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Vol. 53, Number 8 Beltsville, Maryland August 2005 


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Community Picnic Set 

for August 6 

The Augsburg Academy, the 

new K-6 school ministry of Abiding 

Presence Lutheran Church, will 

be hosting an open house and community 

picnic on Saturday, August 

6, 2005, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 

p.m. at the school and church, 

11310 Montgomery Road, Beltsville. 

In addition to having the school 

and church open for tours, there 

will be free food and drinks, games, 

and displays from the various ministries 

and organizations of the 

church and school. Applications 

for the fall 2005-2006 school year 

will be accepted that day. Parents 

are encouraged to register as soon 

as possible, because openings in 

the K4 and K5 classes are filling 

quickly. 

Also expected at the open house 

and picnic are representatives from 

the Prince George’s County Fire 

Department and Police Department, 

providing displays and information 

for families, as well as the Girl 

Scouts, Maranatha Seventh-Day 

Adventist Church, and the Dove 

Concert Series. 

“We’re excited to welcome the 

community to this event,” said Pastor 

Art Hebbeler, senior pastor at 

Abiding Presence. “It’s been a few 

years since we’ve had the opportunity 

to host this event, and we hope 

that everyone will take time to stop 

by the church and visit with us. 

We’re especially excited to show 

off our new school and the school 

staff.” 

For more information, contact 

the Augsburg Academy or the 

church at 301.937.7646. 

Jazz Under the Stars a 

Huge Success 

One hundred and fifty people 

spent a wonderful evening 

on Saturday, July 9, listening to 

CRESCENDO, featuring guitarist 

Orville Saunders. This was the 

largest group ever to attend a jazz 

concert sponsored by the Beltsville 

Recreation Council up to that time. 

It was the first of two concerts for 

this season. 

The second concert, held on 

July 23, featured a return visit 

of Steve Rosenheim and Friends, 

who responded to requests for jazz 

favorites from an audience of 175. 

BELTSVILLE BRIEFS 

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Steven Gaughan Remembered 

News 

Sgt. Steven Gaughan, Prince George’s Police Department, stationed at District VI Headquarters, 

Beltsville, MD lost his life in the performance of duty on 21 June 2005. We mourn his loss, and know 

that while Sgt. Gaughan is gone from our midst, he will never be forgotten. 

To all the officers sworn to protect us, we wish to express our sincerest appreciation and thanks for your 

continued valiant service. You truly make a difference. 

See our special tribute on page 10 

Plans Scrapped for Development at Gunpowder 

By Denny Carter 

As rain clouds rolled over Gunpowder Golf 

Course on a late afternoon in mid-July, the 

old course’s members walked the fairways 

with a lighter step, knowing the storm that has 

threatened to close the course for more than four 

years has been rescinded - at least for now. 

In a letter from Ryland-Artery Fairland LLC, 

which in July 2001 announced plans to build an 

upscale golf course and a new housing develop- 

Meet Great Outdoorsman Jim Stacy 

By Jim Butcher 

Afamous baseball player 

– the amiable sage Yogi 

Berra – once remarked, 

“When you come to a fork in the 

road, take it.” Now, whether great 

outdoorsman Jim Stacy of Sellman 

Road subscribes to Berra’s 

philosophical advice is an open 

question. That is not to say that 

Stacy is short of answers when it 

comes to outdoor adventure. During 

a long active life, Stacy has 

passed up few opportunities for 

adventure in the great outdoors, 

and then only when such compelling 

matters as holding down a 

successful computer technology 

career intervened. Now retired, 

Stacy has all but eliminated those 

pesky “compelling matters.” To 

paraphrase Berra only slightly, 

these days Stacy’s ready answer 

when it comes to outdoor adventure 

is: “Take it!” 

Born and raised in suburban 

Takoma Park, Stacy might have 

ment on and around Gunpowder’s land, the developers 

said plans for the golf course community 

were nixed. 

In the letter, Artery Development Vice President 

Bernie Rafferty wrote, “After approximately five 

years of efforts and much work on all our parts, we 

have regretfully come to the conclusion that implementing 

the public/private golf course community 

... is not viable.” The planned development involved 

GUNPOWDER GOLF CLUB 


missed the joys of boyhood outdoor 

adventure had it not been for 

his Scoutmaster father. One day 

soon after young Jim had turned 

age 11, his father said to him, “ 

Jim, you’re eligible for the Boy 

Scouts now, come on down to 

a Scout meeting, see what you 

think.” From that first Scout meeting 

to this day, Jim Stacy was 

hooked on Scouting and adventure 

in the great outdoors. It helped 

that Jim’s brother Harry also was 

a member of their father’s Scout 

Troop. Those were the salad days 

JIM STACY 


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be a variety of exhibits, a DJ, 

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25 Years Ago in the Beltsville News 

Congresswoman Gladys Noon 

Spellman visited the USDA’s 

Beltsville Agricultural Research 

Center (BARC) to observe the 

Youth Conservation Corps program. 

Dr. Paul A. Putnam, newly 

appointed Director of BARC, 

greeted Congresswoman Spellman 

with a gift of experimental 

thornless blackberries provided by 

Dr. M. Faust, Chief of the Fruit 

Laboratory. 

The second round of workshops 

open to the public on the 

proposed Intercounty Connector 

was scheduled to take place 

between August 12 and 26, 1980. 

GUNPOWDER GOLF 

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a controversial land swap in which 

Ryland-Artery would give their 

property to the Maryland-National 

Capital Park and Planning Commission 

in exchange for a portion 

of Fairland Regional Park. The 

developers’ original plan included 

396 homes surrounding an 18-hole 

golf course. About two-thirds of 

the houses would have been built 

in Montgomery County, while the 

rest would lie in Prince George’s 

County. 

Despite the recent developments, 

Gunpowder owner Thomas 

Milligan remains “cautiously optimistic” 

since Ryland-Artery has 

not counted out future developments 

in the Fairland area. “I listen 

to what happens, but I have to 

reserve my comments,” Milligan 

said. “You have to look at all the 

Michael C. Helling of Beltsville 

was among 80 students aged 

9-12 participating in a course entitled, 

“The Dynamics of Sound” 

at the Maryland Science Center 

in Baltimore. The course was a 

part of a program of the Maryland 

Center for the Gifted and 

Talented. 

Ensign Marvin Heinze, son 

of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Heinze of 

Cedar Lane, completed the Surface 

Warfare Officer’s Basic Course at 

Newport, R.I. 

The highlight of Boy Scout 

Troop 1033’s summer camp 

experience during the week of 

July 6-13, 1980 was winning the 

evidence, don’t you?” 

Milligan said he would improve 

Gunpowder Golf Course if the 

developers agree to work with 

him and the course’s management. 

“I’m very anxious to work with 

Artery-Ryland if they would like 

to work on improving the golf 

course,” he said. 

“Right now, basically the golf 

course is holding its own. We 

don’t charge enough money to 

have huge operating capital. We 

can’t build a million dollar clubhouse,” 

said Milligan, pointing out 

that Gunpowder has had a year-toyear 

lease with MNCPPC since 

1978. “As it is, we can certainly 

maintain it and run it very efficiently 

for our customers.” 

As Gunpowder member Cathy 

McIntyre worked on her putting 

stroke on the course’s practice 

green, she said she was relieved 

when Ryland-Artery scrapped 

their plans. “I’m thrilled they’re 

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annual Camp Marriott water carnival. 

Team members included 

Steve Kepple, Tim Johnson, 

Greg Ladd, Mark Baliff, Nihar 

Mohanty, Paul Baliff, Tim Carter, 

Matt Butcher, Andy Allen, 

Walter Reed, Rod Clifton, Tom 

Allen, and Paul Wester. 

On Saturday, August 9, 1980 

Denise Margaret Johnson, 

daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Francis 

L. Johnson of Beltsville, became 

the wife of William Alvin Lusby, 

son of Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Lusby, 

Camp Spring, MD. Father 

Fournier performed the ceremony 

at St. Mathias Catholic Church in 

Lanham, MD. 

not going through with it,” said 

McIntyre, a member for six 

years. “You can play for a reasonable 

price here. Other places, 

they charge you twice as much or 

more.” 

Gunpowder Golf Course charges 

between $14 and $19 to play in 

the summer, while nearby upscale 

courses such as Cross Creek Country 

Club charge between $25 and 

$69 per round. Patuxent Greens 

Country Club, located within 10 

miles of Gunpowder, charges up 

to $55 per 18 holes. 

McIntyre said the closure of 

Gunpowder would be devastating 

for the entire community, since 

so many friendships have been 

forged on the course’s fairways 

and greens. “It’s sort of a family 

here,” she said. “Everyone knows 

each other and have been friends 

for a long time. There are people 

here who probably couldn’t afford 

to play anywhere else.” 

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Letters to the Editor 

ICC is Fine, But Don't 

Forget About Route 

One 

To the Editor: 

Governor Bob Ehrlich’s 

announcement this summer that he 

has chosen the southern route for 

the proposed InterCountyConnector 

road showed what a committed 

governor can do to move major 

projects ahead. There will be continued 

challenges in the courts and 

elsewhere and they may succeed. 

But the governor’s strong stand 

has made a huge difference. In the 

2002 election, both gubernatorial 

candidates favored the ICC and it 

has moved forward. 

For those of us who live in 

Prince George’s, the next question 

should be: what will the gubernatorial 

candidates in 2006 do to 

address our traffic problems, particularly 

on Route One? 

It’s our main street and it’s 

overwhelmed already. As all of 

us who drive on Route One know, 

safety and congestion are both 

major problems. 

Will the gubernatorial candidates 

-- Ehrlich, County Executive 

Doug Duncan, and Mayor 

O’Malley -- commit to extending 

Metrorail to Beltsville, to expanding 

Connect A Ride bus service, to 

upgrading Route One, to building 

Kenilworth Avenue extended, and 

to other improvements? Will they 

make as strong a commitment to 

these needs as they have to the 

ICC? 

Several of these initiatives are 

expensive. And, unfortunately, 

the Transportation Trust Fund has 

been drained to cover deficits in 

the state’s regular budget. The 

Safety Tips From a Neighbor 

By Mary Ellen Ebersole 

result is that tough decisions will 

need to be made to fund out transportation 

needs. 

But we have a right to expect 

that the next governor will show 

as much concern for our needs 

as he does for those of people 

elsewhere in the state. The time to 

speak up is now -- before the 2006 

elections. 

Jim Rosapepe 

Chair 

Route One Task Force 

Who is John W. Anna 

Jr.? 

It was a pleasure to speak with those of you who 

responded to my letter to the Editor in the June 

edition of the Beltsville News. 

For those of you who may have missed it, I 

suggested that we connect by means of a neighborto-neighbor 

contact system to warn one another 

of a potential impending safety issue. The goal is 

to share unusual incidents among ourselves, as a 

means of personal protection. This also includes 

forming an active channel of communication with 

our local police precinct’s community service 

lieutenants. 

In recent weeks a friend’s identity was stolen 

and money removed from her account without her 

knowledge or consent. 

In the next few lines I’ll share information 

received from The Maryland Community Crime 

Prevention Institute (MCCPI). 

Our daily activities usually include writing 

checks for payment of goods, using a credit card 

to do so many things, calling on our cell phone 

or applying for a credit card. “Identity theft is 

the fastest-growing crime in America...” Thieves 

steal our identity to do numerous things using our 

name and account numbers. The thief may establish 

loans and accounts, rent property or obtain 

employment. Thefts like these can be perpetuated 

for many years without the victim’s knowledge. 

How can I prevent personal “IDENTITY 

THEFT?” Be careful what paper work you discard. 

Shred old bills and old as well as new account 

numbers. Do not give any of this type of information 

to strangers on the phone or the Internet. The 

To the Editor: 

Last month’s Beltsville News 

(6/2005) reported that John Anna 

received a Citizenship Award from 

the Beltsville Lions Club. As a 

member of the Beltsville Lions 

Club, I am aware of the honor 

and the distinction that this award 

signifies. It is worthwhile to point 

out that the Beltsville Lions have 

not presented this award in quite a 

number of years. 

So, who is John Anna? How 

many of you who have benefited 

from his quiet involvement in our 

community know him? John is 

a former-Marine, a husband and 

a father. John is a businessman 

and the owner of Adirondack Tree 

Experts. John has been a political 

ally and an opponent to me. 

Through it all, he has been a good 

friend. 

John is one of those extraordinary 

businessmen who believe in 

giving back. He unselfishly supports 

numerous and wide-ranging 

causes to help better our community. 

He has provided funding to 

various schools and institutions to 

help our community today and into 

the future. Included in his generous 

support, John has provided 

instruments to our local school so 

all students will have the opportunity 

to develop and enjoy their 

musical talent. In addition, John 

has reached out to various organizations, 

such as Special Olympics 

Maryland, Prince George’s 

County, the Boys and Girls Club, 

High Point High School, Pallotti 

High School, Faith Baptist Christian 

School, First Baptist Church 

of Beltsville, Laurel Museum, 

Hyattsville “Babe Ruth” Baseball 

League, and the Beltsville Lions, 

to name a few. For the last nine 

years, John has been the main contributor 

to “National Night Out” 

here in Beltsville. Recently, he 

funded the creation of a park in 

honor of the late Mayor of Laurel, 

Frank Casula. All of this kindness 

is to make a difference in our community. 

On a personal level, I am aware 

that on numerous occasions John 

has helped families purchase groceries 

and clothing in times of 

need. Additionally, he has paid 

for the funeral and the burial for 

the father of an acquaintance who 

could not afford the expense. 

I am sure that John has done 

much more than I know. The one 

thing I do know, he has been a tremendous 

asset to our community. 

It is fitting that the Beltsville 

Lions Club chose John Anna to 

be the first person to receive this 

award in more than 7 years. I can 

think of no one more deserving of 

the prestigious award. John, thank 

you! 

Kevin Kennedy, 


thieves may pose as government or bank reps in 

order to get you to give them what they need to 

steal from you. Relevant information such as our 

social security number, date of birth, address and 

phone number may enable someone to obtain a 

phony license or phony credit card . 

Be cautious about sharing anyone’s maiden 

name or specific passwords. Only carry personal 

identification and cards you actually must 

use while away from secure surroundings. Avoid 

sharing your social security number with anyone 

unless a “privacy notice accompanies the request.” 

It is not necessary to place phone numbers on 

checks. 

Protect the keypad on which you input security 

“PIN” numbers while using phone cards or 

ATMs. 

Keep a list of all your personal numbers along 

with a corresponding customer service number 

in a secure place. Be alert for replacement credit 

cards, which may be intercepted in the mail system 

by thieves. Internet sites, which require personal 

numbers, should be “encrypted on a secured 

site.” Your personal credit report may be obtained 

through “Equifax, Experian or TransUnion.” Fix 

mistakes in these reports in writing and suggest a 

return receipt in order to validate the correction. 

Check up on your credit report on a regular basis. 

To remove your name from “direct mailing 

lists,” write to Direct Marketing Association, Mail 

Preference Service, PO Box 9008, Farmingdale, 

NY 11735. 

Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute, 

Sykesville, MD 21784 

Mary Ellen Ebersole - 301.704.7090 or 

maryellene@starpower.net 

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Neighbors in the News 

Stowell Wins Recognition 

Ashley Stowell was chosen as the Best Junior Handler at the Weimaraner National Show, held 

recently in Gettysburg, Pa. She showed her dog, Ch. Northwoods Take It T’ The Limit, CD, or 

better known as “Maxxi.” Ashley has been showing her for two years in breed and obedience 

competition and hopes to put more obedience and hunting titles on her. Ashley and Maxxi 

train for obedience events at Canine Training Association in Beltsville. She looks forward to 

training and showing Kira (Maxxi’s pup) this fall. 

Bob & Roberta Yaklich Celebrate 35th Anniversary 

Bob & Roberta Yaklich of Beltsville, MD celebrated 

their 35th wedding anniversary on Monday, 

July 4, 2005 at their home in Beltsville. Bob is a 

retired scientist who worked at the United States 

Department of Agriculture for 34 years, and Roberta 

is a real-estate broker with Realty Executives in 

Beltsville. Their three adult children and neighbors 

were present at a get-together in their home. Bob 

and Roberta came to Beltsville in 1972 when Bob 

was hired by BARC as a Research Scientist. They 

have lived in Beltsville ever since. The bride and 

groom were married in Erie, PA, where Roberta was 

born. Bob is originally from Aliquippa, PA. The early 

afternoon wedding took place at St. Peter’s Cathedral 

in downtown Erie, and a wedding reception was 

held shortly thereafter at the Sunset Inn overlooking 

Lake Erie. The best man was Bob’s older brother, 

John Yaklich, who resides in Florida and the bridesmaid 

was Adelaide Jacobson, Roberta’s younger sister 

who resides in Los Alamos, NM. There were two 

other attendants, Roberta’s younger brother, Austin 

Behan, who resides in Winston Salem, NC and Shirley 

MacIntyre, Roberta’s roommate from Edinboro Bob & Roberta Yaklich on their wedding day. 

College. A honeymoon was taken to Ireland. The 

young couple then resided in Bourne, MA for two years before coming to Beltsville in 1972.

Neighbors from page 4 

CBCNS Welcomes a New Teacher; 

Celebrates 40th Year! 

Calverton-Beltsville Community 

Nursery School (CBCNS) 

is pleased to announce that Mrs. 

Barbara Nock has joined our staff. 

She graduated from the University 

of Maryland at College Park 

with a Bachelor’s degree in Early 

Childhood Education. She taught 

for three years in the Cooperative 

Play Program in Washington, 

D.C. during the mid-70’s, then for 

more than 20 years in the Head 

Start program in Prince George’s 

County. For the last six years she 

has taught Kindergarten at Beltsville 

Elementary School (formerly 

Beltsville Academic Center) and 

retired in June 2005. She is looking 

forward to working closely 

with parents in the cooperative 

nursery school setting. 

CBCNS, located at the Emman- 

uel United Methodist Church in 

Beltsville, was founded in the 

summer of 1965. A group of 

bridge-playing mothers, interested 

in a pre-school nursery experience 

for their children, decided to start 

the school. CBCNS continues to 

operate in the true spirit of a 

cooperative nursery school. Parents 

participate in the classroom 

on a rotating basis. The school 

provides a wide variety of handson 

experiences and field trips. 

This fall we will begin a 2/3year-old 

class. Children who will 

turn 3 by April 30, 2006 are eligible 

to enroll in this class. We 

will continue to have a 3-year-old 

class in addition to our 4-yearold 

classes. To get more information, 

please call 301.937.1054 and 

leave a message. 

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Beltsville Recreation Council member Shirley Moore (left) presents Linda Bolton the “Strawberry Bucket” she 

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Neighbors in the News from page 5 

Troop 1033 Uses Summer Break to Give Back to 

Community (and Have Some Fun Too) 

Oh! Those lazy, hazy days of 

summer are what the Boy Scouts 

in Troop 1033 have been enjoying 

this past month. They painted the 

College Park Boys and Girls Club 

snack bar and went fishing on the 

bay in a charter boat and camped 

along the Chesapeake Bay. 

On the weekend of July 9 and 

10 a group of 14 Scouts including 

Michael Belshay, Joey Baker, Evan 

Carr, Mick Cotter, Patrick Deery, 

Nolan Graninger, Sean Halper, 

Charleston Laymon, Eddie Mellott, 

Nathaniel Pinnock, Patrick 

and Bill Wauschek, Ikenna Onukwubim, 

and Robert Shafer scraped 

the old paint off the College Park 

Boys and Girls Club Duvall snack 

bar and put on a fresh coat of 

paint. The project was lead by 

soon to be Eagle Scout, Michael 

Belshay and supervised by parents 

and adult leaders Gail and Mike 

Belshay, Regina Halper, Paula 

Crowley, Rick Deery, Gwen and 

Rick Shafer, Chuck Pavelka, and 

Paul Graninger. Home Depot and 

the City of College Park donated 

the necessary items to get the 

job done including paint, rollers, 

brushes, scrapers, tarp, gloves, 

mineral spirits and the use of ladders 

and pans. Domino's Pizza, 

Dunkin Donuts, and the College 

Park Boys and Girls Club provided 

food to fill the tanks of the 

hard working Scouts. When all 

was finished, the project took 173 

individual hours to complete and 

Rene Milligan, President of the 

Crowley Awarded Scholarship 

The Former Agents of the FBI Foundation has 

awarded Emily Crowley of Beltsville a scholarship 

grant in recognition of her leadership, academic 

excellence and community involvement. 

Emily attends St. Mary’s College of Maryland in St. 

Mary’s City, MD and qualified for the scholarship 

competition as the granddaughter of former Special 

Agent Henry F. Crowley. The Foundation is the 

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Scouts paint the College Park Boys and Girls Club snack bar 

from left to right; Ikenna Onukwubim, Patrick Deery, Sean Halper 

and Billy Wauschek. 

College Park Boys and Girls Club 

and Debbie Herbert, supervisor of 

the snack shop were very pleased 

with the beautifully painted snack 

shop. 

On Friday evening, July 15, 

the Scouts took an evening fishing 

charter boat, the Mrs. Bea, from 

St. Inigoes, MD, on the Potomac 

River and traveled into the Chesapeake 

Bay. They had a good boating 

trip, except for a couple of 

showers, and came back to shore 

at 11:15 p.m. with about 12 keeper 

size striped bass. The Scouts then 

piled into cars for camping at 

the Navy Recreation Center on 

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the Patuxent River at Solomons, 

MD. They had to set up their tents 

at midnight by torch and touch. 

Saturday, the Scouts had a blast 

fishing from the pier where they 

saw some stingrays and caught 

a few more fish. They also went 

swimming, diving and sliding at 

the pool; hung out at the arcade; 

played miniature golf; shot some 

pool at the outdoor pool tables 

and played ping-pong. The Troop 

arrived home by noon on Sunday 

where they collected their gear, 

shared the fish they caught, and 

took home memories of a great 

summer weekend Scouting. 

philanthropic arm of the Society of Former Special 

Agents of the FBI, Inc. located in Quantico, VA. 

The Foundation will provide 95 scholarships, 

ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, for the 2005-06 

academic year. Students come from almost every 

state and are pursuing undergraduate degrees in a 

large variety of subjects. Students can apply if they 

are the children or grandchildren of former Special 

Agents, or are the children of graduates of the FBI 

National Academy. 

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National Night Out 

Returns to Beltsville 

National Night Out is America’s 

Night Out Against Crime! 

The “22nd Annual National Night 

Out” (NNO), a unique crime/drug 

prevention event sponsored by 

the National Association of Town 

Watch (NATW), has been scheduled 

for Tuesday, August 2, 2005. 

In Beltsville, the event will take 

place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 

the parking lot and grounds of 

the Beltsville Library adjacent to 

District VI Headquarters, Prince 

George’s County Police. Police 

officers from Beltsville’s District 

VI Headquarters will be available 

to meet and greet all the citizens of 

Beltsville. 

Last year’s National Night Out 

campaign involved citizens, law 

enforcement agencies, civic groups, 

businesses, neighborhood organizations 

and local officials from 

over 10,000 communities from all 

50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian 

cities and military bases worldwide. 

In all, over 34 million people 

participated in NNO 2004. While 

we attend the events in Beltsville, 

we can envision the same activities 

taking place all across the country. 

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is 

designed to: 

* Heighten crime and drug prevention 

awareness; 

* Generate support for, and participation 

in, local anticrime programs; 

* Strengthen neighborhood 

spirit and police-community partnerships; 

and 

* Send a message to criminals 

letting them know that neighborhoods 

are organized and fighting 

back. 

Let’s come out and show our 

support for these fine officers of 

the law. You can enjoy and learn 

from the demonstrations, and at the 

same time partake of some good 

food. What could be better? Don’t 

forget the date: Tuesday, August 2 

between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 

p.m. at the Beltsville Library. 

Scouts Fall Flower and 

Garden Fund Raiser 

Boy Scout Troop 1033 will have 

their 3rd Annual Fall Flower and 

Garden Fund Raiser on September 

17. The Scouts are selling top quality 

Behnke Mums, mulch, fertilizer, 

manure and topsoil. There are 

several advantages to purchasing 

from the Boy Scouts including: 

1. We deliver to your home, saving 

you time, energy, gasoline and 

keeping your car clean; 2. We provide 

competitive prices because of 

the substantial discount given to us 

by Behnke’s Nursery; and a third 

of your purchase can be deducted 

from your taxes as a gift to the Boy 

Scout Troop. The Boy Scouts use 

the funds raised to go on camping 

trips including fishing on the 

Chesapeake Bay, white water rafting, 

backpacking, and skiing. The 

deadline for placing your order is 

September 9, 2005. 

Audition Now for the 

Prince George’s Choral 

Society 

Ron Freeman, Director for the 

2005-2006 Season, is holding auditions 

for the Prince George’s Choral 

Society. Please call for an appointment, 

301.336-8539, or send E- 

Mail to dpc8@comcast.net. 

Lions to Sponsor Dinner 

and Silent Auction 

The Beltsville Lions cordially 

invite you to their 3rd Annual Dinner 

and Silent Auction on Thursday, 

September 15, 2005 at The 

Villa, Powder Mill Road, Beltsville 

starting at 6:00 p.m. Social at 6:00 

p.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Silent 

Auction Bids close at 8:00 p.m. 

Live Auction starts at 8:00 p.m. 

with PDG Bill Lynch as auctioneer. 

Prizes for the Silent Auction 

will be set up on tables as guests 

enter. Cash Bar. Admission is $30 

per person, which exactly covers 

the cost of the meal prepared by 

Uptown Caterers, one of the largest 

and most prestigious catering 

companies. 

The Villa is located in the Calverton 

Shopping Center at 4055 

Powder Mill Road next to the 

Fairfield Inn. Please make checks 

($30 per person) payable to Beltsville 

Lions and forward to P.O. 

Box 252, Beltsville, MD 20704. 

Reservations: Call Ted Ladd at 

301.937.6796, Kevin Kennedy at 

301.483.9400, or E-mail www. 

beltsvillelions.com. 

Teen Club Begins 6th 

Year! 

On Friday, September 2nd, the 

Christian Teen Club at Emmanuel 

United Methodist Church, 11416 

Cedar Lane, Beltsville, will begin 

its 6th year. Held on the first Friday 

of each month from 7:00- 

9:30 p.m., middle school and high 

school youth from all over the area 

gather to meet with friends, watch 

a movie on a big screen, play 

games, join in contests, and enjoy 

music from the jukebox. Membership 

is $5 for the year, which is 

half of the monthly fee of $1 to try 

out the club. Everyone who attends 

is asked to read and sign the list 

of rules of the club. Refreshments 

are sold at minimal cost to the 

members. Prizes are given to those 

who bring friends or remember to 

bring their membership card. Adult 

supervision is provided to ensure 

that members have a safe environment 

to socialize with their peers. 

If you are in middle school or high 

school plan to try our once a month 

Teen Club. You do not have to be 

a member of Emmanuel church 

to come to the Teen Club. Over 

the years, hundreds of youth have 

visited and joined the Club. For 

more information, call the church 

at 301.937.7114 or visit our web 

page at www.gbgm-umc.org/eumcbeltsville/TeenClub.htm. 

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Club News 

Beltsville Rotary Club 

News 

By Eleanor Frierson, President 

Greetings from the 2005/06 

officers of the Beltsville Rotary 

Club: Eleanor Frierson, President; 

Howard Phoebus; Past President; 

Sonja Festerling, Vice-President; 

Nancy Randall, President-Elect; 

Yuksel Sagirlioglu, Secretary; and 

Barbara Spears, Treasurer. We look 

forward to another year of fellowship 

and community service. 

Our fundraising events will 

include a golf tournament, scheduled 

for July 22 at the University of 

Maryland golf course; a fall sale of 

chrysanthemums from Behnke’s; a 

fall rock fishing trip, and a spring 

flea market. We supported more 

than 30 local, national, and international 

charities in 2004/2005, 

as well as a Gallaudet University 

scholarship and scholarships for 

High Point High School students 

and plan to do the same if not 

more in 2005/06. 

Recent speakers at our meetings 

included Jane Kinney Meyers, 

who discussed the Lubuto 

Library Project she established 

to construct libraries for “street 

orphans” and other orphaned children 

in Africa. Jane showed us a 

model of the libraries that will be 

built and explained how students 

in our local community are working 

to collect and organize the 

books and other publications that 

will be available to their African 

peers. For more information, contact 

Jane at mayazi@verizon.net 

or visit www.lubuto.org. We also 

heard from Shelly Grant of Holy 

Cross Hospital about prevention 

of colo-rectal cancer, the second 

leading cause of death in the U.S. 

The Beltsville Rotary Club 

meets every Tuesday at 12:15 

p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Route 

One by the Beltway. Come have 

lunch on us and learn more about 

Rotary. 

A Grand Showing for 

College Park Unit 217 

American Legion 

Auxilary 

By Ivy Christoffers 

Thanks to all the officers and 

chairmen of College Park Unit 

217 who worked so hard for us 

this past administrative year. 

Because of you, we were recognized 

handsomely at the Departmental 

Convention held in Ocean 

City July 12-15. Although we are 

now competing in a much higher 

category, because we increased 

our membership considerably this 

year, we still did very well. Previously 

we competed with Units 

from 100-205 members, and now 

we are placed with Units from 

206-355. members, which means 

they have more volunteers and 

more funds to work with. Our 

membership stands at 212 and we 

are always looking for qualified 

new recruits. 

Now let me tell you about the 

awards: first, we received two in 

Beltsville Rotary Club Past President Howard Phoebus, Lubuto Library 

Project, Inc. President Jane Kinney Meyers, and Beltsville Rotary Club 

President Eleanor Frierson. 

membership, one for the most new 

members (16) in a Southern Maryland 

Unit and another for making 

goal plus 10. The next day, we 

received 11 more awards: First 

place for Americanism, (most outstanding 

work) National Security, 

(best all around program) Poppy, 

(best Poppy report), and two first 

place awards in the Public Relations 

field. We took second place 

for Community Service, Children 

&Youth, (most outstanding work) 

and Legislative, (best legislative 

report) and we received two 

awards for our work in the Veterans 

Affairs and Rehabilitation 

field. A third place award was 

received for the Press Book submitted 

and judged by the National 

Public Relations Chairman. We 

owe a debt of gratitude to the 

Beltsville News for the press coverage 

they afford us that helped 

us receive that Press Book award. 

Now it is time to turn our sights to 

this new administrative year. Let 

us hope we can at least duplicate 

this showing next July, or if God 

permits, surpass it. 

Working toward the continued 

excellence of College Park Unit 

217 are the following leaders for 

2005-06: Sgt-at-Arms and Historian, 

Doris Davis; Chaplain, 

Betty Lenet; Treasurer and 2nd 

Vice President, Katy Beard; Secretary, 

Joan Stewart; First Vice 

President, Angie Rodriguez; and, 

President, Ivy Christoffers. This is 

a busy time as we must first hold 

our audit, prepare our budget, and 

choose chairmen for the coming 

year before our first meeting on 

August 2nd. 

Several members of Unit and 

Post 217 were in attendance on 

Sunday, June 17th, to welcome 

home from their tour in Afghanistan 

the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion 

Airborne, stationed in 

Riverdale. Unit 217 member, Sue 

Carew, and her committee organized 

the ceremony, and it was 

a very well attended affair. The 

mayors of College Park and Riverdale, 

along with several other dignitaries, 

were in attendance. It was 

so heartwarming to witness the 

recognition of these brave men 

and women by their superior officers. 

Each member of the 450th 

was presented an American flag. 

Several were advanced in rank, 

and many received medals commemorating 

their bravery. There 

was one loss from the ranks for 

whom a Purple Heart ceremony 

is being planned for the near 

future. Sue wanted to express her 

gratitude to her new “buddy,” Bill 

Bladen, a member of Post 217 

who is a staunch supporter of all 

our men and women in the military. 

Bill is a WWII veteran who is 

very proud of his part in securing 

our freedoms. We are very proud 

to call him “friend.” 

August 19th will be the day I 

depart for the National American 

Legion Auxiliary Convention in 

Honolulu, Hawaii. Our National 

American Auxiliary President, 

Sandi Dutton, a resident of Beltsville, 

has planned a very informative 

and entertaining convention. 

Following this event comes the 

LaMarche for the Eight & Forty 

at the same location. It is always 

good to spend some time with 

all my friends from across the 

50 United States and catch up 

on each other’s lives. Boy, will I 

have some interesting news for 

them this year! They are not yet 

aware that I have begun my fourth 

career. I am now appearing in a 

movie being shot on location in 

Baltimore and Ocean City, which 

will be the fodder for another 

article one day soon.

Club News continued from page 8 

LIONS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS 

Past District Governor (PDG) William T. “Bill” Lynch recently inducted new officers of the Beltsville Lions Club and Foundation at the College Park Sheraton Hotel, located in Calverton. 

Shown in the above photo are, standing (L-r): 1st Vice President Kevin Kennedy, Secretary Ted Ladd, Treasurer Camillo DiCamillo, Membership Chair Ginger Hand, 2nd Vice President 

Frank Baxter, Tail Twister Bob Young, President Andreas “Andy” Rolle, and PDG Lynch. Seated in the foreground is Permanent Director Clyde Burt, a Charter Member of the Club with 47 

years of community service. Absent from the photo are Board Members Charlie Deegan, Dan Hewins, and Kuert Straubinger. 

Maximize Your Exercise Routine with High Intensity Training 

By Marc Mercurio 

The key to gaining strength 

is optimally performing each and 

every repetition within a workout 

set. The exercise system of 

High Intensity Training is vital 

to maximize strength gains. The 

basis of High Intensity Training 

is slow and controlled performance 

of each repetition that will 

result in maximum muscle fiber 

recruitment. In layman’s terms, 

slow exercise movement makes 

muscles work their hardest, thus 

leading to the best benefit from 

your workout. 

The benefits of High Intensity 

Training include saving time, 

working out muscles most effectively 

and putting less strain on 

joints. Utilizing the High Intensity 

Training method, the individual 

will exhaust muscles quickly. The 

result will be an efficient workout 

in a timely manner. Training 

with slow movements forces the 

muscles to work harder, and slow 

movements produce low impact to 

body joints. 

How many repetitions should 

be performed during High Intensity 

Training? The number of repetitions 

in a workout set depends 

upon an individual’s fitness goal. 

If a person’s goal is increased muscle 

mass and maximum strength 

gains, then 6-10 repetitions should 

be performed per set. If the goal is 

to tone and sculpt muscles, 12-15 

repetitions per workout set. 

While performing the repetition, 

these important checkpoints 

need to be understood. Each repetition 

should be identical from first 

to last. Full range of motion is necessary 

throughout each repetition. 

Use slow and controlled movement 

for each exercise. Do not bounce 

or jerk weights. Do not overstretch 

the body joint involved. Proper 

body alignment and posture must 

be adhered to. Use a momentary 

pause or squeeze of the muscle for 

maximum contraction of the muscle 

being worked. No cheating! 

How much rest do you need? 

Beginners may require 2-3 minutes 

rest between workout sets. Normally, 

90 seconds of rest should be 

enough for muscle recovery. Following 

a weight-resisted workout, 

an individual needs 24-48 hours 

for recuperation. Weight training 

will result in muscle tissue breakdown, 

and the proper healing time 

is needed for recovery. 

There are certain myths about 

High Intensity Training. One is 

that High Intensity Weight Training 

will result in building big muscles. 

This is not true. Goal-specific repetition 

numbers will help achieve 

an individual’s fitness goal. Keeping 

to a low repetition range (6-10) 

will produce muscle mass. A high 

repetition range (12-15) tones and 

sculpts muscles. 

Another myth is that High 

Intensity Training is for men only. 

Women, too, will benefit. Exercise 

decreases body fat, increases 

strength and bone density, decreases 

osteoporosis and increases postural 

strength. 

Yet another myth is that High 

Intensity Training can only be 

utilized for conventional weight 

training. Not true. The system 

can function well with abdominal 

training and also body weight 

exercises (push ups and pull ups). 

High Intensity Training is a useful 

system of exercise for anyone 

seeking strength gains and overall 

fitness. High Intensity Training 

can be employed by beginning 

and advanced exercisers. The key 

is to perform each and every repetition 

in a workout set slowly, to 

force the muscle to work intensely. 

The result you achieve will far 

outweigh the effort you invest to 

perfect your workout. 

Stay Fit 

Wellness for Life Center professional 

Paul Boisvert engages in 

High Intensity Training as author 

Marc Mercurio acts as spotter. 


Beltsville Honors 

Steven Gaughan 

C 

orporal Steven 

Gaughan was shot 

and killed at about 

11:00 a.m. on June 

21 when he and 

two other officers 

stopped a suspicious vehicle near 

the intersection of Route 197 and 

South Laurel Drive in Laurel. 

The three occupants exited the 

vehicle and fled to a nearby apartment 

building. Corporal Gaughan 

chased one of the suspects behind 

the building where the two 

exchanged shots and Corporal 

Gaughan was struck once. He was 

flown to Prince George’s Hospital 

Center where he succumbed to the 

wound several hours later. 

The suspect was also wounded 

in the exchange of gunfire and was 

taken into custody. The other two 

occupants of the vehicle fled to a 

nearby apartment where they were 

arrested after a short standoff. 

Corporal Gaughan had served 

with the Prince George’s County 

Police Department for 15 years, 

and was assigned to the Special 

Assignment Team in District VI. 

He was posthumously promoted 

to the rank of sergeant. His wife 

Donna, 7-year-old son Daniel, and 

4-year-old daughter Rachael survive 

him. 

The preceding was extracted 


from “The Officer Down Memorial 

Page, Inc.” at www.odmp. 

org/officer.php?oid=17798. 

Many of Corporal Gaughan’s 

fellow officers and friends provided 

memorial comments that 

can be found at www.odmp. 

org/reflections.php?oid=17798 . 

One of these items, provided by 

Gerry Ponder of Bowie, provides 

a compelling portrait of Steven 

Gaughan and is cited below with 

the author’s permission: 

“After some seventy-two years 

on God’s green earth I can finally 

say: ‘I personally knew a living 

and breathing ‘HERO.’ We are 

constantly exposed to the tales 

and exploits of those who paid 

the ultimate price and are honored 

posthumously by our bestowing 

the honorary label of ‘hero’ as a 

prefix or suffix to their name. In 

most instances this belated honor 

befalls those who find themselves 

in a life or death situation that 

was not of their choosing. I do 

not wish to denigrate any of these 

brave individuals. Any person who 

gives his or her all for the benefit 

of our nation or their fellow man, 

deserves to be so honored. 

On Tuesday, June 21, 2005 

Corporal Steven Gaughan of the 

Prince George’s County Police 

Department expired in the line 

of duty. He died doing what he 

was most happy doing. While the 

majority of law-abiding citizens 

seek only to avoid evil and the bad 

elements in our society, Steve was 

busy tracking down the bad guys. 

That was his thing. He was like a 

John Wayne and all those fabled 

good guys, who make each of us 

feel somehow more worthy as we 

reflect on their exceptional acts of 

bravery. 

I met Steve Gaughan through 

his close friendship with my sonin-law, 

also a PG County police 

officer. At numerous social functions 

including my daughter’s 

wedding, Christmas and birthday 

parties, et al. Steve always made 

his presence felt. He was a people 

person from the get-go. His sense 

of humor and hearty laughter was 

truly infectious. There was never a 

dull function when this guy was in 

attendance. He lit up the room! 

Steve’s devil-may-care attitude 

aside, it was readily apparent 

that this was a man you would 

want covering your back in dire 

circumstances. Behind that infectious 

smile and warm facade was 

an individual I could never picture 

behind a desk as an administrator. 

He was born to serve in the 

trenches and relished that role. He 

was the gallant warrior that General 

George Patton would have 

welcomed at his side in combat. 

These two fearless souls will now 

meet face to face. They were cut 

from the same fabric. Each had no 

fear of meeting the enemy on their 

own turf. Most often than not, 

they prevailed. 

Corporal Gaughan leaves 

behind a widow, Donna (A former 

law officer herself), and two 

children, Daniel and Rachael, 

who were adopted from Russia 

after encountering much red tape 

and personal expense. Witnessing 

Steve with these two youngsters 

initially was like watching a big 

bear attempting to tame two ram- 

bunctious kittens. As with all else 

he encountered, he would overcome 

the language barrier and 

become a doting and exemplary 

father. Now these two youngsters, 

who escaped from an Iron Curtain 

future-must face a future in America 

without the always-protective 

Dad shielding their flanks. 

Steve Gaughan: It was my great 

fortune to know you in life. I pray 

we can find an appropriate way to 

memorialize your passing. We are 

all diminished by your death in the 

line of duty, but you will forever 

serve as an example of what one 

valiant person can do when they 

commit their life to the cause of 

mankind. You did good, Big Guy! 

You will be missed, Steve, but 

rest assured...You will never be 

forgotten!”

Fabric artist, Elizabeth Morisette, PTA sponsored Artist-in-Residence, greets parents and students at Art Show 

on May 24, 2005. Student fabric collages and self -portraits were displayed in the halls of Beltsville 

Elementary School. Thank you to Ginger Butcher, the PTA and BES Staff for bringing art to the classroom. 

We look forward to more collaboration in the next school year! 

Obituaries. 

Beach, Mary-Lou 

Mary-Lou Beach of Beltsville, beloved wife of 

George Albert Beach, passed away on July 9, 2005 

at the Cherry Lane Nursing Home in Laurel. She was 

born in Washington, D.C. on October 13, 1933, the 

daughter of the late Earl & Helen (Foster) Spohr, Sr. 

She was employed at both Fort Lincoln and Cedar 

Hill Cemeteries as a receptionist. Graveside services 

were held at Washington National Cemetery, Suitland, 

MD on July 13 at 10:30 a.m. Daughter Robin 

Curtin of Beltsville, sons Steven Berger and Kevin 

Barnes, brothers Earl Spohr of Illinois and Edward 

Spohr of Colorado, and grandson Frank Curtin also 

survive her. 

Moore, Elaine 

Elaine Moore passed away on Tuesday, July 

19, 2005. She was the beloved wife of William O. 

Moore, and the mother of William O. (Janice) Moore, 

Jr., Stanley G. (Sharon) Moore, and Dana M. (Marga- 

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O’Brien, Gerald Peter 

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JIM STACY 


of Jim’s youth. 

Scout summer camps and an 

unforgettable week at the great 

Philmont Scout Camp in New 

Mexico hold special memories for 

Jim Stacy. As an adult, just as 

Stacy’s sons Russell and Clark 

were approaching Scouting age, 

Jim became Scoutmaster for Beltsville’s 

venerable Boy Scout Troop 

1033, sponsored by the Emmanuel 

United Methodist Church. Succeeding 

the enormously successful 

Ted Ladd, whose leadership turned 

out a steady stream of newly minted 

Eagle Scouts, Stacy quickly 

put his own stamp on Troop 1033. 

During a 10-year span as Scoutmaster, 

Stacy would see 17 Troop 

1033 Scouts, including both sons, 

elevated to Eagle rank. He would 

take the Troop to nine weeklong 

summer base camps and three trail 

camps at the Goshen Scout Camp, 

in Virginia. It might have been 

the apex of his Scouting career, 

Stacy returned to Philmont for a 

week in 1992 as an adult leader 

who had been specially selected 

by National Capitol Area Council 

Boy Scouts of America. He was 

delighted to see the great Philmont 

Scout camp again, this time 

through the eyes of an adult Scout 

leader. 

Asked why he values Scouting 

so highly, Stacy goes through the 

usual litany of boys learning organization 

and leadership, etc., etc. 

But he and long-time Assistant 

Scout Master Paul Kepple, who 

overlaps the tenure of both Ladd 

and Stacy, will quickly tell you the 

greatest lifetime benefit for young 

Scouts may be the social skills that 

they learn. In the outdoors, boys 

basically are on their own—there’s 

no readily available mom or dad to 

run to, no sympathetically minded 

classroom teachers to hear sad 

stories, no kindly Uncle Bob to 

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Left to right: Ted Ladd, Eagle Scout Mike Williams, Jim Stacy, 

and Paul Kepple. 

smooth over bruised feelings with 

a quick trip to the local ice cream 

emporium. Instead, Scouts, under 

the benevolent eyes of leaders 

like Jim Stacy, learn to socialize, 

to grow with their peers. That’s 

what Scouting really is all about 

according to Stacy-boys learning 

to live, to adapt, to grow together 

into well-rounded young men. 

Jim and Sara Stacy are about 

as Beltsvillian as it gets. Both 

studied for six years at High Point, 

graduating in 1960. The school 

was a junior high and a senior 

high in those days. Sara is the 

daughter of the Beltsville Agricultural 

Research Center’s Wallace 

Bailey, who still lives in the family 

home on Howard Road. Jim, 

the immigrant, having come over 

from Takoma Park, now has lived 

here long enough to call Beltsville 

home. They raised sons Russell 

and Clark here. All four members 

of the Jim Stacy family now hold 

degrees from the University of 

Maryland at College Park. 

College was a fun time for Jim 

Stacy. He learned plenty about 

operating a slide rule and lots of 

other good stuff. But he learned 

nothing about computers, had no 

real knowledge of computers, and 

had little interest in them. Unbelievable 

as it now seems, Stacy 

failed to take a single computer 

course at the University of Maryland. 

He graduated from Maryland 

in 1966. 

In college, Stacy made sure 

there was ample time for the outdoors. 

He became active in the 

Terrapin Trail Club, an informal 

group dedicated to rock climbing, 

camping, hiking, and spelunking 

through dark caves. He still does 

all these activities with the exception 

of spelunking, which he gave 

up for the pleasures of breathing 

above-the-surface fresh air. 

One year, Jim and two college 

buddies packed up their motorbikes 

and shipped them to England. 

After flying over to London 

to recover the bikes, they spent 

the next 90 days tooling around 

big chunks of Western Europeall 

managed on the $3 per day 

that they had allowed for food, 

gas, and such other incidentals as 

renting campgrounds for cooking 

and sleeping. Turning bravado 

in Germany, each of the buddies 

snipped a souvenir hunk of barbed 

wire from the notoriously dangerous 

fence that then separated East 

Germany from the West. Looking 

back, Stacy now wonders how 

they escaped being shot on the 

spot. 

After college, Stacy hired on 

first as an intern and then permanently 

with the Department of the 

Army, where he first learned about 

computers and computer program- 

ming. The life of a computer programmer 

wasn’t exactly a walk in 

the park in those early days. There 

were no monitors, no disk drives, 

no desktops, no laptops-only hulking 

mainframes featuring banks 

of blinking lights were available. 

Jim concentrated on general information 

technology-which for him 

translated into writing computer 

programs to track vast quantities 

of Army personnel and other 

data. One such program required 

over 2,000 punch cards. A single 

misplaced punch on a card, not to 

mention one misplaced card, was 

sufficient to wreck an entire data 

base program. To acknowledge 

that Jim Stacy handles detail well 

is to understate the obvious. 

During the course of a 32-year 

career with the Department of the 

Army, Stacy completed numerous 

educational and training programs 

including: a Masters Degree in 

Automatic Data Processing at 

George Washington University, a 

one-year study program for government 

managers at the Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology, 

and an Advanced Management 

Program at the National Defense 

University. 

And what adventures have Jim 

Stacy and wife Sara been up to 

in recent years? Well, quite a lot 

actually ... A dizzying sample follows: 

To celebrate brother Harry’s 

retirement, the Brothers Stacy and 

two other men organized what they 

came to call the Maryland-Arizona 

Expeditionary Group. Their 

maiden adventure was a 10-day 

hiking trip into the Grand Canyon. 

No packaged deal, no casual stroll 

over the beaten path was good 

enough for these hardy guys. No 

way! Entering the famous Canyon 

from the rugged Kaibab National 

Forest, packing all provisions, 

they hiked to the Canyon floor, 

explored for days, then re-traced 

their way out through the National 

Forest. The Expeditionary Group 

remains active, always ready for a 

new adventure. 

A bit later, Jim with son Russell 

brother Harry took seven 

days to hike the challenging John 

Muir Trail, in California. The trail 

passes through some of the finest 

mountain scenery in the United 

States. Surrounded by 13,000-foot 

and 14,000-foot peaks, lakes, canyons 

and granite cliffs, the 211mile 

trail runs southward from the 

Yosemite Valley, terminating at 

14,000 foot-plus Mount Whitney, 

the highest peak in the lower 48 

states. Their quest to scale Mount 

Whitney flamed out when one of 

the hikers came down with altitude 

sickness at 10,500 feet. 

Still later, the brothers (perhaps 

succumbing to the tiniest fragility)

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did an outfitter-arranged five-day 

kayaking trip from Nova Scotia’s 

Pleasant Bay to Bay Saint Lawrence. 

Nights were spent primitive 

camping on the Bay’s rocky shore. 

Situated on the world-famous 

Cabot Trail, Pleasant Bay is a 

whale watcher’s paradise. 

Deciding to shift their adventures 

southward, the brothers proceeded 

to a hiking- cum-kayaking 

voyage to Big Bend National Park, 

in Texas. Big Bend covers over 

800,000 acres, ranging from less 

than 2,000 feet elevation along the 

Rio Grande to nearly 8,000 feet 

in the Chisos Mountains. Relying 

on the Stacy knack for impeccable 

timing, they were fortunate to visit 

when the normally low flowing 

Rio Grande had sufficient water to 

support kayaking. 

Ply the Inland Passage from 

Washington State to Juneau by 

ferry, anyone? Hike the Chilkoot 

Trail? Jim and Harry Stacy have 

been there, done that. Views are 

incredible, Jim says. Famous 

for its role in the Klondike Gold 

Rush, the Chilkoot Trail covers 33 

rugged miles through the United 

States and Canada. Rising sharply 

from sea level to almost 3,500 feet 

before dropping to about 2,000 

feet at its terminus, the trail is 

accessible only by foot. A National 

Historic Site in both countries, 

the brutal trail normally requires 

three-to-five days of backpacking. 

The Stacys completed it in five. 

Not to be outdone by her 

adventurous husband, Sara Stacy 

(or Sara Anne as Stacy sometimes 

refers to his wife) has taken up skiing 

with Jim in Pennsylvania. We 

had never skied, explained Jim, 

but we took lessons and practiced. 

They expect to go west some year 

soon, take up skiing in the Rockies 

or other mountains. She has 

accompanied Jim to two Elderhostel 

courses: one to learn about 

Philadelphia, another to Quebec 

featured (You guessed it!) hiking 

in Quebec and Vermont. 

Not one to ignore his volunteering 

duties, Stacy helped construct 

two permanent log shelters on the 

Application Trail, one in Maryland, 

another in West Virginia. He 

biked 400 miles along the Erie 

Canal, from Buffalo to Albany, 

New York. And then there was a 

relatively easy 37-mile Bike New 

York trip starting in lower Manhattan 

and touching all five New 

York boroughs before ending at 

Fort Wadsworth, on Staten Island. 

And what are a few 2005 

adventure highlights? Well, there 

was participation in the Annual 

Society for Industrial Archeology 

Conference, held this year in 

Milwaukee. Coming up soon, the 

Stacy’s will be off for a week of 

cultural enrichment at the Chautauqua 

Institute in upstate New 

York. September will find them in 

France’s Le Puy hiking a section 

of the famous pilgrimage route 

of Saint James of Compostela. 

Between adventures, Stacy concentrates 

on learning to launch 

and sail his recently acquired sail 

boat and attending to Super Harry 

Homeowner duties around the 

house. 

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Iglesia Pentecostes Sinai 

Meeting at Emmanuel United Methodist Church 

11416 Cedar Lane, Beltsville MD 20705 

Le invita a sus ponderosos 

Cultos de Albanza y adoracion 

Martes Oracion 7:30–9:00 p.m. 

Sabado Evangelistico 7:00–9:00 p.m. 

Domingo Albanza y adoracion de 2:00–4:30 p.m. 

El Pastor Elvin Moscoso y la congregacion te dan la bienvenida ven y 

gonzate con nosotros 

301-349-3945 301-595-3464 


Always at Your Service 

Greetings, residents of Beltsville. 

I hope this sweltering, wet 

summer finds you with a burgeoning 

vegetable garden and a cool 

place to retreat to. I want to take 

this opportunity to fill you in on 

some of the developments around 

the Beltsville area that you may be 

interested in. There’s always more 

happening than I can possibly write 

about, so if you’d like a more inperson 

and in-depth explanation, 

I’d be happy to come speak to your 

local association, condo group, or 

club. Better call today--fall availability 

is limited, and dates are 

going fast! Operators are standing 

by. Now, onto the update: 

Laurel Centre: First and foremost, 

lets discuss the construction 

just a few minutes north of 

Beltsville at the corner of Contee 

Road and Route 1. There are some 

big-time tenants that have already 

signed up that will be ready to 

open their doors this fall. The two 

anchors will be Shoppers Food 

Warehouse and Petsmart. Shoppers 

is planning an A-type store, 

and Petsmart will open its typical 

big-box unit. The store that seems 

to get the biggest reaction when I 

mention it is Coldstone Creamery. 

Some of the best ice cream you’ll 

ever have, guaranteed. Also on 

tap are an Applebees, a Longhorn 

Steakhouse, and a Chick Filet. 

Three Brothers is opening up their 

northern-most outlet, and the area 

trend toward fresh-mex is kept 

alive by the planned opening of 

California Tortilla. Also, plan for 

an Eckert Drug store, a Chevy 

Chase Bank, another Starbucks 

(with more space than the College 

Park store, let’s hope), a Hollywood 

Video, Beauty Connection, 

and a Nextel cell phone store. The 

builder has agreed to contribute to 

the changes needed at the intersection, 

by joining the so-called “road 

club.” I’ll keep you posted on any 

developments. 

Inter-County Connector (ICC): 

After more than 40 years of talking 

about it and falling short, Maryland 

has finally made a decision 

on a preferred route for this muchneeded 

roadway that will run 

within a few miles of most of our 

homes, and end right in our neighborhood. 

Not only will the route 

make our homes more valuable, the 

completion of the road will bring 

Montgomery County and Baltimore 

closer--uniting our richest 

county with our state’s commercial 

Senator John Giannetti, Jr. 

and industrial center. A few million 

dollars was added to the price 

tag to ensure that the impact on 

the environment was minimized-longer 

bridges over wetlands, and 

high-tech water shunting-systems 

to ensure that warm water runoff 

from the road doesn’t ruin local 

established ecosystems. 

In our neck of the woods, the 

road will intersect Briggs Chaney 

Road on the Montgomery County 

side of the line, and intersect Old 

Gunpowder just south of the Fairland 

Athletic Park. The road will 

intersect Interstate 95 just south 

of the Van Dusen overpass (and 

just south of the planned newinterchange 

for the Konterra Town 

Center) and will intersect Virginia 

Manor Road and end right near the 

Muirkirk Marc Station. Of course, 

we’ve been talking about making 

that station a multi-modal transit 

hub, and with the ICC ending 

there, it makes even more sense. 

I must thank the citizens that 

make up the associations around 

Beltsville for helping me build 

consensus for the southern alignment 

that was eventually selected. 

Years ago, I was one of the few 

voices publicly calling for the ICC, 

and community associations such 

as Beltsville’s and Calverton’s 

were instrumental in gaining the 

necessary public and political support 

for the road. Back in 1994, 

when I first ran for office, the ICC 

was a political hot potato that no 

one wanted to touch. Now, it’s 

overwhelmingly supported, and 

rightly so. When the road is completed 

in 2010, our homes will 

be located in the best area in the 

Pharmacy Corner By Tayo Oluwabusi 

With Diabetes, There 

is No Such Thing as an 

Unimportant Scratch 

According to the American 

Diabetes Association, many people 

with diabetes have undetected 

nerve damage. On a person with 

diabetes, even something as innocent 

as common dry skin could be 

serious if left untreated. 

People with diabetes should 

check their skin every day and 

treat even innocent looking cuts 

immediately. And because dam- 

aged skin on someone with diabetes 

takes longer to heal, the chance 

of infection is even greater. People 

with diabetes are advised never 

to cut or file their own corns or 

calluses. They should also consult 

a podiatrist about their foot 

problems. 

For a person with diabetes 

then, there is no such thing as an 

unimportant scratch. The chances 

of undetected nerve damage due 

to reduced sensitivity are present 

even with the most innocent looking 

wound. 

whole state: 30 minutes to downtown 

DC, downtown Baltimore, 

and downtown Annapolis, and 15 

minutes to Rockville. Incredible. 

Hold onto your houses. 

Ammendale Improvements: 

You can’t miss the bulldozing, 

and realize that there are some 

significant changes afoot, but 

you won’t be able to enjoy the 

completed project until the end 

of 2006, according to my sources 

at the County. We’re working on 

creating a great approach to Old 

Beltsville on the old Powder Mill 

Road/Gunpowder intersection, 

while most traffic will zip along 

from 95 onto Ammendale without 

hitting a snag. The project is a bit 

behind, and I continue to badger 

the state for more sidewalks along 

Powder Mill. 

Green Line Metro to Beltsville: 

After a statement by transportation 

secretary Bob Flanagan last 

month, the story of extending the 

Green Line to BWI airport not 

only had traction, it had legs. It’s 

an item I’ve been talking about 

for years, and its good to see 

folks in high places actually talking 

the same language. Of course, 

you can’t get from Greenbelt to 

BWI without going through Beltsville, 

so we can expect a stop 

somewhere nearby. My first vote 

would be for the Muirkirk station, 

to create yet another transit 

connection at our local hub, and 

allow for mixed-use transit-oriented 

development all along the 

train tracks in the 84-Lumber area. 

My second vote is for a stop at the 

planned Konterra town-center, for 

the same economic development 

reasons. We need to get all the 

Metro riders from Montgomery 

and Howard County who currently 

go to the Greenbelt station to keep 

their cars off the Beltway. By making 

the Konterra/Muirkirk station 

convenient to 95, we’ll encourage 

transit use and provide the easiest 

way to get to DC without using the 

Beltway. 

Well, that’s the wrap up for this 

month. There are still lots to talk 

about, but it will have to wait until 

next time. Don’t forget to invite 

me to speak at your next meeting. 

Also remember, you can always 

call my office with any ideas, concerns, 

problems, or even praises 

(we like the praises the most). 

Please call Amy, Chris, or Tony 

301.858.3141 and they’ll be happy 

to help you out. 

By Tayo Oluwabusi

State News 

State Announces 

Surplus of More 

Than $1 Billion 

Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, 

Jr., announced on Tuesday that 

the State’s FY 2005 surplus will 

exceed $1 billion when officially 

announced in mid-August. This 

surplus is a result of prudent fiscal 

management and a robust economy 

and follows the recent announcement 

by Comptroller William D. 

Schaefer of strong FY 2005 revenues. 

This is a remarkable turn 

around from the projected general 

fund deficit of $738M forecasted 

in December 2003. 

“This is good news for the 

State of Maryland and its taxpayers,” 

said Governor Ehrlich. “This 

gives Maryland the opportunity to 

provide more efficient delivery of 

critical services today and save for 

the future needs of tomorrow.” 

Governor Ehrlich noted that 

despite the surplus, challenges lie 

ahead and a cautious approach to 

budgeting is needed to ensure the 

critical needs of Maryland’s citizens, 

most notably education and 

healthcare. For the third consecutive 

year, funding for K-12 public 

education will increase by a record 

amount, totaling more than $425 

million in FY 2007. 

“Due to prudent fiscal stewardship, 

my Administration was 

able to turn things around for the 

better without raising the sales 

or income tax,” said Governor 

Ehrlich. “Despite the tough choices 

that had to be made to get to 

this point, Maryland’s FY 2007 

budget still has no need for a tax 

increase.” 

Due in part to the FY 2006 strategic 

budgeting process performed 

by all State departments, the State 

has $521M in the Rainy Day Fund 

as of June 30, 2005. The State is 

Don't Forget to Call 

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(301) 595-3834 

To Find Out What's 

Happening in Your 

Neighborhood 

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expected to have approximately 

$500M surplus in FY 2006. In 

addition, the Rainy Day Fund is 

expected to have a balance in 

excess of $750M at the end of FY 

2006. 

Attorney General Will 

Introduce Identy Theft 

Legislation 

Maryland Attorney General 

J. Joseph Curran Jr. announced 

Monday that he will introduce a 

legislative package during next 

year’s legislative session to better 

protect Maryland citizens from 

the quickly growing problem of 

identity theft. 

According to the Federal Trade 

Commission, 40 percent of all 

complaints it receives now deal 

with identity theft, and the state 

of Maryland ranks 13th among 

states in volume of identity theft 

complaints filed with the FTC. In 

the past months, there have been 

numerous security breaches of 

consumers’ personal information; 

in one particular case 40 million 

accounts were made vulnerable. 

As part of this initiative, Attorney 

General Curran will ask the 

General Assembly to enact two 

bills that he sought last session. 

Mr. Curran will propose a 

breach notification bill, which 

would require notification of 

consumers when their personal 

information has been breached so 

that they may take prompt action 

to protect themselves. The bill 

also would require companies to 

maintain adequate security for 

consumers’ personal information, 

including encryption of personally 

identifiable information and 

destruction of information in a 

manner that prevents its use by 

identity thieves. 

The second bill is a security 

BELTSVILLE–$435,000 

JUST LISTED! Beautifully maintained all brick rambler 

with large family room addition has 2 SGDʼs to deck and 

brick patio nestled in private fenced back yard. 4 BR, 2 

_ bath, rec room w/bar, possible in-law suite in LL. This 

is a must see! 

BELTSVILLE/ADELPHI 

“Cherry Mill” $595,000 

Gorgeous and spacious 5 BR, 3 _ Bath colonial on 

cul-de-sac is better than new. All new Pella windows 

+2 SGDʼs leading to huge deck. Level fenced back yard 

w/nice landscaping. Meticulously maintained thruout 3 

finished levels! Possible in-law suite LL. Call Ginger 

for details! 

freeze bill that would allow consumers 

to instruct a credit bureau 

to restrict access to their credit 

reports, which would help prevent 

an identify thief from purchasing 

items in the victim’s name or 

opening new credit accounts. 

“The problem of identity theft, 

and personal information being 

breached, has gotten out of hand. 

I am outraged at the somewhat 

cavalier attitude of many businesses 

with regard to how they protect 

your personal information,” 

says Attorney General Curran. He 

added, “these two bills are just a 

first step.” 

Curran will hold an Identity 

Theft Forum in November, to 

which he will be inviting privacy 

experts, state legislators, and 

Maryland citizens who have been 

victims of these types of breaches 

to examine other measures that 

should be considered to address 

the problem. 

Curran said that, while a task 

force to study identity theft established 

during the last legislative 

session was a good idea, there are 

measures needed to protect Maryland 

citizens that can and should 

be taken well before the task force 

issues its report in December 

2006. Curran added that there is 

no guarantee that legislation being 

considered at the federal level will 

even be enacted, let alone provide 

adequate protection for Maryland 

consumers. 

Baltimore Named One 

of America's Hottest 

Destinations 

Long ago nicknamed Charm 

City because of its friendly, unpretentious 

citizenry and picturesque 

neighborhoods, Baltimore is 

STATE NEWS 


BELTSVILLE – “Home Acres” $375,000 

JUST LISTED! Charming cape on pretty _ acre lot on private, 

dead-end street has 2 large BR, 2 full baths, huge T/S 

kitchen, dining room w/bay window seat, large LR w/SGD 

to back. Freshly painted & carpeted, detached 1 car garage. 

Great opportunity! 

BELTSVILLE–$500,000 

OPEN SUN 7/31. 11525 Montgomery Rd. Must see this 

unique 4 BR, 2 _ bath Many updates in this charming 

home w/huge 2 story addn on back. Spacious new 

kitchen/family/dining combo overlooks beautifully landscaped 

yard. Nearly 1 acre, with fenced back yard. SEE 

ARTICLE IN 7/28 ISSUE OF “THE GAZETTE” 

Direct: 301-388-2704 or (301) 388-2600 

To see more about these and others, find me on the web at www.GingerHand.com 


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(301) 937-1134 (home) (301) 775-9001 (cell) 

27 Quick & Easy Fix Ups to Sell Your Home 

Fast and for Top Dollar 

BELTSVILLE - Because your home may well be your largest asset, selling 

it is probably one of the most important decisions you will make in your 

life. And once you have made that decision, you’ll want to sell you home 

for the highest price in the shortest time possible without compromising 

your sanity. Before you place your home on the market, here’s a way to 

help you be as prepared as possible. 

To assist homesellers, a new industry report has just been released called 

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make your home competitive in today’s tough, aggressive marketplace. 

Through these 27 tips, you will discover how to protect and capitalize on 

your most important investment, reduce stress, be in control of your situation, 

and make the most profit possible. 

In this report you’ll discover how to avoid financial disappointment or 

worse, a financial disaster when selling your home. Using a commonsense 

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the sale of your home. 

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You owe it to yourself to learn how these important tips will give you the competitive 

edge to get your home sold fast and for the most amount of money. 

This report is courtesy of The Rollins Group, 

Remax Excel Realty, 240-387-5547. 

Not intended to solicit properties currently listed for sale. 

Copyright© 1997. 

I have 30 years experience in Real Estate 

and mortgage banking. Lived and served 

this area over 22 years. 

• Certified Relocation Specialist 

• Seniors Real Estate Specialist 

• Specialize investment properties 

1031 tax deferred exchange 

• Seminars for Buyers and Sellers 

If you are planning to buy or sell, sign up for 

the free fall seminars, 301-996-6941 


Are you a package reader? Do 

you read the ingredients in the 

products you purchase? If so you 

will see what I’m writing about. 

I was standing in line waiting to 

get out of a local supermarket and 

picked up a pack of sugar-free 

cookies. The man standing next in 

line said, “What are they like.” I 

told him; “They’re ok, but beware 

of the Sorbitol and don’t eat more 

then a couple at a time.” I have 

written about this a few times. 

He started to read the package, 

frowned, and then the line began 

to move. When I got home I read 

the label and it dawned on me why 

he frowned. We all have read that 

manufacturers must list the contents 

of their product, flour, sugar, 

shortening, etc. The list started 

with Enriched flour, then cited all 

the so-called vitamins in the flour, 

like iron, riboflavin, thiamine, and 

folic acid, making it look like 

an ingredient. The list continued 

with Sorbitol, then shortening, cit- 

Baker Bill 

S T U F F ‘ N T H I N G S 

ing all the shortening ingredients 

made by man. They may do this 

to confuse you. In all, they listed 

15 words but only 3 ingredients. 

Is this so we will give up and not 

read the labels? This cookie contained 

flour, Sorbitol sweetener, 

and shortening. That’s it, and it 

took 35 words to say that. If you 

want more information on this or 

any other subject drop me a line, 

I’ll give you my opinion. 

My fall baking class will start 

Monday night the 10th of October. 

We will do some basics, but 

will also make Biscotti, Chocolate 

Éclairs, Cream Puffs, Crackers, 

Flat Breads, Pita Breads and much 

more. For a complete list, contact 

me. It’s not too early to sign 

up and have your place saved. 

I turned three away last fall. I 

ran out of room. You need no 

money up front, just your name 

and the name of your friends that 

are coming with you. E-mail me 

at Bakerbill1@verizon.net or call 

301.572.4180. 

I purchased a book I thought 

I would like. It’s called, “Cures 

They Don’t Want You to Know.” 

I paid almost 40 bucks for it with 

S&H. I like homeopathic medicine; 

well I like the idea of it. 

After reading about half the book 

I found it to be trash and tried to 

get my money back. All attempts 

failed. So I’m stuck with it. Take 

my advice, save your money. It 

tells you nothing about what they 

(whoever they are) want you to 

know or not to know. I have had 

a stubborn summer chest cold. So 

after a few attempts with Ben-Gay 

I made an old fashioned mustard 

plaster. I needed something 

to keep it pressed to my chest and 

that book worked just fine. 

My thought for the month is 

one we used in the service. Spaghetti 

is done when it will stick to 

the wall. 

Good baking & cooking 

Bakerbill.

AREA EVENTS 

FLEA MARKET 

Saturday, August 27, 9:00 a.m. -2:00 

p.m. 

College Park United Methodist Church, 

9601 Rhode Island Avenue. Indoor/ 

outdoor space available. Call Doug at 

301.474.7874 for info on table rental. 

FIVE KILOMETER RUN 

Saturday, August 27 at 8:00 a.m. at 

the 94th Aero Squadron, 5240 Paint 

Branch Parkway, College Park. 

Sponsored by The Prince George’s 

Running Club Girls Just Wanna Have 

Fun. The course (3.1 miles) is certified 

by USA Track & Field. Early Bird 

registration is $15 for individuals and 

$10 for team members registered 

before Aug. 6. Registration will be $25 

on race day. Proceeds will go to Big 

Brothers/Big Sisters of the National 

Capital area. Call Lucy Younes at 

301.927.1924 for info, or visit www. 

prgc.org. 

MONTPELIER MANSION 

9401 Montpelier Drive, Laurel 

Tour the Mansion Sunday thru Thursday 

during 12:00 noon thru 3:00 p.m. 

AUGUST 2005 

Calendar of Events 

and see it as it was in 1830. Tours 

start on the hour. $3 for adults, $2 for 

seniors, $1 for children ages 5-18, 

and under 5 free. Info 301.953.1376; 

TTY 301.699.2544. 

COLLEGE PARK AVIATION MUSEUM 

1985 Cpl. Frank Scott Drive, College 

Park 

Museum admission is $4/adults, 

$3/seniors, and $2/children. Children 

under 2 admitted free. Info 

301.864.6029; TTY 301.864.4765 

BELTSVILLE EVENTS 

NATIONAL POLICE NIGHT OUT 

Tuesday, August 2, 6:00-8:00 p.m. 

Come to the grounds of the Beltsville 

Library to meet the members of District 

VI, Prince George’s County Police. 

There will be plenty of exciting demonstrations, 

good food and camaraderie. 

Let’s all show up and demonstrate 

our community support for the brave 

men and women who are safeguarding 

our safety. 

VANSVILLE CITIZENS' 

ASSOCIATION 

No meeting scheduled in August 

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WOMEN’S COMMUNITY CLUB OF 

BELTSVILLE 


BELTSVILLE RECREATION COUNCIL 


BELTSVILLE CITIZENS' ASSOCIA- 

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YOUNG AT HEART CLUB 

1st and 3rd Thursdays 11:00 a.m. at 

the Beltsville Community Center. For 

ages 55 and over. Activities include 

speakers, entertainment, trips and 

socials. Info 301.937.6613. 

BELTSVILLE LIBRARY 

Join us for Storytime 

Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. for ages 

3-5 

Friends of the Beltsville Library 

Book Discussion 

Wednesday, August 10, 7:30 p.m. 

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on 

the Prairie 

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I wear many different hats… 

ALL to serve your Real 

Estate Needs! 

Real Estate in Beltsville continues to sell at an all time high! 

The following data is taken from MRIS (believed accuarate 

but not guaranteed). Currently (as of 7/21/05) there are 34 

single family resale homes available for sale prices from 

$349,000–629,900. There are 36 homes pending settlement 

and there have been 50 homes sold and settled since 6/1/2005 

ranging in price from $309,995 - $680,000. 

It's Simply the Best Time to Sell! 

For a FREE MARKET EVALUATION of your home just pick 

up the phone and call. There is no obligation wharsoever. 

References gladly furnished upon request. 

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STATE NEWS 


famous for its shining Inner Harbor, 

Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, 

rich maritime heritage and colorful 

local characters. 

Beneath the city’s seafood cuisine 

and Inner Harbor lies a wealth 

of cultural treasures, family attractions 

and a collection of eclectic 

neighborhoods that can only be 

found in Baltimore. 

Baltimore’s museums and 

attractions are starting to gain 

recognition on both national 

and global scales as Frommer’s, 

the world’s leading travel guide 

publisher, named the city one of 

the top 10 up-and-coming summer 

destinations in the world for 

2005. 

Baltimore also ranks 11th on 

American Style Magazine’s top 25 

large art cities list. 

From the openings of new 

museums like Sports Legends at 

Camden Yards and the Reginald 

F. Lewis Museum of Maryland 

African American History & Culture, 

the largest of its kind on 

the East Coast, to the upcoming 

expansions at the National Aquarium 

in Baltimore and the National 

Great Blacks in Wax Museum, 

Baltimore is always evolving and 

offering new experiences to its 

visitors. 

Excitement abounds in this city 

and from the 25th birthday celebration 

of Harborplace to the annual 

ethnic festivals that celebrate the 

city’s diversity -- there is always 

something going on downtown. 

Leslie Doggett, president & 

CEO of the Baltimore Area Convention 

and Visitors Association, 

sees Baltimore as the “world’s 

best-kept secret.” She adds that 

“Baltimore is a city with an intense 

spirit and a knack for self-renewal 

and now is a perfect time for 

visitors to get to know the city and 

learn what makes it stand out on a 

global scale.” 

It’s a good idea to start your 

visit at the new Baltimore Visitor 

Center (401 Light Street) where 

you can enjoy an 11-minute video 

that provides a great overview 

about what to see throughout the 

region. 

You can ask one of the trained 

information specialists to help you 

plan your stay so you don’t miss 

a thing. Whether you are looking 

for an evening at the theater or a 

day with the family, they can help 

to point you in the right direction 

and assist with booking hotel and 

restaurant reservations; they can 

even sell you tickets to more than 

25 of the city’s top attractions. 

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Sing Psalms, let joy resound. 

Pastor: Steve Bradley Phone: 301-351-2314 

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Beltsville News 

CHURCH 

DIRECTORY 

One Service Only at 10:00 A.M. 

One Room Schoolhouse 10:00 AM 

Teen Fellowship at 5:00 P.M.

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Classifieds • Call 301-937-7954 

CHILDCARE 

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL 

CARE: After school tutoring and enrichment. 

Experienced former teacher 

and mom can provide a safe, Christian 

environment for your child. Montpelier 

school district. Register for fall 2005 by 

August 1 and receive discount. Call 301- 

595-1842. License #16-122134. 09/05 

IT'S TIME TO REGISTER for Fall 2005 

at Powder Mill Learning Center. Enroll 

your child in a loving family environment. 

Excellent pre-school family program for 

ages 2 through 5, also before and after 

school care for all ages. We open Mon.- 

Fri- 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Early registration 

receive $30 off the first week's tuition. 

Great rates. Call 301-937-4322. 10/05 

SERVICES 

TAX RETURNS, TAX CONSULT- 

ING—For businesses/individuals Payrolls, 


Send your neighborhood 

news items to 

tedladd02@aol.com. 

Financial Statements. Gerald Neumaier, 

CPA 301-953-1341; 301-776-6545. 1 / 0 6 

TREE AND STUMP REMOVAL - Pruning, 

Land clearing, contact Bob Berra 

301-384-4746 or 301-674-3770 02/06 

CARPENTER, HANDYMAN - Basements, 

replacement windows, doors, 

sheds, drywall & repairs, hauling 

and demolition. Call Mickey at 301- 

345-9124 or cell 240-286-7934. 10/05 

PAINTER AND HANDYMAN. 

Experience painter (15 years) drywall 

repairs, gutters cleaned, powerwashing, 

carpentry, estimates, references. 

Eric in Greenbelt, 301-675-1696 09/05 

HOUSECLEANING AND/OR SPRING 

CLEANING. No job too small, competitive 

rates, estimates, references. Call Jackie 

in Greenbelt. 1-301-693-5611. 09/05 

BELTSVILLE LAWNS - For all your 

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Create Healthy Relationships 

Feel Better - Enjoy Life 

Ginny Hurney, LCSW-C 

Beltsville & Silver Spring offices 

301-595-5135 

WOMEN, MEN, COUPLES & TEENS 

lawn and landscaping needs. We are a full 

service, year around Beltsville business. 

We offer: topsoil and mulch deliveries, 

tree and shrub trimming, gutter cleaning, 

yard cleanups, mowing, thatching, aeration, 

flower bed edging and much more. 

Call Bill Hurley, 301-455-4491. 12/05 

HOUSECLEANING AND CARPET 

CLEANING. Low rates, free estimates. 

Lynn and Brian 240-271-4943. Excellent 

service, call to get on a scheduled 

cleaning. We also do move outs. 

ARN A SECOND PAYCHECK with Avon. 

SEAee profits in just two weeks. To buy 

or sell Avon call Bridgette at 202-415-1818. 

HELP WANTED 

TOW TRUCK DRIVERS needed full time 

in the Beltsville area. Call 301-595-5185. 

Chestnut Knolls 

Apartments 

1 & 2 BR Apartments 

Rent includes gas utilities 

cooking, water & heat 

301-937-1137 

www.chestnutknolls.com 

e-mail: chestnutknolls@earthlink. 

net 


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