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CalvertGazetteEverything Calvert County

February 14, 2013

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Thursday, February 14, 2013 2The Calvert Gazette

Also Inside3 County News

8 Crime

10 Education12 Business

13 Letters

14 Feature Story

Presidents Day Section

16 Newsmaker

17 Health

18 Obituaries

20 Community

23 Entertainment

24 Games

25 Classifieds

26 Out & About

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Straight From the Hearton Valentines DayWe hope your ValentinesDay is filled with love and

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Kathy,

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By Sarah MillerStaff Writer

Age restricted housing developmentsmay no longer be open only to individuals55 and older.

Members from the Departmentof Community Planning and Build-ing briefed the Calvert Board of CountyCommissioners on plans to open 20 per-cent of age restricted housing to anyone.This would eliminate the need for a spe-cial section in the ordinance regardingstaff dwellings for underage personnel,according to Community Planning and

Building Director Chuck Johnston. Theupdated ordinance would be in line withcurrent Federal Fair Housing Act regula-tions, Johnston said.

Charlotte Montague, a resident ofSouth Gates in Prince Frederick, is wor-ried the ordinance changes will bringyounger families with children to thearea, and the associated trafc and activ-ity that come with them.

Its a concern for the neighbor-hood, she said.

She witnessed one age-restrictedcommunity become inundated withyounger residents, to the detriment ofthe community. She does not want that tohappen in her neighborhood, she said.

The Board of County Commissionerssent the proposed changes to the PlanningCommission for consideration. Montagueintends to be at the meeting.

In addition to considering the ordi-nance change, Board of County Commis-sioners forwarded a map correction to thePlanning Commission. Dominion CovePoint wants to correct a mistake made byCommunity Planning and Building when

it switched maps to a new system in 2006.The mistake moved and slightly expandedDominion Cove Points industrial zone,according to Senior Planner Patricia Had-don. Dominion Cove Point seeks to returnthe zone to its original state, she said.

For more information about upcom-ing Board of County Commissionersmeetings, visit www.co.cal.md.us.

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The Calvert County Board of Education and Calvert Association of EducationalSupport Staff reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract.

Under the tentative agreement reached on Feb. 5 support employees would berepositioned on a new salary scale, would receive a one-step increase, and would re-ceive a one percent cost of living adjustment. Support employees who are at the topof their salary scales who would not be eligible for a step increase on the new scalewould receive a one-percent salary adjustment for next school year.

Even though the negotiated contract is for three years, salary and compensationwill be negotiated again in the second and third years of the contract. In addition,the Association and Board may each choose two other articles to negotiate each year.

Other changes in the tentative agreement include: a limitation on the numberof voluntary transfers an employee may apply for in a nine month period, additionalcompensation for employees working in emergency shelters, additional compensa-tion for instructional assistants in limited situations, the institution of the use of elec-tronic instead of paper notications regarding employment opportunities, and severaleditorial clarications. The only changes made to employee health care benets werethose required by the Affordable Health Care Act.

Both the support employees and the Board must now ratify the tentative contract.Support employees include school system staff members who support the op-

eration of the school system but who are not certicated teachers, administrators, ordesignated management personnel.

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Panel to DiscussClass, Gender,

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A Southern County: Perspectives on 20th Century Race Rela-tions on Feb. 28. The county experienced enormous cultural,environmental, and economic shifts in the 20th century. Join apanel representing divergent perspectives considers our recentpast and its relationship to the present. Topics for discussionmay include the impact of class and gender, as well as race, onrelations in this rural community along with the inuence of thechurch, schools, and the Navy. The panel Everlyn Holland, Er-nie Bell, Emma Hall, and Alonzo Gaskin includes elders whohave been active in civil rights efforts throughout their lives.Hear from a former NAACP president who, as a student, ex-perienced the desegregation of the local schools; a retired nurseand indefatigable community activist; a prominent Leonardtownlawyer; and a past resident of the Brome Plantation slave/ten-ant quarter. The panel will be moderated by Merideth Taylor,St. Marys College of Maryland professor emeritus, who has re-searched and written extensively about local African Americanhistory as a long-time Board member and former president ofUnied Committee for African American Contributions and aTrustee of Historic Sotterley.

The discussion will take place at 7 p.m. in the Historic St.Marys City Visitor Center auditorium ((18751Hogaboom Lane).Admission is free.

For more information about this program or the museum,contact the Visitor Center at 240-895-4990, 800-SMC-1634, [email protected].


Throughout Maryland, members of the com-munity work to support schools, earning little rec-ognition and no compensation, according to Mary-land Comptroller Peter Franchot. In an effort to callattention to groups and individuals serving schools,he is awarding one Golden Apple Award in everyjurisdiction.

This is the inaugural year for the award. Cal-vert Public Schools nominated the Citizen AdvisoryCommittee for consideration. CAC President JackFringer said he heard about their selection in mid-January and told the rest of the board during theirmonthly meeting at the end of January.

The CACs work is invaluable and irreplace-

able, Franchot told committee representatives dur-ing the presentation.

During an acceptance speech, Fringer saidCalvert County Public Schools is one of the best inMaryland and he is proud to help study topics affect-ing students and steer the county to continued success.

The CAC meets every fourth Monday duringthe school year at the Brooks Administration Build-ing from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, visitwww.calvertnet.k12.md.us.

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Comptroller Peter Franchot presents CAC President Jack Fringerwith the inaugural Golden Apple Award.


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Commissioner Evan Slaughenhoupt hasbeen advocating a zero-based approach tobudget building since he took ofce in 2010.He detailed his Quest for Transparent Bud-get Builds during the Feb. 11 meeting of theCalvert County Republican Mens Club.

You may have heard from some that Iam critical about the County Budget. That isnot so. Im not critical about the budget itselfas much as I am critical of the way the budgetis built, he said.

Some claim we have a lean govern-ment, Slaughenhoupt said, but he has seenno data to support that claim.

The current build model takes the pre-vious years budget and aligns anticipated

expenses and income. This is the same ap-proach the federal government uses, Slaugh-

enhoupt said.In the zero based approach, he said de-

partments would have to justify the numberof employees, the level of funding and theresources they request.

We need a different process; one withgoals of reducing tax rates, identifying andeliminating duplication, ensuring greatertransparency for the citizens, and increasedinteraction by your elected ofcials through-out the entire build, Slaughenhoupt said.

Planning Commission Member Caro-lyn McHugh asked Slaughenhoupt if currentstaff building the budget would be equippedto change their approach so radically. He saidcommissioners might use consultants duringthe transition. When she asked about naysay-

ers claiming the time spent on learning to dozero-based budgeting would cost more than

sticking with the current system, Slaughen-houpt said he would attempt to identify prob-lems and ways to mitigate them.

A club member asked what Slaughen-houpt would do to work with departmentheads that are overly attached to their currentfunding level. Slaughenhoupt said he wasntsure yet.

If it was easy, it would be done bynow, Slaughenhoupt said.

Local insurance agent Ronny Jetmoresuggested Slaughenhoupt consider extending

employees work days by an hour to get morproductivity for money spent on governmen

salaries.Slaughenhoupt has one additional commissioner convinced that zero-based budgeting is worth consideration, but he wantanother on his side before he brings it bac

before the board. There is a ne line betweebeing patiently persistent and becoming broken record, he said.

For more information about upcominmeetings, visit www.calvertgop.org.

[email protected]

Commissioner Supports Zero-Based Budget

Photos by Sarah MilleEvan Slaughenhoupt explains his zero-based budget idea to the Calvert County Republican MensClub.

Baltimore Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that theHandgun Qualication License as proposed in Senate Bill 281 is constitutionaland meets the requirements of the Second Amendment and the 2008 UnitedStates Supreme Court decision in Heller v. District of Columbia. The Ofce ofthe Attorney General issued this legal analysis today to the General Assembly inresponse to a request for advice by one of the bills sponsors. Senator Brian Froshrequested advice after the constitutionality of the proposal was raised publicallyas the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 (SB 281) was being introduced in Annapolis.

Not only are the proposed handgun license qualications constitutionalunder the Second Amendment, but law-abiding gun owners have nothing tofear, said Gansler. The qualications do not allow for conscation of guns norcould they under the Heller decision.

From the attorney generals advice letter issued to the General Assembly:In 2008, the United States Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment

codies a pre-existing individual right to possess and carry weapons in case

of confrontation. Heller v. District of Columbia, 554 U.S. 570, 592 (2008).But the Heller Court was also quick to point out , [l]ike most rights, the rightsecured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited

There is apparently a belief among some opponents of gun regulations thatbecause there is a constitutional right to individual handgun possession, theright may not be subject to regulation. That belief, however, is not supported byeither the Heller decision itself, which is clear that there are important limita-tions on the exercise of that right Instead, proposed gun regulations must beanalyzed under the various standards that courts have developed to implementthe Heller decision.

As introduced, the Handgun Qualication License under SB 281 providesthe following: to be eligible to purchase, rent, or receive a handgun, onemust possess a Handgun Qualication License issued by the Department ofState Police. To obtain a Handgun Qualication License, an applicant must: be at least 21 years old; be a Maryland resident; have taken a rearms safety course (or be exempted from that requirement);and

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SMADC RegionalGrants Oered

The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) is of-fering a round of regional grants in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George'sand St. Mary's counties for projects deemed to have structural longevity and a lastingimpact on the regional farming and aquaculture community.

SMADC initiated the rst round of Regional Grants in 2010, and was pleased toaward funding to a broad range of regional entities for projects that support long-terminfrastructure, agricultural education and/or Farmers' Markets including but not limit-ed to farm equipment purchases for rental programs, high school agricultural educationprograms, capital improvements for farmers markets, urban farming and projects thattarget the new or beginning farmer.

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Urban community farm - purchase of shipping container to be retrotted forproduce prep

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Straight From the Hearton Valentines DayWe hope your ValentinesDay is filled with love and

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Robert,Happy Valentines Day!

o a great husband.You make me smile!

Love you, DeniseHappy

Birthday!

Anna ess,Grandma and Poppa thought we knew what

love was.but when you were born onApril 17th 2012, there was a new meaning

o love.A Love o a GrandchildWe love you

Happy 1st Valentines Day!

Poppa andGrandma

Debbie,Kisses, Kisses, Kisses

Oh What Should I do?All I Want TisValentines Day

Is a Bunch o KissesFrom You!

Danny

Kathy,And all along

I believed I would fnd youime has brought your heart to me

I have loved you or athousand years

Ill love you or a thousand more...Happy Valentines Day!

I Love You,Joe

Lillian,I Love YouVery Much

and Want toSpend the

Rest o My LieWith You.Will You

Marry Me?James

Hugo,Happy Valentines Day

to my husband, best riend,dance partner, true love, andthe Best Daddy to our boys!

Love, orever anda day, baby!

Love,Michi

Colleen,Stuck on You

You were so distantNow were as one

Tanks to some duct tapeAnd a glue gun

Happy Valentines Day!

-Eric

o mywonderul daughter abitha,

I thank God or howmuch you have

grown in grace and beauty overthis last year. You make your

dad very proud.

Happy ValentinesDay 2013!

Dearest Linda,Te Lord has knit us together

or His sovereign purposes, and I amglad or all the ways you complete me.With anticipation I look orward to the

adventures yet to come. May TeLord Jesus make His ace shine

upon you now and always.Love, yourValentine,

Tom

Brandy,I cannot wait to cover you in

kisses! I cant wait to share mysecrets with you.I love you, baby!

Happy Valentines Day!

Elliot

Brandy,My love grows stronger or you

with each passing day! You are anamazing woman, mother, & partner!

I have no words to truly express howmuch I cherish you! I love you like

I have never loved anyone!xxxoooxxx

Elliot

Brandy,Every day is like a frst or me

with you! Every kiss is like the frst,every smile is like the frst!

Tere has never been anyone that hastouched me like you! I am

thankul or every frst!

I love you!Elliot

Your Mother is always with you.Shes the whisper o the leaves as you walk down thestreet. Shes the smell o certain oods you remember,

fowers you pick and perume she wore.Shes the cool hand on your brow when youre not

eeling well. Shes your breath in the air on a coldwinters day, the sound o the rain that lulls you to

sleep, the colors o the rainbow.She is Christmas morning.

Your Mother lives inside yourlaughter and she is crystallizedin every teardrop. A Mother

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Your loving daughter,

April.

To MyFirst Love

In Memory

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PunishmentCrime&

Burglary:

DFC J. Bell is investigating a burglary thatoccurred on Feb. 1 between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.at a home in the 12400 block of Rousby HallRoad in Lusby. A black Wii gaming system, awhite Nintendo game pad, some Xbox games andWii games, together valued at over $1,000, werestolen.

Theft, CDS Violation:

On Feb. 4 at 7:34 p.m. Dep.J. Brown responded to the LusbyWalgreens for the report of atheft. A store employee advisedthat a woman was seen steal-ing merchandise. Brown madecontact with the suspect and de-termined she had over $50 worth of items thatshe did not pay for. A search incident to arrestrevealed suspected drugs. Chelsea Lee Hoofna-gle, 26 of Lusby, was arrested and charged withpossession of heroin, possession of a scheduleIII drug; Suboxone, use of drug paraphernalia;ve used hypodermic needles, two counts of pos-session with intent to use drug paraphernalia;spoons and plastic bags, and theft less than $100.

CDS Violation:

On Feb. 4 at 10:02 p.m. on Md. Rt. 4 at Skin-ners Turn Road in Owings, a seventeen-year-oldfemale from Sunderland was charged on a youthreport with possession of marijuana after it wasdiscovered by Dep. M. Quinn on a trafc stop.The juvenile was released to aparent.

False Statement:

On Feb. 5 at 1:06 a.m. Cpl.M. Naecker observed a speed-ing vehicle traveling south onMd. Rt. 4 through Prince Fred-

erick. Cpl. Naecker attempted a trafc stop buthe vehicle sped up, traveling at over 80 MPH ina 55 MPH posted zone near the Prince FrederickVolunteer Rescue Squad. The vehicle nallcame to a stop a little past Sixes Road. Thdriver initially provided a false name and otheidentifying information. Cpl. Naecker was ablto determine the real name of the driver andplaced him under arrest. He is identied aDavid Louis French, 31 of Washington, D.C.

and has been charged with false statement ta peace ofcer, driving under the inuence oalcohol, driving on a suspended license, andother trafc violations. Additionally, Frencwas wanted on an open warrant out of Montgomery County.

Destruction of Property:

A home in the 300 block of Coyote Traiin Lusby was damaged when someone shot thesiding with a suspected BB gun. The cost of thdamage is estimated at $50. Dep. L. Wood iinvestigating.

Burglary:

A home in the 1100 block of MuskogeeLane in Lusby was burglarized during daytimhours on Feb. 5. A PlayStation 3 system, numerous games and sport-themed clothing andhats were stolen that have a total value of ove$2,300. Dep. L. Wood is investigating.

Destruction ofProperty Case #13-7299:

Someone threw eggs at a vehicle parkedoutside a home in the 800 block of MonarchLane in Huntingtown overnight between Feb5 and 6. Anyone with information is asked tcontact DFC N. Funchion at 410-535-2800.

Maryland StatePolice Blotter

SHERIFFS BLOTTERDuring the week of February 4 through February 9 deputies of the Calvert County Sheriffs

Ofce responded to 1325 calls for service throughout the community.

Citizens with information on the following crimes or any criminal activity in Calvert Coun-ty who wish to report it anonymously can now access the Calvert County Crime Solvers linkthrough the Sheriffs Ofce website.

Go to www.co.cal.md.us/residents/safety/law/sheriff/ and click on the Crime Solvers linkto leave an anonymous tip on-line. Information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspectcould result in a $1,000 reward.

The following information is compiled directly from publicly released police reports .

The following information is compiled directlyfrom publicly released police reports.

ChelseaHoofnagle

David French

Destruction of Property:

On Feb. 4 at 4:57 p.m., Trooper First Class Smith responded to the3100 block of Broomes Island Rd. in Port Republic for a reported de-struction of property. A mailbox and newspaper box were destroyed.Investigation continues.

Theft of Handgun:

On Feb. 4 at 6:13 p.m., Trooper First Class Wiesemann responded tothe 1900 block of Ponds Wood Rd. in Huntingtown for a reported theft.A suspect stole the victims handgun and its case f rom the residence. Asuspect has been developed and the investigation continues.

Shoplifting:

On Feb. 5 at 8:05 a.m., Trooper First Class Wiersma responded tothe Fastop in St. Leonard for a reported theft. A suspect took two itemsfrom the store and exited without paying. Investigation continues.

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia:

On Feb. 6 at 10:10 p.m., Trooper First Class Wiesemann stopped avehicle on Bayside Road north of Breezy Point Rd. in Chesapeake Beachfor trafc violations. A passenger in the vehicle, Shrnique L. Hutchins,42 of St. Leonard, was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia.She was charged and served a summons for Possession of Paraphernalia.

Possession of CDS-Suboxone:

On Feb. 7 at 8:17 a.m., Trooper First Class Esnes stopped a vehiclefor trafc violations on Rt. 231 near Adelina Rd in Prince Frederick.Jeffrey A. Brice, 28, of Mechanicsville, was arrested for driving on asuspended license. During a search, Suboxone was located. Brice was

charged and incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center.

Possession of Marijuana:

On Feb. 8 at 7:15 p.m., Trooper First Class West responded to theSuper 8 Motel on Commerce Lane in Prince Frederick for a complaintabout possible drug usage. Nichoals S. Craig, 21 of Barstow, Brian M.Bissen, 19 of Towson, Michael R. Philhower, 19 of Hopkinsville, KY,and John O. Lewis III, 19 of Edgewater, were found to be in possessionof marijiuana. They were arrested and charged.

Possession of Concealed Weapon:

On Feb. 19 at 5:07 p.m., Senior Trooper Gill stopped a vehicle fortrafc violations in the parking lot of the Fastop in St. Leonard. A searchof the vehicle revealed a Ruger handgun. Deon L. Jones, 22 of Lusby,was arrested and incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center.

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By Sarah Miller

Staff Writer

Calvert County Public Schools ranks among the top schoolsystems in the state when it comes to g raduation and achievementrates; however, it is near the bot tom when it comes to the per pupilspending.

Last week Superintendent Jack Smith presented a bare bonesbudget during a public hearing. The Board of Educat ion seeks$115 million from the county, a $5 million increase over last yearand higher than maintenance of effort funding levels. The addi-tional county money will offset decreasing state and nearly non-existent federal funding

This is not a school system that attracts the federal govern-ments attention to give us money, Smith said, adding g rants have

been increasingly dif cult to obtain .The public schools funding levels are below the state aver-

age, he said. The highest per-pupil funding in the state is $16,044.The state average is $13,453 and Calvert received $12,697 per pu-

pil last year.If the BOE sought the state average, it would equal an addi-

tional $12 million in funding.

Schools make a difference and the people who work inschools can make a positive or a negative difference, he said.

Once approved by the county, Smith said the board willadopt its budget in June.

Two people signed up for public comment at the end of themeeting. CEA President Debbie Russ thanked the board for pro-viding a pay increase to teachers during this years negotiations,which wrapped up at the boards meeting earlier that day.

Im glad teachers will have some nancial normalcy, shesaid.

Culver Ladd suggested the BOE setaside $150,000 for an organic chemist ry labfor students who pass AP chemistr y. He andstaff from the College of Southern Mary-land would staff the lab, he said.

For more information about the schoolsand the proposed budget, visit www.cal-vertnet.k12.md.us.

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In keeping with its time theme for the 38th AnnualService Awards, Calvert County Public Schools awardedclocks to 130 employees to acknowledge their 3,400 years

of combined service.Bridget Kluwin was recognized for more than 45

years of service in education. According to informationhanded out at the awards, Kluwin began her career withCalvert public schools in 1977 at Northern High School,teaching Title IV reading and English. Before coming toCalvert County Public Schools Kluwin taught in Wiscon-sin for 10 years.

After 45 years in education, she said the biggestchange she has seen has been a move toward analyzingnumbers and tailoring education to specic classroomsand students.

Moving forward, she said she sees Calvert Countyschools taking a different approach to math and readingwith the implementation of the Common Core Curr iculum.

Life is sometimes pretty amazing, Kluwin said.For more information about upcoming Calvert Coun-

ty Public Schools events, visit www.calvertnet.k12.md.us.

[email protected] by Sarah Miller

Gene Karol, left, and Jack Smith, right, honor 45-year educationveteran Bridget Kluwin, center.

The Calverton School, Huntingtown, MD, announced that it has acquired, and will commence building, the rstsynthetic turf eld in Calvert County. Construction of the eld is anticipated to start in April with nal completion bysummer 2013. Comprised of a synthetic turf lined for soccer, lacrosse, and football, the new facility will complete theathletic complex rst envisioned by the school in 2006. A 350-seat bleacher system, eld lights, PA system, and score-board will also be part of the construction project. Dr. Taintor, Head of School, stated, This is a phenomenal oppor-tunity for Cougar Athletics and the broader youth athletic community in Calvert County. We expect this facility to notonly raise the playing caliber of our own student athletes, but also that of the young athletes playing in our local youthclubs and organizations." Currently the athletic elds in located in Calvert County, including the three elds alreadyestablished at Calverton, are comprised of a natural turf. Since the surrounding counties, including Anne Arundel,Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's, all have synthetic tur f elds, this addition to our resources literally levels the

playing eld for athletes in Calvert County.

COrrECTIOn:Jan. 31 article in education Headlined as

Future Business Leaders Generating Revenuemisidentied the silent auction and people involvedas being from Huntingtown High School as opposed

to Northern High School.

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Outstadig KidsKohls Department Stores is accepting nomina-

tions for outstanding young volunteers for the 2013Kohl's Cares Scholarship Program. Nominations forkids ages six to 18 will be accepted Feb. 1 to March15 at kohlskids.com, and nominators must be 21 yearsor older. Through the program, Kohls will award morethan 2,300 young volunteers more than $425,000 inscholarships and prizes to reward kids who have made apositive impact on their communities.

Two nominees from each of the more than 1,100Kohls stores nationwide will win a $50 Kohls gift card.

More than 200 of the store winners will win re-gional scholarships worth $1,000 toward post-second-ary education.

Ten national winners will be awarded a total of$10,000 in scholarships for post-secondary education,

and Kohls will donate $1,000 to a nonprot organiza-tion on each national winners behalf.

The Kohls Cares Scholarship Program is part ofKohls Cares, Kohls philanthropic program focused onimproving the lives of children. Since the program be-gan in 2001, Kohls has recognized more than 17,000kids with more than $3.4 million in scholarships andprizes. To learn more about last years winners, visitkohlskids.com.

Photos by Sarah Miller

Superintendent Jack Smith discusses thisyears proposed budget.

CEA President Debbie Russ speaks at the budget hearing.


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Technology in education has movedaway from a once-weekly classroom les-son in a computer lab. Now, children areusing computers and interactive materi-als as early as kindergarten.

The youngest students learn basicmouse and computer skills. They playwith iPads and computers at home andenter the classroom expecting to see sim-ilar materials, said Technology Integra-tion Teacher Specialist Jennifer Sturge.

Some classrooms have interactive

smart boards and smart tables, whichcan accommodate up to four studentssimultaneously.

Teachers are encouraged to integratevideos and multimedia components totheir lessons, Sturge said.

This year, all county public schoolswill administer Type to Learn classes.In the past, a handful of schools used thesystem, but this is the rst year it will beused system-wide.

Testing with paper and Number 2pencils may soon be a thing of the past.The MSA in science is now adminis-tered on-line, in addition to portions ofthe HSA. Under the Common Core Cur-

riculum, all standardized testing will beon-line, according to Supervisor of Ac-countability, Instructional Support andEnhancement Cathy Page.

Systems automatically save studentsprogress, which minimizes risk with on-line testing in the event of a power out-age, Page said.

Huntingtown High School historyteacher Robert James has wholeheartedlyembraced technology in his paperlessclassroom. Each student in his classes isassigned a laptop to work with, and heuses a variety of Internet resources to as-sign and collect homework and tests.

With Edmodo, an education-centricsocial networking website, he can postassignments, send materials and collecthomework. Other websites allow stu-dents to create public walls dedicated tospecic topics, which James can displayon a smart board in his classroom.

All materials available in class areavailable for students at home by ac-cessing Edmodo, James said. The stu-dents sign up for one account, which al-lows them to organize their classes andassignments.

Students respect the computers, hesaid, nding quicker responses to home-work because students show higher levels

of accountability. Performance has in-creased in the two years since he imple-mented the paperless classroom, Jamessaid.

While technology is becoming partof daily instruction, the Board of Educa-tion has charged a team to study the useand implications social media has on theschools.

The Board of Education formed thegroup to study a proposed policy regard-ing social media. Administrators, teach-ers and a representative from the Citi-zens Advisory Committee comprise thegroup. During the meeting, Deputy Su-

perintendent Robin Welsh told the boardat their Feb. 7 meeting that brand newpolicy was likely unnecessar y. Revisingexisting policies regarding technologyand information was an alternate courseof action, she said.

The study group focused on threeplatforms - Edmodo, Facebook andTwitter.

Edmodo is a social networking sitesimilar to Facebook but focused on edu-cation, Welsh said. The challenge is thegeneral public is not familiar with itsfunctions.

More than half of students, parents

and teachers use Facebook. The downside is the time it requires to monitor andupdate a schools page, Welsh said. Twitter faces a similar issue, requiring constant attention to remain current. A positive point for Twitter is that individualcannot comment on tweets, Welsh said.

Welsh discussed the use of YouTubewith the board. It could be used to postraining videos about the upcoming common core curriculum, she said.

Videos have already been utilizedin professional development. Since the

beginning of January, teachers have beeninvolved in two-week sessions covering

topics such as digital citizenship, integrating technology and assessments using technology.

Teachers can tap into online sessionat their convienence, which is nice thenyoure trying to learn and juggle all youresponsibilities, Sturge said.

For more information, visit wwwcalvertnet.k12.md.us.

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Photo courtesy Robert James

In Other BOE NewsThe Board of Education discussed ongoing school safety activities during their

Feb. 7 meeting. Superintendent Jack Smith said employees are retrotting doors withlocks and working on plans to funnel visitors into the main ofce before they enter class-rooms. In-house maintenance staff is completing some projects. Others will requirecontractors. Currently, Calvert County Public Schools is focused on the low hanging

fruit, Smith said.


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Restaurant Week a Success

Born A Service Pro

By Alex PanosStaff Writer

We dont want tobe good, we want to bethe best in the eld, saidVince Whittles, ownerof St. Marys and CalvertServpro cleaning and res-toration. Weve raised the

bar of the service industry.His rst customer

in 1984 is still a customertoday, and Servpro, whichstarted with three dryingfans, now has over 500 andthe ability to clean any building in SouthernMaryland.

Whittles can call other individuallyowned and operated Servpros around the

country to help in time of a crisis.During Hurricane Irene, Servpro

sent an additional 50 units to Maryland.We brought in [crews] that worked

directly with our ofce basically al-lowing us to quadruple our capacity to

provide service, said Chad Day, generalmanager. That was made possible by per-sonal relationships with other franchiseowners that were developed as a result ofthe number of years that Vince has been inthe Servpro organization.

As a teenager Whittles worked part-time for the Montgomery County Servproas a helper washing windows and cleaningcarpets. He spent the rest of his t ime eitherhelping his father as a bricklayer or play-ing sports.

He worked for his brothers Servproin Annapolis after graduating from col-lege, and a year later opened his own of-ce in St. Marys where he built the busi-

ness from the ground up.For 12-14 hours a day, Whittles was

knocking on doors, restoring homes andexpanding his company.

I was denitely an outsider, re-called Whittles of his arrival to SouthernMaryland, noting eventually people nal-ly started calling the ofce. Once we gotin the door, we made sure people werentgoing to use the other guy again.

Whittles continued to grow the busi-ness through word of mouth accom-

plished by performing quality service.He personally made sure each job

was completed to perfection and althoughthe company was expanding, nervous-ness caused the hands-on owner to go outwith his crews to clean.

Leaving someone with my custom-

ers still scared me, Whittles said. Now

[his employees] clean circles around me.Over the last 20 years, according t

Whittles, he has acquired a team of production managers with more experience thanany restoration company in the area.

They are constantly improving thknowledge and skill-set of the staff.

Continuing the education and training[of staff] is enough money each year to senda kid to college, Whittles said.

The company is the exception to the industry because employees do not leave aftea few years.

Whittles has production managers with20 and 19 years under their belt. The remaining three have ve or more years experiencewith the company.

Production managers are on the cloc24 hours a day, and Whittles only hires peo

ple he would be comfortable having over this house for dinner.

Servpro of St. Marys won the franchises gross volume in sales award foMaryland, D.C. and northern Virginia in2011.

They have been named franchise of thyear of over 1,600 establishments in Ameri

ca, and received various sales performancawards between 2001 and 2011.

In 2006, Whittles was named thChamber of Commerce small businessperson of the year.

Ive had trainers tell me you are thmodel for our franchise, he said.

The company offers cleanings of aiducts and HVAC, odors carpets and upholstery, ceilings, walls and oors as well a

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Servpro owner Vince Whittles, left, his wife Sherry and stepson, General Manager Chad Day.

The Department of Economic Development wrapped up Calvert Countys rstRestaurant Week on Feb. 10.

During the week, more than 30 restaurants created special menus to entice newcustomers to try their food at affordable prices, according to Tourism Program Special -ist Joyce Baki.

Ive just been amazed, Baki said, adding the department absolutely intends tohost Restaurant Week in 2014.

Its not too late for participants to submit a comment card on-line for a chance towin a prize. For more information, visit www.choosecalvert.com.

Photo by Sarah MillerEconomic Develop-ment employees JoyceBaki and Mark Vollandenjoy lunch at Boomer-angs in Solomons. Logo courtesy of Calvert Department of Economic Development


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One of my neighbors kept his shotgun locked in a glass case in the hall. While they were outshopping, his 12-year-old son decided to have a par ty. He found the boy took out the gun, and aimed it atthe rst child that walked through the door. The gun went off and the child was shot dead. How wouldyou like to be the parents of these children? There are many more tragedies such as these. If a walkingmother wants protection, use pepper spray. I have some in my car.

Charlotte DelaneySolomons Island

I salute Delegate Mark Fisher for raising an issue thatneeds more discussion than existed with the passage of theSustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act. Ilive on the Bay, am concerned about its health but was

dumbfounded when told about the state's answer - requireindividual homeowners replace their septic systems withthe nitrogen depletion process. The cost for the nitrogensystem is quite high and technically does very little as faras saving the Bay. It's nothing more than a token effort, noteven a good Band-Aid, for the real environmental wound.

Removal of nitrogen from the Bay cannot be impacted bythe daily toilet ushing done by my wife and me. Rarelydoes a month go by that I don't see ship's traversing theBay emptied holding tank efuent oating off of my bulk-head. I wonder how many septic systems this represents?

Mr. Fisher indirectly attacked the solution to the prob-lem with his zoning discussion the poorly maintained

waste treatment plants. I argue that the state x them andplan for the removal of septic systems that are within a rea-sonable distance to the Bay or tributaries and put in newtreatment plants. Take the money that is now nancing theBand-Aid reaction (subsidizing home owners buying thenitrogen depletion systems) and put it toward new treat-

ment plants. I've lived on the Gulf of Mexico and all ofthe towns that I'm familiar have sewer systems: Galveston,Houston, Corpus Christi and New Orleans.

If Maryland, Governor OMalley and Senator Millerreally are concerned about the Bay's environmental situa-tion, sewer treatment plants - that actually work - are theonly answer. It goes without saying the real x requires

Virginia to join forces at or near the same time. If not,just another token effort. Replacing individual home sep-tic systems with a nitrogen depletion process is not a goodsolution either way.

Jinx Springeld

Dares Beach

Approximately 11 months ago while throwingsome menus and recipes around on Facebook with

some Optimist member friends from northernMaryland one of them asked me how could we getmore people involved sharing recipes and menuswith us. I thought a few minutes and told Peggywhen I got home from work the next day I wouldtake care of it.

When I got home the next afternoon I wentto my Facebook page and created the What's ForDinner Group. Don't laugh if you haven't joined us

because in our 11 short months we have had 533people join the original three it started with.

We have three members from South Africa,one from Australia, several from Canada, peoplefrom all over the United States, but the best of allwas just before Christmas we had three membersfrom the North Pole ask to join. Never did I thinkthat the three of us would make such a hit.

To be a member we ask that you tell us where

you are from, how you found our group, and whatsome of your favorite meals are. We also ask ourmembers to post their recipes in document formso they will be saved in our Files tab. Pictures arealso encouraged and really add something to our

posts. Another great thing about our group is werate restaurants, share ideas, and really just havefun. We have men and woman cooks and are alsocalled The Crazy Cooks Club by some, and thereis a reason for this too.

We have our own vocabulary. We eat taters,

maters and sketti. We have also been known tocook in crotch [sic.] pots. You really have to see

the posts to understand the fun between some ofthe best friends that have never met. In Novem-

ber when we reached 400 members I set a goal tohave 500 members before January 1, 2013. Withthe help of our wonderful members we surpassedour goal by three. Now on February 2 we are at536 members.

People that would like to join us need tosearch Facebook for the What's For Dinner Groupand ask to join. We are always looking for newmembers from wherever for new menus, ideas andrecipes.

So if you really like to cook and share yourideas look us up because my goal for 2013 will

be 1000 members and I know with the help of mycurrent members and letters like this we will haveno problem making it.

If any of our current local members would

like share information about our group pleasewrite your own letter so maybe some of yourfriends that haven't joined yet will hear how muchyou enjoy being a part of us and wil l want to join.

Thanks to all my Crazy Cooks

Toni LongCreator of the What's ForDinner Facebook Group

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First Act: Designing a Beach Teater

STORY

By Sarah Miller

Staff Writer

North Beach CreatingArt-Centered Community

For a community boasting a balletschool, a theatre troupe and a number ofgalleries, there is little by way of perfor-mance space in North Beach.

A group of 41 seniors from the Uni-versity of Maryland came down to NorthBeach Jan. 8 to help remedy that issue.

The students from the schools archi-tectural program visited North Beach toget a feel for the town. The departmentselected North Beach for their project todesign a master plan and building. Stu-dents and professors gathered late last

Friday morning to meet with representa-tives from the North Beach PerformingArts Initiative.

The group discussed town history,planning, zoning, design guidelines andstandards, the initiative, and the advan-tages and disadvantages of proposed sitesfor the center.

After the meeting, students hadlunch at a local restaurant and toured thetown.

Brian Curley, a student fromHughesville, visited North Beach whenhe was younger and was happy to partici-

pate in a project close to home. Normally,architectural school projects are in cos-mopolitan areas, so designing somethingto t in with small town North Beach is achallenge, he said.

Town employee Dawn Richardsonthree prospective locations for the the-ater: the southeast corner of 7th and BayAvenue; the southwest corner of 3rd andChesapeake Avenue; and, the northeastcorner of 5th and Chesapeake Avenue.

We want it to be a well rounded per-forming arts location, she said.

The theatre will seat approximately200. The stage takes one third of the

performing arts building, said architect

E. Phillip McCormic. The top oor willhave a restaurant and an observationdeck facing the Chesapeake Bay, the sec-ond oor will house the theatre, dressingrooms and support systems for the stageand the ground oor will be a multi-pur-

pose meeting room.McCormic, who has been with the

project since the second attempt, said hewill include student designs among pro-fessional proposals.

Directing the newest effort to builda theater is a steering committee with adozen members, including Twin BeachPlayers President Sid Curl, Abigail Fran-cisco, owner of a local ballet school,and North Beach Planning CommissionMember Michael Hartman.

McCormic believes the town willbenet from a project like this, addingthat when a town is developing, propertyvalues go up and individuals are morewilling to move or buy second homes in

the area.It puts the town in a position whereits considered something special, hesaid.

North Beach Town Council Mem-ber Randy Hummel, unsure about whathe thinks of the arts center right now,admitted he has been involved very lit-tle in the studies for the arts center. Hedoesnt see it being as busy as the mayorand members of the steering committee

believe.Im not really sure theres a demand

in this area, he said.The town will own the building, and

lease out space for the restaurant to offsetexpenses. Town representatives are creat-ing a non-prot organization for the fun-

draising side of the operation.North Beach Mayor Mark R. Frazer

said the town intends to apply for statusas a Maryland Arts and EntertainmentDistrict. Currently, Maryland has 19 suchdistricts across the state.

Once the building process is furtherunderway, the town will submit the ap-

plication for the status.Eligibility requirements include of-

fering studio space and affordable hous-ing, hosting seasonal and annual artsevents, a well-established histor y of artis-tic involvement and a willingness to hirea part-time or full-time person to manag-

ing the district.

Other Arts andEntertainment Facilities

A similar theatre exists in St. MarysCounty. The Three Notch Theatre oper-ates out of the former Lexington ParkMemorial Library on Shangri-La Drive,a space they lease from the county, ac-cording to Newtown Players member BillScaraa. The group pays for everything,from upkeep of the building to utilitiesand theater production.

A community theatre is an asset be-cause it offers individuals a chance to beinvolved in professional theatre and stayclose to home, according to Scaraa.

Local playwrights can see their visionscome to life. And when not staging pro-

ductions, the Newtown Players host arshows in the lobby and youth productions

There are countless benets, Scaraa said.

Funding is a challenge for a locatheater, he said. Its an expensive propo-sition and if the community is not receptive to the presence of a stage theatre, itwont last long.

Annmarie Sculpture Garden andArts Center Director Stacy Hann-Ruffsaid artistic locations, such as theatresand the sculpture garden, boost the locaeconomy. People who come to visit anevent at Annmarie can stay at the Hilton

Garden Inn or eat at the Ruddy Duck.Any artistic venture has to nd theniche and what its about, Hann-Ruffsaid.

Art places tend to be very entrepreneurial, she said.

When an area becomes inundatedwith artistic endeavors, she said it becomes a challenge for everyone sincethey compete for the same sponsorshipmoney, and resources are spread too thinHowever, she doesnt believe a theatrein North Beach would affect a theater inSolomons because the areas are so farapart.

I lament that, she said. Its toobad were so far away, but it does giveopportunities.

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Photos by Beth GraemUniversity of Maryland students and teachers scope out North Beach.


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This year, celebrate some of the morenotable presidents in U.S. history with thiseasy guide.

George Washington: As commanderin chief of the Continental Army, GeorgeWashington set the tone for a revolution thateventually ended in the American colonieswinning their independence from GreatBritain. Born into a wealthy Virginia familyin 1732, Washington would become the rstPresident of the United States in 1789, an of-ce he held until 1797.

Abraham Lincoln: The 16th Presidentof the United States, Lincoln would presideover the country during what was arguablyits most tumultuous period. Upon issuing his

Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Lincolnimmediately freed more than 50,000 of thenation's slaves and an additional 3 millionas the Union armies advanced. Along withJames A. Gareld, William McKinley andJohn F. Kennedy, Lincoln is one of four U.S.

presidents to have been assassinated while inofce.

Woodrow Wilson: Serving from 1913to 1921, Woodrow Wilson was presidentwhen the United States entered World War I.In addition to persuading the passage of nu-merous acts, Wilson also played a signicantrole in the creation of the League of Nations,which served as a precursor to the United

Nations. John F. Kennedy: At the time of his

assassination in 1963, Kennedy had servedless than three full years in ofce. However,Kennedy's iconic speeches and affable per-sonality continue to inuence the American

public, which routinely votes him as one ofthe country's greatest presidents. Footage ofKennedy's assassination remains hauntingto this day, and media historians often citenews coverage of the assassination as a semi-nal moment for television news.

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Mt. Rushmore National Memorial is a huge mountain sculpture of four US Presidents, lo-cated near Keystone, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Presidents depicted are: GeorgeWashington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. These fourPresidents were chosen to represent the founding, growth and preservation of the United States.The work was designed by the sculptor John Gutzon Borglum (March 25, 1871- March 6, 1941).

The Construction of Mt. Rushmore: The monument was sculpted by Borglum and about 400stone workers. Construction began on August 10, 1927 (President Coolidge attended the dedica-tion that day). Funding was provided by private donations and the Federal Government.

The sculpting was done by rst blasting away tons of rock with dynamite. Workers thensat in hanging "swing seats," and used jackhammers, drills, hammers, and other tools to do thenishing work. Bad weather and a lack of funding slowed work; although it took 14 years to nishthe project, work was done for only about 6 of those years.

After Borglum's death, soon before the sculpture was done, the completion of the giantsculpture was overseen by his son, Lincoln Borglum. The monument was completed in 1941(after Borglum's death).

Geology of the Area: The rock of Mt. Rushmore consists of outcroppings of ne-grainedgranite (a hard, light-colored, igneous rock - volcanic rock that has cooled) and some mica schist(a type of crystalline metamorphic rock). The light-colored granite of Mt. Rushmore contrastswith darker layers of mica schist. Mt. Rushmore is the northeastern edge of the Harney Peak

Granite Batholith (a batholith is a huge body of igneous rock that solidied under the earth).

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Abraham Lincoln The Great EmancipatorTheodore Roosevelt The Rough RiderFranklin D. Roosevelt The New DealerWilliam Howard Taft Big BillHarry S. Truman The HaberdasherGeorge Washington The Father of His CountryWoodrow Wilson The Schoolteacher

Fun Presidential Trivia

At the start of the 20th century, the rst three U.S. Presi-dents who became a president without having held any majorelective ofce were William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, andDwight D. Eisenhower.

As president of the United States of America, GeorgeWashington set the precedent of kissing the Bible and present-ing an inaugural speech after taking the oath of ofce.

Bill Clinton is the only president elected twice without re-ceiving at least 50 percent of the popular vote either time. Hereceived 43 percent of the popular vote in 1992 and 49 per centin 1996.

Franklin Pierce is the rst American president born at theturn of the 19th century. He was born in 1804.

George W. Bush is the only U.S. president to earn a Masterof Business Administration (MBA) degree from the HarvardBusiness School.

The rst two U.S. presidents born outside of the original 13colonies were Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. Jacksonwas born in the Waxhaw area of the Carolinas, and Lincoln, inHodgenville, Kentucky.

Dwight D. Eisenhower is the only U.S. general in the 20thcentury to become American president. A graduate of West

Point and the United States Military Academy, Eisenhower wasin charge of the D-Day invasion near the end of World War II.His parents were members of a fundamentalist religious sectand were strict pacists.

Bill Clinton is the only U.S. president whose wife attainedelective ofce. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the rst First Lady to

be elected to high ofce, as senator from New York.Barack Obama is the rst African American U.S. president.Abraham Lincoln is the U.S. president who declared

Thanksgiving to be a national holiday. In 1863, he issued a proc-lamation declaring Thanksgiving to be a national holiday, cel-ebrated on the last Thursday of November.

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president who nevermarried.

Virginia is the U.S. state where the greatest number ofAmerican presidents have been born. It is the birth state of theseven of the rst twelve presidents George Washington, Thom-as Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William HenryHarrison, John Tyler, and Zachary Taylor. Thomas WoodrowWilson (28th U.S. president) was also born in Virginia.

Benjamin Harrison is the U.S. president who began thetradition of decorating a Christmas tree in the White House, in1889 on Christmas morning. In 1913, Woodrow Wilson askedfor a community Christmas tree to be placed at the Capitol sothat a tree lighting ceremony could be recognized as a nationalevent.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt served the longest period of

time. He was elected to four terms, serving from 1933 to 1945.Herbert Hoover approved The Star-Spangled Banner as

the national anthem.Golf is often the sport most associated with American

presidents. The rst U.S. president who took up the game wasWilliam Howard Taft.

The two U.S. presidents whose names contain all the vow-els, plus y Ulysses Simpson Grant and Rutherford BirchardHayes.

The two American presidents who died on the very sameday the 2nd and 3rd U.S. presidents, John Adams and ThomasJefferson. They were rivals, then friends. Both died on July 4,1826, exactly fty years after the signing of the Declaration of

Independence.The rst U.S. president who won the Nobel Peace Prize i

Theodore Roosevelt, in 1906, for mediating the Russian-Japanese War Treaty. Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and BarackObama also won the Nobel Peace Prize.

U.S. presidents depicted on Mount Rushmore GeorgeWashington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore is located in South Dakota, inthe Black Hills, 23 miles southwest of Rapid City.

The three American presidents who were sons of a clergyman were Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, and WoodrowWilson.

John F. Kennedy is the only American president to wina Pulitzer Prize. He received the prize for his book Proles inCourage.


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Calvert County Sheriff K9 unit leader,Sgt. Kenneth Gregory has handled dogs fornearly 20 years, rst in the military then withthe K9 Unit. He is qualied to train handlersand dogs from outside the county. Recentlyhes trained young black Labrador for drugdetection with ofcers from Prince GeorgesCounty.

In addition to training, Gregory writesregular articles and columns for Police K9.In one of his art icles, Gregory explained whyhandlers should make the call in deployinga dog, not a supervisor. In other units, a su-

perior can order a handler to use his dog andthe handler has to obey. In Calvert, handlershave the right to keep their dog leashed, butthey cant release the hounds if a superiortells them not to.

Ofcers and their dogs are partners whotrain intensively to keep Calvert citizens safe.

DFC James Morgan has been in the K9unit for a year and a half. He said he joined be-cause he likes dogs and likes being outdoors.

When you have a dog, you get everygood call, Morgan said.

During his rst track, Morgan helpednd a burglar who ran into the woods. He andhis dog chased the perpetrator over a mile ofrough terrain, past the point other ofcerssaid they would loose the scent, and overtook

the burglar when he stopped for a breatherOnce you catch your rst person,

youre hooked, Morgan said.Handlers have alpha personalities and

play to win. If a criminal escapes, it meansthe criminal wins. Dogs are tools to help of-cers win, said Gregory.

To become a handler with the K9 unit,individuals rst submit a transfer request and

a letter detailing their decision to work as adog handler and their qualications.

If their request is accepted, a boardcomprised of independent handlers fromoutside the county interviews candidates.

Applicants who make it through the in-terview go to training for a day at the Calvertfacility in Port Republic. They submit to a

physical agility test, work around the dogsand go through an obstacle course, all activi-ties they will do if chosen by the sheriff to goto K9 School, Gregory said.

Each dog normally works with onehandler. Some handlers have one dog that iscross trained for patrol and detection work,while others have two, each specialized inonly one type of work. A dog is a pack ani-mal, Gregory said, and to get the best workout of them they need to feel they are num-

ber two in their pack, submissive only to thehandler. Handlers are responsible for careand upkeep of their dogs.

Breeds used include German Shep-herds, Labradors, Bloodhounds and Bel-gium Malinois. Labradors and Bloodhoundscannot be cross-trained, so handlers withone of them will have a second dog, Gregorysaid. When the K9 unit is fully staffed it hassix ofcers and 10 dogs, Gregory said.

Six dogs in the K9 unit were donated,Gregory said. The national average is one of100 dogs donated to K9 units are useable.Gregory has been lucky. In Calvert, the ratiois closer to one dog in every ve is useable.

When evaluating prospective dogs forthe K9 unit Gregory looks at three phases.In the rst face, he tests their drive to receiveand keep a reward. In the second phase, hetests dogs reactions to environmental fac-tors, such as vehicle noise, slick oors, stairand tight space negotiation. The third phasetests dogs response to gunre and their

predatory and defensive potential. Dogsshould go for a full-mouth bite, not a nip.He looks for medium sized dogs between 70and 80 pounds with high to average energylevels. Some are aggressive with people oth-er than their handlers. Dogs in the K9 unit

would not make good house pets, he said.

Dogs are trained with a ball. They dotheir job to get the ball, Gregory said.

Its their paycheck.To keep from hampering that drive

when they are home handlers do not teachdogs to play Frisbee or other games.Dogs are remembered for their actions

A recently deceased bloodhound, Dukehelped return an elderly man home whenofcers found him wandering in a PrinceFrederick neighborhood around four in themorning. Duke sniffed a sample of the elderly mans clothing and tracked the scent toa specic home. If Duke had not been ableto do that, Gregory said the man they foundwould have been in custody until his familyfound him.

Handlers spend their rst ve or sixyears learning to work with the dogs and

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Food Fraud: Whats on your plate?By Debra Meszaros CSNwww.MXSportsNutrition.com

There has never been a time inhistory more important than now,to raise your own awareness aboutthe food you decide to consumeeach day. Unfortunately the daysof knowing your local farmer havebeen replaced with corporate super-markets. We are left to trust what weread on the labels that accompanyour food. But should we be?

In the past year alone, reportshave surfaced about many commonpractices of modern food manufac-turing. How can a fast food burgerbe left out for a decade and not decompose? Why does aMcRib pork sandwich contain 70 different questionable in-gredients and its meat portion consist of restructured meat?

Is the meat you have chosen to purchase at the grocery storeheld together by meat glue? Does your childs schoollunch contain a combination of ground up beef scraps andsome connective tissue mixed with an ammonia solution,a.k.a. pink slime? Did you miss the full-page ads that asupermarket chain ran in national newspapers apologizingfor selling hamburgers that contained 30 percent horse-meat? Supporting that dollar menu at many local establish-ments may be doing more damage than you think. With

each dollar you spend, are you supporting food fraud?When you deliberately substitute, add, tamper or mis-

represent food, its ingredients, or packaging, or make falseor misleading statements about a product for economicgain, you are committing food fraud. The U.S. Pharmaco-peial Convention (USP) reports 800 new reports of foodfraud over the last two years. At this rate, wholesome foodmay be very hard to come by in the near future.

Where can we nd a solution? Could it be right in ourback yards?

Getting back to the basics is the way to preserve ourfood safety and our health. Small family farms still existin our area, and those that respect the laws of nature arehelping to preserve a healthy food chain. Local farmingis very important to all of us. Buying from smaller com-munity farms with f ree-range animals that are organicallyfed, removes you from possibly being a victim of food fraudand unwanted food contamination. Look for signs in yourlocal supermarket for local products. Understand that con-tamination is mostly found in products raised in conned

animal feeding operations (CAFOs); so research the brandsyou buy and keep a sharp eye out for that local farm stand.Stop in and buy some wholesome food, and dont forget tosay Thank you.

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Annie Call, 90

Annie Lee Call, 90, of Alexandria,Va. formerly of Lusby, Md., passed awayon Feb. 5 at her home in Alexandria. She

was born on Sept. 10, 1922 in Dillwyn, Va.to the late Jaffus and Ola Hackett. Besidesher parents, Annie was preceeded in deathby her husband, Frank Call, and her sonFrank S. Call. Annie worked for the CalvertCounty School Board in the cafeteria formany years.

She is survived by daughters VirginiaKotulak of Alexandria, Va. and Betty Jen-kins of Lake Mary, Fla., granddaughtersLinda Larson of Alexandria, Va., CindyConway of St. Augustine, Fla., and Jus-tine Jenkins of Raleigh, N.C. She is alsosurvived by her great grandchildren, KateLarson, John Zachary Conway and ErinConway.

The family received friends on Feb.9 at the Rausch Funeral Home, 4405Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, Md.,

where services followed. Interment will beheld Feb. 25, at 11 a.m. at Maryland Veter-ans Cemetery, Cheltenham, Md. Memorialcontributions may be made to the hospiceof your choice.

Lemuel Coates, 85

Lemuel W. Coates, 85,of Chesapeake Beach, Md.

passed away on Jan. 26 athis residence.

Our Dad, Lemuel W.Coates, was born on July25, 1927, to the late MaryElizabeth Jones Clevelandand Roland Coates in Cal-vert County, Md.

Our Dad received his education in Cal-

vert County at Randall Cliff ElementarySchool. He was a member of St. EdmondsUnited Methodist Church.

On Dec. 4, 1950, Daddy joined the Unit-ed States Army and in 1952, he transferredto the United States Army Reserve and washonorably discharged on Dec. 11, 1956.

Our Dad learned the trade of masonryat an early age. He worked as a mason forover 30 years at Maryland DevelopmentCompany with Frances Brown and the lateEdward Holland. He retired in the late 70s;however, he continued to do side jobs in theeld of masonry.

On May 12, 1951, Daddy married thelove of his life, our mom, Ruth Thelma Jones.

From their union they had two daughters,Elsa, also known as Susie, and Audrey,also known as Bookie.

Our Dad loved our Mom with all hisheart. He would call her his Doll. In thelater years when Mother was not able to get

around, he devoted his time to caring for herand waiting on her hand and foot. When shewas admitted to the nursing home; he visitedher often. Father missed his Doll ever sodearly. They spoke several times a day andhe always ended their phone calls with I loveyou, Doll.

Daddy loved his family and enjoyedspending time with them, especially thegrandchildren and the great-grandchildren.He also enjoyed having other family mem-

bers and friends stop by to sit and talk withhim.

Our Dad was a very humble, soft-spoken man and one who met no strangers.He loved to talk and share stories about thegood ole days, his upbringing, military ser-vice, jobs and the houses he helped to build.He had a gentle spirit and peace about him

that you saw and felt each time you were inhis presence. He was at peace with himself.

In the earlier years our Dad loved sh-ing and crabbing. He, Granny and the rest ofthe family could be found on any given Sat-urday at the pier in Chesapeake Beach sh-ing and crabbing for hours. Daddy could beseen traveling over beach several times aday. He would put his gures, which meansto play his numbers, go to Rolands, or putthat $5 or $6 of gas in Old Betsy, his car.One thing for sure, he never ran out of gas. Heenjoyed watching the gospel network station-TBN, listening to gospel music, watching

baseball, old western movies, and his favor-ite soap opera, The Young and The Restless.You could pass by the house and nd himwiping off his car, or just doing something inthe yard. Although moving at a much slower

pace, he kept active until the end.Our Dad leaves to cherish his memory,his Doll and beloved wife of 61 years, RuthThelma Jones Coates; two daughters, ElsaEmerson and Audrey Thomas; one son-in-law, Howard Emerson Sr.; four grandchil-dren, Miranda Casey, Faith Emerson, How-ard Emerson Jr., and Courtney Thomas;eight great-grandchildren, Howard EmersonIII, Shanice Bell, Teanna Emerson, TaliaEmerson, Barry Holland Jr., Briana Casey,Darius Thomas, and Jeremiah Thomas; andone great-great-grandson, Isaac Simms Jr.He also leaves to mourn one sister, AliceThompson; three brothers, Carl Coates, The-odore Gross, and John Cleveland Jr.; in ad-

dition, sisters-in-law, Ernestine Jones, RoseJones, Violet Jones, and Fern Coates; and ahost of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, greatnephews, relatives, and many friends. He hadthree special friends, Joseph Dooley Jones,Calvin Cowboy Gross Sr., and John Titus.

Our Dad was preceded in death by hisparents Mary Elizabeth

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