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CONTENTS
LOCAL NEWS 3 Feature
COPS & COURTS 7 Page 11
COMMUNITY8
FEATURE11
ENTERTAINMENT12
EDUCATION29 Community
OBITUARIES34 Page 8
COMMUNITY CALENDAR 36
SENIOR CALENDAR 37
LIBRARY CALENDAR 37 S
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY 38
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Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Calvert County Times Cops & Courts 7
Injured in Accident
damaged property is $6,130. Freeland arrived on scene and identi-
morning in the small town of Northfield Student, accumulated 200 hours of com-
within the beautiful Green Mountains of munity service while leading his Battal-
Vermont were his dad Brian Leapley and ion to achieve a total of 3500 community
his wife Ramona and his mother Tina service hours, became the Cadet Battal-
Fratantuono and sister Julia. Joining ion Sergeant Major for upper classmen in
them was Lieutenant Dave Spigler, USN his junior year and became the Norwich
retired and his wife Deborah. Lieuten- Battalion Commander for the Corps of
ant Spigler had mentored Nicholas dur- Cadets in his senior year. He was desig-
ing his senior year in high school to bet- nated a “Distinguished Military Gradu-
ter prepare him for attending a military ate” a recognition bestowed on the top
academy. 20 percent of all students commissioned
Dave spent 22 years in the Navy and in the military nationwide upon gradu-
held every enlisted rank and served as a ation. And although he did not win, he
Naval Officer for 8 years. Dave’s daugh- was a Rhode Scholar Nominee in his
ter Stacy entered the US Naval Academy year group!
following graduation from Calvert High Nicholas, congratulations on this sig-
and was later commissioned a 2nd Lieu- nificant accomplishment. Southern
tenant in the Marine Corps. He was able Maryland wishes you much good luck
to impart this experience to Nicholas in and hope you enjoy a fine Army career
an effort to acquaint him with the rigors in supporting and defending our Consti-
and challenges he one day would face in tution against all enemies, foreign and
Pet
defending our country as a military man. domestic. Well done, sir!
To show his respect
for Dave’s efforts, Cadet
Leapley asked him to
administer his commis-
OF THE WEEK sioning oath following
graduation. Each new
MEET JUICE cadet repeated the oath
before a military offi-
Who’s the cutest little bunny? I am! My name cer and then had their
is Juice and I’m so tiny and adorable! Here are 2nd Lieutenant shoulder
the FIVE HOPPING BEST REASONS TO ADOPT
A BUNNY: 1) We’re NATURAL VEGETARIANS.
boards placed on their
We eat fruits and vegetables and can help get rid uniforms. Nick’s parents
of meal leftovers. Feeding us is very economical. 2) We did the honors following
are PERSONABLE and ECO-FRIENDLY. We can live on natural bedding that can Dave’s administering of
be composted into your garden. We also supply free fertilizer! 3) Bunnies can the Oath. His mother and
REDUCE STRESS. Just put me on your lap and pet me and I’ll lower your blood
pressure and reduce the stress hormone cortisol. 4) Bunnies are NATURAL BORN father beamed their pride
COMEDIANS. Just sit and watch us and you’ll see why. We’re even funny when and appreciation of their
we chew our meals! 5) Bunnies offer LOVE AND LASTING FRIENDSHIP. Bunnies son throughout the entire
are the third most surrendered animal in shelters so lots of us are looking for ceremony!
homes. Remember, my name is Juice and I’m waiting patiently for someone
wonderful like YOU to BE MY MIRACLE!
Among his many
awards and accomplish-
CHOOSE ME!!
ments during his four
And remember, if there is room in the heart, there is room in
years at Norwich, 2nd
the house!
Lieutenant Leapley made
Come meet me and the wonderful gang at Tri-County Animal the Dean’s List every year,
Shelter (6707 Animal Shelter Road, Hughesville) or call 301-
won the “David l. Ander-
932-1713 for more information. To see more of my amazing friends available for
adoption, “like” us on Facebook @ Tri-County Animal Shelter Southern MD.
son Memorial Award” as Lt. Nicholas Leapley with Lieutenant Dave Spigler (USN Ret)
the top Criminal Justice and his wife Deborah.
Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Calvert County Times In Our Community 9
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10 In Our Community The Calvert County Times Thursday, June 7, 2018
CalvertHealth recently held its annual physician recognition and awards dinner to honor medical staff for their outstanding leadership and service to our community.
CalvertHealth recently held its annual physician recognition and awards dinner to
honor medical staff for their outstanding leadership and service to our community. 20 Years of Service:
In his remarks, President & CEO Dean Teague applauded the medical community Paul S. Jani, MD
commitment’s to quality and safety stating, “Our mission is to come to work each Mark Whitaker, MD
day with a dedicated spirit of service and a drive to make a difference in every life
we touch. And as health care providers – that is exactly what you do. It is because if 25 Years of Service:
your dedicated spirit of service and commitment to excellence that we continue to Edford O. Chambers, MD
thrive as a health system.” Aparajita K. Mahata, MD
In addition to welcoming 33 new physicians to the team and celebrating more than Debra K. Spatz, DO
3,125 years of service to CalvertHealth [as a collective medical staff], Dr. Wilfred
“Bud” Ehrmantraut, chief of medical staff, recognized the following physicians for 30 Years of Service:
their dedicated years of service: Jeffrey L. Idol, DPM
Scaria G. Matthew, MD
The Community Service Award, reserved for physicians who have demonstrated
Join us for outstanding commitment, leadership and dedicated service, was presented to Dr.
Wilfred “Bud” Ehrmantraut for his efforts in having automatic external defibrilla-
tors (AEDs) placed in five Calvert County parks. CalvertHealth’s Chief of Medical
A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: Affairs Dr. Michael Brooks presented the award. He stated, “Heart incidents can
happen any time or anywhere. Dr. Ehrmantraut was recently moved to action after a
Calvert County and the fellow physician suffered a tragic loss. As a result of that loss, Dr. Ehrmantraut advo-
cated and was successful in making automatic external defibrillator devices available
at every Calvert County Parks and Recreation field.” Brooks continued, “We applaud
Opioid Epidemic your powerful commitment to the health and well-being of the citizens of Calvert
County.”
June 20, 2018 Two awards were presented for Outstanding Medical Leadership; the first to the
Thoracic Oncology and Lung Cancer Screening Team. In the past year, the team has
6 to 8:30 p.m. performed 232 low dose screening exams where six cancers were caught in com-
pletely asymptomatic patients. Four of those cancers were stage 1 or 2 and the pa-
Calvert Marine Museum, Harms Gallery tients have an excellent prognosis.
14200 Solomon’s Island Road, The second Outstanding Medical Leadership award was presented to Drs. Drew
Solomon’s Maryland Fuller and Stephanie Dabulis for their contributions to the Opioid Stewardship Task
Force at CalvertHealth. The team has been instrumental in creating a safer and more
responsible environment in the medical center. Their efforts have resulted in a 32
percent decrease in opioid orders in the ED and a 94 percent decrease in Dilaudid
The evening’s program includes the orders.
following discussions and training:
Five retiring members were recognized for their years of service to the
Signs and Symptoms of Opioid Abuse community:
Thomas Lusby, DDS - Retiring after 36 years
Emerging Drug Trends Shubhinder Puri, MD - Retiring after 13 years
Suwat Silpasuvan, MD - Retiring after 40 years
Recovery - It’s Possible! Eugene Tudor, MD - Retiring after seven years
John Weigel, MD - Retiring after 35 years
Naloxone Training
In a special announcement, Foundation Board member Marianne Harms an-
Sponsored by: nounced that her recent gift the medical center came with a naming opportunity
Calvert Alliance Against Substance Abuse, Inc. and “in the spirit of paying it forward, it is my pleasure to name the new Level 2
Calvert County Behavioral Health Services Concourse for my dear friend and physician, Dr. John Weigel.”
For more information call 410-535-3733
Press Release from CalvertHealth
Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Calvert County Times Feature 11
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DISTRICT 29 SENATE RACE 15
REPUBLICAN CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF’S CANDIDATES 16
REPUBLICAN STATE’S ATTORNEY 18
REPUBLICAN AT-LARGE COUNTY COMMISSIONER 19
DEMOCRATIC AT-LARGE COUNTY COMMISSIONER 21
REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 24
DEMOCRATIC COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 26
POLLING PLACES IN CALVERT COUNTY 28
Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Calvert County Times 15
By Dick Myers high school and a supervisor. He is ask- haps retired officers could be solicited to drug investigators for this year, but they
Editor ing for three more in next year’s budget volunteer in the elementary schools. haven’t gotten into the academy yet. He
to rotate among the middle schools. In Of the state trooper who proposed dif- said they could be added to road patrol
Incumbent, four-term Sheriff Mike the aftermath of the Great Mills H.S. in- ferent training, he said it’s just another because they make the biggest impact on
Evans has two challengers in the GOP cident, a deputy was assigned to every name for what his officers who conduct drug activity.
primary: Craig Kontra, one of his depu- school, leading to a large overtime ex- the training are already doing. “We are Evans, also said current statistics are
ties, and Kinsey Weems, a police officer penditure. They are now on roving pa- up to speed on how we should train, and on a pace for a significant reduction in
in the Prince George’s County town of trols, making regular checks at all the we have thought it out.” drug overdoses and deaths this year.
District Heights. schools. Evans said security information is All the deputies are carrying NAR-
Evans, as a manager, said he gives Evans originally supported arming the shared by the sheriffs in Southern Mary- CAN and he also thinks that education
his supervisors authority to do their job, school safety advocates. Now he says, “I land and by the Maryland State Police may be having an impact. He was dis-
“But I also lead by example.” He added, understand the (school) board’s position. and he is plugged into information from appointed that the Board of Education
“I try to encourage all deputies to look as “Those employees who are retired police state and national police organizations. removed the D.A.R.E. program from
good as they can in uniform.” officers can carry a weapon now,” he ex- Evans said he wasn’t involved in the elementary schools, although it is now
He is not only the chief law enforce- plained. He thought allowing that “as commissioners’ decision to fund an ex- being phased back in as an after-school
ment officer, he is also a politician, being an emergency action to alleviate some tra $2 million for school security. Apart program; a D.A.R.E. Camp is scheduled
in an elected position. “I have absolutely of the fears” would make sense. But he from requesting three additional officers this summer.
no problem with that,” he said, noting he says he understands the concerns about for school security, he said he didn’t feel Evans defends his departments in-
enjoys going to events and getting out in liability and is okay with their decision it was necessary to ask for additional volvement in the LivePD television
the public. not to arm them. road patrol personnel. show. He said the producers approached
Regarding his plans for school secu- He admitted money would probably “Serious crime is down 50 percent in him and he told them, “Calvert County
rity, he said there are currently five as- be an issue to have an armed officer in the last eight years and 20 percent from is going to be boring,” but he told them
signed to school security, one to each every elementary school but said per- 2016 to 2017,” he said. He did ask for two if that was okay for them to come on
Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Calvert County Times 17
down. “They showed us in a very profes- Kontra said he started his law enforce- tive,” Kontra said about solving the drug tion system. He’s also is the grant writer,
sional light,” he said of the outcome. He ment career in two small towns, North problem. He said the sheriff has said it’s part of that involves improving pedes-
added that it portrayed Calvert County Beach and Riverdale, and has seen how not his job to do anything other than ar- trian safety.
as low crime compared to the other areas community policing works. “It’s effec- resting. “As a leader of the community it Community policing is a big empha-
shown. tive in these small towns, when you get is your job,” Kontra advised Evans. sis in District Heights and something he
He said the comments were 80 per- to know the people.” He said that’s what Evans has been endorsed by the Fra- would like to transfer to Calvert County.
cent positive and 20 percent negative, he wants to do in the Calvert County ternal Order of Police. Kontra said if he’s For addressing the drug problem,
with the latter mostly from the business Sheriff’s Office. elected he’ll have a meeting and tell the Weems is proposing a local task force.
community. Community policing in the sheriff’s deputies, “It’s a new game. New playing He said Calvert deputies are on a state
Evans says the biggest change in law office would involve assigning deputies field. Everyone is on the same page.” task force, but it doesn’t operate in Cal-
enforcement over the years has been its to communities and shopping centers, Kontra said there are 23 schools and vert. “We have to deal with home,” he
technology. For instance, he was the first and getting out of the cars so people and there can’t be a deputy in every one of insisted. “If we don’t worry about home
sheriff’s office in the state to embrace businesses get to know them., “so we can them. “What I want to do is get a school we are going to lose a lot of residents. It’s
body cameras, he said. He also has em- communicate so they won’t be afraid.” resource unit together, which would in- going to be somebody that you know or a
braced license plate readers and speed “If we can do that, we as a team can clude four deputies and a sergeant and family member.”
cameras. solve many problems in Calvert Coun- would go frons school to school, have Weems would like to establish a ma-
Evans said the change of uniform was ty,” Kontra said. He noted it used to be roving and stationary. We have to be rine unit to curb the drug traffic that he
proposed to him by staff. He said it may that way. He was the 24th deputy in Cal- unpredictable.” He also proposes active says is coming in through the county’s
have been a moment of weakness at first vert, and “we spent a lot of time in the shooter drills at least once a year with waterways.
when he approved it, “But I have become neighborhoods.” the students. Weems doesn’t have anything nega-
adjusted to it.” The department has grown tremen- Kontra said pay STEPs have been tive to say about Sheriff Evans and prais-
In response to critics that it made them dously, but Kontra said there aren’t missed and pay is lagging behind other es him for building up the department.
look like storm troopers, he said, “In the enough people on patrol. There are four areas of Southern Maryland. “I would He just says, “I think the sheriff’s office
overall picture, we are a paramilitary squads, and there are supposed to be 14 continue to try to upgrade the pay,” could be so much better and do so much
organization.” He also reminded the people in each squad for it to work. Now, he said. “I don’t think he fights hard more for the residents and the business
community that the county has two very he said it’s seven on three of them and enough for it,” Kontra said of Evans ask- owners of Calvert.”
visible potential targets in the nuclear nine on one. “So, we can’t even make ing for more funding from the county He would like businesses with holdup
power plant and the LNG facility “If minimum manpower for Friday and Sat- commissioners. alarms to install a blue light outside that
something happens there, we want to be urday nights.” Kontra wasn’t a fan of the sheriff’s would go off to alert passing poice offi-
able to respond with as much firepower He said he would reassign one level participation in the LivePD television cers to increase their response time.
as possible.” of supervisors to road patrol. Presently show. He believes the show’s portrayal Weems also wants to establish a Traf-
“One of our biggest issues is the sala- there is one supervisor for every two pa- paints Calvert residents as “as bunch of fic Safety Team dedicated to reduc-
ries of deputies. It has dropped off quite trol, which is too top heavy. He would drunks, potheads, and hillbillies.” ing the number of traffic crashes in the
a bit and we have a hard time finding also reassign the suppression team, Weems is a deputy in District Heights. county by 50 percent. Special emphasis
them,” Evans noted. D.A.R.E. officers and the SWAT Team “The crime that we have down here is will be aggressive drivers.
Kontra said, “I’ve been through every to some road patrol duty. minimal compared to up there. That’s
bureau in the department. I have seen Kontra also said the narcotics unit is my point. I could take my experience dickmyers@countytimes.net
what it needs. What it’s doing wrong. I short-handed. “We can’t arrest ourselves I have there and bring it here.” While
have seen sheriffs come and go.” out of the situation. We have to be proac- there, he has revamped the parking cita-
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TED HAYNIE Two Republican candidates are vying to replace current State’s Attorney Laura
Martin, who has decided not to seek reelection: Deputy States Attorney Kathryn
Marsh and Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Andrew Rappaport.
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CALVERT COMMISSIONER Marsh said it is a fair assessment that the state’s attorney’s office appears to stay
General Election: November 6th
Primary Election: June 26th low on everyone’s radar without a lot of controversy. She said they tell outsiders that
the State’s Attorney’s office is an extremely fair office in Calvert County. “I think
that comes from the top down,” she said from Judge Riddle and Judge Wells when
they were state’s attorney and more recently Laura Martin have emphasized the Can-
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Marsh said she has prosecuted almost every kind of case. In 2007 she began focus-
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she is, in fact, tough on crime. “You cannot look at every single case the same and
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Email: tedhaynie4@gmail.com “then you need to go to the Division of Corrections because I need to make sure my
citizens are safe.”
“Child abuse cases, sexual assault cases are different. They have to be treated
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Early Voting: June 14th In serious child abuse cases, she said, she files for the mandatory 15 years in prison
without parole.
By Authority John Simpson • Treasurer Also, during the interview Marsh detailed the tough sentences she and Martin
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elicited for the six most recent murder cases. Rappaport said it’s a three-part issue: prosecution, treatment and prevention. There
The state’s attorney job is different from the prosecutors in that it has a big ad- are a lot of adverse factors, he said, that lead to a child potentially having a drug
ministrative side. Marsh, as deputy state’s attorney, has filled in for Martin in her problem, including the parents’ history. The key is addressing the risk factors early
absence, so she is familiar with those duties. She said she would continue to handle with mental health and drug counseling, he said.
some cases in court as Martin has done, particularly the more serious cases. Marsh Rappaport said the [Circuit Court Drug Court] does work but the problem is that
probably would keep the serious child abuse cases, which has been her specialty. at that point it’s already an escalated situation. “If we can address it at the District
The balance might also depend on how active she would be in state’s attorney Court level before they graduate to more significant crime, at the user level and make
associations at the state and national level. Martin is current president of the state that person more productive, that’s a victory.” He added, “Conviction isn’t always the
association. victory.”
Marsh said part of being a good state’s attorney is training the other prosecutors in A district court drug court, he said, would need buy-in from the courts, mental
the office, as well as getting out there and “advocating for necessary changes.” health professionals and, of course, funding. State’s Attorney Martin is beginning
She is very proud of how the Drug Court operated in circuit court. “It’s an amazing one at the district court level this summer, he added.
program with very low recidivism among our graduates,” she said. “I think we need to aggressively prosecute drug dealers, which is different from
“We are not going to arrest or prosecute ourselves out of the drug problem,” she the drug user,” he said in response to a question about his former boss in St. Mary’s
said. It’s going to take the whole continuum of services, including the ranges from County using the “depraved heart” theory to prosecute the drug pushers. “There are
treatment to incarceration, she said. definitely dealers in Calvert County,” he said.
Calvert is sending some drug cases for federal prosecution since the federal laws He does plan some office reorganization, including a district court diversion pro-
have a sentencing enhancement, Marsh said. gram. Much of what is in place would remain, he said, including a domestic violence
Regarding the office’s relationship with law enforcement, Marsh said, “We work unit. He concluded it wouldn’t be reorganizing so much as adjusting.
with them, not for them, and they don’t work for us. The state’s attorney’s office is the He wouldn’t “come in and ask the county for another prosecutor.” he said, although
highest law enforcement office because the buck stops with us.” She added, “I feel both he and Marsh have noted that the increased use of body cameras requires more
as long as I can explain why I am making the changes to the law enforcement, they administrative work by the state’s attorney’s office.
may not like it but at least they’ll understand.” Rappaport also intends to continue prosecuting cases if elected state’s attorney.
Rappaport decided to run partially because of his kids. “When I took over District But he notes that he also is juggling both prosecutive and administration now with
Court, I handled so many cases, [and] I can see the trends that are happening.” He his management of district court.
added, “We definitely have an opioid problem in Calvert County which needs to be
addressed.” dickmyers@countytimes.net
Republican At-Large
County Commissioner
By Dick Myers some tweaks to comply with what’s Flaherty said the $300 million bud- character, but he added, “I am not a no-
Editor coming down from the state.” get line item for future employee health growth guy.”
He said the topography of the county costs (OPEB) precludes the county from Weems voted against locating the
Two incumbents and three challengers doesn’t lend itself to much residential spending wildly for other things. He said county office building at the armory site.
are on the Republican primary ballot for development, so commercial and resi- citizens are as frustrated as he is about “It was more procedural for me,” he said.
the two At-Large commissioner seats. dential “is a fine balance.” He said the county spending. He said that’s why so From a work session in April to the vote
Tom Hejl and Steve Weems are asking county isn’t losing too much tax revenue few people show up at political forums. in October, he said, “We had no real dis-
for reelection and Patrick Flaherty, Earl with the siphoning off of retail sales to Flaherty said Hejl has said people are cussions….so I just did not feel comfort-
“Buddy” Hance and Bill Heine are chal- neighboring counties. against Armory Square because there able.” He added that he did favor a new
lenging. Heine was unable to arrange for “We have worked very hard over the are things they don’t know about it. Fla- building which has been talked about for
an interview, but the other four candi- last 30 years to try to develop a strategy herty said, “That doesn’t make sense. He 20 years, but he said the board needs to
dates did meet with The County Times. for growth that protects the rural char- said if people are lacking information go through all of the options prior to a
Hejl says the most contentious issue of acter to try to maintain this wonder- about it.” vote. He noted he did support increas-
his four years has been the comprehen- ful thing we have in Calvert County,” Flaherty’s plan for Armory Square – ing the county’s bond authority, most of
sive plan rewrite. “Really what irritates Hance said, “and the comments I heard keep it as open space. which is earmarked for the office build-
me the most is the information that is and what I saw about the update of the Hance said it looks like the decision ing. “We needed to do something,” he
put out by certain individuals and cer- comprehensive plan, there are things in on the county office building was made explained.
tain groups is not always factual or is not there that greatly concern me. Under the to help support the Armory Square proj- Regarding Armory Square, he has
always true. He is supportive of the job guise of increasing business tax revenue, ect. He said to put the office there will ideas but is keeping an open mind, ask-
being done by Planning Director Mark which is important, I believe that steps require a costly parking garage. “I just ing, “Is it governments role to develop
Willis. “I don’t know why we continue to were being taken that were going to be think you should look at all the options private property?” Or, he added, is it
be vilified about the comprehensive re- detrimental in the long term.” and weigh the pros and cons.” One op- private industry or perhaps conservation
write.” He said it’s just a plan – a vision, Hance is concerned about the traffic tion, he said, might be the old SMECO groups, “who would pony up money to
“it’s not changing anything.” that would be generated with the com- site, but he has yet to be provided with purchase it?”
Hejl said that the current comprehen- prehensive plan decisions and bemoans the analysis of why the county has ruled Among the current board’s accom-
sive plan had two major components, the lack of a traffic study to back it up. that out. plishments, Hejl touted the opening
keeping Calvert country and enhancing Regarding the controversial Armory Hance said with such a large project, of the Linda L. Kelly Animal Shelter.
the town centers, and the rewrite was Square project planned with the new “You would think they would take some “You know, people are passionate about
doing the same thing. He said previous county office building, Hejl reminded time to get some public comment.” He pets. They will love this facility.” Other
commissioners had emphasized the first everyone that the state is spending more said the master plan says county services accomplishments include new rescue
while not supporting the second. He said than $30 million to upgrade Routes 2/4 should stay in old town Prince Freder- squad and fire department buildings in
his board is striking a balance. through Prince Frederick. ick and for any change the public should Prince Frederick.
“If you don’t have any development Flaherty said: “The county has been have been consulted. Hance said that one of the current
you don’t have a business tax base,” he conducting business on that land, Wil- Hance is not opposed to developing board’s goals, enhancing agri-business,
said, adding he’s only in favor of expand- liams Old Field, since 1732 when the the Armory Square area and the town has been met in part, but they have fallen
ing the Prince Frederick Town Center, original courthouse was built.” He said center. “Workforce housing is going to down on land preservation. He said the
and then “only by a minimal rate.” the county should kick out the courts have to go in town centers where you transfer of development rights (TDR)
Flaherty feels the comprehensive plan and build them a new facility and keep have density to reduce the cost.” He said program was one of the best in the coun-
process is being rushed. He feels there county government where it historically the county has to be careful about bal- try in the 1980’s, but some mistakes have
isn’t any need for major changes, “just has been. ancing growth and preserving the rural been made since then. Requirements
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Steve Weems
Steve Weems,47. of St. Leonard
is seeking his third term. He and his
wife, Jamie Rowder (a teacher at
Huntingtown H.S.) have two children,
Taylor, 17, and Kade, 8. He is owner/
manager of a third-generation family
small business, a liquor store in St.
Leonard, founded in 1948. He’s a
graduate of Calvert H.S. and Frostburg
State University with a B.A. in
History. He also has a certificate from
University of Maryland in golf course
management, but never pursued that,
instead opting to run the family business with his father.
Even though he has the business and personal demands of his life, he
said he has the support of his family to seek reelection. “I have a genuine
desire to serve the citizens.”
Weems said his personal mantra comes from running a small business
and it’s based on customer service: “The Golden Rule, treat others as you
would like to be treated. I can’t solve every issue and concern, but I can
listen and do my best, equipped that when an issue arises that I am going
to do all that I can for someone.”
If reelected he hopes his institutional knowledge gleaned from eight
years in office can be of assistance to the new board.
have been lowered, he said, which has the budget or they were going to have to
reduced demand. raise taxes. “We never got one response.”
As to the tax increase he voted for They raised taxes to cover a $9 million
two years ago, Hejl said the recession deficit, he explained. “Of course, the Re-
caused previous boards to impose a hir- publican Party vilified us.”
ing freeze and use built-up surpluses Hejl said at the time the board prom-
to balance the budget. The new board ised to look at reducing taxes, and they
asked citizens to tell them where to cut gave back one-quarter of the increase
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this year. the next four years, including develop- a teacher and father of students. “There honor that contract,” he said, adding that
Weems voted against it, one of several ment of more employment opportunities were some tenuous times in the after- teacher morale has suffered and teachers
key votes he has made against the major- for kids still in school, more activities math of the Great Mills shooting that are the most important part of the school
ity. Of those opposing votes, Weems said for seniors, more athletic fields, and ad- really brought a level of anxiety (at Hun- system.
he wants to explain them during the elec- ditional bus routes. tingtown and Calvert high schools),” he Hance said he was shocked when he
tion, “But I want to do that with civility.” Workforce housing is another prior- added. heard about current security systems in
He said they may disagree, “but we are ity and he’s excited about the apartment The $2 million helped ease the anxi- some schools, including no doors and
all friends at the end of the day. I’m not project slated for Prince Frederick. He ety gap in the tine before the legislature locks. “I was a little surprised when the
into causing strife.” feels the county’s role in the issue is pro- enacted its school security response, he board of education became very defen-
He said he received the Republican viding incentives to developers. said sive,” he said. He added the allocating
Man of the Year Award last year, “in “I guess if I could take anything back, Flaherty feels the county is supplying of $2 million by the commissioners was
part because I wanted to reduce the real it would be sparring with some con- enough funding for education. “How its okay, “but there was no plan. It was a
property tax.” He did, however, knowing stituents in the beginning because I still spent is up to them (the school board),” kneejerk response.” He said they should
a revenue crunch was coming, propose had my police hat on, and if you didn’t he said. But as to the $2 million, he said, have sat down first with the school board
an income-tax increase four years ago agree with me you were on,” Hejl said. “It is just irresponsible to do that instead to develop a strategy.
that didn’t get any support. “I learned pretty quickly that’s not the of all parties coming together and say- Hance favors arming the school safety
“I don’t want to raise taxes,” Flaherty way for a politician to solve things,” he ing, let’s work out a plan. What are we advocates who are retired police officers.
said. “We had the windfall from Domin- added. “You have to listen to opposing going to do?” His plan for school secu- “Let them carry guns concealed,” he
ion and then they started to raise taxes.” viewpoints and respect opposing view- rity is to rotate all the deputies at the said. He also thinks deputies can rotate
He’s also specifically critical of the points but provide the facts as to why my schools “That way everyone becomes fa- among the schools as they did in Calvert
speed camera program and the license viewpoint is this.” miliar with every school,” he explained. in the wake of the incident at Great Mills
plate readers. On school safety, Hejl touted the $4 Flaherty has some issues with the H.S. in St. Mary’s County.
“You know, we hadn’t had a tax in- million allocated to begin to address sheriff’s office, such as deputies dressed Dominion LNG plant, “the blessing
crease in 30 years,” Hance pointed out. the problem. He likes the plan to allo- in “war garb” and their participation in and the curse that it is,” has been a de-
“If it weren’t for Dominion, I would cate the sheriff’s three new officers to the LivePD TV show. “Worst thing they fining moment in Weems’ two terms, he
think I would support that.” the schools and have them armed. He’s could have done,” he said. said. The threat of mothballing the plant
Hance said he feels the timing of the anxious to hear how parents feel about Hance said the county’s school system if they didn’t get their expansion meant
Dominion revenue “was a little sus- having armed officers in elementary was one of the state’s worst before the an impact to the county in the next 15
picious. With the Dominion revenue schools. power plant came in and then progressed years of more than $800 million. “That’s
stream due to start flowing, Hance feels Weems agrees, “I believe we did the to the best only to fall back. He said it sort of been the backdrop for a lot of de-
the tax increase was unnecessary. He right thing,” he said, in allocating $2 was a mistake not to honor the teaches cisions I have had to make.”
also questions their “spending practic- million to the school board for security. negotiated agreements in years past.
es,” with recent budget growth. He says he has to separate the issue as a “I think when you have a contract you dickmyers@countytimes.net
Hejl hopes to set a new set of goals for commissioner from being a husband of have a responsibility and obligation to
Democratic At-Large
County Commissioner
By Dick Myers more night meetings for the convenience of the citizens. “I think the commission-
Editor ers right now are hiding from the public. They don’t want to hear from them.”
Bennett feels he can grab the younger vote. “I think that’s the only way we are
Democrats have fielded four candidates for the two at-large commissioner seats: going to win.” He added, “I think we are going to bring out voters who would nor-
Matt Bennett, Greg Brown, Joseph Johnson and Duwane Rager. The two top vote mally ignore this race.”
getters will face the Republican candidates, of which there are five in the primary, Brown started out as Bennett’s campaign manager, Bennett said, and expected
including two incumbents. Brown to run in another race only to learn at the 11th hour he would be one of his
Bennett has followed the commissioners on stream, but he would like to have opponents. Bennett said that was a political lesson for him.
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MARGARET
number of reasons, I felt I would fit better on the Democratic team,” he
said.
“Listening, Learning and Leading the Way,” is his campaign theme.
H. PHIPPS
He believes in the party’s inclusiveness that harkens back to Kennedy.
“I want to be their listener commissioner,” he said. Brown is currently
chair of the Democratic Central Committee.
He insists, “I don’t think you have to become a Republican to win an
REGISTER OF WILLS election in Calvert County.”
Brown applauds the job that has been done by Republican Pat
Nutter, who is vacating the at-large seat. He thinks he is going to be
missed.
It’s an honor and privilege to be your Register.
I want to continue to serve you during one of the
most traumatic times in your life, the loss of
a loved one. My door is always open.
By Auth: Bruce A. Hutchison
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“My central theme is making your money and your voice go as far as possible,” Regarding the reasons stated for raising taxes two years ago, Bennett said people
Bennett said. He said there needs to be better prioritization of the spending of tax want their money spent effectively. “I don’t think the commissioners giving them-
dollars which includes “properly funding our school system.” selves a raise was a prioritization.” And, he added, “I don’t think a new adminis-
He said he had a positive experience attending county schools but “the terrible tration building was a priority with the schools being underfunded and the opioid
teacher retention rates” need to be addressed. “I don’t think we are competing with crisis ravaging Southern Maryland.”
our neighboring counties,” he explained. Other parts of that problem are keeping “These commissioners ran as a one-trick ponies. They were going to keep taxes
up with technology and addressing school safety low. They ran on fiscal conservatism. And they couldn’t fulfill that pledge and they
“I think it has been rushed. I wish there was more transparency with the pro- raised taxes,” Bennett said. He added, “I may be young, but I believe that when
cess,” Bennett said about the update of the comprehensive plan. He said he is not politicians don’t fulfil their promises, they should be removed from office.”
anti-growth, but we need to develop smartly within our town centers.” And, he Brown said he would not have raised taxes after promising not to do so.” How-
would like to see the county maintain its rural character. “We don’t want Calvert ever, if he hadn’t made a promise and was convinced like they were then: “Here’s
County to look like La Plata.” the thing. The case needs to be made to the people.” No one wants to pay taxes,
Of the comprehensive plan process, Johnson said, “I have serious concerns for he noted, but “people want service.” And he added, “I certainly am not going to
a lot of reasons. It basically has been a runaway rain,” he said, adding, “The gam- promise to cut taxes.”
bling community has corrupted Chesapeake Beach.” Johnson feels that lowering taxes, a Republican mantra, isn’t always the answer.
Johnson said his big issue with planning is the lack of water. He said he accepts “You set your priorities and then you have to pay for them,” he said. He added,
the town center concept, “but it’s possible we don’t have enough water even to de- though, “You have to be sensitive to everything, but you also have to be reason-
velop the town centers.” able.” Part of that sensitivity he said is the impact of taxes on everyone.
Brown wants to see a transportation plan component in the master plan update Johnson said of the current commissioners, “Frankly I feel they were elected
instead of waiting for the zoning ordinance. He said of the goals of the comprehen- under false pretenses.” He added, “They didn’t tell you their real plan was to see
sive plan: “Job well done.” how much they could develop the county.” He said his wife is a real estate agent,
Regarding the proposed county office building, Johnson said, “I know what they “and she doesn’t want to see this county paved over.”
are trying to pull off. I don’t think that is an emergency situation. I like the idea of “What I find disappointing is you have a group of commissioners than ran on not
continuing to meet where they are, if only for historical reasons.” raising taxes, and they did it anyway,” Rager said. He adds, though, “I understand
Development is going to be a big issue, Rager believes. He supports the need for that things aren’t always as simple as we would like them to be.” He said he would
a new county office building, “but not where they are planning to put it.” He also have explored other options, including grant funding before raising taxes.
said the $59 million price tag seems like a lot. “We have a lot of other priorities.” About the push for growth, Johnson said, “I have never seen the level of anger
He said. and fear. It has a lot to do with why I’m running.”
“I do not want to see it at Armory Square,” Brown said of the county office build- Of the current commissioners, Johnson said, “I am sorry, this is a pretty nas-
ing. He said he doesn’t know what the best facility, at the lowest cost, at the best ty bunch. They don’t treat people very nice. Anyone who walks in the door that
location would be. He said he’s been listening to what the folks in Keep Calvert doesn’t sing their song, they’re pretty rough; you are no welcome.” He added, “Hejl
Country are saying about it, but he feels the decision needs to be held up until after is the worst. He gets really nasty fast.”
the election.
Rager is not sure why the space set aside for a county office building along dickmyers@countytimes.net
Main Street is not sufficient. He said he doesn’t want to speak without knowing
all the facts, but he can’t imagine enough parking couldn’t be found along Main
Street.
Rager would like to see Armory Square turned into a “community space” along
the lines of the area used for the North Beach Farmers Market.
Rager was also disappointed with the deal the county brokered with Dominion.
That includes, he said, “[the] obvious health and safety concerns of the folks down
there that should be mitigated,” including a safe evacuation route. He also alleges
that Dominion is planning to expand the facility.
“Knowing what I know now, I believe I would have opposed it,” Rager said about
the decision to support it, if he had been county commissioner.
Rager is not satisfied with the comprehensive plan process. The public sessions,
he said, “Haven’t been run in a way that truly values the public input.” Part of that
process, he said, should be getting answers from the county commissioners, which
he said is part of their job.
Rager feels that the plan update has been more accommodating to growth and
less to preserving the county’s rural character, including town center expansions.
The changes have ignored “how it’s going to impact our transportation infrastruc-
ture,” he said.
“To be sustainable long-term, we can’t increase our population as much as I
think they would like,” he said of the push for development.
Bennett feels there should be armed security in the schools. “I felt safe when
we (had it) in the schools. I think that’s a good thing.” He added, “If there aren’t
enough deputies to go around, I would look at school safety advocates being armed.
Absolutely they would have to be trained.”
He also would look at metal detectors. He feels the traffic flow issue could be
managed. He said at his college, 2,000 people flow through metal detectors for
basketball games in a half hour.
“Teachers don’t want guns, they want funds,” Brown said about school safety. He
added, “I don’t think we need additional guns on the part of anyone. I don’t think
that’s the real answer.” He added he had no trouble with armed police officers in
the schools.
“I want security taken care of by the sheriff in the schools,” Johnson said. He
added, “But you can’t have schools as an armed fortress either.” He’s adamant that
the technology is there to prevent someone else from using an owner’s gun. “Why
don’t we talk about smart guns?” he wondered.
Rager said security wasn’t a top of the mind topic when he was at Huntingtown
H.S., although Columbine and the DC sniper were in the news, and it did make
everyone uneasy. “Things are much different today, absolutely. Thought needs to
be given to how resources should be allocated,” he said, and if anyone is armed it
should be a police office, either off or on duty. He would be open to school safety
advocates who are properly trained being armed. Authorized by: Friends of Steve Waugh, Paul Croisetiere, Treasurer,
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Mark Arness
Hutchins has three children, Reid, Chris and Annette.
David Gatton
is a newcomer to the commissioner’s
race. Two years ago, he was the
Republican candidate for the 5th District
Congressional race in an unsuccessful
bid to unseat Steny Hoyer. Arness is a
David Gatton, 55, of Port Republic,
physician. He attended the University of
has lived in the county all his life. He
Virginia and Bethesda Medical College.
has been married to his wife Sonja for
He has a small practice involving
29 years. Gatton is a deputy with the
geriatrics, and describes himself as
Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. He is also
semi-retired.
a small business owner, a power washing
Arness was in the Air Force for 20
company. Gatton ran for commissioner
years where the bulk of his practice occurred.
four years ago.
He and his wife bought their house in Calvert in 2004 but before that
he had lived in Maryland. He was attracted to Calvert’s rural nature. “It
was verdant, lush and very scenic,” he said. “It’s a charming place to
live.”
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By Dick Myers in its sights. Gatton said in that year, on technology to attract young people orities of funding. “In my opinion it is
Editor “I really don’t want to see Calvert any Hutchins feels that the comprehen- the county commissioners’ responsi-
different than it is now.” He said, “Do sive plan process has been transpar- bility to come up with the $3 million
Four Republican candidates are we want to flood our town centers with ent. “I don’t know what more could be it would take to put deputies in every
challenging for the Commissioner 300 or 400 units. I don’t think so.” He done.” school.” He added, “What is the price
District 2 seat being vacated by Com- could, however, excuse those numbers Arness disagrees. “A number of we put on the safety of our schools?”
missioner Pat Nutter, who decided not if a certain percentage were for “start- decisions have been made in closed Gatton said he has expertise in that
to seek reelection. They are Mark Ar- er families.” session. I am concerned there is not area because he has been working on
ness, David Gatton, Bruce Henkelman Arness said some of the incum- enough transparency. I am quite con- a community policing environment in
and Thomas “Tim” Hutchins. bent commissioners are minimizing cerned about that.” Chesapeake Beach and North Beach,
Gatton said he is running for the of- the impact of the comprehensive plan Henkelman said, “My platform from his primary beat for the last 10 years.
fice for the young people like his niec- changes. He said they are quite large, the beginning has been the safety of “Using technology to enhance school
es and nephews. “I want them to expe- including doubling the size of the town our kids in our schools.” He said, “If safety is a very smart way to do it and
rience the same Calvert County I had centers. And, he said density also in- we don’t protect them now, I tell you, it’s very cost effective,” Arness said.
when I was growing up. I want to keep creases. “So, we are talking about put- we have failed as a community.” That includes vestibule improvements
it as rural as we can. We are losing the ting up high rises.” Henkelman charges that a security and cameras, he said. But he also fa-
rural nature a little bit.” Arness is opposed to using wastewa- system recently installed in one school vors armed officers in every school.
Some development is inevitable, Gat- ter treatment systems to spur new de- doesn’t work. He was buzzed in and “It would make sense to have rotating
ton said, but the balance needs to be velopment and he believes he would be five people walked in with him, he schedules,” he said,
struck between economic development opposed to that in Dunkirk. said. Hutchins feels allocating the $4
and preserving the rural character, the On the locating of the county office He said in the Navy he was also an million was the right thing to do to
comprehensive plan’s two goals. building at Armory Square, Hutchins Anti-Terrorism Force Protection Of- “jump start school security.” He said
“I hate it when people say they don’t feels it was right to get the bond au- ficer, so he knows what he’s talking the whole community needs to be in-
want Calvert County to become Wal- thority. And, he also feels there needs about. “This is terrorism and we need volved in the solution, including men-
dorf. Calvert County will never be to be a consolidation of county govern- to stop it. I don’t think the proper con- tal health. He said there needs to be
Waldorf. We are too long and too thin ment. But as to the location, he said it trols are in pace for deterrence” a better way of sharing intelligence
and the regulations that were put in depends on an assessment which he He then misstated the number of information.
place in the last 30 years will prevent hasn’t seen and doesn’t know what’s school resource officers in the schools, Hutchins favors contract guards in
us from becoming Waldorf,” Gatton in it. saying it was one per school, when each school under the control of the
said, He said he’d like to see downtown there are only five total. When that was sheriff’s department so the police
Population growth has slowed in Prince Frederick be developed like pointed out he said there should be one agencies aren’t stretched.
Calvert. Gatton says that’s because Frederick or Fredericksburg. in every school, including elementary
people previously moved to Calvert Hutchins supports the commission- schools. dickmyers@countytimes.net
because it was rural and now that it’s ers returning a portion of the tax in- Gatton said funding schools and
being lost, the attraction isn’t there as crease two years ago in this year’s bud- public safety are always the two pri-
much. “You can’t drive very far with- get and also favors keeping the budget
out seeing a bunch of houses,” he said. at the Constant Yield going forward.
Arness said retaining the rural char- Gatton says he would not have voted
acter is part of his campaign theme. for the tax increase two years ago. As
“There’s been a great expansion not a candidate four years ago, he said he
only in this county but all over the heard, “You’ll never see a Republi-
state. A lot of Maryland is already can vote for a tax increase.” Eighteen
gone.” He said the commissioners have months later, he said, they did it.
a difficult task of striking the balance “I am not convinced that Armory
between growth and maintaining the Square is the right place to put a county
rural character. office building,” Gatton said. He touts
“I think the county is at a criti- an area called the Quad in Cincinnati,
cal juncture that will set the stage for a place for shopping, dining and enter-
the next decade and maybe more,” tainment, a three or four block neigh-
Hutchins said. He had observed that borhood. And, here’s a park in the
Charles County missed the boat in the center. That’s the kind of development
80’s and it got away from them. he would like to see go into Armory
He had a unique observation point Square.
being on the 301 Task Force that stud- Gatton said building the office
ied the entire corridor. He said of the building at Armory Square would ben-
missed opportunity, “I didn’t want to efit 900 o 1,200 county employees but
see that happen here.” building a mixed use area would ben-
Hutchins said the comprehensive efit the whole county,
plan’s dependence on town centers has He said the county has been able to
so far prevented the sprawl in Charles do whatever it needed on Mai Street
County from happening in Calvert. for centuries and he’s not convinced it
Matching growth “with the capability needs to spread out now.
of the transportation network” is the Hutchins said the county needs to
key, he said. develop a viable economic base be-
Hutchins emphasized the county’s cause it can’t depend on the revenue
need to work regionally because most stream from the two energy activities.
of the traffic on Routes 2/4 is travel- Hutchins said he has followed the
ing through. “I think there needs to be comprehensive plan comments and
a corridor study like it was done for seen a lot of the feedback which often
301,” Hutchins said. is on the order of not wanting water
Henkelman notes that the compre- and sewer in Dunkirk. But, he said
hensive plan calls for residential devel- the town centers have to pull their fair
opment in town centers. He says that share. “Dunkirk can’t be an indepen-
appears to be there to create a market dent castle,” he said. He said he would
for the businesses in the town center, entertain water and sewer for the com-
but he said he doesn’t feel that is nec- mercial areas of Dunkirk. He’d like to
essary for businesses to succeed. see a technology campus there. He’d
The comprehensive plan has 2040 also like to see more of an emphasis
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ing they don’t have enough places to shop.” He said they just go to Annapolis or
elsewhere.
Regarding the comprehensive plan update process, he said, “I am not okay with the
lack of transparency.” He said he is “transparent and looks forward as commissioner
HUTCHINS
Haynie said marina owners in Solomons are concerned they are losing customers
to other locations because people don’t want to fight the traffic in Prince Frederick.
And reading the comprehensive plan update, he wants to know: “Why the rush?”
He favors a transportation plan with that process. “Why would you not want to know
before you make such a dramatic decision?”
Haynie said he really wants to find out more about the background of the decision
Calvert Commissioner to locate the county office building at Armory Square and why the space next to the
County Services Building doesn’t work.
“The first thing I would do is build relationships and trust with county staff and
the public,” Haynie said.
Authority: James L. Smith, Treasurer Powell has been following the commissioners and knows them all: “I am disap-
pointed that they really haven’t reached out to the community,” she said. “I am disap-
Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Calvert County Times 27
pointed at the level of transparency.” the area. She said she would not have approved it had she been county commissioner.
She was asked about their fiscal management, which is in her wheelhouse of expe- “Yes $40 million is a lot of money but I don’t think you can put a price tag on peo-
rience. “I don’t like the fact that they are buying a brand new building. I think other ple’s lives. And she said the money from Dominion “didn’t really go to the citizens.”
options should have been looked into so you are not spending that much money,” she As to the commissioners’ decision to raise taxes two years ago, Powell said there
said, adding that $20 million is for a parking structure, “which is not reasonable.” should always be a cost containment analysis before raising taxes.
The first thing that needs to be done before a decision on a new building, she said, Powell said the county should be listening more to the citizens during the compre-
is a county-wide space-needs study. Regarding its location, she said, “I kind of like hensive plan process. “They are trying to hurry up and finish the comprehensive plan
it in the old town area. It adds to its charm. I would be more easily assessible to the and they want to do it before the election. “My feeling is that it’s almost like they are
citizens, I think.” hurrying up to appease somebody. Who are they trying to appease?”
At Armory Square, Powell said, “What I would like to see there is something for She supports town centers and doesn’t want to see them expand so they run into
the community, a park area, a community center, something you can say is actually each other. She likes the small undeveloped area between Lusby and Solomons. She
for the community.” said town centers would be the place for workforce housing.
Powell said what the current board is more concerned about is business than the Powell supports having resource officers in the schools and, “We need to spend
environment. “They are so bottom line. I‘m a bean counter. I understand bottom the money to have cameras in the schools.” She also said every school staff member
line,” she said. should have physical restraint training.
She added, “There’s a human factor involved in public service and I don’t think
they have that.” dickmyers@countytimes.net
“I am very concerned about Dominion. I think Dominion is really taking advan-
tage of the county,” Powell said. She’s concerned about the safety for the citizens of
Early Voting period- Thursday, June 14 – Thursday, June 21 and does include the weekend. Early Voting
polls are open from 10 am to 8 pm.
DISTRICT 1
PRECINCT – 1 Solomons Rescue Squad, H.G. Trueman Road, Solomons 20688
PRECINCT – 2 Southern Middle School, H.G. Trueman Road, Lusby 20657
PRECINCT – 3 St. Leonard Elementary School, St. Leonard Road, St. Leonard 20685
PRECINCT – 4 Mutual Elementary School, Ball Road, Port Republic 20676
PRECINCT – 5 Patuxent Elementary School, Appeal Lane, Lusby 20657
PRECINCT – 6 Patuxent High School, Southern Connector Blvd., Lusby 20657
PRECINCT – 7 Mill Creek Middle School, Southern Connector Blvd., Lusby 20657
DISTRICT 2
PRECINCT – 1 St. Leonard Fire Dept., Calvert Beach Road, St. Leonard 20685
PRECINCT – 2 Calvert Fairgrounds, MD 231, Prince Frederick 20678
PRECINCT – 3 Huntingtown High School, MD 2-4, Huntingtown 20639
PRECINCT – 4 Calvert Middle School, 655 Chesapeake Blvd., Prince Frederick 20678
PRECINCT – 5 Plum Point Elementary School, Plum Point Road, Huntingtown 20639
PRECINCT – 6 Huntingtown Elementary School, 4345 Huntingtown Rd., Huntingtown 20639
PRECINCT – 7 Northern Middle School, Chaneyville Road, Owings 20736
PRECINCT – 8 Calvert Pines Senior Center, W. Dares Beach Road, Pr. Frederick 20678
DISTRICT 3
PRECINCT – 1 North Beach Fire Dept., MD 261, North Beach 20714
PRECINCT – 2 Beach Elementary School, MD 261, Chesapeake Beach 20732
PRECINCT – 3 Sunderland Elementary School, Clyde Jones Road, Sunderland 20689
PRECINCT – 4 Windy Hill Elementary School, Boyds Turn Road, Owings 20736
PRECINCT – 5 Windy Hill Middle School, Boyds Turn Road, Owings 20736
PRECINCT – 6 Dunkirk Fire Dept., West Ward Road/MD 4, Dunkirk 20754
PRECINCT – 7 Mt. Harmony Elementary School, Mt. Harmony Road, Owings 20736
PRECINCT – 8 Northeast Community Center, Gordon Stinnett Ave., Chesapeake Beach 20732
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In Remembrance
The Calvert County Times runs complimentary obituaries as submitted by funeral homes
and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to
guyleonard@countytimes.net after noon on Mondays may run in the following week’s edition.
Darrell Lee Caudill Visitation will be on Saturday, June 9 Pascack Hills and Pascack Valley High and warm compassion, Jack was born
from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Rausch Fu- Schools in Montvale, NJ; he was also in Salem, Ohio in 1919. He enlisted in
neral Home—Owings, 8325 Mount Har- the school bowling coach and led them the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940. Dur-
mony Lane Owings, MD 20736. Funeral to multiple championships. Service to ing World War II, Jack was promoted to
services will follow at the funeral home others was important to him. He volun- PFC, First Sergeant and Second Lieuten-
beginning at 12 p.m. teered for Bogota Ambulance Depart- ant. He served in Australia - where he
ment, Several Sources Shelters, and oth- met and married Marie – as well as in
Thomas Joseph “Tom” Gay er numerous volunteer activities through New Guinea and the Philippines.
the Knights of Columbus. After his re- Jack returned to Ohio in 1946 with
tirement, Tom was an active volunteer Marie and their first child, John Michael
for the American Red Cross, working Andrews. Over the course of a 25-year
during many local and national disasters retail career, Jack rose to become Ex-
including TWA Flight 800 and 9/11. Tom ecutive Vice President at Rike’s depart-
was a devout Catholic and member of St. ment store in Dayton, and President at
Anthony’s Catholic Church, the Knights Shillito’s in Cincinnati. In his mid-50s,
of Columbus and American Legion. He Jack realized a lifelong goal by earning
enjoyed traveling, crossword puzzles, his B.A. at Goddard College in Plain-
Darrell Lee Caudill, 61, of Hunting- news, summering at the Jersey Shore and field, Vermont. He was subsequently
town, MD passed away May 26, 2018 spending time with his family. appointed President of Goddard. Jack
at Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital. He was Tom is survived by his loving wife of traveled extensively across North Africa,
born August 31, 1956 in Washington 57 years, Rochelle “Roe” Gay (North the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific as
D.C. to Isaac Caudill Jr. and Betty Lo- Beach); children Laura M. Chisholm Peace Corps Regional Director in the
rick. Darrell was raised in Washington (CAPT Ret. USPHS) and husband Ja- late 1970s. Jack and Marie purchased
D.C. by his grandmother until her health vier Puerto (Cozumel, Mexico), Ellen their Long Beach home overlooking the
prevented her to continue. Ernest and Vi- M. Berry and husband Richard (Chesa- Chesapeake 42 years ago. When they left
olet Rowell continued the task as foster peake Beach), and Thomas W. Gay and Australia for Ohio, Jack promised his
parents. Darrell graduated from Calvert wife Lori (Eagle, CO); grandchildren wife they would live on the water again
High School and worked at various local Matthew and Charles Gay and Nicholas someday. It took three decades - but Jack
groceries as a meat cutter until retiring Berry; great-granddaughter Angelica kept his word to his Aussie war bride.
from Giant after 25 years. Thomas Joseph “Tom” Gay, 84, of Puerto; sisters Eleanor (Sister Matthew They enjoyed their lovely Long Beach
Darrell was preceded in death by North Beach passed away May 27, 2018 Mary) and Martha (Sister Matthew home for 30 years, hosting their chil-
his parents, his foster mother, daugh- at Burnett Calvert Hospice House. He James); brothers John, Bernie and Ge- dren and grandchildren there, and sail-
ter Samantha LeaAnn Caudill, sisters was born August 26, 1933 in Brooklyn, rard Gay; 15 nieces and nephews; and ing their 22’ Catalina on the Bay, before
Kathryn Fishkorn and Vernie Reid, and NY to Matthew and Ellen (Vesey) Gay of numerous grandnieces and nephews. He moving to Asbury in 2006.
brother Calvin Darnell. Surviving are County Mayo, Ireland. Tom was raised was preceded in death by his parents, his Jack was an Elder in the Presbyterian
son Scott Lee Caudill (Lexington Park, in Brooklyn. He attended Holy Name sister Rosemary Gay and brothers Mat- U.S.A. church, and a member and later
MD); daughter Sarah Ann Caudill Clay School (grammar) and Power Memo- thew, James and Charles Gay. President of the Administrative Board
and her husband Scott (California, MD); rial Academy (high school). He joined In lieu of flowers contributions in of Trinity United Methodist Church. He
grandson Aidan Lee Caudill; and his the United States Air Force in 1952 and Tom’s name may be made to Several also served for many years on the Long
family in Prestonsburg, KY, which con- was honorably discharged in 1956, after Source Shelters at P.O. Box 157 in Beach/Calvert Beach Water Board.
sists of stepmother Earlene Caudill, sis- serving during the Korean Conflict. Tom Ramsey, NJ 07446; phone: 201-818- Jack’s last professional position was as
ters Sandra “Sandy” Mullins and Debbie graduated from St. John’s University 9033; website: http://severalsources.org/ Vice-President for Administration at St.
Fitch, and brother Isaac Caudill III. He with a Bachelors Degree and Montclair index.html. Alternatively, contributions Mary’s College of Maryland from 1979-
is also survived by his foster father Er- State University with a Masters Degree. may be made to Maryknoll Fathers and 1984. After “retiring,” Jack volunteered
nest Rowell; sisters Bonnie Blackwell, He married Rochelle Marie Dennigan Brothers at P.O. Box 302 in Maryknoll, for 25 years with the Service Corps of
Marilyn Harkey, Lisa Rowell (Prince in 1961. They lived in Bogota, NJ be- NY 10545; phone: 914-941-7636; web- Retired Executives, counseling Southern
Frederick, MD), Debbie Weimert and fore moving to Paramus, NJ, where they site: https://maryknollsociety.org/. Maryland business owners as a mem-
her husband Ron (Huntingtown, MD); settled and raised their three children. Funeral arrangements were made by ber of the Annapolis chapter, serving
brothers John Darnell (Waldorf, MD) In 2005, they moved to Aurora, CO and Rausch Funeral Home. as Director of the Mid-Atlantic Region,
and Ernie Rowell (Simpsonville, SC); lived there until moving to Maryland and as Secretary on SCORE’s national
and several nieces and nephews. Darrell in 2015. Tom worked at the 1964 New John Stewart Andrews board. Jack always loved to travel, with
will be greatly missed by all his family York Worlds Fair. He was employed as a a particular fondness for the Pacific, the
as well as his many friends. high school teacher for over 25 years at Rockies and the American Southwest.
He and Marie circled the world thrice,
and roamed widely across America and
Canada in their camper van.
At the end of his 2016 memoir A Life’s
Now Offering... Passage, Jack wrote, “Through it all, I
have said I believe the two most impor-
RAUSCH CREMATORY P.A. tant words in the English language are
‘wife’ and ‘family’. I have tried to live
Calvert County’s my life true to that belief. If I have done
that successfully – that is my greatest
ONLY On-site Crematory legacy.” His wife, and his family, knows
how completely Jack succeeded in the
Where Heritage and Life are celebrated. Longtime Calvert County resident effort.
and civic leader John (Jack) Stewart An- In addition to 6 grandchildren and 7
Serving Calvert, Anne Arundel, St. Mary’s, and Prince George’s Counties drews died peacefully at home at Asbury great-grandchildren, Jack’s immediate
Retirement Community in Solomons on survivors include: wife Marie Louise;
Lusby Owings Port Republic Sunday, May 27, 2018. Marie, Jack’s lov- son William Douglas (Chicago, IL);
20 American Ln. 8325 Mount Harmony Ln. 4405 Broomes Island Rd. ing wife of 74 years, was by his side. He son Jeffrey Lynn (Maui, HI); daughter
410-326-9400 410-257-6181 410-586-0520 was 98. Kathleen Margaret (Montpelier, VT);
Known throughout his life for his son Richard Dale (CO and FL). Son John
www.RauschFuneralHomes.com quick smile, wide-ranging intellect, Michael, a helicopter pilot, was killed in
Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Calvert County Times 35
Vietnam in 1967.
A Celebration of Jack’s life, followed
by reception, will take place Sunday,
June 10 at 3.00 pm at Asbury Retire-
ment Community in Solomons.
Me-
morial contributions may be made to
Calvert Hospice at P.O. Box 838, 238
Merrimac Ct. in Prince Frederick, MD
20678; phone: 410-535-0892; website:
http://calverthospice.org/. Alternatively,
contributions may be made to the Cal-
vert Collaborative for Children & Youth
at P.O. Box 7 in Barstow, MD 20610;
phone: 410-414-8300; website: http://cal-
vertkids.org/.
Arrangements made by Rausch Fu-
neral Home.
Road, Solomons
Thursday, June 7 Lighthouse lovers are invited to see six 12:00 - 4:00 PM
lighthouses (Southern route) aboard a Join the Fun Bunch & Friendz Quarter
Calvert Toastmasters Meeting private charter vessel. The boat leaves Southern Maryland Acoustic Music Frenzy team as we host our Summer
Community Resources Bldg., 30 Duke from the Calvert Marine Museum Assembly Bash Quarter Auction. All paddles are
St., Prince dock. Cost is $130; $120 for CMM Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts $1 each. All bids are only 1 or 2 quar-
11:30 AM members. Call 410-326-2042, ext. 41 to Center ters. Wacky Hula Skirt contest! Info or
An international club open to anyone. reserve your spot. 13470 Dowell Rd. reservations call 410-474-2958, 240-
Improve communication and leader- 1:00 - 9:00 PM 416-4224 or visit our Facebook page at
ship skills. You are welcome to at- Treasures Sale A day of song circles and acoustic jam- Quarter Auctions in SOMD.
tend meetings as a visitor and bring a All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Rts 2 & ming. Evening concert, dinner, and
friend! Learn more about our organiza- 4, Sunderland contra dancing. Bring your instruments Dee of St. Mary’s Public Sail
tion at calvert.toastmastersclubs.org 8:00 AM - Noon and favorite songs – or just come to 14200 Solomons Island Rd. S.,
Find great buys, “must haves,” gently listen! Dinner with music from four Solomons
End Addiction Community Forum used items, tools and perhaps an an- bands. Evening contra dance (begin- 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Northeast Community Center, Chesa- tique. Free admission; free parking. ners welcome!). Adults $5; Seniors Sail aboard the historic skipjack Dee
peake Beach Info 443-964-4344. $4; Military $4; Youth $3; Kids 5 & of St. Mary’s departing and returning
6:30 - 8:30 PM under free. 410-326-4640. Complete from the Calvert Marine Museum. Ex-
Help stem the tide of Opioid Use Dis- Dragon Boat Festival event info: www.annmariegarden.org/ perience the Patuxent River like never
order and the needless loss of life in North Beach Boardwalk. annmarie2/content/southern-maryland- before aboard an iconic Chesapeake
our community by arming yourself 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM acoustic-music-assembly dredge boat. $15 for ages 8-12, 13 and
with knowledge and naloxone. Spon- Come out and support your favorite older are $25. Sorry, no children under
sored by the Twin Beach Opioid Abuse Team. 30 teams, over 4,000 spectators; Tropical Tea-zer five permitted. Advanced reservations
Awareness Committee. www.twin- local food and craft vendors. It’s an Middleham and St. Peter’s Episco- required by noon the Friday prior to
beachoaa.org exciting way to come together to End pal Church, 10210 HG Trueman Rd., the cruise. Contact Melissa McCor-
Hunger in Calvert. Free to attend. Info: Lusby mick at 410-326-2042 ext. 41.
endhungercalvert.org/dragonboat 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Fri. & Sat., June 8 & 9 Enjoy the food, drink, fellowship, and Charity Yoga
Tri-County Memory Walk fun of this Hawaiian-themed event. All North Beach Pier
Farming 4 Hunger, 6932 Serenity are welcome. $20. Space is limited— 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Raw Goat Pet Milk for Sale Farm Rd., Benedict Reservations suggested: 410-326-4948 The first of four donation based Yoga
Prosperity Acres, Sunderland 9:00 AM classes on the Pier. DJ Evan will pro-
Friday: 4:00 – 7:00 PM For anyone who has lost a loved one to Southern Maryland Acoustic Music vide the music accompanied by Kaleo
Saturday: 8:00 AM - Noon the disease of addiction. Come together Assembly on drums. Proceeds for this session
Veterinarians recommend goat milk in their honor and memory to create Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts going to the Wounded Warrior Project.
for fluffy and kitty as it is much easier healing and hope. Info and details: tri- Center Info: https://wp.me/P2wdGr-54q
to digest and aids in many ailments. countymemorywalk.org 13470 Dowell Rd.
Unpasteurized, unhomogenized, un- 1:00 - 9:00 PM
adulterated, straight from the udder.
Not for human consumption! Info:
13th Annual Poker Run A day of song circles and acoustic jam- Monday, June 11
Buckets Sports Bar, Lusby ming. Evening concert, dinner, and
www.prosperityacres.com 10:30 - Noon contra dancing. Bring your instruments
US Coast Guard Auxiliary Meeting
Helping the Burnett Calvert Hospice and favorite songs – or just come to
Solomons Fire Department
House. Sponsored by Buckets Sports listen! Dinner with music from four
Friday, June 8 Bar. Registration 10:30 to 11:59 at bands. Evening contra dance (begin-
7:00 - 8:00 PM
The USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 23-2
Buckets. Stop locations include: The ners welcome!). Adults $5; Seniors
monthly meeting. The public is invited
Monarch Larva Monitoring Tavern, Heavy Hitters, Seabreeze, $4; Military $4; Youth $3; Kids 5 &
to attend.
Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, 2880 Toot’s Bar, and Buckets. The after par- under free. 410-326-4640. Complete
Grays Rd., ty begins at 4:00 at Buckets and will event info: www.annmariegarden.org/
Prince Frederick feature a live auction, food, music by annmarie2/content/southern-maryland-
2:00 -3:00 PM DJ Rick, door prizes, raffles, free give- acoustic-music-assembly Tuesday, June 12
Help the naturalist search for monarch aways, and beer specials. Info: Chris
caterpillars in the meadow and gar- Bowen at 443-532-8343 or Heather Country Dance Bingo
dens. This volunteer opportunity will Scott at 410-610-8363 or email calvert- American Legion Stallings-Williams North Beach Volunteer Fire Dept.
be offered throughout the summer and pokerrun@yahoo.com. Post 206, Rt. 260, Chesapeake Beach. 7:30 PM
fall. Community Service Project. All 7:00 – 12:00 PM $5000 jackpot. Admission is $8.00 per
ages, adult participation required. Of- Pet Adoption For a fun time, come to the upper person. Doors open at 5:00. Food and
fice and Reservations: 410-535-5327 Pepper’s Pet Pantry, Solomons Towne level ballroom. drink available for purchase. More info
Center behind CVS If you can’t dance, teachers will please call 301-855-0520.
Farmers’ Market & Classic Car 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM be available to give instruction.
Cruise-In Dog and cat adoption event with lo- One hour lessons at 7:00. Danc- Tall Ship of Delaware
Bay Ave. & 5th St., North Beach cal Saint Mary’s and Calvert County ing from 8:00. $15/person includes Watermans Wharf, 166 Williams St.,
6:00 – 9:00 PM animal rescue groups. Information, soft drinks or draft beer and light Solomons Island, 1:00 - 3:30 PM
Local farms, Calvert County winer- please call (410) 326-4006. munchies. Reservations: Sail the Kalmar Nyckel, a faithful re-
ies and old-time vehicles are featured. Lbloyer@verizon.net. Info: 410-257- creation of the first colonial Swedish
Info: 301-855-6681. www.northbeach- Tropical Tea-zer 9878. www.ALpost206.org settlement ship to arrive in America in
md.org Middleham and St. Peter’s Episco- 1638. She will travel roughly 3000 nau-
pal Church, 10210 HG Trueman Rd., tical miles this season. Day sail pas-
Lusby Sunday, June 10 sengers may work alongside the crew,
Saturday, June 9 12:00 – 1:30 PM or simply enjoy the views of Solomons
Enjoy the food, drink, fellowship, and Island. Tours available. Tickets, sail
Quarter Frenzy Benefit
fun of this Hawaiian-themed event. All & tour times: www.kalmarnyckel.org
Lighthouse Adventure Cruise are welcome. $20. Space is limited—
Solomons Volunteer Fire Dept and
[kalmarnyckel.org] or 302-429-7447
Calvert Marine Musemu, Solomons Rescue Squad, 17150 HG Trueman
Reservations suggested: 410-326-4948 Kalmar Nyckel Foundation Office
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Thursday, June 7
Résumé and Cover Letter Workshop.
410-326-5289.
Events
For more information & to register for events visit http://calvertlibrary.info
13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons, YoungatHeart By Office of Aging Staff
1:00-3:00pm. Need help with your
résumé? Join job counselor Sandra
Monday, June 11
Holler in a small group to learn what Books & Toys. 10:00-11:00am. and more. An attorney will be at
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult. Book
June 15 is World Elder Calvert Pines Senior Center, Thurs-
makes a strong résumé and cover let-
ter. If you have one started, bring it club for parents and caregivers, play- Abuse Awareness Day day, June 14, 1 – 3 p.m. Please call
time for your tots! No registration. Elder abuse is a significant pub- 410-535-4606 for more information
with you so editing can happen on the
Calvert Library Southern Branch, lic health problem. Each year, hun- and to make an appointment.
spot. One printed copy helps. Please
13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons, dreds of thousands of adults over the
register. Calvert Library Prince Fred-
410-326-5289. age of 60 are abused, neglected, or Calvert Pines Senior
erick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291
financially exploited. Elder abuse,
or 301-855-1862.
including neglect and exploitation,
Center (CPSC)
Green Crafting. 2:00-4:00pm. Make Join in on a friendly competition
crafts out of materials that would typi- is experienced by 1 out of every 10
Friday, June 8 cally be thrown out. Crocheting, nee- people, ages 60 and older, who live
testing your wits with a Spelling
Bee, Thursday, June 14, 1 p.m.
On Pins & Needles. 1:00-4:00pm. dlework, sewing, and simple tying tech- at home. This statistic is likely an
We are celebrating all Fathers at
Bring your quilting, needlework, knit- niques will be used. Calvert Library underestimate because many vic-
our Father’s Day Breakfast, Tues-
ting, crocheting, or other project for an Southern Branch, 13920 H. G. True- tims are unable or afraid to disclose
day, June 19, 8 a.m. Donations are
afternoon of conversation and shared man Road, Solomons, 410-326-5289. or report the violence. For more in-
appreciated and accepted. Must
creativity. Calvert Library Prince formation on Elder Abuse, contact
pre-register.
your local Office on Aging.
Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535- Tuesday, June 12
0291 or 301-855-1862.
Flying Needles. 6:00-9:00pm. Knit- Social Security News North Beach
ting, crocheting and portable crafting Go green by signing up for the Senior Center (NBSC)
Saturday, June 9 group open to anyone wanting to join SSA Portal at www.ssa.gov. Man- Join us for the Samaritan Purse
Poets’ Circle. 9:00-11:00am. Begin- in and share talents, crafting time or age your own Social Security ac- Presentation, about a humanitarian
ner or big-time, confident or compul- learn a new skill. No registration. Cal- count without having to drive to So- aid organization that provides aid
sive, stuck or star-lit! All are welcome. vert Library Southern Branch, 13920 cial Security or wait on the phone. to people in physical need. Find out
Expect a friendly session of discussion, H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons, At this website you can change your how you can help, Monday, June 11,
editing and support. Bring 5 copies of 410-326-5289. address, print out benefit statements 11 a.m.
what you want to work on or just your- and 1099 form, and much more. To Enjoy a good old fashioned Fa-
sign up, all you need is a cell phone, ther’s Day Float in celebration of
self. Please register. Calvert Library
Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way,
Wednesday, June 13 or a computer, and an email ad- our dads, Friday, June 15, 11:30 a.m.
410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. Memoirs & Creative Writing Work- dress. Once on the website, scroll
shop. 2:00-3:30pm. Join author and down to “my Social Security” and Southern Pines Senior
On the Go: Harriet Tubman Under- editor Elisavietta Ritchie as she en- enroll. With new Medicare cards Center (SPSC)
ground Railroad National Historical courages the art of creative memoir coming, have you checked with The loss of a loved one is a
Park. 9:30-3:30pm. Visit the new mu- writing. Bring 6 double-spaced copies Social Security to see if you have difficult and hard time for any-
seum devoted to Harriet Tubman’s life, of your work, 500-800 words, to dis- the correct address on file? If not, one. Please join us Tuesday, June
located near Cambridge, MD. Charter cuss and share with the group. Calvert please do so immediately, as you 12, 1 p.m. for Grief and Loss
bus leaves Sunderland Park ‘n Ride at Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley may not receive your new card. Support.
9:30am sharp, and returns by 3:30pm. Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. With Father’s Day approach-
Register by May 29. . Bring a packed Legal Aid ing, enjoy a Father’s Day Des-
lunch! Sponsored by Institute of Mu- JobSource Mobile Career Center. Attorney services are available sert, Boston Cream Pie, Friday
seum and Library Services and Calvert 1:00-4:00pm. Stop by to visit the Job- by appointment regarding SSI, ben- June 15, 12:30 p.m.
Library Foundation. Calvert Library Source Mobile Career Center for your efit denials, disability payments,
Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, job search needs! Get job counseling
410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. and résumé help, search for jobs and
connect with Southern Maryland Job-
Southern Maryland Acoustic Music Source. No registration. Calvert Li-
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