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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28,

21, 2017

W W W. C O U N T Y T I M E S . N E T

2017
A Year IN LOCAL
CHESAPEAKE BEACH

In Review
MAYOR BREAKS TIE
IN COPS & COURTS
SEEKING SAFEWAY
ROBBERS

Part 1 IN COMMUNITY
LIGHTING UP THE
TWIN BEACHES
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IN LOCAL
“CITIZENS WORKING, JOBS RETAINED AND
BUSINESSES GROWING.”
TRI-COUNTY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOHN HARTLINE
ON THEIR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
CONTENTS
LOCAL NEWS 3
Education
EDUCATION 8
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IN OUR COMMUNITY 10
FEATURE14
OBITUARIES16
COMMUNITY CALENDAR  17
SENIOR CALENDAR 18 Community
LIBRARY CALENDAR 18 Page 10
SPORTS19
ENTERTAINMENT20
GAMES21
BUSINESS DIRECTORY 22 - 23

Entertainment
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Mayor Breaks Tie Vote on Senate President Announces

Mamma Lucia’s Parking Staff Changes
By Dick Myers him and a decision could wait to see how
Editor the situation developed this coming sum- Senate President Thomas V. Mike
mer, the restaurant’s busiest time. He also Miller, Jr. has announced the appoint-
It’s unusual for the Chesapeake Beach said it could set a precedent that would lead ment of Patrick H. Murray, Esq. as
Town Council to be deadlocked on any- to other businesses asking for the same his Chief of Staff effective January 1,
thing. But it happened at the council’s Dec. consideration. 2018. “It’s a joy to welcome Pat back
21 meeting. The 3-3 deadlock required The license agreement attached to the to the Senate,” stated Senate President
Mayor Pat “Irish” Mahoney to cast the tie- resolution does specifically say that it does
Miller. “With his prior work in the
breaking vote. not set a precedent for other situations. The
The issue was Resolution R-17-3 – “… town also does have the right to cancel the General Assembly, he will be a steady
granting a non-exclusive license to Ritori. agreement upon notice and also the agree- hand at a moment when the state is
LLC, in, over and across a portion of the ment ceases should the building stop being facing remarkable fiscal and policy
29th Street right-of-way, for purpose of pro- used as a restaurant. challenges.”
viding parking space for a restaurant known Supporters of the license agreement ar-
as Mamma Lucia’s and ingress and egress gued that the road in question does not pass Murray served as Deputy Chief of
to those parking spaces on 29th Street sub- in front of any houses. Although the Mam- Staff to Senate President Miller from
ject to the terms and conditions set forth in ma Lucia’s owners had sought an exclusive 2008 to 2011 and Senior Policy Analyst
an approved license agreement.” right to use the parking spaces, the resolu- to House Speaker Michael E. Busch
Since it opened this past summer, park- tion did not include that provision, and any- from 2005 to 2008. After leaving the
ing at the third location of the local Italian one can park on the spaces. legislature, he worked as Director of
restaurant chain has been difficult due to its When it came time for a vote, Cumbo State Affairs at Johns Hopkins Uni- Maryland Senate President Thomas V. “Mike”
instant popularity. Several council mem- made a notion to deny the resolution and versity & Medicine, and he currently Miller (D: Calvert)
bers, after a discussion of the issue at the Beaudin seconded it. Councilman Kevin teaches American Government & Poli-
planning commission, wanted to help be- Pardieck also supported the motion. The tics at American University’s School
cause they considered the restaurant what other three councilmen opposed the mo- of Professional & Extended Studies He lives in Columbia with his wife
the town needed for economic develop- tion, with Mayor Mahoney voting with them and manages a small public relations and fifteen-month-old son and their
ment. It also was unquestionably, they said, to break the tie. A second motion support- consultancy. yellow lab.
better than the previous bar there which ing the resolution was introduced and the
caused contention with the neighbors. same 3-3 vote ensued, with Mahoney again Press Release from Office of Senate
A resolution was devised at “Our Own”
a council Freshly Ground Chuck Murray was named a Marshall Me-
breaking the tie, leading to the resolution morial Fellow and named to the Daily President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller.
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Schools Prepare for Next Maryland Researchers Win
Generation Science National Challenge
By Dick Myers
Editor
Calvert County Public Schools (CCPS), as are all in the state, are in the
process of transforming to “Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).”
Instruction will be shifting “from students knowing to students figuring
out,” according to a presentation by staff of the new standards to the Cal-
vert County Board of Education at their Dec. 14 meeting.
Progress with the transition will be measured with the Maryland Inte-
grated Science Assessment (MISA) that will be administered in grades 5,
8 and in high school at the end of “a designated course progression.”
The new standards have three dimensions: science and engineering
practices, disciplinary core ideas and cross cutting concepts.” These three
dimensions are integrated in instruction at all levels.
Elementary school teachers in grades K-5 have received NGSS profes-
sional development. Grades 3-5 have received more professional develop-
ment so far than the earlier grades. The shift in thinking is being imple-
mented in those grades and there has been some progression from one
year to the next.
In middle schools, there has been a change from the former progression
of Earth Science in 6th grade, Life Science in 7th Grade and Physical
Science in 8th Grade. Instead, there will be a “more layered curriculum
with basic physical science concepts taught in sixth grade and the other
concepts layered on that foundation,” according to the staff presentation
to the school board.
The 5th Grade de MISA tests will include content taught from 3rd to
5th grade science areas. The 8th Grade MISA’s will include cote taught
in grades 6 to 8.
High school testing will remain as is until middle school students us-
ing NGSS progress to high school. Then High School MISA tests will be
administered to all students in high school (winter and spring) and are the
final assessment in a series of science assessments that a student will take
aligned with NGSS.
The High School MISA will include content taught from three science
areas:
• Seven standards from Physical Science (Physics and Chemistry)
• Eleven standards from Life Science
• Seven Standards from Earth Science.
The first MISA field test will be in the current school year, with the sec-
ond field test the following year. It is still to be determined when the test
will be used to determine a passing score for graduation.
The High School MISA will consist of two sessions for the field tests
and five sessions when the test becomes operational. Each session is a
45-minure block of time, to include:
• Each session will contain two item sets that are structured as lab sets
related to a phenomenon.
• Each item set consists of one constructed response (CR) and five oth-
er items that will be combination of selected response, fill-in-the-blank,
matching, other technology-enhanced items, and two-part questions.
• Each session will contain one constructed response.
The tests will be administered online except for those students that re-
quire an accommodated paper form.
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The Calvert County Times Thursday, December 28, 2017
Team will Study Storm Event Impact on Bay
The University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Sci-
ence (UMCES) and Maryland
Department of Natural Re-
sources have been named one
of five winners of a $10,000
Stage 1 Prize in the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency’s
national Nutrient Sensor Action
Challenge.
UMCES and Maryland De-
partment of Natural Resources
worked together to detail a plan
for using newly developed nu-
trient sensors to explore ques- Conowingo Dam
tions related to the infilling of understand how storm events affect the bay,”
Conowingo Dam and how storm events will im- said Jeremy Testa of the University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science. “We’ll deploy
pact water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
The project would place two sensors in the up- these where we can measure the impact of a big
per Chesapeake Bay to provide data on the speed flow event, using sensors to track how far the nu-
trient pulse reaches down-bay, and how long it
and extent of nutrient pulses into the bay during
storm events. This can help validate models for sticks around.”
The sensors will be placed at sites in the up-
Chesapeake Bay restoration and give insight into
the effect these nutrients—nitrogen and phos- per and mid-bay regions—there are already
measurements being made at the mouth of the
phorous—will have on algal blooms and dead
zones in the estuary. Susquehanna River by the U.S. Geological Sur-
vey—to take real-time measurements of levels
The Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge is a
technology-accelerating water quality chal- of nitrate and phosphate during and after storm
events.
lenge from a coalition of federal agencies to
demonstrate how nutrient sensors can be used “There could be a lot of sediment that comes
over the dam—as well as dissolved nutrients—
by states and local communities to help man-
age nutrient pollution. The challenge called for and there could be a lot of phosphate and nitrate
that eventually regenerate from those particles.
demonstrations showing the effective use of
low-cost sensors and innovative partnerships to Going out in a boat every two weeks to take
measurements isn’t going to tell us much about
pilot the sensors and show how collected data
and information can be part of state and local the effect a storm has,” said UMCES researcher
Lora Harris of the traditional way of measuring
decision-making.
Teams nationwide submitted action plans de- nutrients by collecting samples from boats. “We
can now put automatic sensors out to do that in
tailing how they intend to deploy and use sensors
to meet challenge goals. The five winning Stage any weather.”
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
1 teams, including the UMCES-Department of
Natural Resources project, will compete in Stage will deploy and maintain the sensors, provide
data management and quality assurance, and
2 of the challenge for an opportunity to win a
share $100,000 in prizes to fully implement their make the results available to the public through
its Eyes on the Bay water quality website. The
proposals.
Researchers Lora Harris and Jeremy Testa University of Maryland Center for Environmen-
tal Science will analyze and interpret the data
from the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science’s Chesapeake Biologi- to assess the role of storms and seasonal cycles
on nutrient availability in the upper Chesapeake
cal Laboratory teamed up with Mark Trice and
Bruce Michael from the Maryland Department Bay, and work with the department to apply the
results to management questions and decisions.
of Natural Resources to develop a plan to moni-
tor the effects of storms and Conowingo Dam “Mitigating the water quality impacts from the
lower Susquehanna River is one of Maryland’s
inputs on nutrients in the upper Chesapeake Bay.
“This project is an ideal example of how highest priorities in reaching our bay restoration
goals by 2025,” said Resource Assessment Ser-
Maryland Department of Natural Resources and
the University of Maryland Center for Environ- vice Director Bruce Michael, who reviewed the
project for the Maryland Department of Natural
mental Science work in partnership to seek fund-
ing and new tools to address Maryland’s biggest Resources. “The additional nutrient sensors stra-
tegically placed in the upper Chesapeake Bay
challenges facing the restoration of Chesapeake
Bay,” said UMCES President Peter Goodwin. will provide scientists and managers will key
information documenting the effectiveness of
The Conowingo Dam, located on the Susque-
hanna River where it enters the Chesapeake Bay Conowingo mitigation practices.”
The Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge is a
above Havre de Grace, Maryland, has long been
trapping sediment being washed downstream collaboration between the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S.
from the Susquehanna watershed. The state has
been reassessing the ability of the dam to keep Department of Agriculture, National Institute of
Standards and Technology and National Oceanic
the sediment—and associated nutrients that
could potentially contribute to algae blooms and and Atmospheric Administration-led U.S. Inte-
grated Ocean Observing System.
dead zones—from entering the bay.
“The effect has largely been evaluated using Press Release from MD DNR.
models, so there is a need to have better data to
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Season’s Greetings from St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Start the New Year right and plan to attend the following events:

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Tri-County Council Gives Calvert a Christmas Present Hogan Announces

By Dick Myers
Editor
pass throughs
from the Legislation to
Protect State
Maryland De-
For less than $200,000 this year, the three Southern partment of
Maryland counties have parlayed more than $5 million in Ag r ic u lt u r e,
services from the Tri-County Council (TCC) for Southern including the
Maryland. The bulk of the county funding comes from St. tobacco mon- Taxpayers
Mary’s and Calvert, since Charles pulled back its funding to ies. The three
the bare minimum required by state law. Calvert’s annual main duties
contribution is $94,200. for SMADC
One of those financial benefits was on display at the Dec. from the 1999
19 meeting of the Calvert County Board of County Com- G o v e r n o r ’s
missioners (BOCC). Council Executive Director John Tobacco Crop
Hartline presented the board with a check for $762,619 to Conversion
support land preservation efforts in the county. The funds Task Force are: buyout and transition, land preservation and
originated from the Maryland Tobacco Buyout Fund, which infrastructure development.
the council manages. One of the results the buyout, Hartline said, was “it radi-
Hartline, in his annual report to the county, explained that cally changed, diversified and expanded the culture of ag-
the council’s two biggest programs are Southern Maryland riculture in Southern Maryland.” SMADC’s successes in-
Workforce Development and Southern Maryland Agricul- clude creation of five consumer outreach guides to aid in the
ture Development Commission (SMADC). Most of the diversification effort.
workforce development monies (total of $2.3 million) come Hartline said the long-stalled effort to create a meat pro-
from the U.S. Department of Labor and are passed through cessing facility in Southern Maryland is now back on track
to TCC. The existence of the council makes those funds with interest from potential bidders.
possible. Some additional monies come from Rural Mary- Since 2002 SMADC has provided more than $5.56 mil-
land Council. lion for Calvert County land preservation easements. With
Hartline said the workforce development effort results in those matching monies, 5,309 acres have been preserved in
“citizens working, jobs retained and businesses growing.” the county, which allowed Calvert County to preserve an
He said for every one-dollar invested nationally, the return additional 6,626 acres.
on investment is $4.31 but in Southern Maryland it’s $13.37. Other council programs include managing and market-
In Fiscal Years 2015-2017 the council’s Mobile Career ing alternative transportation modes. The council has also
Center deployed 142 tines in Calvert County, serving 1,239 advocated for the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge project and
residents. Having their mobile center helps solve a big im- funding transportation for veterans to the new Community
pediment for Calvert citizens – transportation, Hartline said. Based Out-Patient Clinic in the Charlotte Hall/Hughesville
The Southern Maryland Agriculture Development Com- area. Bids are expected to be announced shortly for that
mission generates slightly more than $2 million, mostly as project.
The council has also coordinated
Governor Larry Hogan announced that the
administration will be submitting legislation to
mitigate potential negative impacts of federal
tax reform on Maryland taxpayers. The legisla-
tion will return any additional state revenue re-
ceived due to the loss of federal deductions and
exemptions.
The governor made the following statement
at a meeting of the Board of Public Works at the
Maryland State House:
“As you all know, it looks like the federal
tax reform effort may soon be officially signed
into law. Its exact impact on the State of Mary-
land has not yet been determined. It’s clear that
some people’s taxes will go down, and some
will go up. I know that Comptroller Franchot
and his team will be doing an analysis to deter-
mine how Maryland taxpayers will be affected.
However, it is very clear that due to the loss of
several longstanding federal tax deductions and
exemptions, Maryland state revenue will likely
increase by hundreds of millions of dollars.
“I am announcing today that our administra-
tion will submit legislation that will protect our
taxpayers, and which will mitigate negative im-
pacts of these changes to state taxes. Our goal
will be to leave that money in the pockets of
hardworking Marylanders. I am confident that
our partners in the General Assembly who have

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affected. Protecting taxpayers should be a bi-
partisan issue.”
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Business Leaders Named to
CalvertHealth Foundation Board
Prince Frederick attorney Denise Bow-
man and Huntingtown business executive
Donnie Downs have been named to the
CalvertHealth Foundation Board of Trust-
can serve up to two three-year terms.
“We are honored to have Denise and
Donnie join our team,” said Lynette Ent-
zian, foundation board president. “They
are both accomplished professionals who
bring tremendous experience in the areas
of leadership and community service.”
Bowman, who has been in private
practice for 27 years, has been widely
recognized for her dedication to the pro-
fession as well as her community service.
She is a member of the Judicial Nomina-
tions Commission for District 13 and has
served on the Board of Governors for the
State Bar Association. In 2015, she was
honored with The Daily Record Lead-
ership in Law award and was named to
Maryland’s Top 100 Women by The Daily
Record in 2014 and 2016 for her leader-
ship and commitment to her community.
“CalvertHealth has provided care for
many of my family members,” said Bow-
man. “I want to be part of the effort to ex-
pand the high quality of health care for the
citizens of Calvert.”
Bowman and her husband, Daniel,
moved to Calvert in 1992 to raise their
family. They have two daughters, Dani-
elle, 22, and Caitlin, 20.
Downs, who has more than 25 years of
experience in the IT industry, is president
and CEO of the award-winning systems
integration firm Plan B Technologies. He
believes strongly in being an exceptional
corporate citizen and has been a longtime
supporter of the medical center along with
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vert. He was also recently named one of
The Daily Record’s most admired CEOs
for 2017.
“I want to do my part to take Calver-
tHealth to the next level,” said Downs. “I
believe it has the potential to be the best
local hospital on the East Coast.”
Downs and his wife, Lynne, have three
children, Devyn, 22, DeAnne, 17, and
Dominic, 14.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
CSM Announces Keynote Speaker
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will recog-
nize candidates for degrees and certificates during its 19th
Winter Commencement Jan. 18 at the La Plata Campus.
Recognizing CSM’s nearly 60-year relationship with the
Navy, a keynote address will be provided by Ashley John-
son. Johnson is the technical director of the Naval Surface
Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Dis-
posal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD), where
he directs a multi-site workforce of approximately 1,900
employees with annual operations of more than $1 billion.
Johnson’s message to the graduates will focus on the
value of failure in the learning process, he said. “My ad-
vice is this: Don’t be afraid to fail. Expect failure. Em-
brace it. But most importantly, learn from it. I believe
there is just as much knowledge in failure as there is in
success,” he said.
CSM and the NSWC in Indian Head have strengthened
ties this past year, including moving forward with plans
to open the Velocity Center in Indian Head, a partner-
ship that offers opportunities for CSM students to learn
from and work with world-class scientists at NSWC. The
college has been associated with Indian Head since 1960
when an apprentice program was established at the Naval
Ordnance Station, Indian Head, and this close association
with the U.S. Navy has continued throughout the history
of the college.
“The collaboration between the College of Southern
Maryland and my command to establish the Velocity
Center in the town of Indian Head, Maryland, was ex-
traordinary,” Johnson said. “One of the challenges I face
as technical director is the speed of the government’s ac-
quisition cycle. Developing a new technology and getting
it into the hands of the warfighter is an incredibly long and
sometimes arduous process. And, true to its name, the Ve-
locity Center will help speed up that process, while prov-
ing other incredible benefits to the command, the college
and the community.
“Imagine a place where government and industry meet
to discuss bettering technology for our armed forces, a
place where they can go and get funding through grants, a
place where students can go and learn first-hand; both the
successes and failures of our collaborative enterprises and
apply it to their own studies. That is the goal of the Veloc-
ity Center: a place for innovation, collaboration, research
and knowledge sharing,” Johnson said. “None of this
would be possible without the commitment and support
from the College of Southern Maryland. CSM stepped up
to answer the call when it mattered, and I am grateful to
this institution and its leadership for what will undoubted-
ly be a boon to our respective organizations, the tri-county
area, and ultimately the men and women of armed forces.”
Ashley Johnson Career Notes
Johnson’s division at NSWC is charged with leading
the U.S. Department of Navy in providing energetics,
ordnance and EOD technical capabilities for all DoD in-
terests through research, development, testing, evaluation,
engineering, manufacturing and in-service support.
“I am a chief of strategy officer,” Johnson said. “It is my
job to oversee our projects and to ensure my workforce is
accomplishing its objectives using safe and reliable oper-
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During his tenure as technical director, Johnson
has led the development of several major initiatives:
a comprehensive strategic plan to revitalize and re-
invigorate the facility and workload; a business case
analysis to ensure optimal capabilities are maintained
and developed; and the implementation of Center for
Industrial Technical Excellence partnerships. John-
son also serves under the Chief Engineer of the Navy
as the Deputy Warrant Officer for Explosive Ord-
nance Engineering.
Johnson began his career at the former NSWC
Indian Head Division in 1987 and spent the next 12
years managing the command’s manufacturing op-
erations for missile, torpedo and projectile warhead
production. From 1999-2001, he managed and di-
rected facilities and personnel within the command’s
Surface Weapons and Ammunition Program. John-
son served as the Navy’s official spokesperson for the
scale-up and production of nitramine gun propellants
during the Gulf War.
From 2006-2012, Johnson served as the depart-
ment head for the Office of Naval Research’s Hybrid
Complex Warfare Science Division, where he man-
aged and directed the integration of a science and
technology (S&T) program consisting of basic and
applied research, advanced technology development
and other efforts. He also served as the applications
director in the Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and
Combating Terrorism S&T Department, where he
oversaw both the Future Naval Capability and Explo-
ration and Development programs. Ashley Johnson
Johnson’s other assignments included a tour as the
S&T advisor at U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific,
where he served with the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Doors will open for guests at 5 p.m. Doors will close
Central Command to include a deployment with the 15th when the procession begins, and guests without tickets
Marine Expeditionary Unit. or arriving after the doors close may view the ceremony
In 1987, Johnson earned a Bachelor of Science in me- from the Fine Arts (FA) Center, which will carry a live
chanical engineering from the University of Rochester in streaming broadcast. A reception immediately following
Rochester, N.Y. In 2008, he graduated from the Indus- commencement will be in the Center for Business and In-
trial College of the Armed Forces as the Commandant’s dustry (BI), Chaney Enterprises Conference Room BI-113.
Distinguished Graduate and has a Master of Science in In the event of inclement weather, a decision will be an-
national resource strategy. He has completed the Defense nounced and posted at www.csmd.edu if commencement
Acquisition University Senior Acquisition Course, Navy activities will be held on an alternate date. Graduates and
Strategic Thinking Course and the Massachusetts Insti- guests may also call the inclement weather hotline at 301-
tute of Technology Seminar XXI. 369-1999 or 800-650-4023.
Johnson received the Navy Meritorious Civilian Ser- The safety of CSM students, guests and employees is
vice Award in 2006, the Navy Superior Civilian Service of utmost importance. CSM will conduct bag checks at
Award in 2013 and was selected to the Senior Executive commencement, and all individuals may be subject to a
Service in 2013. bag check before entry. CSM Public Safety officials en-
CSM Winter Commencement Schedule courage guests to leave large secondary bags, diaper bags
CSM’s winter commencement activities Jan. 18 will be- and backpacks in their vehicles or at home as these will be
gin with a Nursing Recognition Ceremony at 1 p.m. in the subject to the bag check process at the door.
Physical Education (PE) Center on the La Plata Campus Due to commencement activities, the PE building at the
with a reception immediately following on the upper level La Plata Campus will be closed for fitness and aquatics
of the PE Center. activities on Jan. 18.
The commencement ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in For information on commencement, visit  www.csmd.
the PE Center and tickets are required. Ticketholders are edu/commencement.
encouraged to arrive at least 30 minutes before the cer-
emony begins.
FUEL DELIVERY . JUMPSTART
LOCKOUT . TIRE CHANGE
WINCHOUT . LOAD SHIFTS . STORAGE
MOTORCYLE & ACCIDENT TOWING
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
 8 Education The Calvert County Times Thursday, December 28, 2017

Chamber Makes CSM CMM Volunteer Council

Scholarship Donation Announces Scholarship Fund
The Volunteer Council at the Calvert Marine Museum (CMM) is seeking
applicants for the 2018 scholarship fund. Eligible candidates must be 25 years
or younger, have a high school diploma or be a graduating senior, and have
completed at least 20 hours of volunteer service at CMM during the previous
calendar year.  
The objectives of the Volunteer Council are to recruit and promote the effec-
tive use of volunteer services through organization, training, and communica-
tion to contribute to the mission and purposes of the museum. The council is
pleased to offer three or more scholarship awards in the amount of $750 to help
offset education-related costs.  The scholarship is open to applicants pursuing
education in any field, but preference is given to those that support the activities
of the museum, such as maritime history, estuarine biology, education, paleon-
tology, development, marketing, etc.
Applications will be accepted now through March 30, 2018 and the awards
will be made by May 1, 2018.  This scholarship may not be combined with any
other scholarship funding administered by the museum or its clubs. This does
not preclude prior year recipients from applying.
For complete details of the program and to obtain an application, contact the
CMM Volunteer Coordinator at 410-326-2042, ext. 19, or visit the museum’s
website at http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/documentcenter/view/1961.

Press Release from Calvert Marine Museum.

Members of the Calvert County
Chamber of Commerce donated $1,500
for scholarships to the College of South-
ern Maryland Foundation during the col-
lege’s record-breaking Giving Tuesday
efforts on Nov. 28. Celebrating the oc-
casion at the Calvert Chamber Business
After Hours event at the Prince Frederick
Campus on Dec. 14, above, were, from
left, Mark Frisco with the Mark Frisco
Team, Century 21 New Millennium;
CSM Trustee Jay Webster; CSM Foun-
dation Director and Chamber Board Past
Chair Christy Lombardi; CSM Director
of Strategic Partnerships Barbara Ives;
Chamber President Bob Carpenter; CSM
Vice President, Prince Frederick Cam-
pus, Dr. Rich Fleming; CSM President
Dr. Maureen Murphy; Belinda Denton
with the Tri-County Council of Southern
Maryland; CSM Board Chair Ted Har-
wood; Ryan Bennsky Powell with PNC
Bank; CSM Foundation Director Dr.
Stephen Peters, CSM Lead Executive
Assistant Toni Kruszka, CSM Trustee
Margaret Dunkle, CSM Development
Coordinator Erika Abell; and Janna
Jackson of Exelon Generation Calvert
Cliffs/
The Calvert County Chamber of
Commerce is an alliance of over 400
individuals and businesses, working to-
gether to create a strong business climate
in Calvert County. Its mission is to be
the influential voice of business, creating
economic vitality by promoting the busi-
ness community and its members. For
information visit www.calvertchamber.
org.
The generosity that is a hallmark of
this community helped the CSM Foun-
dation raise nearly $120,000 for student
scholarships and programs on Giving
Tuesday, Nov. 28. The chamber’s dona-
tion supports the CSM Foundation’s
“Make An Impact” campaign of $12 mil-
lion to benefit the college’s transforma-
tive three-year outreach and fundraising
effort that will culminate in 2018 with
the college’s 60th anniversary. Schol-
arships are a key component of CSM’s
efforts to help students succeed. The
CSM Foundation manages annual and
endowed scholarships, which allow the
college to plan for the future and ensure
that scholarship funds are available for
an award every year.  Over the past five
years, the foundation has awarded more
than $1.5 million in scholarships. For in-
formation on scholarships at CSM, visit
http://foundation.csmd.edu.
Press Release from CSM.
Annual Southern Maryland MLK
Prayer Breakfast Scheduled
Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. during the 14th Annual
Southern Maryland Martin Luther King,
Jr. Prayer Breakfast on Monday, Jan.
15, at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
The breakfast will begin at 6:30 a.m.
and costs $10 payable at the door. The
program will begin at 8 a.m. at no cost,
featuring a keynote address by Nandi
Crosby-Jordan ’91.
Following the program, beginning at
10 a.m. the Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror-
ity, Inc.©, Nu Zeta Omega Chapter will
host a Day of Service, providing servic-
es and activities for students of all ages
and adults. The breakfast and program
will be held in the J. Frank Raley Great
Room, Campus Center (18952 E. Fisher
Road). The Day of Service will be held
within Cole Cinema, Campus Center.
For more information, contact events@
smcm.edu or call (240) 895-4310.
A proud Baltimore native, Nan-
di Crosby-Jordan joined the faculty
of California State University, Chi-
co, in the fall of 1999. She earned a
B.A. majoring in psychology from St.
Mary’s College of Maryland (1991); an
M.A. in Africana Women’s Studies from
Clark Atlanta University (1995); and a
Ph.D. in sociology from Georgia State
University (1999). She is currently the
chair of the sociology department and
holds a joint appointment in sociology
and multicultural & gender studies. Her
specific interests are all things related to
social inequality: poverty, gangs, police
brutality, feminism, racism and sexism,
gender politics, the prison industrial
complex, and a host of other social jus-
tice issues. In 2016, Dr. Crosby-Jordan
earned the Chico State’s prestigious
“Outstanding Teacher” award.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is ac-
credited by the Middle States Commis-
sion on Higher Education through 2024-
2025. St. Mary’s College, designated the
Maryland state honors college in 1992, is
ranked one of the best public liberal arts
schools in the nation by U.S. News &
World Report. Approximately 1,600 stu-
dents attend the college, nestled on the
St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland.
Press Release from SMCM.

St. Mary’s College Named Best Value

St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been named to
the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance list of the Top 300
Best College Values of 2018.
Introduced in 1998, Kiplinger’s rankings highlight
public schools, private universities and private liberal
arts colleges that combine outstanding academics with
affordable cost. St. Mary’s College has been consistent-
ly named to the list since its beginning.
Kiplinger assesses value by measurable standards of
academic quality and affordability. Quality measures
include the admission rate, the percentage of students
who return for sophomore year, the student-faculty
ratio and four-year graduation rate. Cost criteria in-
clude sticker price, financial aid, and average debt at
graduation.
The complete rankings are now available online at
Kiplinger.com/links/colleges and will appear in print
in the February 2018 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Fi-
nance, on newsstands January 9.
St. Mary’s College also was recognized as the fifth
best public liberal arts college in the country by U.S.
News & World Report; a 2017-18 College of Distinc-
tion; acknowledged in the 2018 edition of the Fiske
Guide to Colleges;  ranked in The Best 382 Colleges
review book by The Princeton Review; a Top 25 Hid-
den Gem for Women in STEM by CollegeRaptor.com;
ranked one of the Best Colleges in Maryland by Advi-
soryHQ News; named to “Best Colleges for Your Mon-
ey” by Money magazine; and listed eighth best afford-
able out-of-state school by AffordableColleges.com.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is accredited by
the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
through 2024-2025. St. Mary’s College, designated the
Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of
the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S.
News & World Report. Approximately 1,600 students
attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary’s River in
Southern Maryland.
  Press Release from SMCM.
Thursday, December 28, 2017 The Calvert County Times 9
Education
10 In Our Community The Calvert County Times Thursday, December 28, 2017

Holiday Highlights Chesapeake Beach Remains Brightest

Winners Announced Beacon on the Bay
By Dick Myers
The North Editor
Beach Tow “It was the best ever that I have seen in 25 years,” said
Council thanks Chesapeake Beach Mayor Pat Mahoney about the Christmas
all residents light displays all over town. The town hall, Veteran’s Park
and businesses and Chesapeake Beach Road were decorated by town staff ad
who decorated homes and businesses in town were aglow with the Christ-
for the holi- mas spirit. The Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum and the
days this year! town conducted four bus tours of the light displays on Satur-
Congratula- day, Dec. 16. And, the town council handed out their annual
tions to all the awards at the Dec. 21 town meeting.
North Beach Brightest Beacon on the Bay Award went to the Szeszulski
Holiday High- family at 7488 Cavalcade Drive. Other award winners were: The Szeszulski family of 7488 Cavalcade Dr9be were this
lights winners. Businesses year’s Chesapeake Beach Brightest Beacon on the Bay
The winners 1st Place – The Chesapeake Beach town properties, consist
award winners.

in the “home” ing of the Town Hall and Veterans Park.

category are: 1st Place Home Category is a beautiful home 2nd Place – Chesapeake Beach Resort and Spa.
1st Place – located on Atlantic Avenue
3rd Place – Beverly’s Gifts and Flowers.
9318 Atlantic Honorable Mention – Trader’s Seafood, Steaks and Ale
Avenue Boat
2nd Place – 3904 6th Street Capt. Frank Montilla’s “Fly-N-Pig
3rd Place – 3901 7th Street Houses
The winners in the “business” category are: 1st Place – 2649 Richfield Lane
1st Place – Hook & Vine 2md Place – 7007 Silver Charm Lane
2nd Place – Plaza Mexico 3d Place – 7159 Chesapeake Village Blvd.
3rd Place – Perfect Nails and Spa Honorable Mention – 2477 Woodland Ct.
The winners will be recognized at the January Townhomes
12. 2017 Town Council Meeting. The Mayor, Town 1st Place – 8224 Silverton Ct.
Council and Staff wish everyone a Happy New Year! 2nd Place – 2433 Green Leaf Terrace
Community Spirit Award
Residents of four hones on Hat Lane won this
8203, 8204, 8207 ad 8208 Hart Lane year’s Community Spirit Award
dickmyers@countytimes.net

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14 Feature The Calvert County Times Thursday, December 28, 2017

Calvert County 2017 in Review -- January to June

Comprehensive Plan, Animal Shelter and Much More
By Dick Myers
Editor
The first half of 2017 in Calvert County featured sev-
eral issues that would linger into the second half and
would still be around at year end. The update of the
county’s Comprehensive Plan, including the land use
component, featured workshops early in 2017 and will
feature public hearings in 2018. The new animal shelter
was named for former commissioner Linda Kelley in
the first half and ground was broken in the second half.
Here is a month by moth breakdown of January to June
2017 in The Calvert County Times, with the second
half of 2017 to follow next week.
man, Eric Franklin, paying for tickets for county stu-
dents to see the movie “Hidden Figures.”
The planning commission was back in the news
in late January with their decision to term limit their
chairman.
In our final issue of the month, we reported on coun-
tians (mostly Republicans) who attended the inaugural
of President Donald Trump and the Women’s March
(mostly Democrats) the following weekend.
January front-page cover stories were about Calvert
Marine Museum’s new Executive Director Sherrod
Sturrock, the Mardi Gras king and queen contestants,
two missing children from Maryland and a veteran of
three wars, Command Master Sergeant Lewis “Opa”
Rose, III (U.S. Army, Ret.).

January 2017 February 2017

The first issue of the
New Year highlighted Our Feb. 7 cover
the start of the 2017 story told about the At BOE Budget Hearing
Maryland General As- controversy swirling Energy’s Cove Point Liquified Natural Gas plant (that
sembly the next week. around the Tri-County facility would be in the news again in the second half
On the legislators’ Council, and threats by of the year).
minds was the so-called Charles County to pull
Road-Kill Bill, passed all except their legisla-
by the previous legisla- tively mandated fund-
ture, which required a ing for the regional
ranking of road projects agency. The headline
and which left Calvert asked: “Is SO MD
County projects out in Falling Apart?” In the
the cold, some local Feb. 9 issue, Charles
lawmakers said. Newly Commissioner Presi-
appointed Delegate dent Peter Murphy de-
Delegate Gerald Clark
Gerald Clark (R: Dis- fended the decision. Charles Commissioner President
trict 29-C) agreed with the move to kill it. “I think it At the council’s an- Peter Murphy
is imperative we do so,” he said. But Senate President nual meeting in Annapolis, reported in the same issue,
Mike Miler said the bill was misunderstood. He called Calvert County native and Maryland Veterans Secre-
attacks against it politically motivated and “fake news.” tary George Owings was the guest speaker.
But he agreed that the bill would be modified. The BOCC Jan. 31 piled on another problem for fired Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge
The Jan. 12 issue brought back two stories left over planning commission chairman Maurice Lusby – they In the March 9 issue, it wasn’t particularly shocking
from 2016: a new animal shelter and the removal of voted unanimously to seek reimbursement from him that the county’s Number One road priority remained
Planning Commission Chairman Maurice Lusby. for $16,755 in legal fees incurred by the planning com- the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge, followed by improve-
The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners mission. (note: Lusby’s suit against the BOCC, filed in ments to Routes 2/4 n Prince Frederick.
(BOCC) upheld the firing, on a 3-2 vote. 2016, is still pending in Calvert County Circuit Court). In the March 16 issue, the Calvert Democrats’ An-
The same is- As the master plan workshops began, an interesting nual Goldstein Dinner put President Trump and Gov.
sue reported statistic that baffled many residents was revealed – traf- Larry Hogan in the political bullseyes of most speak-
that by unani- fic volumes on county roads were down. ers. Senators Cardin and Van Hollen and Rep. Hoyer
mous vote the In the Feb. 16 issue, the BOCC reported a six-year, attended. The Goldstein Award was presented posthu-
BOCC’s naming $258 million capital plan that included a new Prince mously to Clifton Savoy
of the new ani- Frederick VFD facility. Chesapeake Beach was in the news in the March
mal shelter after In the Feb. 23 issue, Del. Mark Fisher was highly 23 issue, with the rejection of a salary increase for the
persistent ani- critical of the legislature’s initiative to give Attorney town council and approval of the Fishing Creek dredg-
mal advocate, General Brian Frosh authority to sue the Trump Ad- ing project. Also in the issue, two Dunkirk VFD fire-
Linda L. Kel- ministration, calling it an attempt “to undermine” the fighters were recovering after being injured in the crash
ley (she passed new presidency. of Tanker 5 from a tire blowout.
away Feb. 1). In In addition to the Tri-County Council, our February The same issue
the Jan. 19 is- cover stories were about the death of four-year-old Sgt. reported the resig-
sue there was Rollin Nolan Scully, Dave “Spiggy” Spngler’s Restau- nation of Chamber
a story about rant Week tour and the new head of the Pax River Mu- of Commerce Ex-
the shelter’s seum, Capt. George Hill (USN-Ret). ecutive Director Bill
plans headed Chambers, who was
for the planning Linda L. Kelley
commission.
The Jan,12 issue reported that bids were being sought
March 2017 packing his bags for
a similar position in
Salisbury, and the
for a new Veterans Administration Community-Based If it’s March, it must be budget season in Calvert. elevation of former
Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) somewhere near the Char- The March 2 issue had a story about School Superin- Chamber director
lotte Hall Veterans Home. At years end, the bids were tendent; Dr. Daniel Curry’s proposed $205.8 budget Carolyn McHugh
about to be awarded. that included two STEPs ad a COLA. Meanwhile the to chair of the plan-
The Jan. 19 issue also reported on the annual MLK county staff’s budget included $40 million in revenue ning commission.
breakfast at the Rod ‘N Reel ad about a local Business- (Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT) from Dominion The March 30 is-
Carolyn McHugh
Thursday, December 28, 2017
sue reported on the death of an infant from an attack
by a family dog and calls for breed specific legislation
against pit bulls.
The issue also reported on the appointment of three
new full-time planning commission members, Steve
Jones and Maria Buehler, who were previously alter-
nates, and John Toohey. The appointments bring the
commission to full strength after the firing of Lusby,
and Michael Phipps as vice chairman.
The March cover stories were about the Science and
Engineering Expo at Calvert H.S. a new tick-borne ill-
ness, the Humane Society of Calvert County, S.M.IL.E.
volunteers and Farming 4 Hunger.
April 2017
The county budget was still in the forefront of the
news as April began, with a story about proposed water
and sewer fee hikes. Also, the 29th Annual Chesapeake
Biological Lab Tidal Creeks Water Quality Study
showed relatively constant water quality over the past
five years.
The April 13 issue reported about the beginning of
planning for the new Beach Elementary School, includ-
ing the option of staying at the existing site and co-lo-
cating a new library there.
Locust Inn
That same issue reported on the controversy about
the proposed tearing down of Locust Inn in Solomons.
The next issue reported on the planning commission
support for the demolition and the BOCC delaying the
decision, only to have a front-page picture in the last
issue of the month of the charred remains of the for-
mer boarding house and inn, the victim of an arsonist.
There still has been no arrest.
The April 27 issue also reported the BOCC adding
$3.5 million to the proposed budget and Commissioner
Steve Weems proposing a property-tax decrease. The
extra monies were taken from Other Post-Employment
Benefits (OPEB).
One of the biggest capital projects of this year, the
expansion of Calvert Memorial Hospital (to be re-
named later in the year) was approved by the planning
commission, as also reported in the April 27 issue.
The BOCC also approved the tier maps mandated by
state law, bur later it was learned that decision didn’t
have the force of law because the maps weren’t includ-
ed in the county’s comprehensive plan (the whole snafu
would be resolved later in the year).
Cover stories for April were the Cove Point Light-
house, Louis Goldstein, Chesapeake Hills Golf Course
and the Locust Inn arson.
The Calvert County Times
May 2017
The first issue of May reported that the BOCC had
rejected Commissioner Steve Weems; proposal for a
property-tax cut. Several of the commissioners said --
maybe next year.
Commissioner Steve Weems
A forum on the Comprehensive Plan update by the
League of Women Voters emphasized controlled
growth, as reported in the May 4 issue. That issue
also reported the filling of the Chamber of Commerce
president’s vacancy with the hiring of Bob Carpenter,
former Chesapeake Beach councilman.
The headline in a story for the May 11 issue asked,
“What Can the Twin Beaches Do for Growth Con-
trol?” The answer from North Beach Mayor Marj
Frazer was that the town is just about built out and
from Chesapeake Beach Mayor Pa Mahoney -- “The
citizens want Chesapeake Beach to retain its small-
town charm.”
The May 18 issue reported the story of Vale Thom-
as being honored by the BOCC for saving his blind
brother from their burning home.
The May 18 issue also had a full report on the Re-
publican’s annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner at Hunting-
town VFD. Guest speaker was Lt. Gov. Boyd Ruther-
ford, who talked about the opioid epidemic. Commis-
sioner Steve Weems was honored as Republican of the
Year.
The issue before Memorial Day reported on the
naming of the South River Bridge south of Annapolis
for U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Swanson, whose par-
ents live in North Beach. Swanson was killed July 22,
2006 in Iraq.
Our May cover stories were of Rockin’ Elvis Jim
Godbold, the Partners in Care program, Freedom Hill
Horse Rescue, ad a Memorial Day salute.
Tony O’Donnell. Tom Hejl, and Bernie Fowler
Our issue after Memorial Day reported on the annual
ceremony on the courthouse green in Price Frederick
Feature 15
sponsored by the American Legion posts. And, it also
reported on the Stars and Stripes weekend events in
Chesapeake Beach.
At Memorial Day Celebration
June 2017
The June 18 issue noted the BOCC approval of a
$282.8 million budget for the fiscal year beginning in
July.
Fishing Creek Bridge
A state official reported in the same issue that the
Fishing Creek Bridge project could be completed as
early as late 2018 although spring of 2019 is the official
timetable.
The June 18 issue was all about the four high school
graduations, held this year at Showplace Arena in Up-
per Marlboro. But the issue also took time out to dip
in the water with Bernie Fowler at his annual Patuxent
Wade-in at Jefferson Patterson Park.
Also remember Del. Mark Fisher’s upset at the leg-
islature giving the attorney general authority to sue
President Trump. We reported June 15 that AG Brian
Frosh he finally did so.
It was a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Pat Nutter op-
posing, but the sheriff’s license plate reader program
was approved. Cameras will be stationed at Routes 4
and 260 near the north county line.
The final issue of June reported on the school sys-
tem’s developing a strategic plan and the four citizen
hearings on it.
The opioid epidemic was an ongoing story in 2017 in
the Cops and Courts section but also with stories about
the community’s reaction, including a meeting held at
Calvert Marine Museum reported in the June 30 issue.
The June cover stories were on School Superinten-
dent Dr. Daniel Curry, Radio Station WMJS-LP, the
graduations, Greg Bowen and American Chestnut Land
Trust and the pending reorganization of the Depart-
ment of Economic Development.
Check out next week’s issue for the remining six
months of 2017.
dickmers@countytimes.net
16 Obituaries The Calvert County Times Thursday, December 28, 2017

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.

Irmgard W. Kratz on the USS Enterprise.

Tony was employed as
William Thomas “Tommy”
Irmgard W. Kratz, 89, of Owings, MD passed a crew supervisor with Dorsey III
away December 22, 2017. She was born April Prince George’s County
Department of Public William Thomas
23, 1928 in Frankfurt, Germany to Maximillian
Works and Transporta- “Tommy” Dorsey III, 43,
and Greta (Berkard) Kirchhof. She married Wil-
tion for 47 years. He of Owings passed away
liam S. Kratz June 23, 1947. Irmgard was a teller
married Brenda Lee December 18, 2017. He
with Maryland National Bank and later Bank of
Farrall on October 16, was born May 18, 1974
America retiring after 35 years. She was an ac-
1978 and they lived in in Prince Frederick to
tive member of Friendship United Methodist
Harwood before mov- William Thomas, Jr. and
Church. She enjoyed traveling, knitting prayer
ing to Lothian in 1991. Sheryl Ann (Lillemon)
shawls for hospice, cooking and baking. Irmgard
When his kids were Dorsey. Tommy was
was an avid reader and devoted grandmother.
younger, he coached raised in Calvert County
She was preceded in death by her husband Bill,
little league baseball. and graduated from Cal-
sons Richard W., William S. III and Michael A.
Tony enjoyed hunting vert High School in 1992.
Kratz and brother Maximillian Kirchhof. Sur-
and collecting “stuff”, He was employed as a
viving are five grandchildren Michelle Allison
working at the pro- carpenter in residential
and her husband James of Charlotte, NC, Rich-
duce stand at Wayson’s Corner and most of and commercial construc-
ard Kratz and his wife Jenn of North Beach, MD,
all, spending time with his grandchildren. tion He also worked as a
Caitlin Ketcher and her husband Joshua of Chesa-
commercial crabbing and
peake, VA, Margaret Clothier and her husband
Tony is survived by his loving wife Brenda Lee fishing waterman with
Brian of Chestertown, MD and Adam Kratz of
Cusato and children Anthony “AJ” Cusato, Jr. and Bobby Abner. He was an accomplished softball
North Beach, MD. Also surviving are seven great
wife Connie of Huntingtown, Kelly Cusato and player and also enjoyed playing cards, raising his
grandchildren Chase, Morgan, AJ, Aubree, Nicho-
husband Joseph Mister of Harwood, Jason Lange- dogs and spending time with family and friends.
las, Calvin and Harry.
luttig of Glen Burnie, Ammie Fox and husband Tommy was preceded in death by his father. He is
Visitation will be Thursday, December 28,
Michael of Phoenix, AZ and Melissa Langelut- survived by his mother Sheryl A. Dorsey of Hun-
2017, 6-8 p.m. at Rausch Funeral Home - Owings
tig of Lothian. Also surviving are grandchildren tingtown, his sister Kristi M. Cawley and husband
8325 Mount Harmony Lane Owings MD 20736.
Logan, Joshua, Mackenzie and Kayla Johnson, Bo of Huntingtown, grandmother Alverta Johnson
Funeral Service will be Friday, Dec. 29 at 11
Brantley Mister, Harley Frazee and Trevor and Mi- of Prince Frederick, the love of his life, Tammy L.
a.m. at Friendship United Methodist Church
chael Fox, father-in-law Pete Farrall and siblings Abner of Owings, stepdaughter Brittney M. Collif-
22 West Friendship Road, Friendship MD 20758.
Michael Cusato of Nanjemoy, Francis Cusato of lower, nephews Devin, Zayne, Landon and Canon,
Clinton, Martin Cusato of Bloomington, IN, Jo- and uncle James M.Dorsey and a cousin Jimbo M.
Dorsey, both of Prince Frederick.
Anthony Joseph “Tony” anna Cusato Poag of Nanjemoy, Catherine Cusato
Killinger of San Antonio, TX and Pat Cusato of Life Celebration Service will be Thursday, De-
Cusato Kernersville, NC. cember 28, 2017, 11 a.m. at Rausch Funeral Home
– Owings, 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings
Burial will be W4dnesday, January 3, 2018,
Anthony Joseph “Tony” Cusato, 69, of Lothian 1 p.m. at MD Veterans Cemetery - Cheltenham MD 20736.
passed away December 19, 2017. He was born April 11301 Crain Highway, Cheltenham MD 20623. Memorial contributions may be made to Hu-
10, 1948 in Washington, D.C. to Joseph John and Funeral arrangements y Rausch Funeral Home. mane Society of Calvert County, P.O. Box 3505
Frances Elnora (Tolson) Cusato. He was raised in Prince Frederick MD 20678; Phone: 410-257-4908.
D.C and graduated from St. John the Assumption
High School. Tony enlisted in the U.S. Navy on
June 12, 1967 and was honorably discharged March Frances Mae Clark
23, 1971. While in the Navy, he served in Vietnam
Frances Mae Clark,
87, of Lexington Park,
MD, passed away De-
cember 17, 2017.
Born May 14, 1930
Now Offering... in Leonardtown, MD,
she was the daugh-
ter of the late Mar-
RAUSCH CREMATORY P.A. tin Woodley Newton
and Elsie Mae (Hill)
Newton.
Calvert County’s Frances is survived
by her children, Ka-
ONLY On-site Crematory trina Owens (John)
of Lusby, MD, Mar-
cus Clark of Lexing-
Where Heritage and Life are celebrated. ton Park, MD, Norman Clark of Hollywood, MD,
Chris Clark of Hollywood, MD and Tony Newton
of Idaho; eight grandchildren, seven great-grand-
Serving Calvert, Anne Arundel, St. Mary’s, and Prince George’s Counties children, and sisters, Juanita Wallace and Virginia
Wilkerson both of Hollywood, MD. She was pre-
Lusby Owings Port Republic ceded in death by her husband, Norman M. Clark.
Memorial contributions may be made to St.
20 American Ln. 8325 Mount Harmony Ln. 4405 Broomes Island Rd. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000,
410-326-9400 410-257-6181 410-586-0520 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.
rauschfuneralhomes.com
www.RauschFuneralHomes.com Funeral arrangements by Rausch Funeral Home.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Community
Thursday, December 28
Calendar
Winter Industry
Calvert Marine Museum, 14200 Solo-
mons Island Rd. S, Solomons, MD
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Learn about working the bay waters
in the winter. Discover the secrets of
harvesting oysters and learn about tra-
ditional Chesapeake work boats. Take
a guided tour of the Lore Oyster House
(LOH). Check the daily events schedule
at the admissions desk for tour times.
FREE with museum admission.
Annmarie Garden In Lights
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts
Center
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Join us for Annmarie Garden In
Lights, a magical holiday light show
that takes visitors on a beautiful walk
through the glittering woods. As you
stroll the protected path, you will be
surrounded by spectacular “light sculp-
tures” depicting sea creatures, wintry
wonderlands, enchanted gardens, wild
animals, outer space, airplanes, pirates,
princesses, superheroes, and much more.
Don’t forget to ask for a “Holiday I Spy”
program. After your walk, warm up in
the Arts Building where you will find
nightly entertainment, beautiful exhib-
its, great shopping, and a holiday cafe!
Friday, December 29
Blizzards and Bones
Calvert Marine Museum, 14200 Solo-
mons Island Rd. S, Solomons, MD
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
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For ages 4 and older. Discover which
animals adapted to Ice Age changes and
which faced extinction while exploring
our Treasures From the Cliffs exhibit.
Excavate a fossil and make your own
fossil mold at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. FREE
with museum admission.
Annmarie Garden In Lights
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts
Center
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Join us for Annmarie Garden In
Lights, a magical holiday light show
that takes visitors on a beautiful walk
through the glittering woods. As you
stroll the protected path, you will be
surrounded by spectacular “light sculp-
tures” depicting sea creatures, wintry
wonderlands, enchanted gardens, wild
animals, outer space, airplanes, pirates,
princesses, superheroes, and much more.
Don’t forget to ask for a “Holiday I Spy”
program. After your walk, warm up in
the Arts Building where you will find
nightly entertainment, beautiful exhib-
its, great shopping, and a holiday cafe!
Saturday, December 30
New Year’s With the Lighthouse
Keeper
Calvert Marine Museum, 14200 Solo-
mons Island Rd. S, Solomons, MD
11:00 AM-3:00 PM
Play 1930’s games and help decorate
the lighthouse for the New Year with the
lighthouse keeper. Check daily events
schedule at the admissions desk. FREE
www.somd.com
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with museum admission.
Annmarie Garden In Lights
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts
Center
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Join us for Annmarie Garden In
Lights, a magical holiday light show
that takes visitors on a beautiful walk
through the glittering woods. As you
stroll the protected path, you will be
surrounded by spectacular “light sculp-
tures” depicting sea creatures, wintry
wonderlands, enchanted gardens, wild
animals, outer space, airplanes, pirates,
princesses, superheroes, and much more.
Don’t forget to ask for a “Holiday I Spy”
program. After your walk, warm up in
the Arts Building where you will find
nightly entertainment, beautiful exhib-
its, great shopping, and a holiday cafe!
Motown Night
American Legion Post 206, 3330
Chesapeake Beach Rd, Chesapeake
Beach 20732
7:30 PM-11:30 PM
MOTOWN NIGHT! What’s your fa-
vorite tune? The Sons of the American
Legion Stallings-Williams Post 206 will
host a night with music by DJ Stephen
Varney beginning at 7:30 p.m. until
11:30. The cost of $10 includes draft beer
and sodas. Tickets available at the door.
Public warmly welcomed.
Sunday, December 31
Family Game Night!
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts
Center
Stop by and see what
Southern Maryland Online has to offer!
Calendars 17
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
New Year’s Eve Family Game Night!
Enjoy a variety of family-friendly games!
(included with price of admission. Join
us for Annmarie Garden In Lights, a
magical holiday light show that takes
visitors on a beautiful walk through the
glittering woods. As you stroll the pro-
tected path, you will be surrounded by
spectacular “light sculptures” depict-
ing sea creatures, wintry wonderlands,
enchanted gardens, wild animals, outer
space, airplanes, pirates, princesses, su-
perheroes, and much more. Don’t forget
to ask for a “Holiday I Spy” program.
After your walk, warm up in the Arts
Building where you will find nightly
entertainment, beautiful exhibits, great
shopping, and a holiday cafe!
Monday, January 1
Annmarie Garden In Lights/Pet Night
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts
Center
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Join us for Annmarie Garden In
Lights, a magical holiday light show
that takes visitors on a beautiful walk
through the glittering woods. As you
stroll the protected path, you will be
surrounded by spectacular “light sculp-
tures” depicting sea creatures, wintry
wonderlands, enchanted gardens, wild
animals, outer space, airplanes, pirates,
princesses, superheroes, and much more.
Don’t forget to ask for a “Holiday I Spy”
program. After your walk, warm up in
the Arts Building where you will find
nightly entertainment, beautiful exhib-
its, great shopping, and a holiday cafe!
18 Calendars
YoungatHeart
Holiday Closing
Calvert Pines, Southern Pines, and
North Beach Senior Centers will be
closed Monday, January 1 for the New
Year’s holiday. Meals on Wheels will
not be delivered.
Friends of Calvert County
Seniors Punch & Paint
Fundraiser
Bring a friend, paint, and enjoy re-
freshments while supporting a worthy
cause assisting seniors in our com-
munity, Wednesday January 24, 2018,
6 – 8 p.m. (Snow date: January 31).
Registration deadline is January 10,
2018. Fee is $25 per person, seating is
limited. For more information, contact
Liz Youngblood at the Office on Ag-
ing, 410-535-4606.
Do You Need Help Paying for
Heat and Electric?
The Maryland Energy Assistance
Program (MEAP), through Tri-Coun-
ty Community Action, assists eligible
individuals and families with a one-
time-per-year grant to help pay heating
and electric bills. You must be eligi-
ble to apply and be prepared to show
proof for all household members. Ap-
pointments are now being scheduled
at each of the senior centers: Calvert
Pines, Mondays – Fridays, 410-535-
4606, Thursdays at Southern Pines,
410-586-2748, Fridays at North Beach,
410-257-2549.
Eating Together Menu
Monday, January 1 Roll, Mandarin Oranges
Centers closed for New Year’s
Day. Meals on Wheels will not be
delivered.
Tuesday, January 2 pm,for the Kennedy Center’s free show
Chicken Parmesan w/Tomato Sauce
over Spaghetti Noodles, Broccoli,
Italian Bread, Orange Slices
Wednesday, January 3
Meatloaf w/Gravy, Mashed Pota-
Lunches are served to seniors, aged 60-plus, and their spouses through Title
IIIC of the Older Americans Act. Suggested donation is $3. To make or cancel a
reservation call: Calvert Pines Senior Center at 410-535-4606 or
301-855-1170, North Beach Senior Center at 410-257-2549, or Southern Pines
Senior Center at 410-586-2748. Lunches are subject to change.
The Calvert County Times
By Office of Aging Staff
 Calvert Pines Senior
Center (CPSC)
Visit us to celebrate all
the January birthdays this month on
Wednesday, January 3, 12:30 p.m.
Learn some basic exercises to help
gain or improve the grip and strength
in your hands with Get a Grip, January
5, 11 a.m. Get a Grip is a new ongoing
event every Friday at 11 a.m.
North Beach Senior
Center (NBSC)
Our Health Coordinator, Melinda
Gaines, is a great resource for seniors
who want to improve their overall
health.  She can monitor your blood
pressure or weight on a weekly basis,
and refer you to various professionals
in our community. Stop by and visit
with Melinda to discuss your health
goals, Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  Make a New Year’s reso-
lution amongst friends with a New
Year’s Toast, Tuesday, January 2, 12
p.m. Pre-register for lunch.
Southern Pines Senior
Center (SPSC)
Back in September we filled out pre-
diction sheets for the Redskins and Ra-
vens seasons. We will pull those sheets
out and see who made the most correct
predictions with the NFL Season Wrap
Up, Tuesday, January 2, 11 a.m. Prizes
for most correct guesses.
  Put on your dancing shoes
and join us for an afternoon with Elvis
impersonator, Jed Duvall, as we Cel-
ebrate Elvis’ Birthday, Friday, January
5, 12:45 p.m.
toes, Green Beans, Kale, Dinner
Thursday, January 4 Kennedy Center. 4:00-8:30pm. Char-
Baked Fish w/Herb & Lemon,
Tossed Salad, Seasoned Brown Rice,
Seasoned Tomatoes and Zucchini,
Dinner Roll, Pineapple
Friday, January 5
Baked Chicken Leg, Lentil Soup,
Carrots, Seasoned Greens, Dinner
Roll,Fruited Jell-O
Thursday, December 28:
JobSource Mobile Career Center.
1:00-3:00pm. Stop by to visit the Job-
Source Mobile Career Center for your
job search needs! Get job counseling
and résumé help, search for jobs and
connect with Southern Maryland Job-
Source. No registration. Calvert Library
Southern Branch, 13920 H. G. Trueman
Road, Solomons, 410-326-5289.  http://
CalvertLibrary.info.   vey Williams will be displayed at Twin
 
On Pins & Needles. 2:00-4:00pm.
Bring your quilting, needlework, knit-
ting, crocheting or other project for an
afternoon of conversation and shared
creativity. No registration.   Calvert Li-
brary Twin Beaches Branch, 3819 Har-
bor Road, Chesapeake Beach, 410-257-
2411. http://CalvertLibrary.info.   Sisters All) will have their artwork on
 
Drop in, hang out at Southern
Branch. 6:30-8:00pm. Need a place to
meet up with your friends (or meet new
ones)? Come hang out - music, games,
crafts, fun, and free food! Calvert Li-
brary Southern Branch, 13920 H. G.
Trueman Road, Solomons, 410-326-
5289.  http://CalvertLibrary.info.  
Friday, December 29:
On Pins & Needles. 1:00-4:00pm.
Bring your quilting, needlework, knit-
ting, crocheting, or other project for an
afternoon of conversation and shared
creativity.  Calvert Library Prince Fred-
erick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291
or 301-855-1862.  http://CalvertLibrary.
info.   Manga Otaku Artist Nights. 7:00-
 
Minecraft Free Play. 5:30-7:00pm.
Play Minecraft on our computers while
the library is closed to other customers.
Grades 1st and up. Please register.   Cal-
vert Library Twin Beaches Branch, 3819
Harbor Road, Chesapeake Beach, 410-
257-2411. http://CalvertLibrary.info.   2411. http://CalvertLibrary.info.
**Saturday, December 30:  Tuesday, January 2:
Teen Gaming Saturday. 2:00-
4:00pm. Teens!  Join us for an afternoon
of tabletop and video games!  Calvert
Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley
Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.  maraderie.  Calvert Library Prince Fred-
http://CalvertLibrary.info.   erick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291
 
On the Go with Calvert Library -
ter bus leaves Sunderland Park’nRide 4
featuring a Celtic Holiday Program in-
cluding Irish music and step dancing!
Snacks allowed on bus, or dine there. $20
bus fee must be paid when registering at
any Calvert Library.  Sorry, no refunds. 
Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch,
3819 Harbor Road, Chesapeake Beach,
410-257-2411. http://CalvertLibrary.info.  
 
Monday, Januar 1:
Art in the stacks: Jacquelyn Dinora,
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Events
Watercolor. Come and see the water-
colors of local artist Jacquelyn Dinora
while they adorn our walls. For more
of her work, visit http://jjd-watercolor.
com/.  Calvert Library Prince Frederick,
850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-
855-1862.  http://CalvertLibrary.info.  
 
Art in the stacks: Harvey Williams,
Photography.. For one month the vi-
brant art of local photographer Har-
Beaches.   Calvert Library Twin Beaches
Branch, 3819 Harbor Road, Chesapeake
Beach, 410-257-2411. http://CalvertLi-
brary.info.  
 
Art in the Stacks:  DOES All (
Daughters of Eve Sisters All).  The art-
ist group DOES All (Daughters of Eve
display.  Please come by to enjoy this art-
work.  Calvert Library Southern Branch,
13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons,
410-326-5289.  http://CalvertLibrary.
info.  
Tuesday, January 2:
Flying Needles. 6:00-9:00pm. Knit-
ting, crocheting and portable crafting
group open to anyone wanting to join
in and share talents, crafting time or
learn a new skill. No registration. Cal-
vert Library Southern Branch, 13920 H.
G. Trueman Road, Solomons, 410-326-
5289.  http://CalvertLibrary.info.  
Tuesday, January 2:
8:30pm. On 1st Tuesdays and 3rd Mon-
days, comics and manga fans ages 10 to
17 gather at the Twin Beaches Branch to
learn the techniques of drawing for com-
ics. Join us! Please register.   Calvert Li-
brary Twin Beaches Branch, 3819 Har-
bor Road, Chesapeake Beach, 410-257-
  
Writers by the Bay @ the Library.
7:00-8:30pm. Looking for a writers’
group? All writers and would-be writers
are welcome to come for critique & ca-
or 301-855-1862.  http://CalvertLibrary.
info.  
**Wednesday, January 3:
Cinema Cafe-Bag It: Is Your Life
too Plastic? 6:00-8:30pm. Feel like your
life is too plastic? In this touching and
often flat-out-funny film, we follow “ev-
eryman” Jeb Berrier as he embarks on
a global tour to unravel the complexi-
ties of our plastic world. There will be
discussion of bag politics, recycling and
environmental and human health im-
pacts.  Calvert Library Prince Frederick,
850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-
855-1862.  http://CalvertLibrary.info.  
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Celebrate Good
Times…Together
New Year’s:
‘Tis the sea-
son for drop-
ping balls, big
parties and
spirited (but
r e s p o n s i b l e,
of course)
consumption.
Wild celebra-
tions asides, New Year’s is, at its essence,
a spectacular pivot point between what
was and what will be. It is a simulta-
neous divorce and marriage, death and
birth, end and beginning.
At no other time of year does past
and future so equally share space in the
mind. The expiration of one calendar
and start of another locks one eye on the
rear-view mirror and the other through
the windshield. This co-mingled aware-
ness of yesterday and tomorrow invites,
essentially out of obligation, an assess-
ment of individual progress, world events
and, with the right company and juuust
the right amount of a magical elixir, the
general course of our existence.
It’s a spooky exercise. Who are we?
Where have we been? Where are we
going? On-track? Off-track? Are we
perfectly conscious or thoroughly con-
fused? Who knows where the moment’s
grandeur - and a few glasses of your cho-
sen poison - will scatter one’s thoughts?
The verdict on the past year is inevi-
tably harsh: too much weight gained,
too many goals left unaccomplished,
increased vice decreased screen time
and social media usage, stress-reducing
gameplans abandoned with hardly a
fight and calls to friends left unmade. In
a nut, a greater version of ourselves never
emerged and all resolutions were ablaze
by Valentine’s Day.
But like once-suffering Cubs fans said,
“Wait ‘till next year”. Well, it’s here, and
with it arrives another chance to be ev-
erything we swore we’d be last year.
Cheers to that, eh?
A scroll through 2017’s “Views from
the Bleachers” revealed the expected
combination of local and national sports
topics. The excruciating playoff failings
of the Nationals and Capitals and Kirk
Cousins’s frustrating contract situation
prompted several melancholy discus-
sions of “The Darkness”, D.C.’s sports
curse. It even caused one piece to be
“written” by my mythical pal Duke Rad-
bourn; the gloom of D.C. sports had ren-
dered me unable to write.
The inspiring play of Mississippi State
The Calvert County Times Sports 19
School Board Honors State
Athletic Champions
Calvert County Public Schools Board of Educa-
tion at the Dec. meeting honored the athletes who
won state championships during the fall season.
Dr. Daniel D. Curry, Superintendent, said, “It
is clear that the girls of Calvert County are hard
workers and determined competitors.”
The state champion teams for the fall season are:
Northern High, Girls Cross Country;
Northern High, Volleyball; and
Patuxent High, Field Hockey.
The Northern High girls cross country team sped
to its second consecutive state championship under
the leadership of coach Josh Dawson. 2017 marked the
team’s third consecutive year as the 3A South champion,
as well as the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference
G Morgan William and Oklahoma City (SMAC) champion.
Thunder G Russell Westbrook and the The perennially strong Northern High volleyball team,
feel good season of Nationals 1B Ryan coached by Bobby Gibbons, won its 11th Maryland state
Zimmerman periodically brightened
the mood. Diamond Stone’s accelerated championship. As the regional champion for three consecu-
entry into the big bad adult world of the tive years, the team has more wins than any other public-
NBA offered a cautionary tale. LeBron school team in the state of Maryland over the last three
James – the man as much as the basket- seasons.
ball player – was passionately defended Coach Lynn Powell and the Patuxent High team
and LaVar Ball - jerk-of-the-year candi- brought a field hockey state championship home to
date - was taken to task. Calvert County for the first time since 1997. The team
The dominate theme, though, and the has been the SMAC champion for two consecutive
one that generated the most responses seasons and regional champion for three consecu-
from the community, developed from tive seasons.
pieces that addressed Colin Kaepernick,
anthem demonstrations and, more gen- Press Release from CCPS.
erally, the inescapable intersection of
sports and politics in 2017.
It was a “sign of the times” of sorts.
Whatever you think of President Don-
ald Trump, it would be difficult to argue
against adorning him with the well-
earned nickname “The Great Agitator”.
Upon taking office, he dumped society
and sports into a paint can, locked it in
one of those industrial paint shaking ma-
chines and hasn’t turned it off since – for
good (some?) or ill (mostly).
But fear not, this piece isn’t going
there. What I will offer is this: Over
the next few weeks there will be fans
and players of college and professional
football teams celebrating bowl wins,
playoff games and championships. In
those victory celebrations you’ll witness
unqualified unity. Nothing will matter
but common love of team or teammate.
Race, religion, gender, sexual orienta-
tion and political persuasions will be
irrelevant.
Absorb the visual and carry it close in
2018. Politicians will deface democracy
and its natural discord by preaching that
the other side is absolutely wrong, that
different opinions should be ignored,
that all news is fake and that if the op-
position wins the country will collapse
and be consumed by the fires of Hell…
all to the wild cheers of Vladimir Putin
and Kim Yong-un.
Don’t take the bait; it’s the rhetoric
of those drunk on ego or compromised
by special interests. Instead, remember
those celebrating teams and fans as a
metaphor for our shared principles and
common humanity – forces far more
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20 Entertainment The Calvert County Times Thursday, December 28, 2017

Start New Year with a Plunge

Going On
In Entertainment
Friday, Dec 29 Monday, Jan 1
Karaoke BRA BLING
Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill,
Solomons Tuesday, Jan 2
9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
www.anglers-seafood.com Ben Connelly
Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill,
The Vaits Solomons
The Ruddy Duck, Solomons 6:00 - 9:00 PM
7:30 PM www.anglers-seafood.com
http://www.ruddyduckbrewery.com

Entertainment Wednesday, Jan 3

The Brass Rail Sports Bar, Great
Mills Wild Card Trivia
8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Anglers Seafood Bar & Grill,
Solomons
DJ RAY in the House 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Anthony’s Bar & Grill, Dunkirk www.anglers-seafood.com
9:00 PM
www.anthonysdunkirk.com
Thursday, Jan 4
Polar Bear Plunge: The COOLEST event of the year! Plungers take a quick dip, Sunday, Dec 31
splash or swim in the frigid Chesapeake Bay in North Beach. Some feel the plunge Billy Yeager
is a way to cleanse their body and to welcome in the new year; others may have just Sumner Acoustic The Ruddy Duck, Solomons
lost a bet! Plungers enjoy hot cocoa and roast marshmallows around a warm bonfire. 7:30 PM
http://www.ruddyduckbrewery.com
This event is FREE, but you may choose to pay to participate. Paying participants
receive a certificate and t-shirt. The net proceeds of the event go to a charity that is
chosen by the Town of North Beach. This event draws hundreds of brave participants
and spectators. Photo Courtesy of North Beach.

Enjoy A Fun New Year's Eve Out On The Town

New Year's Eve is traditionally a night to go out on the
town to celebrate with family and friends. Such celebra-
tions tend to be rowdy, as millions of people across the
globe say so long to one year while welcoming in the next.
Because New Year's Eve is such a popular night to paint
the town red, prospective revelers may want to begin plan-
ning their celebrations early to ensure they have the safest
and most enjoyable night possible.
· Book dinner reservations early. According to the Na-
tional Restaurant Association, New Year's Eve is one of
the five most popular nights of the year to dine out. Res-
taurants can book up quickly and early for New Year's
Eve, so book reservations as early as possible. Try to get
as accurate a potential headcount as possible before book-
ing a reservation, erring on the side of an extra person or
two if necessary. Once a reservation has been made, call
the restaurant if the party size changes. If choosing a fa-
vorite restaurant, keep in mind that the typical menu might
not be available, as many establishments offer limited prix
fixe offerings on nights as busy as New Year's Eve.
· Choose a celebration spot well in advance as well.
Restaurants book up quickly on New Year's Eve, and so
do bars hosting festivities. Some establishments sell lim-
ited numbers of wristbands to celebrants, and once those
wristbands are sold out, they may not allow additional
celebrants to enter the premises. Discuss potential post-
dinner spots with all the members of your party, ideally
deciding on a spot well ahead of New Year's Eve.
· Utilize mass transportation. Because New Year's
Eve is such a popular night to go out, roads can become
crowded in and around city centers or downtown areas. If
possible, use mass transportation when going out on New
Year's Eve. Doing so can help revelers avoid traffic jams
and keep the focus on fun.
· Choose a designated driver or utilize a taxi or ride-
sharing service. In areas where mass transportation is
unavailable or unreliable, celebrants should choose a des-
ignated driver or drivers from their group, or arrange for
rides home via a taxi or ridesharing service. The Insur-
ance Institute for Highway Safety notes that, between 2010
and 2014, there were an average of 118.2 crash deaths on
January 1. Many of those were likely New Year's Eve rev-
elers on their way home after midnight. Designated driv-
ers, cabbies or ridesharing services prevent potentially im-
paired celebrants from getting behind the wheel.
New Year's Eve is one of the most popular nights of the
year to go out. Celebrants who plan early can ensure a fun,
safe and memorable night.

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WORD SCR AMBLE
Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to the Travel

A O S G L

CLUES ACROSS 45. Ribosomal ribonucleic 18. Legal term

1. Sharp pain
5. Military hats
11. Software app on a
network (abbr.)
14. Genus of freshwater
mussels
acid 24. Covered with frost
46. Type of kitchenware 26. Hengyang Nanyue
49. Specialty of The Onion Airport
51. Major Mexican river 28. Wash
55. Kilometers per hour 29. Disorder of the scalp
56. Species of mackerel 30. North American tree
60. Bones 31. Helps cars run

Kid'S Corner
15. Continent 61. Interest rate 32. Mandela’s party
16. Afghani monetary unit 62. New York Mets legend 33. Aromatic plant of the
17. Recovered 64. 19th letter of Greek daisy family
19. Ribonucleic acid alphabet 36. Negative
20. Refers to end of small 65. Shawl 37. College student
intestine 66. Gracefully thin educator (abbr.)
21. Ethiopia’s largest lake 67. Type of deciduous tree 39. Most rare
22. Hostelry 68. Not classy 40. Harm with a knife
23. Defunct American 69. Taro corm or plant 43. Folk singer DiFranco
automaker 45. Return to
25. Denotes origin by birth CLUES DOWN 47. One who repairs
or descent 48. Eastern England river
27. Part of a watch 1. Jewish festival 49. Hockey players need
31. Stare with mouth open 2. Anoint two
wide 3. More pleasant 50. Dismay
34. Found in granite 4. Type pf painting 52. Rebuke
35. Competing 5. Witness 53. Plant of the arum
38. Stone film “__ Given 6. Harm family
Sunday” 7. Builder of Arantea 54. Fish genus
39. Junction between two (Greek myth.) 57. Plant of the mallow
nerve cells 8. City in India family
41. Greek goddess of the 9. Used to unlock cans 58. Amounts of time
dawn 10. Induces sleep 59. 11th letter of the
42. Fight 11. More bouncy Hebrew alphabet
44. Thin, narrow piece of 12. A branch of Islam 63. One of Napoleon’s
wood or metal 13. White (French) generals
Puzzle Solutions
Last Week’s

Word Scramble: GOALS

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