8pm. Sundays, February 12, 19, & 26 at
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Call 410-226-0061 or visit www.tredavonplayers.org
for information on these spectacular
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Eastern Shore detectives have been
featured in mysteries before, but in his new
Max Hurlock series, local author John
Reisinger has added a twist; all the stories
take place in the Roaring 20s and all are
based on real cases.
“I got the idea while researching my
last book, Master Detective,” says
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mysteries. The Roaring 20s, with Prohibition,
bootleggers, flappers and speakeasies
is a fascinating period, so why not combine
the two with a down home Eastern Shore
detective? In the back of each book I provide
details of the real case on which the
story is based.”
In Death on a Golden Isle, just released,
Max Hurlock and his magazinewriter
wife Allison travel from St. Michaels
to Jekyll Island, Georgia to investigate a
poisoning at America’s most exclusive
club, and in the soon-to-be-released Death
of a Flapper, they tackle a double murder
in a locked room. Future reality-inspired
adventures will find Max and Allison investigating
a murder in a Chesapeake Bay
lighthouse and the murder of New York's
most eligible bachelor in his Manhattan
mansion.
After rubbing elbows with the rich and
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Come and
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Aztec Two-Step
bayFolk-Rock
Duo Celebrates
40th Anniversary
with New CD
“Cause & Effect”
An Evening of Original
Music plus Selections
from their Simon &
Garfunkel Songbook
THE WAY SCHOOL SHOULD BE!
716 Goldsborough Street
Easton, MD 21601
Tel 410-822-1935
countryschool.org
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An independent coeducational
K through 8th grade day
school, now accepting 2012 -
2013 applications for all grades.
Kindergarten applications to
future years also accepted. We
provide the foundation for
your child's success.
Yes, you CAN afford us!
And we WILL help you realize
your child’s future at The
Country School.
Did you know?
The Country School tuition is
all inclusive.
Financial aid is available to
qualified families.
We offer tuition payment
options and schedules.
We deliver a life-long
investment in your child's
future.
ADMISSIONS PREVIEW
Tuesday, January 10, 9:00 a.m.
(snow date: January 17)
Contact Kim Balderson, director of
admissions, for a personal introduction
to the Country School:
admissions@countryschool.org
When: Friday, January 20, 2012 at
8:00pm
Where: Avalon Theatre, 40 East
Dover Street, Easton, MD 21601
Tickets: $25 and available
410-822-7299 or http://www.avalontheatre.com/
In 1972, Aztec Two-Step burst upon
the scene with its self-titled debut album on
Elektra Records. Since then, Rex Fowler
and Neal Shulman have spent a lifetime
making music together as the folk/rock duo
that takes its name from a poem by beat
poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Their first
album and subsequent albums for RCA
Records were staples of progressive FM
and college radio and helped to bring the
music of the 1960s into the '70s.
As their recording career continued, so
did the critical acclaim. In 1987, Living in
America received the New York Music
Award for Best Folk Album and was named
in Billboard’s year-end critic’s poll. They
have been praised in countless major U.S.
newspapers and magazines, including
Rolling Stone, and have appeared on numerous
TV and radio shows such as the
David Letterman Show, the King Biscuit
Flour Hour and World Café Live. In 1999,
they were the subjects of the documentary
No Hit Wonder, aired on PBS.
Four decades later, Aztec Two-Step is
more than ever defined by intelligent songwriting,
dazzling acoustic lead guitar and
inspiring harmonies. The duo has chosen to
commemorate their 40th Anniversary by
recording a new studio album, Cause & Effect,
a 16-song collection with socio/politi-
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cal themes, produced by Paul Guzzone and
featuring long-time bassist Fred Holman.
The album is a combination of re-worked
and newly mined material.
While Fowler and Shulman possess a
rich musical legacy of their own, over the
years they often were compared to Simon
& Garfunkel because of what reviewers
called their "intellectual lyricism and ethereal
harmonies." So it only makes sense
that ATS would choose to interpret and perform
the timeless songs and harmonies of
their legendary predecessors.
Back at The Avalon for a very special
concert, Fowler and Shulman will share selections
from their Simon & Garfunkel
Songbook as well as perform songs from
their vast and varied original canon of
music, honed over 40 years.
"Cult folk-rockers can still carry off
their sweet, supple harmonies and bouncy
acoustic pop with aplomb. Recommended."
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forceful vocals and near perfect instrumental
harmonies.'' -- Variety
''Some of the most endearing, beautiful
music I’ve heard in a long time. They’ve
solidified their reputation as a unique, exquisite
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For Talbot County resident Wilson
Wyatt, the publication of his newly-released
book, Yosemite Catching the Light,
is another milestone in a long career in
communications, a career that began when,
as a high-school senior, he was published
in a literary anthology edited by an editor
from Yale University. At the University of
the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, he studied
under Andrew Lytle, one of the “fugitive
writers” of the time, a group that also
included Robert Penn Warren and William
Faulkner. After college, he became a reporter
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Wilson. “It was one of the top newspapers
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working in public relations and advertising,
holding political office (he was elected to
the Kentucky state legislature as the state
representative for the City of Louisville at
the age of 25) and serving as head of U.S.
communications for a large international
conglomerate, BATUS. Afterwards, he held
senior vice-presidencies first at PNC Bank,
Pittsburgh, later at the Travelers Insurance
Companies in Hartford, Connecticut.
But as time progressed, he looked forward
to getting away to the Eastern Shore
where he owned a house. “The Eastern
Shore just became a wonderful place to unwind
and relax. After a number of years,
my wife (Katie) and I made our home on
the Shore. In retiring, I wanted to do what
I really enjoyed, which is writing.” Wilson
joined the Eastern Shore Writers Association,
eventually becoming its president with
the purpose of helping to build a closer
writing community across the Delmarva
Peninsula. “It's a natural home for writers.”
He engaged several other Shore writers and
started The Delmarva Review, a literary review
for short story writers, poets and essayists.
This year, six of the Review’s
selections were nominated for the prestigious
Pushcart Prize, a national literary
award.
Along with print communications,
Wilson’s other interest is photography. Pictures
he took as a reporter included those
depicting the mini-submarine recovery of
the H-bomb in Spain, and the wildlife recovery
from flooding in Florida's Everglades.
“I camped there a week with the
environmentalists and park rangers. We
would catch suffering deer with airboats,
and airlift them to higher ground. It was a
great experience.”
Wilson’s son became interested in
photography at age 10 and now is a professional
photographer in Scottsdale, Arizona.
“I taught him the darkroom and he taught
me digital [photography],” says Wilson
with a laugh. This mutual interest led to
Wilson’s book on Yosemite National Park.
He went originally to study light and learn
how to use it under changing weather conditions.
With his son leading a group of
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photographers, each day they went on two
treks. “We’d try to come back for lunch unless
we were too far out – then we’d eat
power bars. We averaged eight miles a day
hiking, sometimes very steep inclines, generally
going places other people weren’t.”
He adds, “The beauty of everything
was spectacular. After each day I would
take off my hiking shoes, turn on my computer
and load my photographs, and post
one on Facebook every day. I would get
about 100 responses to each image. I mentioned
I was going to make a copy of the
book for my son and people started ordering
copies of the book." Wilson took nine
hundred photos which he then narrowed to
seventy-five to include in the book.
He explains, “I like to try to see things
that maybe we overlook in our everyday
lives. If it’s a flower, I may want to look at
it with a macro [close-up] lens and see that
within the flower the stamens can look as
beautiful as the flower. I like to play with
light. Lighting conditions can make a subject
look very different at dawn or at dusk.”
As an example, Wilson pointed out that in
pre-dawn light, especially on the shoreline,
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then that’s the biggest reward a good photographer
could have.”
Wilson Wyatt’s next book will be published
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Easton Donates to Teen Court /Talbot Partnership
The Town of Easton recently made a
donation to Talbot Partnership for Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse Prevention in support
of both the Talbot County Teen Court
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program and other ongoing programs of
Talbot Partnership.
Talbot County’s Teen Court program
addresses the high risk of problematic behavior
among Talbot County youth. The
program provides early diversion for youth
with first-time, minor offenses, often alcohol
and tobacco violations. Teen Court provides
consequences to reinforce the fact
that negative behavior will not be tolerated.
It provides opportunities for pro-social activities
and social restitution in the community
to steer youth away from the streets
and delinquent activity, and it provides referrals
to services to address substance
abuse as well as mental health or educational
needs. Talbot Partnership is the fiscal
agent for the Teen Court program.
Talbot Partnership has a long history
of activities and programs in Talbot County
of building strong community norms
through education and advertising, helping
families through programs such as Guiding
Good Choices and Safe Homes, serving as
fiscal agents for organizations providing
community youth outreach and services,
making it hard for youth to get alcohol, tobacco
and other drugs, and working with
youth to encourage healthy choices. The
town’s donation supports on-going programs
including TALK Bags and Resource
folders for parents of all Talbot County 6th
and 9th graders, Safe Homes directories,
Youth Coalition, and others.
For further information on Talbot Partnership,
please contact 410-819-8067 or
info@talbotpartnership.org.
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Caldwell Named
2011 Adoptive
Parent of the Year
Sharon Caldwell was named by the
Talbot County Department of Social Services
as the 2011 adoptive parent of the year.
When Sharon of Easton decided to become
a foster parent, after raising a daughter of
her own, little did she know that she would
end up adopting two beautiful girls, Trinity
and Naiobi. The sisters’ adoption was finalized
on March 28, 2011.
Caldwell comments that her love of
children and a desire to help the community
was her motivation in becoming a licensed
foster parent for Talbot County
Department of Social Services in October
1991. During the 20 years that Ms. Caldwell
has been licensed as a foster parent,
she has provided a home for a variety of
children with multiple needs.
According to Susan Merriken, Foster
Care and Adoption Supervisor at the Talbot
County Department of Social Services,
“Sharon was able to offer the girls emotional
stability, commitment and love while
at the same time allowing Trinity and
Naiobi to maintain a relationship with their
birth family.”
The adoption has become a family affair
for Sharon, whose 27-year old daughter,
Karen, helps care for the two sisters
every other weekend when Sharon works
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Caldwell adds, “I so enjoy us being a
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Dancing for the Dogs, in conjunction
with, USA Dance Easton Chapter 6099 a
local non-profit organization is pleased to
announce the First Annual Dancing for the
Dogs competition to benefit Talbot, Caroline,
and Dorchester Humane Societies.
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the coveted overall grand champion award.
This prize will be based not only on their
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will be able to “vote” for your favorite
celebrity by donating in their name. $1.00
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Dancing for the Dogs aims to raise
awareness for our local humane societies,
as well as provide much-needed funds to
assist in caring for those who cannot speak
or care for themselves.
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or contact Amanda Showell Cook, event
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Learn About
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Talbot Mentors will hold an Open
House at its offices on Maryland Avenue in
Easton on Thursday, January 26, from noon
until 2 p.m. The event is an opportunity for
adults interested in learning about mentoring
to obtain information and meet current
volunteers and staff.
January is National Mentoring Month
and the students on Talbot Mentors’ waiting
list hope that more individuals in the
community will make New Year’s resolutions
to volunteer. Each mentor makes a
commitment to spend an hour or two each
week for a year being a friend to a child in
need of an additional adult presence in his
or her life.
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The 2BoomerBabes, AKA Barbara
Kline and Kathy Bernard, will be the
speakers for the Brown Bag Lecture Series
on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at noon at
Talbot Hospice House in Easton. The event
is sponsored by the Friends of the Talbot
County Free Library.
Join them for a lively chat as they
highlight their favorite conversations with
best-selling authors, real estate moguls, entertainers,
travel experts, physicians and
everyday people living the moment.
“We’ve discovered that everyone has a
story to tell, a golden nugget,” states Barbara.
“Our show is a labor of love. We meet
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2BoomerBabes Radio Hour is broadcast
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Canada
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the Cove
By Bonna L. Nelson
Honk! Honk!
Canada geese herald
the seasonal changes
of fall and winter
with their honking
overhead on the
Bonna L. Shore and in our
Nelson cove off of the Tred
Avon River. Floating
geese for as far as the eye can see fill our
cove and surround our pier in late fall and
well into winter. The cacophony of their
serenade fills us with joy as the last crisp
leaves fall. We know that soon the ground
will be covered with snow offsetting the silhouettes
of the geese with their long black
necks, white chin strap from ear to ear, dark
brown wings and white belly.
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along the shoreline near our pier, flapping
her “wings” and honking with the geese.
She calls “Goose, goose, noisy goose.” She
is hoping that one will come up for petting
the way our dogs do.
A nuisance to some, a pleasure to us.
Some migrate further, some stay. Some nest
nearby and show off their young in the
spring.
Among the Chesapeake Bay’s best
known waterfowl, the Canada goose has
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developments, parks, golf courses and
ponds. Their favorite habitats include bays,
rivers, coves, marshes, ponds and farm
fields. They like to nest and feed near water
and, for protection, it’s the water where
they usually sleep at night, rotating sentry
duty.
According to Ken Kaufman in Lives
of North American Birds, Canada geese
feed mostly on a wide variety of plant material.
They eat the stems and shoots of
grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants. They
also feed on seeds and berries. Cultivated
grains are also a favorite which is why you
see them in corn fields around the Shore.
Geese add tasty insects, mollusks, crustaceans
and sometimes small fish to their
plant diet.
I guess that’s why geese like our cove.
The aquatic foods and marsh grasses are
present and cornfields are nearby. And they
feel safe.
As for migration, in the past Canada
geese followed a rigid migratory path with
traditional stopovers and wintering areas.
As the climate has changed many geese
have become permanent residents in urban
and suburban areas and wildlife refuges.
Other geese populations have changed
routes, wintering sites and habitats. Our
cove must be a stopover for some, since
there are fewer as the winter progresses, a
wintering area for some and a permanent
home for others that we see year round.
Canada geese (Branta Canadensis)
usually mate for life. Both male and female
look alike, unlike many bird species. In
length they average 45 inches with a 68
inch wingspan. Nests are usually built by
the female and usually on slightly elevated
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dry ground near water, with good visibility.
Kaufman also locates nest sites on cliff
ledges, on muskrat houses and in trees. The
nest is usually built with a slight depression
comprising a shallow bowl of sticks, grass,
weeds, moss, and down. Most Atlantic flyway
geese mating and nesting occurs in
Canada, hence the name.
The female lays, on average, four to
seven white eggs and she incubates them
for 25 to 28 days, while the male stands
guard nearby. Both parents forage for food
for the new goslings but the young feed
themselves. The first flight of the young occurs
at age six to nine weeks.
A popular local sport, Canada goose
hunting season continues until the end of
January in Maryland. The Maryland Department
of Natural Resources predicted a
large number of geese would return to
Maryland from Canada during the hunting
season. We hear the boom of guns in the
morning during the hunting season. The
clever geese in our cove learn to stay until
after shooting hours before heading to the
fields to feed.
We love to watch the geese take off as
they patter and splash across the water until
lift off. Soon in V-formation they head to
feeding grounds. On return in the evening
they circle the water and then one at a time
or in groups they glide into the cove, honk
and then settle in for the night. We welcome
their return each year and their honking
sounds soothe us off to dream land.
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Talbot County
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Craig Lawrence Cola, 36, Washington,
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Christopher James Mincher, 31,
Baltimore to Sally Ann Mays, 30, same
Brian Matthew Mills, 27, Ann Arbor, MI to
Caitlin Anne Orsini, 26, same
Richard Stephen Seier, 27, Easton to
Natalie Karyna Barhoumi, 28, same
Donald William Cook, 73, Trappe to Anna
Mary Sprinkle, 71, Easton
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Donald Moor Kabler, 59, Easton to
Lucretia Jenkins Taylor, 55, same
Bradley Hoyland Nicholson, 24, Washington,
D.C. to Jessica Renee Sincavage, 32,
same
Thomas Allen Ross, Sr., 56, Baltimore to
Doreen Lynn Rockel, 51, same
Travis Wayne Meiklejohn, 24, Cordova to
Melissa Ann Dulin, 21, same
Hubbell Peter Knapp, 27, Washington,
D.C. to Kimberly Annette Mosser, 30, same
Ryan Taylor Catterton, 31, Easton to
Lauren Lucia Finiello, 32, same
Ivan Faiama Kamara, 31, Washington, D.C.
to Ciara Alexandria Rhodes, 29, same
Terrell Lee Sheppard, 43, Bowie to Shirley
Agnew Davis, 45, same
Robert Lee West, Jr., 54, Madison to
Carolyn Irene Moore, 46, same
Shawn David Robinson, 43, Preston to
Malinda Sue Towers, 45, same
Mark Allen Rothermel, 31, Baltimore to
Lindsay Anne Mohr, 28, same
Bryan Christopher Omohundro, 32, Easton
to Megan Adele Neaton, 26, same
Thomas George Keepers, 77, Silver Spring
to Carole Ford Omalley, 75, St. Michaels
Mark Douglas Crandell, 44, Easton to
Sandra Sue Stackowitz, 43, same
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Daniel Hack, 34, Baltimore to Kevin
Rebecca Kramer, 35, Cambridge
Erin Michael McCormack, 35, Willards to
Andria Lynn Janson, 36, Ocean City
Lester Hamilton Stanton, Jr., 69, Trappe to
Jacqueline Louise Thomas-Gibbs, 69, same
Ralph Victor Lee, 48, Jersey City, NJ to
Robin Wilson, 42, New York, NY
Jason Anthony Smith, 30, Washington,
D.C. to Melissa Gail Simpson, 32, same
Joseph Eugene Gregory, 33, Alexandria,
VA to Catherine Lee Kocur, 28, Vienna, VA
Matthew John Wilchinski, 31, Baltimore to
Kelly Rose Whalen, 30, same
Jason Andrew States, 22, Preston to Rachel
Lynn Jemmott, 26, same
Charles Erwin Rogers, 35, St. Michaels to
Sparrow Kathleen Mahoney, 34, same
William Christopher Farrell, 28, Pasadena
to O’anna Graham Fluharty, 28, same
Christopher Reutershan, 59, Easton to
Adrienne Dail Earnshaw, 52, Havre De
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Melissa Rose Black, 26, same
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950 Acres in Talbot County Conserved through Donated
Easement to Maryland Department of Natural Resources
First donated public access easement in the history of Program Open Space
Former Anne Arundel County Executive
Bob Pascal and Reinecke Fuchs, Inc.
are donating 950 acres in Talbot County to
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of Program Open Space, and will serve as
a model for future projects.
“This is a historic donation and I want
to thank Bob Pascal for this legacy to future
generations,” said Governor Martin
O’Malley. “This land will create new opportunities
for Maryland families and visitors
to get outside and enjoy the bountiful
natural wonders of our Eastern Shore.”
The 950-acre perpetual conservation
easement on the Point Pleasant property
will protect valuable forest and farm land. It
will maintain or establish more than eight
miles of riparian buffers to protect the water
quality of the Choptank River, a tributary
of the Chesapeake Bay. Through coordinated
and controlled access, visitors will be
able to explore the land by kayak, horseback
or on foot. The land will also be available
for hunting, camping, fishing and other
low-impact recreational activities. The
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) will hold the conservation
easement.
QUOTE FROM BOB PASCAL
The entire property falls within a Targeted
Ecological Area, which DNR has
identified as a conservation priority as part
of the GreenPrint program, furthering the
goals of the program.
The conservation easement protects
public scenic views along approximately
eight miles of waterfront on the Leadenham
Creek, Broad Creek and Balls Creek, tributaries
of the Choptank River.
The rural land in the Point Pleasant
Farm project represents all habitats of the
coastal Chesapeake Bay. Grasslands and
croplands on the property provide foraging
areas for nearly 200 migratory birds. Reptiles
and amphibians, including spotted turtles,
a State species of concern, an array of
butterflies, dragonflies and other insects,
crucial to the food web, are also found in
the area. Tidal fringes and shallow water
areas support fish, crabs, snails, shellfish
and invertebrates and small crustaceans that
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Historic Oyster
Cannon on Display
in Annapolis
The Maryland Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) is partnering with the
Annapolis Maritime Museum to exhibit a
historic cannon from now until June 2012.
A relic of the Oyster Police of the 1800s,
the cannon was used to protect the Chesapeake
Bay’s oysters during the “oyster
wars” of the 19th century.
“We’re delighted to partner with DNR
to bring this amazing era of our history
alive,” said Jeff Holland, executive director
of the Annapolis Maritime Museum.
“To think that oysters were once so valuable,
we needed artillery like this to protect
them from pirates – that’s astonishing! The
cannon fits right in with our core permanent
exhibit, Oysters on the Half Shell, which
explores why oysters are so important to
the health of the Bay and the lives of hardworking
watermen.”
The cannon was acquired by Hunter
Davidson, the first Commander of the State
Oyster Police Force, in 1868. It was installed
on the original steam-powered patrol
boat of Maryland’s “Oyster Navy,” the
Leila. In 1884, this ship was replaced by the
Governor R. M. McLane, which fought
many spectacular battles against oyster pirates.
The McLane was equipped with a 12-
pound Dahlgren boat howitzer in 1888.
While accounts are not definitive, authorities
believe that this gun may have been the
original cannon from the Leila.
DNR obtained the cannon in December
2010 from the American Legion Post
116, which owned it since the1950s. The legion
regularly loaned it to a group of Civil
War re-enactors who took part in North-
South Skirmish Association competitions.
The Cannon was on display at the Delmarva
Discovery Center in Worcester
County from June through September
2011.
“This cannon signifies our State’s
commitment to protecting our valuable natural
resources,” said DNR Secretary John
Griffin. “We are honored to make this piece
of Maryland history available for all to
enjoy.”
For more information about the history
of the cannon and the oyster wars, visit
dnr.maryland.gov/mdconservationhistory/Oyster_Wars_Cannon.asp.
For information about the Annapolis
Maritime Museum, visit amaritime.org.
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Deer Hunters See Increased Firearm Season Harvest
Maryland deer hunters experienced a
range of weather for the two-week firearm
season and harvested an estimated 41,421
deer ─ a 2 percent increase from last year’s
harvest of 40,694 deer for the same period.
This year’s total included 14,302 antlered
deer and 27,119 antlerless deer. Sika deer
totals were 455 antlered and 549 antlerless.
“Nearly half of the annual deer harvest
occurs during this two-week period and a
large portion of the harvest consists of female
deer,” said Brian Eyler, the Department
of Natural Resources (DNR) deer
project leader. “Harvesting a sufficient
number of female deer is a critical part of
our deer management plan.”
Region A deer hunters (Garrett, Allegany,
and western Washington counties) reported
4,960 deer for the two-week season,
up 12 percent from last year’s harvest of
4,422 deer. The antlered harvest increased
12 percent from 2,528 deer last year to
2,830 deer this year, while the antlerless
harvest increased 13 percent from 1,894
deer to 2,130 deer.
The Region B deer harvest of 36,461
deer was similar to last year’s harvest of
36,272 deer. The antlered harvest increased
4 percent ─ from 11,077 deer last year to
11,472 deer this year. The antlerless total
decreased about 1 percent ─ from 25,195
deer last year to 24,989 deer this year.
Deer hunters harvested 3,952 deer
(1,467 antlered, 2,485 antlerless) on Sundays
during the two-week season. Deer
hunting is currently permitted on the first
Sunday of the two-week firearm season in
all counties, except Baltimore, Howard,
and Prince George’s. Sunday deer hunting
is also permitted on the second Sunday of
the two-week season in Calvert, Charles,
and St. Mary’s counties. Carroll County
deer hunters took advantage of new legislation
that permitted Sunday hunting for
the first time this year and harvested 298
deer for the day.
Junior deer hunters enjoyed a weekend-long
firearm season in most counties
and harvested an estimated 3,014 deer. The
official Junior Firearm Deer Hunt traditionally
had been a Saturday event, but legislation
passed last year expanded the hunt
to Saturday and Sunday in 20 of the 23
Maryland counties. The extra day of hunting
resulted in a record harvest, which was
up approximately 47 percent from last
year’s 2,053 deer. Included in the total were
1,754 antlered deer and 1,260 antlerless
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deer.
“Junior hunters are the future of deer
hunting and effective deer management in
Maryland,” said Eyler. “Without deer
hunters, conflicts between deer and humans
would continue to grow. Special seasons
such as the junior firearm weekend are invaluable
in recruiting and keeping the interest
of younger hunters.”
Junior hunters are reminded they may
obtain an official DNR Junior Hunter certificate
for the deer they harvest this year.
The certificates are available from participating
retail agents. Junior hunters can also
have their picture posted on the DNR website
at
dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide/yh_certprogram.asp.
New this year, a Chronic Wasting Disease
(CWD) Management Area (land code
233) has been established in a portion of
Allegany County with regulations designed
to prevent the unintentional spread of
CWD to other locations. Hunters wanting
more information regarding CWD and the
regulations pertaining to the Disease Management
Area should visit
dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Hunt_Trap/deer
/disease/cwdinformation.asp or consult the
2011-2012 Maryland Guide to Hunting and
Trapping.
Hunters are urged to carefully inspect
all treestands before using them. A fullbody
safety harness should be used while
climbing into or out of a treestand and
while in the stand. DNR strongly recommends
using a sliding knot, commonly
known as a prussic knot, attached to a line
that is secured above the stand that allows
the hunter to be safely tethered to the tree
as soon as they leave the ground. For more
information on treestand safety and view a
helpful video visit
dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide/ts.asp
Complete bag limits, season dates,
deer registration procedures and other deer
hunting information can be found at
dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide. The 2011-
2012 Maryland Guide to Hunting & Trapping
issued with each hunting license
contains detailed information on all of
Maryland’s hunting seasons.
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You’ve got a family doctor and a family attorney.
But do you have a personal mortgage consultant?
YOUR FAMILY’S CONCERNS are, no doubt, of utmost
importance to you. After all, what’s more important than
the well-being of those you love? When a medical
emergency arises, you consult a specialist. When you
face a legal issue, you turn to a trusted professional
with the experience and skill to handle your needs. It’s
the same when it comes to your home mortgage or
refinance needs.
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most important steps your family can take. Why trust
those crucial decisions to chance? The time to choose
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The University of Maryland and
Delaware Cooperative Extension will conduct
Annie’s Project during the winter of
2012 at sites in Maryland and Delaware.
Annie’s Project focuses on the many aspects
of farm management and is designed
to empower women in overall farm decision
making and to build local networks
throughout the state. The target audience is
farmwomen with a passion for business,
agriculture and involvement in the farm op-
Farm Management Classes for Women
eration. Topics for the sessions cover the
five areas of Risk Management – Production,
Marketing, Financial, Legal Risk,
Human Resources. This course is open to
anyone interested in farm management
practices.
The course will be 8 sessions held at a
variety of sites in Maryland and Delaware.
Locations include: Carroll Community
College Westminster MD, Cecil County
Main Library Elkton MD, Chesapeake College
Wye Mills MD, HEAT Center Aberdeen
MD, Prince George’s County Extension
Clinton MD, University of
Delaware Research and Education Center
Georgetown DE, Washington County Extension
Office Boonsboro MD, Wor-Wic
Community College Salisbury MD.
Classes will begin on January 25th.
The cost of the course including meals
and materials is $75. Please register by
January 18th - space is limited. For more
information visit the website www.anniesproject.umd.edu
or call 410-758-0166.
If you require special assistance to attend
the classes please contact the site at least
two weeks prior.
Annie’s Project has been approved for
FSA Borrower Training. For more information,
please contact your FSA loan officer.
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Valentine’s Day
“My Victorian Valentine” bus trip is
planned for Valentine’s Day February 14,
2012. Highlights include Victoria House
Restaurant gourmet luncheon, Sensational
Sweets Chocolate Factory tour and sample,
Pompeii Soap Company tour and sample,
Shade Mountain Winery tour and tasting
with cheese and crackers, motor coach
transportation to Lewisburg PA area, and a
rose for everyone. Share this enchanting
afternoon with someone special. Cost is
$90 per person. A deposit of $20 is required
at time of sign up; balance due by Jan 27,
2012. Departure time is 7:30am from Grasonville
Senior Center 4802 Main Street,
Grasonville. Persons who require a walking
device must travel with an escort. This
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limited; call Ann Martin (410) 827-6010 to
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Fruit &
Vegetables for
2012
Beans, Lima
Beans, Snap
Beets
Broccoli
Cabbage
Cantaloupes
Canary Melons
Carrots
Cucumbers
Eggplants
Kale Lacinato
Kale Curly
Lettuce, Head
Lettuce, Leaf
Lettuce, Rom.
Onions
Peas, English
Peas, Snow
Peppers, Bell
Peppers, Sweet
Potatoes, Red
Potatoes, Yel.
Potatoes, W.
Radishes
Spinach
Squash, Sum
Squash, Win
Sweet Corn
Swiss Chard
Tomatoes, Steak
Tomatoes, Plum
Turnips
Watermelons
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Taylor’s Fresh Organics 2012 CSA signup has begun.
Join today and support local agriculture and enjoy
seasonal organic produce through our 2012 CSA
Summer Program. The 2012 CSA Summer Program will
run for twenty weeks and a full share is enough to
feed a family of four. You will receive a bag of fresh
organic produce for twenty weeks, plus a weekly
e-letter updating you on what is going on at the farm,
along with some other interesting material.
So don’t hesitate and join today!
Join Today! Shares are limited.
March 1st, 2012 is the deadline to sign up for the
2012 Summer CSA.
Ask us about our Food Bank Donation Program as well!
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1/2 CSA Share $275.00
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On Saturday, January 7, 2012, at 2:00
p.m. the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot
County Free Library will present a discussion
on the 150th anniversary of the Amer-
Jackie’s
Saturday Speaker Series
ican Civil War and its fallen soldiers in our
local cemeteries. The speaker will be Mrs.
Betty Seymour, a member of the St.
Michaels Museum.
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Mrs. Seymour, a native of St.
Michaels, is a member of the Board of Directors
and currently co-curator of the St.
Michaels Museum at St. Mary’s Square.
After a career in nursing and nursing education,
she endeavored to researching family
roots and local history. In addition, Mrs.
Seymour has been past-president of the
Upper Shore Genealogical Society and
longtime volunteer in the Maryland Room
of the Talbot County Free Library.
For the past 10 years, Mrs. Seymour
has researched and conducted historical
tours of the Olivet Cemetery in St.
Michaels. During the past year, in anticipation
of the 150th anniversary of the American
Civil War, she has researched local
graves of Civil War veterans in all three (3)
St. Michaels cemeteries - St. Luke’s United
Methodist Church (Olivet), Union United
Methodist Church and Christ Episcopal
Church. She has learned interesting stories
about many of these 56 Union soldiers and
one (possible) Confederate soldier buried
there. Saint Michaels Museum is a not-forprofit
organization established to promote
the unique history of St. Michaels and the
surrounding areas through preservation and
education.
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at 410-745-5877, or visit www.tcfl.org
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Rotary Clubs
Respond to
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The Rotary Club and
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this year's Annual
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It was late October when the newspaper
ran a story with a picture that showed
the Neighborhood Service Center's food
pantry and how bare it had become. That
was the week the Rotary Club of Easton
began their Annual Food Drive a little early.
For most Rotarians, it perhaps would have
been a drive a little better than last year as
Rotarians always work hard to exceed former
records, but the well timed photo in the
paper was a really strong reminder that the
canned food doesn't just count as a pound
of food, it is going to feed a family in our
community. From there, the abundant
hearts that characterize many Rotarians
took off.
The Rotary Club of Easton began an
annual food drive in 2009 and raised 800
pounds of food that year. In 2010, they took
it to 3200 pounds. The total for 2011 is
18,426 pounds! "What this tells us is that,
through a deepening relationship with the
Neighborhood Service Center and its Executive
Director, Sandra Redd , Easton Rotarians
have gained more knowledge about
the depth of need for wholesome food in
our broader community and Rotarians have
responded wholeheartedly. This year's
drive saw sustained participation, week
after week, from October 28 through December
7. In many cases, members developed
food drives at their businesses--since
Rotary is a business organization--and that
support increased our overall efforts many
times over. Our single largest week
brought in over 850 pounds of food. Finally,
our newest Rotary colleagues, in the
Tidewater Rotary Morning Club here in
Easton joined in the effort and contributed
2600 pounds of food and food cash equivalent
to the effort. All of this served to bring
us to this level of support in 2011." reported
Patti Willis Easton Rotary President Elect
and Food Drive Chair.
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She further stated, "Rotarians are generous
and community minded people who
see challenges and find answers. Nowhere
is this better reflected than in this year's
community food drive. I am so proud of
these Rotarians and all they have contributed.
We started out with a goal of 5000
pounds and quickly surpassed that. Every
week, we set a higher goal and every week
my fellow Rotarians exceeded that goal!
What a wonderful group of business leaders
we have in Easton's Rotary Clubs."
As a response to the Rotary's efforts
Sandra Redd of the Neighborhood Service
Center said, "In one word, "AMAZING,"!
"When I was contacted by Patti Willis
about starting the food drive early this year.
I never dreamed that 18,426 pounds of food
would be the result. My heartfelt thanks go
out to the Easton Rotary Club for making a
difference in the lives of those less fortunate."
For more information about contributing
to the Neighborhood Service
Center call 410-822-5015. For more information
on joining the Rotary Club visit our
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on Facebook, The Rotary Club of Easton,
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Call for Artists: Adkins Arboretum to
Sponsor
2012 Art Competition
Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, Md.,
will sponsor its thirteenth annual Art Competition,
to exhibit in February and March
2012. The theme of the competition—Discovering
the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s
Eastern Shore—celebrates the
Arboretum’s mission of conservation. The
Leon Andrus Award, in honor of the Arboretum’s
first benefactor, will be given to
the competition’s winner. A second-place
award will also be given.
The competition is open to all original
two- and three-dimensional fine arts, including
outdoor sculpture and installations.
The show will be juried by Erik Neil, Executive
Director of the Academy Art Museum,
Easton, Md. The deadline for
submissions is Jan. 14, 2012. Digital images
of up to three pieces of art by each
artist may be sent to art@adkinsarboretum.org.
Submissions should include title,
medium, dimensions (maximum of 6 feet
in any directions, excluding outdoor sculpture),
and artist’s name and address.and
should reflect or interpret broadly the
show’s theme of wild nature and landscapes
of the Mid-Atlantic coastal plain region.
The artists of work selected will be
contacted by Jan. 26 to submit the original
art ready to hang by Feb. 11. The exhibit
will open Feb. 14 and will run through
March 25, with a reception on Sat., Feb. 25
from 3 to 5 p.m. There is no fee for the
competition, but artists are responsible for
all shipping expenses. Selected artists may
be considered for future exhibits at the Arboretum.
For more information, visit
http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/programs_events/art.html,
call 410-634-2847,
extension 0 or send e-mail to info@adkinsarboretum.org.
The competition is part of Adkins Arboretum’s
ongoing exhibition series of
work on natural themes by regional artists,
supported in part by the Caroline County
Council of Arts.
Adkins Arboretum is a 400-acre native
garden and preserve at the headwaters of
the Tuckahoe Creek in Caroline County.
Open year round, the Arboretum offers educational
programs for all ages about nature
and gardening. Through its Campaign
to Build a Green Legacy, the Arboretum
will build a new LEED-certified Arboretum
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offerings and research initiatives promoting
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Brown Bag Lunch
Monday,
February 6, 2012
Brown's Battleground:
Students, Segregationists,
and the Struggle for Justice
in Prince Edward County,
Virginia
Author Jill Ogline Titus will be the
guest speaker for the February 6, 2012
Brown Bag Lunch at the Talbot County
Free Library St. Michaels branch at noon.
Ms Titus is the author of the book Browns
Battleground, Students, Segregationists,
and the Struggle for Justice in Prince Edward
County, Virginia. When the U.S.
Supreme Court handed down its decision in
Brown v. Board of Education in 1954,
Prince Edward County, Virginia, home to
one of the five cases combined by the Court
under Brown, abolished its public school
system rather than integrate. Titus situates
the crisis in Prince Edward County within
the seismic changes brought by Brown and
Virginia’s decision to resist desegregation.
While school districts across the South temporarily
closed a building here or there to
block a specific desegregation order, only
in Prince Edward did local authorities abandon
pubic education entirely--and with
every intention of permanence.
This talk will explore the seismic shift
unleashed by Brown v. Board of Education,
the cost of the county’s course of action,
which cut across racial lines to harm nearly
every man, woman, and child in Prince Edward,
and the creative ways that ordinary
people, black and white, struggled to rebuild
both their schools and their community.
Jill Ogline Titus is associate director
for the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of
the American Experience at Washington
College. Brown Bag Lunches are sponsored
by Friends of the Library and patrons
are invited to bring their lunch and enjoy
coffee and sweets provided by the library.
Library programs are free and open to the
public. For more information, call the library
at 410-745-5877, or visit
www.tcfl.org.
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Chesapeake Chamber
Music Competition
Draws Musicians
from Coast to Coast
From coast to coast, young professional
chamber music ensembles have applied
to compete in the 2012 Chesapeake
Chamber Music Competition in Easton,
MD. This year’s Competition, sponsored
biennially by Chesapeake Chamber Music,
has drawn 41 qualified applicants from all
quarters of the United States, and Canada.
The average age of an ensemble must be
under 31, and some include members as
young as 21. The applicant trios, quartets
and quintets represent a wide range of instrumental
combinations: winds, strings,
brass, and mixed instruments including percussion.
A preliminary judges’ panel of eight
notable musicians headed by J. Lawrie
Bloom, will pare the field to four to six finalists,
based on CD submissions. The results
will be announced on or about January
15, 2012 on the website: ChesapeakeChamberMusicCompetition.org.
The
finalists will compete for significant monetary
and performance awards on Saturday,
March 31, 2012 at the Avalon Theatre in
Easton, MD, before final round judges
Marcy Rosen, Ursula Oppens and David
Jolley, with a live audience in attendance.
The following day, each group will present
an individual concert at other local venues.
The Gold Medalist will be further honored
with additional concerts, including a featured
appearance at the Chesapeake Chamber
Music Festival in June.
For further information, visit the website
ChesapeakeChamberMusic.org, or call
the CCM office at 410-819-0380.
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The Arboretum sponsors art exhibitions
throughout the year, including an annual
competition and outdoor
environmental art. Call 410-634-2847, ext.
0 or e-mail info@adkinsarboretum.org for
gallery hours.
Takoma Park artist Marilyn Banner’s
luminous and highly tactile encaustic paintings
will be on view at the Visitor’s Center
through January 27. Banner focuses on the
myriad colors and textures found in
marshes and farmlands. Using the wide
range of drawing and painting techniques
possible in this hot wax process, she creates
bold, richly layered scenes with a surprisingly
broad range of character and atmosphere.
The Arboretum’s annual juried art
show, 2012 Art Competition, Discovering
the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern
Shore, will be on view February 14
Art Exhibits
through March 30. Now in its thirteenth
year, this show draws entries in many different
media by artists from the Mid-Atlantic
area and beyond. The juror for this
year’s show is Erik Neil, Director of the
Academy Art Museum in Easton. There
will be a reception Saturday, February 25
from 3 to 5 p.m.
George Holzer of Easton is well
known for his spare, elegant photographs
of natural materials. This exhibit, on view
April 2 through June 1, includes works
from two series. In Leaves and Seeds, he
focuses on the unique beauty of leaves and
seedpods as they decay. Stick Figures explores
the anthropomorphic, often whimsical
qualities of broken twigs and sections
of branches. There will be a reception Saturday,
April 28 from 3 to 5 p.m.
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TAP Announces Auditions!
Tred Avon Players holds auditions for
the sophisticated drama of “The Women”
by Clare Boothe Luce. Director Tom
Quimby reprises the all time SRO hit of
1990. Based on the 1936 play starring
Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Marjorie
Main, Joan Fontaine, Hedda Hopper, and
Joan Crawford, “The Women” follows the
lives of a circle of wealthy Manhattan
women and their story of marital conflict,
friendships, and coping with changing values
and lifestyles. It’s a classic portrayal of
the fairer sex meeting the challenges of
love, rivalry and self-fulfillment during the
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
(CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD has
announced summer internship opportunities
in the curatorial, education, and folklife
departments of the museum.
Individuals currently enrolled in an undergraduate
or graduate program are invited to
apply no later than February 24.
The 10-13 week program begins June
beginning of women’s liberation.
Auditions are February 28 and March
1 at 7pm, Saturday, March 3 at 10am.
Forty-four delicious female roles, some
major, some tiny. All facial, ethnic and figure
types are encouraged to audition, whatever
your experience. Most of the roles are
in the 17-55 range with a few 55-70 and
one young (8-ll) girl. Newcomers to TAP
and the stage are especially encouraged.
Performance dates for “The Women” are
May 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 2012.
Visit www.tredavonplayers.org for information.
February 24 Deadline for
CBMM Internship Applications
4 and provides students the opportunity to
gain training as well as an overview of museum
practices and policies.
To download an application or for
more information, go to
www.cbmm.org/ab_employment.htm or
contact Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies
Director Robert Forloney at 410-745-4959.
ATTENTION MARYLANDERS:
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driver’s license renewal notices 60 days before one’s license expires.
Reports that the MVA will stop mailing driver’s license renewal notices after
January 1, 2012 are false.
Maryland law does, however, require an individual to retest after a license has
been expired for 1 year or more, but the tests are the same as for new
drivers and geared toward evaluating an applicant’s ability to safely operate
a motor vehicle on the roads.
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Comedy Theatre &
Amish Farm Tour
Grasonville Senior Center is sponsoring
a fun-filled day trip to Lancaster
County, PA on Tuesday April 24, 2012. The
fun begins with a buffet lunch and comedy
show at Rainbow Dinner Theatre. The
comedy drama show “The Dixie Swim
Club” is full of funny, lovely, and touching
situations as the members of a girl’s swim
team reminisce with each other over a span
of 30 years. The girls talk abut life, love,
their bodies, aging and men, but all in good
humor. The situations will leave one laughing
hysterically and gasping for air! Following
the show will be a guided
farmhouse and property tour of an authentic
Amish farm which tells the story of the
Amish Lifestyle today. The grounds include
a blacksmith shop, one room schoolhouse,
a smokehouse market, village store
featuring crafts and homemade goods, and
barn with farm animals. Other highlights
include meeting Pete the Mule! Motor
Coach will depart Kent Island Senior Center
at 8:45AM and Grasonville Senior Center
at 9:00AM. This day trip adventure
costs $83 per person with a deposit of $20
due at time of sign up. Balance due before
March 23, 2012. This trip is open to adults
of all ages. Persons who require a walking
device must travel with an escort. Seats are
limited so reserve your spot today. For
complete details call the Grasonville Senior
Center (410) 827-6010 conveniently located
at 4802 Main Street, Grasonville.
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Parents - Do You
Know What Your
Kids Are Texting?
Talbot Partnership for Alcohol and
Other Drug Abuse Prevention is encouraging
parents to understand what their kids
are texting. In many cases, parents will be
shocked that these texts deal with activities
involving alcohol, drugs and sex.
New research from the Partnership for
a Drug-Free America shows that a third of
parents are concerned computers and texting
make it harder to communicate with
media-engrossed teens about sex, drugs, alcohol
and other risky behaviors. This is a
particular concern for many parents, especially
considering another new report, from
the National Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse, finds 5.7 million public
school students attend gang and drug-infected
schools.
To help parents detect when their children
are discussing dangerous activities,
noslang.com was created in 2005. This
website has become a valuable educational
tool for parents to learn about what their
children are up to. In this online dictionary,
there are thousands of slang terms related
to drugs and sex. Whether you're a parent,
teacher, law enforcement officer or simply
a concerned friend -- it's important to stay
up to date on the latest drug-related slang
terms.
To demystify electronic communications
among teens, Talbot Partnership suggests
keeping an eye on your child's texts
and online communications, whether it's
via instant messages or Facebook.
According to a recent study from the
Pew Research Center's Internet & American
Life Project, 64 percent of parents look
at the contents of their child's cell phone.
Looking at what your child says online
could keep your child out of a dangerous
situation.
For more tips on parenting substancefree
youth, visit www.talbotpartnership.org.
Parents may also sign up on the website for
Talbot Partnership’s E-Newsletter, which
also offers tips for parents.
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AARP Mid-shore Tax-Aide Program
The AARP Mid-shore Tax-Aide program
will operate from February 1st
through April 14th, 2012 at the locations
and times shown below. AARP Tax-Aide is
the nation's largest, free volunteer-run tax
assistance service. It is offered to low-andmoderate-income
taxpayers with special attention
to those age 60 and older. You do
not have to be sixty to take advantage of
this free service. The program volunteers
assist with filing Form 1040 and standard
schedules A, B, C within limits and Schedule
D. It is requested that all taxpayers
bring a copy of their 2010 Federal & State
Individual Income Tax returns, current year
(2011) Forms W-2, 1099, 1098 and Schedules
K-1 along with documents that show
tax-deductible expenses. In addition to
these documents proof of identity (state issued
driver's license and/or state issued
identity card) and Social Security card(s)
and/or Individual Tax Identification Number
card(s) for all exemption(s) and dependent(s).
The Mid-Shore Tax-Aide Sites that are
located in Talbot county are as follows:
Easton Volunteer Fire Department on
Thursdays from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM.
Please call Bobby Smith at 410-822-1444
for an appointment. The second location is
the Oxford Municipal Building on Fridays
from 9:30 - 11:30 AM. Please call Lillian
Lord at 410-226-5122 for an appointment.
The third location is in the St. Michael's
Branch of the Talbot County Free Library
on Fridays from 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM and
appointments may be made by calling
Bobby Smith at 410-822-1444.
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Global Health:
TB, Malaria, AIDS –
More Than You Ever
Thought You Needed to
Know, & Why It Matters
The Academy for Lifelong Learning
CBMM will present a course on Global
Health Wednesday mornings from January
11 -25. Entitled “GLOBAL HEALTH: TB,
Malaria, AIDS –More Than You Ever
Thought You Needed to Know, and Why It
Matters” the course will be presented by
Suzi Peel an expert in the field. The complex
history of tuberculosis, malaria and
HIV/AIDS, the three major killers in poor
communities, with a description of the current
spread of each disease and observations
of causes, co-factors and solutions
will be followed by dynamic Q&A. Participants
are invited to come prepared with
any question on these topics, and any recent
items from the media.
Suzi Peel has traveled across Africa
working for children whose parents were
ill, or had died. AIDS– TB–Malaria: these
are the big killers in the developing world.
In her first career she taught Humanities to
teens in Geneva, Switzerland. Then she organized
two global conferences on AIDS.
A recent arrival to the Eastern Shore, she is
now consulting with private donors on effective
aid and philanthropy.
For more detailed information about
this course and the Academy for Lifelong
Learning, call the CBMM at 410-745-2916
or download a catalog online at
http://www.cbmm.org/all. Also on Facebook
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The Country School Makes Significant
Commitment to Childhood Fitness
The Country School has enacted a new fun and unique approach to exercising
this fall. With a varied program and strong encouragement, Cougar Fit
has truly changed how the kids look at physical training. It is a new program
that not only emphasizes warm up and fitness, but injury prevention as well.
Special attention is paid to building upper body strength, as kids these days
are much weaker in their upper bodies than generations prior, due to all the
time inside and not enough free play. Specialized equipment has been purchased
to enhance the program, like abdominal mats, pull up bands and weight
bars. Cougar Seals Training has also been introduced to third and fourth
graders. This workout creates group cohesion, as all participants in a squad
must finish various physical tasks or missions, together, prior to moving on to
the next one.
Because the program is different everyday, it provides structure, teaches
a child to be a self-starter (as they are responsible to start their exercises on their
own after changing into gym clothes) and commitment. Susan Bohaker, athletic
director, and physical education teacher and coach says, “The Country
School has made a HUGE commitment to further developing the physical wellness
of a child through a strong physical education program. Creating and implementing
the Cougar Fit program is a reflection of that.”
About The Country School
The Country School is an independent, coeducational, Kindergarten
through eighth-grade school founded in 1934. Its mission and philosophy is to
offer a challenging program in a nurturing environment with small classes, individual
attention, and outstanding teachers as its hallmarks. A traditional,
structured, responsive, and age-appropriate curriculum focuses on building
basic skills and serves a range of student abilities within a family school context.
The school strives to educate the whole child in an atmosphere that fosters
high academic standards, instills a love of learning, and provides a solid
foundation for future education. Enrichment in the arts, athletics, and co-curricular
activities offers additional arenas for individual achievement and leadership.
By emphasizing the importance of strong values and character, the
faculty consistently reinforces responsible behavior, self-discipline, and positive
attitudes. Working in concert, Country School teachers and parents help
students develop confidence and competence and reach toward their highest
potential. To learn more about The Country School, visit http://www.countryschool.org
or contact Liz Connors, Director of Advancement, at
410.822.1935, ext. 190 or econnors@countryschool.org.
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Shore Medical Pavilion Now Open in Queenstown
Shore Health System expanded its
services in Queen Anne’s County when the
Shore Medical Pavilion opened at 125
Shoreway Drive in Queenstown on December
5.
Located next to the Queen Anne’s
Emergency Center, Shore Medical Pavilion
is home to Maryland Primary Care Physicians,
which relocated from Stevensville to
this more convenient location off of the
Nesbit Road exit of US Rt. 50.
Other services available in the threestory
medical pavilion include diagnostic
and laboratory testing, physical and speech
therapy, occupational health services and
several physician specialty practices.
“The Shore Medical Pavilion adds primary
and specialty medical services to
Shore Health System’s Queen Anne’s
County campus, where the Queen Anne’s
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Emergency Center opened in October of
2010,” says Michael Silgen, Vice President
of Strategic Planning and Business Development
for Shore Health System. “Opening
this new medical facility is an
opportunity for the University of Maryland
Medical System to become the healthcare
provider of choice for Queen Anne’s
County and expands the array of medical
services that Shore Health System offers in
the Mid-Shore region.”
Also open at Shore Medical Pavilion
is a Shore Health System outpatient diagnostic
center, equipped to perform x-rays,
digital mammography, bone density scans,
diagnostic ultrasound, electrocardiograms
and MRI scans. Patients can also bring
prescriptions for laboratory tests to the diagnostic
center.
The Shore Medical Pavilion is also
the new home of Shore Rehabilitation
Services, which was previously located in
Centreville. Shore Rehabilitation Services
has doubled its treatment space and added
several pieces of state of the art equipment
used in physical and speech therapy sessions
with people of all ages.
Shore Works will begin offering occupational
health services for employers
who require pre-employment testing and
whose employees need medical care for
work-related injuries.
In January, several physician specialty
practices will open offices at Shore Medical
Pavilion. The specialists scheduled to
practice in Queenstown are urology, general
surgery, gynecology, otolaryngology
(ear, nose and throat) and neurology.
The cardiovascular diagnostic testing
center opens at Shore Medical Pavilion in
December. The menu of testing will include
electrocardiograms, basic cardiac stress
testing and Holter monitoring. In January,
the center will add cardiac and vascular ultrasound
followed by nuclear cardiac stress
testing in the spring. Other services scheduled
to open in 2012 include a four-bed diagnostic
sleep center.
The Shore Medical Pavilion will have
a coffee shop that will serve beverages and
light snacks for the convenience of staff,
patients and visitors.
Shore Medical Pavilion located at 125
Shoreway Drive in Queenstown can be
reached from the Nesbitt Road exit of US
Rt. 50. For more information, visit
www.qamedicalpavilion.org.
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Astigmatism
This message is courtesy of Delmarva Laser
Eye Center and Drs. Zuleika M Ghodsi, MD
PC and Edward H. Hu, MD, , PhD.
Astigmatism is an optical defect which
prevents light from being properly focused
onto the back of the eye. Irregular curvatures
of the cornea or lens of the eye are
common causes of astigmatism. It can be
asymptomatic if mild, but often can cause
blurred or double vision, eye strain and
headaches. Approximately 1 in 3 people,
children and adults alike, have some degree
of astigmatism. There are several different
tests your eye care specialist can perform
to determine whether or not you have astigmatism.
If you have astigmatism, your eye care
specialist can determine the degree of
severity and how it should be best treated.
In younger individuals, glasses, special
contact lenses and laser refractive surgery
are all possible treatment options. For individuals
with astigmatism and cataracts,
there are advanced technology artificial
lenses that may be implanted at the time of
cataract surgery which can eliminate or
greatly reduce the need for glasses at distance
after surgery.
Drs. Zuleika M. Ghodsi MD and Edward
H. Hu MD PhD at Delmarva Laser
Eye Center are both accepting new patients
and utilize the most advanced treatment
modalities for astigmatism correction.
Delmarva Laser Eye Center is located
at 405 Marvel Court, Easton, MD 20601.
For more information call 410-822-9801 or
visit their website at
www.delmarvaeye.com.
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National Board
Member to Speak
At CMT Support
Group on January 7th
Steve O’Donnell will speak at the next
meeting of the Delmarva CMT Support and
Action Group on Saturday, January 7,
2012, in Easton. A longtime member of the
Board of Directors of the Charcot- Marie-
Tooth Association, O’Donnell lives with
the neuromuscular disorder.
“I am actively involved in keeping this
at bay,” said O’Donnell. “I have finished
the Chesapeake Bay Swim a number of
times and have been able to raise a great
deal of money for CMT research by doing
so.” O’Donnell, of Roland Park, is president
of a company in Baltimore and bikes,
swims or does Yoga daily. CMT patients
slowly lose normal use of their extremities
as nerves degenerate and muscles weaken
because the affected nerves no longer stimulate
the muscles.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth, or CMT, is the
most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy
and is found worldwide among all
races and ethnic groups. Discovered in
1886 by three physicians, Jean-Martin
Charcot, Pierre Marie, and Howard Henry
Tooth, CMT affects an estimated 2.6 million
people worldwide, including more than
250 within 50 miles of Easton.
“A World without CMT”: that’s the
CMTA’s vision, and the driving force behind
its mission. Leading the CMTA in its
mission is a governing board of directors
and a medical advisory board comprised of
over 50 clinical and research medical professionals
who are experts in neurology, genetics,
orthopedic surgery, physiatry,
physical therapy and podiatry.
Anyone with an interest in CMT is encouraged
to attend the meeting which will
be held from 10 AM until Noon at the Talbot
County Senior Center, 400 Brookletts
Avenue, Easton, MD. Please contact the
group leader Missy Warfield by email at
missywarfield.cmta@gmail.com for further
information or visit www.cmtausa.org.
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Cheap Fix to Old
Problems
Water, Exercise, and You
Whether you are a healthy 21 year old
or an older person with diabetes and/or hypertension,
you are probably thinking of
New Year’s resolutions. So how many are
on your list? Lose weight, save money, get
in shape, stop smoking, control sugar,
lower cholesterol or blood pressure??? So,
where to start? With the positive!
Start drinking more water today. Instead
of a glass of juice or a cup of coffee,
have a large glass of water. Flushes the systems,
gets the gut working right, clears the
complexion, and can even cure a headache.
Then eat your breakfast. If you want to go
to a higher level, have oatmeal, with walnuts,
dried fruit, and yogurt as your starter
meal.
Morning people can run, walk, get on
the treadmill or Wii, and boost their energy
and calorie expenditures for most of the
morning with a 30 minute work out. Sweat
a little – if you are going to sweat a lot,
drink the water first, workout, and then do
the breakfast, with another large glass of
water.
You have just invested in the most important
portfolio you can have – YOU!
This little AM piece will set you up for
more energy for the day, better sugar and
blood pressure control, and a more relaxing
sleep at night. If you get into this habit, you
will end up with a healthier, younger appearing
body, and savings from all the medications
you will not have to buy.
Now, if you have already been guilty
of a few overindulgences in your life, and
have a pharmacy of pills in your cabinet,
don’t lose hope. Even 80 year olds, who
have been couch potatoes, gain muscle
mass, energy, lower cholesterol and blood
pressure with ….WATER and EXERCISE.
Cheap fix. But the most important thing is
to start doing something NOW.
You do not have to join a gym, or invest
in special equipment, other than a good
pair of shoes. Walk, then walk some more
– start with 5 minutes twice a day – out to
get the mail, or down the street. Smile –
people will wonder what you are up to.
Then gradually increase your walking to
10, 15, 20 minutes twice a day. If you
work, walk around the building, up and
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down the stairs, go out during lunch, and
give your brain a break, smell the air, look
at the changing scenery. Get a dog – they
will be happy to walk you three times a day
or more. If you are inside with kids – they
need exercise as much as you do – makes
them happier, and better able to focus.
(ADD studies have shown 30 minutes of
exercise before children go to school, gives
them a morning of focus!)
Kids like to dance, to move, to play
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exercise because it feels so good when you
quit. Whatever.... just do it! With water.
Susan Delean-Botkin, CRNP
FamilyCare of Easton
410-819-0404
Whose dog walks her three times a day.

Have You Had Your Teeth Checked Lately?
It’s that time
of the year again
when we reflect
on what we could
do differently as
one year draws to
an end and a New
year is about to
begin.
We want the coming year to be better
than the last so for some of us making a
mental check list of what worked and what
didn’t is common.
If you have ever had a toothache you
know like car problems it can completely
change your plans for the day. This could
result to anywhere from loss of wages to
missed school for the kids.
Like your car, you may have gotten
some warning signs or your caution light
comes on. In the dental world it could be a
slight ache or discomfort when you bite on
something or your gums start bleeding.
From experience, we know that waiting
it out could cause it to get worse resulting
to eventual swelling or pain. Sometimes
the pain may seem to have gone away (if
left unchecked), only to rear its ugly head
either in a catastrophic breakage or fracture
of the tooth or a massive infection accompanied
with excruciating pain like no other.
Like a car, what could originally have
cost a minimal amount of money to fix may
need a whole new engine and at the end of
the day it all boils down to maintenance.
How are you maintaining your car? How
are you maintaining your teeth?
At Shore Family Dentistry, our primary
focus is prevention, fixing catastrophic
breaks, and educating on how to
maintain good oral health. Our mission is
to improve the smile of the community one
family at a time.
Shore Family Dentistry uses State of
the Art Equipment such a digital radiography
for quick, easy to read films, intraoral
camera so that the patients can see and understand
their treatment.
We also have in our tool box Diagnodent
(a diagnostic tool which can detect
tooth decay even before it is visible on x-
ray film), rotary endodontics for root canals
and paperless record keeping.
We have a dedicated and outstanding
team to make your visit a relaxing and
pleasant experience.
Brenda Salkin, our appointment coordinator,
is dedicated and goes above and
beyond to make sure that patients get appointed
in a timely manner and stresses that
regular dental appointments is a major factor
in patient’s overall health.
Sheka Newton, our hygiene coordinator,
is gentle, caring and takes time to educate
patients on how to maintain good oral
hygiene.
Shore Family Dentistry has a new patient
special package for Free Whitening
for your life as our patients, $99 (exam and
necessary x-ray), 10% off any dental treatment.
Restrictions apply, for details call
443-385-0285 or visit our website at
Shorefamilydentistry.com.
We at Shore Family Dentistry wish
you a Happy Holiday and we look forward
to serving your dental needs.
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The Evolution of
Energy on the
Chesapeake:
From Indian
Settlements to the
Present
Phillip Hesser, PhD will lead a 4 week
course for the Academy for Lifelong Learning
CBMM entitled “Calories, Kilowatts
and Beyond: The Evolution of Energy on
the Chesapeake Bay”. The course will run
Tuesday mornings from January 17- February
7.
The course will examine the history of
energy on the Chesapeake and its watershed
with special reference to the human
and natural environment of Talbot County
and the Eastern Shore. Topics will include:
1) Calories Do Count: Humans, Animals
and their Labor; 2) Taming the Waters,
Winds, and Tides: Sails, Mills, and Canals;
3) The First Multipliers: Steam, Oil, and
their Sources; and 4) Tapping the Watershed
and the Sun: Coal, Petroleum, the
Atom, and the New Solar Sources. Participants
in the Course will explore how the
evolution of new energy sources has shaped
development and our future on the Bay.
The “excellent and very advantageous”
“situation of the country” (as one
chronicler described the Chesapeake
shores) supplied energies that produced
plenty and prosperity from the earliest Indian
settlements to the communities of the
present day. The course will explore the
questions: what can we learn about life and
livelihood on the Bay from the changing
nature of those energy sources that transformed
the land and shaped the destiny of
its people? And, what can we learn about
the future of the land, its life and its people
from these changes?
Phillip Hesser, Ph.D., taught world
history and civilization in the United States
and Africa before advancing education and
leadership in Africa as a program officer
and director with the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
and the Academy for Educational Development
(a global nongovernmental organization).
Living “Down Below” in Dorchester
County, he can be found teaching at Salisbury
University and Chesapeake College;
running the roads across the marshes with
retrievers Duke , Bella, and Marshall; or
working on Sitting in Limbo: Life and
Livelihood on the Tumps of Chesapeake
Bay, a deep history of his community.
For more detailed information about
this course and the Academy for Lifelong
Learning, call the CBMM at 410-745-2916
or download a catalog online at
http://www.cbmm.org/all. Also on Facebook
at facebook.com/academy for lifelong
learning at cbmm.
The Talbot County Health Department
offers totally free smoking cessation classes combined with
free patches, Chantix, nicotine gum or lozenges.
Classes meet weekly on Wednesdays at noon and again at five to
accommodate work schedules.
Please call 410-819-5600 and register for the next set of classes.
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Energy Anatomy......the Art of Drugless Healing by Dora Meyer
The concept of the energy field of the
human body is a science in need of comprehension.
As we evolve into understanding the
body-mind-spirit connection, we look at the
human body as a complete unit. This unit
is intelligent, functional and always seeking
balance.
The Energy System reacts to the vibrations
of our feelings and emotions. All
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• Energy Anatomy
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Oxford, Maryland
our experiences are stored as microchips
somewhere in the body, whether it is in the
organs or the electro-magnetic field of the
body. Trauma becomes issues. Issues feed
off the flow of energy and depletes the energy
field. This impact on our happiness
and joy of life and will inevitably add to
stress, chronic fatigue and depression. We
become sluggish and lose the will to do
things. The metabolism slows down and it
Commit only three weekends
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Energy bodywork is the art of drugless
healing. Via this modality, we restore the
flow of Energy throughout the whole body.
Restoring the energy flow will release
stress and support the body intelligence in
self-healing.
The proses of Gallbladder cleansing
activates the fire element of the physical
body. Fire is the force that drives the activities
of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas,
spleen, stomach, kidneys and the adrenal
glands. The metabolism speeds up, burning
away extra calories and is quite functional
for weight loss. It also impacts deeply on
our psyche and emotional life. All the body
mechanisms are activated and it brings us
back into well being.
If you are ready for change, this is a
good time to explore a new avenue with exiting
possibilities. Learn how to activate
your Energy Anatomy. This program empowers
you to heal yourself as well as your
loved ones.
Please visit my website www.dorahealer.com
for more information, or call
me on 410-227-
1929/dorahealer@gmail.com.
Wishing you a happy, healthy
& prosperous 2012
We are now on winter hours.
As usual during this time, our rates for
painting are lower.
Visit our shop. It’s a bright and cheerful
atmosphere filled with Pauline’s colorful and
whimsical creations.
Furniture
Repairing
The one-stop shopping place for
hand-painted furniture & accessories.
We paint our items or your items.
Pauline’s
Place
“Vignettes a Speciality”
Since 1999
Winter Hours
Call us if you need us at
443-786-2207
Thurs.-Sat. 11-5
410-763-7162
717 Goldsborough Street
Easton, Maryland
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Talbot Co. Land
Transfers
Doris J. Schwaninger to Lyons Peachblossom
Farm LLC, Ocean Gateway,
Easton, $400,000
Barton C. Green to Russell H. Simmons,
Et al, 6820 Cookes Hope Rd.,
Easton, $1,045,000
Ib S. Rasmussen to Christopher Wayne
Gill, 9082 Sage Ct., Easton, $163,000
NVR Inc. to Ervin J. Esh, Et al, 412 Bodkin
St., Easton, $184,444
NVR Inc. to Steven J. Holloway, Jr., 416
Bodkin St., Easton, $185,665
James E. Lee to Tina K. Cobb, 7308
Quaker Neck Rd., Bozman, $1,265,000
C. Bryan Kidd to Historic Easton Incorporated,
Old Wye Mills, Wye Mills,
$44,000
F. Kenneth Harvey to Kathleen R.
Easter, L/E Et al, 243 Brrokwood Ave.,
Easton, $149,900
Secretary of Housing to Sara Katherine
Langrell, 7223 Frances St., Easton,
$90,000
Federal Home Loan Mortgage to Marc
B. Bridges, 6227 Tilghman Island Rd.,
Tilghman, $85,900
Catherine H. Thompson to Alexander
Ponizovsky, 609 N. Washington St.,
Easton, $146,250
Richard J. Schneebeli to Collins C. Ege,
8476 Aveley Farm Rd., Easton,
$1,400,000
Assisi LLC to Meredith Carol, Howell
Point Rd., Trappe, $90,000
Shore Lands LLC to American Craftsman
Construction LLC, 29759 Gabler
Ct., Easton, $81,500
Maryan Ramey to Doug Keeton, Et al,
7178 Travelers Rest Rd., Easton,
$650,000
Douglas G. Phillips to Frank R. Kulscar,
Et al, 7529 Tour Dr., Easton, $250,000
Wishing our patients a Happy New Year!
CHOPTANK COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
Bay Hundred Health Center - St. Michaels Village
Dr. Alice Ann
Calhoun
Family Practice Services
Behavioral Health Services
Prescription Assistance
Interpreter Services
Extended Hours
Sliding Fee Scale
Accept Medicare
Servicio de intérprete disponible
David R. Olsen to Kenneth W. McDorman,
9070 Fox Meadow Ln., Easton,
$421,500
John A. Werry to Joastal Properties
LLC, 5420 Windward Dr., Tilghman,
$667,000
Coard Ames Benson to Fielder B.
Smith, 25982 Marengo Rd., Easton,
$732,000
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At Choptank Community Health System we
provide “Quality Health Care for All”.
The Bay Hundred Health Center, conveniently
located in St. Michaels, offers comprehensive
medical and behavioral health services.
We participate with most major insurances
and offer a sliding fee scale for patients
without health insurance. The staff at Bay
Hundred can also help you with prescription
assistance programs. We are accepting new
patients, please call for an appointment.
Douglas
Hamsher, P.A.
Physician Assistant
Accepting New Patients
HRS: Mon., Tues., Wed. & Thurs.—7:00-4:30
& Fri.—7:00-4:00
Bay Hundred Health Center
933 S. Talbot St., Unit 4
St. Michaels, Maryland
410-745-0200
207 Mulberry Street LLC to Andrew K.
Donald, 207 Mulberry St., St. Michaels,
$1,025,000
Floyd & Minnie Ward to Eugene F.
Deems, Jr., 207 Brooks Ln., St.
Michaels, $13,000
Russell & Esther Harris to Mark Welles,
Bozman Neavitt Rd., Neavitt, $7,500
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The Other Side
A sick man turned to his doctor, as he
was preparing to leave the examination
room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die.
Tell me what lies on the other side." Very
quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."
"You don't know? You, a Christian
man, do not know what is on the other
side?"
The doctor was holding the handle of
the door; on the other side of which came a
sound of scratching and whining, and as he
opened the door, a dog sprang into the room
and leaped on him with an eager show of
gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said,
"Did you notice my dog? He's never been
in this room before. He didn't know what
was inside. He knew nothing except that his
master was here, and when the door
opened, he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other
side of death, but I do know one thing ... I
know my Master is there and that is
enough."
Do not be afraid, Jesus said, "I will
never leave you." Hebrews 13:5
Author Unknown
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Dance Like No One's Watching
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have
a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough
and we'll be more content when they are.
After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with, we will
certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.
We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his
or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation,
when we retire. The truth is there's no better time to be happy than right
now. If not now, when?
Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this
to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes
from Alfred D Souza.
He said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to
begin -real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something
to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served,
a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these
obstacles were my life."
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness.
Happiness is the way, so, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure
it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to
spend your time...and remember that time waits for no one.
So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school,
until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids,
until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you
get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning,
until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until
spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until
the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink, until
you've sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there
is no better time than right now to be happy...
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So, Work like you don't need money.
Love like you've never been hurt and
Dance Like no one's watching.
Author Unknown
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Tred Avon Player’s
30th Season Opens
with Life is a
Cabaret: The Songs
of Kander & Ebb
The Tred Avon Player’s 30th Season
opens with “Life is a Cabaret: The Songs
of Kander & Ebb”, a spectacular production
of singing and dancing to the music of
the dynamic writing duo of John Kander
and Fred Ebb. Twenty-eight talented local
performers pay tribute to these great composers’
unmatched ability to tell a poignant
story or simply entertain!
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays,
February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, & 25 at
8pm. Sundays, February 12, 19, & 26 at
2pm. Thrifty Thursday, February 9 at 7pm
at the newly renovated Oxford Community
Center in Oxford, MD. Call 410-226-0061
or visit www.tredavonplayers.org for information.

Magician • Ventriloquist • Buffoon
Available
for Birthday Parties
and Events!
Call for
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Thief!
I remember as a small child when we
would have these gatherings with either
family or friends. Invariably someone
would come up and mention my "cuteness"
and ask, "What are you going to be when
you grow up?"
Well, it started out being a cowboy or
some super hero. Later it was fireman, policeman,
lawyer. As I grew older my
dreams of the future changed. When, at last,
I was in college, I was asked, "What will
you major in?" Another question designed
to find out what I would be when I "grew
up."
By then I had my heart set on becoming
a preacher as my father before me. So I
studied and prepared for that life. I reached
success in that endeavor. I was preaching
nearly full-time for much of my adult life.
Physical disability keeps me from plying
my trade full-time anymore, but I still am
called upon to preach here and there. I am
content that I could realize my dream and
perhaps have a positive influence on someone's
life. My kids are now reaching their
dreams and it thrills me to watch them
achieve their goals.
However, for many, there is a
"thief" which goes around stealing our
dreams and robbing us of the necessary
mental state to attain our goals.
Sometimes, the thief will come as
a parent, a relative, a friend or a coworker,
but the greatest thief is, so
many times, just ourselves.
We find ourselves just about reaching
the pinnacle, and this "small" voice
inside says, "You'll never make it."
"You can't possibly do this." "Very few
have ever done this successfully." And
on and on the "small" voice predicts
some kind of failure. Failure, though, is
exactly how dreams are realized. It is
one of the most important tools we
have, because it teaches us invaluable
lessons. And, when we learn these lessons
well, we are poised and ready for
success, which is probably just around
the corner.
The message I always gave my
children was, you are capable of doing
anything your heart desires. You are
smart enough, good-looking enough,
strong enough, and worthy of reaching
the stars. The human spirit is indomitable.
Remember the saying, "If you
can conceive it, and your heart can believe
it, you can achieve it."
There are no "overnight" successes,
but with perseverance, it will come. Imagine
yourself in the life you dream of living.
Then in your heart, believe it will happen
for you, as it has for others. Then work,
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work, work, work. You get the picture.
So, be true to your dream, and don't let
anyone steal it from you -- especially yourself.
You can do anything your heart desires,
so don't give up or give in. Let the
dream in you live.
Author Unknown
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Academy for Lifelong Learning at CBMM Winter Semester
to Begin January 9th
The winter semester of the Academy
for Lifelong Learning at the Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum (ALL) is rich in variety
and scope. From January 9 through
mid-April ALL will offer 18 courses, tours
and lectures spanning subjects as diverse as
literature, ecology, health, religion, art,
technology, economics and political science.
This winter there will be three courses
S M A S Q U E R A D E E M O C L E W
A R G R E T E R A U Q S S E M I T I
E I E P A R T I E S I M G A D N L S
E E R T E A O A R I Z O N H O R N S
Y R Z F R H B A R G A I N S A R E N
E W N G R E E T R F A M I L Y I W O
K O M O N T H H A T S T G S B I Y T
C U S T O M S T R E S T E A T G E R
A S F A M I N E A A I U B T N N A A
L N L L A B T O O F K T W O I I R P
B E L L S N A T R A D N E L A C S H
R A U R E F R E S H M E N T S N E C
A C E L E B R A T I O N S T S A V R
S R O V A F Y T R A P O R E I D E U
O E R I E H R A E Y W E N Y P P A H
R E S O L U T I O N S E F I R S T C
1. BABIES
2. BANNERS
3. BARGAINS
4. BELLS
5. BLACKEYED-
PEAS
6. CALENDAR
7. CELEBRATIONS
8. CHURCH
9. CONFETTI
10. CUSTOMS
11. DANCING
12. ENTERTAINMENT
13. FAMILY
14. FATHER TIME
15. FIRST
16. FOOTBALL
17. GREET
18. HAPPY NEW YEAR
19. HATS
20. HORNS
21. INVITATION
22. KISS
23. MASQUERADE
offered late/afternoon and two at midday to
accommodate all non-retired ALL members.
The winter months may keep us inside
more than we like, but there will be plenty
of opportunity to explore ecology and the
environment starting with “Sustainability:
The Intersection of Ecology, Economy &
Culture” lead by Greg Farley, co-chair of
WORD PUZZLE
NEW YEAR’S
Circle words forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
P M I N V I T A T I O N N R E N T H
D N I C N T T H G I N D I M R G P E
24. MIDNIGHT
25. MONTH
26. NEW YEARS EVE
27. NEW BEGINNINGS
28. PARTY FAVORS
29. PARTIES
30. REFRESHMENTS
31. RESOLUTIONS
32. TIMES SQUARE
33. TOAST
34. WELCOME
35. WISHES
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Chesapeake College’s Sustainability Operations
Group. This course will be held
Monday’s from January 30-March 7. This
is one of three offerings in a later afternoon/evening
time slot. Also in this new
time slot “Midshore Riverkeepers Film: Let
our Rivers Flow” with Tim Junkin, Executive
Director of Midshore Riverkeeper
Conservancy, will meet on Thursday March
22. The third course on the environmental
theme is “Calories, Kilowatts, and Beyond:
The Evolution of Energy on the Chesapeake
Bay”, offered by Phillip Hesser,
PhD. It will examine the history of energy
on the Bay and its watershed with special
reference to the human and natural environments
on the Eastern Shore. This course
will meet Tuesday mornings from January
17 – February 7.
For the literary there are three courses
which should interest. Joan Katz will lead
a memoir writing group on Monday afternoons
once a month starting January 9. The
ever popular John Miller and John Ford
will offer a class on poetry entitled “Poets
Laureate, Second Stanza” on Wednesday
afternoons from January18-February 8.
Margot Miller’s “Choosing Between Two
Worlds” will look at 4 novels in translation
and meet Thursday afternoons from March
29-April 19. Two local authors are scheduled
for ALL’s Meet the Author Series: Ron
Liebman, Author of Jersey Law, on January
9 and Susan McKelvey author of Far
on Distant: Beautiful Quilt Block Patterns
fromThe Chatham Quilt on March 12.
Suzi Peel, an expert in global health
will offer a course entitled “Global Health:
TB, Malaria, AIDS-More Than You Ever
Thought You Needed To Know, and Why
It Matters” on Wednesday mornings from
January 11-25. Dr. Scott Friedman, a cardiologist
with the Chesapeake Bay Cardiology
Clinic, will give a lecture “When Is
Coronary Stenting Appropriate?” on
Wednesday March 28 in the evening.
Techies and techy want-a-bees will
enjoy “Facebook for Seniors” to be offered
by the CBMM Vice President of Communications
, Tracey Munson, on Monday at
midday on January 9. “Apple iPAd and
Motorola Xoom Tablet Computers” a
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course introduced last fall will be repeated
due to high demand on Tuesday afternoons
January 17-February 14.
In late February and early March save
Thursday afternoons and pack a snack of
manna and red devil cake. Rabbi Donald
Berlin will be leading a course entitled
“The Mosaic of Moses As Leader” early
Thursday afternoons from February 9-
March 15 followed by Samuel Barnett’s
course asking “Have You Met Satan Yet?”
from February 16-March 8.
On the political and economic front
Bob Feldhuhn will help us navigate the
2008 financial meltdown and future fiscal
challenges with “Fiscal Crises”, Mondays
at midday from January 23-February 27.
“Great Decisions Discussion Program” will
be offered as always, led this winter by Phil
Betsch. This group will meet Monday
mornings from January 30-March 19.
For tours, on February 29, Donna Harrison,
President of The Chesapeake Center,
will give a tour of this important center
which offers vocational training and life
services to disabled residents throughout
Talbot, Caroline and Dorchester Counties.
And brought back by popular demand there
will be three opportunities to visit the Easton
Airport: January 12, February 9 and
March 8.
Affiliated with The Chesapeake Bay
LIST YOUR
UPCOMING EVENT
FOR
FREE
ON
TALBOT GUIDE’S
WEBSITE!
www.talbotguidemd.com
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TIRE SALE
Dougs Tire
Service
103 Bell Street • Ridgely
410.479.2238
www.dougstireservice.com
A TOP
CHOICE FOR
CUVs, SUVs
AND LIGHT
TRUCKS
*Certain restrictions and limitations apply.
See your authorized retailer for complete details.
DRIVER PROTECTION
TIRE ROTATION & BALANCE
For smoother ride and longer tire wear. Plus, we inspect tread
depth and valve stems and set air pressure to manufacturer's
specifications.
Most Vehicles. Not to be
$ combined with another offer
on same product or service. 19 99
OFFER EXPIRES: 02/18/12
Welcome 2012! A NEW Year!
Come see us for a NEW YOU!
Salon
29349 Maple Avenue
Trappe, Maryland
Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD,
The Academy for Lifelong Learning is a
non-profit, volunteer run organization
which strives to enrich the life of the community
through continuing education. For
more detailed information about ALL, the
FR380 RADIAL
Delivers Advanced All-Season Performance
Biting Tread Edges Improves Traction in
Wet and Snow Conditions
S- and T-Speed Rated Performance for
Many Popular Vehicles
$
20 OFF
THE REGULAR PRICE
ON A SET OF 4 TIRES
CALL FOR
SIZES AND
PRICES
55,000 5 MILE TREADWEAR
LIMITED
WARRANTY*
DESTINATION
LE
Delivers the Quiet, Comfortable Ride of Passenger
Car Tires
Outstanding Performance on Wet and Dry Roads
39 Popular Sizes for Many CUVs, SUVs and
Light Trucks
$
30 OFF
THE REGULAR PRICE
ON A SET OF 4 TIRES
CALL FOR
SIZES AND
PRICES
60,000 0 000 MILE TREADWEAR
LIMITED
WARRANTY*
$
20 OFF
Most Vehicles.
THE REGULAR PRICE
ON A SET OF 4 TIRES
CALL FOR SIZES AND PRICES
OFFER EXPIRES: 02/18/12
Inspire
A Full Service Salon Offering
Services for the Whole Family!
Gift Certificates
Available
OIL CHANGE
SALE ENDS: 02/18/12
Drain old oil and refi
ll with the required amount of
5W30 motor oil. Top fluids, check air pressure.
PRECISION SPORT
■ All-Season Tread Compound
■ High Performance Design
■ 17 Popular 45,50,55,60 and 65 Series Sizes
40,000 0 000 MILE TREADWEAR
LIMITED
WARRANTY*
$ 4 OFF
(410) 476-6125
courses being offered this fall and how you
can become a member call the CBMM at
410-745-2916 or download a catalog online
at http://www.cbmm.org/all. Also on Facebook
at facebook.com/academy for lifelong
learning at cbmm.
JULY 1, 2011 –
DECEMBER 31, 2011.
NO INTEREST IF PAID
IN FULL WITHIN 6 MONTHS †
$249 Minimum purchase required.
Interest will be charged to your
account from the purchase date if
the purchase balance is not paid
in full within 6 months or if you
make a late payment.
POPULAR
PASSENGER
CAR RADIAL
† MINIMUM MONTHLY PAYMENTS REQUIRED. Applicable to purchases
made July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. APR: 22.8%. Minimum
Finance Charge: $1.00. CFNA reserves the right to change APR, fees
and other terms unilaterally.
FOR
PERFORMANCE
CARS
FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT
Inspect and align vehicle to manufacturer's
specifications.
Most Vehicles. Parts &
$ shims extra if required. 60 00
OFFER EXPIRES: 02/18/12
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