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Armory Road residents, in

Prince Frederick, are not con-vinced widening the roads, receiv-ing sidewalks and gaining a trafccircle will be an improvement.

At the open house, approxi-mately 30 residents expressedconcerns about tree removal,mosquitoes, morning commute,and change of addresses.

Construction will widentravel lanes to 12 feet, with a 10-foot shoulder on each side andsidewalks. Trafc will be routedonto Fairground Road when parts

of Armory Road are closed, ac-cording to Department of Pub-lic Works Project Manager KarlDeugwillo.

Residents living in closedsections will be able to get intoand out of their homes, he told res-idents who raised access concerns.

The county will install a traf-c circle instead of a traditionalfour-way intersection, an actionprompted by the State HighwayDepartments recent preferencefor trafc circles.

Calvert is funding the projectwithout any money from the state.

All house numbers will re-main the same, Deugwillo said.

Road name changes will take ef-fect at the end of the constructionperiod, and affected residents willreceive notice.

Sister John Marie, concernedabout preservation of trees andplants, discovered the county willcut down trees to make room forthe improvements, and either re-plant them along Armory Road orpay to have them planted in otherpreservation areas, In some cases,old trees will be replaced withsaplings that will take 20 years togrow.

Thats pathetic, Sister JohnMarie said.

Other residents asked about

storm water management issuesif the county removes plants. Thecounty will create a storm waterpond to prevent ooding. Deug-willo assured residents mosquito

breeding in the pond has not beena problem in the past.

Resident Don Wayatt saidI just never understood theroundabouts.

He believes the project is awaste of money.

The project will begin inJune and will last 18 to 24 monthsdepending upon the weather. Thecurrent low bidder is Great MillsTrading Post from St. MaryCounty, a contractor the countyhas worked with during past projects, Deugwillo said.

For more information, contact Deugwillo at [email protected] or 410-535-1600, ext2546.

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The Board of Commissions learned moreabout their responsibility to work with St.Marys county and the Maryland Departmentof Transportation regarding the formation of aMetropolitan Planning Organization. Follow-ing the briefng, the board may join St. Maryscounty in a request to reconsider the federallydefned boundaries.

After the 2010 national census, the UnitedStates identifed urbanized areas with popula-tions of 50,000 or more with a density of 1,000

per square mile.The federal government declared Lex-

ington Park, Lusby, Solomons, Naval Air Sta-tion Patuxent River and parts of Leonardtownmake one urbanized area, which routinely

straddle county lines or state lines, said Cal-vert Department of Planning and Zoning Se-nior Planner Patricia Haddon.

Federal law requires the two countieswork together on a future transportation planlinking them together.

Its a club. Its not a stick, its a club. re-sponded Calvert County Commissioner JerryClark.

Commissioner Jerry Clark wanted toknow what would happen if the counties re-fused to participate.

On representative couldnt remember acase where counties refuse to participate in theMPO. He suggested the state could withholdtransportation funding if the counties do not

comply. Furthermore, he doubted requests tochange the boundaries to follow county lineswill be honored

The MPO wont help Calvert or St.Marys build a new Thomas Johnson Bridge,he said.

The county could send a letter similar toSt. Marys asking the MPO be reconsidered,

but Miller doubts the request would be granted.Clark did not see a reason to participate

other than the threat of taking away what littletransportation Calvert receives.

As part of the urbanized area, Calvert and

St. Marys will form a memorandum of under-standing regarding shared transportation planning and the formation of an MPO. The MPOcould have several subcommittees including a

bicycle advisory committee or an environmental committee. The goal is to study all facetof transportation and create long-term goals inaddition to short-term solutions.

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Residents Question ArmoryRoad Improvements

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Department of Public Works Project Man-ager Karl Deugwillo answers questionsregarding the Armory Road improvements.


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COUNTYNEWS

Last Weeks Murder, Suicide not Domestic Violence

Planning Commission Considers Revoking

Prince Frederick Crossing License

By Sarah Miller

Staff Writer

Last weeks murder/suicide marked at least the thirddomestic related homicide and fourth suicide in a year, ac-cording to Sheriff Mike Evans.

Wed like to be able to prevent them, but some of thecases are out of our hands, Evans said.

A call came into the sheriff last week, an apparent ver-bal dispute between two men led to a murder suicide inves-tigation. The incident occurred Tuesday, March 19 at ap-proximately 1:27 p.m. at a home on Hallowing Point Roadin Prince Frederick.

The sheriff identied the deceased as Raymond Wil-liam Willard, 45 and Carl Ray Nerem Sr., 42. Both men,who are brothers-in-law, lived at the house. According toEvans, it is believed Willard used a handgun to fatally shootNerem and then turned the gun on himself.

The rst dispute at the house was a domestic call cat-

egorized as verbal only since ofcers saw no evidence of aphysical assault, according to Evans.In cases between a husband and wife, or in similar in-

cidents where one of the parties is acting fearful or indi-cates a worry for their safety, responding ofcers conducta Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP) to determine if oneof the parties needs to be removed from the premises. Theassessment was not conducted at the March 17 call.

We get those calls every day, Evans said, adding theassessment is routinely conducted with evidence of a do-mestic assault. On March 17, the sheriffs ofce received acall from the residence and when ofcers arrived, the twomen were already separated. The ofcers found no grounds

for further action, Evans said.

Crisis Intervention Center Director David Gale saidthe LAP is intended for intimate partnerships. While thetwo men lived in the same home, they would not be catego-rized as having an intimate relationship because they werenot married and they had no sexual relationship.

In an instance like the March 17 call, responders couldadminister a danger assessment, which is more detailedand time consuming. In the case of a verbal dispute, Galesaid authorities cant do much if the individuals involvedare not cooperative. Unless one party threatened the victimthrough a voice or text message, in a case of non-physicaldisputes, it is difcult to take legal action.

Most homicides are committed by people who knoweach other, worked together or lived together, Evans said.One of the best ways to prevent a tragedy is for family mem-bers to call the sheriffs ofce and tell them if they suspectsomething is going to happen, or le a report when there isan incident.

If an individual does not want to go directly to the sher-iffs ofce, they can turn to the Crisis Intervention Center.Community Outreach Coordinator Tara Pavao encour-

ages individuals to call the center if they are concerned.Besides the Crisis Intervention Center, the Calvert

County Mediation Center is available for families, couples,neighbors and coworkers seeking a peaceful resolution toconict, according to Executive Director Susan Rork.

Incidents like last week can stem from drugs, money,job stress or a myriad of other reasons. Anything can set offa violent incident, Pavao said.

We dont know how much someone can take.The center coordinates with other county agencies to

study incidents and determine how to use the informationto prevent future incidents. Individuals need to know thadomestic violence is not just between spouses or individu

als in a romantic relationship. Domestic violence is betweenindividuals living together.

Having a complete record can help the sheriffs ofce pinpoint trouble locations and individuals, Pavao saidReports to the center are completely condential. If thetalk to the sheriffs ofce, Pavao said they dont share informants names if they request anonymity.

For more information, or to report a concern, call thcrisis intervention center at 410-535-1121 or the sheriffs ofce at 410-535-2800.

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The Planning Commission will meet April 17 to dis-cuss revoking a developers building permit for the secondtime.

Kris-Lei, LLC, an Owings-based entity and the devel-oper of Prince Frederick Crossing, had its license revokedonce before when it developer removed trees and disturbedwetlands not marked on the site plan. A condition of rein-statement was the developer agreed to construct a portionof the Prince Frederick Loop. So far, the builder fullledthe condition.

The Planning Commission action will have no bearingon a pending lawsuit to compel the builder to construct theroad or pay the county a lump sum, according to commis-sion attorney John Yacovelle.

The commission approved plans to streamline the Mt.Hope Convenience center, addressing trafc ow by creat-ing a second entry point for trucks removing and replac-ing trash receptacles. According to Department of PublicWorks Director Terry Carlson will eliminate the 20-minutewait for residents caught during the change. The onsite saltdome will be relocated, and the salt housed in a temporarylocation until a new dome is constructed, Carlson said.

This will be the convenience center of the future, hesaid.

He said construction will begin in approximately three

months, and will take 12 to 18 months to complete.The Mt. Hope Convenience Center is heavily used but

trafc studies have not shown a need for a trafc light, Carl-son said, adding the improvements will make the situationsafer for visitors and residents in the area.

The Planning Commission discussed ordinancechanges to make life easier for owners and operators of mo-bile food stands. Proposed regulations would loosen timelimits and allow the stands to remain in one location formultiple days, instead of moving off-site at the end of thenight as currently required. Planning Commission memberBill Glascock approved of the changes in the face of pastordinance changes he has not liked.

It seems like everything you turn around youre doingsomething to hurt the little guy, he said.

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Malcolm Funn listens to a presentation about the Mt. Hope Conve-nience Center.

Photo by Sarah MilleJohn Yacovelle discusses Prince Frederick Crossing.

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The proposed Mt. Hope Convenience Center layout.

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Sheriff Mike Evans discusses the recent murder/suicide at a pressconference.

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By Guy LeonardStaff Write

The courts have postponed sentenc-ing hearings for two men in separatecases facing serious child sex offenseand drug charges.

Willie Anthony Owens Jr., pleadingguilty to th ird degree sex offense in Jan-uary, was set to be sentenced Monday.

In June of 2012 Owens initially toldpolice he was accused of touching ayounger relative of his, which he denied.

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cused Owens of asking her to removeher pants when they were both togetherin an empty bedroom.

She said Owens had wanted tospeak with her as a pretext to lure herinto the bedroom, charging documentsstated.

The victim, a teenager, refused andtried to leave but Owens blocked herseveral times.

She described to police in detailhow Owens forced her to touch him inhis private area.

Police took the victims statementand then interviewed Owens. He ini-tially denied any inappropriate contact

but changed his story after about 15 o20 minutes of interrogation, according to

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area but only because the victim wataunting him.

Owens had now been set for sentencing on April 22.

In another case, Anthony WilberMackall, of Suitland, was accused of possessing sufcient amounts of cocaine inJuly 2012 in Prince Frederick to warrana charge of intending to distribute thnarcotics, police said.

Police conducted a trafc stop for malfunctioning headlight. Mackall was

passenger in the vehicle, charging documents read.

Deputies searched Mackall andfound 14 small individual pink baggies inhis waistband contained crack cocaineaccording to reports.

Mackall pleaded guilty in January tpossession of narcotics with the intent todistribute them.

His sentencing date has yet to bdetermined.

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By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

A U.S. District Court judge sen-tenced Joshua P. Blankenship, 25, ofSolomons to 12 years in federal prisonlast week to be followed by a lifetime ofsupervised release for producing child

pornography, U.S. At torney Rod Rosen-steins ofce repor ted.

Joshua Blankenship is typical ofthe predators children routinely encoun-ter on the internet, Rosenstein said.

Blankenships plea ag reement statesthat he befriended a teenage girl onFacebook in January 2011 and began toexchange text messages.

By March 2011 Blankenship hadasked the girl to send him a nude pho-to of herself, which she did via her cell

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she had sent her nude image on her celphone.

The defendant sent several more texmessages over the next few months telling the victim what kind of images hwanted her to send, authorities statedand threatening again to go to the policif she refused.

The victim produced several dozenimages for Blankenship.

Law ofcers searched Blankenshiphome in August of 2011 after identifyinghim as the suspect; he admitted to forcing individuals to sending him pictureand to creating a false internet prole toget access to videos and pictures of girls

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Theft Case:

Between March 15 and 16, ve unlockedvehicles parked at Sea Oat Court in NorthBeach were entered and all had various papersand owner IDs thrown about inside the vehi -cles as well as in the parking lot and surround -ing property. One vehicle had $20 stolen from

within. DFC J. Norton is investigating.

CDS Violation:

On March 23 at 12:38 a.m. Dep. A. Mohlerconducted a trafc stop on a vehicle on Md.Rt. 4 and Dares Beach Road in Prince Fred -erick. He found one of the passengers to bein possession of suspected drugs and arrestedChristopher W. McCarty, 27 of Essex, Md., andcharged him with possession of a Schedule IIdrug; oxycodone and possession with intent touse drug paraphernalia; a plastic bag.

CDS Violation:

On March 23 at 1:51 a.m.DFC W. Wells responded to the

area of Willows Road and OldWillows Road in ChesapeakeBeach for a suspicious vehicle.Wells observed the driver ofthe vehicle slumped over and knocked on thewindow to wake him. His eyes were bloodshotand he was incoherent. He was in possessionof suspected drugs. Wells arrested Christo-pher Michael Shaner, 21 of Chesapeake Beach,and charged him with possession of heroin andpossession of Zanex, and possession with in-tent to use drug paraphernalia; a plastic straw.

Disorderly Conduct:

DFC A. Clas arrestedMichael Sean Marshall, 27 ofLusby, on March 23 at 2:15 a.m.

after being called to a home in

Lusby for a disorderly subject. The complain-ant stated that Marshall was arguing with herand acting disorderly. Marshall continued toact in a disorderly manner after being told byClas to stop. He was charged with disorderlyconduct and failure to obey a lawful order.

Burglary:

Unknown suspect(s) entered the unlockedgarage of a home in the 5800 block of StephenReid Road in Huntingtown sometime betweenMarch 19 and 23. A yellow DeWalt miter sawvalued at $300 was stolen. DFC P. Aurich isinvestigating.

Theft:

Two victims reported to DFC A. Clas thatsomeone stole guns from their home on Cata-lina Drive in Lusby sometime between March9 and 24. One R&G black .22 caliber revolverwith brown grips, one Ruger 9mm black semi-automatic handgun, one Randle .45 caliberstainless steel semiautomatic handgun, maga-zines and a black holster, all together valued at

$1,770, were taken. DFC Clas is continuing theinvestigation.

CDS Violation:

On March 24 at 8:02 p.m.DFC J. Denton conducted atrafc stop on a vehicle forerratic driving on Md. Rt. 4south near Sherry Lane inPrince Frederick. He foundthe driver, later identied as Marko Ingo Roy,23 of Lusby, to be impaired by alcohol and/or drugs. Roy was arrested and charged withDWI and also charged with possession of aSchedule I drug; K2 (synthetic marijuana).

PunishmentCrime&

Possession of Synthetic Marijuana:On March 15 at 11:06 p.m.

Trooper S. Lewis responded to amotor vehicle collision on Rt. 231 inPrince Frederick. One of the drivers,Ashley V. Brumm, 29 of Mechanic-sville, was found to be in possession

of synthetic marijuana and drug par-

aphernalia. She was transported tothe hospital for injuries sustained inthe accident. Charges are pending.

Possession of Marijuana:On March 17 at 21:20 p.m.

Trooper First Class Sorensonstopped a vehicle for trafc viola-tions on Rt. 4 at Camaleer Pass inSunderland. A strong odor of burntmarijuana was detected emittingfrom the vehicle. A passenger inthe vehicle, Caroline R. Rayle, 20 ofDunkirk, was found to be in posses-sion of marijuana. She was chargedand incarcerated at the CalvertCounty Detention Center.

Possession of Xanax:On March 17 at 11:53 p.m.

Trooper First Class Wiersma re-sponded to a citizens report of a

possible drunk driver on Rt. 4 inPrince Frederick. TFC Wiersmalocated the vehicle in the parking lotof the WAWA in Prince Frederick.The driver, Joseph C. Guidotti, 30 ofHuntingtown, was arrested for driv-ing under the inuence. A searchrevealed Xanax and Suboxone in his

possession for which he did not havea prescription. He was charged andincarcerated to the Calvert CountyDetention Center.

False Statement to Police Ofcer:

On March 20 at 10:15 a.m.,Trooper First Class Wiesemann

stopped a vehicle for trafc viola-

tions on Rt. 4 at Cove Point Rd. inLusby. Investigation revealed thatBay V. Dinh, 50 of Silver Spring,gave false identication in an at-tempt to avoid arrest for drivingwithout a license. He was chargedand incarcerated at the CalvertCounty Detention Center.

Theft and Possession of Drugs:On March 20 at 5 p.m. Trooper

First Class Saucerman responded tothe K-Mart in Prince Frederick for areported theft. Michael W. Thorne,39 of Waldorf, was found in posses-sion of numerous DVDs he attempt-ed to steal from the store. Addition-ally, he was found in possession of

drugs for which he did not have aprescription. He was charged andincarcerated at the Calvert CountyDetention Center.

Trespassing:On March 21 at 12:45 a.m. Cor-

poral Stern responded to the 3900block of James Lane in ChesapeakeBeach for a reported trespasser.Kevin P. Goetz, 25 of Lothian, wasarrested for trespassing and trans-

ported to the Prince Frederick Bar-rack for processing. He was chargedand released.

Possession of Suboxone:On March 21 at 4:03 p.m.

Trooper First Class Merkelson

stopped a vehicle on Rt. 4 at Doris

Dr. in Owings, for trafc violations.Thomas R. Lee, IV, 27 of Owingsand Patrick D. Willoughby, 38 ofHuntingtown, were both found to bein possession of Suboxone for whichthey did not have a prescription.Both were arrested and incarcer-

ated at the Calvert County DetentionCenter.

Burglary:On March 22 at 3:48 a.m.

Trooper First Class Logsdon re-sponded to the 100 block of CalvertSquare Dr. in Prince Frederick for areported burglary. A vacant storewas broken into and drywall wasdamaged as the suspects attemptedto break into an adjacent business.Investigation continues.

Possession of Drugs:On March 22 at 10:20 a.m.

Trooper First Class R. Lewis stoppeda vehicle for trafc violations on Rt.4 at Plum Point Rd. in Huntingtown.Christopher D. Lipp, 28 of Chesa-

peake Beach, was placed under ar-

rest for driving with a suspendedlicense. Lipp was also found to bein possession of heroin; Clonazepamand Suboxene strips. He was incar-cerated at the Calvert County Deten-tion Center.

Burglary:On March 22 at 2 p.m., Trooper

First Class West responded to the9200 block of Baker St. in Dunkirkfor a reported suspicious vehicle.TFC West located and stopped thevehicle. The driver, Raymond E.Goode, 47 of Dunkirk, was arrestedafter further investigation revealedhe had broken into a vacant homeand stole numerous appliances.

He was incarcerated at the CalvertCounty Detention Center.

DUI, Child Neglect:On March 23 at 8:50 p.m.,

Trooper First Class Saucermanstopped a vehicle on Rt. 4 at ParranRd. in Lusby. Andrea D. Brady, 32of Waldorf, was arrested for drivingunder the inuence. The four-year-old daughter of Brady was found un-secured in the front passenger seat ofthe vehicle. Brady was arrested forDUI and after consultation with theStates Attorneys Ofce, chargesare pending for Child Neglect andChild Endangerment. She was in-carcerated at the Calvert County De-tention Center.

Theft:On March 24 at 2:47 p.m.

Trooper Rowe responded to the 200block of Buckskin Trail in Lusby fora reported theft. Raymond A. Rob-inson, 23 of Prince Frederick, wasarrested for stealing a laptop com-

puter from the victims residenceduring a party. He was incarcer-ated at the Calvert County DetentionCenter.

Theft:On March 23 10:15 p.m. Troop-

er Matthews responded to the 2300block of Cape Leonard Rd. in St.Leonard for a reported theft. Therear registration plate was stolen

from the victims vehicle.

MSP BlotterThe following information is compiled directly from publicly released police reports.

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

Sherifs Blotter

CIT Blotter

The following information is compiled directlyfrom publicly released police reports.

During the week of March 18 through March 24 deputies responded to 1,515 calls for servicein the community.

Citizens with information on the following crimes or any criminal activity in Calvert Countywho wish to report it anonymously can now access the Calvert County Crime Solvers link throughthe Sheriffs Ofce website.

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

On Thursday, March 14 at approximately 9:50 p.m. investigators from the C.I.T. responded

to Calvert Memorial Hospital for the report of a strong-armed robbery that had occurred earlierthat same day. Det. H. Rich made contact with the victim, Michael Charles Barkman, 34 of noxed address, who advised that approximately four hours earlier he was walking south along NorthPrince Frederick Boulevard when he observed a gold colored 4-door sedan travelling north proceedpast h im. A short t ime later he heard a car stop on the shoulder behind him. He looked back tosee the same gold sedan with 4 black males exiting the vehicle. All four approached him on foot.The victim further advised that he got into a physical altercation with all four males, two of whomare described as being over 6 feet tall and weighing over 250 pounds. The driver of the vehicle isdescribed as having long dreadlocks. The victim reported minor injur ies and had a friend drivehim to the emergency room. He stated that the four men made off with his cell phone and $30 to$60 in cash.

This incident is currently under investigation. Anyone with further informat ion is asked tocontact Det . Rich at 410-535-1600, ext. 2765.

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Independent Pharmacy StaysAhead of National Chains

By Corrin M. HoweStaff Writer

Chesapeake Beachs Chesapeake Phar-macy moved into Chesapeake Station Stop-ping Center in 1978 as one of the originalretailors to service the developing commu-nity, according to Beverly Dillon, manager.

It was a good choice. We expandedve years later and remodeled after 10 yearsto expand our pharmacy dispensing area.

While the location services the twinbeaches, it has loyal clients from Annapolis,Dunkirk and Huntingtown.

We take extra steps to provide cus-tomer services. We are about having timefor our customers and being there for their

needs, Dillon said.Although the shop is smaller than na-

tional chain stores, it boasts a long list ofgoods and services. If the store doesnt haveit, the staff can special order it. Immediatelyupon entering the doors, it looks like a giftand card shop, but it also has householditems, balloons, school supplies, RussellStover candies, stuffed bears and plethoraof medical equipment and supplies fromdiabetic supplies to orthopedic braces andsupport hose.

People come in and ask if we taketheir insurance, Dillon said. See the littleasterisks by other at the bottom of the listof insurance companies? Thats us. Werethe asterisks.

The store accepts Medicare B and D,FSA/HAS cards, and most insurance com-

panies. Services include 24-hour rell line,hard to nd medications, limiting com-pounding and pet medications.

Two of its newest services are a Ko-dak Picture Maker Machine and PharmacyHearing Center. Customers can self admin-ister a hearing test and then request a freehearing evaluation.

Dillon said more and more insurancecompanies are mandating mailed prescrip-tion rells, especially the kinds of medica-tion senior citizens take.

The senior population needs that ex-tra assistance. They get confused or needsomeone to reassure them.

She is glad to see a new trend in phar-

macy involvement in patient care. Insurance companies are paying for a consulta-tion with a pharmacist to review medica-tions, vitamins, alternate therapies and painmanagement.

Chesapeake Pharmacy is known in thebeaches and county for its support of lo

cal businesses and community. It receivedthe 2011 Small Business of the Year Awardfrom the Chamber of Commerce and the2010 Big Eagle Award from Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse for work-ing with the community to properly disposeof medication.

The store, located at 7955 BaysideRoad, Chesapeake Beach, is opened sevendays a week and holidays starting at 9 a.mand closes between 3 p.m. on holidays5 p.m. on the weekends and 7 p.m. week-nights. The phone number is 410-257-2050and website is www.chesapeakephcy.com.

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Beverly Dillon works behind the station createdfor medical therapy management consolationsbetween the pharmacist and patient.

Beverly Dillon, manager of Chesapeake Pharamcy, enjoyed showing off Chessie orthe ScriptPro 200 compact robotic system that combines prescription lling, labeling, veri-cation, and dispensing for tablets, capsules, and unit-of-use medications at one workstation.

Dillon believes her store is the only one in Calvert that has such a machine and one,possibly two, are in St. Marys.

When demonstrating it lling a prescription, she commanded it to ll a bottle with 30M&Ms the staff keeps on hand to show off Chessie. Dillon credits Chessie with a wide rangeof human temperaments. When Chessie knew what Dillion didnt the M&Ms were gone

Dillon attributed Chessie to being ornery.Dillon selected an item Chessie did have in stock and its robotic arm knew which size

bottle to collect and which dispenser to pull the medication from. A ratcheted wheel on thebottom on the dispenser turns causing the pills to drop into the bottle. Chessies red laser eyecounts the tablets or capsules. Once reaching the prescribed number, Chessies arm placesthe bottle on the conveyor belt, where it receives a printed label. The prescription leavesChessies door and stops below a monitor with all the important information for the staffmember to check including a picture of what the prescription pill should look like.

Chessies stock is changed constantly based upon the volume of prescriptions dis-pensed. For example, during cold and u season, more antibiotics may ll the robots insidesor a new generic comes out to replace a brand name.

The Internet has made it possible forconsumers to buy just about anything with-out ever leaving their homes. Whether look-

ing for a pizza or a car, consumers can ndwhatever they need with a few clicks of themouse.

But buying merchandise online alwayscomes with a degree of risk, and that's es-

pecially so when buying medicine over theInternet. Not all Web sites that sell medicineare trustworthy, and many physicians feel

buying medicine online is never a viable op-tion. Recognizing the risk involved in such atransaction, the Food and Drug Administra-tion offers the following advice to consum-ers consider purchasing medicines over theInternet.

Learn about medicines before orderingConsumers should learn as much as

possible about the medicines they plan topurchase before placing an order. Know

what the medicine looks like, including itscolor, texture, shape, and packaging. If themedicine has a particular taste or smell,make note of that before taking any medica-tion purchased over the Internet.

Know what you're buyingMany Web sites that sell medicine are

perfectly legal and trustworthy. However,just as many, if not more, Web sites sell med-icine that has not been checked or approved

by the FDA. These drugs might contain thewrong active ingredient or too much or toolittle of the active ingredient, making themineffective and possibly even deadly. Thesefaulty sites appear just as credible as theirlegitimate counterparts, but sell ineffectiveor dangerous drugs to consumers who don'tknow what they're getting in return.

In an effort to increase awareness

among consumers purchasing medicineonline, the FDA purchased and analyzeda host of products that were sold online as

Tamiu, which is used to treat some typesof inuenza infection. The active ingredientin Tamiu is oseltamivir, but in one package

purchased by the FDA online the drug theyreceived as Tamiu contained none of theactive ingredient oseltamivir. Similar prob-lems were reported by consumers who pur-chased Ambien, Xanax, Lexapro, and Ati-van over the Internet. Instead of receivingthese drugs, consumers received productscontaining the foreign version of Haldol, a

powerful anti-psychotic drug that sent con-sumers to the emergency room, where theywere treated for a host of ailments.

When shopping for medicine online,the FDA notes the following signs of a Website that's trustworthy:

The site is located in the UnitedStates.

The Web site is licensed by the stateboard of pharmacy where the Web site isoperating.

The Web site offers a licensed phar-macist available to answer any questions.

The Web site provides accessible con-tact information that allows consumers totalk to a person if they have any commentsor questions.

The Web site has an accessible andunderstandable privacy and security policyfor its consumers.

The Web site does not sell consumerinformation without consent.

The Web site only sells prescrip-tion drugs to consumers with an existing

prescription.More information about prescription

medication safety is available at www.fda.

gov.

This robotic prescription dispenser is the only one in Calvert County. The staff at ChesapeakePharmacy calls her Chessie. Photo by Corrin Howe

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Thursday, March 28, 2013 10The Calvert GazetteSpotlight On

Students Present Turning Points in History

Pi Run Draws 120 Runners


Last Saturday, Plum Point MiddleSchool hosted Calvert Countys 2013History Fair with its theme TurningPoints in History: People, Ideas, Events.

Students can begin work on yearlyhistory projects as hear as the day fol-lowing National History Day in June,according Scott McComb, CCSP super-visor over history fair.

Students work through a longand involved process to create theirprojects.

Beginning in October each year,teachers and media center staff assist tu-dents in locating and utilizing primaryand secondary sources for their project.

Its all about taking a challengingresearch process and breaking it downinto its essential components, McCombsaid, adding teachers encourage stu-dents to select topics they enjoy becausethey will spend months reading and re-searching the subject.

Schools hold individual historyfairs and send the three top entries to the county fair. The county sends the two top entries tothe state fair, and the state sends two participants to the national history fair in College Park.

The theme for 2014 will be Geography in History: Impact, Inuence, Change.

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Sam Damalouji

CHS The Creation of the Panama Canal

Ms. Sanner AdvancerIndividualDocumentarySenior Division Trevor Penix

CHS DNA: Discoveries Need AttentionMs. Sanner Advancer

Anna Kelly, Kayla Horton andKelsey Raley

SMSWalt Disney and Mickey Mouse: CulturalRevolution

Ms. Kallfelz HonorableMention

Jon Bury and Michael Fowler PPMS A Titanic Change in Maritime Safety Ms. Penix AdvancerGroupDocumentaryJunior Division Olivia Fowler and Nicole

KuderskiPPMS The United States Early Census

Ms. Land Advancer

Rebekah Harris and Amanda

OrtizHHS

The Surrender at Appomattox: One Step TowardsEquality

Mr. Cunningham HonorableMention

GroupDocumentarySenior Division Kalin Black, Meade Morrison

and Brett NicholsHHS Radar: A Turning Point in the Battle of Britain

Mr. Moreland Advancer

Colleen Larson PPMS Marie Curie Ms. Land Advancer

Dia Brown PPMS Sojourner Truth: A Turning Point in History Ms. Land Advancer

IndividualPerformanceJunior Division Gracie Knudson PPMS 19th Amendment Ms. Fallica Advancer

Phillip Means NMS Naval Warfare: Sonars Impact at Sea Ms. Keith HonorableMention

Jennifer Corser PPMS Sikorsky VS-300: A Turning Point in History Ms. Fallica Advancer

IndividualWebsiteJunior Division

Colin Taeschner MCMS The 1968 Tet Offensive in the Press: The TurningPoint in the Vietnam War

Ms. Davies Advancer

Hannah Russell HHS Title IX: A Turning Point in U.S. History Mr. Kerwin HonorableMention

Michaela Pitcher CHS IVF: Changing Infertile Couples Lives Forever Ms. Sanner Advancer

IndividualWebsiteSenior Division

Carli Stewart CHS The Transforming Impact of the Printing Press Ms. Sanner AdvancerKyle Hurley, Tommy Munleyand Ryan Rice

WHMS The Beatles Mr. Lusby HonorableMention

Jessica Davis and JoannaMellen

WHMS Henry Ford: Moving America into the Fast Lanes Mr. Lusby Advancer

Group WebsiteJunior Division

Peyton Fort, KathleenMcClellan and Haley Moomau

SMS Monkeynauts and Space Chimps Ms. Kallfelz Advancer

Hailey Deaner and CharlieHarris

PHS 9/11 Air Transportation Safety Ms. Crosby AdvancerGroup WebsiteSenior Division

Michael Butcher and ChrisHowes

CHS The Beginning of the Korean War Ms. Sanner Advancer

2013 Calvert County History Fair Results

Category Name School Title Teacher Rank

Aidan GlowackiNMS

Miranda Warning: A Turning Point in American

Legal History

Ms. Martus Honorable

MentionCatherine ScottPPMS

Thurgood Marshalls Pursuit of EducationalEquality in Maryland

Ms. LandAdvancer

Research PaperJunior Division

Samuel Matthews NMS The Protestant and Catholic Reformation Ms. Deresky AdvancerQuinn Roberts

NHSEdwin Hubble: The Man Who Found the UniverseOutside the Universe

Ms. Wolfe HonorableMention

Jason ReidCHS

The Legacy of Rachel Carson: Silent SpringSprings the Environmental Movement

Ms. Sanner AdvancerResearch PaperSenior Division

Dylan ElliottCHS

Historys Forgotten Turning Point? The Wars ofthe Roses and the Birth of Modern England

Ms. Sanner Advancer

Brock DanielWHMS Wright to the Moon

Ms. Case HonorableMention

McKenna Fossile PPMS Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine Ms. Fallica Advancer

IndividualExhibitJunior Division

Nathan Poteet MCMS President FDR and the New Deal Ms. Thornton AdvancerNicholas Proulx

CHS Navajo Code Talkers: An Unbreakable CodeMr. Lagana Honorable

Mention

Will BuryHHS

Freedom from Fear in the Fields: The International

Campaign to Ban Landmines

Mr. Hall AdvancerIndividualExhibitSenior Division

Michael Matteson CHS The Zimmerman Telegram: A Turning Point Ms. Sanner Advancer

Johnna Parlett and AnnaPatterson

NMS The Bombing of Pearl HarborMr. Fournier Honorable

Mention

Caroline Orr and KatelynHarrington

MCMS Transcontinental RailroadMs. Davies Advancer

Group ExhibitJunior Division

Camryn Ar nstein and MorganBeavers

PPMS The Beatles and the British InvasionMs. Land Advancer

Mackenzie Baker, TiffanyDang and Isabella Gholl

CHS Turning Points of Judaism During the HolocaustMs. Sanner Honorable

Mention

Christine Ims, ChristianaNisbet and Laura Osborne

HHS The Battle of AntietamMr. Cunningham Advancer

Group ExhibitSenior Division

Nicole Altomare and CatherineLahey

CHS The Beatles and the British InvasionMs. Sanner Advancer

Gabriella SmithPPMS The History of Hershey Chocolate

Mr. Muffley HonorableMention

Christa ClarkNMS

A Whole New Ball Game: The All-American GirlsProfessional Baseball League

Ms. Martus AdvancerIndividualDocumentary

Junior Division Alexander Roper PPMS Andrew Carnegie: Revolutionizing America'sInfrastructure

Ms. Land Advancer

HISTORY FAIR SPECIAL CAREGORY AWARDSSpecial Award Name Name Title

SchoolAward for Excellence in African American History Brendan McCrae Avenging Angel: Joe Louis MCMSAward for Excellence in African American History Nina St. Hillaire

Danielle FryeBrown v. Board of Education

PPMS

Award for Excellence in Law Related Studies Gracie Knudson The 19th Amendment: Turning Point in History PPMSAward for Excellence in Maryland History Jillian Gray Chesapeake Gold: The Oyster NMSAward for Excellence in the Study of Science & Technology McKenna Fossile Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine PPMSAward for Excellence in the Study of Science & Technology Jim Kong Faradays Discovery: A Shocking New Future NMS

Award for Excellence in the Study of Science & Technology Nicholas Matthews The Radio Proximity Fuse NMSAward for Excellence in Humanitarian Studies William Bury Freedom from Fear in the Fields: Landmines HHSAward for Excellence in Military History Allison Gordon Pearl Harbor A Turning Point in History PPMSAward for Excellence in Military History Kalin Black

Brett NicholsMeade Morrison

Radar: A Turning Point in the Battle of BritainHHS

Award for Excellence in Womens HistoryChrista Clark

A Whole New Ball Game:The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

NMS

Award for Excellence in Religious Studies Josie-Ellen Smith Brigham Young & the Mormon Migration to Utah SMSAward for Excellence in Native American History

Kaylee GrenierIndian Boarding Schools and their Effect

on the Past, Present and FuturePPMS

Special Category Awards Made Possible by the Generous Support of the Following DonorsHistory Fair Benefactors (Gifts of $250.00 or more)

Blaine Adams Calvert County Public SchoolsBoyd King Electronics/Radio Shack The Dominion FoundationCalvert Council of American Legions Educate & CelebrateCalvert County Government/Calvert Heritage Committee Maryland Humanities CouncilCalvert County Historical Society Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

Silver Star Donors (Gifts of $100.00 or more)Calvert Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Optimist Club of CalvertDr. Christopher Clarke Quality Built Homes, Inc.Ms. Mary McHugh Ms. Rose Crunkleton AttorneyMcComb Consulting and Gov Sons of the American Legion Post 206

Mabel A. Briscoe Award for the Best 2013 Junior Division History Fair Project

And

J. Blaine Adams Award for the Best 2013 Senior Division History Fair Project

Sponsored by the Dominion Foundation

Name Project Title Teacher SchoolMost OutstandingJunior Division:

Dia Brown

Sojourner Truth: A Turning Point in History Ms. Land PPMS

Most OutstandingSenior Division:

Trevor Penix

DNA: Discoveries Need Attention Ms. Sanner CHS

Courtesy photo

On Saturday, March 16th the Patuxent High School Cross Country Team and Mu Alpha Theta National Mathemat-ics Honor Society hosted the 6th Annual Patuxent Pi Mile Trail Run/Walk at Patuxent High School. More than 120 run-ners showed up to brave the 3.14 mile trail. There were forty pies available as prizes, most freshly baked by supportersof the cross-country team and math club.

High school runners dominated the race. The overall winner was Trent Herzog from Lusby, who ran the course in19 minutes, 7 seconds. Behind him was Jordan Blankenship from Calvert High School (19:26), followed by Ben Arisfrom Prince Freder ick (19:35). The top female was a repeat champion, Courtney Mattson, who nished in 22:47. Fol-lowing her were Hannah Aris (22:59), also of Calvert High School, and Scottie Morris (23:17) from Lexington Park. Thewinners of the masters division were Perry Rapp from Lexington Park (20:54) and Kitty Smith from Lusby (30:30).

Gregory Weldon of Lexington Park won the Senior Division in the Pi Memorization Contest by reciting 205 dig-its from memory. Benjamin Manuel from Lusby won the Junior Division by reciting 50 digits. During the exhibitionpie-eating contest, chocolate and vanilla pie ew everywhere as returning champion Mark Schwab of Lusby edged outTrent Herzog, eating seven pies to Herzogs six in the two-minute time limit.

All proceeds go to Patuxent High Schools cross country team and Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor

Society. Complete race results can be found at mablyb.googlepages.com/xc. Kristen Ellis and George Sisson

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Calvert schools are moving forward withplans to redistrict boundaries around BeachElementary School.

During the March 21 Board of Educationmeeting, Superintendent Jack Smith said theassigned committee may suggest two tenta-tive plans at the May 23 work session.

Chesapeake Beach Town Council re-quested this redistricting study.

The committee is comprised of Beach,Windy Hill, Plum Point and Sunderland ele-mentary school representatives, staff from thedepartments of transportation, student servic-es and facilities, the Chesapeake Beach towncouncil and a representative from the CalvertCounty Department of Community Planningand Building.

No transfer requests for students in thefour affected schools will be processed whileredistricting is under consideration, accordingto Executive Director of Administration Kim-

berly Roof.

Staff members Leanne Meisinger andLinda Flanagan briefed the board on the af-fects of the common core curriculum.

All evidence shows we are not suf-

ciently preparing our students, Meisingersaid. Smith added 15 to 20 percent of studentsgraduating from Calvert do not have the toolsnecessary to enter the College of SouthernMaryland, or a non-competitive undergradu-ate school without remedial courses. This

percentage is lower than surrounding coun-ties, Smith said, but celebrating that fact islike being happy about a slightly bad thing.

Students and teachers will have gradestandards to meet, Flanagan said. The cur-riculum will require them to meet learningobjectives at a younger age, and teachers willuse texts across subjects, helping students toconnect common ideas in multiple topics.

In other news, Deputy SuperintendentRobin Welsh recommended Calvert CountyPublic Schools use Twitter in their rst forayinto social media.

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College Highlights Science, Engineering,Technology, Math during April

Preparing students to fulll the high-paying technical jobs of the future is a top pri-ority for the College of Southern Maryland,which has expanded its focus on science,technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM) to include a wider variety of eventsfor students and educators.

Spotlight on STEM, April 12 to 20, host-

ed by CSM and other key partners, includesve community outreach events and activitiesover two weeks and is expected to draw morethan 3,500 students, educators and industryleaders.

Destination CollegeOn April 12, middle school students

from Calvert, Charles and St. Marys coun-ties will visit CSM campuses to participatein hands-on STEM activities to create aware-ness of careers and post-secondary educationopportunities in science elds.

LEGO Robotics ChampionshipJuniorDivision

The colleges robotics competition hasreached more than 5,000 participants over theyears to become the premier robotics com-

petition among area elementary and middleschool students. The April 13 competition

provides future engineers and scientists anopportunity to spotlight their skills and talentsin the construction of their robots, program-ming, driving and strategywith an empha-sis on teamwork.

Career and College Readiness EventEducators, counselors and students from

Calvert, Charles and St. Marys counties willconverge April 17 to discuss Is an educationenough in the 21st century? Entrepreneurand author Chad Foster and professional edu-cator Dr. Tara Ebersole will lead discussion.

Student Success Mid-Atlantic RegionalConference

The Student Success Mid-Atlantic Re-

gional Conference April 19 is a day-long con-ference for K-12 teachers, administrators and

college instructors, providing effective teach-ing tips from state and national experts in avariety of areas, including STEM, along withopportunities for faculty and administratorsto present ideas on a wide range of topics andto interact with peers from other institutions.

Women Plus MathThis annual event brings together young

women in high school through age 21 withcareer professionals to learn what it is like tohave a successful career in a eld that drawsheavily on math. Successful women workingin the healthcare, computer science, architec-ture, engineering, physics, meteorology andcyber security elds will interact with the stu-dents April 20 in workshops as well as meetone-on-one in their elds of interest.

Spotlight on STEM is sponsored byPNC Foundation, Diamond Sponsor; BAESystems, Gold Sponsor; and Silver Spon-sors Lockheed Martin Foundation, SAIC andWyle.

For information or sponsorships onSpotlight on STEM and CSM programs inscience, technology, engineering and math,

visit www.csmd.edu/stem.

CSM Associate Professor of Biology Dr. MelanieOsterhouse, right, who teaches anatomy andphysiology presented a chiropractor workshop at theWomen Plus Math workshop at the La Plata Campus.

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Democratic House Approves 85% Gas Tax Hikes

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St. Marys County DelegateJohn Bohanan, along with his fel-low Democrats around the stateof Maryland (with the exception ofJohnny Wood) have voted to ap-prove Governor OMalleys pro-posal to increase the tax you pay ona gallon of gas by an astonishing 85percent. If you are one of those gasguzzling diesel users, well shameon you, your tax will be increased102 percent per gallon.

This comes on the heels of 32tax and fee increases the Demo-crats in Maryland have passed inthe last 7 years, totaling $2.3 billionper year in increased taxes we arealready paying. Now another $800million per year we will have topony up at the gas pumps.

Of course they did cut us abreak on the gas tax, most of the in-creased tax wont happen until afterthe next election. Thank goodness.Bohanans re-election campaignis said to be promising a tax payerfunded free Chevy Volt for anyonemaking less than $50,000 per year.His new pitch will be: vote for meand get your free Volt before gashits $6 per gallon.

Now for all you rich folks mak-ing more than $50,000 per yearyou probably would rather the fullamount of the tax go into effect rightaway so that the poor folks couldget their Volts sooner, but hey, whatwould Bohanan and Roy Dyson andMike Miller campaign on, highergas prices? Give them credit, theyare smarter than that and they arepretty darn sure you are not.

Plus, once the next election isover, we never have to worry againabout any delays in raising the taxwe pay on every gallon of gas. Theincrease from 23.5 cents per gallonto 43.7 cents per gallon will befully implemented soonafter Bohanan, Dyson,and Miller are re-elected. And evenbetter still, afterthat the gas tax youpay will automati-cally increase eachyear based uponthe Consumer PriceIndex.

These guys are just too smart.How did they ever think of that, au-tomatic increases in gas taxes everyyear without having to vote! Wow,the re-election campaigns are besidethemselves. Vote for me and getyour free Volt before gas prices hit$6 per gallon plus I promise I willnever vote for a gas tax increase.

With automatic compound-ing gas tax increases going into ef-fect every year the gas tax increasecould easily double again in as l ittleas 10 years. Thank goodness.

Now, surely Dysons 20-year-old campaign promise to build a newThomas Johnson Bridge will nallybecome a reality. Im giving thepoor folks a new Volt, and Im go-ing to give you a shiny new bridge.The ofcial campaign yers are setto come out April 1 of 2014. Thistime Dyson will photo shop his ownhead onto someone elses body hold-ing wads of cash, just like he did tohis opponent 8 years ago. We havebeen told the headline will read:Look, Ive got all this money tobuild you a new bridge.

Dont worry Dyson, this wiz-ardry has worked for you before,surely the voters wont know that itis Martin OMalleys body holdingsts full of money not yours. Af-ter all, its just campaign material,shame on us for believing its true.By the way, is OMalley really go-ing to spend all the gas tax moneyon new light rail lines for Baltimoreand Montgomery County? (OK, anew 6 foot walking bridge acrossthe St. Marys River in Great Millswill probably work just ne).

Will these new light rail linesreally lose hundreds of millionsof dollars each year like the exist-ing light rail lines do? Wouldnt it

be better to just buy everyonein Urban Maryland a new

Prius? Bohanan, youknow those high nose

folks would never gofor the lowly Volt,would you?

A little satireis healing for a sick

public policy.

Dems Announce Free Volt for

Every Apartment Dweller

Our Take By Alex PanosStaff Writer

The Maryland House of Delegates passeda historic tax increase last week.

Elected ofcials approved an 85 percentincrease in tax on gasoline sales, raising taxesover the next three years and tying it to costof ination after.

The gas tax will increase from 23.5 centsper gallon to 27.3 cents in 2014, and 35.5 in2015 and 43.7 by 2016.

Majority of the increase does not take ef-fect until 2015, after the next election.

The majority of Southern Maryland dele-

gates John Bohanan, James Proctor, JosephVallario, and Peter Murphy supported thebill, following par ty lines.

Anthony ODonnell, John Wood Jr. andMark Fisher opposed the bill.

The tax revenue collected will be used tomaintain roads and t ransportation services.

However, word from several local dele-gates is that the revenue will be used to main-tain Baltimores transit line and build infra-structure in urban areas.

Wood voted against the gas tax increasebecause of its negative impact on people living in rural areas, who lack access to masstransportation systems.

Wood said it is pointless to support some-thing that will cost the citizens of St. Maryscounty when they get nothing for it in returnThey have said nothing about what theyregoing to do for the roads out here.

Wood put it in the simplest terms hecould think of Maryland Governor MartinOMalley does not care about the average joein St. Marys county.

St. Marys County Commissioner ToddMorgan strongly opposes the gas tax, andquestioned how the state can impose a gas

tax on people in rural areas, where walkingmass transportation and monorails are not anoption.

Rural counties do have concerns, andits not just about funding the mass transitneeds in Baltimore, Morgan said.

ODonnell has heard claims the moneywill go toward bridge repairs and replace-ments, but he does not believe that will be thecase. Anybody thinking this money will gotoward the Thomas Johnson Bridge is crazy,

Every Republican Votes No

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ODonnell added the price of gasis already volatile, and raising the pricefurther is the last thing the governmentshould be considering. Economy canthandle a gas tax increase right now be-cause it raises the cost of living across the

board.Fisher believes the increase will hurt

small businesses, retirees and anyone

who has to drive on a daily basis.People are struggling, Fisher said.

Its not the right time to have an increase[in gas tax].

Wood says about 65 percent of St.Marys residents drive up to 100 miles fortheir morning commutes into Washing-ton, D.C. and Baltimore.

For many Southern Marylanders,driving to and f rom work and the grocerystore is the only option.

Though he acknowledges the needfor road maintenance, Wood believes thetiming for the tax hike is terr ible.

He says the money taken out of thetransportation trust fund over the last sev-eral years and moved to the general fundwould have been a big help to completing

some much needed road work.Furthermore, the tax is tak ing place

during a time when unemployment is high and Wood believes many more peopleare unemployed that havent reported it tothe government.

The lower and middle class will behit harder with the new gas tax, he contin-

ued, because higher income householdscan better adapt.

Wood noted, in his opinion the newgas tax will dwarf the previous three ma-

jor tax trust funds that have already beenpassed.

Its something that we cannot af-ford to do right now, Wood said, noting

progression is going the wrong way.

Despite his strong opposition of thebill, Wood claimed once Charles, PrinceGeorges, Montgomery counties and Bal-timore City got behind the bill, the votingin the House was only a formality.

We cant stop it, he conceded. Wedont have enough votes in a rural area.

Morgan anticipates prices of prod-ucts, especially food grown by localfarmers, to rise because it will be moreexpensive to operate farm machinery andtransport goods.

Morgan said future county commis-sioners will be left guring out how tofund road maintenance.

Were put between a rock and ahard place, Morgan said.

A last minute amendment to prevent

the government from borrowing moneyfrom the transportation fund was voteddown.

According to Fisher, without a lockon the transportation fund, the money

becomes a slush fund for anything andeverything. It completely undermines theideas of truth in taxation in Maryland.

Bohanan, on the other hand, says thegas tax hike is the only way to bring rev-enue into the state, and no other alterna-tive was brought to the table.

The Washington, DC metropolitanarea features the worst commuter trafcin the country, Bohanan said, and for afew dollars more the price of a cup ofcoffee a month the state can begin re-solving some of the issues.

He added, a Thomas Johnson Bridgewill never be built unless some sort of taxis imposed.

Because the bill is a tax, Marylandcitizens cannot take it to referendum tovote on.

The bill will now move to the Sen-ate, where it is anticipated to continuethrough the ranks.

Im sure itll pass the Senate.Wood said. Not by a wide margin, butit will pass.

Fisher also believes the tax will passthrough the senate easily, and Marylandresidents will pay the price.

[email protected] Miller contributed to this story.

Delegate John Bohanan said about the gas

tax for a few dollars more the price

of a cup of coffee a month the state can

begin resolving some of the issues.

We cant

stop it,

John Wood Jr.conceded.

We dont

have enough

votes in a

rural area.

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Waldorf, MD- Southern Marylands biggest celebration ever willoccur when the 2013 Atlantic League All-Star Celebration comes totown on Tuesday, July 9 and Wednesday, July 10. This two-day eventwill feature 48 hours of non-stop fun culminating with the AtlanticLeague All-Star Game presented by the Communities of St. Charles.These events are sure to leave their mark on the Southern Marylandcommunity for years to come.

Beginning on Tuesday, July 9, fans will be able to kick off the fes-tivities at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf with the live show

Circurious appearing on a giant stage set up in the ineld of the ball-park. The celebration will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will feature a festiveatmosphere complete with food, acts, and strolling performers. In addi-tion there will be a dueling piano performance by Bobby McKeys. Cir-curious will take the main stage at 8 p.m., followed by an unbelievablereworks show.

Circurious, a touring production of Cirque-tacular Entertain-ment, combines the idea of going to the circus with entertaining andathletic performers such as contortionists, singers, dancers, aerialistsand acrobats to entertain audiences of all ages. These performers, ac-companied by a host, will take the audience through time, decade bydecade, beginning with Harry Houdini in 1911 and moving throughBuffalo Bill, the United Service Organization, the war era and evenhighlighting the fun and novelty of the 1950s. Throughout the entireshow the host will include fun facts about American show business toeducate the audience, as the performers amaze with daring acts.

Fans attending the All-Star Celebration presented by Turkey Hillwill also have the opportunity to mingle with the 2013 Atlantic LeagueAll-Star players and managers, as well as all of the Leagues mascots.There will be something for everyone at the festival including carnivalfood, games, mascots, face painters, and entertainment - plus many spe-cial surprises!

The following day, Wednesday, July 10 will feature the AtlanticLeague All-Star Game, presented by title sponsor The Communities ofSt. Charles.

The Communities of St. Charles have been a great partner of ourssince the birth of the franchise. We are looking forward to working withthem to bring a rst class All-Star experience to Southern Maryland,said Blue Crabs General Manager Patrick Day. They are committed tohelping us make this celebration one of the biggest and most distinctiveevents to ever come to our area.

Fifty of the Atlantic Leagues top professional baseball playersfrom both the Freedom and Liberty Divisions will be selected by man-agers, pitching staff and personnel from all eight Atlantic League teamsto showcase their talent at this esteemed event. Fans will also have theopportunity to vote for the All-Stars on www.atlanticleague.com and onthe Blue Crabs homepage beginning in June.

St. Charles is an all-star community, and as such were proud tojoin with our partners at Lennar and Ryan Homes to serve as sponsors

and hosts of the 2013 Atlantic League All-Star game. The event willbring rst-class professional baseball and entertainment to our com-munity, and highlight the great product that our hometown team, theBlue Crabs, put on for residents of St. Charles and Southern Marylandall summer long, said Craig Renner, Vice President of Public Affairsand Community Relations for The St. Charles Companies. For ourresidents, and fans of the team, we look forward to making this eventa showcase for all the great things happening in St. Charles, in CharlesCounty, and in Southern Maryland.

Tickets for both of these events will go on sale to the public onMonday, April 1, following an eleven day pre-sale for Blue Crabs Sea-son Ticket holders beginning on March 20 and lasting until March 31.The rst 500 fans to purchase tickets to the All-Star Celebration featur-ing Circurious presented by Turkey Hill will receive a commemora-tive 2013 Atlantic League All-Star game T-shirt.

Beginning on April 1, fans will be able to purchase tickets to bothof these events by logging onto www.somdbluecrabs.com , calling 301-638-9788, or stopping by the Regency Furniture Stadium Box Ofce.The box ofce is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on

Saturdays beginning in April from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

By Doug WatsonContributing Writer

Budds Creek, Md. - Waldorfs Kenny Moreland,the defending Potomac speedway late model track cham-

pion, scored a convincing win in last Friday nights 35-lap Cody Endicott memorial. The win for Moreland, washis fourth-career late model feature score at Potomac,and earned him a cool $2,000 payday.

Moreland and fellow front-row starter Dale Hol-lidge brought the eld to the initial waving of the greenag. Moreland wasted little time as he blasted into therace lead as the eld exited turn-two. From that point on,it would be a race for second, as Moreland would eventu-ally go on to lead all 35-laps. As Moreland lead, JamieLathroum and JT Spence, swapped second and third inthe early-going of the event before mechanical issues

took Lathroum from the race on lap 12. Spence wouldchase Moreland to the nish, however, have to settle forrunner-up honors.

This is a great way to start the season. Morelandstated in his post-race interview. The top was prettygood tonight and I ran the car as hard as I could be-cause I knew who was behind me and I knew they werecoming.

Changes made to his winning Rocket prior to thefeature was key in Morelands victory.

We tweaked on the car until feature time, saidMoreland. Joey (Pingleton) has been such a big part ofour success and he had this car just about perfect tonightand I can never forget mom and dad and all the rest of thecrew, they do a great job. Hollidge held steady for third,David Williams was fourth and Deane Guy rounded-outthe top-ve. Williams was the heat winner for the 10-cars on hand.

2007 limited late model track champion Derrick

Quade was victorious in the 20-lap limited late modelheadliner. Quade started on the pole and lead lap-one be-fore Kyle Lear assumed the race lead on lap-two. Quadethen found the topside of the speedway to his liking andre-took the top-spot for good from Lear on lap-four.Quade would then have to survive a lap 18 caution, butwould hold-off Tyler Emory over the nal two circuitsto post his seventh-career Potomac limited late modelfeature win. Lear held on for third, Robbie Emory wasfourth and Tommy Wagner Jr. completed the top-ve.Quade took the heat win over the 12-car eld.

2011 Winchester speedway pure stock championMike Corbin was the winner of the 16 lap street stockfeature. Corbin started on the pole and would lead everylap, but it was by no means an easy win. Kyle Nelson

hounded Corbin for the nal 10 laps but was unable tomake the pass and would settle for second. Darren Alveycame home third, Barry Williams Sr. was fourth withEd Pope Jr. rounding out the top-ve. Alvey was the heatwinner.

In the 15-lap hobby stock feature Matt Tarbox madeit look easy as he started on the pole and would cruise tothe win. As Tarbox lead, Jerry Deason and Jamie Sut-

phin battled furiously before Sutphin secured the spot forgood on lap 14, but was unable to reel-in Tarbox. Deasonwould take third, Greg Morgan was fourth and defend-ing champion John Burch was fth. Burch was the heatwinner.

In the nightcap 12-lap ucar feature it was defendingtrack champion Kevin Pollard scoring the win. Kevintook the lead from his father, Mark Pollard on lap-ve,and would lead the remaining circuits to preserve the

win. Ryan Clements was third, Billy Hill fourth withGeoff Carey rounding out the top-ve.

Late model feature nish1. Kenny Moreland 2. JT Spence 3. Dale Hollidge

4. David Williams 5. Deane Guy 6. Colt White 7. KyleHardy 8. Jamie Lathroum 9. Ray Kable Jr. 10. ScottCross (DNS)

Limited late model feature nish1. Derrick Quade 2. Tyler Emory 3. Kyle Lear 4.

Robbie Emory 5. Tommy Wagner Jr. 6. Dave Adams7. John Imler 8. Brandon Long 9. Billy Tucker 10. WaltHomberg 11. James Car te 12. Jimmy Jessmer Jr. (DNS)

Street Stock feature nish1. Mike Corbin 2. Kyle Nelson 3. Darren Alvey

4. Barry Williams Sr. 5. Ed Pope Jr. 6. Mike Latham 7.Michael Carter 8. Mike Raleigh 9. Marty Hanbury 10.

Chuck Bowie 11. Johnny Oliver

Hobby stock feature nish1. Matt Tarbox 2. Jamie Sutphin 3. Jerry Deason 4.

Greg Morgan 5. John Burch 6. Matt Krickbaum 7. PhilLang 8. Jonathon Raley 9. Race Alton 10. Tommy Ran-dall 11. Sam Archer 12. Billy Crouse

U-car feature nish1. Kevin Pollard 2. Mark Pollard 3. Ryan Clem-

ents 4. Billy Hill 5. Geoff Carey 6. Speed Alton 7. Co-rey Swaim 8. Megan Mann 9. Mikey Latham 10. EricaBailey 11. Cori French 12. Sam Raley 13. DJ Powell 14.Charlotte Ball (DNS)

On Saturday, March 30 Maryland International Race-way will host the Spring MIR Performance Swap Meet andTest & Tune with time runs, grudge runs, testing, and tun-ing all day. Buy, sell or trade, and turn those extra parts inyour garage into cash, or nd the extra parts you need at agood buy. IHRA chassis certications will also be available.The event is open to streetcars, racecars, street bikes, drag

bikes, and junior dragsters. There will be a free $1,000 towin gamblers race held for E.T. bracket racers. This is agreat opportunity for racers to settle those grudge matchesat the strip. Gates will open at 9 a.m. and the event will beconcluded at 6 p.m. The gamblers race will start at 3 p.m.General Admission for adults are $15, and kids 11 and underare free. A 15 x 24 swap meet spot is $10 plus admission.Racer entry fee is $30, and no time racer entry fee is $40. Noadvance reservations needed, come to race watch or swap.

MIR will be closed on Sunday in observance of Easter.For more information on these events call 301-884-

RACE or visit mirdrag.com

Forty-Eight Hoursof Non-Stop Fun

Coming to SoMDMoreland Begins Title Defense

With Victory in Potomac Opener

Swap Meet, Test, Tune at MIR

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Laura JoyceContributing Writer

One of the toughest lessons in adult

life is putting one foot in front of theother when you feel like youre just donewith something: its too hard, and seemsfruitless, and you just want to quit. I re-member when Prince Firstly was start-ing to hit the level of math that cant belearned by counting a bunch of smiling grapes on a worksheet.It was geometry that got him rst, just as it had felled me years

before. As he went on through pre-calculus and trig, Chris-topher would eye his textbook pages in despair, demandingthat I explain exactly why he would ever need to know what aquadratic equation was, or when he would ever have to gureout the square root of something in his future life. I gave him

all the stock answers Id been given, which were then handeddown to his brothers in a never-ending chain: hed need theskills to do his taxes, to balance his books, to gure out thedistance to the sun or the depth of the ocean (all three boyscaught on almost instantly that most of the tasks I mentionedcould be handled by someone else who liked math better, and

being able to gauge the distance to the sun wasnt exactly acritical life skill).

It took me another ve or six years of their math classesto arrive at the answer that felt right, after Id exhausted thestore of stock answers about geometry and pre-calculus andtrig. What I nally gured out one night was this: whatever

practical analytical or logical or other skills we learn whenwe do something difcult like advanced math, we also learnsomething important about ourselves. Doing something dif-cult teaches us that we can do other difcult things: MomsTheory of Math. We learn to stick with the challenges, to putone foot in front of the other and to keep trudging forward

even when our destination is unclear and trudging is the lastthing we want to do. And if we do this, we almost always getsomewhere.

I came to rely on this explanation a lot, not only as anexplanation for math. It was the logic behind cleaning a roomthat will get messy again and raking leaves that will just fallagain and sticking with a relationship over a few bumpy patch-es. It helped build the muscle behind withstanding peer pres-sure and toughing out Senioritis. The benets that I got are thesame benets my boys will get from sticking with somethingeven when it makes us feel stupid and frustrated and angry. Itmay not serve us today, but it builds the muscle for tomorrow.

Lately it has occurred to me, as Ive walked with the boysthrough challenging moments and frustrating situations, that

parenting a child through a difcult time requires putting onefoot in front of the other and staying fully present even whenits hard like nothing else. So maybe what I should have said inresponse to all those Whys? was This is why. Exactly this.

I love hearing from you; feel free to contact me [email protected] if you have comments orquestions about the column.

Moms Theory of Math

Targeted fat reduction Fantasy or possibility?

By Debra Meszaros CSNwww.MXSportsNutrition.com

Want to reshape your body?Reduce fat in a problem area?

The exercise and tness mar-ket says you can.

Researchers examiningstudies claim this to be the largestweight loss myth.

Advertising dollars havebeen spent for decades showing products and pro-grams that will allow you to focus on a particulararea of the body to spot reduce fat. One popular theo-ry used is if you have some excess belly fat you wishto remove, and your wish is to have washboard abs,you can perform some abdominal sit-ups or stomachcrunches. After all you are exercising the area wherethe fat is, so it seems to make sense thats where thefat will burn off. Really? Advertising dollars may

be able to convince your mind that thats the wayit is, but your body is laughing the whole time. Factis, you cannot choose the area of the body you wish

to burn fat, and in many cases the only area thatssmaller is your wallet.

The truth is you can be successful at reducingbody fat if you understand the synergy that is in-volved. You are a whole being, not various separatesystems, and how fat distribution, storage, and lossoccurs, has a genetic tie. You are genetically prede-termined to store fat in a particular area. Theres lit-tle one can do to change ones genetic code but thereis something you can do about overall fat reduction.The human body was designed to be lean and thereare simple steps to get you there.

Body fat management begins with exercise butthe degree of exercise is determined by metabolism.Slower metabolism, more exercise. Studies do showthat increasing the blood ow to the targeted areaof fat loss, only aids the body in breaking down thetriglycerides (fats) stored there, but guarantees no

result. Reducing overall body fat is the only way totarget fat loss. Reduction occurs when metabolismexceeds calorie intake, but I warn you to tread care-fully here, too few calories can have the oppositeaffect. Your body needs nutrition and with depletedsoils and commercial farming, meeting those needscan be difcult. Cutting out food is not the answer,adding quality nutrition and returning your body to

its proper metabolic state is.Fine tuning human metabolics involves som

self awareness, pay attention to yourself; pay attention to what you eat. Start the morning with proteiand quality fats and forget the simple carbs, fruits

and sugars. Elevated blood sugar levels force youliver to produce fat. Your body wants to burn fat aits energy but give it sugar and you reverse this process as well as affect your leptin receptors, whicmakes the body call for more food. Exercising in thmorning is best, this will release fat into the bloodstream and as long as you do not consume fruits ansugars, your body will burn the released fat. Watchfor sugar hiding in milk, yogurt, and other foodsFruit juices and soda pop are just sugar and sugaequals fat. Most grains transpose too quickly to sugar in the body and when trying to manage body fareducing or eliminating grains from the diet can bhelpful in resetting your metabolics. Balance youdietary food groups: nuts and seeds, eshes [meatand sh], quality fats, and add plenty of vegetablesBalance your food intake throughout your day andavoid eating one large meal.

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