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<strong>Talbot</strong><br />
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January 2012<br />
Volume 12, No. 3<br />
IF YOU WANT TO<br />
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GUIDE<br />
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Happy<br />
New Year!<br />
Something of<br />
Interest<br />
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Upcoming Events<br />
COUPONS Galore<br />
Health Happenings<br />
Business News<br />
Stories<br />
Word Puzzle<br />
and much more!<br />
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“Our goal is to improve the smile of the community, one<br />
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-Dr. Tagbo<br />
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Index<br />
Upcoming Events 6-9<br />
COUPONS GALORE 6<br />
Tred Avon Players 30th Season 10<br />
Eastern Shore Mysteries with a Twist 11<br />
Aztec Two-Step bayFolk-Rock Duo<br />
Celebrates 40th Anniversary with new CD<br />
“Cause and Effect” 12<br />
Catching the Light<br />
By Terry Callahan 14<br />
Easton Donates to Teen Court/<strong>Talbot</strong><br />
Partnership 16<br />
Caldwell Named 2011 Adoptive Parent of<br />
the Year 17<br />
Dancing for the Dogs 18<br />
Learn About Mentoring at <strong>Talbot</strong> Mentors<br />
Open House 19<br />
Brown Bag Lunch - <strong>The</strong> 2BoomerBabes 19<br />
Canada Geese Decorate the Cove<br />
By Bonna L. Nelson 20<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> County Marriage Licenses 22<br />
950 Acres in <strong>Talbot</strong> County Conserved<br />
through Donated Easement to Maryland<br />
Department of Natural Resources 24<br />
Historic Oyster Cannon on Display in<br />
Annapolis 25<br />
Deer Hunters See Increased Firearm Season<br />
Harvest 26<br />
Farm Management Classes for Women 28<br />
“My Victorian Valentine” Bus Trip is Planned<br />
for Valentine’s Day 28<br />
Saturday Speaker Series 30<br />
Rotary Clubs Respond to Community’s<br />
Greatest Need 31<br />
Call for Artists: Adkins Arboretum to Sponsor<br />
2012 Art Competition 32<br />
Brown Bag Lunch - Brown’s Battleground 32<br />
Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition<br />
Draws Musicians from Coast to Coast 33<br />
Art Exhibits 33<br />
TAP Announces Auditions! 34<br />
February 24 Deadline for CBMM Internship<br />
Applications 34<br />
Comedy <strong>The</strong>atre & Amish Farm Tour 34<br />
Parents - Do You Know What Your Kids Are<br />
Texting 35<br />
AARP Mid-Shore Tax-Aide Program 36<br />
Global Health:TB, Malaria, AIDS - More<br />
ThanYou Ever Thought You Needed to Know,<br />
& Why It Matters 36<br />
<strong>The</strong> Country School Makes Significant<br />
Commitment to Childhood Fitness 37<br />
Shore Medical Pavilion Now Open In<br />
Queenstown 38<br />
Astigmatism 39<br />
National Board Member to Speak at CMT<br />
Support Group on January 7th 40<br />
Cheap Fix to Old Problems 41<br />
Have You Had Your Teeth Checked Lately?<br />
42<br />
<strong>The</strong> Evolution of Energy on the Chesapeake:<br />
From Indian Settlements to the Present 43<br />
Energy Anatomy...the Art of Drugless Healing<br />
by Dora Meyer 44<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Co. Land Transfers 45<br />
<strong>The</strong> Other Side 46<br />
Dance Like No One’s Watching 47<br />
<strong>The</strong>if! 49<br />
Academy for Lifelong Learning at CBMM<br />
Winter Semester to Begin January 9th 50<br />
WORD PUZZLE 50<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> would like to wish everyone a<br />
Happy New Year!<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>, LLC<br />
Publisher/Owner - Tammy R. Cohee<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Talbot</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> is a FREE monthly publication.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Talbot</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> is not responsible for typing errors, omissions, etc.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Talbot</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> reserves the right to edit ads and articles where<br />
deemed necessary. No portion of this publication or<br />
advertisement may be reproduced without permission.<br />
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Bingo is held every Saturday night at the<br />
Trappe Volunteer Fire Company, 7pm. Doors<br />
open at 5 pm. <strong>The</strong>re are 25 games that range<br />
from regular, straight, and speed games. Pay<br />
outs on regular games vary on attendance.<br />
Trappe Volunteer Fire Company, 4001 Powell<br />
Ave, Trappe, MD.<br />
Bingo is held every Friday Night at the Easton<br />
Volunteer Fire Department, 315 Aurora Street,<br />
Easton. Doors open at 6:30pm. Games start at<br />
7:30pm. Food available from the members. $75<br />
payout per regular game. $100 if 100 people<br />
are in attendance. Frequent flyer cards are<br />
available. 410-822-4848.<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
Dec. 31: First Night <strong>Talbot</strong> 2012 - Downtown<br />
Easton celebrates the Arts in different venues,<br />
as well as on the streets, with a wide variety of<br />
performances for all ages all for the cost of a<br />
souvenir admission button. Additional information<br />
TBA. Buttons are available in advance at<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> County Visitors Center, 11 S. Harrison St.,<br />
Easton, MD. 410-770-8000. Prices TBA.<br />
www.easternshore.com/firstnighttalbot. Contact<br />
410-820-8822.<br />
Dec. 31: Come help bring in the New Year at<br />
the Ruthsburg Community Center with all<br />
Flashback and Stonehenge (Ricky/Bobby<br />
Band). 8:30pm-12:30am. Advance tickets only:<br />
$20/person and $30/couple. BYOB - Snacks<br />
and Soda provided. No one under 21 yrs. will<br />
be permitted. For tickets and info., please call<br />
Jennifer Kaufman at 410-758-3523 or 410-490-<br />
4776.<br />
Jan. 2: <strong>The</strong> Tidewater Camera Club is sponsoring<br />
wildlife photographer, Ken Conger, who<br />
will present a seminar entitled "Alaskan Wildlife<br />
and Landscapes", from 7-9 pm in the Wye Oak<br />
your friends dancing to the tunes with combo of (continued on page 7)<br />
COUPONS Galore<br />
$125 OFF<br />
DUCT CLEANING<br />
Not Valid With Any Other Offer.<br />
Expires 01/31/12<br />
$40 OFF*<br />
Annual Service Agreements<br />
(*New Customers Only)<br />
SAVE on Costly Repairs!<br />
Not Valid With Any Other Offer.<br />
Expires 01/31/12<br />
Full Detail<br />
$50<br />
$5 OFF<br />
Perms and Colors and<br />
$2 OFF<br />
Haircuts with<br />
Laura and Wendy<br />
With Coupon. Exp. Jan. 31, 2012<br />
Illusions Hair Designs<br />
Easton Plaza, Easton, MD<br />
(Next to Ben Franklins) 410-822-4440<br />
$20 OFF<br />
ANY SERVICE CALL<br />
Not Valid With Any Other Offer.<br />
Expires 01/31/12<br />
$<br />
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Septic Tank Any Cleaning or<br />
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Room at the <strong>Talbot</strong> County Community Center,<br />
Rte. 50, Easton, MD. As a retired game warden,<br />
Ken has carried his motivation and enthusiasm<br />
for wildlife protection over to his passion of<br />
wildlife photography. He has attained both a<br />
Bachelors of Science degree in Wildlife Management<br />
and a Masters of Science degree in<br />
Administration of Justice. Ken's interest in photography<br />
began at a young age and wildlife photography<br />
has always been his concentration.<br />
His photographs are only of wild animals, primarily<br />
captured within National Parks and Fish &<br />
Wildlife Refuges. <strong>The</strong> majority of the images utilize<br />
available early morning and late afternoon<br />
light to capture the natural color and beauty of<br />
the wildlife. An award-winning photographer<br />
(National Wildlife Federation, National Parks<br />
Competition, Sony International Photography<br />
Contest), Ken's images have adorned a number<br />
of magazine covers and calendars. After retiring<br />
as a conservation officer, Ken spent the 2009<br />
and 2010 summers as a seasonal park ranger in<br />
Denali National Park, Alaska. For this evening's<br />
program, Ken will feature a diversity of dynamic<br />
wildlife (moose, lynx, musk ox, polar bears) and<br />
stunning landscape images (Mt. McKinley,<br />
ANWR, 10,000 Smokes, Northern Lights) captured<br />
during his two seasons in Alaska. For<br />
more information about Ken's work and to view<br />
JANUARY<br />
1st - Post closed. Happy New Year!<br />
10th - Chicken & Dumplings 4-7pm, $7<br />
14th - Karaoke with Bill 7-11 pm<br />
15th - Breakfast 8-11 am<br />
22nd - Breakfast 8-11am<br />
28th - Rib Eye Steak Dinner 5-7pm, $14<br />
Lounge Opening 1pm on Sundays<br />
Thursday’s - Shrimp / Friday’s - Burgers<br />
Call for Daily Specials & Hall Rentals<br />
American Legion <strong>Talbot</strong> Post 70<br />
29511 Canvasback Drive, Easton, MD (behind Walmart)<br />
410-822-9138<br />
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BENEFIT<br />
<br />
<br />
-<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
to benefit Ames United Methodist Church Building Fund<br />
Sunday, January 29, 2012 @ 2PM<br />
at 262<br />
299Sennett Road<br />
Denton<br />
(Hobbs), MD<br />
<strong>The</strong> home of Bill & Gail Tow<br />
ers<br />
Inside<br />
heated facility<br />
Food<br />
will be<br />
available<br />
3 Bands<br />
to perform<br />
Flatland<br />
Drive<br />
New & Used<br />
Bluegrasss<br />
Ray Sheridan<br />
Bring alawn chair<br />
$10 donatio<br />
on at the door<br />
<br />
<br />
web<br />
site@ www.flatland.com<br />
or call 410-479-- 1580<br />
Snow date February 5, 2012<br />
Call 1-800-<br />
773-<br />
-9128<br />
for<br />
advance ticket sales<br />
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UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
a sample of his images, visit www.kencongerphotography.com.<br />
<strong>The</strong> seminar is open to the<br />
public. Please check the club website, www.tidewatercameraclub.com,<br />
or contact Janet at 410-<br />
901-2223 for changes in venue or weather-related<br />
cancellations.<br />
Jan. 3-14: After Christmas Sale. Handbags,<br />
Gifts and Collectibles, Fresh or Silk Arrangements,<br />
Home Decor and Painted Furniture. <strong>The</strong><br />
Garden Basket, Dover Bridge Rd. (Rt. 331) Midway<br />
between Easton & Preston. 410-822-0575<br />
Jan. 7: St. Michaels’ Civil War Dead, 2:00 pm at<br />
St. Michaels Library. Betty Seymour, a volunteer<br />
in the library’s Maryland Room and a member of<br />
the St. Michaels Museum, will talk about what she<br />
has learned during the past year as she has researched<br />
the local graves of Civil War veterans.<br />
Some 56 Union soldiers and one (possible) Confederate<br />
soldier are buried in St. Michaels, each<br />
with their own unique story. St. Michaels Library.<br />
Jan. 10: Chicken & Dumplings, 4-7pm, $7,<br />
American Legion <strong>Talbot</strong> Post 70, 29511 Canvasback<br />
Dr., Easton. 410-822-9138.<br />
Tuesdays, Jan. 10 - Feb. 14: Clay - Intermediate<br />
Pottery Wheel. Instructor: Paul Aspell<br />
10 a.m. – noon, Session 1, Academy Art Museum,<br />
Easton, MD. Cost: $175, Members;<br />
$190, Non-members. Participants will be introduced<br />
to new techniques such as the making of<br />
lidded jars, plates and larger forms while still<br />
working on basic skills. For further information<br />
and to register for Museum programs and<br />
classes, visit www.academyartmuseum.org or<br />
call 410-822-2787.<br />
Jan. 11: Activities Singles Klub (ASK)<br />
General Member Meeting, 6pm, at Denny’s<br />
Restaurant in Easton on Hwy. 50, Easton.<br />
<strong>The</strong>me: "Great Expectations" Let’s discuss our<br />
expectations for the new year, both for ourselves,<br />
and for the klub. Visitors are welcome,<br />
but must place a reservation by Monday, January<br />
9, by calling 410-745-2797.<br />
Event is open to the public.<br />
Jan. 13: <strong>The</strong> Chesapeake College Alumni<br />
and Friends Association 1st is hosting a free<br />
tailgate party on at 6 p.m. in the Caroline Center<br />
open to all alumni. Stop by and enjoy some<br />
traditional tailgating treats before the basketball<br />
game. Learn more about the Networking the<br />
Shore Campaign, the alumni business network,<br />
and future plans to grow. Anyone who joins the<br />
Alumni and Friends Association you will receive<br />
a free ticket to that night’s basketball game. For<br />
more information, please call 410-827-5818.<br />
Jan. 14 - Feb. 25: Ches-Adventures (Formerly<br />
Saturday for Kids) at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime<br />
Museum. <strong>The</strong> Saturdays for Kids program<br />
offers two hours of fun-filled and creative handson<br />
games, arts and crafts, and storytelling.<br />
Small classes and age-appropriate projects facilitate<br />
the learning process and offer kids a special<br />
place and opportunity for early engagement<br />
in building a love of the Chesapeake Bay and<br />
the region. Contact 410-746-2916.<br />
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AFTER<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
SALE<br />
<br />
Handbags Gifts and Collectibles<br />
Fresh or Silk Arrangements<br />
Home Décor Painted Furniture<br />
Monday-Friday 9-5 Saturday 9-1<br />
<strong>The</strong> Garden Basket<br />
Dover Bridge Rd. (Rt. 331) Midway Between Easton & Preston<br />
410-822-0575 ~ Delivery Available ~ Monday-Friday 9-5 · Saturday 9-1<br />
Jan. 14 & 21: Safe Sitter Class, 9am – 4pm,<br />
Memorial Hospital, 219 S. Washington Street,<br />
Health Education Center. Designed for children<br />
ages 11-13 years. Teaches basics of babysitting,<br />
first aid and CPR. Children must attend<br />
both sessions. Cost: $35. For more information<br />
and to register, call 410-822-1000 or 410-228-<br />
5511, ext. 5231.<br />
Jan. 15: Breakfast, 8-11am, American Legion<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Post 70, 29511 Canvasback Dr., Easton.<br />
410-822-9138.<br />
Jan. 18 & 19: Jewelry Sale, 7:00 am to 4:00<br />
pm, Memorial Hospital, Nick Rajacich Health<br />
Education Center, 219 S. Washington Street,<br />
Easton. A selection of gold and silver jewelry,<br />
watches and more. Sponsored by the Memorial<br />
Hospital Auxiliary to benefit programs and services<br />
of the hospital.<br />
Jan. 20: Chase your January blues away at St.<br />
Luke’s United Methodist Church, 304 <strong>Talbot</strong><br />
Street, St. Michaels. <strong>The</strong> 22nd Annual<br />
Spaghetti Dinner will be held from 4:30 to<br />
7:00pm. “All You Can Eat “ for just $10.00 (Children<br />
11 and under $4.00). Take-outs will be<br />
available. For fantastic food, family fun and fine<br />
fellowship, call the church office at 410-745-<br />
2534 for information.<br />
Jan. 22: Breakfast, 8-11am, American Legion<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Post 70, 29511 Canvasback Dr., Easton.<br />
410-822-9138.<br />
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Jan. 26: <strong>Talbot</strong> Mentors Open House, Noon –<br />
2pm. <strong>Talbot</strong> Mentors office, 108 Maryland Avenue,<br />
Easton. Learn about mentoring and meet<br />
current volunteers. Refreshments. For information,<br />
call 410-770-5999.<br />
Jan. 28: Make a Book with the Judy Center -<br />
Saturday, 10:30 – 11:30am. Children 8 and<br />
under, accompanied by an adult, can create<br />
their own book! All materials for book-making<br />
will be supplied. Thanks to the Judy Center<br />
Partnership at the <strong>Talbot</strong> County Public Schools<br />
for this program. Easton Library (Pending Easton’s<br />
move back to permanent quarters at 100<br />
West Dover Street, children’s programming must<br />
remain TBA for the time being. Please check our<br />
website or call the Easton branch at 410-822-<br />
1626 for the latest information.)<br />
Jan. 29: Benefit “Winter-grass” Bluegrass<br />
Concert to benefit Ames United Methodist<br />
Church Building Fund, 2pm at 26299 Sennett<br />
Road, Denton (Hobbs), MD. <strong>The</strong> home of Bill &<br />
Gail Towers. Inside heated facility. Bring a lawn<br />
chair. Food will be available. Three bands to perform:<br />
Flatland Drive, New & Used Bluegrass, Ray<br />
Sheridan. $10 donation at the door. In case of<br />
snow, check Flatland Drive’s website @ www.flatland.com<br />
or call 410-479-1580. Snow date - February<br />
5, 2012. Call 1-800-773-9128 for advance<br />
ticket sales.<br />
Feb. 4: Winter Cooking Demonstration Lunch<br />
Series - Cooking demonstrations with celebrity<br />
Master Chef Mark Salter to include recipe cards,<br />
two hours of demonstrations followed by a two<br />
course luncheon with wines. Each starts at 10am<br />
with lunch at 12 noon. $64 per person with limited<br />
guest numbers or $288 to attend the full series<br />
of five. Price is $64 per person excluding tax<br />
and lunch service gratuity. Program and contents<br />
subject to confirmation. <strong>The</strong> characteristic<br />
of Italian cuisine is simplicity. Italian cooks rely<br />
chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather<br />
than on elaborate preparation. Try some of<br />
Marks favorites: Best Caesar Salad with<br />
crunchy Baguette Croutons, Goat Cheese,<br />
Black Olive and roasted Red Pepper Raviolli.<br />
How to make the perfect Pasta dish with homemade<br />
Marinara Sauce, Risotto with Wild Mushrooms.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Robert Morris Inn, 314 North Morris<br />
Street, Oxford, MD 21654. www.robertmorrisinn.com.<br />
Call 410 226 5111.<br />
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Music, dancing, absurdity, drama,<br />
epiphanies, and spectacle are all coming<br />
your way with the 30th season of the Tred<br />
Avon Players. <strong>The</strong> new 2012 season will<br />
open in the newly renovated Oxford Community<br />
Center in Oxford, MD with the<br />
music of the dynamic writing duo of John<br />
Kander and Fred Ebb. “Life is a Cabaret:<br />
the songs of Kander & Ebb” opens February<br />
9.<br />
TAP’s 30th season coincides with the<br />
50 anniversary of the collaboration of Kander<br />
and Ebb. Director Joe Tyler shares his<br />
enthusiasm for the talent and genius of this<br />
writing team by presenting a singing and<br />
dancing production of their music & lyrics.<br />
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songs for twenty Broadway musicals, fourteen<br />
of them Broadway hits, including<br />
“Chicago”, “Cabaret”, “Woman of the<br />
Year”, “Curtains”, “<strong>The</strong> Act”, and “Kiss of<br />
the Spider Woman”. <strong>The</strong>y also worked together<br />
on the films “New York, New York”<br />
and “Funny Lady”.<br />
Twenty-eight talented local performers<br />
pay tribute to these great composers’<br />
unmatched ability to tell a poignant story<br />
or simply entertain! Gail Aveson, Sarah<br />
Claggett, Jane Copple, Katie Cox, Nathalie<br />
Derakshani, Paulette Florio, Joey Frankos,<br />
Marcia Gilliam, Sharon Gilroy, Bill Gross,<br />
Dana Haddaway, Debbie Harmon, Rhonda<br />
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Higginbottom, Portia Hughes, Jenny<br />
Madino, Ira Nelson, Bridget Page, Wendy<br />
Pagenstecher, Lara Prettyman, Lisa Roth,<br />
Zack Schlag, John Swann, Laura Todd,<br />
Travis Todd, Joe Tyler, Kim Wilson, &<br />
Herb Ziegler. Accompanist is Ellen Barry<br />
Grunden, with Shelby Clendaniel on percussion.<br />
Spring flowers in May herald the sophisticated<br />
drama of “<strong>The</strong> Women” by<br />
Clare Boothe Luce. Director Tom Quimby<br />
reprises the all time SRO hit of 1990. Based<br />
on the 1936 play starring Norma Shearer,<br />
Rosalind Russell, Marjorie Main, Joan<br />
Fontaine, Hedda Hopper, and Joan Crawford,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Women” follows the lives of a<br />
circle of wealthy Manhattan women and<br />
their story of marital conflict, friendships,<br />
and coping with changing values and<br />
lifestyles. It’s a classic portrayal of the<br />
fairer sex meeting the challenges of love,<br />
rivalry and self fulfillment during the beginning<br />
of women’s liberation. “<strong>The</strong><br />
Women” runs May 3-20.<br />
Opening August 9 is the hilarious<br />
comedy of “<strong>The</strong> Drowsy Chaperone” with<br />
book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar,<br />
and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and<br />
Greg Morrison. Director Marcia Gilliam<br />
presents the Tony winning Broadway hit<br />
that started out as a spoof of old musicals<br />
written by friends for the wedding of Bob<br />
Martin and his wife Janet. It pays homage<br />
to 1920 American musicals. A recluse listening<br />
to a recording of a musical comedy<br />
is transported into the musical. <strong>The</strong> consequent<br />
plot highlights mistaken identities,<br />
dream sequences, an unflappable English<br />
butler, an absent minded dowager, gangsters,<br />
and millionaires.<br />
Closing TAP’s 30th season in October<br />
is the comical spoof of the spy thriller<br />
movies of the Cold War era, Michael<br />
Hollinger’s “Red Herring”, directed by<br />
George Edmonds. “Red Herring” follows<br />
the attempts of three couples to overcome<br />
the obstacles that stand in the way of love<br />
and marriage such as a not-too-bright Russian<br />
spy, mistaken identities, counter agents,<br />
and farcical plot twists.<br />
TAP’s 30th Season begins at the Oxford<br />
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take place in the Roaring 20s and all are<br />
based on real cases.<br />
“I got the idea while researching my<br />
last book, Master Detective,” says<br />
Reisinger. “Many true cases make good<br />
mysteries. <strong>The</strong> Roaring 20s, with Prohibition,<br />
bootleggers, flappers and speakeasies<br />
is a fascinating period, so why not combine<br />
the two with a down home Eastern Shore<br />
detective? In the back of each book I provide<br />
details of the real case on which the<br />
story is based.”<br />
In Death on a Golden Isle, just released,<br />
Max Hurlock and his magazinewriter<br />
wife Allison travel from St. Michaels<br />
to Jekyll Island, Georgia to investigate a<br />
poisoning at America’s most exclusive<br />
club, and in the soon-to-be-released Death<br />
of a Flapper, they tackle a double murder<br />
in a locked room. Future reality-inspired<br />
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a murder in a Chesapeake Bay<br />
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most eligible bachelor in his Manhattan<br />
mansion.<br />
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Come and<br />
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In 1972, Aztec Two-Step burst upon<br />
the scene with its self-titled debut album on<br />
Elektra Records. Since then, Rex Fowler<br />
and Neal Shulman have spent a lifetime<br />
making music together as the folk/rock duo<br />
that takes its name from a poem by beat<br />
poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. <strong>The</strong>ir first<br />
album and subsequent albums for RCA<br />
Records were staples of progressive FM<br />
and college radio and helped to bring the<br />
music of the 1960s into the '70s.<br />
As their recording career continued, so<br />
did the critical acclaim. In 1987, Living in<br />
America received the New York Music<br />
Award for Best Folk Album and was named<br />
in Billboard’s year-end critic’s poll. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
have been praised in countless major U.S.<br />
newspapers and magazines, including<br />
Rolling Stone, and have appeared on numerous<br />
TV and radio shows such as the<br />
David Letterman Show, the King Biscuit<br />
Flour Hour and World Café Live. In 1999,<br />
they were the subjects of the documentary<br />
No Hit Wonder, aired on PBS.<br />
Four decades later, Aztec Two-Step is<br />
more than ever defined by intelligent songwriting,<br />
dazzling acoustic lead guitar and<br />
inspiring harmonies. <strong>The</strong> duo has chosen to<br />
commemorate their 40th Anniversary by<br />
recording a new studio album, Cause & Effect,<br />
a 16-song collection with socio/politi-<br />
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cal themes, produced by Paul Guzzone and<br />
featuring long-time bassist Fred Holman.<br />
<strong>The</strong> album is a combination of re-worked<br />
and newly mined material.<br />
While Fowler and Shulman possess a<br />
rich musical legacy of their own, over the<br />
years they often were compared to Simon<br />
& Garfunkel because of what reviewers<br />
called their "intellectual lyricism and ethereal<br />
harmonies." So it only makes sense<br />
that ATS would choose to interpret and perform<br />
the timeless songs and harmonies of<br />
their legendary predecessors.<br />
Back at <strong>The</strong> Avalon for a very special<br />
concert, Fowler and Shulman will share selections<br />
from their Simon & Garfunkel<br />
Songbook as well as perform songs from<br />
their vast and varied original canon of<br />
music, honed over 40 years.<br />
"Cult folk-rockers can still carry off<br />
their sweet, supple harmonies and bouncy<br />
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from Yale University. At the University of<br />
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working in public relations and advertising,<br />
holding political office (he was elected to<br />
the Kentucky state legislature as the state<br />
representative for the City of Louisville at<br />
the age of 25) and serving as head of U.S.<br />
communications for a large international<br />
conglomerate, BATUS. Afterwards, he held<br />
senior vice-presidencies first at PNC Bank,<br />
Pittsburgh, later at the Travelers Insurance<br />
Companies in Hartford, Connecticut.<br />
But as time progressed, he looked forward<br />
to getting away to the Eastern Shore<br />
where he owned a house. “<strong>The</strong> Eastern<br />
Shore just became a wonderful place to unwind<br />
and relax. After a number of years,<br />
my wife (Katie) and I made our home on<br />
the Shore. In retiring, I wanted to do what<br />
I really enjoyed, which is writing.” Wilson<br />
joined the Eastern Shore Writers Association,<br />
eventually becoming its president with<br />
the purpose of helping to build a closer<br />
writing community across the Delmarva<br />
Peninsula. “It's a natural home for writers.”<br />
He engaged several other Shore writers and<br />
started <strong>The</strong> Delmarva Review, a literary review<br />
for short story writers, poets and essayists.<br />
This year, six of the Review’s<br />
selections were nominated for the prestigious<br />
Pushcart Prize, a national literary<br />
award.<br />
Along with print communications,<br />
Wilson’s other interest is photography. Pictures<br />
he took as a reporter included those<br />
depicting the mini-submarine recovery of<br />
the H-bomb in Spain, and the wildlife recovery<br />
from flooding in Florida's Everglades.<br />
“I camped there a week with the<br />
environmentalists and park rangers. We<br />
would catch suffering deer with airboats,<br />
and airlift them to higher ground. It was a<br />
great experience.”<br />
Wilson’s son became interested in<br />
photography at age 10 and now is a professional<br />
photographer in Scottsdale, Arizona.<br />
“I taught him the darkroom and he taught<br />
me digital [photography],” says Wilson<br />
with a laugh. This mutual interest led to<br />
Wilson’s book on Yosemite National Park.<br />
He went originally to study light and learn<br />
how to use it under changing weather conditions.<br />
With his son leading a group of<br />
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photographers, each day they went on two<br />
treks. “We’d try to come back for lunch unless<br />
we were too far out – then we’d eat<br />
power bars. We averaged eight miles a day<br />
hiking, sometimes very steep inclines, generally<br />
going places other people weren’t.”<br />
He adds, “<strong>The</strong> beauty of everything<br />
was spectacular. After each day I would<br />
take off my hiking shoes, turn on my computer<br />
and load my photographs, and post<br />
one on Facebook every day. I would get<br />
about 100 responses to each image. I mentioned<br />
I was going to make a copy of the<br />
book for my son and people started ordering<br />
copies of the book." Wilson took nine<br />
hundred photos which he then narrowed to<br />
seventy-five to include in the book.<br />
He explains, “I like to try to see things<br />
that maybe we overlook in our everyday<br />
lives. If it’s a flower, I may want to look at<br />
it with a macro [close-up] lens and see that<br />
within the flower the stamens can look as<br />
beautiful as the flower. I like to play with<br />
light. Lighting conditions can make a subject<br />
look very different at dawn or at dusk.”<br />
As an example, Wilson pointed out that in<br />
pre-dawn light, especially on the shoreline,<br />
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Wilson Wyatt’s next book will be published<br />
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Easton Donates to Teen Court /<strong>Talbot</strong> Partnership<br />
<strong>The</strong> Town of Easton recently made a<br />
donation to <strong>Talbot</strong> Partnership for Alcohol<br />
and Other Drug Abuse Prevention in support<br />
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program and other ongoing programs of<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Partnership.<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> County’s Teen Court program<br />
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among <strong>Talbot</strong> County youth. <strong>The</strong><br />
program provides early diversion for youth<br />
with first-time, minor offenses, often alcohol<br />
and tobacco violations. Teen Court provides<br />
consequences to reinforce the fact<br />
that negative behavior will not be tolerated.<br />
It provides opportunities for pro-social activities<br />
and social restitution in the community<br />
to steer youth away from the streets<br />
and delinquent activity, and it provides referrals<br />
to services to address substance<br />
abuse as well as mental health or educational<br />
needs. <strong>Talbot</strong> Partnership is the fiscal<br />
agent for the Teen Court program.<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Partnership has a long history<br />
of activities and programs in <strong>Talbot</strong> County<br />
of building strong community norms<br />
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making it hard for youth to get alcohol, tobacco<br />
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youth to encourage healthy choices. <strong>The</strong><br />
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Caldwell Named<br />
2011 Adoptive<br />
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Sharon Caldwell was named by the<br />
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as the 2011 adoptive parent of the year.<br />
When Sharon of Easton decided to become<br />
a foster parent, after raising a daughter of<br />
her own, little did she know that she would<br />
end up adopting two beautiful girls, Trinity<br />
and Naiobi. <strong>The</strong> sisters’ adoption was finalized<br />
on March 28, 2011.<br />
Caldwell comments that her love of<br />
children and a desire to help the community<br />
was her motivation in becoming a licensed<br />
foster parent for <strong>Talbot</strong> County<br />
Department of Social Services in October<br />
1991. During the 20 years that Ms. Caldwell<br />
has been licensed as a foster parent,<br />
she has provided a home for a variety of<br />
children with multiple needs.<br />
According to Susan Merriken, Foster<br />
Care and Adoption Supervisor at the <strong>Talbot</strong><br />
County Department of Social Services,<br />
“Sharon was able to offer the girls emotional<br />
stability, commitment and love while<br />
at the same time allowing Trinity and<br />
Naiobi to maintain a relationship with their<br />
birth family.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> adoption has become a family affair<br />
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Karen, helps care for the two sisters<br />
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Caldwell adds, “I so enjoy us being a<br />
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For information about becoming a licensed<br />
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Dancing for the Dogs, in conjunction<br />
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Dancing for the Dogs<br />
Dancing for the Dogs is to be held at<br />
the Historic Tidewater Inn on Saturday<br />
March 10, 2012 from 6 – 11pm. It is our<br />
spin on the popular ABC TV dance competition.<br />
Ten local celebrities will be competing<br />
against one another, with professional<br />
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dance instructors as their partners, to win<br />
the coveted overall grand champion award.<br />
This prize will be based not only on their<br />
dance scores but on the public’s vote. You<br />
will be able to “vote” for your favorite<br />
celebrity by donating in their name. $1.00<br />
will equal 1 vote. You will be able to vote<br />
the night of the event as well as online at<br />
www.dancingforthedogs.com after January<br />
7th when the celebrities and their dance<br />
partners are announced.<br />
Tickets will go on sale to the general<br />
public on Saturday, Jan 7th. General admission<br />
seats $50.00, 4 top table $400.00,<br />
and 10 top table $1000.00. All tickets will<br />
include one hour open bar as well as light<br />
hors d’oeuvres.<br />
Dancing for the Dogs aims to raise<br />
awareness for our local humane societies,<br />
as well as provide much-needed funds to<br />
assist in caring for those who cannot speak<br />
or care for themselves.<br />
For more information about the event<br />
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chair, at 410-482-6169.<br />
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<strong>Talbot</strong> Mentors will hold an Open<br />
House at its offices on Maryland Avenue in<br />
Easton on Thursday, January 26, from noon<br />
until 2 p.m. <strong>The</strong> event is an opportunity for<br />
adults interested in learning about mentoring<br />
to obtain information and meet current<br />
volunteers and staff.<br />
January is National Mentoring Month<br />
and the students on <strong>Talbot</strong> Mentors’ waiting<br />
list hope that more individuals in the<br />
community will make New Year’s resolutions<br />
to volunteer. Each mentor makes a<br />
commitment to spend an hour or two each<br />
week for a year being a friend to a child in<br />
need of an additional adult presence in his<br />
or her life.<br />
Brown Bag Lunch<br />
Noon to 1:00 pm<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Hospice House,<br />
Easton<br />
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"Everyone Has A Story.... & That’s<br />
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<strong>The</strong> 2BoomerBabes, AKA Barbara<br />
Kline and Kathy Bernard, will be the<br />
speakers for the Brown Bag Lecture Series<br />
on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at noon at<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Hospice House in Easton. <strong>The</strong> event<br />
is sponsored by the Friends of the <strong>Talbot</strong><br />
County Free Library.<br />
Join them for a lively chat as they<br />
highlight their favorite conversations with<br />
best-selling authors, real estate moguls, entertainers,<br />
travel experts, physicians and<br />
everyday people living the moment.<br />
“We’ve discovered that everyone has a<br />
story to tell, a golden nugget,” states Barbara.<br />
“Our show is a labor of love. We meet<br />
fascinating individuals who each have their<br />
own unique spin on life. You’ll laugh,<br />
you’ll cry, or you just might savor the moment,”<br />
adds Kathy.<br />
2BoomerBabes Radio Hour is broadcast<br />
on NPR affiliates WSCL (89.5FM) and<br />
WSDL (90.7FM), on Saturdays and Sundays,<br />
immediately following “Car Talk”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event is sponsored by the Friends<br />
of the <strong>Talbot</strong> County Free Library. Coffee<br />
and sweets provided. Free, no registration<br />
required. 410-822-1626. www.tcfl.org.<br />
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Many of the matches have resulted<br />
in friendships that have lasted beyond the<br />
school years, with most mentors reporting<br />
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Canada<br />
Geese Decorate<br />
the Cove<br />
By Bonna L. Nelson<br />
Honk! Honk!<br />
Canada geese herald<br />
the seasonal changes<br />
of fall and winter<br />
with their honking<br />
overhead on the<br />
Bonna L. Shore and in our<br />
Nelson cove off of the Tred<br />
Avon River. Floating<br />
geese for as far as the eye can see fill our<br />
cove and surround our pier in late fall and<br />
well into winter. <strong>The</strong> cacophony of their<br />
serenade fills us with joy as the last crisp<br />
leaves fall. We know that soon the ground<br />
will be covered with snow offsetting the silhouettes<br />
of the geese with their long black<br />
necks, white chin strap from ear to ear, dark<br />
brown wings and white belly.<br />
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She calls “Goose, goose, noisy goose.” She<br />
is hoping that one will come up for petting<br />
the way our dogs do.<br />
A nuisance to some, a pleasure to us.<br />
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developments, parks, golf courses and<br />
ponds. <strong>The</strong>ir favorite habitats include bays,<br />
rivers, coves, marshes, ponds and farm<br />
fields. <strong>The</strong>y like to nest and feed near water<br />
and, for protection, it’s the water where<br />
they usually sleep at night, rotating sentry<br />
duty.<br />
According to Ken Kaufman in Lives<br />
of North American Birds, Canada geese<br />
feed mostly on a wide variety of plant material.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y eat the stems and shoots of<br />
grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
also feed on seeds and berries. Cultivated<br />
grains are also a favorite which is why you<br />
see them in corn fields around the Shore.<br />
Geese add tasty insects, mollusks, crustaceans<br />
and sometimes small fish to their<br />
plant diet.<br />
I guess that’s why geese like our cove.<br />
<strong>The</strong> aquatic foods and marsh grasses are<br />
present and cornfields are nearby. And they<br />
feel safe.<br />
As for migration, in the past Canada<br />
geese followed a rigid migratory path with<br />
traditional stopovers and wintering areas.<br />
As the climate has changed many geese<br />
have become permanent residents in urban<br />
and suburban areas and wildlife refuges.<br />
Other geese populations have changed<br />
routes, wintering sites and habitats. Our<br />
cove must be a stopover for some, since<br />
there are fewer as the winter progresses, a<br />
wintering area for some and a permanent<br />
home for others that we see year round.<br />
Canada geese (Branta Canadensis)<br />
usually mate for life. Both male and female<br />
look alike, unlike many bird species. In<br />
length they average 45 inches with a 68<br />
inch wingspan. Nests are usually built by<br />
the female and usually on slightly elevated<br />
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dry ground near water, with good visibility.<br />
Kaufman also locates nest sites on cliff<br />
ledges, on muskrat houses and in trees. <strong>The</strong><br />
nest is usually built with a slight depression<br />
comprising a shallow bowl of sticks, grass,<br />
weeds, moss, and down. Most Atlantic flyway<br />
geese mating and nesting occurs in<br />
Canada, hence the name.<br />
<strong>The</strong> female lays, on average, four to<br />
seven white eggs and she incubates them<br />
for 25 to 28 days, while the male stands<br />
guard nearby. Both parents forage for food<br />
for the new goslings but the young feed<br />
themselves. <strong>The</strong> first flight of the young occurs<br />
at age six to nine weeks.<br />
A popular local sport, Canada goose<br />
hunting season continues until the end of<br />
January in Maryland. <strong>The</strong> Maryland Department<br />
of Natural Resources predicted a<br />
large number of geese would return to<br />
Maryland from Canada during the hunting<br />
season. We hear the boom of guns in the<br />
morning during the hunting season. <strong>The</strong><br />
clever geese in our cove learn to stay until<br />
after shooting hours before heading to the<br />
fields to feed.<br />
We love to watch the geese take off as<br />
they patter and splash across the water until<br />
lift off. Soon in V-formation they head to<br />
feeding grounds. On return in the evening<br />
they circle the water and then one at a time<br />
or in groups they glide into the cove, honk<br />
and then settle in for the night. We welcome<br />
their return each year and their honking<br />
sounds soothe us off to dream land.<br />
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Craig Lawrence Cola, 36, Washington,<br />
D.C. to Ann Neville Uhles, 37, same<br />
Christopher James Mincher, 31,<br />
Baltimore to Sally Ann Mays, 30, same<br />
Brian Matthew Mills, 27, Ann Arbor, MI to<br />
Caitlin Anne Orsini, 26, same<br />
Richard Stephen Seier, 27, Easton to<br />
Natalie Karyna Barhoumi, 28, same<br />
Donald William Cook, 73, Trappe to Anna<br />
Mary Sprinkle, 71, Easton<br />
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Lucretia Jenkins Taylor, 55, same<br />
Bradley Hoyland Nicholson, 24, Washington,<br />
D.C. to Jessica Renee Sincavage, 32,<br />
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Thomas Allen Ross, Sr., 56, Baltimore to<br />
Doreen Lynn Rockel, 51, same<br />
Travis Wayne Meiklejohn, 24, Cordova to<br />
Melissa Ann Dulin, 21, same<br />
Hubbell Peter Knapp, 27, Washington,<br />
D.C. to Kimberly Annette Mosser, 30, same<br />
Ryan Taylor Catterton, 31, Easton to<br />
Lauren Lucia Finiello, 32, same<br />
Ivan Faiama Kamara, 31, Washington, D.C.<br />
to Ciara Alexandria Rhodes, 29, same<br />
Terrell Lee Sheppard, 43, Bowie to Shirley<br />
Agnew Davis, 45, same<br />
Robert Lee West, Jr., 54, Madison to<br />
Carolyn Irene Moore, 46, same<br />
Shawn David Robinson, 43, Preston to<br />
Malinda Sue Towers, 45, same<br />
Mark Allen Rothermel, 31, Baltimore to<br />
Lindsay Anne Mohr, 28, same<br />
Bryan Christopher Omohundro, 32, Easton<br />
to Megan Adele Neaton, 26, same<br />
Thomas George Keepers, 77, Silver Spring<br />
to Carole Ford Omalley, 75, St. Michaels<br />
Mark Douglas Crandell, 44, Easton to<br />
Sandra Sue Stackowitz, 43, same<br />
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Daniel Hack, 34, Baltimore to Kevin<br />
Rebecca Kramer, 35, Cambridge<br />
Erin Michael McCormack, 35, Willards to<br />
Andria Lynn Janson, 36, Ocean City<br />
Lester Hamilton Stanton, Jr., 69, Trappe to<br />
Jacqueline Louise Thomas-Gibbs, 69, same<br />
Ralph Victor Lee, 48, Jersey City, NJ to<br />
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Jason Anthony Smith, 30, Washington,<br />
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Joseph Eugene Gregory, 33, Alexandria,<br />
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Matthew John Wilchinski, 31, Baltimore to<br />
Kelly Rose Whalen, 30, same<br />
Jason Andrew States, 22, Preston to Rachel<br />
Lynn Jemmott, 26, same<br />
Charles Erwin Rogers, 35, St. Michaels to<br />
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950 Acres in <strong>Talbot</strong> County Conserved through Donated<br />
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of Program Open Space, and will serve as<br />
a model for future projects.<br />
“This is a historic donation and I want<br />
to thank Bob Pascal for this legacy to future<br />
generations,” said Governor Martin<br />
O’Malley. “This land will create new opportunities<br />
for Maryland families and visitors<br />
to get outside and enjoy the bountiful<br />
natural wonders of our Eastern Shore.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> 950-acre perpetual conservation<br />
easement on the Point Pleasant property<br />
will protect valuable forest and farm land. It<br />
will maintain or establish more than eight<br />
miles of riparian buffers to protect the water<br />
quality of the Choptank River, a tributary<br />
of the Chesapeake Bay. Through coordinated<br />
and controlled access, visitors will be<br />
able to explore the land by kayak, horseback<br />
or on foot. <strong>The</strong> land will also be available<br />
for hunting, camping, fishing and other<br />
low-impact recreational activities. <strong>The</strong><br />
Maryland Department of Natural Resources<br />
(DNR) will hold the conservation<br />
easement.<br />
QUOTE FROM BOB PASCAL<br />
<strong>The</strong> entire property falls within a Targeted<br />
Ecological Area, which DNR has<br />
identified as a conservation priority as part<br />
of the GreenPrint program, furthering the<br />
goals of the program.<br />
<strong>The</strong> conservation easement protects<br />
public scenic views along approximately<br />
eight miles of waterfront on the Leadenham<br />
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of the Choptank River.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rural land in the Point Pleasant<br />
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Historic Oyster<br />
Cannon on Display<br />
in Annapolis<br />
<strong>The</strong> Maryland Department of Natural<br />
Resources (DNR) is partnering with the<br />
Annapolis Maritime Museum to exhibit a<br />
historic cannon from now until June 2012.<br />
A relic of the Oyster Police of the 1800s,<br />
the cannon was used to protect the Chesapeake<br />
Bay’s oysters during the “oyster<br />
wars” of the 19th century.<br />
“We’re delighted to partner with DNR<br />
to bring this amazing era of our history<br />
alive,” said Jeff Holland, executive director<br />
of the Annapolis Maritime Museum.<br />
“To think that oysters were once so valuable,<br />
we needed artillery like this to protect<br />
them from pirates – that’s astonishing! <strong>The</strong><br />
cannon fits right in with our core permanent<br />
exhibit, Oysters on the Half Shell, which<br />
explores why oysters are so important to<br />
the health of the Bay and the lives of hardworking<br />
watermen.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> cannon was acquired by Hunter<br />
Davidson, the first Commander of the State<br />
Oyster Police Force, in 1868. It was installed<br />
on the original steam-powered patrol<br />
boat of Maryland’s “Oyster Navy,” the<br />
Leila. In 1884, this ship was replaced by the<br />
Governor R. M. McLane, which fought<br />
many spectacular battles against oyster pirates.<br />
<strong>The</strong> McLane was equipped with a 12-<br />
pound Dahlgren boat howitzer in 1888.<br />
While accounts are not definitive, authorities<br />
believe that this gun may have been the<br />
original cannon from the Leila.<br />
DNR obtained the cannon in December<br />
2010 from the American Legion Post<br />
116, which owned it since the1950s. <strong>The</strong> legion<br />
regularly loaned it to a group of Civil<br />
War re-enactors who took part in North-<br />
South Skirmish Association competitions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cannon was on display at the Delmarva<br />
Discovery Center in Worcester<br />
County from June through September<br />
2011.<br />
“This cannon signifies our State’s<br />
commitment to protecting our valuable natural<br />
resources,” said DNR Secretary John<br />
Griffin. “We are honored to make this piece<br />
of Maryland history available for all to<br />
enjoy.”<br />
For more information about the history<br />
of the cannon and the oyster wars, visit<br />
dnr.maryland.gov/mdconservationhistory/Oyster_Wars_Cannon.asp.<br />
For information about the Annapolis<br />
Maritime Museum, visit amaritime.org.<br />
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Deer Hunters See Increased Firearm Season Harvest<br />
Maryland deer hunters experienced a<br />
range of weather for the two-week firearm<br />
season and harvested an estimated 41,421<br />
deer ─ a 2 percent increase from last year’s<br />
harvest of 40,694 deer for the same period.<br />
This year’s total included 14,302 antlered<br />
deer and 27,119 antlerless deer. Sika deer<br />
totals were 455 antlered and 549 antlerless.<br />
“Nearly half of the annual deer harvest<br />
occurs during this two-week period and a<br />
large portion of the harvest consists of female<br />
deer,” said Brian Eyler, the Department<br />
of Natural Resources (DNR) deer<br />
project leader. “Harvesting a sufficient<br />
number of female deer is a critical part of<br />
our deer management plan.”<br />
Region A deer hunters (Garrett, Allegany,<br />
and western Washington counties) reported<br />
4,960 deer for the two-week season,<br />
up 12 percent from last year’s harvest of<br />
4,422 deer. <strong>The</strong> antlered harvest increased<br />
12 percent from 2,528 deer last year to<br />
2,830 deer this year, while the antlerless<br />
harvest increased 13 percent from 1,894<br />
deer to 2,130 deer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Region B deer harvest of 36,461<br />
deer was similar to last year’s harvest of<br />
36,272 deer. <strong>The</strong> antlered harvest increased<br />
4 percent ─ from 11,077 deer last year to<br />
11,472 deer this year. <strong>The</strong> antlerless total<br />
decreased about 1 percent ─ from 25,195<br />
deer last year to 24,989 deer this year.<br />
Deer hunters harvested 3,952 deer<br />
(1,467 antlered, 2,485 antlerless) on Sundays<br />
during the two-week season. Deer<br />
hunting is currently permitted on the first<br />
Sunday of the two-week firearm season in<br />
all counties, except Baltimore, Howard,<br />
and Prince George’s. Sunday deer hunting<br />
is also permitted on the second Sunday of<br />
the two-week season in Calvert, Charles,<br />
and St. Mary’s counties. Carroll County<br />
deer hunters took advantage of new legislation<br />
that permitted Sunday hunting for<br />
the first time this year and harvested 298<br />
deer for the day.<br />
Junior deer hunters enjoyed a weekend-long<br />
firearm season in most counties<br />
and harvested an estimated 3,014 deer. <strong>The</strong><br />
official Junior Firearm Deer Hunt traditionally<br />
had been a Saturday event, but legislation<br />
passed last year expanded the hunt<br />
to Saturday and Sunday in 20 of the 23<br />
Maryland counties. <strong>The</strong> extra day of hunting<br />
resulted in a record harvest, which was<br />
up approximately 47 percent from last<br />
year’s 2,053 deer. Included in the total were<br />
1,754 antlered deer and 1,260 antlerless<br />
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deer.<br />
“Junior hunters are the future of deer<br />
hunting and effective deer management in<br />
Maryland,” said Eyler. “Without deer<br />
hunters, conflicts between deer and humans<br />
would continue to grow. Special seasons<br />
such as the junior firearm weekend are invaluable<br />
in recruiting and keeping the interest<br />
of younger hunters.”<br />
Junior hunters are reminded they may<br />
obtain an official DNR Junior Hunter certificate<br />
for the deer they harvest this year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> certificates are available from participating<br />
retail agents. Junior hunters can also<br />
have their picture posted on the DNR website<br />
at<br />
dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide/yh_certprogram.asp.<br />
New this year, a Chronic Wasting Disease<br />
(CWD) Management Area (land code<br />
233) has been established in a portion of<br />
Allegany County with regulations designed<br />
to prevent the unintentional spread of<br />
CWD to other locations. Hunters wanting<br />
more information regarding CWD and the<br />
regulations pertaining to the Disease Management<br />
Area should visit<br />
dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Hunt_Trap/deer<br />
/disease/cwdinformation.asp or consult the<br />
2011-2012 Maryland <strong>Guide</strong> to Hunting and<br />
Trapping.<br />
Hunters are urged to carefully inspect<br />
all treestands before using them. A fullbody<br />
safety harness should be used while<br />
climbing into or out of a treestand and<br />
while in the stand. DNR strongly recommends<br />
using a sliding knot, commonly<br />
known as a prussic knot, attached to a line<br />
that is secured above the stand that allows<br />
the hunter to be safely tethered to the tree<br />
as soon as they leave the ground. For more<br />
information on treestand safety and view a<br />
helpful video visit<br />
dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide/ts.asp<br />
Complete bag limits, season dates,<br />
deer registration procedures and other deer<br />
hunting information can be found at<br />
dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide. <strong>The</strong> 2011-<br />
2012 Maryland <strong>Guide</strong> to Hunting & Trapping<br />
issued with each hunting license<br />
contains detailed information on all of<br />
Maryland’s hunting seasons.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> University of Maryland and<br />
Delaware Cooperative Extension will conduct<br />
Annie’s Project during the winter of<br />
2012 at sites in Maryland and Delaware.<br />
Annie’s Project focuses on the many aspects<br />
of farm management and is designed<br />
to empower women in overall farm decision<br />
making and to build local networks<br />
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farmwomen with a passion for business,<br />
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eration. Topics for the sessions cover the<br />
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Marketing, Financial, Legal Risk,<br />
Human Resources. This course is open to<br />
anyone interested in farm management<br />
practices.<br />
<strong>The</strong> course will be 8 sessions held at a<br />
variety of sites in Maryland and Delaware.<br />
Locations include: Carroll Community<br />
College Westminster MD, Cecil County<br />
Main Library Elkton MD, Chesapeake College<br />
Wye Mills MD, HEAT Center Aberdeen<br />
MD, Prince George’s County Extension<br />
Clinton MD, University of<br />
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Office Boonsboro MD, Wor-Wic<br />
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If you require special assistance to attend<br />
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“My Victorian Valentine” bus trip is<br />
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Carrots<br />
Cucumbers<br />
Eggplants<br />
Kale Lacinato<br />
Kale Curly<br />
Lettuce, Head<br />
Lettuce, Leaf<br />
Lettuce, Rom.<br />
Onions<br />
Peas, English<br />
Peas, Snow<br />
Peppers, Bell<br />
Peppers, Sweet<br />
Potatoes, Red<br />
Potatoes, Yel.<br />
Potatoes, W.<br />
Radishes<br />
Spinach<br />
Squash, Sum<br />
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Tomatoes, Steak<br />
Tomatoes, Plum<br />
Turnips<br />
Watermelons<br />
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So don’t hesitate and join today!<br />
Join Today! Shares are limited.<br />
March 1st, 2012 is the deadline to sign up for the<br />
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On Saturday, January 7, 2012, at 2:00<br />
p.m. the St. Michaels branch of the <strong>Talbot</strong><br />
County Free Library will present a discussion<br />
on the 150th anniversary of the Amer-<br />
Jackie’s<br />
Saturday Speaker Series<br />
ican Civil War and its fallen soldiers in our<br />
local cemeteries. <strong>The</strong> speaker will be Mrs.<br />
Betty Seymour, a member of the St.<br />
Michaels Museum.<br />
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Michaels Museum at St. Mary’s Square.<br />
After a career in nursing and nursing education,<br />
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of the <strong>Talbot</strong> County Free Library.<br />
For the past 10 years, Mrs. Seymour<br />
has researched and conducted historical<br />
tours of the Olivet Cemetery in St.<br />
Michaels. During the past year, in anticipation<br />
of the 150th anniversary of the American<br />
Civil War, she has researched local<br />
graves of Civil War veterans in all three (3)<br />
St. Michaels cemeteries - St. Luke’s United<br />
Methodist Church (Olivet), Union United<br />
Methodist Church and Christ Episcopal<br />
Church. She has learned interesting stories<br />
about many of these 56 Union soldiers and<br />
one (possible) Confederate soldier buried<br />
there. Saint Michaels Museum is a not-forprofit<br />
organization established to promote<br />
the unique history of St. Michaels and the<br />
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It was late October when the newspaper<br />
ran a story with a picture that showed<br />
the Neighborhood Service Center's food<br />
pantry and how bare it had become. That<br />
was the week the Rotary Club of Easton<br />
began their Annual Food Drive a little early.<br />
For most Rotarians, it perhaps would have<br />
been a drive a little better than last year as<br />
Rotarians always work hard to exceed former<br />
records, but the well timed photo in the<br />
paper was a really strong reminder that the<br />
canned food doesn't just count as a pound<br />
of food, it is going to feed a family in our<br />
community. From there, the abundant<br />
hearts that characterize many Rotarians<br />
took off.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Rotary Club of Easton began an<br />
annual food drive in 2009 and raised 800<br />
pounds of food that year. In 2010, they took<br />
it to 3200 pounds. <strong>The</strong> total for 2011 is<br />
18,426 pounds! "What this tells us is that,<br />
through a deepening relationship with the<br />
Neighborhood Service Center and its Executive<br />
Director, Sandra Redd , Easton Rotarians<br />
have gained more knowledge about<br />
the depth of need for wholesome food in<br />
our broader community and Rotarians have<br />
responded wholeheartedly. This year's<br />
drive saw sustained participation, week<br />
after week, from October 28 through December<br />
7. In many cases, members developed<br />
food drives at their businesses--since<br />
Rotary is a business organization--and that<br />
support increased our overall efforts many<br />
times over. Our single largest week<br />
brought in over 850 pounds of food. Finally,<br />
our newest Rotary colleagues, in the<br />
Tidewater Rotary Morning Club here in<br />
Easton joined in the effort and contributed<br />
2600 pounds of food and food cash equivalent<br />
to the effort. All of this served to bring<br />
us to this level of support in 2011." reported<br />
Patti Willis Easton Rotary President Elect<br />
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She further stated, "Rotarians are generous<br />
and community minded people who<br />
see challenges and find answers. Nowhere<br />
is this better reflected than in this year's<br />
community food drive. I am so proud of<br />
these Rotarians and all they have contributed.<br />
We started out with a goal of 5000<br />
pounds and quickly surpassed that. Every<br />
week, we set a higher goal and every week<br />
my fellow Rotarians exceeded that goal!<br />
What a wonderful group of business leaders<br />
we have in Easton's Rotary Clubs."<br />
As a response to the Rotary's efforts<br />
Sandra Redd of the Neighborhood Service<br />
Center said, "In one word, "AMAZING,"!<br />
"When I was contacted by Patti Willis<br />
about starting the food drive early this year.<br />
I never dreamed that 18,426 pounds of food<br />
would be the result. My heartfelt thanks go<br />
out to the Easton Rotary Club for making a<br />
difference in the lives of those less fortunate."<br />
For more information about contributing<br />
to the Neighborhood Service<br />
Center call 410-822-5015. For more information<br />
on joining the Rotary Club visit our<br />
website www.rotary.org or visit our fanpage<br />
on Facebook, <strong>The</strong> Rotary Club of Easton,<br />
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Call for Artists: Adkins Arboretum to<br />
Sponsor<br />
2012 Art Competition<br />
Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, Md.,<br />
will sponsor its thirteenth annual Art Competition,<br />
to exhibit in February and March<br />
2012. <strong>The</strong> theme of the competition—Discovering<br />
the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s<br />
Eastern Shore—celebrates the<br />
Arboretum’s mission of conservation. <strong>The</strong><br />
Leon Andrus Award, in honor of the Arboretum’s<br />
first benefactor, will be given to<br />
the competition’s winner. A second-place<br />
award will also be given.<br />
<strong>The</strong> competition is open to all original<br />
two- and three-dimensional fine arts, including<br />
outdoor sculpture and installations.<br />
<strong>The</strong> show will be juried by Erik Neil, Executive<br />
Director of the Academy Art Museum,<br />
Easton, Md. <strong>The</strong> deadline for<br />
submissions is Jan. 14, 2012. Digital images<br />
of up to three pieces of art by each<br />
artist may be sent to art@adkinsarboretum.org.<br />
Submissions should include title,<br />
medium, dimensions (maximum of 6 feet<br />
in any directions, excluding outdoor sculpture),<br />
and artist’s name and address.and<br />
should reflect or interpret broadly the<br />
show’s theme of wild nature and landscapes<br />
of the Mid-Atlantic coastal plain region.<br />
<strong>The</strong> artists of work selected will be<br />
contacted by Jan. 26 to submit the original<br />
art ready to hang by Feb. 11. <strong>The</strong> exhibit<br />
will open Feb. 14 and will run through<br />
March 25, with a reception on Sat., Feb. 25<br />
from 3 to 5 p.m. <strong>The</strong>re is no fee for the<br />
competition, but artists are responsible for<br />
all shipping expenses. Selected artists may<br />
be considered for future exhibits at the Arboretum.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
http://www.adkinsarboretum.org/programs_events/art.html,<br />
call 410-634-2847,<br />
extension 0 or send e-mail to info@adkinsarboretum.org.<br />
<strong>The</strong> competition is part of Adkins Arboretum’s<br />
ongoing exhibition series of<br />
work on natural themes by regional artists,<br />
supported in part by the Caroline County<br />
Council of Arts.<br />
Adkins Arboretum is a 400-acre native<br />
garden and preserve at the headwaters of<br />
the Tuckahoe Creek in Caroline County.<br />
Open year round, the Arboretum offers educational<br />
programs for all ages about nature<br />
and gardening. Through its Campaign<br />
to Build a Green Legacy, the Arboretum<br />
will build a new LEED-certified Arboretum<br />
Center and entranceway to broaden educational<br />
offerings and research initiatives promoting<br />
best practices in conservation and<br />
land stewardship. For additional information<br />
about Arboretum programs, visit<br />
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SEE PAGE 6<br />
Brown Bag Lunch<br />
Monday,<br />
February 6, 2012<br />
Brown's Battleground:<br />
Students, Segregationists,<br />
and the Struggle for Justice<br />
in Prince Edward County,<br />
Virginia<br />
Author Jill Ogline Titus will be the<br />
guest speaker for the February 6, 2012<br />
Brown Bag Lunch at the <strong>Talbot</strong> County<br />
Free Library St. Michaels branch at noon.<br />
Ms Titus is the author of the book Browns<br />
Battleground, Students, Segregationists,<br />
and the Struggle for Justice in Prince Edward<br />
County, Virginia. When the U.S.<br />
Supreme Court handed down its decision in<br />
Brown v. Board of Education in 1954,<br />
Prince Edward County, Virginia, home to<br />
one of the five cases combined by the Court<br />
under Brown, abolished its public school<br />
system rather than integrate. Titus situates<br />
the crisis in Prince Edward County within<br />
the seismic changes brought by Brown and<br />
Virginia’s decision to resist desegregation.<br />
While school districts across the South temporarily<br />
closed a building here or there to<br />
block a specific desegregation order, only<br />
in Prince Edward did local authorities abandon<br />
pubic education entirely--and with<br />
every intention of permanence.<br />
This talk will explore the seismic shift<br />
unleashed by Brown v. Board of Education,<br />
the cost of the county’s course of action,<br />
which cut across racial lines to harm nearly<br />
every man, woman, and child in Prince Edward,<br />
and the creative ways that ordinary<br />
people, black and white, struggled to rebuild<br />
both their schools and their community.<br />
Jill Ogline Titus is associate director<br />
for the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of<br />
the American Experience at Washington<br />
College. Brown Bag Lunches are sponsored<br />
by Friends of the Library and patrons<br />
are invited to bring their lunch and enjoy<br />
coffee and sweets provided by the library.<br />
Library programs are free and open to the<br />
public. For more information, call the library<br />
at 410-745-5877, or visit<br />
www.tcfl.org.<br />
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Chesapeake Chamber<br />
Music Competition<br />
Draws Musicians<br />
from Coast to Coast<br />
From coast to coast, young professional<br />
chamber music ensembles have applied<br />
to compete in the 2012 Chesapeake<br />
Chamber Music Competition in Easton,<br />
MD. This year’s Competition, sponsored<br />
biennially by Chesapeake Chamber Music,<br />
has drawn 41 qualified applicants from all<br />
quarters of the United States, and Canada.<br />
<strong>The</strong> average age of an ensemble must be<br />
under 31, and some include members as<br />
young as 21. <strong>The</strong> applicant trios, quartets<br />
and quintets represent a wide range of instrumental<br />
combinations: winds, strings,<br />
brass, and mixed instruments including percussion.<br />
A preliminary judges’ panel of eight<br />
notable musicians headed by J. Lawrie<br />
Bloom, will pare the field to four to six finalists,<br />
based on CD submissions. <strong>The</strong> results<br />
will be announced on or about January<br />
15, 2012 on the website: ChesapeakeChamberMusicCompetition.org.<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
finalists will compete for significant monetary<br />
and performance awards on Saturday,<br />
March 31, 2012 at the Avalon <strong>The</strong>atre in<br />
Easton, MD, before final round judges<br />
Marcy Rosen, Ursula Oppens and David<br />
Jolley, with a live audience in attendance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following day, each group will present<br />
an individual concert at other local venues.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gold Medalist will be further honored<br />
with additional concerts, including a featured<br />
appearance at the Chesapeake Chamber<br />
Music Festival in June.<br />
For further information, visit the website<br />
ChesapeakeChamberMusic.org, or call<br />
the CCM office at 410-819-0380.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Arboretum sponsors art exhibitions<br />
throughout the year, including an annual<br />
competition and outdoor<br />
environmental art. Call 410-634-2847, ext.<br />
0 or e-mail info@adkinsarboretum.org for<br />
gallery hours.<br />
Takoma Park artist Marilyn Banner’s<br />
luminous and highly tactile encaustic paintings<br />
will be on view at the Visitor’s Center<br />
through January 27. Banner focuses on the<br />
myriad colors and textures found in<br />
marshes and farmlands. Using the wide<br />
range of drawing and painting techniques<br />
possible in this hot wax process, she creates<br />
bold, richly layered scenes with a surprisingly<br />
broad range of character and atmosphere.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Arboretum’s annual juried art<br />
show, 2012 Art Competition, Discovering<br />
the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern<br />
Shore, will be on view February 14<br />
Art Exhibits<br />
through March 30. Now in its thirteenth<br />
year, this show draws entries in many different<br />
media by artists from the Mid-Atlantic<br />
area and beyond. <strong>The</strong> juror for this<br />
year’s show is Erik Neil, Director of the<br />
Academy Art Museum in Easton. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
will be a reception Saturday, February 25<br />
from 3 to 5 p.m.<br />
George Holzer of Easton is well<br />
known for his spare, elegant photographs<br />
of natural materials. This exhibit, on view<br />
April 2 through June 1, includes works<br />
from two series. In Leaves and Seeds, he<br />
focuses on the unique beauty of leaves and<br />
seedpods as they decay. Stick Figures explores<br />
the anthropomorphic, often whimsical<br />
qualities of broken twigs and sections<br />
of branches. <strong>The</strong>re will be a reception Saturday,<br />
April 28 from 3 to 5 p.m.<br />
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TAP Announces Auditions!<br />
Tred Avon Players holds auditions for<br />
the sophisticated drama of “<strong>The</strong> Women”<br />
by Clare Boothe Luce. Director Tom<br />
Quimby reprises the all time SRO hit of<br />
1990. Based on the 1936 play starring<br />
Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Marjorie<br />
Main, Joan Fontaine, Hedda Hopper, and<br />
Joan Crawford, “<strong>The</strong> Women” follows the<br />
lives of a circle of wealthy Manhattan<br />
women and their story of marital conflict,<br />
friendships, and coping with changing values<br />
and lifestyles. It’s a classic portrayal of<br />
the fairer sex meeting the challenges of<br />
love, rivalry and self-fulfillment during the<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum<br />
(CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD has<br />
announced summer internship opportunities<br />
in the curatorial, education, and folklife<br />
departments of the museum.<br />
Individuals currently enrolled in an undergraduate<br />
or graduate program are invited to<br />
apply no later than February 24.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 10-13 week program begins June<br />
beginning of women’s liberation.<br />
Auditions are February 28 and March<br />
1 at 7pm, Saturday, March 3 at 10am.<br />
Forty-four delicious female roles, some<br />
major, some tiny. All facial, ethnic and figure<br />
types are encouraged to audition, whatever<br />
your experience. Most of the roles are<br />
in the 17-55 range with a few 55-70 and<br />
one young (8-ll) girl. Newcomers to TAP<br />
and the stage are especially encouraged.<br />
Performance dates for “<strong>The</strong> Women” are<br />
May 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 2012.<br />
Visit www.tredavonplayers.org for information.<br />
February 24 Deadline for<br />
CBMM Internship Applications<br />
4 and provides students the opportunity to<br />
gain training as well as an overview of museum<br />
practices and policies.<br />
To download an application or for<br />
more information, go to<br />
www.cbmm.org/ab_employment.htm or<br />
contact Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies<br />
Director Robert Forloney at 410-745-4959.<br />
ATTENTION MARYLANDERS:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration is required by law to send<br />
driver’s license renewal notices 60 days before one’s license expires.<br />
Reports that the MVA will stop mailing driver’s license renewal notices after<br />
January 1, 2012 are false.<br />
Maryland law does, however, require an individual to retest after a license has<br />
been expired for 1 year or more, but the tests are the same as for new<br />
drivers and geared toward evaluating an applicant’s ability to safely operate<br />
a motor vehicle on the roads.<br />
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Comedy <strong>The</strong>atre &<br />
Amish Farm Tour<br />
Grasonville Senior Center is sponsoring<br />
a fun-filled day trip to Lancaster<br />
County, PA on Tuesday April 24, 2012. <strong>The</strong><br />
fun begins with a buffet lunch and comedy<br />
show at Rainbow Dinner <strong>The</strong>atre. <strong>The</strong><br />
comedy drama show “<strong>The</strong> Dixie Swim<br />
Club” is full of funny, lovely, and touching<br />
situations as the members of a girl’s swim<br />
team reminisce with each other over a span<br />
of 30 years. <strong>The</strong> girls talk abut life, love,<br />
their bodies, aging and men, but all in good<br />
humor. <strong>The</strong> situations will leave one laughing<br />
hysterically and gasping for air! Following<br />
the show will be a guided<br />
farmhouse and property tour of an authentic<br />
Amish farm which tells the story of the<br />
Amish Lifestyle today. <strong>The</strong> grounds include<br />
a blacksmith shop, one room schoolhouse,<br />
a smokehouse market, village store<br />
featuring crafts and homemade goods, and<br />
barn with farm animals. Other highlights<br />
include meeting Pete the Mule! Motor<br />
Coach will depart Kent Island Senior Center<br />
at 8:45AM and Grasonville Senior Center<br />
at 9:00AM. This day trip adventure<br />
costs $83 per person with a deposit of $20<br />
due at time of sign up. Balance due before<br />
March 23, 2012. This trip is open to adults<br />
of all ages. Persons who require a walking<br />
device must travel with an escort. Seats are<br />
limited so reserve your spot today. For<br />
complete details call the Grasonville Senior<br />
Center (410) 827-6010 conveniently located<br />
at 4802 Main Street, Grasonville.<br />
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Parents - Do You<br />
Know What Your<br />
Kids Are Texting?<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Partnership for Alcohol and<br />
Other Drug Abuse Prevention is encouraging<br />
parents to understand what their kids<br />
are texting. In many cases, parents will be<br />
shocked that these texts deal with activities<br />
involving alcohol, drugs and sex.<br />
New research from the Partnership for<br />
a Drug-Free America shows that a third of<br />
parents are concerned computers and texting<br />
make it harder to communicate with<br />
media-engrossed teens about sex, drugs, alcohol<br />
and other risky behaviors. This is a<br />
particular concern for many parents, especially<br />
considering another new report, from<br />
the National Center on Addiction and Substance<br />
Abuse, finds 5.7 million public<br />
school students attend gang and drug-infected<br />
schools.<br />
To help parents detect when their children<br />
are discussing dangerous activities,<br />
noslang.com was created in 2005. This<br />
website has become a valuable educational<br />
tool for parents to learn about what their<br />
children are up to. In this online dictionary,<br />
there are thousands of slang terms related<br />
to drugs and sex. Whether you're a parent,<br />
teacher, law enforcement officer or simply<br />
a concerned friend -- it's important to stay<br />
up to date on the latest drug-related slang<br />
terms.<br />
To demystify electronic communications<br />
among teens, <strong>Talbot</strong> Partnership suggests<br />
keeping an eye on your child's texts<br />
and online communications, whether it's<br />
via instant messages or Facebook.<br />
According to a recent study from the<br />
Pew Research Center's Internet & American<br />
Life Project, 64 percent of parents look<br />
at the contents of their child's cell phone.<br />
Looking at what your child says online<br />
could keep your child out of a dangerous<br />
situation.<br />
For more tips on parenting substancefree<br />
youth, visit www.talbotpartnership.org.<br />
Parents may also sign up on the website for<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong> Partnership’s E-Newsletter, which<br />
also offers tips for parents.<br />
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AARP Mid-shore Tax-Aide Program<br />
<strong>The</strong> AARP Mid-shore Tax-Aide program<br />
will operate from February 1st<br />
through April 14th, 2012 at the locations<br />
and times shown below. AARP Tax-Aide is<br />
the nation's largest, free volunteer-run tax<br />
assistance service. It is offered to low-andmoderate-income<br />
taxpayers with special attention<br />
to those age 60 and older. You do<br />
not have to be sixty to take advantage of<br />
this free service. <strong>The</strong> program volunteers<br />
assist with filing Form 1040 and standard<br />
schedules A, B, C within limits and Schedule<br />
D. It is requested that all taxpayers<br />
bring a copy of their 2010 Federal & State<br />
Individual Income Tax returns, current year<br />
(2011) Forms W-2, 1099, 1098 and Schedules<br />
K-1 along with documents that show<br />
tax-deductible expenses. In addition to<br />
these documents proof of identity (state issued<br />
driver's license and/or state issued<br />
identity card) and Social Security card(s)<br />
and/or Individual Tax Identification Number<br />
card(s) for all exemption(s) and dependent(s).<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mid-Shore Tax-Aide Sites that are<br />
located in <strong>Talbot</strong> county are as follows:<br />
Easton Volunteer Fire Department on<br />
Thursdays from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM.<br />
Please call Bobby Smith at 410-822-1444<br />
for an appointment. <strong>The</strong> second location is<br />
the Oxford Municipal Building on Fridays<br />
from 9:30 - 11:30 AM. Please call Lillian<br />
Lord at 410-226-5122 for an appointment.<br />
<strong>The</strong> third location is in the St. Michael's<br />
Branch of the <strong>Talbot</strong> County Free Library<br />
on Fridays from 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM and<br />
appointments may be made by calling<br />
Bobby Smith at 410-822-1444.<br />
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Global Health:<br />
TB, Malaria, AIDS –<br />
More Than You Ever<br />
Thought You Needed to<br />
Know, & Why It Matters<br />
<strong>The</strong> Academy for Lifelong Learning<br />
CBMM will present a course on Global<br />
Health Wednesday mornings from January<br />
11 -25. Entitled “GLOBAL HEALTH: TB,<br />
Malaria, AIDS –More Than You Ever<br />
Thought You Needed to Know, and Why It<br />
Matters” the course will be presented by<br />
Suzi Peel an expert in the field. <strong>The</strong> complex<br />
history of tuberculosis, malaria and<br />
HIV/AIDS, the three major killers in poor<br />
communities, with a description of the current<br />
spread of each disease and observations<br />
of causes, co-factors and solutions<br />
will be followed by dynamic Q&A. Participants<br />
are invited to come prepared with<br />
any question on these topics, and any recent<br />
items from the media.<br />
Suzi Peel has traveled across Africa<br />
working for children whose parents were<br />
ill, or had died. AIDS– TB–Malaria: these<br />
are the big killers in the developing world.<br />
In her first career she taught Humanities to<br />
teens in Geneva, Switzerland. <strong>The</strong>n she organized<br />
two global conferences on AIDS.<br />
A recent arrival to the Eastern Shore, she is<br />
now consulting with private donors on effective<br />
aid and philanthropy.<br />
For more detailed information about<br />
this course and the Academy for Lifelong<br />
Learning, call the CBMM at 410-745-2916<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Country School Makes Significant<br />
Commitment to Childhood Fitness<br />
<strong>The</strong> Country School has enacted a new fun and unique approach to exercising<br />
this fall. With a varied program and strong encouragement, Cougar Fit<br />
has truly changed how the kids look at physical training. It is a new program<br />
that not only emphasizes warm up and fitness, but injury prevention as well.<br />
Special attention is paid to building upper body strength, as kids these days<br />
are much weaker in their upper bodies than generations prior, due to all the<br />
time inside and not enough free play. Specialized equipment has been purchased<br />
to enhance the program, like abdominal mats, pull up bands and weight<br />
bars. Cougar Seals Training has also been introduced to third and fourth<br />
graders. This workout creates group cohesion, as all participants in a squad<br />
must finish various physical tasks or missions, together, prior to moving on to<br />
the next one.<br />
Because the program is different everyday, it provides structure, teaches<br />
a child to be a self-starter (as they are responsible to start their exercises on their<br />
own after changing into gym clothes) and commitment. Susan Bohaker, athletic<br />
director, and physical education teacher and coach says, “<strong>The</strong> Country<br />
School has made a HUGE commitment to further developing the physical wellness<br />
of a child through a strong physical education program. Creating and implementing<br />
the Cougar Fit program is a reflection of that.”<br />
About <strong>The</strong> Country School<br />
<strong>The</strong> Country School is an independent, coeducational, Kindergarten<br />
through eighth-grade school founded in 1934. Its mission and philosophy is to<br />
offer a challenging program in a nurturing environment with small classes, individual<br />
attention, and outstanding teachers as its hallmarks. A traditional,<br />
structured, responsive, and age-appropriate curriculum focuses on building<br />
basic skills and serves a range of student abilities within a family school context.<br />
<strong>The</strong> school strives to educate the whole child in an atmosphere that fosters<br />
high academic standards, instills a love of learning, and provides a solid<br />
foundation for future education. Enrichment in the arts, athletics, and co-curricular<br />
activities offers additional arenas for individual achievement and leadership.<br />
By emphasizing the importance of strong values and character, the<br />
faculty consistently reinforces responsible behavior, self-discipline, and positive<br />
attitudes. Working in concert, Country School teachers and parents help<br />
students develop confidence and competence and reach toward their highest<br />
potential. To learn more about <strong>The</strong> Country School, visit http://www.countryschool.org<br />
or contact Liz Connors, Director of Advancement, at<br />
410.822.1935, ext. 190 or econnors@countryschool.org.<br />
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Shore Medical Pavilion Now Open in Queenstown<br />
Shore Health System expanded its<br />
services in Queen Anne’s County when the<br />
Shore Medical Pavilion opened at 125<br />
Shoreway Drive in Queenstown on December<br />
5.<br />
Located next to the Queen Anne’s<br />
Emergency Center, Shore Medical Pavilion<br />
is home to Maryland Primary Care Physicians,<br />
which relocated from Stevensville to<br />
this more convenient location off of the<br />
Nesbit Road exit of US Rt. 50.<br />
Other services available in the threestory<br />
medical pavilion include diagnostic<br />
and laboratory testing, physical and speech<br />
therapy, occupational health services and<br />
several physician specialty practices.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Shore Medical Pavilion adds primary<br />
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for Shore Health System. “Opening<br />
this new medical facility is an<br />
opportunity for the University of Maryland<br />
Medical System to become the healthcare<br />
provider of choice for Queen Anne’s<br />
County and expands the array of medical<br />
services that Shore Health System offers in<br />
the Mid-Shore region.”<br />
Also open at Shore Medical Pavilion<br />
is a Shore Health System outpatient diagnostic<br />
center, equipped to perform x-rays,<br />
digital mammography, bone density scans,<br />
diagnostic ultrasound, electrocardiograms<br />
and MRI scans. Patients can also bring<br />
prescriptions for laboratory tests to the diagnostic<br />
center.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Shore Medical Pavilion is also<br />
the new home of Shore Rehabilitation<br />
Services, which was previously located in<br />
Centreville. Shore Rehabilitation Services<br />
has doubled its treatment space and added<br />
several pieces of state of the art equipment<br />
used in physical and speech therapy sessions<br />
with people of all ages.<br />
Shore Works will begin offering occupational<br />
health services for employers<br />
who require pre-employment testing and<br />
whose employees need medical care for<br />
work-related injuries.<br />
In January, several physician specialty<br />
practices will open offices at Shore Medical<br />
Pavilion. <strong>The</strong> specialists scheduled to<br />
practice in Queenstown are urology, general<br />
surgery, gynecology, otolaryngology<br />
(ear, nose and throat) and neurology.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cardiovascular diagnostic testing<br />
center opens at Shore Medical Pavilion in<br />
December. <strong>The</strong> menu of testing will include<br />
electrocardiograms, basic cardiac stress<br />
testing and Holter monitoring. In January,<br />
the center will add cardiac and vascular ultrasound<br />
followed by nuclear cardiac stress<br />
testing in the spring. Other services scheduled<br />
to open in 2012 include a four-bed diagnostic<br />
sleep center.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Shore Medical Pavilion will have<br />
a coffee shop that will serve beverages and<br />
light snacks for the convenience of staff,<br />
patients and visitors.<br />
Shore Medical Pavilion located at 125<br />
Shoreway Drive in Queenstown can be<br />
reached from the Nesbitt Road exit of US<br />
Rt. 50. For more information, visit<br />
www.qamedicalpavilion.org.<br />
38
Astigmatism<br />
This message is courtesy of Delmarva Laser<br />
Eye Center and Drs. Zuleika M Ghodsi, MD<br />
PC and Edward H. Hu, MD, , PhD.<br />
Astigmatism is an optical defect which<br />
prevents light from being properly focused<br />
onto the back of the eye. Irregular curvatures<br />
of the cornea or lens of the eye are<br />
common causes of astigmatism. It can be<br />
asymptomatic if mild, but often can cause<br />
blurred or double vision, eye strain and<br />
headaches. Approximately 1 in 3 people,<br />
children and adults alike, have some degree<br />
of astigmatism. <strong>The</strong>re are several different<br />
tests your eye care specialist can perform<br />
to determine whether or not you have astigmatism.<br />
If you have astigmatism, your eye care<br />
specialist can determine the degree of<br />
severity and how it should be best treated.<br />
In younger individuals, glasses, special<br />
contact lenses and laser refractive surgery<br />
are all possible treatment options. For individuals<br />
with astigmatism and cataracts,<br />
there are advanced technology artificial<br />
lenses that may be implanted at the time of<br />
cataract surgery which can eliminate or<br />
greatly reduce the need for glasses at distance<br />
after surgery.<br />
Drs. Zuleika M. Ghodsi MD and Edward<br />
H. Hu MD PhD at Delmarva Laser<br />
Eye Center are both accepting new patients<br />
and utilize the most advanced treatment<br />
modalities for astigmatism correction.<br />
Delmarva Laser Eye Center is located<br />
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410-822-7710<br />
General Dentistry<br />
Bonded “Tooth-Colored” Fillings, Veneers, Crowns,<br />
Bridges, Dentures, Partial Dentures,<br />
Same Day Denture Repairs, Teeth Whitening<br />
DELMARVA LASER EYE CENTER<br />
Zuleika M. Ghodsi, MD, PC<br />
&<br />
Edward H. Hu, MD, PhD<br />
Dr. Ghodsi and Dr. Hu are accepting new patients and<br />
specializing in...<br />
► Macular Degeneration<br />
► Cataract Surgery<br />
► Diabetic Eye Exams<br />
► Glaucoma Care<br />
► Laser Eye Surgery<br />
► General Eye Exams for Adults and Children<br />
Late Day Appointments Available<br />
All Eye Emergencies May Be Seen Same Day<br />
410-822-9801<br />
405 Marvel Court, Easton, Maryland<br />
www.delmarvaeye.com<br />
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National Board<br />
Member to Speak<br />
At CMT Support<br />
Group on January 7th<br />
Steve O’Donnell will speak at the next<br />
meeting of the Delmarva CMT Support and<br />
Action Group on Saturday, January 7,<br />
2012, in Easton. A longtime member of the<br />
Board of Directors of the Charcot- Marie-<br />
Tooth Association, O’Donnell lives with<br />
the neuromuscular disorder.<br />
“I am actively involved in keeping this<br />
at bay,” said O’Donnell. “I have finished<br />
the Chesapeake Bay Swim a number of<br />
times and have been able to raise a great<br />
deal of money for CMT research by doing<br />
so.” O’Donnell, of Roland Park, is president<br />
of a company in Baltimore and bikes,<br />
swims or does Yoga daily. CMT patients<br />
slowly lose normal use of their extremities<br />
as nerves degenerate and muscles weaken<br />
because the affected nerves no longer stimulate<br />
the muscles.<br />
Charcot-Marie-Tooth, or CMT, is the<br />
most commonly inherited peripheral neuropathy<br />
and is found worldwide among all<br />
races and ethnic groups. Discovered in<br />
1886 by three physicians, Jean-Martin<br />
Charcot, Pierre Marie, and Howard Henry<br />
Tooth, CMT affects an estimated 2.6 million<br />
people worldwide, including more than<br />
250 within 50 miles of Easton.<br />
“A World without CMT”: that’s the<br />
CMTA’s vision, and the driving force behind<br />
its mission. Leading the CMTA in its<br />
mission is a governing board of directors<br />
and a medical advisory board comprised of<br />
over 50 clinical and research medical professionals<br />
who are experts in neurology, genetics,<br />
orthopedic surgery, physiatry,<br />
physical therapy and podiatry.<br />
Anyone with an interest in CMT is encouraged<br />
to attend the meeting which will<br />
be held from 10 AM until Noon at the <strong>Talbot</strong><br />
County Senior Center, 400 Brookletts<br />
Avenue, Easton, MD. Please contact the<br />
group leader Missy Warfield by email at<br />
missywarfield.cmta@gmail.com for further<br />
information or visit www.cmtausa.org.<br />
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Cheap Fix to Old<br />
Problems<br />
Water, Exercise, and You<br />
Whether you are a healthy 21 year old<br />
or an older person with diabetes and/or hypertension,<br />
you are probably thinking of<br />
New Year’s resolutions. So how many are<br />
on your list? Lose weight, save money, get<br />
in shape, stop smoking, control sugar,<br />
lower cholesterol or blood pressure??? So,<br />
where to start? With the positive!<br />
Start drinking more water today. Instead<br />
of a glass of juice or a cup of coffee,<br />
have a large glass of water. Flushes the systems,<br />
gets the gut working right, clears the<br />
complexion, and can even cure a headache.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n eat your breakfast. If you want to go<br />
to a higher level, have oatmeal, with walnuts,<br />
dried fruit, and yogurt as your starter<br />
meal.<br />
Morning people can run, walk, get on<br />
the treadmill or Wii, and boost their energy<br />
and calorie expenditures for most of the<br />
morning with a 30 minute work out. Sweat<br />
a little – if you are going to sweat a lot,<br />
drink the water first, workout, and then do<br />
the breakfast, with another large glass of<br />
water.<br />
You have just invested in the most important<br />
portfolio you can have – YOU!<br />
This little AM piece will set you up for<br />
more energy for the day, better sugar and<br />
blood pressure control, and a more relaxing<br />
sleep at night. If you get into this habit, you<br />
will end up with a healthier, younger appearing<br />
body, and savings from all the medications<br />
you will not have to buy.<br />
Now, if you have already been guilty<br />
of a few overindulgences in your life, and<br />
have a pharmacy of pills in your cabinet,<br />
don’t lose hope. Even 80 year olds, who<br />
have been couch potatoes, gain muscle<br />
mass, energy, lower cholesterol and blood<br />
pressure with ….WATER and EXERCISE.<br />
Cheap fix. But the most important thing is<br />
to start doing something NOW.<br />
You do not have to join a gym, or invest<br />
in special equipment, other than a good<br />
pair of shoes. Walk, then walk some more<br />
– start with 5 minutes twice a day – out to<br />
get the mail, or down the street. Smile –<br />
people will wonder what you are up to.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n gradually increase your walking to<br />
10, 15, 20 minutes twice a day. If you<br />
work, walk around the building, up and<br />
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Family Care of Easton<br />
Accepting New Patients<br />
Susan Delean-Botkin, CRNP<br />
For Patients From 10 Years and Above<br />
Medicare and Most Insurances Accepted<br />
<strong>The</strong> Concierge Service, without the Extra Charges<br />
Family Care of Easton<br />
410-819-0404<br />
8579 Commerce Drive, Suite 106, Easton, MD 21601<br />
familycareofeaston.net<br />
MIDSHORE<br />
AESTHETICS, LLC<br />
503 Cynwood Dr.<br />
Easton, MD 21601<br />
Phone: 410-822-0110<br />
Fax: 410-822-4785<br />
Email: info@midshoreaesthetics.com<br />
www.midshoreaesthetics.com<br />
Dr. Martin Forrest-Medical Director<br />
down the stairs, go out during lunch, and<br />
give your brain a break, smell the air, look<br />
at the changing scenery. Get a dog – they<br />
will be happy to walk you three times a day<br />
or more. If you are inside with kids – they<br />
need exercise as much as you do – makes<br />
them happier, and better able to focus.<br />
(ADD studies have shown 30 minutes of<br />
exercise before children go to school, gives<br />
them a morning of focus!)<br />
Kids like to dance, to move, to play<br />
movement games – remember the hokey<br />
pokey, get that one foot moving, and shake<br />
it all about. <strong>The</strong>n reward everyone with a<br />
glass of water, or athletic bottles of water,<br />
We utilize Botox<br />
injections and Juvederm<br />
skin fillers to treat many<br />
kinds of skin<br />
irregularities including<br />
wrinkles, acne scars,<br />
frown lines, facial laxity,<br />
excessive facial folds,<br />
crows feet, thin lips,<br />
and more.<br />
We help you look<br />
your best!<br />
which you can wash out and refill.<br />
Once you get a basic program down,<br />
you may find that you are hooked on exercise!<br />
You now are ready for the Y or a gym,<br />
and OUTFITS. <strong>The</strong>y are some of the<br />
bonuses that you can have for investing in<br />
you.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will always be those who like<br />
exercise because it feels so good when you<br />
quit. Whatever.... just do it! With water.<br />
Susan Delean-Botkin, CRNP<br />
FamilyCare of Easton<br />
410-819-0404<br />
Whose dog walks her three times a day.
Have You Had Your Teeth Checked Lately?<br />
It’s that time<br />
of the year again<br />
when we reflect<br />
on what we could<br />
do differently as<br />
one year draws to<br />
an end and a New<br />
year is about to<br />
begin.<br />
We want the coming year to be better<br />
than the last so for some of us making a<br />
mental check list of what worked and what<br />
didn’t is common.<br />
If you have ever had a toothache you<br />
know like car problems it can completely<br />
change your plans for the day. This could<br />
result to anywhere from loss of wages to<br />
missed school for the kids.<br />
Like your car, you may have gotten<br />
some warning signs or your caution light<br />
comes on. In the dental world it could be a<br />
slight ache or discomfort when you bite on<br />
something or your gums start bleeding.<br />
From experience, we know that waiting<br />
it out could cause it to get worse resulting<br />
to eventual swelling or pain. Sometimes<br />
the pain may seem to have gone away (if<br />
left unchecked), only to rear its ugly head<br />
either in a catastrophic breakage or fracture<br />
of the tooth or a massive infection accompanied<br />
with excruciating pain like no other.<br />
Like a car, what could originally have<br />
cost a minimal amount of money to fix may<br />
need a whole new engine and at the end of<br />
the day it all boils down to maintenance.<br />
How are you maintaining your car? How<br />
are you maintaining your teeth?<br />
At Shore Family Dentistry, our primary<br />
focus is prevention, fixing catastrophic<br />
breaks, and educating on how to<br />
maintain good oral health. Our mission is<br />
to improve the smile of the community one<br />
family at a time.<br />
Shore Family Dentistry uses State of<br />
the Art Equipment such a digital radiography<br />
for quick, easy to read films, intraoral<br />
camera so that the patients can see and understand<br />
their treatment.<br />
We also have in our tool box Diagnodent<br />
(a diagnostic tool which can detect<br />
tooth decay even before it is visible on x-<br />
ray film), rotary endodontics for root canals<br />
and paperless record keeping.<br />
We have a dedicated and outstanding<br />
team to make your visit a relaxing and<br />
pleasant experience.<br />
Brenda Salkin, our appointment coordinator,<br />
is dedicated and goes above and<br />
beyond to make sure that patients get appointed<br />
in a timely manner and stresses that<br />
regular dental appointments is a major factor<br />
in patient’s overall health.<br />
Sheka Newton, our hygiene coordinator,<br />
is gentle, caring and takes time to educate<br />
patients on how to maintain good oral<br />
hygiene.<br />
Shore Family Dentistry has a new patient<br />
special package for Free Whitening<br />
for your life as our patients, $99 (exam and<br />
necessary x-ray), 10% off any dental treatment.<br />
Restrictions apply, for details call<br />
443-385-0285 or visit our website at<br />
Shorefamilydentistry.com.<br />
We at Shore Family Dentistry wish<br />
you a Happy Holiday and we look forward<br />
to serving your dental needs.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Evolution of<br />
Energy on the<br />
Chesapeake:<br />
From Indian<br />
Settlements to the<br />
Present<br />
Phillip Hesser, PhD will lead a 4 week<br />
course for the Academy for Lifelong Learning<br />
CBMM entitled “Calories, Kilowatts<br />
and Beyond: <strong>The</strong> Evolution of Energy on<br />
the Chesapeake Bay”. <strong>The</strong> course will run<br />
Tuesday mornings from January 17- February<br />
7.<br />
<strong>The</strong> course will examine the history of<br />
energy on the Chesapeake and its watershed<br />
with special reference to the human<br />
and natural environment of <strong>Talbot</strong> County<br />
and the Eastern Shore. Topics will include:<br />
1) Calories Do Count: Humans, Animals<br />
and their Labor; 2) Taming the Waters,<br />
Winds, and Tides: Sails, Mills, and Canals;<br />
3) <strong>The</strong> First Multipliers: Steam, Oil, and<br />
their Sources; and 4) Tapping the Watershed<br />
and the Sun: Coal, Petroleum, the<br />
Atom, and the New Solar Sources. Participants<br />
in the Course will explore how the<br />
evolution of new energy sources has shaped<br />
development and our future on the Bay.<br />
<strong>The</strong> “excellent and very advantageous”<br />
“situation of the country” (as one<br />
chronicler described the Chesapeake<br />
shores) supplied energies that produced<br />
plenty and prosperity from the earliest Indian<br />
settlements to the communities of the<br />
present day. <strong>The</strong> course will explore the<br />
questions: what can we learn about life and<br />
livelihood on the Bay from the changing<br />
nature of those energy sources that transformed<br />
the land and shaped the destiny of<br />
its people? And, what can we learn about<br />
the future of the land, its life and its people<br />
from these changes?<br />
Phillip Hesser, Ph.D., taught world<br />
history and civilization in the United States<br />
and Africa before advancing education and<br />
leadership in Africa as a program officer<br />
and director with the Office of the United<br />
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees<br />
and the Academy for Educational Development<br />
(a global nongovernmental organization).<br />
Living “Down Below” in Dorchester<br />
County, he can be found teaching at Salisbury<br />
University and Chesapeake College;<br />
running the roads across the marshes with<br />
retrievers Duke , Bella, and Marshall; or<br />
working on Sitting in Limbo: Life and<br />
Livelihood on the Tumps of Chesapeake<br />
Bay, a deep history of his community.<br />
For more detailed information about<br />
this course and the Academy for Lifelong<br />
Learning, call the CBMM at 410-745-2916<br />
or download a catalog online at<br />
http://www.cbmm.org/all. Also on Facebook<br />
at facebook.com/academy for lifelong<br />
learning at cbmm.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Talbot</strong> County Health Department<br />
offers totally free smoking cessation classes combined with<br />
free patches, Chantix, nicotine gum or lozenges.<br />
Classes meet weekly on Wednesdays at noon and again at five to<br />
accommodate work schedules.<br />
Please call 410-819-5600 and register for the next set of classes.<br />
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Energy Anatomy......the Art of Drugless Healing by Dora Meyer<br />
<strong>The</strong> concept of the energy field of the<br />
human body is a science in need of comprehension.<br />
As we evolve into understanding the<br />
body-mind-spirit connection, we look at the<br />
human body as a complete unit. This unit<br />
is intelligent, functional and always seeking<br />
balance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Energy System reacts to the vibrations<br />
of our feelings and emotions. All<br />
Unique Workshop in Easton<br />
Don’t miss this opportunity to<br />
Explore your Inner Ecology!<br />
• Energy Anatomy<br />
• Self-help methods<br />
• Bodywork techniques<br />
• Gallbladder cleansing<br />
Sign up today! 410-227-1929<br />
dorahealer@gmail.com<br />
303 Market Street, #7<br />
Oxford, Maryland<br />
our experiences are stored as microchips<br />
somewhere in the body, whether it is in the<br />
organs or the electro-magnetic field of the<br />
body. Trauma becomes issues. Issues feed<br />
off the flow of energy and depletes the energy<br />
field. This impact on our happiness<br />
and joy of life and will inevitably add to<br />
stress, chronic fatigue and depression. We<br />
become sluggish and lose the will to do<br />
things. <strong>The</strong> metabolism slows down and it<br />
Commit only three weekends<br />
to participate in this<br />
Life changing experience.<br />
www.dorahealer.com<br />
Makes a great Valentine’s Day present!<br />
Gift Certificates Available!<br />
$25 OFF PER HOUR FOR BODY WORK SESSION<br />
Offer good with this ad. Expires January 31, 2012<br />
results in weight gain.<br />
Energy bodywork is the art of drugless<br />
healing. Via this modality, we restore the<br />
flow of Energy throughout the whole body.<br />
Restoring the energy flow will release<br />
stress and support the body intelligence in<br />
self-healing.<br />
<strong>The</strong> proses of Gallbladder cleansing<br />
activates the fire element of the physical<br />
body. Fire is the force that drives the activities<br />
of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas,<br />
spleen, stomach, kidneys and the adrenal<br />
glands. <strong>The</strong> metabolism speeds up, burning<br />
away extra calories and is quite functional<br />
for weight loss. It also impacts deeply on<br />
our psyche and emotional life. All the body<br />
mechanisms are activated and it brings us<br />
back into well being.<br />
If you are ready for change, this is a<br />
good time to explore a new avenue with exiting<br />
possibilities. Learn how to activate<br />
your Energy Anatomy. This program empowers<br />
you to heal yourself as well as your<br />
loved ones.<br />
Please visit my website www.dorahealer.com<br />
for more information, or call<br />
me on 410-227-<br />
1929/dorahealer@gmail.com.<br />
Wishing you a happy, healthy<br />
& prosperous 2012<br />
We are now on winter hours.<br />
As usual during this time, our rates for<br />
painting are lower.<br />
Visit our shop. It’s a bright and cheerful<br />
atmosphere filled with Pauline’s colorful and<br />
whimsical creations.<br />
Furniture<br />
Repairing<br />
<strong>The</strong> one-stop shopping place for<br />
hand-painted furniture & accessories.<br />
We paint our items or your items.<br />
Pauline’s<br />
Place<br />
“Vignettes a Speciality”<br />
Since 1999<br />
Winter Hours<br />
Call us if you need us at<br />
443-786-2207<br />
Thurs.-Sat. 11-5<br />
410-763-7162<br />
717 Goldsborough Street<br />
Easton, Maryland<br />
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<strong>Talbot</strong> Co. Land<br />
Transfers<br />
Doris J. Schwaninger to Lyons Peachblossom<br />
Farm LLC, Ocean Gateway,<br />
Easton, $400,000<br />
Barton C. Green to Russell H. Simmons,<br />
Et al, 6820 Cookes Hope Rd.,<br />
Easton, $1,045,000<br />
Ib S. Rasmussen to Christopher Wayne<br />
Gill, 9082 Sage Ct., Easton, $163,000<br />
NVR Inc. to Ervin J. Esh, Et al, 412 Bodkin<br />
St., Easton, $184,444<br />
NVR Inc. to Steven J. Holloway, Jr., 416<br />
Bodkin St., Easton, $185,665<br />
James E. Lee to Tina K. Cobb, 7308<br />
Quaker Neck Rd., Bozman, $1,265,000<br />
C. Bryan Kidd to Historic Easton Incorporated,<br />
Old Wye Mills, Wye Mills,<br />
$44,000<br />
F. Kenneth Harvey to Kathleen R.<br />
Easter, L/E Et al, 243 Brrokwood Ave.,<br />
Easton, $149,900<br />
Secretary of Housing to Sara Katherine<br />
Langrell, 7223 Frances St., Easton,<br />
$90,000<br />
Federal Home Loan Mortgage to Marc<br />
B. Bridges, 6227 Tilghman Island Rd.,<br />
Tilghman, $85,900<br />
Catherine H. Thompson to Alexander<br />
Ponizovsky, 609 N. Washington St.,<br />
Easton, $146,250<br />
Richard J. Schneebeli to Collins C. Ege,<br />
8476 Aveley Farm Rd., Easton,<br />
$1,400,000<br />
Assisi LLC to Meredith Carol, Howell<br />
Point Rd., Trappe, $90,000<br />
Shore Lands LLC to American Craftsman<br />
Construction LLC, 29759 Gabler<br />
Ct., Easton, $81,500<br />
Maryan Ramey to Doug Keeton, Et al,<br />
7178 Travelers Rest Rd., Easton,<br />
$650,000<br />
Douglas G. Phillips to Frank R. Kulscar,<br />
Et al, 7529 Tour Dr., Easton, $250,000<br />
Wishing our patients a Happy New Year!<br />
CHOPTANK COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.<br />
Bay Hundred Health Center - St. Michaels Village<br />
Dr. Alice Ann<br />
Calhoun<br />
Family Practice Services<br />
Behavioral Health Services<br />
Prescription Assistance<br />
Interpreter Services<br />
Extended Hours<br />
Sliding Fee Scale<br />
Accept Medicare<br />
Servicio de intérprete disponible<br />
David R. Olsen to Kenneth W. McDorman,<br />
9070 Fox Meadow Ln., Easton,<br />
$421,500<br />
John A. Werry to Joastal Properties<br />
LLC, 5420 Windward Dr., Tilghman,<br />
$667,000<br />
Coard Ames Benson to Fielder B.<br />
Smith, 25982 Marengo Rd., Easton,<br />
$732,000<br />
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At Choptank Community Health System we<br />
provide “Quality Health Care for All”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bay Hundred Health Center, conveniently<br />
located in St. Michaels, offers comprehensive<br />
medical and behavioral health services.<br />
We participate with most major insurances<br />
and offer a sliding fee scale for patients<br />
without health insurance. <strong>The</strong> staff at Bay<br />
Hundred can also help you with prescription<br />
assistance programs. We are accepting new<br />
patients, please call for an appointment.<br />
Douglas<br />
Hamsher, P.A.<br />
Physician Assistant<br />
Accepting New Patients<br />
HRS: Mon., Tues., Wed. & Thurs.—7:00-4:30<br />
& Fri.—7:00-4:00<br />
Bay Hundred Health Center<br />
933 S. <strong>Talbot</strong> St., Unit 4<br />
St. Michaels, Maryland<br />
410-745-0200<br />
207 Mulberry Street LLC to Andrew K.<br />
Donald, 207 Mulberry St., St. Michaels,<br />
$1,025,000<br />
Floyd & Minnie Ward to Eugene F.<br />
Deems, Jr., 207 Brooks Ln., St.<br />
Michaels, $13,000<br />
Russell & Esther Harris to Mark Welles,<br />
Bozman Neavitt Rd., Neavitt, $7,500<br />
Does the high cost of advertising<br />
have you down?<br />
Maybe it’s time to give the <strong>Talbot</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> a try.<br />
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parts of Queen Anne Counties<br />
If you want to reach the shore, let us be your guide. Call 410-822-7912
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<strong>The</strong> Other Side<br />
A sick man turned to his doctor, as he<br />
was preparing to leave the examination<br />
room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die.<br />
Tell me what lies on the other side." Very<br />
quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."<br />
"You don't know? You, a Christian<br />
man, do not know what is on the other<br />
side?"<br />
<strong>The</strong> doctor was holding the handle of<br />
the door; on the other side of which came a<br />
sound of scratching and whining, and as he<br />
opened the door, a dog sprang into the room<br />
and leaped on him with an eager show of<br />
gladness.<br />
Turning to the patient, the doctor said,<br />
"Did you notice my dog? He's never been<br />
in this room before. He didn't know what<br />
was inside. He knew nothing except that his<br />
master was here, and when the door<br />
opened, he sprang in without fear.<br />
I know little of what is on the other<br />
side of death, but I do know one thing ... I<br />
know my Master is there and that is<br />
enough."<br />
Do not be afraid, Jesus said, "I will<br />
never leave you." Hebrews 13:5<br />
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Dance Like No One's Watching<br />
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have<br />
a baby, then another. <strong>The</strong>n we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough<br />
and we'll be more content when they are.<br />
After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with, we will<br />
certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.<br />
We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his<br />
or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation,<br />
when we retire. <strong>The</strong> truth is there's no better time to be happy than right<br />
now. If not now, when?<br />
Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this<br />
to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes<br />
from Alfred D Souza.<br />
He said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to<br />
begin -real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something<br />
to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served,<br />
a debt to be paid. <strong>The</strong>n life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these<br />
obstacles were my life."<br />
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness.<br />
Happiness is the way, so, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure<br />
it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to<br />
spend your time...and remember that time waits for no one.<br />
So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school,<br />
until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids,<br />
until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you<br />
get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning,<br />
until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until<br />
spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until<br />
the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink, until<br />
you've sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there<br />
is no better time than right now to be happy...<br />
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.<br />
So, Work like you don't need money.<br />
Love like you've never been hurt and<br />
Dance Like no one's watching.<br />
Author Unknown<br />
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Tred Avon Player’s<br />
30th Season Opens<br />
with Life is a<br />
Cabaret: <strong>The</strong> Songs<br />
of Kander & Ebb<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tred Avon Player’s 30th Season<br />
opens with “Life is a Cabaret: <strong>The</strong> Songs<br />
of Kander & Ebb”, a spectacular production<br />
of singing and dancing to the music of<br />
the dynamic writing duo of John Kander<br />
and Fred Ebb. Twenty-eight talented local<br />
performers pay tribute to these great composers’<br />
unmatched ability to tell a poignant<br />
story or simply entertain!<br />
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays,<br />
February 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, & 25 at<br />
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Thief!<br />
I remember as a small child when we<br />
would have these gatherings with either<br />
family or friends. Invariably someone<br />
would come up and mention my "cuteness"<br />
and ask, "What are you going to be when<br />
you grow up?"<br />
Well, it started out being a cowboy or<br />
some super hero. Later it was fireman, policeman,<br />
lawyer. As I grew older my<br />
dreams of the future changed. When, at last,<br />
I was in college, I was asked, "What will<br />
you major in?" Another question designed<br />
to find out what I would be when I "grew<br />
up."<br />
By then I had my heart set on becoming<br />
a preacher as my father before me. So I<br />
studied and prepared for that life. I reached<br />
success in that endeavor. I was preaching<br />
nearly full-time for much of my adult life.<br />
Physical disability keeps me from plying<br />
my trade full-time anymore, but I still am<br />
called upon to preach here and there. I am<br />
content that I could realize my dream and<br />
perhaps have a positive influence on someone's<br />
life. My kids are now reaching their<br />
dreams and it thrills me to watch them<br />
achieve their goals.<br />
However, for many, there is a<br />
"thief" which goes around stealing our<br />
dreams and robbing us of the necessary<br />
mental state to attain our goals.<br />
Sometimes, the thief will come as<br />
a parent, a relative, a friend or a coworker,<br />
but the greatest thief is, so<br />
many times, just ourselves.<br />
We find ourselves just about reaching<br />
the pinnacle, and this "small" voice<br />
inside says, "You'll never make it."<br />
"You can't possibly do this." "Very few<br />
have ever done this successfully." And<br />
on and on the "small" voice predicts<br />
some kind of failure. Failure, though, is<br />
exactly how dreams are realized. It is<br />
one of the most important tools we<br />
have, because it teaches us invaluable<br />
lessons. And, when we learn these lessons<br />
well, we are poised and ready for<br />
success, which is probably just around<br />
the corner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> message I always gave my<br />
children was, you are capable of doing<br />
anything your heart desires. You are<br />
smart enough, good-looking enough,<br />
strong enough, and worthy of reaching<br />
the stars. <strong>The</strong> human spirit is indomitable.<br />
Remember the saying, "If you<br />
can conceive it, and your heart can believe<br />
it, you can achieve it."<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are no "overnight" successes,<br />
but with perseverance, it will come. Imagine<br />
yourself in the life you dream of living.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n in your heart, believe it will happen<br />
for you, as it has for others. <strong>The</strong>n work,<br />
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work, work, work. You get the picture.<br />
So, be true to your dream, and don't let<br />
anyone steal it from you -- especially yourself.<br />
You can do anything your heart desires,<br />
so don't give up or give in. Let the<br />
dream in you live.<br />
Author Unknown<br />
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Academy for Lifelong Learning at CBMM Winter Semester<br />
to Begin January 9th<br />
<strong>The</strong> winter semester of the Academy<br />
for Lifelong Learning at the Chesapeake<br />
Bay Maritime Museum (ALL) is rich in variety<br />
and scope. From January 9 through<br />
mid-April ALL will offer 18 courses, tours<br />
and lectures spanning subjects as diverse as<br />
literature, ecology, health, religion, art,<br />
technology, economics and political science.<br />
This winter there will be three courses<br />
S M A S Q U E R A D E E M O C L E W<br />
A R G R E T E R A U Q S S E M I T I<br />
E I E P A R T I E S I M G A D N L S<br />
E E R T E A O A R I Z O N H O R N S<br />
Y R Z F R H B A R G A I N S A R E N<br />
E W N G R E E T R F A M I L Y I W O<br />
K O M O N T H H A T S T G S B I Y T<br />
C U S T O M S T R E S T E A T G E R<br />
A S F A M I N E A A I U B T N N A A<br />
L N L L A B T O O F K T W O I I R P<br />
B E L L S N A T R A D N E L A C S H<br />
R A U R E F R E S H M E N T S N E C<br />
A C E L E B R A T I O N S T S A V R<br />
S R O V A F Y T R A P O R E I D E U<br />
O E R I E H R A E Y W E N Y P P A H<br />
R E S O L U T I O N S E F I R S T C<br />
1. BABIES<br />
2. BANNERS<br />
3. BARGAINS<br />
4. BELLS<br />
5. BLACKEYED-<br />
PEAS<br />
6. CALENDAR<br />
7. CELEBRATIONS<br />
8. CHURCH<br />
9. CONFETTI<br />
10. CUSTOMS<br />
11. DANCING<br />
12. ENTERTAINMENT<br />
13. FAMILY<br />
14. FATHER TIME<br />
15. FIRST<br />
16. FOOTBALL<br />
17. GREET<br />
18. HAPPY NEW YEAR<br />
19. HATS<br />
20. HORNS<br />
21. INVITATION<br />
22. KISS<br />
23. MASQUERADE<br />
offered late/afternoon and two at midday to<br />
accommodate all non-retired ALL members.<br />
<strong>The</strong> winter months may keep us inside<br />
more than we like, but there will be plenty<br />
of opportunity to explore ecology and the<br />
environment starting with “Sustainability:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Intersection of Ecology, Economy &<br />
Culture” lead by Greg Farley, co-chair of<br />
WORD PUZZLE<br />
NEW YEAR’S<br />
Circle words forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.<br />
P M I N V I T A T I O N N R E N T H<br />
D N I C N T T H G I N D I M R G P E<br />
24. MIDNIGHT<br />
25. MONTH<br />
26. NEW YEARS EVE<br />
27. NEW BEGINNINGS<br />
28. PARTY FAVORS<br />
29. PARTIES<br />
30. REFRESHMENTS<br />
31. RESOLUTIONS<br />
32. TIMES SQUARE<br />
33. TOAST<br />
34. WELCOME<br />
35. WISHES<br />
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Chesapeake College’s Sustainability Operations<br />
Group. This course will be held<br />
Monday’s from January 30-March 7. This<br />
is one of three offerings in a later afternoon/evening<br />
time slot. Also in this new<br />
time slot “Midshore Riverkeepers Film: Let<br />
our Rivers Flow” with Tim Junkin, Executive<br />
Director of Midshore Riverkeeper<br />
Conservancy, will meet on Thursday March<br />
22. <strong>The</strong> third course on the environmental<br />
theme is “Calories, Kilowatts, and Beyond:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Evolution of Energy on the Chesapeake<br />
Bay”, offered by Phillip Hesser,<br />
PhD. It will examine the history of energy<br />
on the Bay and its watershed with special<br />
reference to the human and natural environments<br />
on the Eastern Shore. This course<br />
will meet Tuesday mornings from January<br />
17 – February 7.<br />
For the literary there are three courses<br />
which should interest. Joan Katz will lead<br />
a memoir writing group on Monday afternoons<br />
once a month starting January 9. <strong>The</strong><br />
ever popular John Miller and John Ford<br />
will offer a class on poetry entitled “Poets<br />
Laureate, Second Stanza” on Wednesday<br />
afternoons from January18-February 8.<br />
Margot Miller’s “Choosing Between Two<br />
Worlds” will look at 4 novels in translation<br />
and meet Thursday afternoons from March<br />
29-April 19. Two local authors are scheduled<br />
for ALL’s Meet the Author Series: Ron<br />
Liebman, Author of Jersey Law, on January<br />
9 and Susan McKelvey author of Far<br />
on Distant: Beautiful Quilt Block Patterns<br />
from<strong>The</strong> Chatham Quilt on March 12.<br />
Suzi Peel, an expert in global health<br />
will offer a course entitled “Global Health:<br />
TB, Malaria, AIDS-More Than You Ever<br />
Thought You Needed To Know, and Why<br />
It Matters” on Wednesday mornings from<br />
January 11-25. Dr. Scott Friedman, a cardiologist<br />
with the Chesapeake Bay Cardiology<br />
Clinic, will give a lecture “When Is<br />
Coronary Stenting Appropriate?” on<br />
Wednesday March 28 in the evening.<br />
Techies and techy want-a-bees will<br />
enjoy “Facebook for Seniors” to be offered<br />
by the CBMM Vice President of Communications<br />
, Tracey Munson, on Monday at<br />
midday on January 9. “Apple iPAd and<br />
Motorola Xoom Tablet Computers” a<br />
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course introduced last fall will be repeated<br />
due to high demand on Tuesday afternoons<br />
January 17-February 14.<br />
In late February and early March save<br />
Thursday afternoons and pack a snack of<br />
manna and red devil cake. Rabbi Donald<br />
Berlin will be leading a course entitled<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Mosaic of Moses As Leader” early<br />
Thursday afternoons from February 9-<br />
March 15 followed by Samuel Barnett’s<br />
course asking “Have You Met Satan Yet?”<br />
from February 16-March 8.<br />
On the political and economic front<br />
Bob Feldhuhn will help us navigate the<br />
2008 financial meltdown and future fiscal<br />
challenges with “Fiscal Crises”, Mondays<br />
at midday from January 23-February 27.<br />
“Great Decisions Discussion Program” will<br />
be offered as always, led this winter by Phil<br />
Betsch. This group will meet Monday<br />
mornings from January 30-March 19.<br />
For tours, on February 29, Donna Harrison,<br />
President of <strong>The</strong> Chesapeake Center,<br />
will give a tour of this important center<br />
which offers vocational training and life<br />
services to disabled residents throughout<br />
<strong>Talbot</strong>, Caroline and Dorchester Counties.<br />
And brought back by popular demand there<br />
will be three opportunities to visit the Easton<br />
Airport: January 12, February 9 and<br />
March 8.<br />
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