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COUNTYNEWSBy Sarah MillerStaff WriterThe Calvert GazetteThursday, August 23, 2012 4Weems Hosts St. Leonard Town HallAfter members of the St. Leonard community voicedconcerns about being ignored in the process of updatingtheir Town Center Master Plan, County CommissionerSteve Weems invited the community to another meetingMonday evening to discuss the history of the town centerand their concerns.Weems said the evening was an “exercise in the disseminationof information as well as transparency.”Community members discussed the need for an emergencyroute out of the area for the Calvert Beach and LongBeach Area. One resident said they have been discussingthe road for a long time, and “now we’re being told it has tobe pretty.” She said to do away with any plans for a sidewalkor landscaping on the road and just get something in thatwill function in an emergency. Her sentiment was echoedby another resident urging the department of communityplanning and building to keep plans simple.Another concern was that St. Leonard would come toDetectives Track Sex Offender to FloridaBy Guy LeonardStaff WriterCalvert investigators were able to use socialmedia and some educated guess work totrack a registered sex offender who should havetold officers he was planning to move out of thecounty all the way to Florida, police said.A Calvert Investigative Team member obtaineda warrant last week for James RussellJohnson, 51, who was last known to be living inNorth Beach but had failed to register a changeof address properly, police say.Sex offenders are required by law to notifylaw enforcement officials if they move fromone residence to another.resemble Lusby in coming years, an area that wasn’t originallyplanned to be as large as it has become. Weems saidLusby is a special case with the population “mushrooming”in the Chesapeake Ranch Estates causing businessesto gravitate to that area and the money there. He said St.Leonard simply would not have the population or economicbase to support a community as large as Lusby.Others were worried about their septic systems andthe possibility of public sewer in St. Leonard. Departmentof Community Planning and Building Director ChuckJohnston gave a presentation on recent legislation, includingthe watershed implementation plan as well as the fourtiers of land use categories in the Sustainable Growth andPreservation Act of 2010, aka the Septic Bill. The four tiresinclude Tier 1 being areas currently served by sewerage,Tier 2 being areas planned to be services by sewerage systems,Tier 3 being areas planned for growth on septic systemsand Tier 4 areas being planned for preservation andconservation and prohibit major residential subdivisions onseptic systems.The record will be open for public comment throughSgt. Tim Fridman was able to track Johnsonto Pace, Fla., by using social media on theInternet, according to police, and contactedSanta Rose County Police as well as the U.S.Marshal’s Service to apprehend Johnson at hisresidence.“We received an anonymous tip and wedid a home check June 28,” Fridman said. “Hewas still there but our information said he wasplanning to leave.”Fridman said that Johnson had been planningto buy a house in Florida and continuea relationship with a woman who was fromMaryland.That woman is currently not facing anycharges here, he said.Aug. 30, and St. Leonard residents are welcome to submitwritten comments. For more information, visit www.co.cal.md.us/business/planning.sarahmiller@countytimes.netJohnson was convicted of a fourth-degreesex offense and second-degree assault in Aprilof 2008, Fridman said, and is listed as a Tier Isex offender.When officers arrived Johnson was nothome, and so waited for him to arrive and arrestedhim without struggle.Johnson faces not only local charges forallegedly absconding from the county but interstatesex offender violations, law officers said,for which he may be charged federally.Johnson is also facing charges in Floridafor not registering there as a sex offender, policesaid.guyleonard@countytimes.netPhoto by Sarah MillerCounty Commission Steve Weems fields questions from St. Leonard residents.Boston, Sam Grow Band Rock CalvertCorrectionAn article on Page 3 of theAug. 16 Calvert Gazetteheadlined: “Sheriff EvansAddresses Republican Men’sClub” incorrectly quotesSheriff Mike Evans, sayingFrank Hayward, Jr., calledemergency services sayinghe wanted to harm himselfan hour before the tragicmurder suicide. HaywardJr. called his employer, notemergency services. Theerror was made in reporting.By Scott LoflinContributing WriterWith the summer concert season windingdown at other venues, Calvert MarineMuseum showed the season is still goingstrong at last week’s show with the SamGrow Band opening for the 1970’s powerhouseBoston.With a sold out crowd of over 5,000people, the Sam Grow Band took the stagewith their brand of hard driving music. TheSam Grow Band is one of Southern Maryland’shomegrown bands with Sam growingup in the area.While other groups may refer to theirfollowers as fans or groupies Sam calls histhe “Sam Grow Band Family.” According toSam, they draw strength from the love andsupport of their “family” and their real families.While studying for a degree in business,Sam felt the pull of music stronger than gettinga degree. With his mother’s blessing heleft college and started performing full time.His father is also one of his biggest boosters.Sam recounted being at a show at the museumyears ago with his father. Telling hisfather one day he would be up there on stageperforming – and Thursday was a dreamfulfilled.With the crowd warmed up, Bostontook the stage. With Tom Scholz leading thecurrent lineup they immediately launchedinto their long string of hits. While the stageshow was minimal, Boston performed thesongs with the tightness of many years playingon the road. In the crowd were many ofthose who sported much longer hair whenthey were listening to Boston on vinyl, butalso a surprising contingent of younger fans.In attendance was Robert Jorgensenwho traveled from Pittsburgh to see theshow. Jorgensen is one of Boston’s youngerfans but his ties are strong. On his back wastattooed the classic Boston spaceship logowith the band’s autographs. When askedwhy he had the tattoo, he replied that hismother had sung backup on Boston songsand he grew up with the band.With the Calvert Marine Museumentering in a partnership with PNC BankSouthern Maryland can look forward tohaving larger and more sought after bandsplaying the venue.info@somdpublishing.netBostonPhotos By Frank Marquart
5 Thursday, August 23, 2012The Calvert GazetteBy Corrin M. HoweStaff WriterLate morning at the beginning of July,Chris Barton, of Lusby, was on his lifeguardstand in Ocean City watching thepeople in the water. He saw a man floatingface down, but wasn’t initially concernedwhen swimmers nearby were not showingsigns of distress.Twenty seconds later, he looked backand the man was still floating face downand those around him were moving towardhim.“I whistled twice, calling my crew forassistance and then ran into the water. Hewas about 100 yards out, near a sandbar. Bythe time I got to him, two other swimmerswere trying to lift him out of the water, buthis face was still down.”Having practiced the exact skill only afew days before, Barton was prepared.“I said, ‘Turn him over.’ When theydid, I could see foam coming out of hismouth.”Barton went underneath the swimmerand held his neck in a “Hawaiian sling” toprevent further neck and back injury. Thenhe began backing out of the water to thebeach. By this time, his fellow crew membersin the stands to his north and south,were helping to carry the legs.“I was getting tired as I got to theshore. My legs gave out, but the guys knewwhat to do.”Once on the shore, they set him downand administered two rescue breaths andbegan CPR. Barton did the chest compressionswhile his crew chief did the breathing.However, with the foam coming out of theman’s mouth, it was hard to get air into hislungs, Barton said.Almost immediately, another supervisorarrived on an ATV with an Automatedexternal defibrillator, but the display said,“don’t shock,” according to Barton. At thattime the local EMS arrived and took over.Barton said that by that point he felt hecould do more good by moving back up intothe stands and keep his eye out for the otherswimmers.Free Estimates!COUNTYNEWSOcean City Lifeguard StandsOften Occupied by Southern MarylandersUnfortunately, these types of injuriesare too common, according to Ocean CityBeach Patrol (OCBP) Public Relations CoordinatorKristin Joson.Approximately 60 percent of the head,neck and spinal cord injuries the patrolresponds to are because swimmersride waves into shore incorrectly. Theother 40 percent are swimmers divinginto shallow water or attemptingtricks.“Most people would never thinkof attempting a flip in the middle ofa parking lot for fear of striking theground. However, many of these sameindividuals will attempt these aerialmaneuvers on the beach or into a fewinches of ocean water, with the all toooften result of witnessing our spinalinjury management technique firsthand,” Jorson said.While most people know neverto move a person on land who mighthave suffered a head, neck or backinjury, putting a swimmer on a backboardcould cause more injuries.The result is that all the surf rescuetechnicians are trained to work asa team to minimize head, neck or backinjuries. The OCBP has been adaptinga technique originally developedin Hawaii with input from the medicalChris Bartonwatches thewater from hisOcean Citylifeguardposition.Ocean City Beach Patrol is holding testing for next summer’s lifeguards on Sept.1, 2012.No pre-certification requirements and experience in ocean rescues is necessary.The qualifying candidates are eligible for appointment to an eight-day Beach PatrolSurf Rescue Academy scheduled for next May and June. Registration for the test beginsat 10 a.m. with an orientation and a full day of testing starts at 11:30 a.m. The tests includeswimming 500 meters, running 300 meters, swim/water rescues and demonstratingrunning fast in timed sprints.Living in Southern Maryland need not be a deterrent for interested candidatesas several of the current leaders and guards are from Calvert, St. Mary’s and Charlescounties.The current captain, Melbourne “Butch” Arbin III, of Charles County has beenwith the patrol for 40 years and leading its 200 employees since 1997. Kristin Joson,public relations coordinator is also from Charles County. Chris Barton, mentionedabove, is from Calvert and one of the other crew members who helped him on this rescue,Vince Martirano, is from St. Mary’s.For more information go to www.ococean.com/ocbpcommunity and emergency providers.The technique unique to OCBP and“has been approved by the Maryland Institutefor Emergency Medical Services as astate standard with the Ocean City BeachPatrol as the only organization that is certifiedto teach other first responders andorganizations in this victim removal technique,”according to Joson.Ocean City Beach Patrol averages2,500 rescues, 1,500 minor first aid and500 lost persons a year.GREAT MILLS TRADING POSTANYTHING ASPHALTDRIVEWAYS • ROADS • MILLING301-994-0300 LOCAL • 301-870-2289 DCWWW.GREATMILLSTRADINGPOST.COM • Great Mills, MD
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