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Thursday, October 18, 2018

“IT IS A SAD DAY WHEN OUR CHILDREN’ SECURITY IS TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY BY CHUCK E. CHEESES.” PARENT CARLY BROCKINGTON TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

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LOCAL NEWS 3 COPS & COURTS 9 COMMUNITY 10 ON THE COVER 13 SPORTS 29 ENTERTAINMENT 32 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 33 OBITUARIES 34 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 36 SENIOR CALENDAR 37 LIBRARY CALENDAR 37 BUSINESS DIRECTORY 38

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Legislative Proposals Presented to Commissioners By Dick Myers Editor

Although there will be a new majority of the Calvert County Board of County Commissioners in December and at least one new member of the county’s legislative delegation in January, the existing commissioners have begun to look at legislative proposals. County Attorney John Norris, at their Oct. 15 meeting, presented the existing board with five proposals that will be voted on in November and then presented to the legislators at a Dec. 4 meeting at 7 p.m. at Calvert Pines Senior Center. Two of the proposals were submitted by the sheriff’s office and deal with corrections officers. One would “provide a peer review and evaluation of personnel actions within the correctional system through a Correctional Officers Bill of Rights.” Norris said that proposal follows one now in place in Charles County; the proposal is to add Calvert to the legislation that allowed that. Commissioner Vice President Tom Hejl, a retired police officer, said that proposal would make it more difficult to remove an officer from duty. The second proposal provides “a conversion of correctional officers to correctional deputies and al-

lows the sheriff to have direct oversight of the selection and disciplinary process.” Currently that process is under the county’s personnel office. The third proposal is for an additional $10.32 million in bonding authority. That authority would be used for: • Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department land acquisition. • Little Cove Point Road • St. Leonard Road widening. • A wastewater treatment plant; and • A pumping station upgrade. The commissioners were told that staff in making the recommendation whittled the proposal down by using several million dollars as “Pay Go”from their reserves. The fourth proposal will give police extra authority to ban “disruptive and violent persons” from public access to parks and other facilities. Currently that ban only extends for the day of the incident. The final proposal will “extend the Length of Service (LOSAP) benefit of $6,000 to the family of a volunteer who lost his or her life in the line of duty.” The newly-elected commissioners will be invited to the November commissioner meeting and the new legislators will be invited to the December hearing. New members of both boards will be able to log in

with their own legislative ideas. • Norris also told the commissioners that the Maryland Association of Counties agenda for the next session included: • Continuing state commitment to education • Re-prioritizing public health • Repeal of “Implied Preemption Doctrine” • Next Generation 9-1-1 Implementation. dickmyers@countyimes.net

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Mother Questions School Security By Dick Myers Editor

The Calvert County Board of Education has been hearing concerns about school safety all year at their regular meetings during the public comment section of their agenda. School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Curry reported at their Oct. 11 meeting that doors were expected to arrive soon for three schools. Lack of doors on some rooms has been an ongoing concern expressed by parents and educators. But the school board at the same meeting heard a different safety concern from the mother of a five-year-old girl attending school for the first time this year. Carly Brockington approached the microphone and asked the school board members if they knew who Susan King was. She was reproached by School Board President Tracy McGuire that she could not talk about school employees by name during the public comment section. She replied that King was not a school employee and said that she too didn’t know who King was. She then went on to read her statement: ”No? Neither do I, But, this lady was listed as my daughter’s number one emergency contact through Calvert County Public Schools. Last week, I learned that a complete stranger was authorized to pick up my child any time she wanted. There’s â good chance they authorized the same woman to pick up your child too. And it’s not the first time this countywide error has happened. The secretary called it a mistake; the assistant superintendent -- after trying to deflect blame and tell me it wasn’t a serious issue -- said they’re retraining

the person who made the error. It is a major flaw in a computer system if someone has been able to change a large number of children’s emergency contacts by mistake -- and more than once. And I’d call it a legal liability. That system needs to be fixed, immediately.” Brockington then went on to tell about how she believes the school system compounded the problem: “ But, as terrifying as that is, it’ a moot point. On Monday, I learned that who is authorized to pick up my child doesn’t matter. I had never picked my child up from school. She typically goes to daycare after dismissal and this is her first year at this school. But Monday, I went to the school to pick her up at regular dismissal time. I walked to the wide-open side door that goes into the gym. There were kids and parents everywhere milling about, playing in the gym, and playing outside. I wasn’t sure what to do, but I jumped in line with the other parents. I had to write on a paper log my child’s name, my name, and ‘mom.’ The staff member -- who I’ve never met -- looked at my child’s name and called her to the gym. She was dropped off at the gym entrance, wandered over to find me, and we left. No one asked who I was. No one checked my ID. No one checked to see if I was someone who was allowed to take my child home. No one even saw her reaction when she saw me to see if she knew me. I could have been anyone who knew her name, wrote it down, and walked out the door with a beautiful 5-year-old child. I could have signed out any of the kids in her class. I know a lot of their names. But, you assume, the child wouldn’t go with someone they don’t know. “ Brockington underlined what she considered to be

the seriousness of the situation. “The fact is, for most children, the danger is someone they do know: 73 percent of abductors are the non-custodial parent, and 21 percent are other relatives, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. I spoke with the principal. He said he’d add a staff member to the gym door as another set of eyes to see if things are amiss. He said the lady calling children for dismissal knew me. That was a lie. My child is new to the school this year. I have met her teacher and her teacher assistant. Her principal and vice principal were at the front of the room at orientation. And I met a secretary on Thursday when I raised the issue about her emergency contacts. I had never met the lady who called my daughter to be released on Monday. The principal also told me they check who is authorized to pick up kids if they come during the school day and check them out of the office. They do not check at dismissal time. ‘That’s just how it works in our schools,’ he said. I asked if there was a way to check IDs and verify authorized pickup. He said, ‘There’s just so many people that, that’s just not possible.’ That’s odd. My daycare does it. Other schools do it. Why can’t we? We owe our children more. We need to enact better policies and procedures. We need to fix these systems. It is a sad day when our children’s security is taken more seriously by Chuck E. Cheeses than by Calvert County Public Schools. As is the school board’s policy, they did not respond to Brockington’s comments. dickmyers@countyimes.net

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Hope Goes to Her Forever Home Shelter Dog Adopted After 1,403 Days

By Dick Myers Editor Going away parties can sometimes be sad events. This one wasn’t. Although there were some tears of joy shed and some sadness that she was leaving, the staff of Calvert County Humane Society’s shelter in Sunderland were ecstatic that Hope, an adorable, six-year-old beagle mix, was going to a forever home. She has been at the shelter for 1,403 days. Adoption Counselor Debbie Sandler explained that Hope had two strikes against her when she arrived at their nokill shelter after being rescued from the Prince George’s County Animal Shelter. She was labeled by that kill shelter as available only to recue organizations because she had a heart condition which can be easily treated with medication, she said. But, there was another issue for Hope. She didn’t like men. Over the 1,403 days a few of the male volunteers were able to convince her that they were ok. But, she was very picky about men. She didn’t take to this reporter, for instance. Animal shelter workers and animal welfare volunteers will tell you there’s a

home out there for every animal in their care. It’s just a matter of them finding a home for each of them. Michelle Lacombe of North Beach had volunteered at the shelter previously. Both of her dogs passed away and she was looking for a new friend. Kennel attendant Casie Kent is credited with being the matchmaker, putting the two together. Lacombe said she took to Hope right away and vice versa. They clicked and got along great on home visits. But the best thing of all for Hope is that Michelle is single. Although, she agreed she’ll have to be picky about introducing boyfriends to Hope. She’s especially excited to go on long walls with her new companion. So, there weren’t any champagne bottles to break over the bow of the ship for this going away party. Instead there was popcorn and cupcakes (for both humans and dogs) with which to celebrate. And, then everyone gathered, shelter staff and friends, outside in front of a big going away sign for Hope. And, she and Michele went home, while the shelter staff went back to work finding a hone for the rest of their precious charges. dickmyers@countyimes.net

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Courthouse Mural Dedicated in Prince Frederick By Tim Flaherty Staff Writer

When Calvert County Administrative Court Judge Marjorie Clagett looked out her courtroom windows into the interior courtyard of the old Calvert County Courthouse in Prince Frederick and saw only a blank brick wall on the other side, she thought: “This is un-inspirational”. Clagett, who has been spearheading an initiative to redecorate the entire building into a living history museum of sorts, initiated the process to select an artist and acquire grant funding to turn that blank wall into a new mural entitled The Legacy of the Skipjack. The new artwork was recently completed and dedicated earlier this month. Carol Wade, a local artist who is a member of the CalvArt Gallery, was selected to paint her vision of a skipjack under sail onto the wall, providing local flavor and a soothing view to those in Clagett’s courtroom. “When people are in the courtroom, they are there for cases like domestic assault and child abuse,” Clagett told The Calvert County Times. “ Things stressful and unpleasant. Now when people come into the courtroom, (the view of the mural) transports them into a comfortable space.” Funding to create the mural was obtained through a grant from the Maryland Arts Council’s Public Art Across Maryland program, the same grant program used to fund a mural at Leonardtown’s Wharf area. After the county painted the red brick wall white, Wade’s husband projected a preliminary drawing of the mural onto the wall one evening, and an outline was

made. Then, Wade and a number of volunteers painted in the colors to complete the work. “I think it’s brilliant,” exclaimed Clagett when describing her reaction to seeing the completed image. Clagett has been overseeing the decorating of the courthouse during the old building’s recent refurbishment. “Every wing has a different theme,” she says,

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

What’s Coming DNR Launches Aquaculture to Calvert

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The following list of pending site plans was presented to the Calvert County Planning Commission at their Oct. 17 meeting. That means that the proposals are on the list for consideration by the planning commission at a future meeting. Those meetings are now being held at the Harriet E. Brown Community Center (HEBCC), 901 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick. 1. SPR-16-537335, Scaggs Industrial Flex Space. Located at 7630 Meadow Run Lane, Meadow Run Industrial Park in Owings, on a 14.61 parcel, zoned I-i. Proposed two multi-tenant light industrial buildings totalling 25,600 square feet. The submittal was accepted February 24, 2016 as a Category I project. Agent: Collinson Oliff & Associates 2. SPR-2017-266, Calvert Hills East. Located on the west side of North Prince Frederick Boulevard and Radio Road in Prince Frederick on five (5) parcels consisting of 22.57 acres, zoned PFTC, Village District. The proposed five (5) new buildings contain 96 apartments, a maintenance building, required parking, utilities and recreation area. The project is on public water & sewer. The submittal was accepted September 27, 2017. Agent: Bay Engineering 3. SPR-201 8-272. Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department, Company #2. Located at 450 S. Solomons Island Road, Prince Frederick, on a 4.44 parcel, zoned PFTC, Town District. Proposed to demolish the existing 18,000 sq. ft. building and replace it with a 29,929 square foot new building as well as expand the parking lot and other site improvements. Agent: Bay Engineering 4. SPR-201 8-277, Appeal Training Facility. Located at 401 Sweetwater Road in Lusby on a 202.98 parcel, zoned RCD. Proposed 1,152 square foot storage structure at the existing Appeal Training Facility. The clearing and grading for the Outdoor Institutional Firing Range was completed under a previous grading permit. The purpose of the site plan is to permit the construction of the storage building and satisfy the CCZO condition #3 for the Use. Agent: Collinson, Oliff& Associates 5. SPR-2018-279, Patriot Construction.Located at 3195 West Ward Road in Dunkirk on Lot 1R of the Dunkirk Commercial Park, Zoned Dunkirk Town Center. Proposed 16,651 square foot, 2 story building for office and storage space. The submittal was received August 28, 2018. Agent: Collinson, Oliff& Associates. The following Major Subdivision Proposed Project List for Upcoming Review was also submitted at ten same meeting: 1. SD-2017-047, Shoppes at Apple Greene, Lots 1 & 2, and Outlot 3. Located on Dunkirk Way within the Shoppes at Apple Greene Shopping Center, on a parcel consisting of 15.47 acres, zoned Dunkirk Town Center. Submittal accepted July 26, 2017. Agent: Collinson, Oliff& Associates SD-2017-0048, 2. Calvert Hills East Located on Prince Frederick Boulevard in Prince Frederick. Zoned Town Center (TC), 22.57 acres; three lots. Submittal accepted September 27, 2017. Agent: Bay Engineering.

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Got Talent? – This May Be for You By Dick Myers Editor

A casting call has gone out for all residents of Calvert and St. Mary’s counties. This call is for a talent show to be put on next month by the same folks who brought the Solomons Dragon Boat Races to the community. Southern Maryland Community Resources (SMCR) will be hosting Southern Maryland Got Talent on November 3rd at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County. The non-profit agency operates in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s and provides services to persons with “developmental differences.” According to SMCR, “We advocate for persons with special needs, to recognize the inherent dignity that is theirs because they are members of our one human race. We promote a social, rec-

reational and educational opportunities in which individuals with developmental differences can contribute their unique gifts and develop them.” Notice SMCR does not call them disabilities. They are differences. They want their clients and the general public to embrace those differences through inclusion, in which everyone gets together, and in the case of SM Got Talent, has a good time. This is why the contest is open to everyone, in order to facilitate bringing everyone together, according to SMCR Executive Director Bonnie Elward. Several auditions have already been held and a final one is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20 from 1-3 p.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Solomons. So far, according to Elward, about 10 contestants have qualified to show off their talent for the show.

Grand prize for the first-place finisher in the contest will be $1,000, while second place will receive $500 and third place $300 Tickets for the event on show night are $5 per person and $10 per family. For more information go to the SMCR website at qww.somdcr@gmail.com or contact Peggy Thomason at peggythomason.smgt@gmail.com

The agency is also working on a new pilot program with Great Mills High School JROTC called “Community Cadets” in which young adults will be able to return to the school and participate in the ROTC program as color guards. It is expected to begin in January. dickmyers@countytimes.net

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Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons, Maryland, held its 25th annual Artsfest Fine Arts Festival on Saturday, September 22 and 23. Festival attendees enjoyed fine arts at its’ best with over 150 artists displaying their works. Live entertainment filled the Garden and young guests enjoyed wonderful hands-in art activities and experiences. The original event date was rescheduled due to the threat of Hurricane Florence, but weather still presented a challenge as Sunday brought relentless rain. “We certainly had an unforgettable 25th Anniversary celebration with the weather challenges, but as always, our wonderful visual and performing artists were the highlight of the weekend,” said Stacey Hann-Ruff, Director, of Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center. Thanks to the support of community sponsors, Annmarie Garden is pleased to announce the award winners of the 25th Annual Artsfest Fine Arts Festival” The Artsfest 2018 Award Winners: • Susan Wolf of Toms Brook, Virginia, was awarded the Arts Council of Calvert County Artsfest ’18 Best of Show Award for her exquisite hand painted and carved gourds. • Bill Finks of New York, was awarded the Tom & Katie Watts Artsfest ’18 Best New Artist Award for his unique art dolls made from salvaged materials; including old tins antique doll parts. • Alison Barry of Lusby, Maryland, was awarded the Ann’s Circle Artsfest ’18 Best Demonstration Award

for her plein air oil painting. Alison captured the flavor of the festival as she painted along the Wooded Path. • Sarah Houde of Hollywood, Maryland, was awarded the Ann’s Circle Artsfest ’18 Spirit Award. Sarah has brought her beautiful ceramic work to Artsfest for more than twenty years. • The Sidleys of Montgomery County, Maryland, were awarded the Jan Kleponis, O’Brien Realty Artsfest ’18 Performing Arts Award. The crowds rocked to their soul influenced indie rock music Saturday afternoon at Artsfest. Press Release from Annemarie Garden

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Unique Boutique Introduces New Artists

Works by Anja Zander of Calvert County

November 10th and 11th will mark the 45th anniversary of a southern Maryland art tradition, the Unique Boutique Fine Art and Craft Show. The event promises to continue its heritage of bringing together the works of the region’s most talented artisans, a hallmark that has made the show a popular and enduring destination. In partnership with Calvert Hospice, the show seeks raise funds and awareness for the vital work they do for the community. This year Unique Boutique would like

to introduce two featured artists who are new to the show. Eric Jackson is a St. Mary’s County resident whose medium is fabric batik. Using wax resist and dye, Eric creates colorful depictions of native fish and birds. Many layers of wax and dye are applied to the canvas, creating a unique visual style which is both highly detailed and contemporary. He describes his artwork as “the world’s fanciest tie dye - just take out the rubber bands and use hot melted wax!” In addition to working as an artist, Eric is a

The Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) Board of Directors recently elected new officers at the regular monthly board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. P. Scott White of Hollywood was elected chairman, and W. Michael Phipps of Owings was elected vice chairman. In addition, Samuel “Jack” Hammett received the Regional Service Award for Outstanding Service from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). At the September board meeting, Kenneth L. Dyson of Hughesville was re-elected to the secretary-treasurer’s post, and Fern G. Brown of White Plains was re-elected as the assistant secretary-treasurer. Board officers’ terms are limited to five years. Richard A. Winkler of La Plata, former chairman, and W. Rayner Blair III of Lexington Park, former vice chairman, will continue to serve on SMECO’s board. Scott White, who holds a St. Mary’s County seat on the SMECO Board of Directors, is the president and CEO of HolmesTucker International, Inc. White joined SMECO’s board in 2010. He received the Credentialed Cooperative Director designation in 2011 and the Board Leadership Certificate in 2018 from the NRECA. Recently, he received the Director Gold Certificate from NRECA. White represents SMECO on the board of ACES, a power marketing cooperative. White retired from the U.S. Navy with 20 years of active duty service, including participating in combat operations in Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm,

and he served as a systems engineer at the Naval Air Systems Command. Throughout his career as a naval flight officer, aerospace engineer, acquisition professional, and defense contractor, White has had experience with managing multi-million dollar projects, planning and executing military operations, and implementing technology-based management information systems to transform raw data into actionable information. White holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Virginia Military Institute and a Master of Science degree in systems management from the Naval Postgraduate School. Mike Phipps has represented Calvert County on SMECO’s Board since 1998. He currently serves on the Board Risk Oversight Committee and is Chairman of the Policy, Audit and Budget Committee. He holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director designation, the Board Leadership Certificate, and the Director Gold certification from NRECA. As a past president of the Board of Directors of the Calvert Farmland Trust, Phipps has worked to preserve farmland in the county. Since 1987, Phipps has been active in the Maryland Farm Bureau and for three years served as its statewide president. Phipps has also served as a member of the Calvert County Planning Commission. Phipps received his Bachelor of Science degree in business and management from the University of Maryland, University College. Phipps is a farmer and licensed funeral director. He is also a member of a popular

full time teacher with St. Mary’s County public schools. Eric’s website is www. bayfibersstudio.com Anja Zander is a woodworker whose craft takes the form of many of the objects we use in our daily lives: lamps, serving trays, whisky and wine racks. candle holders, and jewelry. She works with domestic and exotic wood, and also repurposed driftwood, which she collects near her home by the bay in Calvert County. Sometimes the wood suggests itself to become sculptures and wall art.

Originally from Germany, Anja worked for many years as an archaeologist but now works full time as a woodworker. See more of her work at www.ZanaWoodArtZ.com The 45th Annual Unique Boutique Fine Art and Craft Show 2018 in n partnership with Calvert Hospice will be held Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p/m. at Calvert High School in Prince Frederick. Press Release

SMECO Board Elects New Officers

SMECO’s Directors elected new officers at the September Board meeting. Left to right, W. Michael Phipps was elected vice chairman, P. Scott White was elected chairman, Kenneth L. Dyson was re-elected to the secretary-treasurer’s post, and Fern G. Brown was re-elected as the assistant secretary-treasurer.

bluegrass band. Jack Hammett, who received the NRECA Regional Service Award, has represented Calvert County on SMECO’s Board of Directors since 1990. He held the office of Vice Chairman from 2008 to 2013 and currently serves on the Personnel and Benefits Committee and the Board Risk Oversight Committee. He holds the Credentialed Cooperative Director designation, Director Gold certificate, and the Board Leadership Certificate from NRECA. Hammett was recognized for his lasting contribution to advancing the goals of NRECA and helping to preserve and ensure the future of the electric cooperative model. Through his commitment to his community as a business owner, a founding member of a private school, an advocate for emergency

management services, and a participant in service organizations, Hammett has made a meaningful impact on the positive development of Calvert County and the Southern Maryland region. Owner of Hammett’s Building Services, he is a member and secretary of the Calvert County Plumbing Commission. He is past chairman of the Calvert County Fire and Rescue Commission and past member of the Maryland State Fire Commission. Hammett is a founding member, former board member and treasurer of Calverton School. In addition, Hammett is a member and past president of the Calvert County Lions Club, as well as a life member of the Calvert County Historical Society. Press Release from SECO

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Calvert Hospice Receives Grant

Watch for Wasps and Bees at Convenience Centers

Pictured (left to right): Rebekah Lare representing the Chaney family, Jean Fleming, Executive Director of Calvert Hospice, Claire Piason, Director of Development for Calvert Hospice, and Angela Travers of the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County.

Calvert Hospice was the grateful recipient of a $1,000 grant from the Chaney Impact Fund, managed by the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County. We truly appreciate the grant, which will be used to help offset costs at the Burnett Calvert Hospice House. Contributions and grants such as this one are critical to our efforts to operate and maintain our six-bed hospice residence. In addition to keeping up with the overall expenses of managing this 15,000 square foot facility, we are also providing financial assistance to those

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patients who cannot afford to pay for their room and board. Last year 45% of the residents at the Hospice House paid reduced fees; some were only able to pay as little as a few dollars per day. As of the end of July of this year, this assistance has cost the organization $62,920. Yet we will remain true to our promise that no one will ever be turned away because of their inability to pay. Press Release from Chaney Impact Fund

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In an effort to help safeguard customers, the Calvert County Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division, is working to address the seasonal proliferation of wasps and bees congregating around disposed items at county convenience centers. This is a natural, annual occurrence that will subside with the arrival of cooler weather. Precautionary and remediation efforts are underway to deter the insects away from high use areas of the convenience centers. Citizens are asked to assist in efforts by replacing caps and lids on bottles and containers before recycling

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or disposal. Residue inside bottles and containers can attract insects. Individuals with bee sting allergies are advised to take caution when visiting convenience centers or avoid the sites temporarily. Convenience center staff are available on site to assist customers if a difficulty arises. Citizens can learn more about Calvert County’s six convenience centers by visiting online at www.calvertycountymd.gov/recycle. Press Release from Calvert County Government

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CALVERT 2018 VOTERS GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS STATE OFFICE QUESTIONS

MD SENATE DISTRICT 27 THOMAS V. “MIKE” MILLER, JR. (D) V JESSE PEED (R)

MD SENATE DISTRICT 29 THOMAS BREWER (D) V JACK BAILEY (R)

MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 27B MICHAEL JACKSON (D) V MICHAEL THOMAS (R)

MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 27C JASON FOWLER (D) V MARK FISHER (R)

MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29C JULIA NICHOLS (D) V JERRY CLARK (R)

COUNTY COMISSIONERS QUESTIONS

COMMISSIONERS AT-LARGE - DEMOCRATS GREG BROWN (D) & MATT BENNETT (D)

COMMISSIONERS AT-LARGE - REPUBLICANS STEVE WEEMS (R) & EARL “BUDDY” HANCE (R)

COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 1 TRICIA POWELLS (D) V MIKE HART (R)

COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 2 12 SUSIE HANCE-WELLS (D) V THOMAS “TIM” HUTCHINS (R) COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 3 HOLLY BUDD (D) V KELLY MCCONKEY (R)

CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF QUESTIONS

CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF MICHAEL HAWKINS (D) V MIKE EVANS (R)

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QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself. QUESTION 2 How would you differentiate yourself from your opponent? QUESTION 3 If elected, what would be your top three legislative priorities during the next legislative session? QUESTION 4 The Federal government has modified the way personal income taxes are calculated, capping personal mortgage interest expense and local real estate tax deductions. The State of Maryland has not modified the way state and county income taxes will be calculated. While most people in Calvert will see a reduction in their federal tax liability, many will see a substantial increase in state and local liability. This will result in a large tax windfall for the state and local governments. Should the legislature act to correct this? And if so will you lead the effort? QUESTION 5 Both governor candidates have received low ratings from the National Rifle Association, and the Maryland legislature is well known for its consistent desire to place greater controls on gun owners; will you be on the side of greater gun control or greater protection of 2nd Amendment rights? QUESTION 6 This November, voters are likely to approve legislation that will provide large increases in education funding, mandating that gambling revenues be directed to education without offsetting Thornton funding requirements. Are you in favor of this and how can we assure this large windfall of funding will provide improved results in the classroom for our students?

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QUESTION 7 Six years ago, the legislature and governor adopted a large fuel tax increase that included an annual CPI adjustment. The result of which is an annual fuel tax increase on the residents of Maryland. Residents of counties such as Calvert are disproportionately affected without any guarantee of proportional revenue sharing. Do you find this a fair and equitable taxing and funding method, and if elected, how would you work to change transportation funding? QUESTION 8 Governor candidate Ben Jealous is proposing free Higher Education for all, including those here illegally, a single payer state run health care system, increase in minimum wage to $15, legalizing and taxing marijuana, full-day, universal Pre-K, and releasing 30% of Maryland’s prison population back to the streets. Would you support any or all of these proposed changes, and if so, how would you support funding these changes? QUESTION 9 What would you consider to be the single most important infrastructure need, such as transportation, schools, parks, water & sewer, etc., and the top three specific infrastructure projects in your district and why? QUESTION 10 The 90-day legislative session in Annapolis is important, also important are the other 275 days not in Annapolis. How can you better serve the residents of district 29 during those 275 days than your opponent?

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1. One of 10 children. Went to public schools. Eniversity of Maryland University, University of Maryland law school. I have five children. I’m expecting a 15th grandchild in February. I’ve been married 53 years and I consider myself a centrist Democrat. I’ve worked to bring people together and being the oldest of 10 children and having worked in retail my whole life, it’s keeping the customer happy. If you can’t keep a smile on your face, you shouldn’t go into retail. You just got to work to make them happy, to keep the customer happy. Same thing in politics. You not only have to deal with your constituents, but you serve the Senate. I’ve been elected by the body each year for 32 years and no one’s ever run against me. I work at it, I love the Senate. I’m there almost every day and I love the history of the place. I restored the statehouse, continue to restore it. 2. I guess I would say experience, in the sense that he knows business, he has a pool business, but, I also know business, I was a bank director. I worked in retail from the time I was 10. Now, I own companies, a couple of different locations, probably 15 to 20 employees. I’m concerned about healthcare business and business costs, so he has, he knows those but he doesn’t know the legislature and he doesn’t know the politics of Calvert County and Charles County. So, I represent part of three counties. He lives in southern Prince George’s and with Waugh’s defeat, I’m the only senator now that lives in Calvert County. I believe each county should have its own representative. I’ve lived in Calvert for 25 years. 3. There’s the state priorities, with balancing the budget and I’m keeping a AAA bond rating while at the same time, fully-funding education. That’s the only thing that we’re really charged to do in the constitution is to make certain that everyone has equal educational opportunities in the state. Then getting the Bay up to a B-plus. Now we’ve finally got it a passing grade. We want to continue to make progress on the Bay. We were number one up until six years ago. I’m not blaming it on anyone person, but we’ve fallen back to sixth place. There’s no reason with our resources and our educational opportunities that we can’t be number one again. And, also, make certain that everyone has access to healthcare, those are my key priorities. My key role, more so than anything, it’s working with the governor, the speaker, and to make good public policy. 4. We will look at it again this year. The policy we have in place, the sheet was presented to us by a Republican senator, an accountant and a tax expert. So, we worked with the governor. we work with the House and we worked with Democrats and Republicans and Maryland’s unique situation because we have either first or second highest incomes in the United States and elsewhere. We have either the first, second or third lowest amount of poverty United States. This attempt to change the tax code was economic war from the red states, blue states. I’m one of the persons very adversely affected by this tax code. I don’t complain about it because I’m in government. 5. I think we have enough gun control legislation. To get to my library, which is about 10 times the size of this room, you’ve got to go through my armory, which is four sizes of this room. I’ve got a wall full of guns and swords. I just understand guns. I’m a collector, but at the same time, I don’t need an assault rifle. I don’t need an AR 15 and so on. 6. Well, it’s got to be greater accountability that comes with those revenues. So, example, the Kirwan Commission Report provides that accountability has to be put in place before any other aspect of the report takes place. Now, there’s going to be pushback from the educator’s association, so it’s going to be tough sledding in terms of getting that through and funded, but I’m going to work to try and make it happen. 7. I wanted to pass it so I’m not going to work to change it and the reason it’s fair and equitable to Calvert County and the reason I supported it was to widen Route 4, which is happening now, but also to fund the Thomas Johnson Bridge. It’s up to the governor to say I want to make the Thomas Johnson bridge happen. 8. Ben Jealous is populist and trying to excite his base. He also proposed cutting the sales tax, but letting it go back into place in two years; I don’t support any of these, not in their current form. We passed a bill last year which Governor Hogan also supported, which was an access to community col=leges. That was a huge step forward. So, we’re going to see how that works before we do anything else. As for universal Pre-K, what we’re going to do is look into the Kirwin Commission report. The question is how do you fund it? It’s going to be very challenging increasing the minimum. New York has moved forward in that direction. So’s California. In California, it only applies to people in businesses of 25 or more. In New York. It’s a differentiated between urban and rural. And then, provides initial bump and then increases based upon the cost of living index until it gets to 15. Something will pass in the next term. How and why we get there, I have no idea at this point in time. 9. You can’t go anywhere in 27 without looking at infrastructure needs, whether it’s Route 3, 4, 5 or 10. Thomas Johnson Bridge and the Harry Nice Bridge. Obviously, you know, in St. Mary’s and Calvert, there’s only one way in and one way out which at the end, you think that we need an improved infrastructure and, the Washington metropolitan area, this is the capital of the free world, was carved from Prince George’s County in 1790 and now we feed into the capital of the free world and it’s just gridlock. It’s an economic development issue, but 27 is very challenged because it balances three counties and all of them are sitting on top of Southern Maryland. 10. Today I was at an event at the Solomon’s firehouse, solving problems with a firefighter in our town who died and his wife can’t get the benefits because they won’t release the, death certificate. I’m at the Statehouse at least three days a week. I never stopped attending events such as an Eagle scout event this past weekend, you know. Just this Saturday I was at six events.

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REPUBLICAN MD SENATE DISTRICT 27

1. I’m 59 years old. I’ve been married for 33 years. I was in the United States Army. I’m a small business owner for 33 years. I have four children, five grandchildren. I’m just a hardworking guy. Just a regular person. My business is located in Upper Marlboro. 2. I believe he’s supposed to serve people rather than rule over people. I’m tired of ‘em; want less spending. I’m a fiscally conservative individual. I think we should cut taxes, lower spending to cut the taxes. I also believe in term limits. I’m not going to be there for 47 years. So, I’m a two-term senator at most. After two terms I’m going home. 3. Cut spending, push for term limits and education. 4. Yes, absolutely. Why would the federal government give us a tax decrease, and then the state keep it? It’s crazy. 5. I believe in the Constitution of the United States. The Second Amendment is pretty sound. Q: Would you work to try to roll back some of the controls that the state has? A: I believe in the Second Amendment as written “shall not be infringed.” Q: How about the existing controls? A: I don’t know about all the controls. I don’t want people running around the streets with them packing heat that don’t belong. There’s some controls we have to have. If you’re a convicted felon, you shouldn’t be running around with a gun, especially if he shot somebody before. We have the right to protect ourselves. That’s what the constitution is about, individual liberty, I think they call it. 6. Yes. I believe that they should have used the money for what they said they were going to use it for in the first place. They said we’re going to use the gambling money for education, which they didn’t. They do their little accounting trick where they put the money in and lower the budget by that much and the other thing is how I would think we need accountability in our school systems. I don’t think it’s the teachers. I think the teachers are trying to do a fine job, but they’re too busy putting up with the regulations that they put upon them. I have a daughter-in-law who is a school teacher and it’s constant paperwork. They don’t spend enough time with our children and we need to know where the money’s going. I’m one of the people that believes that you should have school choice because one of the problems we have is we keep sending our kids to failing schools. If it’s failing, why do you have to force those children to go there? It’s ridiculous. I mean I don’t even know what they’re teaching our children. 7. Sorry, I can be a little sarcastic – it’s an automatic tax. We don’t get an automatic pay increase do we. They get an automatic tax increase every year so they can spin it off and say, oh, I didn’t vote for the tax increase on fuel. No, and I think that every county should be looked at equally instead of saying, we’re going to give all the money to Baltimore. I mean, they’re pulling out the government legislation at this particular point in time with what they’re pushing through is making this so they’re not responsible for anything that’s going on. 8. I’ll actually got two of them going on right now. I would say that Route 5 is needs help. As for the school system, I think they probably just need to go through and upgrade some of the schools to clean them up. 9. No, maybe the marijuana one but only for medical use and I’d like to see. I think it’d be nice if they would allow farmers to grow hemp again. Q: I think he’s talking about recreational medical marijuana. A: I think it should be studied. It’s already been approved and I’d like to see the farmers actually grow a product for hemp, not the part that you smoke, but actually for making cloth and paper. 10. I would have an office someplace down here that we can staff so that people can get easier access to the government itself rather than having to go all the way to Annapolis. I would think a centralized location someplace down here where you could have a small staff. I don’t know about you, but I don’t really want to spend 270 days in Annapolis. I plan on working in my pool business.

THOMAS BREWER 16

DEMOCRAT MD SENATE DISTRICT 29

JACK The Calvert County TimesBAILEY

1. I spent most of my life in Wildwood. It’s where my parents still live. My mom works for a defense contractor and my dad works down at St. Mary’s College. I went through the public school system here and graduated from Leonardtown High School and went to St. Mary’s College and graduated from there. I went to University of Maryland, school of Pharmacy.

2. Question 2 was not asked of the District 29C candidates. 3. The opioid problem is one that needs to be addressed and better addressed by the health community, but also at the state level, we can have an effect over the cost of drugs. There was legislation last year to try to create a commission around pricing. I think that’s something that should be pursued because it’s the largest increase in costs and insurance. Education is another one. I’m hoping that the amendment passes on the ballot this year, requiring the Education Trust Fund to fully support education. The third one would be environmental. And again, that goes to two things. Food waste which we have identified in the Commission on the Environment as the largest percentage of the solid waste stream that we can divert from the landfill. And then there’s traffic…I think that we are deserving [since we] pay 35 cents a gallon towards Maryland’s transportation fund. 4. I think we should have a serious discussion about what that means for our state economy as a result. So I can’t say that I take a specific position without speaking to some economists on their thoughts on the effect. So if we can put that towards a rainy day tax…I think that’s a responsible move to potentially protect the future. 5. I believe you can be both so I don’t think they have to be necessarily contradictory. I believe that most people are satisfied with gun legislation, that makes sense and I believe that in Maryland we have some of the better legislation, especially when you compare it to surrounding states, Virginia and Pennsylvania. 6. I am in support of the amendment. In the first year that the bill would be past, that doesn’t mean that all of the gambling revenue goes to education, about a quarter of it goes to education and then the next year and a half and then three quarters and then I think you get the full amount after four years. So I’d like to ensure that stuff like per capita spending, classroom sizes, and disruptions of classes are some of these outcomes that we can monitor to make sure that the funding is effective and helping to actually make the schools better. 7. I don’t think it’s fair right now because we haven’t gotten any help with their transportation projects. And then the elephant in the room is the [Thomas Johnson] Bridge. 8. We are seeing now that student loan debt is a not a good indicator of the economic state of our country and it’s something that should certainly be addressed. Making that free is not a true thing because if it’s going to be paid in taxes, then we’re all collectively paying so that some people can get a higher education, right? I do not think that the single payer system is the appropriate route to take, I believe that it is important to have a conversation about where we should be going with healthcare if we want it to be run privately and we want private insurance companies to run it. I believe that in Maryland they should be nonprofit. I believe that if you just jumped to $15 an hour, that’s going to cause a lot of harm to the local economy, but if you make it something that within five years we step it up a dollar per year. [Marijuana] should be very well regulated to know exactly what we have so much coming into the state through, through the legal methods. How would you stop that? How would you prevent it by making sure that the people that are selling it or getting it from a well-regulated growers. I think that[universal Pre-K] is something that I would support because childcare cost is a huge burden right now to a number of individuals. If you’re going to release 30 percent of violent criminals, no, I don’t think that’s a good idea at all. So it’s important to identify what population we’re trying to decrease and I don’t know exactly his plan for that 30 percent, so I can’t say I completely support it. 9. I think number one would actually be transportation. There is a minimum opportunity for [residents] to get public transportation to take them [to hospitals outside the area]. And usually these are people that cannot easily transport themselves to a place that needs that they need to go. Public transportation is a big issue. The bridge is a big issue. One of the ones that I see all the time since I live off of Flat Iron Road is the Great Mills and Route 5. The plan on the books is one that I think will adequately ease that congestion. 10. What I’ve been doing over the past year, which is trying to talk to people to identify what are their main concerns and then going to the different agencies and departments that handle those concerns to try to understand where are we at, why aren’t we moving forward? What can we do? 4

Thursday, October 18, 2018

REPUBLICAN MD SENATE DISTRICT 29

1. I’m from St. Mary’s county. I’m married to Karin [Bailey] the head of the school board, my two children both attend a public school. I did my education, both my graduate and undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University in management. I have worked previously when I was with the natural resource police as the executive officer, so I was in charge of working with the legislature in Annapolis. I’ve been a public servant for 30 years, a full career and I want to continue my work as a public servant to our citizens of St. Mary’s in Calvert County. 2. Question 2 was not asked of the District 29C candidates. 3. First one, school safety. We can work with the governor’s office so that we can get reoccurring funds that come into our school system every year for school safety, just like the bill that he had introduced last year. Second, work with the governor and [Senate] President Mike Miller for the completion of the third building [at SMHEC], third to take the burden off of state employees retirement right now where they just got whacked, where their prescription plan was taken. We need to do something to fix that right away. 4. I am not an accountant or a tax guy. I will definitely work towards trying to understand that this year to see what the benefit is for the residents of St. Mary’s County. 5. I am a pro Second Amendment person. Being a 30 year policemen, I can carry a gun everyday. I think it’s important that every single citizen that has a clean background be able to do the same thing. 6. We want to get the same amount that they get in other jurisdictions. That’s the bottom line. And that’s where the Kirwam Commission was headed. So as far as supporting that, I want to increase the funding. 7. The answer to that is it’s not fair. The fact is that we pay almost 40 cents and we get back four. So we need to increase that. 8. [Higher ed for all] No. [Single payer state run healthcare system] No. [Increase the minimum wage to $15?] No. [legalizing and taxing marijuana. Recreational marijuana?] No. [Universal Pre-K] I would like to read about it more, so that I could make the most educated decision. In our school system here, we don’t have the infrastructure to do it right. We don’t have the buildings and the space. [Releasing 30 percent of Maryland’s prison population.] No. 9. Transportation and the Thomas Johnson Bridge, the Route 4/235 intersection and Great Mills Road. And any person that sits through those any day realizes that we have got to change our transportation policy. 10. I would like to have an office where I’m accessible to the public and my constituents and I think that is better going to better serve everybody in St. Mary’s and Calvert counties. When you go to meet with a senator, sometimes the issues that you have are very personal to you and your family and you should have an office where you can go where you can discuss things.

RE-ELECT MIKE HART FOR COMMISSIONER As your Commissioner I...

• Voted Against Tax Increases • Worked with the School System to Improve School Safety • Achieved the First Ever Triple A Bond Rating for Two Consecutive Years that will Save Calvert County Millions • Built Calvert County’s First Animal Shelter • Will continue to Preserve our Rural Character

Please Come Out & Vote November 6th By Authority of Jenny S. Thompson, Treasurer

MICHAEL JACKSON Thursday, October 18, 2018

DEMOCRAT HOUSE OF DELEGATES 27B 1.

MICHAEL The Calvert County Times

I’m retired sheriff for Prince George’s county. Got Elected in 2002 and retired in 2010. Worked with Governor O’Malley. We created something called leadership development. Teach at the university system. Born and raised in Prince George’s County. I’m on the appropriations committee in Annapolis. The only person in Southern Maryland delegation that’s on a budget committee, which is not a good thing. Had a pretty successful first few years. I understand how to work across the aisle. I joined with the sheriff’s officers in 1988. I also was the Fraternal Order of Police president before. I’ve been married for 27 years. I’m from Upper Marlboro on a family farm. I grew up in Forestville, attended Crossland High School. I live in Brandywine. I have a Master’s Degree in management from Johns Hopkins University.

2. I have an extensive record in Annapolis. I’ve been working the halls of Annapolis since 1996, so I have a relationship with folks on both sides. I have relationship with chairmen of every committee. I have not only lobbied in Annapolis and served as a delegate, but I’ve served in leadership roles. I lead the team for the Maryland sheriffs and Annapolis. I understand that legislative process. 3. In Calvert in particular there’s some concerns we had with the volunteer fire and rescue service, because of the makeup of our county and the fact that it’s pretty tough for young folks that live here when they graduate college or leave high school. The local officials are going to have to make a decision and I think they’ve already made a decision and bringing in some paramedics to address the concerns. So, we want to make sure that we can help on the legislative side in Annapolis. Calvert schools were at one point, number one in the state. There are some things that we can work along with the local officials here to ensure that teachers are getting what they deserved to get a and that you’re continuing to attract them and keep them here and get away from being a training ground. 4. I’m looking to be a part of that. We are sort of prepared for that. I sit on the appropriations committee in Annapolis. We looked at that a little bit last year. And, uh, there are some folks who believe that if there is a windfall for this state, you take that in, you invested wherever, , but I think we did the right thing last year to kind of look at that and kind of study this matter to see where it’s best to put those funds. 5. I’m a believer in the Second Amendment rights, but as a guy who came from law enforcement, I think we need to make sure that we are responsible gun owners. Maryland has some of the best gun laws in the country. We don’t operate on the reciprocity of other states because we’re looking out for what’s best for Maryland. 6. I am for that. I actually voted for that. The legislature put a lockbox piece forward. I think I’m a person who having run an agency who understands accountability, I think we need to make sure that we are accountable for every dollar. You know, in the past it’s been said that certain windfall of dollars is going to go to education. The fact that we say there has to be hundreds of millions of dollars going to education, that’s just words. If you look at the makeup of the Kirwan Commission, and you look at the findings of the Kirwan Commission and you look at the, the work groups, there’s your accountability component. There is your funding component and then there’s additional school construction component, a facilities piece. What is Kirwan going to cost us going forward versus what’s in the Thornton Commission? So, I think we’re moving in the right direction. 7.

I was not in the legislature six years ago. There’s a reason I said that. I’m a person having been blessed to rise to the level of being a CEO of an agency organization. I believe in periodic assessments of every process and every law and everything that’s in existence. Is it applicable for tomorrow? If it’s not, then we need to make that adjustment. Case in point, I was not there when the rain tax was implemented. However, the first term, the first session and Annapolis have voted to repeal the rain tax. So, allow the locals to make that assessment on themselves. If I don’t think that Calvert is being treated fairly in that, I would vote to repeal that component of that.

8. On higher education for all, I have voted in Annapolis for a free education tuition for community colleges, for families that can’t afford it. So, I am for what I voted for in Annapolis. I don’t think that we can afford a free higher education. We’re just not set up to be that way. So, I’m testing your good with having a means test for those who need it. And, I think we need to make sure that our resources are allocated where they need to be allocated. On healthcare, too many folks who are either aspiring to be in office or to stay in office speak too general about what you’re talking about. And so, the key is, you know, where are the needs. I’ve voted to ensure that we could ensure that those, because of the attacks initiative from the federal government, which also affected the ACA to make sure that we could extend for those who needed health care and for Maryland to be able to do that so that the impact wouldn’t be so great. The next session we’ve got to figure that and going forward. So, I think there’s an assessment that needs to be done on this. And I think from a political standpoint, hopefully once we get past this election and hopefully I’ll get reelected, we can begin to sit down and put our heads together and say what really works for Maryland. On the $15 minimum wage, I’m for that. On legalizing and taxing marijuana, No, no, no, no. No recreational marijuana. On universal Pre-K. I think we can get to that. But that’s a process that’s going to take a number of years and again, you’d assess where the needs are the greatest. I’m not for just releasing folks out who had been convicted by a jury of their peers. You’re talking about folks that are in the penitentiary. 9. For Calvert obviously Route 4 is an initiative for you, Route 231 and the Thomas Johnson Bridge. I think what you’ll see in the coming General Assembly session, maybe even the first session, you’ll see a movement such as the one you saw with the bridge in Charles, the Harry Nice Bridge. 10. Well I am actually proud of myself for working all year round and not just a 90-day session. My commitment when I came here to win, when this position became available, when I knew that Delegate Vallario was not going to run, he was going to be moved into another district. I came down late, but I committed myself to a four-year courtship to Calvert County. Folks knew me from law enforcement and maybe some family down here or whatever. So, I’ve worked year-round. There is not an interested party in Calvert County that will say to you that they don’t know who I am.

THOMAS

REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF DELEGATES 27B 1.

I was born in New York Long Island where I grew up. My mother was born in this country two months after my grandparents immigrated from Malta. My father was a World War II vet. I enjoyed the politics right from the start. I majored in government and politics, political science at Saint John’s university with a minor in public administration and got involved with local politics. I came down to Washington in 1980 and worked several years as a staffer that didn’t pay the bills though. So, I got into real estate appraisal and sales and eventually set it on an appraisal work for almost 35 years now. But I did get involved with the Republicans here in Calvert County when we were outnumbered nine to one back in the early eighties. I have a blended family with seven children, nine grandchildren, number nine on the way.

2. I’m self-employed, paying self-employed taxes and it’s a whole different world out there, you know, delegate Jackson is a creature of government. He’s been in government almost his entire life and unfortunately too, he’s hindered and directed by the powers that be in Annapolis, specifically Senator Miller, who orchestrates everything that goes on in the general assembly and in the state senate. I would bring a totally different perspective and voting pattern to the office as opposed to my opponent. 3. A little bit of background. I’m an appraiser. I’ve been appraising property goal of the Prince George’s county, Calvert Charles County for 30 years, and I’ve heard this from thousands of people. They can’t afford to retire in Maryland, first responders, school teachers, police officers, small business owners, very wealthy, successful building, millionaire some people and they can’t, they don’t want to retire in Maryland. It’s appalling. And the young people can’t get a start and this is all attributable to the high taxes. So, issue number one would be to cosponsor with Mark Fisher, delegate or do it myself to exempt all retirement income from taxes. The second problem is we got spending under control. Then it’s out of control. I should say a public pension debt and borrowing adds up to $12,750 per person. So, a family of four. It was $50,000. And, finally, the corruption in Annapolis, which again comes from the domination of one party 4. I would lead that effort, they should do it immediately. The last session of the legislature, they monkeyed around with it, but basically, they’re keeping it about 90 percent of it and that’s just not right. 5. I lean towards protecting Second Amendment rights. Clearly we need to have one because you know, first of all, with all these horrible shootings to take place around the country, I don’t think anyone’s ever involved in an NRA member, but that being said, I could probably go into any high school here in the county and within 15 minutes of sitting in a cafeteria, find out from the kids who the troubled kids are and who the problematic ones are. So, we do need a mechanism to keep guns out of the hands of people that are mentally unstable. 6. I know for me the concept of a lockbox is terrific. The question is, will it stay locked? Various levels of government all around the country, state, federal, they raid the lockboxes, they did it with social security, they do it all the time. So yes, I would support the establishing of the lockbox to help the students and the teachers and get them adequate compensation. The technology’s changing incredibly. I think we need more kids in trade schools, learning trades and stuff. This business of getting a liberal arts degree in underwater basket weaving just doesn’t make any sense anymore and we’ve got to get smart and the trades are starved for personnel now to get into those fields and you’d make a great living doing that. 7. Why Calvert County and other counties don’t get their fair share of revenue back is because of the super majority at the Democrats in the legislature. They just pass this stuff and we don’t have a prayer. So again, we’re fighting for a seat at the table. If the bill passes, that continues to deny Calvert county 90 percent of its gas tax revenue because we used to get all of it and now we’re down to about five percent a piece of legislation comes up, and it passes. I would fight to get those full education funds back from the gas tax revenue, but in order to do that, we need to get Gov. Hogan reelected, five in the Senate or seven in the House of Delegates. 8. It can’t be funded. I mean this is just a fantasy and this is the radical left and they’ve captured the heart and soul of the Democratic Party. It’s where all the energy is. There is no such thing as free. Mr. Jealous is a socialist. I think we can pretty much establish that and much of the Democratic Party is going in that direction. We all know the little truism about socialism. It works until you run out of other people’s money. It destroys incentive. It destroys initiative. 9. Infrastructure; 27 B as a district we know is divided between two counties and the demographic and legislative and structural internal needs of the two communities are completely opposite, by design. I think for Calvert County, people are concerned, and rightfully so, at the pace of development. Maybe it’s got to be slowed down a little bit. I don’t know that you can slow it down because economies grow and people want to come here and live. But basically, the main issue for Calvert County would be we’re going to have growth. What’s it going to look like? Where’s it going to be in? What’s the pace? 10. I like people and I get around and I think you need to be a little bit of an extrovert to be a successful politician. And quite frankly, I don’t know that my opponent is comfortable with those things because you’ve never seen him around. He doesn’t go door to door. I went door to door in Calvert County, no one knew who their delegate was.

JASON FOWLER 18

DEMOCRAT HOUSE OF DELEGATES 27C 1.

MARK The Calvert County Times

I’m born and raised here in Calvert County and I grew up in Dunkirk. I now live in North Beach with my wife and our daughter, Lee, who was just born this year. I was recruited to Dematha. I was a soccer player and a musician. My sisters both went to Northern. I did leave Calvert County to go to school at Eckerd College in St Petersburg, FL and majored in languages and in ancient history. I went to law school at St Thomas University in Miami. I also got a master’s in business while I was there in three years, which is pretty tough to do at the same time. I was accepted into Georgetown Law’s master in tax program. I’m a tax attorney. My wife and I decided to open up our own little shop here in Prince Frederick. We have a general law practice in various fields,

2. I think the biggest point of pride for myself as a candidate is my ability to work across party lines. Now on my team, I have Democrats, Republicans, and independents that are on my staff. So, at the very outset of this campaign, I decided that partisan politics was not going to be how I was going to govern in Annapolis and we made a sticking point at the very beginning that we were going to have a team that looked like Calvert County and that meant a diverse group. 3. Calvert county has been working on the same problems for 30 plus years. One of the biggest is transportation and traffic in the county, specifically the Thomas Johnson Bridge. I would like to know what they have done to do it. My number one priority is making sure that we get funding for the Thomas Johnson Bridge replacement project. The second is making sure that we can improve our schools. I grew up in Calvert County, Maryland schools. We’re number one in the nation and Calvert county schools were anywhere from the top three to even at number one at times in the state. Now the reason people move to Calvert county in the 80’s and the 90’s was directly related to our school rankings. Now, property values are also tied 100 percent to those numbers. 4. Probably one of the biggest problems with the tax act that came out of the federal government was the fact that it was rushed through the Congress. When you rush anything through Congress that usually doesn’t have a good result. Now for me, we need to make sure when we pass laws that are mirroring what the federal government does so that the systems can work together. 5. I am an endorsed candidate for “Moms Demand Action,” which is an organization that has common sense gun legislation that they have passed in the House of Delegates and in the Senate. I’m someone who grew up hunting in Calvert county and in the surrounding area. So, for me, gun rights are something that I hold near and dear to my heart. I also understand that when people have weapons, they’re more likely to have people shot in their own homes and they’re more likely to have a child or one of their children shoot another sibling or perhaps even themselves. So, for me it’s about making sure that the laws on the books are enforced, making sure that we have laws in place that protect children and then making sure that responsible people own weapons. For me, it’s crazy that we do not have background checks. 6. At the very outset, I said I do support casino revenue going to the schools. When MGM and other casinos were coming in, they did sell under the premise that that money would go to education, in my view, and this is the fault of the legislature and those in it. For me, this is also a band aid problem. People are going to vote in November on this issue, believing that they’re going to add money to the schools, which they will, but when the Kirwan commission comes into effect, we’re going to have to pass the exact same bill, but for the current commission, so yet again, this is another attempt by the legislature, the pull the wool over the eyes of our citizens by telling them that something is going to happen and then only been a year or two later having to fix the exact same problem. Q: How would you assure that funding for education that would assure that it would give to the students A: So that a lot of that comes through locally as well. That’s one huge part of the problem is that, you know, the state can only do so much. 7. I don’t think it’s equitable. I do believe that we have to have means of revenue and I think, you know, add on taxes such as that I think had been very beneficial for our states to do. I think some type of a formula needs to be changed and I think the formula probably needs to be some type of a sharing agreement where we have a certain percentage that will always come back to the local jurisdiction and then the rest OF that would match and go into the state coffers for general projects. 8. As somebody who has quite a bit of student debt, I can speak to how that literally chained you to a rock that you can’t move away from. I do believe that higher education should be something that we could build into the system. Now. I think the viability of doing that overnight is very difficult to do. But I do believe that in America we need to see changes to higher education and how we go about funding it. I think that the mindset of a single payer system is beneficial because it does what all large companies do and that is they put people together to offset costs. Now, I don’t know, again, the particulars of his plan. I think that there’s some faults with his plan when it pertains to solely in the state of Maryland. I also believe that healthcare has been determined more or less to be a federal issue because we did the ACA. And you know, this is based on the, the idea that every place in the country needs to be $15. Now, I don’t know if that’s the number that it should be or not. But one thing I would like to say is that Maryland is an expensive state to live in and we can’t think that people can’t afford to live here if they can’t make livable wages right now. Legalizing and taxing marijuana. Now, I’m a proponent of this 100 percent, so I don’t really need to sugarcoat my positions on marijuana. For me, education is the best dollar that we can spend, so I fully support Pre-k education for three and four-yearold students in the state of Maryland. And then finally releasing 30 percent of Maryland’s prison population. I think we do need to look at. I think a lot of the numbers that come from that platform position are predicated on the fact that nonviolent drug offenders would be released under legalization of marijuana. 9. I mentioned earlier the Thomas Johnson bridges is a huge need for Southern Maryland. the second point would be a school construction projects and in Calvert county alone, we recently began building the new Northern High School. I would like to do park spending, I think that that may be something that is more suited for the local government to handle. 10. The first thing I would do is start working on relationships because nothing gets done without them. So, my 275 days after the session when I’m in an office, I’m going to work on working with people. 6

FISHER

Thursday, October 18, 2018

REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF DELEGATES 27C 1.

I’m a father of three; married 30 years this year. My parents just celebrated their 60th. I started a company 25 years ago that got into the cell tower business; worked for a company that was in it. The company went public and I was just an employee and they decided that they weren’t going to include the Cell Tower part. I started that business a non-conflict because they decided to do the engineering part. I decided to do the cell tower infrastructure. I couldn’t get a loan. No one would loan me money. Calvert Bank wouldn’t lend me money. Community Bank wouldn’t loan. You’d go right down the list. Mr. Mitchell from Bob Hall Distributing loaned me the money to build the cell tower that’s on their property. Bob Hall said I’ve got to promise to, because “If you don’t pay it back, I know everybody.”

2. I’m working with Governor Hogan, to roll back the taxes from the O’Malley Administration and to curb state spending. And my opponent is working with Ben Jealous to bring back those higher taxes and bring back the higher state spending. I think it’s really comes down to that. 3. Maryland is a really expensive state to live in and it’s an expensive state to retire and I would love it if we could make it more affordable to live here and more affordable to retire here and it will be great for this to be a place where you can raise a family and retire rather than be forced to leave. So how do you do that? You do that by curbing taxes on retirement income? I thought we had that happening with respect to income across the board with the federal tax cut, but we didn’t. The second would be basically to work more on safer schools. This is a big issue for me because, we have a mental health care crisis and that’s part of making schools safer. The other part of making schools safer is to also have a school resource officers in school, safety officers that are in every school and they should be armed with the proviso that they are highly trained. And number three, healthcare insurance is not affordable, especially in the private market. When you’re self-employed, it’s a disaster. Delegate Matt Morgan put this bill that said, and this is really cool because we were trying to do the middle of the road. We’re saying it has the 10 essential benefits required by the ACA. Obamacare has those 10 essential requirements, but what we did was we got rid of all the other requirements that Maryland threw on top of the ACA, which has literally made healthcare and affordable healthcare insurance and that bill was scored by DLS (Department of Legislative Services) and I think it reduced rates by (about) 23 percent. 4. It’d be great. Do you know that the number is the Comptroller estimated that at the state level it’s $550 million? And, at the local level, cumulatively it’s $250 million. So, it’s $800,000,000 more being taken out of people’s pockets. We raised taxes by $800,000,000 by doing nothing. The governor did put in a bill, it was called a hold harmless bill. Jason backed a similar bill. I signed to the governor’s bill. I’m the guy and you guys know how it works. Usually the majority party takes the idea and since we’re not going to give you credit for it, we’re going to pass it. I’m okay with that. Let’s just get it done. And this year, they put the Kibosh on it and killed it. 5. I just support the Second Amendment rights. I’m a 2A supporter. I support the right of concealed carry. I do think that if we had a concealed carry capability in Maryland that was rigorous, but at the same time constitutional, then we would have more people who are able to defend themselves in a timely manner because obviously as you guys know, there are many minutes that go by and it’s no fault of the police. You’ve heard me talk about school safety? There is something happening in the American family, and I hate to say it, I think it’s the dissolving of the American family. I think it’s cell phones. Kids are always on their cell phones. They think there’s a lot of bullying and so forth that happens in schools. And last but not least, I don’t think parents are eating together anymore, and even when they are, they’re on their phones. I said, put your phones down. And, as a result, you don’t have an opportunity as a parent to identify when your kids are having a mental health crisis. 6. Great question. I’m on the House Ways and Means Committee. (It) passed a bill years ago to expand gambling to National Harbor. I didn’t vote for the bill because of the fact that when we try to lock box the money, because all we were told during testimony was it’s for the children. And then when it came time to lock box, it wasn’t there. I think it’s interesting after all these years of raiding that money and using it for other things, we’re finally having this conversation. So yes, of course I voted for the lockbox bill. I’m going to vote for the lock boxing in the ballot as well. There’s a preliminary report that’s available, so let’s see what that says. Allegedly outcomes are part of it. I know that what’s going to happen is next year, not the teachers who are wonderful, but the Teacher’s Union, who control everything, are going to come to Annapolis and ask for the money first and try to not have that nexus between the money and the outcomes. There needs to be a nexus between the two. 7. We had the Roadkill Bill that was passed over this four-year cycle and that basically was a bill that stopped the Department of Transportation from using the money for certain transportation projects and basically transferred them to the urban areas and away from areas like Calvert County. Fortunately, we fought against that and there was a push back. A far as the gas tax, it’s the only tax in Maryland that’s ever been embedded in the constitution, which basically increases the tax automatically without there being elected officials voting for it, which is a terrible idea. And the reason they did that is because the intent was always to raid it and use it for the general fund. The governor has done a good job restoring most of the highway user funds, the higher user revenues. We need to do that for the towns, and for the counties. Until we fix that, we’re going to continue to have roads that are way behind the eight ball on getting fixed; just look at this county. 8. I would just answer very simply and say, No! I don’t support those. I was raised by a blue-collar father who was in the automotive business fixing cars when they get into an accident. His entire life he always said to me, “If something’s worth having at all, it’d be worth working for and paying for it. 9. So generally speaking, it would be the Route 4 widening in Prince Frederick. A second would be a couple of dozen intersections at least throughout Calvert County. And third would be the Thomas Johnson Bridge. 10. I live right off of Adelina Road, which is really close. And, so what I do is when, a constituent contacts us, I always meet the constituent usually at IHOP, Starbucks or Panera, their choice, so that way they don’t have to go to Annapolis and I don’t have to go to Annapolis. Because there’s no point in me going there and meeting the constituent and I can dress like this and not in a suit and tie and talk to them as a regular person.

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DEMOCRAT HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29C

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1. Alright, well I have lived in the county for over 20 years now and I have spent my time here working to improve my community. I was part of the team that formed the Chesapeake Public Charter School. And I also founded the Southern Maryland Youth Orchestra and choir, which serves the Tri County area. 2. Question 2 was not asked of the District 29C candidates. 3. Well, certainly one of the top three would be to work to get a funding mechanism from the government for the Thomas Johnson Bridge. Secondly I think that it’s important that we get the funding for that third building at the Higher Ed Center back into the budget that was removed this year. And education is a really big topic for me. I think that we are going to need to find a way to get more funding and help to the schools so that we can help bring the schools back up to their number one position where they were several years ago. 4. I’m a big proponent of trying to spend wisely and I think that if there is going to be additional revenue that we don’t have anything to spend it on, it should definitely go back to the citizens. And so if that is the case, then yes, I think that we should follow the lead of the federal government. 5. My priority for guns is the prevention of incidents of gun violence, such as we saw at Great Mills earlier this year. I think that this is a multifaceted issue and that we need to maintain things such as comprehensive criminal background checks. 6. I am in favor of that. I think that it’s right that we spend this money on education. They’re having many other issues coming up such as school safety, which will also need to be addressed. That’s additional money that we need to find for schools because they don’t have that already planned out. [There needs to be] oversight of what the schools are doing to ensure that it’s being spent properly. 7. I do think that it would be good for us to see an, a expenditure of those taxes because yes, rural areas, [There is a] disparity … between the rural and the urban and what’s available to rural versus urban communities. And so I think that it is important that the representatives from our area going to Annapolis, are really stressing the fact that our needs may be different from Baltimore. 8. I have read through some of these changes that Ben Jealous has proposed. In theory I like a lot of them, but I would want to make sure of the details before I jumped wholly into everything of how they’re going to work and how they’re going to be funded. And a minimum wage increase I think will benefit our community, um, in the long run because it creates better citizens and people with more money to spend. I think that healthcare is something that we as citizens should have as a right and not a privilege. And so I think that it’s important that we figure out a way to keep the costs down. I am for medical marijuana and for the expansion of the decriminalization of it. I think that we need to make sure that we’re proceeding responsibly with this. We need to be careful to address any safety concerns that there may be, such as sobriety checks for that as well as for alcohol. Universal Pre-K, I do think that that is could be a really good thing. I think that early education is very helpful in getting kids on the right track. [On releasing 30 percent of prisoners] Ithink I’ll take a pass on this one. It’s not one that I’ve looked into very carefully. 9. I do think that transportation is a big issue. Public transportation and inter county transportation as well. We don’t have much of any of that and there are plenty of people, who might want to come across the bridge to shop over on the St. Mary’s side or people from the same area who want to go over to Solomon’s and enjoy Solomon’s. The Thomas Johnson Bridge I think is definitely in need of replacement and has been for awhile. It’s not built to hold the traffic thing, that crosses it now. The higher ed center that has one of my top priorities. 10. I think what I would like to be doing during that time is just being out in the community and meeting people, I’m speaking with leaders and figuring out what the specific problems are that need to be addressed and how different groups or different people are coming up with ideas as to how best to address them and how the state can help doing that.

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REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29C

1. Well, my background is I’m a self employed business person for the last 42 years. Started in Prince Frederick in 1977 at age 24. I have progressed to the point where I’ve owned about seven different businesses in Calvert County. I’ve ventured into some real estate ventures in St. Mary’s County. I graduated from the school of hard knocks because as anybody that’s in retail knows you learned by getting knocked on your butt every once in awhile and knocked in the head. 2. Question 2 was not asked of the District 29C candidates. 3. My first priority is to continue to try to help small business, the super majority in Annapolis has been making a tremendous effort to try to overburden small businesses. I’d like to see us lower the corporate income tax on small corporations. I want to be there to fight and try to get at least a reasonable deal on the minimum wage bill. I truly believe that they will bring back the sanctuary state bill. I truly believe we should try to help [immigrants], but we have to do it in a reasonable way to where we don’t burden the other taxpayers. I want to work extremely hard to make sure that we continue to get our share of transportation money from Annapolis for Southern Maryland. 4. I believe that we should have held the citizens of Southern Maryland harmless when that [occurred] because the money is much more well spent and well circulated when it’s in the hands of the private citizens to go out into the businesses and buy and spend money. It circulates through, creates jobs, and just helps to build the local economy. I think it was a money grab and I was against it last year and I would be against it this year if it comes up again. 5. I’m a big proponent of the Second Amendment. I believe that folks in this country have the right to bear arms and to have their weapons and guns as they see fit 6. I agree with thethe lockbox issue. I have no problem with using the gambling money. Now seeing that 85 percent of the Maryland budget is mandated spending, it’s probably a good thing to have a mandated amount of money for schools, but as that money is passed down to local jurisdictions we’d need some things in place to make sure that the money’s being spent wisely and some accountability on it all. It [has to] come from local government. We do have elected school boards at this point in both to St. Mary’s in Calvert County and we need to make sure that they’re accountable for the way they spend the money. 7. I don’t particularly like the way that they have tied to transportation, a sales tax and things like that to the price of gas. It’s in law now and the odds of us ever changing it with the super majority in Annapolis is pretty slim. In the previous administrations, the rural areas again were shut out of their rightfully deserved percentage of the transportation money. 8. Well, obviously candidate Jealous had some lofty goals. If it’s free, there’s no free fairy out there that’s going to drop the money there to run these programs. It may be free to some, but it’s going to be costly to others and the taxpayers are going to have to be the ones that pick up the bill. And the voters four years ago rejected the 43 tax increases and the crazy spending of the previous administration for a more conservative results orientated administration. I think they’re pretty socialist-driven. 9. Number one would be making the schools safe. Number two would be rebuilding the Thomas Johnson Bridge. And number three would be rebuilding the Thomas Johnson Bridge. 10. During the interim between sessions we spend a lot of time talking to community groups at different functions in different forums and things like that and listening to the citizens as to how they would like to see things done. I believe in local government and local government is the closest to the people and has the most immediate effect on people. 7

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QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself. QUESTION 2 How would you differentiate yourself from your opponent? QUESTION 3 If elected, what would be your top three priorities during your first year in office? QUESTION 4 The Federal government has modified the way personal income taxes are calculated, capping personal mortgage interest expense and local real estate tax deductions. The State of Maryland has not modified the way state and county income taxes will be calculated. While most people in Calvert will see a reduction in their federal tax liability, many will see a substantial increase in state and local liability. This will result in a large tax windfall for the state and local governments. If the state does not take action to reduce this tax windfall, will you provide local rate reductions to reduce the local portion of this windfall?

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QUESTION 7 The Comprehensive Plan calls for a balance of economic development and preserving the county’s rural character. Is one of those more important so that if there was a conflict that one would prevail? How can the county maintain the balance between the two? QUESTION 8 The comprehensive plan, both existing and proposed update, mandate that town centers be the places to handle growth. Are there any changes needed in the town center concept? Should the town centers be expanded and should the ones without water and sewer have those services provided, and if so how should they be paid for? QUESTION 9 How should the extra revenues from the Dominion Cove Point PILOT be used? QUESTION 10 Many of the state’s policies are implemented and paid for through the local jurisdictions. Governor candidate Ben Jealous is proposing free Higher Education for all, including those here illegally, a single payer state run health care system, increase in minimum wage to $15, legalizing and taxing marijuana, full day universal pre-K, and releasing 30% of Maryland’s prison population back to the streets. Do you support any or all of these policies and would you use local government to either support or defend against these policies?

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I teach, mostly 11th graders, at Henry Wise High School in Upper Marlboro. Before that I’ve worked in the restaurant industry I’ve worked at as a system manager. I was a troubleshooter for a while and became area supervisor at one time. I supervise up to 17 different restaurants all the way from Winston Salem, North Carolina to Lynchburg, Virginia; that was Biscuitville Restaurant. I enjoyed that experience in the private sector, endeavoring to serve a good product and increase sales and profit margins and the challenges of identifying good employees to help you put out a product in a quick manner and a clean environment, understand the challenges small business people have. And I happened to be the son of a waterman who first opened a seafood business, then a marina, and he even did construction. I think that gives me a perspective that maybe some folks don’t have that, will serve me well as I endeavor to serve all the people of Calvert County on the Board of Commissioners.

2. I think my experience as I just mentioned in both the private and public sector helps. I have a great deal of respect for all three of the other candidates. I’m sure they would do that if the voters choose other gentlemen other than me. I’m frankly confident that those individuals would serve well. I just know that I have a passion to get acquainted with lots of people and frankly I campaign to get my name out there, which has been enjoyable. 3. First of all, they will deal with it in the area of education and transportation. I’ll say citizen engagement or participation, frankly, I was noticing that the county sent out this list of all these vacancies on all these boards and commissions, Justin, just the four pages of vacancies. There is a lot of good people in Calvert County and I’m sure would like to contribute to their community. I think that I can be instrumental at increasing civic engagement. Abd the comprehensive plan. I don’t think that the plan that we have, that a good enough job was done and, in the area of transportation, I think that there should have been a study. I’m convinced that when it comes to the transportation concerns of the people here in the county that we can do a better job and frankly, because I am an educator, I have a passion in that area. I believe that I can be instrumental at helping us become number one again in the state of Maryland.

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I have lived in Calvert County my whole life. My parents bought a house in Calvert County in 1995 before my sister’s kindergarten year. So, they came here for the schools. I was born in 1998, lived off of Brickhouse Road in Dunkirk my whole life, a product of the public schools. I went to Mt. Harmony, Northern Middle and then Northern High, Now I’m a mathematics major at UMBC. I thought the public-school system did a fantastic job. I had a great experience there and I thought I was very well prepared to go on and get my college degree.

2. I would say that my age puts me in a unique position to understand the importance of sustaining Calvert County’s character for generations. Being a 20-year-old running for office, my generation will inherit all of the consequences that the current government imposes. I want to make sure that by the time that I’m ready to raise a family here that Calvert County still looks like our county, still feels like Calvert County and not grow with reckless development and pave over the county because I think a lot of people live here exactly because it’s not as developed as other metropolitan counties. 3. I would say my top three priorities would be, first of all, something that could happen very quickly in office is increasing transparency within the operations of the Board of County Commissioners. They hold our legislative meetings Tuesday at 10 a.m. Many working residents cannot make that, obviously. Increasing a common-sense investment within the budget. I think our public schools are our business, and as long as the schools remain world class as they are now, we will never run out of people in our county that want to raise a family here. We really need to properly invest in our school system. That means giving teachers the money that was promised to them. That means staying ahead of the technology curve. That means making sure that our students are safe with the shooting in St Mary’s County and we saw that a mass shooter is; it’s not a distant threat. It could happen anywhere. That means making sure that we have enough resources invested in vocational training because a fouryear college degree, whether financially or academically, uh, that’s not for everyone. And my third thing would be making sure that the Board of County Commissioners does not attempt to develop its way to lower taxes. That means conducting the proper studies before expanding so we know that the impact of our proposed expansions, A lot of people are very scared with the proposed changes in the new comprehensive plan. And changing Dunkirk from a minor town center to a major town center from increasing the size of Prince Frederick by 83 percent, combining the town centers of Lusby and Solomons. I’m scared that by the time that I raise a family here in Calvert County it isn’t going to look like our county anymore. Route 4 is going to be hopelessly congested and our water supply is going to run a high-risk of depletion, especially with more people, more businesses in the county.

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5. First, we should bring our teachers compensation up to standard. The STEP increases they’ve not received in the past should be restored. We should also insure that our buildings, that if we have issues, we should look to be sure that our facilities are up to par. We want to lead the way here in Calvert County when it comes to providing a world-class education, because frankly, I was reading the other day that teachers are now preparing students for jobs that we don’t even have yet that haven’t even been created as we move into the 21st century. So, we’ve got to be on the cutting edge, leading the way. 6. I understand the challenges of transportation here in Calvert because of being a peninsula. Let me start with the Thomas Johnson Bridge. We need a better link between Calvert County and St Mary’s county, plain and simple. I know that the commissioners have some role in hopefully making that happen. But, I would be lobbying Congress on this. I’ll be lobbying our next governor and legislators because I think a commissioner needs to be involved in that too. I know that there is a concern on some citizens about an administrative building, but I do think it’s time for an administrative building. I just do not want to see it at Armory Square. I think that wherever it’s placed that it needs to contribute to revitalizing old town Prince Frederick. 7. That is the key question. We have an aging demographic here in Calvert County. We are going to have to prepare for that. We have to expand our commercial tax base. So, whatever we can do to encourage entrepreneurs and small businesses to expand and to get our residents shopping here in Calvert, lots of folks go to Anne Arundel or over to Charles, that some of those dollars we could bring back into the county which would serve us well in the long term. I am a firm advocate of preserving the rural character. They county. I consider myself a strong ally of keep Calvert Country. But, I think some people forget that a part of their slogan is grow responsibly.

8. I don’t think many residents will want to see the town center expanded. Once we have fully created all of the economic opportunities that we can within the town centers, then perhaps we’re going to have to look at some gradual expansion. When it comes to water and sewer, it’s a delicate balance, particularly with regard to Dunkirk, that seems to be the consensus that many citizens don’t want this. And frankly we were asked that question at a recent (Chamber) forum. But I refused to hold a placard up Yes or No on that because I’d like to know more. 9. Investing in the people that are working here who are working for us here. If you’re a deputy or a school teacher or, or you’re working for the county government in some other capacity, you’re paying taxes here too. But the most important investment you can make is in us and your people. I’m a Democrat, I’m not a tax and spend Democrat, but I do think that we should look first to our public servants and do all we can for them.

4. I don’t know, without looking at the numbers, looking at the budget, I can’t come up with an answer right now. Without knowing what the state’s going to do, not knowing what the federal government is going to do. I will say, I don’t see a need to raise taxes at the local level. The current commissioner saw that, that was already done. 5. I believe hopefully it will pass and more money is going to our school systems. I do think we can put a little bit more money into the school system or that school safety, whether that’s teacher pay, whether that’s staying ahead of the technology curve. I believe the number is over the past 10 years, student enrollment in the county has declined slightly, but over that time, class sizes have been increased by 15 percent. So, lowering class sizes is something that is a good thing for teachers. It’s a good thing for students to have more individualized attention 6. I know we have a couple of schools that badly need to be reconstructed. I believe it’s Beach Elementary. Maintenance of the schools, whether that is school safety or issues with mold or AC and heating. I know earlier this year there was some problems with the air conditioning and students had to leave, And, making sure there are ample bike paths and walking paths. I’d really like to do that as I’m a runner. I run 50 miles a week and sometimes I’m running on roads that don’t have shoulders or let alone sidewalks. I would try to work with developers to develop a squares and walkable shopping centers instead of, instead of just parking lots. 7. I don’t know if I can, uh, issue out a blanket statement that one is more important than the other Finding that balance is the most important aspect of, the county commissioner’s job. I think the current board of commissioners has routinely put the wants and needs or the wants of developers and realtors over the needs of our citizens. 8. I don’t think that the current town centers should be expanded. We have to do the proper studies before doing that. I do agree with the town center model. We shouldn’t have businesses and homes sprawling up and down the highway. As for water and sewer in Dunkirk, as of right now, I’m not in favor.

9. I think it should go into our education, into investing in infrastructure needs. It should not go into a new county administration building on Armory Square. I think that this is a bad deal for the taxpayer. I know that it was $42 million in bonding authority that’s going to eventually come out of the taxpayer’s pocket. And that’s just construction, that’s not maintenance, that’s not interest that we’ll have to pay. There is space in old town, Prince Frederick, the comprehensive plan and the master plan call for Old Town Prince Frederick to remain the center of government services in the county,

yBuddForCommissioner.com ForCommissioner@gmail.com 10. On free higher education I can agree with that, but providing free higher education, you know, it costs taxpayers. Whatever we do is going to cost taxpayers, but ultimately, I do hope that as a country and move in that direction as much as possible. Single payer healthcare system. I agree with Ben Jealous on that. Increasing the minimum wage to $15. I don’t think it should be done quickly. On legalizing and taxing marijuana -- I agree. Hold the Universal Pre-k. I’m uncertain frankly because does it matter at that age? I do have reservations. I know I’m an educator, not believe but, sometimes think that we’re starting sooner than we need to frankly. On the prison population, arbitrary, that sounds terrible, But I would hope that anyone who’s incarcerated that the state determines to release that there is justification for release. The purpose of incarceration should be rehabilitation of course, depending on the nature of the crime, everything from rape and murder to smoking marijuana or doing some illegal drug. So, it has to be a common-sense approach to that. I will say that I do support Ben Jealous for governor and I know I’m in a jurisdiction that is Hogan friendly.

10. I don’t think that we need free higher education. I don’t think there is a need for it to be free. I think that affordable is the better word. I think that college costs are soaring. You know they’ve increased 500 percent since 1985. That’s way beyond inflation. The student debt crisis is crippling students out of college. A kid whose parents cannot pay anything and then he has great grades, it should be free for him. But for someone who has very wealthy parents who is able to pay, should it be free for them? A state-run healthcare system -- no, I don’t support that.; that’s a question for the federal government. Increasing the minimum wage to $15. I support that, not locally, but at the state level. I think if you work a full-time job, the taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for your food stamps and housing assistance. You should be able to live independently. Legalizing and taxing marijuana -- I support that again, at the state level, not at the local level. For the releasing of 30 percent of the prison population, I’d have to look more. I know that was a very contentious, contentious topic at the gubernatorial debate. You know, there was some disagreements with ho we were releasing. If nonviolent for small drug possessions, I support that, but releasing dangerous people, of course not.

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1. I’m a lifelong county resident. I have a small business, third generation that I work for the family. I’m located in St. Leonard. I’ve resided in St Leonard all my life. I was educated in Calvert County schools. I have a wife and two children. My wife is a school teacher. I graduated from Calvert County schools, went to Frostburg State University, and I also attended the University of Maryland College Park, institute of Applied Agriculture. I am a two-term incumbent seeking a third term. 2. Due to my incumbency, I have gleaned institutional knowledge and experience. 3. Well, on a macro level, I wish to continue the fiscal conservative policies that our forefathers have implemented over the years. I guess continue supplementing the three pillars of local government, which are education, public safety and infrastructure. 4. That will be discussed, the numbers will not be clear until the income tax I’ve discussed the matter. And you have to remember that they are not clear exactly what the windfall will be, whether it will even be a windfall. The bottom line for me is until I see the actual numbers and if elected to a third term, I would reserve an answer until I know what the majority of the next board would like to do . 5. We are mandated by the state of Maryland to a per pupil allocation, which is the maintenance of effort, you know, statute. In essence, I would defer until I know exactly what additional revenues, if any are coming. And if so, you know, we also via the state had been mandated to provide more public safety in the schools. So, it may be a natural evolutionary process for it to go to school safety. Q: Just for follow up, where do you think the best bang for the buck is in education funding that would really help students make the most in class A: I would probably defer to the education community, what their views are on it. I have family members that are in the education system. Probably technological innovations. our information technology. We recently had on display at the county fair an interesting module that was actually presented at the Maryland Association of Counties this summer in Ocean City and in essence it showed soil erosion and it was a computer-generated model that a nine-year-old really sunk himself into. My wife made the comment that that would be very helpful. It’s a visual representation of the watershed for the Chesapeake Bay and it’s a hands-on experience. 6. On the macro level there are a lot of infrastructure needs. The population of Calvert County since 1990 has grown 75 percent. So, with that said, having aging wastewater treatment plants that are being upgraded, now slowly. I’d like to continue those efforts. Actually, there was a $10 million bond bill in this past legislative session for the Solomons Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrades. I think on a macro level, you have the existing pipes that have reached their lifespan. Currently we still have the Dowell Road widening. Certainly, the new county offices are one of our top infrastructure projects. I think that you will see the next board hopefully, after they get their feet on the ground and if I am elected and I’m part of that board, I think that’s going to be a priority on the location and moving forward where we’re going to go with that project because it is necessary. 7. I would have a balanced approach towards the comprehensive plan. I think what is being lost is the fact that the comprehensive plan is a vision and the zoning ordinance is where we basically put flesh upon a skeleton and the zoning ordinances willing to dictate density levels. It’s going to dictate geographic regions. It’s going to dictate the various sub zones within said master plans. I think you can still balance the two, given the tools that we currently have. 8. So, I guess the question is, should the water and sewer be extended to Dunkirk. With private systems, some people say it may be destined to fail. Should there be water and the sewer in Dunkirk, I guess it’s part of the question and then the other question is the size of the town center sufficient to handle the growth that the county would like to accomplish and should they be expanded. Getting to Dunkirk, as I’ve stated during the campaign, until there is a public safety concern and the Maryland Department of the Environment is going to basically mandate an action, it’s their call. 9. They should be used wisely. We basically are the envy of the area right now and uh, you know, I think that you know, continuing education, providing safety for our residents and providing good roads and infrastructure is, is our charge. 10. Single payer healthcare, no. Increasing the minimum wage to $15, I thought it was phased in anyway. Legalizing and taxing marijuana, I would defer to the electorate. Q: So, like a referendum. A: Yeah. That’s forthcoming. We’ll do universal Pre-K full day, you’ve got some people who are under underprivileged. I’ll say that it’s dependent upon state contributions. 10

HANCE

Thursday, October 18, 2018

REPUBLICAN AT-LARGE COMMISSIONER

1. I live in Port Republic. I’ve been a farmer my whole life. I’ve served in many different positions. I was a member of the Prince Frederick volunteer fire department for over 30 years. I served as president of the Maryland Farm Bureau and served as deputy secretary and Secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture. I’ve been always very active in local issues. 2. I have a lot more experience in leadership positions. I’m a native of Calvert County, been here my whole life. I think that gives me a great historical background to make decisions. 3. Right now, based on the current issues that are facing the board, it would be a comprehensive plan rewrite. It would be spending and it would be school safety. If you look at the county budget over the last three or four years, the budget’s increased by about $50 million. The operating budget, the debt has doubled and so control of government has grown significantly and those are issues that need to be addressed. 4. I think that the new board should took take a look at the tax structure. If we get our spending under control, I think there are opportunities to reduce taxes for citizens. 5. I think what it takes what to make good decisions regarding education is a good working relationship with the superintendent of schools and the school board. I think that the current funding formula that the commissioners put in place one year ago looks like it’s meeting the county’s needs. We just have to see if the ballot issue passes and what that revenue amounts to and then how the state decides to spend those dollars. 6. I believe transportation is probably the biggest issue that people have concerns about. When you look at the traffic backups in Prince Frederick, the issues on Route 231, the Thomas Johnson Bridge in Solomons. I hear that there’s either a study underway or there will be a study of Route 231. The traffic issue is not going to go away even with the current project that’s going on right now, so, that’s going to continue to get worse. There are county feeder roads that have to be looked after and county bridges. There’s an evacuation route for Dominion that runs through Chesapeake Ranch Estates that probably needs some attention. 7. I think that for the past 30 years we’ve done a very good job of designing comprehensive plans that try to protect rural character and direct growth into town centers. If you look around at the town centers, I believe there still opportunity for development. It’s a matter of attracting those businesses to locate here in Prince Frederick. If you look at the Patuxent Business Park, for 20 years it has sat vacant. I think that we certainly need to look at that and find out what the issues are that are holding back the development of that project. But rural character is very important. As I campaign, that’s why people say they moved here. And that’s why my family has stayed here all these hundreds of years. 8. I believe in a town center concept, it’s the only way to protect rural character and allow for growth and development. It’s your opportunity to have high density, which is where you’re going to get workforce housing and commercial development. It’s the only way to protect the rural character, I don’t believe that the current town centers need to be expanded. Calvert County is a peninsula. We already have significant traffic issues. If you talk about expanding the town center as the current proposal that’s on the table, a very quick, simple math says that that can add an additional 20,000 homes, which is 40,000 people and 40,000 cars based on recent studies. I’m not sure that we have infrastructure in place to handle an additional 40,000 cars and those people. I think that, if we’re going to maintain our character, we also can’t blow up our town centers. I don’t want water and sewer in Dunkirk because the citizens for 20 years have fought water and sewer. If there is a public issue that arises, the state will step in and may mandate ordering that’s, that’s an entirely different issue, but it would be hypocritical for me to sit here and tell people I’m going to listen to you and then, go against what the citizens of Dunkirk want. 9. Tim Hayden, who’s the financial guru for the county, says that if spending continues on its current track in four years, taxes will have to be raised regardless of Dominion. We should make sure that we put away some money. We certainly have requirements for the retirement accounts for employees. We have to make sure that when we make decisions about hiring, creating new departments, hiring additional staff, that we think about the long-term impacts of those decisions. 10. I don’t support a candidate Jealous. I support Gov. Hogan for many reasons. The programs that Jealous has proposed, I don’t know how we pay for those programs. Certainly, pre-kindergarten would be important, we have one opportunity to educate our children. We need to make the best of that. We need to make sure that when our children graduate from high school that they are prepared for life. I do not support reducing the prison population by 30 percent. There’s enough criminal activity today that once those individuals are captured, I don’t believe they receive adequate punishment. I don’t support legalizing marijuana. I believe it’s a step to the next level of drug use except in the case of medical marijuana. I don’t believe we should give free education to illegal citizens.

TRICIA POWELL Thursday, October 18, 2018

DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1

MIKE The Calvert County TimesHART

1. I’m a retired a healthcare administrator, however, I have 10 years of experience working in county government where I did cost studies. I worked on multimillion dollar budgets, operational and capital and I worked in contracts and grants. I have lived in Calvert County for 21 years and during that time I worked in the community and I was elected three times to the Drum Point Property Owner’s Association board and in that capacity I was instrumental in bringing down the special tax district fees and also in stopping the building of breakwater barriers out in the Chesapeake. 2. Well, my experience, my county experience number one, I am very strong in budgets and I think that’s one of the main things that differentiates me from my opponent. And, also, I am very people oriented. I listen and I listen proactively to people. 3. Well, the comprehensive plan, number one, number two would be the housing issue that we currently have and three would be traffic. 4. Of course, everybody would love to get a tax reduction, but I think what I would need to do is look at all the facts before I made a decision like that. What would be reduced? Where the county is financially, I think that’s the biggest part. In fact, that’s what I would look at. 5. Well, we have a lot to do in our education area. I’m really concerned about the infrastructure for the schools and I think if the more funding we can get in that area, the better it is. And also, getting the teachers caught up to where they’re supposed to be on their Steps. Q: So, would that with what you just said help to improve student performance? A: Yes, because I’ve always thought, when mom was happy, everybody’s happy and we got to keep our teachers happy. And I think that just goes with anyone who’s on a job, if they have what they need to perform their duties, if they’re compensated fairly, they’re going to do a great job. Q. You talked about the infrastructure. You said that you need better infrastructure because it’s just a little bit more specific. A: I heard about a teacher who went into her classroom this fall and found mold in her classroom and I think that shouldn’t have happened and we need to really keep up on our infrastructure for schools. And I also understand that they pay more attention to the high schools than they do the elementary schools when it comes to maintenance or renovation. We need to look at the elementary schools as well. 6. Well, roads, traffic is, it is a real concern. It not only has people sitting in traffic, but we’re consuming fuel and we need to look at the traffic issues. We need to have a traffic study done. And, there’s not enough workforce housing, affordable workforce housing. And third is our education. 7. Well, first of all, I think there should be a better working relationship between the developers and the county. I think that the new board coming in needs to make sure that there is a good bridge of communication. Right now, there seems to be good communication. I would hate to lose that. Q: Could you conceive of a situation where there would be a conflict between economic development and preserving the rural character If that was the case that one of them would have to win out over the other? A: I could see that happening and that would be a real tough decision because I really want to keep the rural flavor in Calvert county, but if it came to a point where our livelihood was dependent on it, I would have to say the economic development part. 8. Well, first of all, they shouldn’t be expanded. I’m against the town centers being expanded and I believe that we have not put enough money into the town centers. We haven’t invested in our town centers. We need to do that; we need to work with what. Dunkirk first of all does not want to be a major town center. And I went along with the people who do not want water and sewer. 9. Well, education, it should be used in education. And I would like to see the money going to the people. What I’ve seen is money going to the county. I understand that they had to fund OPEB. I questioned the amount of money that they put in that kitty. And I think that with Dominion coming on hey really should have taken care of the teachers once and for all. And, a recreational facility, something for the people. 10. I think we need Pre-K. That’s a given. You need to get them on a good start, (a free higher education for all) would be wonderful, but I don’t think our infrastructure could handle it. I don’t think funding-wise we could handle it. Single payer state run healthcare system I would like to see that happen. Increasing the minimum wage to $15. I would like to see that happen. And legalizing the taxing marijuana. Yes. And I’m releasing 30 percent of Maryland’s prison population back to the streets. No. My reasoning for saying no is I’ve, I’ve run psychiatric hospitals and many times it’s very high percentage in your prisons that need mental health help. And, so just by releasing them out, you’re going to be robbing Peter to pay Paul.

REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1

1. I’ve been a resident here 44 years. I have a wife, two kids and three dogs. Small business owner. Been county commissioner last four years; my background has been really kind of a retail background, business background 2. Experience, the four years there, you can’t buy that kind of education. It’s really only something you can learn by doing it. I can’t describe it. Everything I thought I knew, I didn’t know. It’s a true learn-on-the-job. I have a stronger business background. I’ve lived in that community for 44 years. I know those people like the back of my hand. I’ve lived in Drum Point, Ranch Club, White Sands, Cove Point. I know the people very well. With my store it just gives me access to the entire community. I think it would be hard for anybody to have that feel that I have for them and I’m just growing up there when there was nothing, I mean and to see what it would it evolved into. I mean just gives me a total picture of the area down there and globally, like say on a, on the commissioner side, the experience for the four years going to New York for the bond rating. 3. I’m setting up really for the next generation. The Dominion money peaks in 2023, drops by about $9,000,000. We got a lot of aging infrastructure, so it’s real to pick which projects are the top priority. You don’t want to put anything on the next generation. I want to make sure my animal shelter is run properly and the park that we’re opening down there, we’ve never owned a park in District One. 4. Absolutely! I think we are right where we need to be. We only need enough money to operate and to do the projects we needed to do. We don’t need a stockpile. You need a rainy-day fund. We’ve seen that it rained; we’ve seen everybody get hit, whether it was here, St Mary’s, Charles, nobody’s bulletproof from a recession. If you’re starving your people, they’re not dumping money back in the local economy. 5. That’s always been an argument. You know, you’ll hear people say there are studies that the more money you throw at it doesn’t necessarily mean results. The biggest thing we’ve had to tackle was the county and all the counties have when they took away teacher pensions, you know, states that we’re not going to pay for it. We had to pay for it. Well, that’s almost $6,000,000. I understand why the state did what it did, but if there is going to be more revenue streams, two years ago we wrote the largest check in the history of Calvert County school systems. This year we beat it by $5.7 million. It’s not like that money when you spend it, you don’t have to spend it again because that technology is so out of date. 6. All the above. Calvert hasn’t done anything in over 40 years. I mean, all the infrastructure is you seem. We’re trying to do two firehouses at the same time. We’ve got water main breaks; half of Calvert’s under water when it rains, the other half’s up on a hill, which means you get erosion. If you have to pick, you have to get public safety. We’re not equipped right now. We have an aging population which requires a lot more emergency services. We have an opioid epidemic like everybody else. These guys are running a lot of calls to that. Obviously, transportation is always a hot button issue, but I tell people and they don’t like to hear it and it’s the God’s honest truth. The state owns Route 4, the state owns 231, the state owns Route 2. We’re very limited on what we’re allowed to do. 7. The hottest button issue of the election? The town center concept is what everybody wants had been saying for years. I don’t really think you’re going to be forced to choose. I don’t see big business coming here. We’ve even purchased more property this year. We just bought 100 acres somewhere. We’re already preserving a lot of property, but there’s a lot of fear mongering going on. They look at this thing and they go, oh my God, like they’re going to combine Solomon’s and Lusby. Well not while I’m county commissioner, 8. And you just said the magic word. That’s why you’re not going to see water and sewer because we can’t pay for it. They love to bring up the Dunkirk question. Is Dunkirk going to get it? We’re not paying for it. We don’t have it when we just don’t have it. I voted no (at the Chamber forum) because we’re not going to pay for it. Now I’m telling you, the state of Maryland’s going to mandate it now. Is it in our lifetime or our grandkids? 9. You know, you got everybody wants a piece of it. So, you’re going to have to make somebody mad. You have certain things you have to pay. You would have to put money in that OPEB account. I knew other counties aren’t doing it. That’s up to them. That is mandatory. You better pay off a lot of these projects. You need more firehouses, need more schools. Every day you wait, cost of goods goes up and cost of labor goes up. So, in my mind is you attack infrastructure with this money right now, knowing that it’s going to drop something and knowing that right now as we see it, there is not another Dominion on the horizon. 10. I can’t say I can support any of it in the exact way that it said. I d believe though that community colleges are the way to go. They’re pretty affordable right now at $5,000, you know, I don’t know if I’m one for free. I think there’s some merit out of it if somebody’s working and paying their way through school. On releasing part of the prison population, that’s too broad a stroke to answer. Obviously there’s a reason they’re incarcerated. The minimum wage to $15, that’s a serious problem because of the states around us. You seen McDonald’s going to kiosks; it’s going to diminish jobs. 11

SUSIE HANCE-WELLS 24

DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 1.

THOMAS The Calvert County Times

I was born and raised here on a family farm in Calvert County. After graduating from University of Delaware with a degree in agriculture. I came back to the farm and became the eighth generation to take over our family farm, which is a grain and livestock farm now. When I came back from school and started farming, I got involved in the community as well as different county boards and committees. I served on the planning commission. I was on the first agricultural land preservation board here in the county. I’m currently on the board of appeals and I served as chairman for several years of that. As far as the community goes, I was president of the Calvert County Farm Bureau. I’ve led the Red Cross swimming program when it first started in our county, Sunday school teacher. I was a 4-H livestock club leader for years and worked at the fair especially when they moved to their new location, organizing the barns and the shows and everything for the fair board. I was the first woman and the only woman to be elected to the Colonial Farm Credit bank board. I served on the budget committee; they are over $2 billion company. I learned a lot in budgeting and fiscal planning.

2. I’m not a career politician, I’m a citizen and I care deeply for the county as well as Tim does. But I have not had a career in politics. I always felt that I was more effective lobbying in front of our legislators and our Board of County Commissioners. About two and a half years ago, I started noticing a change in our county that I felt that the only way to be effective now was to be one that made the decisions. And that’s why I decided to run for county commissioner 3. The very first thing that I would do is create a change of attitude between the citizens and the county commissioners. It has gotten very difficult over the past several years and just changing an attitude of how you relate to the citizens and how you consider their opinions will make a huge difference in that I do believe that we need to bring our meetings and informal meetings such as town hall meetings into different segments of Calvert County, so we listen to all the citizens equally. The second most important thing is to complete the comprehensive plan. The third one is to develop the master plans. They do have master plans in the town centers, but a lot of them need updating. We need to update them. 4. I think in this case it would be better for us to follow the federal government. If the federal goverment has granted that reduction across the board. I would want to be more consistent with that. 5. When it was approved for National Harbor, everyone thought at the time that it was earmarked for education and it got diverted. It should be diverted back, no question about that. That way the state will have more funds available to improve school safety and possibly offset some of the increases in expenses for the county. The county has been very good. I think funding the education requests, it was I think 47 percent of the budget last year. Our school enrollment is declining, but that’s, I think just a trend and it may go back up. I think that money going into a budget does not equate quality and I think that we need to work with Board of Ed and making sure that funding goes in to educating across the board. 6. I think the top concern of the public right now is the traffic situation, the transportation issue, and that’s going to be one of the most difficult ones to solve, for a couple of reasons. One is that it’s a state highway issue in most cases, so you’ve got to work with the state highway on that, which I think can be done. When I was on the planning commission in the late 80’s early 90’s, there were access roads that were planned paralleling Route 4 that would take the local traffic off of Route 4. They’ve not really been completed. Education as in the safety of our children. You can put locks on doors, you can put armed guards in schools, you can do all of that, but until we address what is causing this problem, it won’t be safe. We need to put more resources into the development of the child. 7. There are many aspects that create a community. There’s residential and commercial, agricultural, natural resource, preservation, recreation and tourism. All of those things need to be kept in a balance. They’re all interdependent and when one gets out of balance, it creates a problem to create a thriving and productive community is about balance. They talk about the preservation of 40,000 total acres of land, not just agricultural land, but also open space and natural resource preservation as well. We want to be very careful and this is one thing in the comprehensive plan they have taken out any growth control measures that allows us to keep up in infrastructure requirements and in the adequate public facilities for these developments. I think that we need that growth control in order to keep pace without bankrupting our budget. 8. I was on the planning commission when the whole concept of town center came about and I think it’s a very good concept. I think talking about balance, you need to have a definitive line between your land uses because they’re not all compatible. You’re heavier industrial needs to be in the industrial parks, your residential, your higher density residential needs to be in the town centers and so do your concentrated businesses. And then you need to have room for single-family dwellings with a little bit of acreage. And then you need to have your farm land and your open space and park land preservation. I’m not in favor at this point of a developer funded water and sewer outside of town centers. I think that that tends to create an urban sprawl. Q: Tim Hutchins’ idea about an industrial park or jobs center and technology park in Dunkirk , which would require her water and sewer. What do you think about that? A: With so many other areas available that isn’t as far out, I think it’s unrealistic to think technology centers would locate here. 9. It shouldn’t be used to balance the budget. I’m adamant about that. This is bonus money as far as I’m concerned. It’s just kind of the icing on the cake. I think we need to use that for priority projects that we need to do. A good example would be some of the infrastructure we have to do with the access roads. 10. I do believe there needs to be a grant system for higher education for American citizens. If the immigrants choose to become citizens, they’re more than welcome to participate in that additional monies. On increasing the minimum wage, that’s a tough one because it makes it very difficult on small businesses to do this. I would have to say that I’m not in favor of it being across the board. I do not agree with legalizing recreational marijuana. On full day. universal Pre-k, yes. I think I would be in favor of that. It would reach the children of parents that can’t afford daycare that has an educational system within it. On releasing 30 percent of Maryland’s prison population back to the streets – I think that’s ridiculous. 12

“TIM” HUTCHINS

Thursday, October 18, 2018

REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 1.

I grew up here in Calvert County, grew up on a farm and certainly paid my dues as a farmer. I left to become a soldier and in 1965 went to Vietnam, came back home. Either the place changed or I had changed, probably more the latter. So, I moved on to different things and became first a correctional officer, then went on to become a trooper. Eventually when I retired from there the first time around, I ran for office in Charles County, was elected three times and served in the house of delegates until Governor Ehrlich selected me to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs, served there and then became Superintendent of State Police. This is the last stop.

2. I think we both represent old Calvert County. Susie’s Dad, my dad were close friends and so it’s a very close association there, about caring about Calvert County. The difference is that I believe she’s got vast experience in farming and certainly exposure to government and certainly education as well. And, and I have that educational background also, but the background that I bring from very experiences around the world as a soldier, a trooper, a cabinet secretary, I’m a director of homeland security, a defense contractor, that’s a vast amount of knowledge to bring to bear on the actuality of what you’re confronted with on a day-to-day basis. 3. First and foremost, public safety. And that encompasses a lot. Not only law enforcement, but it encompasses school safety, transportation issues, highway safety, those kinds of things. The second thing is we need to roll back the property tax. It was increased in 2016. I think we can do that in two increments in 2020 and 2021. The third thing that jumps right out, and it’s part of public safety, is the opioid crisis. We have got to do something and a concerted effort as a tri-county consolidated effort because you look at the death rates and although Charles County went down and we went up. St. Mary’s county still has a pretty large chunk. 4. It’s a very complex issue. First of all, the Board of Public Works in March 2018 wrote up their revenue estimates for $100 million based on that change in federal tax. How that shakes out at the the local level, I don’t know, but I tell you one thing that we can do on income taxes. We have a pretty wealthy county, but we can focus it on, in my opinion, the one percent of the people that are serving in the military and have served since the terrorist attack and that is to try to give a $5,000 income tax break to retired military personnel. 5. First and foremost, the Board of Education is the elected body that has the responsibility for setting the policy with the superintendent for how the money is spent. The commissioners in this particular case have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that the money is spent correctly. I think if you look at metrics and I dealt with metrics a lot, you look at those inputs, outputs and outcomes and that kind of thing could impact you. 6. Transportation, transportation, transportation. Having that exposure being superintendent of state police, where I had to deal with 23 jurisdictions and Baltimore City to a lesser degree, we’re a decade behind where we should be. That’s where the commissioners, the delegation working in concert with the administration can get these projects moving. Route 231 is the most dangerous highway in Southern Maryland. 7. I think we can maintain the balance between the two. First, of all on the economic part, I’m just putting up my tagline, on my signs: “The Economy Matters” and it does because we have got to have other economic development to sustain the population. Exelon will shut down operations in the mid 2030’s. We need to prepare for that LNG plant, a volatile commodity on international market subject to a world crisis. We have an aging population in Calvert County. So, we’ve got a target that 18 to 44 demographic and then increase the focus on the prime years of 45 to 65. Thus my issue of trying to attract military retirees in here because they don’t strain the schools, Most of their kids are out of school into a second career, mostly government associated in some way. So, they’re continuing to bring revenue in and that revenue turns over and over. 8. There are really four town centers along the axis of Routes 2/4. They have always been there. Dunkirk offers one of the best positions of the town centers for economic development. I think we need to look at expanding the economic zone in Dunkirk. That’s not a very favorable topic up there, but it’s a reality of going back to the economic piece. Q: So, when you favor expanding water and sewer to Dunkirk, your vision is not dense residential development? A: No, my vision is being able to create an economic zone up there that we can continue to expand upon. And I think technology is where the focus ought to be. We could probably get a logistics center of some sort. 9. We’ve got to look down the road. We’ve got to look at 2030 and 2040 as to which one of those energy giants are not going to be providing that kind of input in revenues. I think the money needs to be used judiciously, but we need to get some projects done. We need to know what the long-term plan is going to be for schools. We need to get the county government consolidated. We need to build a sheriff’s office that suits their needs. 10. I think (free higher education for all) is a very noble endeavor and a very noble cause. You can’t just give it away, you want to make it affordable, but you can’t just promise everybody a bachelor’s degree. Single payer state run healthcare system is too complex for me. As to the $15 minimum wage, it is nice to consider, but you have to consider what’s the impact on small business? As to legalizing marijuana, -- Absolutely no. I served on the Judiciary Committee. Marijuana is a gateway drug to future drug use. I was there when the tobacco issue came up. Tobacco definitely was a health issue. Marijuana likewise is a health issue. Hold the universal Pre-K, I think that should be an option that we need to explore. And the reason why is you’ve got working moms that don’t have the option. It’s either work or stay home and try to get by because they’re single moms. On releasing prisoners; no, because while prison does no good, the fact of the matter is you can’t just arbitrarily release people, drug dealers, felons, that are tough population to deal with. You’re not going to change a drug dealer’s attitude.

HOLLY BUDD Thursday, October 18, 2018

DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 1.

KELLY The Calvert County Times

I grew up on the Chesapeake Bay. Went off to school in New Jersey, got my Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies. Came back, married my husband who I met in New Jersey and we live on our farm in Sunderland in District 3. I have three kids and I went back to school and got my Master’s in Business Administration from Trinity in DC and took over the family printing business started by my great grandfather. I’m really proud of it because, I guess a lot of people seem to think it’s like I’m making copies in the basement. But I employ 49 people. I pay them a living wage. Last year I increased our sales to almost $10 million. We’re in Capital Heights.

2. My values and knowledge differentiate myself and my opponent a lot. I combined sound business practices with environmental stewardship. I value Calvert’s rural character and I want to make sure that as Calvert grows, we are doing studies and making sure we take traffic, water and sewer in schools into account 3. I think diversity is really important to government, that we need to be able to hear from all segments of society, men, women, old, young, black, white. Of course, just being on the board would solve one of those problems right there. We need to be able to listen to our constituents politely and acknowledge that they’re there. We have meetings now on Tuesday mornings, which makes it hard for some people to attend and to listen. And you know, the answer is, well listen online. That doesn’t always work because I don’t have the greatest Wi-Fi. I can’t listen online. So, I think it would be great to at least be able to move some of the meetings to the evening. The third one is once again the master plan and we need to make sure that we, we have enough knowledge and information and studies beforehand before we just go blindly building all over the place. 4. I am not in a position to promise anything about what will be happening to taxes in the future. If the federal government is reducing taxes, we will be receiving less services from the government, and it’s going to fall on the state and the counties to make up that difference. So, to say that that I’m going to give all the tax money back as I can’t break that promise. 5. We had a terrible time in 2008 when all the money went away and the state stopped funding schools in Calvert County and around the state. And that left the commissioners in everyone in the county in a real bind to keep the quality of our schools up, so I’m definitely in favor of the gambling. We were told that the gambling money was supposed to go to schools and I’m sure a lot of people who may have wavered on gambling said yes because the money was going to schools. Schools are on list of the most important issues in the county. Also, I think it’s really important for safety in the schools and it’s more than just fortifying our schools or arming people in schools. We need to make sure that we prevent disasters before they happen by counseling training, giving people the opportunity to see something, say something. 6. That’s a tricky one. I think our schools have to be the most important because that’s why we’re here, the future for our kids and if we don’t provide them with good schools, nobody’s going to live here anyway, so that would be the most important. Well, the infrastructure of our roads I think is really, really important. It’s going to get our kids to school faster, safer. It’s going to get the parents the ability to spend more time with their kids if they’re not stuck in traffic. We talk about Route 4 being the only way in and out of Calvert County, but, but I live off of Route 2, and you know, anytime something bad happens the traffic’s on Route 2. And 231 is ridiculous that the other way in and out of the county has, only two lanes and left turns are incredibly dangerous. 7. I believe that economic development should be done in such a way that we preserve our rural character. For example, farms are bringing the youth back to the county. Forms can produce an incredible amount of income. Our rural character is what’s making tourism a wonderful thing here in the county and that’s money here and so there shouldn’t be a conflict between the two. I believe in long term thinking. My company has been here since 1921 and making a short-term decision to destroy a beautiful piece of land versus the land once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. I would lean towards preserving the rural character. 8. People who use the water and sewer are the ones paying for it. I know people don’t like the fact that they have to pay more and more every year. It cost more every year and that’s why prices go up. I know that Dunkirk really does not want water and sewer primarily. They don’t want it, I believe because they’re worried that just like roads, more roads you build, the more people are going to drive on it. And, if you put in water and sewer, they’re afraid that they’re going to have more growth. Dunkirk does not want to be a major town center, they don’t want more growth. So, I would like to honor what the citizens of Dunkirk want. From an environmental standpoint as a member of the environmental commission, the county has great water and sewer systems. They’re keeping the water clean. I can’t say the same about all the little houses on the Patuxent or Chesapeake Bay with failing septic systems. So, from an environmental standpoint, water and sewer would probably be a good thing. 9. We should probably try to save some of that for a rainy day. We talk about town centers and vibrant town centers and building up the town centers. I don’t see any investment by the county into town centers so far. I think that there may need to be more of than just attracting businesses to build more nail salons and liquor stores or big box stores to make a community where a variety of people would like to live. I think we can provide incentives for both businesses and to create a variety of homes where people of diversity, of income, can live and interact in a really great place. 10. I think free education for all is an awesome thing. That’s the way you get people out of poverty. So, I’m all for that. I think it’s interesting that governor Hogan is now saying the same thing in some of the quotes I see. As to single payer state run healthcare system, I think that’s wonderful. I have good insurance. I provide good insurance to all my employees. The cost of providing this insurance goes up every year and I believe that single payer insurance is going to reduce costs in the long run for everyone On the minimum wage, something like that has to be done gradually. I know it’s hard. I pay the Prince George’s county living wage, which is now 16 something or more. Universal Pre-K, I think that would be a wonderful benefit to so many people in this county, in the state. Q: But he also talks about releasing 30 percent of the prison population. A: Well, if they’re just in there because of illegal marijuana use, I’d say cut them loose. Conversely, maybe somebody deserves to be locked up and they should stay there too.

MCCONKEY

REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3 1.

I am 50 years old, lived in Calvert County 20 years. Been married 27 years. I have four sons, aged 26, 22, 19 and 14. They’re all still living at home. I have served on the United Way Board. I’m the past president of the Optimist Club. I’m a little league baseball coach and basketball coach. So, from the time I got here I’ve been involved in the community, the best that I can. I’m also in my sixth year on the Board of Education.

2. We have some different views, but just being a small business owner and my experience on the Board of Education, which is huge because you’re getting control of over 50 percent of the tax money, the taxpayer’s money. That it just a huge insight of what the needs are of Calvert county because almost everybody either has a child or grandchild or a family member that works in a school system. I think anybody that runs for county commissioner should be on the school board first. 3. My number one top priority is public safety in general, but also school safety. Being on the Board of Education, I was able to go to the commissioners after this shooting happened in St Mary’s and requested that they give us $2 million and if they did to get our board to match it. And that went through very quickly. So, we’ve been able to do all these security measures in a school from cameras to film on the doors and windows that’s unbreakable to get through. We redid the vestibules in the elementary schools so that you can’t just walk in and go right into classrooms and since all this happened there’s been bills passed that’s going to require a door and a lock on every classroom, which we don’t have and has been a huge problem. And there’s also been a bill passed to require armed safety police officers in the schools, but there is a word in there I’m not familiar with basically saying adequate coverage. I don’t know if that means they’re going to try to bounce an officer in between schools. I’m working with the sheriff’s office, on the drug problem that’s going on in the county. And making sure our roads are safe. We have, uh, many of our roads are failing and I know this because I work with public works directly and with all the flooding. A lot of these roads in these communities are actually collapsing and so they are going to need somewhere around $3 million to address some of these that need to be done right now. 4. I would not have raised the taxes if I was elected the last time. I’m not going to raise the taxes now. I do want to get rid of his personal property taxes on small businesses. I think that’s tough on everybody. So, until I get in there and look at the numbers and what the cost of that would be, is it millions of dollars? Is it hundreds of thousands of dollars? 5. I’m a huge fan of the gambling money going to our schools. It should’ve been done years ago. I know they kept robbing the fund. There are so many things that need to be done for one. One thing that we did with the Board of Education, we did a funding formula with the teachers, so that has given them all their back steps and raises so that we can get everyone caught up so we don’t have problem anymore because we’re losing valuable teachers. There’s a huge teacher shortage; that’s going to be the key and I’m all for keeping the money in the classrooms. 6. Well, of course everyone would say the bridge in Solomons, which I don’t know where they’re at with that. A lot of that’s to do is with the state officials. I’m going to work with state highway anyway I can to address these issues. We have many intersections where people were being killed. I worked with them on in front of the Sunderland Elementary School. They’ve already reduced the speed limit there. 7. There is a draft of the 2040 plan right now that I’ve read 90 percent of. A lot of people are putting a different spin on it. I’m all for keeping the development in the town centers, which it was designed to do many years ago. That’s where they want to concentrate any type of residential building. There’s an issue where they wanted to do a lot of development on Yellow Bank Road and that whole community’s very upset about that. So, we’re looking into that now. 8. The city water and sewer is a big thing, you know, mostly in Dunkirk is where it’s discussed the most. I put up No (at the Chamber forum). But there’s the other side to that question. I don’t think that the county will approve city water, sewer. I think that at some point the state is going to step in and say you’re going to be required to have it because there are several shopping centers that are having issues. 9. I’m not sure. Depends on what the needs are. I know that, I think it’s in 2023, we lose almost $9 million from Dominion. Until I get in there, it’d be hard to say exactly what I would use it for. Q: Well, the current board said it should be used for OPEB and it should be used for capital projects as opposed to recurring expenses. Does that sound it sound right to you? A: The OPEB account isn’t fully funded yet. That’s always a good thing to make sure of. Retirement benefits are there for the retirees. That’s not a bad thing by any means. 10. Free higher education -- no. Single payer, state run healthcare system -- no. Increasing the minimum wage to $15. I don’t have a problem with that. I think that’s happened anyway. As long as it’s an even playing field for everybody. Legalizing and taxing marijuana -- I’m not a fan of legalizing marijuana. But if it is, I would tax it as much as I could. Which 30 percent are you are releasing? The murders or those who are nonviolent. If I had to guess, I would say I’m not for that at all. They’re there for a reason.

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QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself. QUESTION 2 How would you differentiate yourself from your opponent? QUESTION 3 If elected, what will be your top three priorities over the next year as Sheriff? QUESTION 4 What are your plans for improving school safety? QUESTION 5 Do you support the county’s plan to move the sheriff’s office to the County Services Plaza? If that happens, does the sheriff’s office have any additional space needs? QUESTION 6 What improvements or expansions, if any, are needed for the adult detention center? QUESTION 7 How would you assess the current morale within the sheriff’s office?

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QUESTION 8 What additional technology improvements are needed within the sheriff’s office, if the funding was provided? QUESTION 9 How should the use of manpower be prioritized? Are there changes that should be made in the current use of manpower that would better reflect current conditions in our community such as school safety, opioids proliferation, and a growing level of gun violence? QUESTION 10 Governor Candidate Ben Jealous has proposed major changes to law enforcement in Maryland. Included in these changes are the implementation of “Smart on Crime” policies, and the release of approximately 30% of the state’s inmate population. Do you support or oppose these initiatives and why?

CALVERT COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS QUESTIONS QUESTION 6 How important is the Register of Wills responsibility for QUESTION 2 How educating the public would you differentiate on the need for wills? yourself from your QUESTION 7 Are opponent? there any needs for QUESTION 3 Why additional staffing or are you running for the additional equipment office (or seeking rein the Register of Wills election)? office? QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself.

QUESTION 4 If elected, what are the three top priorities for the office for next year. QUESTION 5 Could you enumerate what you consider to be the duties of Register of Wills? 14

QUESTION 8 Is the current office space in the courthouse sufficient to do the job? QUESTION 9 What are the biggest challenges to running the office?

MICHAEL HAWKINS Thursday, October 18, 2018

DEMOCRAT CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF

MIKE The Calvert County TimesEVANS

1. I’m a county resident. I graduated from Northern High School in 1982. I spent most of my life down here. Our family moved back in 1976. I spent almost every year in this county since I came here except for four years of college in Nashville, Tennessee. I came back and was selectec immediately by six police departments, but I chose the Maryland State Police. The sent me back home to the Prince Frederick barrack where I got my first three years of grooming. From there was promoted several times. Got Married. Became first sergeant. I had stops in Forestville, at Annapolis and in Baltimore County. I then went to Pikesville where I spend my time doing staff inspections and even a student at HRD. I was the personnel commander for hiring and retention. As a lieutenant I went down to the barrack in Charles County where I spent my time as the commander. They in turn send me back up to Pikesville where I spent some more time in Pikesville, where I commanded 18 state facilities. I then came back to Pikesville specifically to help recruit minorities and increase the manpower with the state police, which I did successfully. I’m a father, a grandfather and married to me wife, Alice. 2. I’ll admit I’m a trained leader. The state police sent me to Johns Hopkins University to get my Master’s in business and management. I went there as a law enforcement and EMS program only where law enforcement leaders go. I spent 23 out of my 28 years at state police as a manager, a supervisor. 3. Well, first year as sheriff, I wouldn’t want to make any drastic changes. First of all, I had to do some investigation on understanding that there are 11 deputies at Dominion Energy, but only eight in schools. And I’d like to change that, it should be totally opposite. The main needs are to train our own people to have their own security. It’s like Calvert Cliffs does. I’m also going to partner up with several organizations to get a grasp on opioid issues. Opioid issues have gotten out of hand. It’s only increased in the past few years, but it’s not just the sheriff department problem. There’s a mental health problem. It’s a corrections problem. It is a medical problem when people are over prescribing these opioid drugs. . And third of all, I would do my best to improve the quality of life in this county. Even though the sheriff touts that that crime is down in this county. It’s not. Quality of life crimes are up: car break ins, home break ins, minor thefts, minor assaults are all going up in this county. Those 11 deputies that we have down in Dominion can be put back in that community and help out with us getting hope on these quality of life crimes. 4. I’m trying to get a deputy in every school. I’s a budget-driven issue. But the school resource officers that you have who are civilian, most of them are former state troopers. So, I have no animosity against them whatsoever. What the problem is, we need to have uniform deputies for our kids and families and faculty to feel safe. 5. From what I understand, I don’t want to see them move from where they are . You’re already in that building that’s 100 years old. It needs several upgrades. From what I understand from talking to the deputies, the doors don’t property shut, the cells don’t work properly. 6. Well I’ll be honest with you, I have not visited much about the detention center yet, even though I know it’s been down there, but don’t want to see it have to expand. We will have to learn to stop putting people in jail for some crimes. 7. Depends on who you talk to. I’ve talked to several deputies, have talked to them off the record, of course, and when they’re free to talk, the morale is terrible. According to them, the sheriff makes promises to a certain group of deputies. His special response deputies, especially his so-called SWAT team. They’ve all been getting promoted. He seems to tend toward those few special deputies he has in special operations and not the rankin-file deputies. 8. Well, the mobile data computers have to work and I mean they have to be able to work, have to be down on Solomons and able to contact Prince Frederick. Also, now they have tag readers in this county and need more of those because those are essential to solve major crimes. Q: Do you support body cameras? A: Absolutely. I was fortunate enough as a state trooper to have one of the first in car cameras when I worked up at Forestville. It’s saves complaints. I’ve heard so many horror stories about our strip search at roadside. This happened, I was beat and it didn’t happen that way. When the camera comes on, you can prove it didn’t happen that way. 9. It’s my issue with having so many deputies assigned permanently to Dominion. Those deputies can be put back on our streets. The community has told me in all of the forums I’ve gone to in my community visits that they don’t even see deputies at the time. There are some people who swear that they’ve never seen a deputy in the community. Q: Will you go to the commissioners with a request for more deputies? A: Absolutely. I will ask for more. That way I can staff the road and staff my schools also and make the community itself see a bigger presence of the deputies. 10. I don’t support it for one. I have a little problem with governments who come in who have no law enforcement experience, who have no correctional experience coming in to mandate certain changes.

REPUBLICAN CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF

1. I’m 62 years old and I always start off by saying I served my country as a soldier. My state as a Maryland state trooper and for the past 16 years I’ve been the sheriff for Calvert County. I grew up in this county, had great role models with my father being a state trooper. My mom being the clerk of the circuit court. I got into law enforcement because I wanted to be like my dad and it has been an experience and people always ask me if you had to go back to the state police or sheriffs, I couldn’t decide. But, I have raised two boys. I have a wife of 40 years and Calvert is my home and I want to make it as safe as I can possibly make it with all the assistant from all the deputies and troopers. 2. Almost 100 percent of my experience has been working in Calvert County dealing with Calvert County people and [Hawkins] as got a couple of years here as a trooper. So that would be the big difference. I have had a lot more contacts and personal experience with people in Calvert County and I think those personal experiences go a long way. 3. The first one would be to try to save lives on this heroin epidemic we have. The second is trying to get pay increases for our deputies and correctional deputies because they’re under the pay scale from comparable counties and the state; we’ve fallen behind seriously. And third would probably be to have zero deaths on our highways. 4. Well, we added three deputies this year, so we have eight deputies in our schools now. There’s still some talk about a plan to put a contract deputy after school just for safety. We want to add more full-time school resource officers who cost about $150,000 a piece initially. So, it’ll be at the top of the school board and the county commissioners list what we can afford. And we’re obligated by law to do certain things in our schools with, police officers. Q: So, do you support the support contract deputy? A: Yes. If you’re there solely to prevent an active shooter, a contract deputy armed personnel could stop that if we want the role models and the metro shift, which I think is better and we can afford that. We should do that and both would be fine. One or the other or both. A combination even. 5. When I first got to the Calvert House, we were almost full then and I’ve doubled the size of the sheriff’s office. Of course, my plan all along was to put a public safety complex in like the state police would have in Frederick County. I pushed that for years, starting about 2005. It did never come to fruition. Obviously, we need a better place to go. Not having seen the plans yet, but I can’t say that I wouldn’t object to some type of a new building. 6. I did put the detention center in three times. They tried to build a new detention center with funds from the state. They’ve gone to state and twice got state approval, got the money from the state and they fell through because the commissioners, not just naturally this board, but several boards previously changed their mind on funding it. It is an old building. It’s got antiquated systems, but we are making it work. We have maintenance people down there working constantly on it. The population has decreased a little bit over the last couple of years with a drug court and home arrests. 7. The current morale is as good as far as they’d like for working conditions. The deputies like the shift, they’re working every other weekend off. They are underpaid starting salary, so that’s always a figure to talk about. But, we did get the DROP program. They did get to back STPS last year and this year or extra back STEP. So, the working conditions are good, we have great supervisors. We have seen a reduction in the applications lately, but we are hiring good deputies. Q: Are you 100-percent staffed? A: I have one vacancy right now. Now I’ve got eight people in the academy and I’ve got one on injured reserve and one got hurt and he’s going to be transferred to the detention center. We do have a difficult time finding women and African Americans and I don’t know what else we can do. We’ve recruited at different colleges and I’ve asked the NAACP to help me find good African American men and women. 8. We were the first sheriff’s office in the state to go to body cameras. We have like 85 body cameras on all the patrol. All the patrol deputies have body cameras, so we’re ahead of the curve there. We use the speed camera money to pay for those. We’re exploring the use of drones so that I think there’ll be important as far as search and rescue marking traffic scenes very quickly and they could use be used tactically. 9. Well, I worked with a great command staff and we always are talking about allocation of resources. We got two narcotics deputies approved in the budget a year and a half, two years ago. We took a person out of the current investigation bureau and put them in our crime suppression unit, so we constantly are working in a network nine people down because they’re in the academy. So, when those folks get ready to graduate after that, then we’re going to decide, where do we need to add? And I think we get the best information together and make the best decisions as a team and then I make the final decision. 10. We strongly oppose the release of what we are sending to prison and I think the last governor has already done that to a certain percentage and we have all the programs in place now. We have a lot more work release, also home monitoring and house arrest. I don’t know what else we could do. Some people are not going to learn unless they go to jail. 15

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DEMOCRAT REGISTER OF WILLS

MARK The Calvert County Times LYNCH

1. Well, I’m a farm girl. I grew up on a farm, married a farmer and I still own a farm. I have my son helps me now that my husband has died and now we have black angus cattle so we just shipped 14 head of cattle yesterday. I went in the office one day a week in 1970 as a favor to type because they were typing everything then and if you could type, you could get a full-time job. We didn’t have the 20,000 people here and you could get a full-time job and I was carrying the mail out of Owings and I went in and my husband carried the mail so I could type a day a week and then the county started growing. I got interested in the work and I used to go upstairs in the law library and find out what was going on. And then I came on full time. 2. I have a program that helps the people of the state of Maryland. Not only Calvert county, but also the state. I’m very involved in, um, automation, electronic filings in everything that we have and in fact, I chaired that committee for state of Maryland, for the registers of wills, the program that I have in my office. This is all over the state and when we change it, it comes through my committee. 3. The Lord’s been good to me and I want to be good to others and I love what I do and I want to continue to serve them. 4. To continue the work that we’re doing to make the program easier and the, the service, the papers that people have to file and easier for them. That is so important. That is so paramount to everything else that I’ll be working a lot on that we enhance this program every so often. Um, to continue to give the service that we’ve been giving to, to no matter who you are, what political affiliation, we’re there to help you. 5. First of all, we can’t practice law. We can’t give legal advice. We have to know the law, but we can’t give legal advice. That’s fine line. Oh, and then, we don’t set policy, but we’re there to administer the estates and when people come in with a will or they have property that needs to be transferred, we can admit wills to probate. We have point personal representatives. We can issue letters of administration which allows them to step into the footsteps of the deceased and take care of their affairs. And then we do all of the auditing of accounts that come in, we’re responsible for that. The court may not even know we have an estate until such time as it’s finished because they have to sign off on the accounting after it’s audited. So that’s just a real small part. 6. We just help people in any way that we can. It’s just important to make people aware why they need a will. 7. Right at the present time we are fairly good. We could probably use another person, but I am kind of from the old school, I don’t spend the money unless we have to. We are serving the people with the staff that I have and I have to be able to justify why I would need someone else. On equipment, we have pretty much what we need right now. We have scanners and computers and things that we need. We’re pretty up to date. 8. Well we’re making do, let me put it that way. We could use more space but we’re making do with what he have. 9. Staffing is probably. You need a good staff and because of numbers, but also the quality. And I want people treated right. And they know that you don’t have the answer, you don’t brush them off, you try to find the answer. That is so important.

REPUBLICAN REGISTER OF WILLS

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1. I am currently a practicing lawyer. I’ve spent my entire 40-year career in estate planning. I’ve represented and counseled families as they prepare for the end stages of life. I’ve had those discussions with people where they know that mortality is around the corner and they’re not afraid of dying. They want to prepare for their loved ones. I’ve probably written thousands of wills, trust documents, met these people at an important part of their lives and devoted my entire career to it. 2. I think that qualifies me and my candidacy for register of wills because I have written the documents that will now be subject to probate and it’s been a lifelong love of mine while you’re running. And particularly. 3. The Office of Register of Wills is the only that has been held by the same person for 40 years. The specific reason I’m running is I believe what separates me from my opponent is I have a vision for the Office of Register of Wills. As a practicing attorney, I’m familiar with the electronic circuit court filing. The existing technology is there. There’s no reason why the Register of Wills cannot join the circuit court platform. And, specifically the message that I’ve been trying to get out is, although the paper system might be fine for us as we sit here today, it will not be acceptable to your children or to your grandchildren and that will expect the office to transition as all other industries have and all of the court systems and that’s what I want to implement. 4. Number one is electronic probate and it’ll require some legislative changes. Number two, an estimated 50 percent of all citizens across the United States don’t have valid estate plans or if they have one, it doesn’t do what they think it will do. I strongly advocate a public outreach program. I’ve called it where there’s a will, there’s a way. And, I want to inform the public specifically about the nuances of special disability children, people with autism, people that have been challenged in their lives. All lawyers in Maryland have to volunteer pro bono hours through the Court of Appeals and report it. I want them to discharge those hours by writing free wills with guidance from the Register of Wills at lower costs to people that frankly can’t afford it. 5. I certainly do have a vision for what that duty is. I think to serve the public trust, number one, you’re obligated to run that office as efficiently and, to discharge the public service component to people that needed it at a particularly sensitive time in their lives. But number two, and I think this separates me, is an obligation to the public to have a vision for where that office can be and to move it forward for the benefit of our children and grandchildren. 6. I think it’s absolutely critical, as I indicated before, there are special categories. There’s no such thing as a cookie cutter. If you leave an inheritance to a child with challenges, you’ve disinherited or disenfranchised them from federal and state benefits. Everybody’s situation is differently met. I’ve drawn thousands of them and I find a particular joy in meeting those people’s needs. 7. The state of Maryland has got a great deal of money on high speed scanners, so the existing mountains of paper documents can be scanned before they are electronically filed. There’s no need for new equipment. In terms of staffing needs, electronic probate and electronic filing has been proven to save jobs, not eliminate jobs. And, what you’re really doing is putting the onus back on private industry to do the data entry. So, it arrives at the Register of Wills Office in Electronic Probate, and you change the skillset of the deputy clerks to reviewing it in their expertise rather than data entry. Anyone with computer skills that can recognize a PDF. 8. I’ve been in the office many times. There is a critical shortage of office space to the Court House. There’s been a raging debate in the county about whether or consolidation of county offices make sense. I can only speak to the Register of Wills. 9. I think the biggest challenge to running the office is making sure that the staff is available to do the job they’ve been hired to do, and what I mean by that is, although you may be hired as a deputy accounting clerk or a deputy intake clerk, your real job is that when someone walks through the door, you have to remember they just lost somebody that they love that no matter what question they’re asking you, whether it’s a technical filing question, that always has to be paramount in your mind. These are people that are in need not only of your services but of a kind word or an understanding word. And I think that’s been the hallmark of the Register of Wills for Calvert County. I think that’s been its legacy, but I think I could enhance that legacy by improving service and giving people, frankly, the benefit of my 40 years of experience in litigation of probate cases and administration of the court.

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She exited a fast-food restaurant loaded with rations. One hand held a large bag of food; the other clutched a drink carrier bowing precariously under the weight of several 32oz beverages. As she shuffled across the parking lot, disaster seemed likely. But she made it to her car – mostly. Halfway through the journey, a straw was blown to the ground. She wisely abandoned the accessory, focusing instead on safely delivering the primary cargo to her car. Best case, it could be retrieved. Worst case, she’d return to the restaurant for a replacement. Neither was necessary. As she got to her car and turned to check on the straw, a man brought it to her. He saw the errant straw, stopped his vehicle, fetched it from the parking lot and walked it over to the grateful woman. It was a small thing. A simple act of kindness. In context, it was a powerful moment. There has been much of late, in the world of sports and otherwise, to challenge even the most stubborn optimist’s faith in humanity and belief that the world’s good outweighs its bad. Catholics, in the wake of the unconscionable and disgusting sexual abuse scandals, are left wondering how this church could preach its moral code – and burden the non-compliant with heavy consciences - while so many of its clergy preyed on children and its leaders protected the predators. Was Catholicism a ruse? Did all those financial contributions at mass do good or support the legal defense fund of pedophiles and a corrupt institution? The presidency, often a source of wisdom and calming perspective, has of late created consistent national inflammation. President Trump’s expressed opinions on immigrants, minorities, Muslims, women and a free press, in addition to a long list of personal indiscretions and curious international interactions, have deeply disturbed critics. But it is hard to imagine that his free-thinking political supporters, in their heart of hearts, aren’t troubled by the rhetoric and influence on the country, one founded on the ideas of freedom and equality and heavily influenced by Christian ideals. Sports and politics have recently intersected on the issues of sexual assault and domestic violence. Steelers fans cheer Ben Roethlisberger. Yankees fans cheer Aroldis Chapman. Some Americans are cheering the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Ohio State University has moved on with Urban Meyer as the face of the institution. Whatever your opinion on each issue, the collective message is unacceptable. Women deserve better. The Milwaukee Brewers’ won the first game of the ALCS last week. During the post-game interviews with Ryan Braun and Josh Hader, the elephants in the room were unmistakable. Braun parlayed PED use into a massive contract from the Brewers. He vehemently denied the allegations in 2012; a year later he issued a disingenuous “okay, you got me” apology. Hader, an ace reliever, once sent racist and homophobic tweets that were discovered earlier this year. He’s sorry too, of course (at least for getting caught). But the cheating, lying and hate fades to the background in the glow of sweet victory! Go Brewers! So what about all of that? A powerful theme throughout Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” is the coexistence of good and evil (and the eternal struggle it begets). Both are apparent, too, in our games, our government, our institutions – in all facets of life. It’s a sobering thought. But all isn’t hopeless – it can’t be. Our games – sports - make tremendous contributions to society and our government, despite its flaws, remains one of humanities best ideas. As for religion, individual faith in something greater than “this” is at the core of just about all of them; that’s powerful when “this” is so corrupt. We are, as a nation, a people…a species…a work in progress. To grow into something greater, we share a responsibility to keep this whole thing tilted in the right direction, at least in the aggregate if not in every instance. This demands that every person condemn evil and spread good wherever possible, even if it’s doing something as simple as stopping to retrieve a stranger’s lost straw. Send comments to RonaldGuyJr@gmail.com

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AVOIDING MORE COMMON RETIREMENT PLANNING MISTAKES In Our Community We have discussed the need to get professional assistance with your retirement plan. Why? For the same reason you would use a brain surgeon to take out a brain tumor. There is no way most of us can understand all of the investment options that are available or how those options might be put to good use in your retirement plan. Here is the good news—your investigation of professionals will not cost you money, only time. Creating a retirement plan can be done at any age and at no cost. What is required is your commitment to doing it and your time and energy. Problems have solutions. You may not like the solutions you come up with as you create your retirement plan, but at least you will have solutions to review. We note that 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day for the next 19 years. And, many of those have no retirement plans in place. The time to begin is now and that is true whether you are a baby boomer or in your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s or wherever. Planning is not rocket science—it begins with a willingness to take a hard and honest look at your own financial situation. Use all available resources to educate yourself. Today, the number and variety of free online investment education services is staggering. Every brokerage firm, insurance company and bank has a website full of learning tools, including retirement calculators, that will help you understand where you are and where you need to be. Or, if you prefer, your local library has hundreds of books available to you free of charge. Your goal is to spend the time to learn the basics of financial planning, including retirement planning. Once you have learned the language of investing, then seek out the professionals to help you. Get a second opinion. If you have already been working with an investment professional and are not happy with the results, call them. Meet with them. Discuss your concerns. If you are still not satisfied, seek a second opinion. Take your lists of investments to another professional. Keep doing that until you find an expert who relates to you. Do not become obsessed with the daily financial news. You are thinking and planning for long term success. You do not need to get sidetracked by the daily ups and downs of the market. It’s fine to watch the financial news but keep in mind this is entertainment, nothing more. Remember liquidity—your comfort zone. Plan for that cash cushion that feels right to you. Discuss this with your professional. Take some investment risk. Why? Because taking some risk will help you to ride out inflation. We haven’t had much of that recently but you can be assured it is coming. That means your portfolio cannot be restricted only to fixed income investments. You need something in that portfolio to help you keep up with inflation. Again, your investment professional will help you select what you need, but you need to know that some investment risk is required to achieve the rewards you want. Plan for your loved ones. Get a will or a living trust. Make sure you have a current power of attorney, both medical and financial, so if something happens to you, someone you love will be able to take care of you. Make it easy on your loved ones. Get all your documentation together in one place including insurance policies, car and boat titles, etc. Check all of your beneficiary designations to ensure they are up to date. There is nothing worse for your family than finding out after you die that your 401(k) plan proceeds have been paid to some relative you designated when you were single. Remember—“it’s not an if, it’s a when.” When you die, leave behind a plan for your loved ones, not a mess. Finally, retirement should be a joyous time for you and your loved ones. The most powerful predictor of satisfaction after retirement is the extent of a person’s social network, not health or wealth. Having a plan helps, if course, but maintaining your social networks, giving of yourself to others, these are the predictors of retirement happiness. This is your retirement. To get the most out of it, you need to make it work for you. Good luck with your retirement! Join us for “Preparing Your Estate Plan” hosted by Andrea Baddour and Robert Riffe of Edward Jones on Thursday October 25, 2018 from 6 to7:30pm at Mamma Lucia’s restaurant in Prince Frederick. Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to 301-855-2246. Striegel & Baddour is a law firm focused on Estate and Business Planning located in NorthBeach with appointment locations in Hollywood and Annapolis. Nothing in the following article represents legal advice. Readers are urged to consult their legal counsel. By Lyn Striegel

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Fifty-second Oyster Festival This Weekend

Ellyne Bryce Davis a last year’s National Oyster Cook-Off

It’s that time of year once again! The 52nd Annual U. S. Oyster Festival in St. Mary’s County will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 20th and 21st at the Fairgrounds on Route 5 just south of Leonardtown. For oyster lovers, fairgrounds transform to nirvana. Oysters served up raw, scalded, grilled, on bread, on the half shell, stewed, nude, cooked in savory sauces, in salads,

and just about every way imaginable and then some. They’re here for the eating and enjoying! The Festival is home to the US National Oyster Shucking Competition and the National Oyster CookOff. This year’s Shucking Competition includes 35 contenders, including the reigning champion, Honor Allen, who placed fifth in the International Competition in Galway, Ireland in September. Thirty-two of these shuckers come from the eastern seaboard, New Hampshire to Florida. Two come from the Gulf Coast and one comes all the way from Colorado. For the first time this year one of the shuckers will also be competing in the Cook-Off. The shucking competition always includes a number of familial relations: a husband and wife, a mother and son, a father and son, an uncle and nephew, and a set of sisters. But this year it also includes a father and son, with mom competing in the Cook-Off. This is another first! The Oyster Festival is truly a family affair for both the participants and the attendees! Along with all of the food vendors you have come to expect, two new ones have been added this year. A map and complete menu listing is available on the Oyster Festival’s website. You can also find a complete list of entertainment there. This year as always there are a number of different local bands playing all day both days. We are happy to welcome SOMAR Drummers as one of the new act this year.

The ever-popular Far-raised Oyster Tasting Tent will be back this year and will include a guest farm from Virginia. This is a great opportunity to try a variety of oysters and learn first-hand the difference the location makes in the taste. Some are saltier than others, some taste a little earthier. Come try them all and see which you prefer! The Craft Beer Tent is also coming back, and will be combined with the Oyster Tasting Tent so you can try oysters, craft beers, and a local wine all under the same “roof”. The Oyster Festival is hosted by the Rotary Club of Lexington Park, and is their biggest fund-raiser of the year. Proceeds raised by the Festival are given back to the community by the Rotary Club in the form of grants and scholarships throughout the year. Stop by the Information Booth right inside the front gate to learn more about Rotary and their good works. If you would like to get involved in the Festival or the Rotary Club, it is not too late! Just send an email to usoysterfestival@ gmail.com. The gates open at 10am on Saturday and 11am on Sunday, and close at 6pm both days. Admission is $10; children 12 and under are free. For more information, visit usoysterfest.com See you there! For additional information contact Karen Stone, Festival Administrator, at usoysterfestival@gmail.com or 301-863-5015.

Bluegrass for Hospice Celebrates 10 Years of Giving This year marks the 10th year for Bluegrass for Hospice. The event will be held on Saturday October 27, 2018 at the Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills. The farm, most noted as the “Christmas Farm” will be taken over by the sounds of Bluegrass music. The one-day fundraiser, with all proceeds going to the Hospice of St. Mary’s, Hospice House, will begin at Noon with the gates opening at 11 a.m. This family event will include raffles, silent auction, many giveaways, and live Bluegrass music by national and local talent. Since 2009, Jay and Michelle Armsworthy have been presenting Bluegrass for Hospice in memory of Jay’s grandfather who Hospice came to assist. In which has turned into a much expected annual event, not only giving back to Hospice, but preserving Bluegrass music in the Southern Maryland area. This year will feature the local sounds of the event host, Jay Armsworthy and his band, Eastern Tradition, along with David Norris & the Dixie Ramblers, Bubby Abell & Spoon Creek, The California Ramblers, Recycled Bluegrass, and 15 Strings. Headline Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 will be Danny Paisley & Southern Grass. They were the headlining band at the very first Bluegrass for Hospice 9 years ago. For the more modern appealing Bluegrass fans, the new group, The Highland Travelers will join the show. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass play powerful, unadorned, and intense traditional Bluegrass. Their instrumentation and vocals convey the energy and emotion of classic bluegrass and country music. Danny’s lead vocals will captivate your senses, so much so that many musicians, including Alison Krauss, have considered Danny as one of their favorite singers. His voice combines powerful range and

as well as adding creative, tasteful solos and lyrical lines on his guitar. Jason Davis is one of the most gifted banjo players of this era. He has a sense of timing and drive that is hard to find. He played most notably with Junior Sisk and Rambler’s Choice before helping form the Highland Travelers. soulful blues with a sound like no one else in blueKameron Keller plays bass with the group and sings grass today. They continue to be deeply rooted in harmony. He is without doubt one of the best young tradition, but look to the future with enthusiasm and bass players in this type of music and with understated anticipation. accuracy can lay the foundation for the band to soar Since Danny’s father Bob Paisley (founder of South- over. He is a rhythm machine and his playing compliern Grass) passed away in 2004, Danny and his band ments everyone around him. have made their own niche in the bluegrass world. The silent auction, this year, will include many Their album, The Room Over Mine, earned them unique handmade items. The popular McCormick significant chart action and the song, “Don’t Throw Spice Basket will again be raffled off. A small handMama’s Flowers Away” won the 2009 IBMA Award made “John Deere” wagon will be filled with Bluefor Song of the Year. grass items and raffled off along with a money raffle The Highland Travelers are a group of musicians of $500.00. Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 will feature and friends that share a common love of the tradi- something for everyone. tional sounds and styles associated with the first and second generation of the legendary bluegrass artists. There will be vendors, 50/50 raffles and food availWhile there is an immense respect for the pioneers able for sale by Lynn’s Catering. Please bring your and legends of this music, they strive to advance the lawn chairs and “BYOB” is welcome. The event will genre with original material and arranging ideas. be held inside a handicap accessible, ‘arena style’ barn Keith Garrett is the principal songwriter and guitar- with outdoor bathroom facilities. ist in the band and has performed with many groups, Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 will also be holding a most notably The Boxcars and Blue Moon Rising. He food drive to support the Helping Hands Food Pantry has become very well respected as one of the best of Southern Maryland. Although it’s not required to writers in the bluegrass world. Not only is he a strong enter, everyone is encouraged to bring non-perishable writer, he’s an excellent lead vocalist and guitarist as food items. well. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the gate. Adam Steffey plays mandolin, sings lead and har- Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult. mony vocals. He has been a part of the Bluegrass To purchase tickets using a credit card, go to www. music scene for over 30 years and has performed, brownpapertickets.com/event/3563410. traveled, and recorded with many artists in both the For more information on Bluegrass for Hosbluegrass and country music scene, including Alison pice-2018, go to the event website at www.bluegrassKrauss, Mountain Heart, The Dan Tyminski Band, forhospice.com or call 301-737-3004. Vendor applicaand The Boxcars. tions are now being accepted for the event. Call or go Gary Hultman is a gifted young resophonic guitar to the event website for complete details. player who started his professional music career as part of The Boxcars. He plays a big role in the harmonies that the band displays in their song arrangements,

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Hejl Apologizes for Error: Commissioner Hejl, I read your comment in the Thursday, September 27th issue of the Calvert County Times where you said “ Not one person came forward to tell us where to cut” in reference to the county budget. I take exception to that remark. In November of last year, when you were President of the Board, I wrote you and your colleagues about the wasteful spending present in the management of the county employee health benefit plan offering specific areas of action that would save significant expense to the county with little or no impact on the employ-

ees. Some of the recommendations had been identified in the 2016 review and were endorsed by the incumbent carrier, CareFirst, as well as County Finance. We had no discussion on the points I raised that could save millions over the future course of plan operations and the Commissioners took action on December 19th to lock in the program through July 2019. While I’m sure your comments to the Times were meant to be a generalization and off the cuff, they were untrue and frustrating to read.

Mr. Frank, I apologize for the error; you were the only one with a suggestion. Although some of the recommendations did have some merit our employee groups were very concerned with several aspects of the changes. With that in mind, the BOCC left the plan as it

was. I will publicly apologize during the commissioner’s report at the next meeting.

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In Remembrance Ann C. Lake

Francis Roland Windsor

Francis Roland Windsor, 77, of Lothian, MD passed away October 11, 2018 at Washington Hospital Center. He was born October 23, 1940 in Lothian to Roland Moses and Mary Elizabeth (Howard) Windsor. He was a 1958 graduate of Southern High School. Francis married Charlotte Ann Griffith on May 27, 1961 at Our Lady of Sorrows

Church. Francis and Charlotte built their home and raised their family on the family farm where Francis continued his work as a lifelong farmer. He was employed at Ford Lumber Company retiring in 2003 after 44 years of service. In his younger years Francis enjoyed playing baseball, softball and bowling. Later in life he enjoyed watching sports, especially those played by his grandchildren. He also enjoyed attending tractor pulls with his sons and grandchildren, gardening, crabbing, and family gatherings. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Charlotte Ann, his children Katherine (Buster) Campbell, Donald (Julie) Windsor, Kevin (Kelly) Windsor all of Lothian, MD. In addition he is survived by eight grandchildren Robbie (Allisin) Campbell, Matthew (Monica) Campbell, Kariann Campbell, Heather (Kenny) Swanson, Michael Windsor, Catherine Windsor, Kevin Windsor, Jr, and Christopher Windsor and seven great-grandchildren. He is also survived by brothers William H. Windsor of Lothian, MD and Richard T. Windsor of Silver Spring, MD. Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday October 18, 2018 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, 14908 Main Street, Upper Marlboro MD 20772. Interment will be at Resurrection Cemetery, 8000 Woodyard Road, Clinton MD 20735. Funeral arrangements were made by Rausch Funeral Home.

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Thomas Warren Horstkamp

Ann C. Lake, 87, of Solomons, MD passed away on October 11, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospice in Leonardtown, MD. Born on October 9, 1931 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Bowman and Mildred Cowdrick. Ann graduated from Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C. and attended Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church. While participating in a youth group at the church, she met her husband William B. Lake. They have been married for almost 68 years. Ann was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Nancy Cowdrick Settlemire. In addition to her husband, Ann is survived by her three daughters, Karen Livingston (Michael), Janice Biennas (Dennis), and Joan Decker (George). She was grandmother to Steven (Colleen), Kathryn (Sergio), and Ryan (Angela). Her greatgrandchildren are Grace, Sophia, Max, Cameron, Reese, and Logan. She is also survived by a niece and several nephews. Funeral arrangements were by Rausch Funeral Home.

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stepdaughter Tracy Bowen-Gray and husband Michael of Prince Frederick, stepsons Donnie Bowen and wife Colleen of Huntingtown and Arnie Bowen and wife Sandy of Prince Frederick, grandchildren Austin and Alexa Catterton, several step grandchildren and great-grandchildren, brothers Tommy, Ronnie, and Roger Stallings, all of Huntingtown, and companion Georgia Grooms. Funeral arrangements were made by Rausch Funeral Home.

Seth Wayne Beverage Thomas Warren Horstkamp, 23, of Huntingtown, Maryland passed away on October 10, 2018 in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Visitation will be Friday. Oct. 19, 10-11 a. at Rausch Funeral Home - Port Republic 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic MD 20676. Funeral service will follow at the funeral hone at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Christ Church Cemetery, 3100 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic MD 20676. Memorial contributions mat be made to Christ Church, 3100 Broomes Island Road Port Republic MD 20676, Phone : 410-586-0565.

Page Almas Stallings

Page Almas Stallings, 76, of Calvert County passed away October 10, 2018. He was born June 5, 1942 in Lusby to Warren and Louise (Cochran) Stallings. Page was raised in Calvert County and attended Calvert High School. He served in the United States Army and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Page married Dorothy Hall and they lived in Prince Frederick. He was employed as a builder and later owned and operated Stallings Associates with his brother Tommy. Page enjoyed history, NASCAR, going to races, shopping, and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. Page was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy Mae Stallings, sisters Constance Wood and Ann Frisco and brothers Clifton and Russell Stallings. He is survived by his daughter Kimberly S. Stallings and her fiancée Mark Mandley of Deale,

Seth Wayne Beverage, 19, of King George, Virginia and formerly of Prince Frederick, Maryland passed away on October 9, 2018 in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Seth was a big hearted and very talented young man. He had a love for music that showed through his ability to play the piano and almost any instrument he ever picked up. Out going and adventurous, he also loved nature, the water, working on cars and 4 wheeling, as well as spending time with his family whom he loved deeply. Seth is survived by his mother, Mary Jane Richardson and her husband Rick, father Lewis Wayne Beverage, Jr. and his fiancé Billie Jo Miles. Brother of Shane A. Bladen and Shannon Bladen. He is also survived by his grandmothers Phyllis Bowels and Faye Beverage, and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Seth was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Lewis Wayne Beverage, Sr. and Louis Franklin Bowles. The family will receive friends on Saturday October 20, 2018 from 3:30-4:30 PM where services will follow at 4:30 PM at the Rausch Funeral Home, 4405 Broomes Island Road. Interment is private.

William Scott Chenault

William Scott Chenault, 46, of Huntingtown, MD passed away October 7, 2018 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Scott was born July 26, 1972 in Montgomery County, MD to William S. and Linda

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Lou (Pearson) Chenault. He was raised in the Viers Mill Village community in Wheaton, and graduated from Wheaton High School in 1991. He was employed as an automobile mechanic, and later as a tow truck driver and automobile transport driver, and owned and operated TCB Transport with his father. In his leisure time Scott enjoyed hunting and fishing, tinkering with cars, comic books, collecting baseball cards, and playing poker, especially in poker tournaments. He also loved spending time with his family. Scott is survived by his son William Scott “Will”, Jr., and daughters Kaitlyn, Amanda and Olivia Chenault, all of St. Leonard, his father William S. Chenault of Huntingtown, a nephew Travis Reyes of Annapolis, and by his former wife Deirdre Burke of St. Leonard. He was preceded in death by his mother Linda Chenault and his sister Kimberly Chenault. Funeral arrangements were by Rausch Funeral Home.

Huntingtown, Maryland. Virgie grew up him has been profound. We called him in a rural setting, learning much about the Pied Piper because of the way kids gardening from her father and mother loved him, and Dr. Doolittle because of who were proud farmers. She graduated his way with animals. Keith had a magifrom Maryland Park High School, and cal connection with all of Mother Nature upon graduation began work at the Li- that most only dream about. He was an brary of Congress in Washington D.C. avid archer and hunter. Keith left us all She was an Administrative Officer at better for knowing him. the Library of Congress until retiring Memorials may be given to any wildin 1984. Virgie was married to the late life or conservation fund that directly Elliott “Skeets” Finley in 1956 and cel- makes the world better. Or just hold your ebrated 55 years of marriage. She was loved ones close. preceded in death by her sister, Emma F. The family of Keith wishes to extend Catterton. She and “Skeets” enjoyed rural our sincere thanks to family and friends life in Calvert County raising Christmas that have supported us in this time of trees and being active members of the deep sorrow. Calvert County Lions Club. Virgie was an A casual gathering to tell stories and enthusiast of gardening, cooking, crochet- honor his memory, will be announced at ing, and crafting. She loved and was loved a later date. by nieces and a nephew, great nieces and nephews, great-great nieces and nephews Margaret Louise and dear friends and family. McClanahan Visitation will be Saturday, November 17, 2018, 1-2 p.m. at Rausch Funeral Home - Owings 8325 Mount Harmony Lane, Owings MD 20736. Memorial services will follow at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Following the services, a reception will be held at Mt. Harmony United Methodist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvert Hospice, Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, 238 Merrimac Court, Prince Frederick MD 20678; Phone: 410535-0892; website: http://calverthospice. org or a charity of one’s choice.

Keith Goebel

August 31, 1938 – June 10, 2018 Margaret Louise McClanahan, 79, of Dowell, Maryland, died June 10, 2018, in Burke, Virginia. She was born on August 31, 1938 in Marshall, Virginia to the late Charles and Lillie Lunceford. Leaving home after high school graduation, she traveled to Washington, D.C. where she lived in a hostel for women and secured a job with the telephone company. While living in Washington, D.C., a handsome young man walked past her, kicked her chair, started a conversation,

Mrs. Virgie Lorraine (Dustin) Finley

Mrs. Virgie Lorraine (Dustin) Finley, of District Heights, Maryland, born on January 16, 1928 in Washington D.C., to the late Amy P. Dustin and the late Walter W. Dustin, passed away peacefully at age 90 on October 5, 2018 at Tribute Assisted Living, Gainesville, Virginia. Virgie grew up in District Heights, Maryland and later, became a long-time resident of

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Keith Goebel, 66, of Lusby, passed away on October 9, 2018, peacefully in his home. Keith was born in Washington, DC, to Geraldine “Gerry” and Frederick “Fritz” Goebel on September 27, 1952. He grew up, went to school, and got married in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Keith is preceded in death by parents and brother, Michael. Keith is survived by his wife of nearly 43 years, Robin, cherished daughters Lisa Monroe (Delonta) and Sarah Dickey (Jeremy), and five beloved grandchildren: Kyley, Troy, Darion, Marcus, and Leyla. Keith was a creative and engaging storyteller who left all that got to know him with memories to make them smile. He was kind, compassionate, caring, gentle, and strong. His impact on those close to

and the rest was history. On January 11, 1958, she married Paul Louis McClanahan and quickly started a family. Seeing as how she was the oldest girl of nine children and he came from somewhere close to the end of a family of twelve children, they had two children, Joyce and Rita. Margaret stayed home raising their girls and supported Paul as he followed his dreams. When Paul retired in 1990, Margaret once again had someone to take care of full time. She retired from yard work when her newly retired husband remowed the yard because her lines “were not straight.” They enjoyed retirement until Paul was diagnosed and succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2015. Immediately following his death, Margaret was also diagnosed with cancer. She fought two heroic battles against cancer but, in the end, she was tired and ready to see Paul again. Family and friends can take comfort in the fact that she is reunited with Paul at last. In the words of country singer, Brad Paisley, he better be “waiting on a woman.” She is survived by her children, Joyce M. Shott and her husband, John P. Shott, II of Alexandria, Virginia, Rita M. Dunevant and her husband, Lewis Dunevant, of Marshall, Virginia; her sisters, Jean O’Meara of Marshall, Virginia, Loretta Delano of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Gail Grimsley of Warrenton, Virginia, her brother, David Lunsford, her dear sister-in-law, Bertha Lunsford of Marshall, Virginia; her grandchildren, Lori Dunevant and her husband, Justin Wallace, of Richmond, Virginia, Cati Shott of Kingstowne, Virginia, and Jessi Shott of Kingstowne, Virginia. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her grandson, Christopher Dunevant, and brothers Luther, Arthur, Pat, and Roy. Memorial contributions can be made to Calvert Hospice at wwww.calverthospice.org or P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, Maryland, 2078.

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UPCOMING Halloween Decorating Contest Decorate your house or business for the Town of North Beach Halloween Decorating Contest! Judging businesses Saturday, October 27 between 3:00 and 5:00. Judging houses on Wednesday, October 31, during trick or treat times 6:00 and 8:00. Show us your spooky spirit!

ONGOING The Time Machine The Twin Beach Players present this H.G. Wells’ classic tale about a Victorian inventor who builds a time machine he uses to visit the far future. Be advised: This show has state of the art creature effects which may be too scary for small children. North Beach Recreation Center, 9021 Dayton Ave. Shows run Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10/19 thru 10/28. Show times are 8pm Fridays and Saturdays and 3pm on Sundays. Tickets can be purchased at twinbeachplayers.org

Thursday, October 18 Trunk or Treat Plum Point Middle School, Huntingtown 6:30 - 9:30 PM Kids trick or treat from car to car. Halloween movie outside at 7:30. $5/kid. All ages welcome! Concessions will be sold. Contact: Leslie Baczynski at 240-4179707 or baczynskiL@calvertnet.k12. md.us.

Friday, October 19 Halloween Extravagance Southern Community Center, 20 Appeal Lane, Lusby 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Infant to adult. Dress in scariest, cutest, funniest or most original costume for judging. Prizes. Crafts and games. Eric Energy performs at 12:30. Presented by Calvert County Parks & Recreation. 410-586-1101 Dino Daze Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Be a paleontologist for the day! Ongoing activities. Scheduled activities at 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00. Ages 4-10. Free with museum admission. 410-326-2042. www.calvertmarinemuseum.com

Calvert Community Resource Fair 105 Vianney Lane, Prince Frederick 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Hosted by local agencies and nonprofit organizations to share resources to help members of our community experiencing homelessness and those at risk of homelessness. Free. Family-friendly. Giveaways such as gas and grocery cards. Activities for kids. Conflict Resolution Day Luncheon Phillips House, 28 Duke St., Prince Frederick 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Free luncheon to all Calvert County residents. Join staff and volunteers from the Community Mediation Center of Calvert. Find out about our services. Contact: Sheri at 443-295-7456. Friday Night Farmers Market 5th Street and Bay Avenue, North Beach 5:00 – 8:00 PM Last of the Season! Meatloaf Dinner American Legion Post 206, 3330 Chesapeake Beach Rd. 5:30 – 7:00 PM Includes all the trimmings. $12. 410257-9878. www.alPost206.org Low Lily Calvert Marine Museum, Harms Gallery,14200 Solomons Island Rd, Solomons 7:00 – 9:00 PM String and vocal trio explore the roots and branches of American folk music. $25/door. $20 on line at www.cssm.org/ tickets. 410-326-2042 Karaoke at the Legion American Legion Post 206, 3330 Chesapeake Beach Rd. 8:00 PM - Midnight A good time in the lower level lounge. No cover charge. 410-257-9878. www.alPost206.org

Saturday, October 20 Race 4 Heroes Solomons Island 7:00 - 10:00 AM Walk, run, roll or fly event. Benefit the 501c.3, Foundation 4 Heroes, with their mission to inspire children and honor Veterans. T-shirt and give-a-ways for racing. Costume contest. Register: www. active.com. Contact: drjay@f4heroes. com.

5K Fun Run & Walk North Beach Boardwalk 7:00 AM Bring the Family and your Dogs! Registration starts 7:00, Race starts 8:30. Prizes for best Halloween costume for dogs participating in the race! Well behaved dogs welcome. No retractable leashes please. Benefit Humane Society of Calvert County. Contact: Alicia 301-938-8207. Register: www. active.com/north-beach-md/running/ distance-running-races/16th-annual-petday-5k-fun-run-walk-event-2018?int=

Roy’s Night for PHS Roy Rogers in Solomons 5:00 PM Fundraiser for Patuxent High School Theater

Craft Show and Shopping Extravaganza Huntingtown United Methodist Church, 4020 Hunting Creek Road 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM. Early Holiday shopping.

Science for Citizens Seminars Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Bernie Fowler Lab., 142 William St., Solomons 7:00 – 8:00 PM Topic: High-Tech in the High Sea: Innovative Technology Helps Scientists Study the Bering Sea Food Web. Free. Seating first-come, first-served. http:// bit.ly/Science4Citizens

Community Paddle St. Leonard Shores, Boat Ramp (end of Wagner St.) 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Explore beautiful St. Leonard Creek. Canoes will be provided or bring your own kayak/canoe. Free. Space limited. Registration required: bit.ly/stleonardcreekpaddle. Contact: Taylor Roswall at troswall@acltweb.org.

Sunday, October 21 Climate in the Pulpit Yardley Hills Community Center, Prince Frederick 10:30 - 11:30 AM Rev. Robin will be joining the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Chesapeake with the Interfaith Power and Light’s environmental interfaith coalition. 443-646-3518. www.TheUUCC. org Halloween Family Fun Night Northeast Community Center, Chesapeake Beach 4:00 – 7:00 PM Family friendly event hosted by the Town of Chesapeake Beach and North East Community Center.It’s Fun and It’s Free!!

Tuesday, October 23 Being Mortal SpringHill Suites, 75 Sherry Lane, Prince Frederick 1:00 – 2:30 PM Calvert Hospice presents a video based on Dr. Gawande’s book, in which he shares stories of his patients and families as they navigate the medical world at the end of Life. Discussion follows. Free. Register: call 410-535-0892 ext. 4011 or online at www.calverthospice. org/education-seminars.

Protecting Your Identity and Staying Safe Online North Beach Town Hall 7:30 – 8:30 PM Learn how your identity and personal information are at risk online. Free 1-hour workshop. Register: www.digadel.com/workshop

Bingo North Beach Volunteer Fire Department, Rt. 261, Chesapeake Beach 7:30 PM $1,000 jackpot. $8/person. Doors open at 5:00. Food and drink for purchase. 301-855-0520.

Wednesday, October 24 Networking Dinner Mama Lucia’s Restaurant, Chesapeake Beach 6:00 – 8:00 PM Open to all - women and men - sponsored by the Calvert County Commission for Women. Turn the Beach Pink Various Restaurants, North and Chesapeake Beaches 4:00 – 8:00 PM In support of the “Real Men Wear Pink” fight against breast cancer “Twin Beach Deputies” will be working during October to collect donations.

Thursday, October 25 Fall Teacher Education Open House College of Southern Maryland, Prince Frederick Campus, Bldg B, Rooms 104/105 5:00 – 7:00 PM Current high school and college students drop in and learn about teacher education and certification pathways. Free. 240-725-5459. www.csmd.edu/ teachered

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Thursday, October 18

Campfire Tales of Terror III. 6:008:00pm. Come swap scary stories, play Werewolf, and eat s’mores around our “campfire”! Bring your own original story to share, read from one that is provided, or make something up on the spot. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. Kids Just Want to Have Fun. 6:307:30pm. Kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade are invited to this series of exciting events exploring topics from art to history to science. Each month will include fun activities, crafts and a snack! This month’s topic: Temple Grandin. Please register. Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch, 3819 Harbor Road, Chesapeake Beach, 410-257-2411.

Friday, October 19

On Pins & Needles. 1:00-4:00pm. Bring your quilting, needlework, knitting, crocheting, or other project for an afternoon of conversation and shared creativity. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Saturday, October 20

Garden Smarter: Double Oak Farm Garden Tour (ACLT). 10:00-11:30am. Take a guided tour of American Chestnut Land Trust’s Communal Food Pantry Garden and Food Forest. Discover natural based gardening techniques. 676 Double Oak Rd, Prince Frederick, MD. 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. Dungeons & Dragons for Teens. 2:005:00pm. All teens welcome, experienced players and novices. Please register. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Monday, October 22

Monday Morning Fun. 10:00-11:00am. Join us for dancing, stories, movies and fun. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. Green Crafting. 2:00-4:00pm. Make crafts out of materials that would typically be thrown out. Crocheting, needlework, sewing, and simple tying techniques will be used. Calvert Library Southern Branch, 13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons, 410-326-5289. Full STEAM Ahead. 6:30-7:30pm. Adult and child will interact with books, crafts and experiments while exploring the skills of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM). Ages 4-8. Please register. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-

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Tuesday, October 23

Building Bridges. 2:30-3:30pm. Meet and greet for parents and their children with differing abilities to get together and interact with toys and books. Please register. Calvert Library Fairview Branch, Rt. 4 and Chaneyville Road, Owings, 410-257-2101. Flying Needles. 6:00-9:00pm. Knitting, crocheting and portable crafting group open to anyone wanting to join in and share talents, crafting time or learn a new skill. No registration. Calvert Library Southern Branch, 13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons, 410-326-5289.

Wednesday, October 24

Brain Games: Mahjongg, Scrabble & More. 10:00-1:00pm. Want to learn Mahjongg? Hope to make your Scrabble skills killer? Games are a great way to keep your brain sharp while having fun! Join us! Please register. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-5350291 or 301-855-1862. Happy Crafternoon! 1:00-1:45pm. Children enjoy books and language through short stories and create fun art projects using a variety of techniques and mediums. For 3 to 5 year-olds. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please register. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Thursday, October 25

Reading Festival. 7-8:30pm. We all know that reading is the foundation of learning. Join us to learn how to turn your child on to reading despite challenges. There will be fun for the whole family plus cool door prizes! Sponsored by CCPS Parent Connections and Calvert Library. Calvert Library Prince Frederick, 850 Costley Way, 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862. JobSource Mobile Career Center. 1:00-3:00pm. Stop by to visit the JobSource Mobile Career Center for your job search needs! Get job counseling and résumé help, search for jobs and connect with Southern Maryland JobSource. No registration. Calvert Library Southern Branch, 13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons, 410-326-5289. Drop in, hang out at Southern Branch - Anime Night! 6:30-8:00pm. Need a place to meet up with your friends (or meet new ones)? Come hang out, watch anime on the big screen, eat pizza, and enjoy some Japanese snacks and mochi ice cream! Calvert Library Southern Branch, 13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons, 410-326-5289.

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Behavioral Health Counselor

Amanda Cipriani is accepting appointments at all three senior center locations. Call Amanda at 410375-1047 to schedule a session and complete registration. She is available on the following days and locations: Calvert Pines, Tuesdays; North Beach, Wednesdays; Southern Pines, Thursdays.

Healthy Gains 365

Melinda Gaines, our Health Coordinator, has new hours. Melinda will take blood pressures and will share local health resources with you. Melinda’s hours in October are as follows: Wednesdays, Southern Pines, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Wednesdays, Calvert Pines, 12 noon – 3:30 p.m.; Thursdays, North Beach, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Enroll in “My Social Security”

Manage your very own Social Security account. To sign up, all you need is an email address, cell phone and go to www.ssa.gov. Scroll down to “My Social Security” and enroll. You can manage your own Social Security account without having to drive to Social Security or wait on the phone, and you can change your address, print out benefit statements, 1099 forms, and much more.

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Join us for a morning of CREATE! Bingo, Monday, October 22, 10:30 a.m. Prizes!

Kirsti Uunila will return to enlighten us on the Ghost Stories of Calvert County’s past, Thursday, October 25, 11:15 a.m. Enjoy a fun filled Halloween party and costume contest with our Monster Mash Bash, Wednesday, October 31, 11:15 a.m. Dress in your favorite costume to have a chance to win the best costume contest.

North Beach Senior Center

Relax and enjoy cards, Scrabble and other various board games with friends daily. The Maryland Insurance Administration will provide information about all areas of insurance and educate Marylanders about their rights, Wednesday, October 24, 10:30 a.m. Wear your favorite costume and play for prizes at the Halloween Bingo Bash, Wednesday, October 31, 10:30 a.m.

Southern Pines Senior Center

The Ask the Expert Dietician will talk about Easy Meals for 1 or 2 people, Tuesday, October 23, 10 a.m. The Maryland Insurance Administration will provide information about all areas of insurance and educate Marylanders about their rights, Wednesday, October 24, 12:30 a.m. Dress in your Halloween best and have some spooky fun at the Halloween Celebration, Wednesday, October 31, 12:30 p.m. Following lunch, musical entertainment will be provided by Tom Delaney.

Eating Together Menu

Monday, October 15

Liver & Onions, Gravy, Lentil Soup, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Kale, Spiced Peaches

Tuesday, October 16

Lasagna, Spinach, Dinner Roll, Plums

Wednesday, October 17

BBQ Chicken Leg, Oven Roasted Red Potatoes & Onions, Roasted Carrots, Dinner Roll, Baked Apples

Thursday, October 18

Spinach Baked Fish, Seasoned Brown Rice, Succotash, Broccoli, Dinner Roll, Lemon Cake

Friday, October 19

Pot Roast w/Potatoes, Carrots & Onions, Dinner Roll, Banana

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, North Beach Senior Center at 410-257-2549, or Southern Pines Senior Center at 410-586-2748. Lunches are subject to change.

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