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7 Business

8 Feature Story

9 Newsmakers

10 Obits

12 Community

13 Letters

14 Entertainment

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county newsThe crowd applauds Delegate Tony O’Donnell’s remarks during the GOP state convention held at the Solomons Island Holiday Inn on April 27 and 28.

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Gabe Gross receives his medal from a member of the Prince Frederick’s Knights of Columbus during the Calvert County Special Olympics last week.

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Dominion Cove Point LNG and the Sierra Club are going head to head over Dominion expanding their operation to include exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG).

With Dominion starting the process to add exporting LNG to their repertoire, the Sierra Club took action to halt the process and hold Dominion to a decades old agree-ment that states Dominion will not make any significant changes to their purpose or footprint.

On April 26, the Sierra Club issued a press release explaining they will reject a proposal from Dominion for an LNG Ex-port Terminal In Cove Point.

“In a unique plot twist, a prior legal settlement entered in the 1970s … gives the Sierra Club the ability to reject any signifi-cant changes to the purpose or footprint of the existing Cove Point LNG import facil-ity. Converting the facility to accommodate LNG exports would result in major damage to the Chesapeake Bay, coastal forests, and the local economy and tourism,” the press

release states.Sierra Club Assistant Attorney Craig

Segall told the Calvert Gazette the Sierra Club’s current stand doesn’t mean they are refusing to consider an export facility alto-gether, but they want to make sure environ-mental, logistical and economical issues, are researched and addressed. Currently there are too many unknowns, and they want to see a full accounting before they will sign off on the project.

Segall admitted “we aren’t optimistic” that the full accounting and Sierra Club’s signing off will happen.

Dominion Spokesperson Daniel E. Donovan said the facility already has per-mission from the Department of Energy to trade with Free Trade Agreement coun-tries. A second part of the application, to trade with counties not under a free trade agreement, is still being studied, Donovan said.

The other major entity that must sign off on the project is the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC). Donovan said they will begin the pre-application pro-cess this summer, which will include meet-ings with stakeholders, adjacent land own-

ers and the community as a whole, in addi-tion to applying for state and local permits.

The Sierra Club believes Dominion is going against their agreement by applying for permits and beginning the process be-fore the Sierra Club signs off on the project, Segall said.

“They don’t get to smuggle in an enor-mous additional export facility,” he said.

“The damage this project would bring to the Maryland coast as well as the disas-trous effects of the fracking boom on com-munities in states like Pennsylvania make it clear that exporting liquefied natural gas is bad news for Americans’ air, water and health,” Sierra Club Executive Director Mi-chael Brune said in a press release. “The Si-erra Club cannot and will not support LNG exports from Cove Point, and we will reject Dominion’s proposal.”

“As with any project of this magnitude, we would expect some opposition from various special interest groups. The Sierra Club, which is a party to an agreement re-stricting activities on portions of the Cove Point property, has previously expressed its opposition to all LNG export facilities,” Dominion President and CEO Thomas F.

Farrell II said in a press release. “We have reviewed the regulations and agreements governing the site and are confident we can locate, construct and operate a liquefaction plant at Cove Point. The project can be built within the footprint of the existing facility without amending the agreement involving the Sierra Club and the Maryland Conser-vation Council.”

Donovan and Segall both said the dis-agreement comes from the reading of the agreement between Dominion and the Si-erra Club.

“Their view is they have a right to go forward, but we disagree with them,” Se-gall said.

Donovan said Dominion can construct at will inside the fence.

“We can basically do what we want in there,” he said.

He said Dominion hopes they can work the Sierra Club’s concerns to an end that is satisfactory for everyone involved. He said the county, the state and both Do-minion Cove Point and the Sierra Club have benefited from the partnership.

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The five members of the Board of County Commissioners, along with staff from the Finance and Budget department, economic development and even the coun-ty administrator, traveled to New York City to negotiate for a better bond rating for the county.

The Calvert delegation met with Fitch Ratings, Standard and Poor’s and Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Currently, the county has ratings of “AAA” from Fitch Ratings and Standard and Poor’s and a “Aa1” rating from Moody’s, one step be-low their equivalent of a “AAA.”

“There are probably a lot of counties who are jealous of Calvert County’s AAA bond rating,” said Commissioner Evan K. Slaughenhoupt Jr.

Calvert’s bond rating has been steadi-ly increasing since 2002, according to Di-rector of Finance and Budget Tim Hayden. He said higher bond ratings save money in interest paid over time.

Local governments sell bonds to bor-row money to pay for capitol projects.

In 2011, the county sold $23,045,000 in bonds with a 2.99 percent true interest rate. This year, the county plans to sell $16,115,000 in bonds. Hayden said Calvert hopes to get a true interest rate comparable 2011’s, but there are a number of variables

that affect that, including the economy at the local level and even the global level.

“It really is what’s going on the day of the sale,” Hayden said.

Some bonds will be sold to settle old debt. He said $6,760,000 of the bonds sold will be used to refund debt from 2005 and 2006. Hayden said this will remove the debts form Calvert’s books and will save approximately $170,000 in the long run.

Hayden said approximately $141,000 of the county’s budget is allotted for the annual bond rating trip to New York. This goes to pay for, among other things, the meetings with each of the rating agencies, attorneys, a financial advisor, statements and documents being drawn up, trans-portation, hotel and food for the Calvert delegation.

Slaughenhoupt said not all coun-ties send all of their commissioners on a yearly basis, but county officials believe the presence of the whole board signifies solidarity.

Hayden said during the presenta-tions made in New York, they outlined the county’s current economic situation as well as a plan out to 2016 for capital proj-ects and other factors.

Slaughenhoupt said the county has asked to have the new ratings by May 10, in time for the bond sales May 15.

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State and county officials visited As-bury Solomons to talk about PlanMaryland and the local implications it brings.

The League of Women Voters of Cal-vert and St. Mary’s counties and the Con-cerned Black Women of Calvert County, among other groups, called together Direc-tor of Planning Services with Maryland De-partment of Planning Rich Josephson, St. Mary’s Director of Land Use and Growth Management Phil Shire and Calvert Direc-tor of Planning and Zoning Chuck Johnston to discuss PlanMaryland.

The speakers took questions from the audience, which ranged from whether Johnston and Shire feel the state is trying to wrest control from individual jurisdictions to how the local Amish community will fare under new land use regulations.

Shire said the county started out being very critical of PlanMaryland, but as they learned more they discovered it is not dras-tically different from the county’s goals, and the county will retain a measure of con-

trol over growth.He said St. Mary’s has been working

to localize growth and keep some land un-touched by using a TDR program. For areas developed, equal areas are preserved. He said PlanMaryland meshes somewhat with the growth the county has been trying to control by funneling it into town centers. Calvert has implemented similar programs, Johnston said, keeping growth clustered to town centers instead of allowing strip de-velopment up and down Route 4.

Josephson said the state is trying to make sure resources are preserved for the future, adding that once land is cleared for development, it cannot go back to the way it once was.

As for the Amish, Shire said they’re taking care of themselves.

“We’re finding the Amish community does have some lobby power in Annapo-lis,” Shire said, adding they got exemptions added to legislative bills for houses not on the power grid.

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Photo by Sarah Miller Director of Planning Services with Maryland Department of Planning Rich Josephson, St. Mary’s Director of Land Use and Growth Management Phil Shire and Calvert Director of Planning and Zoning Chuck Johnston to discuss PlanMaryland.

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Members of the state’s various Republican Central Committees, as well as those running for delegate seats at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, converged at the Holiday Inn for their annual state convention over the weekend.

At stake was the election of their national committee-woman position, sought after by party veteran Audrey Scott of Queen Anne’s County and Nicolee Ambrose, who won the vote on the convention’s second day, a representative of the party’s younger members and a change from the old guard according to some observers.

The national committeewoman’s position is deemed

important because it is one of the super delegates sought after by presidential candidates to secure the GOP nomina-tion for president.

Observers also saw the fact that more than 40 Repub-licans sought election to 10 delegate seats at the upcoming national convention as a sign that the state’s party, long since in the minority in Maryland, is becoming energized.

Collins Bailey, of Charles County, who was running for an alternate delegate seat, said that he saw an upswing in the youth coming into the party.

“I hope the youth I see taking part in the party con-tinues, it’s exciting,” said Bailey, who ran unsuccessfully against Congressman Steny Hoyer in 2008.

Others in the party saw the race between Ambrose and Scott as an example of younger members wanting more

change, but others say that Scott, a former member of the Reagan Ad-ministration and a Prince George’s County Council member in a county dominated by Democrats, had the experience to keep the state party strong.

“They’re young and upcoming and they need to be encouraged,” said Montgomery County GOP Central Committee member Josephine Wang. “But I’ve seen her [Scott] in action.”

Wang said aside from her politi-cal skills, Scott had a formidable fun-draising record.

“She was able to connect with people,” Wang said of Scott’s appear-ance at fundraisers. “People will start

opening their wallets and start writing checks.”J. Scott de Long, a delegate from Harford County, said

that Ambrose, however, represents a part of the party that stands truer to conservative principals and that Scott is too used to compromise.

“It’s time for the Republican Party to turn the page, the current path isn’t working,” Scott said. “We cede the 18-35 demographic to Democrats every election.”

The campaign between the two saw supporters of Am-brose hit Scott over some decisions Scott made while acting as chairwoman, including her handling of the race against Democrat Attorney General Douglas Gansler and the par-ty’s inability to find a GOP candidate in 2010.

Scott fired back, calling Ambrose’s campaign negative and decried her opponent’s push to allow independent vot-ers to vote in the Republican primaries, which she believed diluted the beliefs of the party.

Ambrose thanked both her opponent and the outgo-ing committeewoman for their dedication to the party in a statement after the vote.

“Together [she and her supporters] we helped build a sense of momentum which helped us achieve victory. I’m humbled by the support and many expressions of well wishes I have received,” Ambrose stated. “I’d also like to thank my predecessor, outgoing National Committeewom-an Joyce Lyons Tehres, and my worthy opponent, immedi-ate past [Maryland] GOP Chairman Audrey Scott, for their loyal decades of service to the party.

“Now, the hard part begins. We need to roll up our sleeves as a party and focus on the ultimate goal of building a sustainable two-party system in Maryland.”

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COUNTYNEWSFour Apply For Judge

Scriber Found Guilty

By Corrin M. HoweStaff Writer

Last week the deadline to apply for the vacancy in Circuit Court 7 closed with four applicants waiting to be reviewed by the Ju-dicial Nominating Commission, which will meet and pass its recommendation on to the Governor on June 14.

According to the state’s website, “the public is encouraged to participate in the selection process by submitting written and signed comments concerning the qualifica-tions of an applicant to The Judicial Nomi-nating Commission, c/o The Administra-tive Office of the Courts, Program Services, 2001-D Commerce Park Drive, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.”

The applicants are William Ziegler Haskell, Tracey Ann McKirgan, Ian Alexan-der Pesetsky, and Honorable Edward Greg-ory Wells.

Haskell’s online resume states he is a member of the firm Haskell and Zimmerman in Upper Marlboro, specializing in Family Law. He attended the University of Maryland for both his undergraduate and Law School.

He was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1978 and is a member of the Calvert County Bar.

Pesetsky’s website indicates he has his own firm in Prince Frederick specializing in personal injury, criminal and traffic law. He was an assistant State’s Attorney in Prince George’s from 1996 to 2004, has his under-graduate degree from SUNY Oswego and his Law Degree from University of Mary-land. He was admitted into the Maryland Bar in 1995 and is also a member of the Calvert Bar Association.

Wells has been a District 4 judge since September 2008. His prior experience in-cludes Master in Domestic Relations and Juvenile Causes in Calvert, Deputy State’s Attorney Calvert, Calvert State’s Attorney and Assistant Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division. His undergraduate is from the College of William and Mary and his Law Degree from University of Virginia in 1986.

McKirgan is currently the Master in Domestic Relations and Juvenile Causes in Calvert. Her resume was not available at press time.


The trial took two days to present testimony and evidence. The jury took a day to deliberate. It took a flow chart to understand how victims, witnesses, family mem-bers and suspect were related to one another.

Last Thursday, the jury found Eric Scrib-er, 29, not guilty of the top charge, attempted second degree murder, for a stabbing incident which took place in Solomons at Calypso Bay Bar and Grille on October 31, 2010. He was convicted on three of the five charges brought against him. These were first-degree assault, second-degree assault and carrying a weapon openly with intent to injury.

Shortly before bar closing, Scriber and Terry Bailey, 27, got into a verbal confron-tation. Bailey said he never saw the knife or Scriber make a stabbing motion; however, he did see Scriber duck around the woman who stood between them in an attempt to break up the argument. At that time, Bailey felt what he described as “a poke” in his stomach. He looked down at first and didn’t see anything. Then he looked down again and saw blood. By this time, Scriber was gone.

A second victim from Waldorf, Terry Dobbins, 54, witnessed the two men arguing and then felt a sharp item cut his leg as Scriber ran past him. Dobbins followed Scriber into the parking lot to confront him. At the time Dobbins didn’t know Bailey had been criti-cally wounded. Dobbins said that Scriber took off.

In a complex web of relationships, al-most all the State and defense witnesses were family members, roommates, and friends of Scriber or Bailey. Yet Scriber, Bailey and Dobbins confirmed that they had never met each other before that night.

Besides crisscrossing of relationships,

the case included elements of al-leged bribery, incomplete police investigation, misidentification, and expert testimony about cell phone usage and cell tower pinpointing the location of a particular phone.

State’s Attorneys Kathryn Marsh and Frances Longwell had to disprove testimony from wit-nesses that Scriber was not at Ca-

lypso that night, but in fact was at another bar in St. Mary’s county. In doing so, they had to pit roommate against roommate and friend against friend. A number of the witnesses were unwilling participants in the trial since they knew both families represented.

The other defense that prosecutors had to overcome was that none of the victims or witnesses saw the knife or a stabbing motion.

In her closing argument, Marsh defined circumstantial evidence to the jury and point-ed out that in the jury instructions that physi-cal evidence and circumstantial evidence, by law, carry the same weight.

Using the weather as a common point of understanding, Marsh said that everyone can look at a thermometer and see the tempera-ture is below freezing. They can then hear the forecast calling for snow. When they wake up in the morning there is snow on the ground. While they may not have seen it actually snow, all the evidence surrounding the event proves without a doubt that it snowed the night before.

Defense attorney, James Papirmeister, said in his closing arguments, “These charges are outlandish. There is not a single iota of contact with this man and yet we are to believe he (Scriber) wants to kill him.”

Scriber’s bail was revoked and he was taken into custody by the Sheriff’s department at the end of the trial. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 2.

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Education, Information Mark the Fourth Annual Green Expo


The Calvert County Citizens Green Team hosted the Fourth Annual Green Expo at An-nmarie Garden on Saturday. Although overcast with slight periods of light showers, a steady stream of people walked through vendor dis-plays to inform the public about available green options from electric cars to renting goats to clear overgrown lots.

The Green Team greeted visitors at the front gate loading them up with stickers, pens made from recycled tires, reusable bags and a high quality booklet “From My Backyard to Our Bay: A Calvert County Resident’s Guide to Improv-ing our Environment and Natural Resources.”

The booklet is chocked full of information explaining the environmental issues in the com-munity such as defining a “watershed,” how pol-lutants get into the water and what is currently being done to save the bay. Backyard issues give tips to homeowners about controlling runoff, lawn care tips, controlling noxious weeds and managing pet waste, maintaining vehicles and recycling.

The Prosperity Acres tent run by the Bow-en family drew constant interest as they talked

about how they rent out goats to clean vegeta-tion naturally. By contacting Mary Bowen at [email protected] or 443-964-4972, they will come out to the field in question and determine how many goats and how long it will take to clear. They provide the fencing, shelter, water trough, and man power. The field owner provides the unwanted vegetation and receives a cleared land and natural fertilizer from the goats.

Static displays from 15 county schools showed off what students are learning about the environment, pollution and ways to help. Dowell Elementary School’s Green Team had a large in-teractive display on how to make paper.

The event was free and open to the public. Those who wandered into Annemarie’s building toward the back discovered artLAB, Annmarie’s new “upcycling center where visitors of all ages will learn how to turn trash into treasures! The artLAB is a recycling program that works with local businesses and individuals to divert clean usable waste materials for creative reuse and ar-tistic learning.”

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This year, for the first time, each of the 104 Calvert County Special Olympics athletes had their own personal cheerleader throughout the day.

“Some of the schools al-ready have Best Buddies. This year we expanded on that and had student volunteers from several schools be there for the athletes at the finish line, during awards and lunch,” said Jean Hahn, event coordinator.

Students from all four high schools and Plum Point and Calvert Middle schools partici-pated in a small training session before last week’s Special Olympics held on Wednesday at Calvert High School.

The day started off with 12 represented schools lining the track for the opening cer-emony, which included a parade of athletes where each name was read, followed by stu-dent lead presentation of the flag, national anthem, Pledge of Allegiance and a short torch run.

Each athlete could participate in two field events and one relay. There were 11 different events in all. Just like the interna-tional Olympics, competitions and award

ceremonies ran simultaneously from begin-ning to end. As the athletes were running various heats of races on the track, two awards platforms alternated back and forth.

Every athlete receives a first through fifth place ribbon depending upon where they placed in their event. Calvert Sheriff deputies handed out ribbons on one stand while the Knights of Columbus presented ribbons on the other.

Some of the 250 adult and student vol-unteers prepared lunches for the athletes, rotating systematically through the schools.

According to Hahn, each athlete re-ceived lunch, ribbons for their events, a cer-tificate and a metal provided by Special Olympics. She further praised the local busi-ness support. “Without them this wouldn’t be possible.”

In order to par-ticipate, the athlete must be at least 8 years old by the day of the event, and must have a primary handicap-ping condition of In-tellectual Disability or another handicapping condition that includes cognitive/intellectual impairment and functional limitations in general learning and adaptive skills.

“This event is the highlight of ev-ery school year for our department,” says Jean Hahn, CCPS Special Olympics Event Director. “It is such a fun-filled and heart-

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Emily Schadegg is living every aspiring writers dream – getting her creative short sto-ries published, and even going to California to celebrate one of her works going mainstream.

Schadegg, who writes under the pseud-onym Marie Croke, was recently honored at the 28th Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards. In addition to the recognition, her win-ning short story “Of Woven Wood,” will be one of 25 published in “L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXVIII.” The book is comprised of 24 novice writers and one past winner.

Schadegg said she always wanted to try writing, and had finally hit the point where she knew if she didn’t start then she never would. Since April 2008, she has been published in an online magazine, a print magazine and has even self-published a book, “The Rains of Imarcie,” before being selected for the Writers of the Fu-ture anthology.

Even getting into the anthology took an amount of determina-tion. Schadegg said she submitted seven entries before having one accepted, in the first quarter of 2011. Because hers was one of the first accepted for the upcoming anthology, she said she has had the longest to wait.

“It’s a nice start to a career,” Schadegg said.She said a person can only be in the anthology once as a nov-

ice writer. After being in the book, she said a writer is considered a professional. She said the anthology helps writers get out of the “slush pile” and break into the mainstream having their work be judged on merit alone.

Schadegg spent 10 days in California, work shopping under the tutelage of professional authors with the other com-petition winners. She said in one exercise, the writers were each given an object (hers was a key), sent to research a topic (aquariums) and told to find a stranger to talk to. After do-

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Coming home from California was a bit jarring, Schadegg said.

“You become accustomed to that elation period,” she said, adding that the whole experience was “a little surreal” and there is a little bit of fear after getting into the anthology that nothing you write will ever be that good again.

Schadegg is getting right back into the swing of her everyday life. She said she spends four hours per day, Monday through Friday, wring in a home office. She said it is important to approach writ-ing like a job, something that has to be done, instead of a hobby that can be set aside when it is inconvenient. Currently, Schadegg is working on several short sto-ries and another book.

Her writing takes normal people, places and things and alters them a little, Schadegg said. In “Of Woven Wood,” a character is made of baskets. In “The Rains of Imarcie,” the rain is deadly and people have to take precautions from coming into contact with it. While Schadegg classifies her writing as fantasy, she admits she is inspired by the work of Anne McCaffrey, who she said takes fantasy elements and justifies them using science, mixing fantasy and science fiction.

The anthology will be released June 16, and Schadegg will be at the Books-A-Million in Waldorf signing books on that day from 1 to 3 p.m.

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Sybil Caparratto, 88Sybil Dean

Caparratto, 88, of Huntingtown, MD passed away Satur-day, April 28, 2012 at her residence. She was born Sep-tember 21, 1923 in Chattanooga, TN to Charles Franklin and Mary Florence (Atchley) Jones.

She was raised on her family farm in Steele, Alabama until moving with her family to Washington, D.C. when she was a teenager. She graduated from Eastern High School in the District and attended college in Washington, D.C. for two years. Sybil married Dominick Joseph Caparratto on March 28, 1942 and made their home in Southeast Washington. She was employed as a telephone operator for C&P Telephone Co. for 12 years. In 1970 her family moved to Huntingtown, MD, where she was an ac-tive member at Emmanuel Baptist Church and the Red Hat Society. Sybil enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, at-tending church outings and going to bible study.

Sybil was preceded in death by her husband Nick on December 26, 1993, and also by a daughter Sharon Rose Caparratto.

She is survived by daughters Gale J. Howard of Edenton, NC, Cynthia R. Bono-lis of Lusby, MD; sons Paul F. Caparratto of Brunswick, ME, James V. Caparratto of Tampa, FL, Ralph K. Caparratto of Chesa-peake Beach, MD and Gary J. Caparratto of Millersville, MD. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; sisters Ethelyn White of Melbourne, FL, Virginia May of East Peoria, IL, Mary C. Bjorum of Pensacola, FL, Charlcie May Vaughn of Trussville, AL and Lois C. Walker of Gadsden, AL and a brother B.F. Jones of Attalla, AL.

Family and friends were received Wednesday May 2, 2012 at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., Owings, MD. A funeral ser-vice and celebration of Sybil’s life will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Huntingtown, MD. Interment will be private.

Russell DeVaughn, 82Charles Rus-

sell DeVaughn, 82, of Owings, MD passed away April 27, 2012 at Calvert County Nursing Center in Prince Frederick, MD where he had resided for several months.

Known as Russell, he was born July 30, 1929 in Upper Marlboro, MD to Charles J. and Lucy V. (Richards) DeVaughn. He was raised in Upper Marlboro and gradu-ated from Upper Marlboro High School in 1947. He served in the US Air Force and was honorably discharged March 2, 1952. He married Margaret A. Norfolk November 17, 1950 and they resided in Prince George’s County until moving to Owings in 2000. Russell was employed as purchasing agent with the Maryland State Highway Admin-istration, retiring March 1, 1990. He was also a long farmer having supervised farm operations and raising cattle and tobacco.

Russell was preceded in death by his parents and by a brother Charles DeVaughn.

He is survived by his wife Margaret A. DeVaughn, a daughter Patricia A. Scrog-gins of Lusby, MD and a son Marvin R. DeVaughn and wife Cynthia of Owings. Also surviving are grandsons Russell J. DeVaughn of St. Leonard and Phillip D. Whitehurst of New York, NY, and a step-grandson Brent S. Morris of Port Republic, MD.

A memorial service and celebration of Russell’s life will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday May 5, 2012 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Upper Marlboro, MD. Inurnment will follow in the church cemetery.

Joseph Fonfara, 58

Joseph Lester Fonfara died on April 22, 2012 in Clearwater, Florida at the age of 58. He was formerly of Annapolis, Maryland.

He was born on April 19, 1954 to the late Edward and Agnes (Murphy) Fonfara.

Joseph is survived by Mary Anderson of Dunkirk, Maryland, Edward Fonfara, Jr. of Severna Park, Maryland, James Fontara,

Sr. of Huntington, Maryland and the late Barbara MacDonald of Annapolis, Mary-land. He is also survived by his longtime loving partner, Saundra Wright and her granddaughter, Jennifer Rollins.

Joseph lived in Maryland for over 40 years before moving to Clearwater, Florida 10 years ago.

Memorial services and inurnment will be private.

Joanna Holland, 92Joanna Hol-

land, 92, of Sun-derland, MD passed away on April 18, 2012 at Calvert County Nursing Center, Prince Frederick, MD.

Joanna Hol-land was born in Calvert County, Maryland to the late Gen-eral and Alice Chase. Joanna grew up in Huntingtown, Maryland. She attended pub-lic schools in Calvert County, Maryland.

Joanna was joined in holy matrimony to the late Raymond Henry Holland in 1938. From this union there was one son, Freder-ick Lee Holland, known as Freddy.

She spent many years traveling from Calvert to Prince George's County doing domestic work. She was a faithful and dedi-cated worker for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond LaPaca. Joanna was a faithful and active member of Patuxent United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Usher Board, Senior Choir, and participated in various activities until her illness. Joanna enjoyed dancing, fishing, joking and cook-ing. She really enjoyed having fun. As a homebody her home was the place where family and friends gathered for good times. Joanna was a feisty, fresh young lady who loved to tease.

Joanna leaves a legacy of love and cherished memories to one son, Frederick Lee Holland; daughter-in-law, Mazie Hol-land; one foster daughter, Aletha "Sandy" Streat (Clarence); 15 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; four sisters-in-Iaw, Mary Holland (Sis), Lovelett Reid, Safro-nia Holland, Beulah "Betty" Watts (Rob-ert); one brother-in-law, Wilford Jones; one nephew, Gene Long; four nieces, Ethel "Kitty" Burrough, Betty Wallace (James), Rose Holland and Leona Gray and host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Her special friends were Irene Wal-lace, Willa Mae Cook and Mr. & Mrs. Ray-mond La Paca and family. Preceding her in death were her beloved brothers and sisters and a special friend Mary Jenkins.

Funeral service was held on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Patuxent UM Church, Huntingtown, MD with Rev. Bryan Fleet officiating. The interment was at Mt. Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sun-derland, MD.

The pallbearers were Douglas Oliver, Dean Holland, Leroy Holland, Carroll Hol-land, Michael Holland and Gene Long. The honorary pallbearers were Gaines Jones, Wardell Gray, Lawrence Gray, Rhandel Gray, Eugene Gray and Felbert Jones.

Rosella Jordan, 86Rosella Mae

Jordan of Solo-mons, Maryland died on April 30, 2012, at the Asbury Nursing Center, at the age of 86.

She was born in Spokane, Washington on October 21, 1925 to Clarence and Eliza-beth Eckhart.

For 61 years, she was the beloved wife of the late James Jordan, Jr. and the loving mother of Vicky Mitchell and her husband, John and Janice Lazzari and her husband, Joseph. She was a devot-ed grandmother to Katrina and Jennifer Mitchell and David Lazzari. Rosella was a sister to Loretta Walton and the late Or-ville Eckhart.

She and her husband loved to trav-el. Besides their many travels as a Navy family, they went on a six month adven-ture touring the United States and visit-ing family and friends. Rosella never believed in sitting idle, she was always busy. She worked in various fields during her time of employment - the radiology department at Greater Southeast Hospi-tal, doing the billing for the Rhodes De-partment Store. She was also a media as-sistant at Crossland High School and vol-unteered for many years at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Her many interests in-cluded playing golf, square dancing with the Harbor Squares Club or volunteering at the hospital. She was a member of the Christ Episcopal Church in Clinton, Maryland and the Acacia Eastern Stars in Steilacome, Washington.

The family invites friends to Lee Funeral Home Calvert, 8200 Jennifer Lane (Rt 4 & Fowler Road), Owings, MD 20736 on Friday, May 4, 2012, at 4 pm until time of Funeral Service at 6:30 pm. Inurnment will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contri-butions may be made in Rosella’s name to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004.

Ginny Mackey, 68

V i r g i n i a Mary “Ginny” Mackey, 68, of Chesapeake Beach, MD passed away April 27, 2012 at her residence. Ginny was born Septem-ber 25, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY to Frank J. and Ethel G. (Cade) Carroll.

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til moving to Chesapeake Beach, MD in 1977. Ginny worked as a clerk at the J.C. Penney department store in Forestville, MD and after moving to Chesapeake Beach was the manager of the former Sea Breeze Restaurant in Chesapeake Beach. She was a devoted homemaker, wife and mother, and loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed shopping, especially at dollar stores. She was also fond of her dog J.P.

Ginny was preceded in death by her parents and by a son James Patrick Mackey.

She is survived by her devoted hus-band William F. Mackey, Sr., sons Wil-liam F. Mackey, Jr. of Chesapeake Beach and Kevin J. Mackey of Nanjamoy, MD; granddaughters Amanda Kathryn Mack-ey of Chesapeake Beach and Celenia Pen-nifill of Lusby, MD; a “step-daughter” LaWanda A. Blanchard of Lusby; and sisters Jean E. Vicari of Sparrow Bush, NY, Eleanor F. Carroll of Brooklyn, NY and Elizabeth A. Bassett of Spring, TX.

Friends and family were received Tuesday May 1 at Rausch Funeral Home, Owings, MD, where a service and cele-bration of Ginny’s life was held Wednes-day May 2, 2012. Interment followed at Southern Memorial Gardens in Dunkirk, MD.

Expressions of sympathy in Ginny’s name may be made to the American Can-cer Society, Calvert County Unit, P.O. Box 752, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 or to Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678, online at www.CalvertHospice.org.

Billy Phipps, 68

William “Bil-ly” Phipps, 68, of Shady Side, MD passed away April 6, 2012 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annap-olis, MD. Billy was born Febru-ary 5, 1944 to William Chester and Blanche Linton Phipps.

Billy graduated from Southern High School in Lothian, MD where he met and later married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Cullember, all of Shady Side, Maryland. On April 6, 2012, while the world celebrated Good Friday and Pass-over, the Lord tapped him on the shoulder and very peacefully took him home.

Billy was in the National Guard for six years and retired from the Anne Arundel County Police Department after 27 and one half years of service. Barbara and Billy had two sons, Scott and Shawn and five grandchildren, Taylor 15, Colin 12, Ethan 7, Gavin 6 and Drew 3. Billy delighted in watching his grandsons play sports, having coached his own sons as they grew up. He liked fishing with friends, working in the yard, and going to Florida every year, but his greatest joy was spending time with his family and watching them grow and build their lives.

Billy is survived by his wife Barba-

ra, son Scott and wife Jennifer, their sons Taylor, Colin and Ethan of Shadyside, and son Shawn and wife Kim, and their sons Gavin and Drew of Mayo, MD.

Life can be the same after a trinket has been lost, but never after the loss of a treasure. Billy left behind a place that cannot be filled, and that is his tribute to us.

A Memorial Service and celebration of Billy’s life was held Thursday April 12, 2012 at Centenary United Methodist in Shady Side.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests tribute donations be made in the name of William “Billy” Phipps to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, NY, NY 10004 or online at www.JDRF.org

Dennis Scott, 61

Dennis Kevin Scott, 61, of Lusby, MD formerly of Leonardtown and LaPla-ta, MD passed away on April 23, 2012 at his residence. He was born on April 23, 1951 in LaPlata, MD to Sheila C. Ferris Scott and the late Raymond F. Scott.

Dennis graduated from LaPlata High School in 1969 and went on to work for Verizon from which he retired. He then went to work for DMI as a Communica-tions Specialist and was an avid golfer.

Dennis is survived by his mother, Sheila C. Scott of Annapolis, MD; wife, Eva Scott of Leonardtown, MD; step-daughter, Kandace Lesher of San Fran-cisco, CA; siblings, Eugene F. Scott of Woodbridge, VA and Joanne Sykes of Annapolis, MD; and former spouse, Peg-gy Steltzer.

A memorial service was held on Monday, April 30, 2012 in St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 25550 Pt. Lookout Rd., Leonardtown, MD, offici-ated by Rev. John Wundelich. Inurnment followed in the church cemetery.

Pat Smith, 67

Patricia Ann “Pat” Smith, 67, of Owings, MD passed away Fri-day, April 27, 2012 at her resi-dence. Pat was born August 15, 1944 in Washing-ton, D.C. to James Thomas and Betty Ann (Anderson) Ellis.

She was raised in the Prince George’s County suburbs, graduating from Surrat-tsville High School. Pat married Ray-mond S. Smith on December 7, 1963 and they lived and raised their family in District Heights, Clinton, Friendly, and Temple Hills, MD. For the past five years they had resided in Owings, MD. Pat was employed for nearly 20 years in the credit department at the former Woodward and Lothrop department store in Marlowe Heights, MD. She was a devoted home-maker who enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

She also enjoyed vacationing in Florida and playing the slots in Dover, DE.

Pat was preceded in death by her parents and by a sister-in-law Joyce Eudy. She is survived by her husband Raymond S. Smith, Sr., sons Raymond S. Smith, Jr. and wife Janie and Dennis L. Smith, all of Owings; grandchildren Meagan, Shannon, Dillon, MaryGrace and Olivia Smith, Megan Hermosillo and Lauren Pavlock. Also surviving are sisters Mary R. Winston and husband Robert of Engle-wood, FL, Barbara J. Smith and husband Bill of Merritt Island, Fl; a brother Fred-erick H. Ellis and wife Debbie of Ow-ings, and brother in law Thomas Smith and wife Trudy of Port Charlotte, Fl, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Family and friends were received Monday, April 30, 2012 at Rausch Fu-neral Home, P.A., Owings, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Owings, MD. Inter-ment followed at Ft. Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD.

Memorial contributions in Pat’s name may be made to Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838 Prince Frederick, MD 20678 or online at www.calverthospice.org.

Mary Taylor, 96

Mary Caro-line Taylor, 96, of Dunkirk, MD passed away Sat-urday, April 28, 2012 at Calvert County Nursing Center, Prince Frederick, MD. She was born July 26, 1915 in Philadelphia, PA to Edward and Caroline (Clark) Kelly.

Her parents died when she was very young and she was raised by her aunt and uncle in West Philadelphia, where she attended public schools. Mary was em-ployed as a silk screener with Sun-Ray Drugs in Philadelphia. She married Wil-liam Jennings Taylor at the age of 27 and they made their home in the Philadelphia area. They moved to Dunkirk in Janu-ary 2006 to live with their nephew and his wife. Mr. Taylor passed away May 12, 2006 and Mary moved to Calvert County Nursing Center in March 2012. Mary was a devoted homemaker and enjoyed spend-ing time with her family and friends. She also enjoyed fresh water fishing with her husband.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Caroline M. DeJames and by her husband William. She is sur-vived by a nephew Leonard Gordon, Jr. and wife Judy of Dunkirk, MD and nieces Patricia Lee DeJames of Burke, VA and Attricia Lee DeJames of Norfolk, VA.

Family and friends will be received on Thursday May 3, 2012 from 12:30 to 1:00 P.M. at Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., Owings, MD where a funeral service and celebration of Mary’s life will be held at 1:00 P.M. Interment will follow at South-ern Memorial Gardens, Dunkirk, MD.

Jeff Verbeten, 60

J e f f r e y Charles “Jeff” Verbeten, 60, of Port Republic, MD passed away on April 22, 2012 in Solomons, MD.

He was born in January 1952 in Appleton, WI to Hilda Verbeten and the late Charles Verbeten. He was the beloved husband of Catherine Verbeten whom he married on November 19, 1975 in Landover, MD.

Jeff graduated high school in Apple-ton, WI and went on to join the US Navy. He served his country honorably from 1970 to 1976. While in the Navy he re-ceived the National Defense Service Medal and a Good Conduct Award. Jeff went on to become a Communication Analyst for the Executive Office of the President of the United States where he worked for 30 years. In his spare time, he enjoyed shark tooth hunting, computer pinball, reading, and watching the Green Bay Packers.

Jeff is survived by his mother, Hilda Verbeten; wife, Catherine Ver-beten; children, Elisa VanDevander and husband Brian, Joshua Verbeten and wife Alice, and Katherine Verbeten; grandchildren, Vanessa Verbeten, Mi-chael Verbeten, Natalie VanDevander, Dylan VanDevander, and Madelyn VanDevander and siblings, Bruce Ver-beten and Debbie Verbeten.

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Solomons, MD officiated by Monsignor Michael Wilson.

Honorary Pallbearers are Thomas Cratty, Brain VanDevander, and Ben Cratty.

The family request memorial contri-bution be made in Jeff’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011 or online at http://www.alz.org.

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From the shingles on the roof to the insulation in the basement, volunteers with Christmas in April turned out April 28 to work on 30 homes scattered between Ches-apeake Beach and Lusby.

For homeowner Gingell Rogers, the Christmas in April work is helping to ful-fill a dream. She and her husband bought a fixer-upper house and when he died, much of the work was not completed. She said her family has lived in the house for 12 years and it has survived three hurricanes and “a lot of Nor-Easters.”

In addition to downed trees littering

the property, there were insulation and sid-ing issues with the house. Also, the porch needed to be replaced, due to rot.

Rogers said she applied to Christmas in April, but never expected to hear anything.

“I was amazed at how many people showed up,” she said.

Rogers and her daughter, Mary Rog-ers, both joined in and got their hands dirty, helping clear brush and dig holes to plant azalea bushes.

Calvert Christmas in April Board of Directors member Christa Conant said they encourage homeowners to get involved in the work when they are able.

Work for Christmas in April begins in August, Conant said. Once applications are

received, the House Selection Committee meets and members visit application sites to determine the homeowner’s eligibility and the feasibility of repairs.

“Some of the houses are too far gone,” Conant said.

The committee then makes recom-mendations to the Board based on the need and Christmas in April’s ability to do the work. The Board makes the final decision in early December. Letters go out to home-owners in January once Christmas in April knows it has a House Captain and group to do the work, Conant said.

“Some houses require more skills than others,” she said.

They match the skills of the workers available to the houses, and with a pool of 400 to 500 volunteers, a lot can be accom-plished in just one day. Conant said 20 to 50 volunteers are assigned to a single house to work on several projects simultaneously.

Christmas in April gets volunteers from all over the community, including a group of students from Huntingtown High

School, a couple of softball teams, Domin-ion Cove Point and Constellation Energy.

“We just wanted to do something, so we talked to them [Christmas in April],” said Mandi Kuidlan with IED Corp.

When they announced the company would be putting a team together, Kuidlan said people kept calling to come out and help. They ended up at the Rogers property, cutting and clearing trees, working on sid-ing and insulation and even building a new front porch.

The materials for the projects are pur-chased and donated, Conant said. She said they hold an annual fundraiser and apply for grants. Businesses also make donations, sometimes giving money and other times giving needed materials. Other businesses offer the materials as a discounted rate, Conant said.

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By Marc KilmerMaryland Public Policy Institute

So it seems Maryland is going to see two special sessions of the General Assem-bly to deal with supposedly unfinished leg-islative business. It’s unclear to me why we need one special session, never mind two of them, but have them we will. Consider-ing the fact that these sessions are such bad ideas, and considering that they have little to no say on what goes on during any legislative session, perhaps the Republican members of the General Assembly should just skip this session. Let the Democratic majority own the mess they are going to make.

While Gov. O’Malley and legislative leaders are claiming we’ll have doomsday without a special session or two, many dis-agree with that assessment. It’s not just con-servatives, either. The Washington Post, for instance, editorialized that there’s no need for a special session to avert a “doomsday budget.” The Post sums up what will happen if the current budget goes into effect:

The truth is that if lawmakers in the

General Assembly were to stay home and skip the special sessions, the effect would be to cancel plans for a tax increase; spare the state a senseless expansion of casino gambling; eliminate some dubious spend-ing programs; and ensure that Maryland’s $35 billion budget still manages to grow by a respectable $700 million, about 2 percent.

As the Post’s editor say, “None of that sounds exactly like doomsday.”

If the Democratic majority in the state want to reconvene to accomplish all these worthy (sarcasm) goals, then let them do it. Republicans, who claim to stand for fiscal conservatism, should simply stay home.

The boycott would have little or no effect on the substance of what the special sessions produce. The Republican members of the General Assembly don’t have much power to affect change there. But it would highlight the fact that this is a one-party state and that this one-party rule results in some very bad policy.

I’ve written previously about how the state would be improved if there were more political competition. Perhaps the voters of

Maryland don’t want this competition, but the Republican General Assembly members should provide them with a stark alternative so the voters can choose.

Perhaps the GOP members can even hold their own mock special session and “pass” a budget that doesn’t raise taxes, doesn’t burden counties with new fiscal problems, isn’t filled with pork and corporate welfare, and doesn’t continue to heedlessly expand spending. It would provide a good contrast to the real General Assembly in ac-tion, at the very least.

So, to the GOP General Assembly mem-bers, I say “boycott.” At the very minimum, it will give you more time to spend with your family. That’s probably more worthwhile than anything the Democrats will let you ac-complish in Annapolis, anyway.

Marc Kilmer is a Maryland Public Policy Institute senior fellow

The Beach Elementary School PTA held its seventh annual Beach Bay Luau Auction for Education on April 2, 2011. This event is the PTA’s largest fundraiser of the year and is truly a community event in support of our youngest citizens.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the com-munity members who helped to make our event such a success. Our business partners, both here in our community and in the larger met-ropolitan area, were again very generous with their contributions. Everyone has been adversely affected by our recent economic times, but despite that, business owners welcomed us and donated very generously.

We would also like to thank the members of the Chesapeake Beach community who contributed so generously to our efforts. The

kind folks at the American Legion Stallings-Williams Post #206 acted as our hosts for the evening and they could not have been more gracious. We also had the support of the towns of North Beach and Chesapeake Beach along with community friends at Calvert Library, Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum and the Calvert County Offices of Parks and Recreation and Economic Development. In addition, we wish to thank our local elected officials who were very supportive of our efforts, in particular Delegate Mark Fisher, Sheriff Mike Ev-ans, Commissioner Susan Shaw and Chesapeake Beach Town Coun-cil members Pat Mahoney and Valerie Beaudin.

Mostly, we wish to thank everyone who attended this year’s auc-tion and helped to make it one of the most successful ever. At Beach Elementary, the PTA is proud to be part of a community that is com-

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Summer Concert Series: Big Acts, Benefits Close to Home

By Carrie MunnStaff Writer

With temperatures climbing and folks in Southern Maryland beginning to think about their summer plans, two ven-ues will offer concerts from big acts that benefit the local community.

This year, the Calvert Marine Muse-um (CMM) will kick off the season with Bret Michaels storming their PNC Pavil-lion in Solomons. First breaking onto the music scene as the frontman of glam metal group Poison, with hits like “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn” and “Nothing But a Good Time,” Michaels has also gained celebrity through appearances on reality shows like The Apprentice and Rock of Love.

Tickets are currently on sale for the Bret Mi-chaels show on Sunday, May 27, where the rocker will play Poison favorites and solo material.

On Aug. 16, rock group Boston, which broke onto the rock scene in the late ‘70s and delivered such hits as “More Than a Feeling” and “Amanda,” will take the stage at the museum. Tickets go on sale to CMM members Tuesday, June 19 and to the general public June 26.

Vanessa Gill, CMM development director, said it’s important for concert-goers to keep in mind the shows are not only great entertainment but also a main fundraiser for the museum, which offers a bevy of educational and history-based programs. Gill said, “The concerts have been successful in the past which is great considering they provide about 40 percent of the non-profit’s annual fundraising.”

With an artist like Bret Michaels, Gill explained, they are looking to expand the audience, while groups like Boston, and in past years, Steve Miller Band and Styx, resonate well with Southern Mary-land music fans. She said a third show is also in the works and will be announced as soon as a performer is booked.

Another popular summertime Cal-vert County venue will bring hot coun-try acts to Southern Maryland. The St.

Leonard Volunteer Fire Department’s Bayside Toyota Pavillion will host Eric Church on June 2 touring behind his Billboard-topping latest album release, “Chief.”

Tickets are on sale now to catch Church, a North Carolina native with hits like “Drink In My Hand” and “Love Your Love the Most,” along with an as-yet-to-

be announced opening act.On July 6, Luke Bryan will

get the audience moving with mega-hit “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)” among other chart-toppers. Tickets are now on sale for this show with special guests River City Gang.

The duo Big & Rich will bring their big personalities and their brand of country to the St. Leonard stage on Sept. 1. The group, sure to perform their breakout hit “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” among many other country radio favorites, welcomes special guests Cowboy Troy and Bradley Gaskin.

A fourth show, on July 22, will be announced this weekend and this annual concert series raises funds to support the fire, rescue and EMS ser-vices provided to the southern Calvert community. Non-perishable food items for the Southern Maryland Food Bank

will be collected at the gate of these great concerts, pro-viding additional support by helping keep the tri-county area’s food pantries stocked.

To find out more about St. Leonard’s all-volunteer squad and get ticket infor-mation, check out www.slvfd.org or visit Bayside Toyota in Prince Frederick Monday through Fri-day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For details on the Calvert Marine Museum and to pur-chase tickets, visit www.calvertmarine-museum.com or call 410-326-2042.

Gill said, as the museum’s develop-

ment director and a St. Leonard resi-dent, she sees these events as mutually beneficial.

“The ticket buyer needs to under-stand they’re not only going to see a great show but they’re also doing something good for this community at the same time.”

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By Keith McGuireContributing Writer

Anglers can be a colorful bunch. Check the tackle box of anyone and you’re likely to find a rainbow of color among the lures stored there. I love the striper season because you can watch the boats being towed up and down the highway with white, pink, chartreuse, purple, green and yellow lures blowing in the breeze. My better half is an avid gardener, and swears that she loves the colors of spring in her garden. I could say similar things about the boats on the highway during striper season.

There are many theories about the most effective colors to use for striper trolling lures. You have the basic, “If it ain’t white, it ain’t right!” or “If it ain’t chartreuse, it ain’t no use!” Then things begin to get a little more scientific-sounding: “Use darker colors on overcast days and brighter colors on bright, sunny days….” Or “Choose lures based on the depth that they will be used because certain colors become indistinguishable deeper in the water column.” Of course, there’s always the macho-man approach, “Never use pink or chartreuse or fuchsia to catch man-sized fish!”

Notable author and avid Bay angler, Lenny Rudow, refers to spring trolling as “collision fishing” because, once the lures are set, you putt around the water waiting for your lures to intersect with one of the rockfish migrating in or out of the Bay during the spawning season. If that’s truly the case, what difference does color really make? Many anglers have kept logs of fish caught on certain col-ors – specifically white and chartreuse. The data frequently reveals little or no difference.

So, one could con-clude that the colors mat-ter in the tackle shop to entice knowing anglers to buy, but make little or no difference on the water. I know that many of you will disagree, but before you send me an abusive e-mail about the stupid-ity of such a statement, let me say that I have favorite colors that I use more than any others. Why? I’ve caught fish with them!

The Spring Tro-phy Season is still in full swing. When the weath-er has permitted, lots of anglers have caught big stripers. The early morn-ing bite is still the one that has people talking. If you

can get on the water and get your troll-ing spread set by sunrise, there’s a good chance that you’ll land your limit of 1 per person over 28” in no time at all. In fact, the odds are good that you’ll be back in time for breakfast! Similar results have been achieved in the evenings. Mid-day could take a while.

This weekend is tournament week-end. The Maryland Saltwater Sport-fishing Association sponsors the largest tournament on the Bay on May 4 – 6. Other tournaments, like the Rod and Reel Captain’s Pro-Am Tournament, share the same dates. There are big bucks to be won in these tournaments and, as you might expect, they will put a lot of boats on the water this weekend.

The cooler weather has put the croaker into deeper holes for now. Af-ter we get warmer days and nights, we should expect the hardhead to return. Warmer weather will also put the white perch and crabs into more favorable loca-tions to feed.

Remember to take a picture of your catch and send it to me with your story at [email protected].

Keith has been a recreational angler on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributar-ies for over 50 years; he fishes weekly from his small boat during the season, and spends his free time supporting local conservation organizations.

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