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open minds
Job fair helps
youth navigate
jobs of the future
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, Noon: Easter Egg Hunt (ages 13 and under) - Youth Center
Sunday, 7 a.m.: Postwide Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service - Chapel Center
Sunday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. & 2:30-4:30 p.m.: Easter Sunday Brunch - Club Meade
wednesday, 6:30-8 a.m.: Joint Service SexualAssaultAwareness Run - Parade Field
Wednesday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Fort Meade Technology Expo - Club Meade
thank you
Meade service
members salute
Vietnam War veterans
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Photo by Daniel Kucin Jr.
Children gather eggs during Corvias Military Living’s “Spring Into Fun” event held Saturday at Potomac Place Community Center. The event also featured the Easter Bunny,
prizes and Easter-themed crafts. For more photos from the event, see Page 10.
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Contents
News.............................. 3 Sports...................................11
Religion........................... 9 Movies..................................15
Community..................13 Classified..............................17
Editorial Staff
Garrison Commander
Col. Brian P. Foley
Garrison Command
Sgt. Maj. Rodwell L. Forbes
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Chad T. Jones
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Philip H. Jones
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Editor Dijon Rolle
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Rona S. Hirsch
Staff Writer Lisa R. Rhodes
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By Celena Flowers
FAP Manager/Supervisory Social Worker
During the month of April, America observes
National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
It is a time to acknowledge the importance of
families and communities working together to pre-
vent child abuse and neglect, and to promote the
social and emotional well-being of children and
families.
In April and throughout the year, communities
are encouraged to share child abuse and neglect
awareness strategies and promote prevention across
the country.
In the early 1980s, Congress made a commitment
to identify and implement solutions to child abuse.
Recognizing the alarming rate at which children
continued to be abused and neglected and the need
for innovative programs to prevent child abuse and
assist parents and families affected by maltreat-
ment, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
resolved that the week of June 6-12, 1982, should be
designated as the first National Child Abuse Preven-
tion Week.
They asked then-President Ronald Reagan to
issue a proclamation calling upon government agen-
cies and the public to observe the week with appro-
priate programs, ceremonies and activities.
The following year, April was proclaimed the
first National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The
Office on Child Abuse and Neglect coordinates
Child Abuse Prevention Month, providing informa-
tion and releasing updated national statistics about
child abuse and neglect.
In 1989, the Blue Ribbon Campaign to Prevent
Child Abuse had its early beginnings as a Virginia
grandmother’s tribute to her grandson, who died
as a result of abuse. She tied a blue ribbon to the
antenna of her car as a way to remember him and to
alert her community to the tragedy of child abuse.
The Blue
Ribbon Cam-
paign has since
expanded across
the country, and
many wear blue
ribbons each
April in memory
of thosewhohave
died as a result of
child abuse.
The Fort
Meade Family
Advocacy Pro-
gram, or FAP, sponsors the annual Installation Blue
Ribbon Campaign. Interested units, organizations
and Child, Youth and School Services programs
decorate a tree or door with blue ribbons.
Individual community members wishing to par-
ticipate in this campaign are encouraged to tie a blue
ribbon to their car antenna or place a blue ribbon at
their residence in a visible location.
The Family Advocacy Program is dedicated to
the prevention, education, prompt reporting, inves-
tigation, intervention and treatment of spouse and
child abuse.
The program provides a variety of services to
Soldiers and families to enhance their relationship
skills and improve their quality of life. This mission
is accomplished through a variety of groups, semi-
nars, workshops, and counseling and intervention
services.
Seminars and workshops are available to the Fort
Meade community, units, individuals, families and
groups.
Unit commanders are encouraged to contact
their Family Advocacy Program team to schedule
trainings that meet specific needs.
For more information, call 301-677-4118.
Preventing child abuse
is everyone’s business
Celena flowers
Family Advocacy Program
Manager
Commander’s Open Door
Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Foley has an open door policy.
All service members, retirees, government employees, family members and
community members age 18 or older are invited to address issues or con-
cerns to the commander directly by visiting Foley’s office on Mondays from
4 to 6 p.m. at garrison headquarters in Hodges Hall, Bldg. 4551, Llewellyn
Avenue.
Visitors are seen on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointment is
necessary.

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News
By Denver Beaulieu-Hains
Chief, Community Relations
Monday night, service members from
Fort Meade had the opportunity to wel-
come home Maryland’s Vietnam veterans
for the first time since the war ended.
The 50 service members volunteered
to support the “Welcome Home Vietnam
Veterans Day Celebration” hosted by
state Sen. John C. Astle and the Hospice
of the Chesapeake. The service members
provided an official military salute dur-
ing the ceremony held at Loews Annapo-
lis Hotel in Annapolis.
“It was an incredible honor,” said Cpl.
Vicky Johnson, coordinator for Better
Opportunities for Single Soldiers at Fort
Meade.
The event was celebratory after Mary-
land Senate Bill 80 was introduced by
Astle, a Vietnam veteran who represents
District 30 in Anne Arundel County.
Gov. Larry Hogan signed the bill into
law at the Maryland State House earlier
in the evening. It passed both houses of
the General Assembly as an emergency
bill this session.
At the time of the proposal, 37 states
had adopted a day of recognition or
remembrance in honor of Vietnam vet-
erans.
“No veteran is left behind,” Garrison
Command Sgt. Maj. Rodwell L. Forbes
said. “This is one more venue where the
community is coming out in the state of
Maryland to see, hear and to give respect
and honor to those who have fought for
their freedom.”
The event was standing-room only
with more than 400 people in atten-
dance.
The bill evoked high emotion. Many
said the bill was long overdue.
“It was a very dignified ceremony. It
was put together, just right. It was very
special,” said Col. (retired) Bert Rice, a
former Vietnam War pilot who is director
of transformation at Fort Meade. “It was
a memorable day. There was the signing
of the bill, and all the speakers — even
the person doing the invocation and
benediction — were right on target.”
Many Vietnam veterans were shamed
for their service after returning to the
United States more than 40 years ago.
Some were spit upon, called names and
denied services.
When asked if he felt welcomed home
after four decades, Rice said “I absolutely
do.”
Moved to tears, several of the Fort
Meade service members said they would
reflect differently on the meaning of their
own service.
“Events like these are so humbling,”
Johnson said. “The veterans thank us
Meade troops give salute at
event honoring Vietnam vets
By Mary Doyle
Chief, Media Relations
Just after 9 a.m. on Monday, one
person was killed and another injured
when they attempted an unauthorized
entry at a Fort Meade gate on the
National Security Agency portion of
the installation.
The driver of the vehicle failed
to obey the NSA security officer’s
instructions, causing the security staff
to deploy defensive barriers.
According to a statement from the
NSA Public Affairs Office, the driver
then accelerated toward NSA Police
on the scene. The police fired at the
vehicle when the driver refused to
stop and eventually rammed an NSA
security vehicle.
One of the vehicle’s occupants died
on the scene. The other was injured
and taken to the University of Mary-
land Shock Trauma Center.
One NSA police officer was also
injured during the incident and was
taken to a local hospital.
“The incident has been contained
and is under investigation,” said Fort
Meade Garrison Commander Col.
Brian P. Foley. “The residents, service
members and civilian employees on
the installation are safe. We continue
to remain vigilant at all of our access
control points.”
Fort Meade’s Directorate of Emer-
gency Services personnel, along with
the Directorate of Plans, Training,
Mobilization and Security, determined
the incident did not warrant a change
in the installation Force Protection
Levels.
Fort Meade first responders assisted
at the scene along with Anne Arundel
County Police. The FBI is the lead
agency in the investigation.
In its statement to the media, the
FBI indicated that the event lacked
any tie to terrorism. An FBI Evidence
Response Team processed the crime
scene and agents interview witnesses.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Mary-
land will become involved if federal
charges are warranted.
“An incident like this reminds us
why we need to stay vigilant,” Foley
said. “It also reminds us that our secu-
rity staff are well trained and we have
great partnerships not only with our
tenant partners, but also with local,
state and federal first responders.
“I’m proud and remain confident
that Team Meade knows how to pull
together when the need arises.”
A television helicopter captured
video of the crime scene, and the event
quickly took over the airwaves, with
news organization across the world
showing interest in the event.
“We received more than 100 calls,”
said Chad Jones, director of Public
Affairs at Fort Meade. “Everyone from
Russian Sputnik TV, to BuzzFeed and
CNN were understandably interested
in what happened. The entire public
affairs team pulled together to respond
to this international news event.”
FBI investigates incident at NSA checkpoint
for our service, and it’s painful for me
to think that they did not feel welcome
[when they came home]. I’ve never been
deployed and people thank me every day.
I can’t imagine what that was like when
they got home.”
Forbes cited the importance of recep-
tion and integration for returning combat
veterans. During the Vietnam War, there
were no resources to help them settle
back into civilian life.
“Now, the services have learned from
our history and now embrace the service
members,” Forbes said. “No matter how
large or small, there is always someone
to receive them and give them the help
that is needed as they integrate back into
society.”
photo courtesy of hospice of the chesapeake
Fort Meade Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Rodwell L. Forbes gives a salute to fallen
soldiers during the “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day Celebration” on Monday
night at the Loews Annapolis Hotel in Annapolis. The event was held after Gov.
Lawrence Hogan signed a bill into law to adopt a day to honor Vietnam veterans.

News
Story and photo by Alan H. Feiler
Special to Soundoff!
For the past 12 years, retired Navy
Senior Chief Petty Officer Gilbert Niesch
has turned to the Joint Installation Fort
Meade Tax Center for his annual tax
preparation.
“As long as you’ve got your paperwork
in order and your ducks in a row, it’s quick
and fast,”the 63-year-old Odenton resident
said of the free service. “It makes life a lot
easier and saves you money from having to
pay [commercial tax preparers].”
As of March 27, the tax center has pre-
pared 1,729 federal and state tax returns
for the 2014 tax season for more than
1,000 individuals and families, according
to Capt. Sage Boyd, the center’s officer
in charge.
For the 2014 tax season, Boyd said
the tax center has saved active-duty and
retired service members and their families
more than $350,000 in preparation fees
and resulted in more than $2,500,000 in
federal and state refunds.
Last year, more than 1,800 people were
served at the center, saving them $732,585
in tax preparation costs and filing fees,
according to Garrison Commander Col.
Brian P. Foley. He said $5.3 million in
refunds were obtained.
The tax center is no longer accepting
appointments for the 2014 tax season,
but Boyd encouraged people to drop by
the center “just in case we have a cancel-
lation that day. We do have no-shows
sometimes.”
Boyd said the tax center, which is
available to active-duty service members
and retirees of all military branches, has
received a steady volume of clients since
opening Jan. 26 of this year.
“People started calling early for
appointments,” she said. “Word seems
to have gotten out about the quality of
service we provide.”
For this tax season, the tax center has
employed 10 full-time tax preparation
specialists from military manpower and
two civilian hires. The tax center also has
10 part-time volunteers, military and civil-
ian, to prepare taxes.
All of the tax preparation specialists
are certified by the Internal Revenue
Service.
Although tax season ends April 15,
the tax center, which operates under the
Legal Assistance Division, will be open
until April 30 to assist individuals with
tax return amendments. The only civilians
Tax Center still
open for business
Pvt. Brandon King, a tax preparation specialist at the Joint Installation Fort Meade
Tax Center, talks to retired Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Gilbert Niesch about his
2014 tax returns. The tax center is no longer accepting appointments for the 2014 tax
season, but welcomes walk-in customers.
eligible for the center’s tax preparations
are those on order to be deployed or are
designated military essential.
Boyd said clients must bring their Social
Security cards (and those of their depen-
dents), valid military or retiree identifica-
tion, and all W-2 and 1099 forms.
Boyd, an attorney, said working at the
tax center has been a rewarding experi-
ence.
“It’s nice to be able to provide some-
thing tangible for people and to help them
with something that often gives them a lot
of anxiety,” she said. “It’s also been very
rewarding to help give the people working
here the skills for tax preparation.”
Editor’s note: The Joint Installation
Fort Meade Tax Center is located on the
first floor of the Office of the Staff Judge
Advocate, 4217 Morrison St.
Use the entrance on the side of the build-
ing. Hours are Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For information, call 301-677-9366.
By Lisa R. Rhodes
Staff Writer
To continue to provide support to wound-
ed service members and their families, Fort
Meade’s Soldier Family Assistance Center
has moved to the Army Community Service
building.
SFAC, which was located at 85th Medi-
cal Battalion Road, is now located at 830
Chisholm Ave.
SFAC is one of 12 core service programs
under the ACS umbrella.
Doris Tyler, director of ACS, said the
move was done to enhance the resources
and support to SFAC, which has experi-
enced a 25 percent decline.
“Although the SFAC staff has been
reduced in correlation to the reductions in
the Warrior Transition Unit population at
Fort Meade, program services and support
remain available for service members and
their families,” Tyler said.
Fort Meade’s Survivor Outreach Services
coordinator, Voncile Farmer, has also moved
to ACS from the SFAC building.
The SFAC facility has been converted to
Soldier Family Assistance Center moves to ACS
a Family Advocacy Center. Celena Flowers,
Fort Meade’s Family Advocacy Program
manager, now works in the building along
with a permanent staff of 10 employees. Two
Military Family Life consultants also work
in the building, in addition to four interns.
FAP provides prevention, education,
advocacy and support services to at-risk
families and domestic violence victims.
In addition to FAP, the new location is
now the home of Fort Meade’s Employment
Readiness Program. Rose Holland, Fort
Meade’s Employment Readiness Program
manager, works with Anna Brown, the
Employment Readiness Program specialist.
The program provides employment and
career-related services to service members,
military spouses, DoD civilians and retir-
ees.
The move was made to allow for the
expansion of the Employment Readiness
Program lab. The lab will provide comput-
ers for job seekers, as well as a phone to call
potential employers.
Tyler said the lab will serve as a venue for
job seeks to take a variety of career develop-
ment and skill exploration tests and work
on their resumes. Job postings also will be
available.
The lab is scheduled to open by the end
of April.
“We have such a large transitioning popu-
lation at Fort Meade right now,” Tyler said.
“This [expansion of the lab} was the logical
thing to do to meet the needs of the com-
munity.”
Tyler said that moving the SFAC to ACS
has benefited the program, as well as SOS,
FAP and ERP.
“It has really made all four programs bet-
ter by providing the resources and support
that were needed,” she said.
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News
By Alan H. Feiler
Special to Soundoff!
With his 15-year-old daughter Aiyana
Burnell in tow, Jon Parson carefully
navigated through the crowd at the Youth
Opportunity Fair held March 25 at Club
Meade.
A government contractor for Booz
Allen Hamilton, Parson wanted Aiyana
to get a taste of the outside world.
“I heard about it from a co-worker,
and I wanted my daughter to learn about
all of the internship and employment and
educational opportunities,” the Hanover
resident said.
Aiyana, who attends Meade High
School, said the fair was highly benefi-
cial.
“It’s good because it gets you think-
ing about certain things for the future,”
she said.
Approximately 730 young people,
between the ages of 14 and 21, and their
parents attended the four-hour fair spon-
sored by Army Community Service and
the Fort Meade Directorate of Family
and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.
Also participating were 66 vendors,
18 service member volunteers, 10 ACS
staffers and seven volunteers. Among
the outfits manning booths were Towson
University, the Anne Arundel County
Volunteer Center, Central Michigan Uni-
versity, HR Block, T.J. Maxx, Six Flags
America, the U.S. Department of Educa-
tion, and Success in Style.
Rose Holland, Employment Readiness
Program manager for ACS, said one par-
ticipating company reported it hired 15
people at the fair.
The goal of the annual event, which
took a hiatus last year, is to present
the gamut of educational, employment,
internship, volunteering and scholarship
opportunities to teenagers and young
adults, particularly offspring of military
personnel, according to Holland.
“They don’t have the network,” she
said of military children. “They didn’t
grow up in the area or have friends with
parents in different businesses. But they
do have what’s needed in the workforce
— discipline, the ability to show up on
time, of living in culturally diverse com-
munities. They just don’t realize it. It’s
difficult for some of them to put them-
selves out there socially.”
Holland said the fair was coordinated
to show attendees a wide range of pro-
grams and organizations to help young
people get into the mindset of exploring
Youth job fair opens military kids’ minds
PHOTOs BY Steve Ellmore
Approximately 730 young people and their parents attended the four-hour fair. Among the 66 vendors were Six Flags America,
Towson University and the U.S. Secret Service.
all of their options.
“We purposely call this an ‘opportu-
nity fair’ and not a ‘job fair’ because we
want it to be well-rounded, because [the
attendees] have amazing skills,” she said.
John Anderson, education services
specialist at the Fort Meade Army Edu-
cation Center, noted that 80 college cur-
riculum programs were represented at
the fair.
“We want students to have access to
various programs and access to higher
learning,” he said.
Jacqueline Thomas, Veterans Employ-
ment Program manager for the U.S.
Secret Service, was one of the more
popular vendors at the fair. She said she
largely spoke to young people about paid
and unpaid internship possibilities that
could lead to permanent positions at the
agency.
“This is a good event because it’s an
opportunity to talk to them about [main-
taining] their credit records and about
not doing drugs,” Thomas said. “We’ve
had some good candidates. They learn
that we’re more than law enforcement;
they just don’t realize it.”
The fair afforded the chance for James
Copeland Jr., an awareness and outreach
specialist for Federal Student Aid, to
reach a high volume of high school and
college students.
“They need to know all of their options,
particularly in this volatile environment,”
he said. “We need to be innovative in job
creation and provide resources for young
people. They need to know their future
options.”
Jaelyn Franklin, 17, whose father Sgt.
1st Class Tyrone Figg works at Fort
Meade, said he was impressed with the
fair, particularly the vendors involved
in information technology training and
parks and recreation.
“I’m looking for afterschool and part-
time employment, and this gets me think-
ing a lot about how I can plan my future,”
said Jaelyn, a junior at Meade High
School.
Jaelyn’s friend and classmate Zachary
Armstrong, whose father is Command
Sgt. Maj. William Armstrong, echoed
that sentiment.
“I’m just looking for a secondary
job, working with people,” Zachary said.
“This gives us a chance to get out there
and really open our minds.”
At the Youth
Opportunity
Fair held
March 25 at
Club Meade,
Digital Harbor
High School
student Travon
Williamson
looks over
a list of
prospective
employers
with his friend
Da’Shawn
Shelton, of
the Augusta
Fells Savage
Institute of
Visual Arts.

News
By Lisa R. Rhodes
Staff Writer
Joshua Elekwachi, a junior at Meade
High School, credits his part-time job at
Panera Bread near Arundel Mills Mall to
the high school’s Advancement Via Indi-
vidual Determination program.
“I learned how to set up a resume,” said
the 17-year-old who has been enrolled in
Meade’s AVID program for a year.
A student in Project Lead The Way,
Meade’s engineering program, Joshua is
considering Duke University and the Uni-
versity of Maryland, College Park.
“Last year, I didn’t know about col-
leges. AVID expanded my knowledge,” he
said. “Before, I wouldn’t have known what
to do to prepare for college or a job.”
College and career readiness are the
cornerstones of AVID, a global nonprofit
organization that has been working to pre-
pare students for higher education and the
workforce for more than 30 years, accord-
ing to the organization’s website.
Meade is one of 16 schools nationwide
to be selected for the initiative to imple-
ment AVID strategies throughout the
high school’s curriculum for the 2015-2016
school year.
“We know these strategies are good for
all students,” said John Yore, principal
at Meade High. “[They are] exemplary
classroom practices which support student
learning.”
More than 230 students at Meade take
the AVID elective course, which has been
offered for about a decade.
The course targets students in the aca-
demic middle — B, C and even D students
— who have the desire to go to college and
may be the first in their family to aspire to
higher education.
AVID places these students on the
college track, requiring them to enroll in
their school’s most rigorous courses such
as honors and Advanced Placement. To
support them in their course work, AVID
students learn organizational and study
skills, develop critical thinking, receive
academic tutoring from peers and college
tutors, and participate in enrichment and
motivational activities, according to the
organization’s website.
Tracey Sellers is the AVID site coor-
dinator at Meade High and has been
teaching the curriculum for three years.
The focus of the curriculum is on writing,
inquiry, collaboration, organization and
reading.
On March 26, Rodney Bolton, the
internship coordinator of the Anne Arun-
del County Public Schools, gave a presen-
tation at a morning AVID class about the
importance of internships for entering
college and landing a job.
After the presentation, a class of about
20 students discussed strategies for getting
the proper recommendations from teach-
ers and guidance counselors for landing
an internship.
Sellers said the program also teaches
students how to annotate a text and per-
fect their note-taking skills to improve
their study habits, and prepares students
for the SAT and ACT.
Resume writing is also a part of the
curriculum, as well as career exploration
and visits to local colleges.
About 85 percent of the students who
take the AVID elective attend a four-year
university after graduation, while others
enroll in a community college or join the
military.
“AVID has tremendous implications for
all students as we incorporate strategies
school-wide,” Yore said. “AVID naturally
supports Meade as an International Bac-
calaureate world school.
“AVID is woven through the Meade
tapestry, which operates under the IB
umbrella and includes our Homeland
Security Signature Program, Project Lead
The Way and our Junior Reserve Officers’
Training Corps program.
“All students deserve and would benefit
from AVID strategies; we are fortunate
to be taking Meade HIgh School in that
direction.”
Kati Jandres, a junior, has been in
the AVID program since her freshman
year. The 16-year-old said a class trip to
Frostburg State University in Maryland
convinced her that she would like to attend
the university after graduation.
“It’s rural and there is open space,”
Kati said.
She intends to major in small-business
entrepreneurship and hopes to someday
own her own restaurant or catering busi-
ness.
“This program prepares you for life,”
Kati said. “It helps you decide what you
want to do and how you can get there.”
Sellers said the AVID initiative is in
line with Meade High’s educational phi-
losophy.
“We want to help our students to be
successful,” she said. “That’s what our
mission for education has been — to open
the door to opportunity.”
College readiness program shapes future graduates
By Katherine W. Senholzi
Department of Gastroenterology
Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center
Colorectal cancer is the third most
common cancer in men and women in the
United States and is also the third leading
cause of cancer-related deaths in America
for both men and women.
Approximately 50,000 people die each
year from colon cancer.
Since 2005, the death rate from colon
cancer in the U.S. has been going down.
This is due to better detection rates of pol-
yps — the small overgrowths of colon tis-
sue — in the early stages of development.
With a better rate of finding these polyps,
the chances of also finding colon cancer in
its early stages are much better.
As with other cancers, early detection
and treatment improve the survival out-
come greatly. Ninety percent of patients
whose colon cancer is found in the early
stages are still alive at the five-year mark.
If the cancer has advanced to other
organs or lymph nodes, that percentage
drops drastically to around 39 percent.
Heightened awareness about colon can-
cer screening has helped greatly to bring
the number of colon cancer deaths down
in the past 10 years.
Screening guidelines have set forth that
both men and women begin screening at
age 50.
Studies have shown a higher risk of
colon cancer in the African-American
population in the U.S. The recommenda-
tion for this group is to begin screening a
bit earlier, at age 45.
If there is family history of colon can-
cer, screening may be recommended ear-
lier than these guidelines. Patients should
discuss screening with their primary care
providers.
Colon cancer is often found in patients
who have had no signs or symptoms,
which is why screening is so important.
There are, however, some signs and symp-
toms that should not be ignored if they
persist and should be discussed with a
care provider.
Signs and symptoms may include:
• Blood in the stool
• Unexplained weight loss
• Unexplained anemia
• Unexplained change in bowel habits
• Unexplained abdominal pain
• Narrower than usual stools
These symptoms can also be caused
by other unrelated and benign issues
such as hemorrhoids or irritable bowel
syndrome.
Some of the risk factors for colon can-
cer include:
• Family history/genetic
• Age
• Ethnic background
• Lack of exercise
• Diet
• Personal history of bowel disease
While some of these factors are out of
our control, others such as exercise and
healthy diet can certainly improve health
in general and lower the risk of colon and
other cancers.
The community is also encouraged
to talk to their primary care provider
about their risks and when they should be
screened for colon cancer.
Editor’s note: For more information about
colon cancer, go to the American Cancer
Society website at www.cancer.org/.
Screening is critical in preventing colon cancer

http://www.ftmeade.army.mil April 2, 2015 SOUNDOFF!
Religion
Sunday - Postwide Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service
– 7 a.m., Chapel Center
Protestant Services
Today – Maundy Thursday Service – 6 p.m., Post Chapel
Friday – Good Friday Service – 6 p.m., Post Chapel
Sunday – Easter Sunday Protestant Liturgical Service – 8:30 a.m., Post Chapel
Sunday – Easter Sunday Traditional Protestant Service – 10:30 a.m., Post Chapel
Sunday – Easter Sunday Contemporary Protestant Service – 10:30 a.m., Cavalry Chapel
Sunday – Easter Sunday Gospel Protestant Service – 11 a.m., Chapel Center
Catholic Services
Friday – Good Friday Service – 6 p.m., Chapel Center
Saturday – Holy Saturday Easter Vigil – 8 p.m., Chapel Center
Sunday – Easter Sunday Masses – *Regular Sunday Mass Schedule
*Regular Catholic Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday: 5 p.m. Cavalry Chapel; Sunday:
9 a.m. Chapel Center; 12:15 p.m. Post Chapel. Regularly scheduled noon Mass will be held at
the Post Chapel, except Friday and Saturday.
Spring religious services on Fort Meade
Mountain Rd.
Mountain Rd.
Jumpers
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Jumpers
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Baltimore
AnnapolisBlvd.
Baltimore
AnnapolisBlvd.
Gov.RitchieHwy.
Gov.RitchieHwy.
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100
107 Mountain Road
Pasadena, Maryland 21122
410-977-9389
www.LBC4ME.org
Lighthouse Baptist Church
invites you to join us on
Easter Sunday
April 5, 2015 ~ 11:00 AM
Service Times:
Sunday School..................10:00 am
Sunday Morning ..............11:00 am
Sunday Evening .................6:00 pm
Wednesday Evening ..........7:30 pm

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Cover Story
Photos by Daniel Kucin Jr.
Youths ranging from infants to age 18 dropped by the Potomac Place
Community Center on Saturday with their parents for Corvias Military
Living’s “Spring Into Fun.”
The two-hour event featured such family-fun activities as egg hunts,
photos with the Easter Bunny, prizes, crafts and refreshments.
Parents were encouraged to bring cameras to the gathering.
ABOVE: Three-year-old Ava Dudding meets the Easter Bunny during the
“Spring Into Fun” at Potomac Place Community Center.
TOP LEFT: Three-year-old Dean McFarland receives a cute ducky dur-
ing Corvias Military Living’s “Spring Into Fun” on Saturday.
CENTER LEFT: Three-year-old Natalia Nicholson works on Easter-
themed crafts during the festivities.
LEFT: Nine-year-old Emily Brown dons her bunny mask as she works
on a craft during the celebration.
‘SPRING
INTO
FUN’

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Sports
photos by daniel kucin jr.
Christopher Stokes, 34th Intelligence Squadron, dribbles past a defender in the
installation’s Intramural Division 1 basketball championship game on March 25 at
Murphy Field House. The 430th Transportation Company won the game 55-54 after
completing a jump shot in the game’s final seconds. The 34th IS finished with the
best regular season record at 9-3.
Navy Information
Operations
Command
Maryland’s Kevin
Boehler goes up
for a shot in the
post’s Division 2
championship game
on March 25 at
Murphy Field House.
The 780th MI made
two free throws
with less than 10
seconds remaining
in the game to
defeat NIOC, 39-38.
1. After receiving a bye in the first round of
the tournament, NIOC defeated the Defense
Media Activity, 43-36.
The Midshipmen then lost to the 780th
MI, 51-39. The loss dropped the team to the
tournament’s loser’s bracket. NIOC would go
on to defeat Defense Media Activity, 45-25,
to get to the championship round against
the 430th.
In the championship game, NIOC raced
out to an early 7-point lead over the 780th
before fatigue and turnovers began to take
their toll on both teams. NIOC led 21-16 at
the half.
In the second half, the 780th went on a key
11-point run that gave the team a 29-26 lead
with 9:08 to play. The 780th would hold on to
the lead for the remainder of the game. With
30 seconds remaining, NIOC would cut the
lead to 37-34 after an offensive rebound and
layup by Jermaine White.
However, the 430th added two more free
throws to secure the win.
“We couldn’t be happier,” said 780th MI
coach Cain Bassett. “We played our hearts
out. We just left it all on the floor.”
By Philip H. Jones
Chief, Command Information
It took both games of a double-elimina-
tion tournament and an overtime contest to
determine the installation’s best intramural
basketball teams on March 25 at Murphy
Field House .
But when the dust finally settled, Fort
Meade was able to laud this year’s Division
1 and Division 2 champions.
The 430th Transportation Company’s
Running Rebels celebrated a game-win-
ning jump-shot by Derek Bailey in the final
moments of overtime for the team’s 55-54
Division 1 tournament victory over the 34th
Intelligence Squadron.
In the Division 2 tournament, the 780th
Military Intelligence Brigade sinked two free
throws with less than 10 seconds remaining in
the game to defeat Navy Information Opera-
tions Command Maryland, 39-38.
The game was the final contest of the
night after NIOC forced a second game in the
double-elimination tournament by defeating
the 780th MI, 43-31, earlier in the evening.
In Division 1, the 34th IS finished intra-
mural competition with the best regular sea-
son record at 9-3, while the 430th TC entered
the tournament with an 8-4 record.
The 34th IS entered the tournament with
a 75-57 win over 55th Signal Company. The
Airmen lost their second tournament game,
60-49, to the 430th TP, causing the team to
drop to the tournament’s loser’s bracket.
A 63-54 win over the 704th MI Battalion
put the 34th IS in the championship game.
The 430th TC defeated the 29th Intel-
ligence Squadron, 55-29, and the 704th MI,
70-62, along with the win over the 34th IS to
reach the championship game.
In the championship game, the 34th IS
simply out-hustled the 430th in the first half,
taking a 33-24 lead at the break. Darren Sie-
fring led the 34th in scoring with 10 points.
In the second half, the 430th — led by
Keenan Bennett and Gary Robinson —
played with an increase in defensive intensity
and chipped away at the score.
With 2:22 remaining in regulation play
and the 34th leading 52-47, Bennett sank
two free throws to cut the deficit to 52-49.
Bennett sent the game into overtime after
hitting a three-point jumper with 1:18 in
regulation play.
Off an assist from Bennett, Bailey hit a
short jumper for the game winner.
“We just came out and played hard-nose
defense in the second half,” Robinson said.
“Those shots at the end of the half don’t hap-
pen if we don’t play closeout defense.”
In the Division 2 play, NIOC ended the
year with the best regular season record at 11-
430th TC, 780th MI win post intramural basketball titles

Sports
Sports Shorts
Wanted: Group fitness instructors
The Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and
Recreation is seeking group fitness instructors to work within
the sports and fitness departments at Gaffney Fitness Center.
Professionals are needed who:
• Are responsible, attentive, highly-motivated and energetic
• Can teach a variety of fun and productive group-fitness
classes at various times and dates
• Are interested in a career that allows you to make your own
schedule and be your own boss
• Possess a national certification for the discipline you are
looking to teach such as BootCamp; Insanity/P90X blends;
YogaFit; Zumba; Aqua Zumba; the Aerobics and Fitness
Association of America or American Council of Exercise group
fitness; and CPR/AED (automated external defibrillators)
• Are older than age 18
These are contracted positions. However, certified volunteers
wishing to serve the community are also also welcome.
Volunteers will be registered through Army Community
Service.
For more information, call Lauren Williams at 301-677-5822
or email Lauren.L.Williams.NAF@mail.mil.
Youth summer sports registration
Registration for summer sports is underway.
Summer sports include tennis and dodgeball.
To register, go to ftmeademwr.com.
Earth Day 5K
The Fort Meade Run Series kicks off April 18 for the Earth Day
5K/1-mile walk at 8 a.m. at Burba Lake.
Pre-registration for individuals costs $15. Registration on event
day costs $25.
Pre-registration costs $45 per family of three to six people
and $60 on the day of the event. Pre-registration for groups of
seven to 10 runners costs $85.
Individuals can register for the entire season for $80.
All pre-registered runners will receive a T-shirt.
EFMP walking group
Exceptional Family Member Program families are invited
to join the EFMP walking group on the second and fourth
Monday of each month from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the Arundel
Mills Mall, at the entrance between Best Buy and Old Navy.
Registration is required.
To register, call 301-677-4473.
Personal trainers available
Gaffney Fitness Center offers personal training programs for
those eligible to use the facility.
Individual or two-person sessions are available.
For more Fort Meade sports, visit quickscores.com/
ftmeadesports.
It’s frustrating sometimes having to constantly
explain the differences between things just because
they are similar.
Just ask the copy editor, who spends way more time
than she would like to admit, explaining the differences
between “they’re, there and their” or “its and it’s.”
It’s more frustrating — and difficult — repeat-
edly parsing the differences between actions, especially
when you have to skirt around whether an action is
legally and morally acceptable.
The issue I always get caught up in this time of year
is why I will pay to join a fantasy sports league but not
pay to be part of an NCAA bracket pool.
“They’re both gambling,” Cousin Claw claims.
Claw happens to be the commissioner of multiple
fantasy leagues that I pay $20 a pop to play in. He also
organizes a $20-a-sheet bracket pool I have refused to
be a part of since I converted to Islam. As you may
know, the religion prohibits gambling or any game of
chance.
Anyway,it’sanannualgo-aroundthatleadsnowhere
except to a perceived assault on my moral compass and
claims of hypocrisy. Even so, and despite the fact that I
love brackets and the chance to beat Claw, I still avoid
paying for the bracket pool because it feels wrong.
I also continue to pay for fantasy sports. I just had a
draft last night with my friends from high school, and
after I picked a dominant team that features the likes
of Paul Goldschmidt and Josh Donaldson, I slept like
a baby. My conscience clear.
Here’s why: Fantasy sports is not gambling, which
is defined as the wagering of something of value on an
outcome that is unknown.
Assuming that money is valuable (more on that in
a bit), it is true that I do not know the outcome of my
fantasy league in regard to winning or losing in large
part because there are so many variables I can’t control.
Last year I was in prime position to win my first title
until Goldschmidt and all-star shortstop Troy Tulow-
itzki went down with season-ending injuries.
But in the broader sense, I knew what the outcome
of joining the league would be, and I knew exactly
what I wanted for my money: camaraderie with my
friends, additional interest and motivation to follow
the game I love, and competition.
There is no doubt that I want to win, and I’m not
going to say the cash isn’t nice — mostly because it
pays for the rest of my fantasy expenditures (roughly
$200 a year). But mostly I want to win so I can walk
into our chatroom or meet up at the annual draft and
scream, “The Champ is Here!” à la Muhammad Ali.
bit.ly/1EZApZm
I could make the same case for participating in the
annual bracket challenge, but it would not be true. If I
put money into a pool, I expect it to parlay into more
money.
So instead, I started a competition sort of like the
Meade TV/Corvias Chal-
lenge, where there is no
staking of something valu-
able, and the only poten-
tial risk is to your ego
— though my ego is pretty
good right now because I
picked three teams in the
Final Four. It would have
been all four if Gonzaga
would have beaten Duke.
There is one more aspect to the whole fantasy
sports/bracket pool debate, and it is outlined in U.S.
Code § 5362, Paragraph E, Sub-Paragraph ix, line II,
which states:
“All winning outcomes reflect the relative knowl-
edge and skill of the participants and are determined
predominantly by accumulated statistical results of
the performance of individuals (athletes in the case
of sports events) in multiple real-world sporting or
other events.”
There are certainly some unknowns with fantasy
sports — draft position and injuries to name a few.
However, to be successful over an entire season against
a set group of similarly motivated players, you also
need some skill and plenty of knowledge, which in turn
will help you mitigate those unknowns.
In a bracket pool you pick your winners before
Thursday at noon and let it ride. But when your best
player goes down in fantasy sports, you have the ability
to adjust your roster and better control your outcome.
You have the ability to offer and evaluate trades and
roster moves. You can listen to your podcast and learn
Joakim Soria is making a charge to be the Tigers’
closer, and that knowledge lets you scoop him up in the
21st round and lock down saves for the season.
Let’s be honest. In bracket pools, you pick several
teams based on your gut feeling even though your
stomach is empty since you’ve never seen that team
play a minute of basketball. And when your gut is
wrong, there’s nothing you can do except hope other
people were wrong as well.
All that being said, I view fantasy sports leagues
the same way our good friend Mike Sinek probably
views his bowling leagues: You have to pay for the
opportunity to hang out with your buddies, talk smack
and compete.
Trust me. I’d prefer if the leagues I played in were
free. But they are not, so I have to pay to play. The
same is true for bracket pools, but the intention is
different.
You may view it as semantics, or a rationalization,
but I guess that’s why having to explain it gets so
frustrating.
If you have comments on this or anything to do with
sports, contact me at chad.t.jones.civ@mail.mil or hit
me up on Twitter @CTJibber.
A game vs. gaming
Chad T. Jones,
Public Affairs
Officer
Jibber Jabber - Opinion

Community News Notes
The deadline for Soundoff! community
“News and Notes” is Friday at noon.
All submissions are posted at the editor’s
discretion and may be edited for space and
grammar. Look for additional community
events on the Fort Meade website at www.
ftmeade.army.mil and the Fort Meade
Facebook page at facebook.com/ftmeade.
For more information or to submit an
announcement, email dijon.n.rolle.civ@
mail.mil or call Editor Dijon Rolle at
301-677-6806.
Freedom Inn to open
temporarily to DoD
civilians
From April 1-30, the Freedom Inn
Dining Facility will start allowing DoD
civilians, contractors and retirees to dine
in the facility Monday through Friday
for the lunch meal only.
This is a trial basis.
The following rules must be adhered
to:
• Service members in uniform are
priority through the entire serving time.
• DoD civilians, contractors and
retirees are allowed to enter from 12:15
to 12:45 p.m.
• All food is to be consumed in the
dining facility.
• No large bags are allowed.
• Carry-out for civilians is not
permitted.
Violation of any of these rules may
result in loss of privilege to dine in the
facility.
For more information, call Christine
L. Griggs, food program manager, at
301-677-9350.
Closings for training
The Outdoor Recreation Center and
Leisure Travel Services will be closed
April 13 and April 14 for seasonal
changeover and training.
The facility will reopen April 15 at 8
a.m. for normal operation.
Submit requests for
pothole repairs
Due to the cold weather this winter,
an increasing amount of potholes have
developed on Fort Meade.
Community members can submit a
work order to alice.m.price10.civ@mail.
mil to repair potholes.
The work order must include the
Easter Events
Easter Egg Hunt
Hop on over to the Youth Center
for its annual Easter Egg Hunt on
Saturday from noon to 3 p.m.
The free event for ages 13 and
younger will feature games, activities
and a huge egg hunt.
Bring a basket for eggs.
For more information, call 301-677-
1437.
Easter brunch at
Club Meade
Club Meade will serve Easter
Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Brunch is open to all services and
ranks.
Cost is $21.95 for members and
$26.96 for nonmembers.
Cost for member children, ages 3
to 10, is $11. Cost for nonmember
children is $13.50
For reservations, call 301-677-6969.
street name (and closest building or
intersection) where the pothole is
located; a primary and alternate point
of contact; and a telephone number.
Fort Meade Technology
Expo
The Fort Meade Technology Expo
will be held Wednesday at Club Meade
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The expo will feature more than 35
exhibits and live demos of the latest
mission-centric technologies.
Featured technologies include:
hardware and software products,
communications interfaces, data
protection, optical switching systems,
digital library, security testing, data
storage, cyber defense and security,
modular power systems, software
integration, digital forensic solutions,
training solutions, oscilloscopes, media
destruction tools and supply chain
solutions.
For more information, go to
federalevents.com.
Installation Run
The installation is sponsoring a
Joint Service Sexual Assault Awareness
and Resiliency Installation Run on
Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 a.m. at
McGlachlin Parade Field.
Master Sgt. Cedric King, a double
amputee, will lead the run alongside
Garrison Commander Col. Brian P.
Foley and Garrison Command Sgt. Maj.
Rodwell L. Forbes.
The purpose of the run is to raise
awareness of sexual assault and
spotlight the need for prevention and
intervention.
In addition, the run will support
mental, physical, emotional, behavioral
and spiritual resilience for service
members, DoD civilians and their
families.
The entire Fort Meade community is
invited to participate in the run.
Earth Day event
Fort Meade’s annual Earth Day event
will be held April 22 at the Pavilion.
The Garrison Commander’s Call will
begin at 9 a.m., followed immediately by
Earth Day festivities.
The event will feature games and
activities, free food and educational
Earth Day exhibits.
To supply an exhibit, call Suzanne
Teague at 301-677-9185 or Jim Ayers at
301-677-9170.
SHARP 1.5-mile walk
Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center
will host the SHARP 1.5-mile walk on
April 21 in support of Sexual Assault
Awareness and Prevention Month.
The walk will begin at noon in front of
Kimbrough.
Participants will walk to Burba Lake
and around its perimeter, then return to
Kimbrough.
Everyone is invited.
Participants are asked to wear the color
teal to support this cause.
For more information, call Sherry L.
Williams at 301-677-9983 or 301-677-
9984.
Volunteers Awards
Banquet
The Fort Meade Volunteers Awards
Banquet will be held April 16 at 6 p.m.
at Club Meade.
For information on nomination
procedures and tickets, call the volunteer
coordinator at 301-677-4128.
‘Clean Up! Fort Meade’
For a seventh year, the Enlisted
NEWS EVENTS
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Spouses’ Club will host its annual “Clean
Up! Fort Meade” event on April 11 at
Burba Lake.
This event gathers various members of
the Fort Meade community to dedicate a
few hours of their time to giving back and
cleaning up the community.
The main check-in point will be near
the Post Library parking lot.
A $400 top school prize (sponsored by
the ESC) and a $200 second school prize
(sponsored by the OSC) will be awarded
to the top-two participating schools.
The winning schools will have a choice
of a “green-themed” library or gardening
supplies and materials.
Additional prize categories are top-
participating child organization/club, top-
participating military unit/command and
top-collecting individual adult/child.
In conjunction with this event, the
ESC will offer an additional incentive for
students of Fort Meade schools.
A drawing competition with the topic
of “How do you see recycling being used
in 20 years?” in which students will have
the opportunity to create their own work
of art and write a few sentences about
what they have drawn.
Completed works of art must be turned
in the day of the event. In order to enter,
students must attend the event. The grand
prize is a Kindle Fire tablet.
To pre-register for an extra raffle ticket,
go to FtMeadeESC.org.
For more information, email clean.
up.fort.meade.esc@gmail.com.
Prostate cancer progrm
The next quarterly program for men
and families dealing with prostate cancer
will be held May 7 from 7-8:30 p.m. at
Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center in the America Building, Room
2525.
Dr. Timothy Donahue will discuss
“Rise in PSA After Treatment for Pros-
tate Cancer.”
Family and friends are invited. No
registration required.
Military ID is required for base access.
Those without a military ID should call
the Prostate Center at 301-319-2900 at
least four business days prior to the event
for base access.
For more information, call retired Col.
Jane Hudak at 301-319-2918 or email
jane.l.hudak.ctr@mail.mil.
Cyber symposium
A cyber information session will be
held April 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
McGill Training Center.
Corvias education grants
Corvias Foundation is still accepting
applications for the 2015 educational
grants.
Applications must be submitted by
May 7.
Grants are given in the amount of
up to $5,000 to spouses of active-duty
service members stationed at Fort
Meade.
Applicants may be in any stage of the
educational process.
corviasfoundation.org.
Free dental screenings
Free dental screenings for children
ages 1-12 will be offered April 15 from
10 a.m. to noon at the commissary, 2786
Mapes Road.
The event will include dental health
information and children’s dental care kits.
The screenings are sponsored by
Colgate’s Bright Smiles, Bright Futures
children’s oral health-improvement
program.
colgatebsbf.com.
Storytime
The Children’s Library offers pre-
kindergarten Storytime on Thursdays at
9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at Kuhn Hall,
4415 Llewellyn Ave.
5677.
Youth Center Carnival
The Youth Center Carnival will be
held Friday from noon to 7 p.m.
The carnival kicks off the Month of
the Military Child and will feature a
moon bounce, cake walk, face painting
and sack races.
Ticket prices range from 25 cents to
50 cents.
For more information or to register,
call 301-677-1437.
Out About
• Port Discovery Children’s Museum
is featuring its new exhibition, Lego
Castle Adventure, through Sept. 20 at
35 Market Place, Baltimore.
Hours are Tuesday to Friday from
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday from
noon to 5 p.m.
General admission is $14.50 for ages
2 and older. For more information, call
410-727-8120 or go to portdiscovery.
org.
• “Eggscellent Adventure” will be
featured Saturday at 11:15 a.m. and
3:15 p.m. at Terrapin Adventures, 8600
Foundry St., Savage.
Children will decorate their own egg
cartons, pet bunnies, hunt for candy-
filled eggs, and dress up in climbing
gear to climb for one hour on the
Terrapin Explorer Course designed for
ages 5-9.
Cost is $35 per child. A portion of
each ticket will be donated to a local
rabbit shelter.
For more information, call 301-
725-1313 or go to http://www.
terrapinadventures.com/events/.
• “The Price Is Right Live,” the
interactive stage show that gives eligible
individuals the chance to “come on
down” to win, is coming to Baltimore
on April 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Modell
Performing Arts Center at the Lyric,
110 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore.
Tickets cost $28-$48.To register for
a chance to be a contestant, visit the
registration area three hours prior to
show time.
5086 or go to lyricoperahouse.com.
• The grand opening of the Crofton
Farmers Market — Anne Arundel
County’s largest farmers market — will
be celebrated April 15 from 4-7 p.m. at
Route 3 North and Davidsonville Road
(Giant parking lot).
Fifty vendors will participate
including Greek on the Street food
truck; All Fired Up brick oven
pizza; Frankie Falafel; CJDs Stand
Carolina-style barbecue; and Short
Thing Shellfish.
The farmers market also will feature
a Kids Zone that includes face painting,
balloon animals and free crafts.
CroftonFarmersMarket.com.
• Monthly Prayer Breakfast, hosted by the
Garrison Chaplain’s Office, is held the first
Thursday of every month at 7 a.m. at Club
Meade.
The next prayer breakfast is today.
There is no cost for the buffet. Donations
are optional. All Fort Meade employees,
family members, and civilian and military
personnel are invited.
• Meade Rod and Gun Club meets the
first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at
Perry’s Restaurant and Odie’s Pub at 1210
Annapolis Road, Odenton, in the banquet
hall in back of the building. The next
meeting is tonight. Dinner is served at 6 p.m.
• Retired Officers’ Wives’ Club will hold its
next monthly luncheon Tuesday at 11 a.m. at
Club Meade.
Bring your family and friends to see the
newest trends in fashion at “Spring into
Summer 2015.” The club’s annual fashion
show will feature clothes from the Exchange,
modeled by ROWC models.
Cost of the luncheon is $18. Reservations
are required today. Call your area
representative or Betty Wade at 410-551-
7082.
Annual membership dues are $25, but you
may join now through May for $12.50.
Members may bring guests at any time
to the luncheons, which are held on the first
Tuesday of each month, except June, July,
August and January.
For more information, call Genny
Bellinger, ROWC president, at 410-674-2550.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness of
Anne Arundel County offers a free support
group for families with a loved one suffering
from mental illness on the first Thursday
of every month at 7 p.m. at the Odenton
(West County) Library, 1325 Annapolis
Road. The next meeting is tonight. For more
information, visit namiaac.org.
• Swinging Squares Square Dance Club
dances the first and third Saturday of the
month from 7:30-10 p.m. through May at
Meade Middle School. The next dance is
Saturday. Admission is $6. Square dance
attire is optional.
Dance classes are offered Thursday nights
at 7:30 p.m. at Meade Middle School. Each
class costs $6.
For more information, call Darlene at 410-
519-2536 or Carl at 410-271-8776.
• Families Dealing with Deployment meets
the first and third Monday of every month
from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Family Advocacy
Program, 2462 85th Medical Battalion Ave.
Children welcome. The next meeting is
Monday.
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Movies
The group is for families experiencing an
upcoming or current deployment, or who
have recently returned from deployment. For
more information, call 301-677-5590 or email
colaina.townsend.ctr@mail.mil.
• Calling All Dads meets the first and third
Monday of every month from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
at the Family Advocacy Program, 2462 85th
Medical Battalion Ave. The next meeting is
Monday.
The group is for expecting fathers, and
fathers with children of all ages. Children
welcome. For more information, call 301-
677-5590 or email colaina.townsend.ctr@
mail.mil.
• Fort Meade TOP III Association meets
the second Wednesday of each month at
3 p.m. at the Courses. The next meeting
is Wednesday. The association is open
to all Air Force active-duty and retired
senior noncommissioned officers. For more
information, call Master Sgt. Jonathan Jacob
at 443-479-0616 or email jajacob@nsa.gov.
• Fort Meade E9 Association meets the
second Friday of every month at 7 a.m. in
the Pin Deck Cafe at the Lanes. The next
meeting is April 10.
The association is open to active, retired,
Reserve and National Guard E9s of any
uniformed service. All E9s in this area are
invited to attend a breakfast and meet the
membership. For more information, go to
e9association.org.
• Meade Branch 212 of the Fleet Reserve
Association meets the second Saturday of
each month at 10 a.m. at VFW Post 160,
2597 Dorsey Road, Glen Burnie. The next
meeting is April 11. Active-duty, Reserve and
retired members of the U.S. Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard are invited.
For more information, call 443-604-2474
or 410-768-6288.
• Marriage Enrichment Group, sponsored
by Army Community Service, meets the
second and fourth Monday of every month
from 3-4 p.m. at the Community Readiness
Center, 830 Chisholm Ave. The next meeting
is April 13. For more information, call
Celena Flowers or Jessica Hobgood at 301-
677-5590.
• Women’s Empowerment Group meets
Wednesdays from 2-3:30 p.m. to provide
a safe, confidential arena for the support,
education and empowerment of women
who have experienced past or present family
violence.
Location is only disclosed to participants.
To register, call Samantha Herring, victim
advocate, at 301-677-4124 or Katherine
Lamourt, victim advocate, at 301-677-4117.
• Moms Walking Group, sponsored by
Parent Support, meets Thursdays from 8:30-
9:15 a.m. at the Family Advocacy Program,
2462 85th Medical Battalion Ave. To register,
call 301-677-3617.
• Project Healing Waters meets Thursdays
from 6-8 p.m. at the Soldiers and Family
Assistance Center, 2462 85th Medical
Battalion Ave.
The project is dedicated to the physical
and emotional rehabilitation of wounded
warriors and veterans through fly fishing, fly
tying and outings.
For more information, call Larry Vawter,
program leader, at 443-535-5074 or email
thecarptman@msn.com.
• Dancing with the Heroes, free ballroom
dance lessons for the Warrior Transition
Unit, meets Thursdays at 6 p.m. at Argonne
Hills Chapel Center in the seminar room.
Participants should wear loose clothing,
comfortable shoes with leather soles. No
super high heels or flip-flops.
• Spanish Christian Service is conducted
Sundays at 1 p.m. at the Cavalry Chapel
located at 8465 Simonds St. and 6th
Armored Cavalry Road.
For more information, call Elias Mendez
at 301-677-7314 or 407-350-8749.
• Couples Communication Group,
sponsored by Army Community Service,
meets every Monday from 2:30-3:30 p.m.
at the Community Readiness Center, 830
Chisholm Ave.
For more information, call Celena Flowers
or Katherine Lamourt at 301-677-5590.
• Cub Scout Pack 377 invites boys in
first through fifth grades, or ages 7 to 10, to
attend its weekly Monday meetings at 6 p.m.
at Argonne Hills Chapel Center.
For more information, email Cubmaster
Christopher Lassiter at pack377_cm@yahoo.
com or Committee Chairperson Marco
Cilibert at pack377_cc@yahoo.com.
• Boy Scout Troop 379 meets Mondays
at 7 p.m. at Argonne Hills Chapel Center
on Rockenbach Road. The troop is
actively recruiting boys ages 11 to 18. For
more information, email Lisa Yetman,
at lisayetman@verizon.net or Wendall
Lawrence, Scoutmaster, at lawrencewendall@
juno.com.
• Catholic Women of the Chapel meets
every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. for prayer and
Bible study in the Main Post Chapel, 4419
Llewellyn Ave. Monthly programs are held
Mondays at 6:30 p.m. The group is open to
all women in the community ages 18 and
older — active duty, retiree and civilian
— for prayer, faith fellowship, and service.
For more information, email Mariana Yinh
at themariana@yahoo.com.
• American Legion Post 276 is open to
veterans and active-duty service members at
8068 Quarterfield Road in Severn. Breakfast
may be purchased beginning at 9 a.m.
Lunches may be purchased from 11:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. Happy Hour is 4-6 p.m. Dinner
may be purchased at 6 p.m. on Fridays and
the fourth Sunday of every month.
Membership discounts are offered
for active-duty military. For more
information, call 410-969-8028 or visit
americanlegionpost276.org.
• Odenton Masonic Center, located at 1206
Stehlik Drive, invites the community, local
military, fire/emergency services and local
businesses to enjoy its breakfast and specialty
dinners.
The center offers a fundraising “all-you-
can-eat” breakfast every second Sunday from
7-11 a.m. Fundraising specialty dinners are
held the third Friday of the month from 5-7
p.m.
Menus vary and are listed on the center’s
website at odentonlodge209.net.
• New Spouse Connection meets the second
Monday of every month from 7-8:30 p.m.
at the Community Readiness Center, 830
Chisholm Ave. The next meeting is April 13.
The program provides an opportunity for
all spouses new to the military or to Fort
Meade to meet and get connected. For more
information, contact Pia Morales at pia.
s.morales.civ@mail.mil or 301-677-4110.
• AARP Chapter 606 will meet April 13 at
12:30 p.m. in the Glen Burnie Improvement
Association Hall.
This month’s guest speaker is Maryland
Del. Mark Chang who will discuss what is
happening in the current legislative session.
Chapter dues are due this month. Bring
your national card for AARP and current
chapter card. Dues are $4 per person or $6
per couple at sign-in.
Members are urged to bring food for
the North County Emergency Outreach
Network, loose change for charities and used
toner cartridges to be reconditioned.
For more information, call Judy Litke, at
410-760-6253.
• NARFE Chapter 1519 will meet April
14 at 1 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Church
Hall, 3436 Baltimore-Annapolis Road, Glen
Burnie.
Dr. Kristin Krotz of the Advanced
Hearing Group is the guest speaker.
Those interested in joining this chapter
or finding out more information concerning
the National Active and Retired Federal
Employee Association should attend this
meeting. Personnel are needed to become
active members of the chapter and attend
meetings.
For more information, call Diane Shreves,
publicity chairman, at 410-760-3750.
• Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter
254 meets the third Wednesday of every
month from 3-4 p.m. in the auditorium
of the Airman Leadership School, 8470
Zimborski Ave. The next meeting is April 15.
For more information, call 831-521-9251 or
go to AFSA254.org.
• Military District of Washington
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meets the third
The movie schedule is subject to change. For
a recorded announcement of showings, call 301-
677-5324. Further listings are available on the
Army and Air Force Exchange Service website
at www.aafes.com.
Movies start Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30
p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
PRICES: Tickets are $5.50 for adults (12
and older) and $3 for children. 3D Movies:
$7.50 adults, $5 children.
Today through Sunday
Friday Sunday: “Focus” (R). In the midst of a
veteran con man’s latest scheme, a woman from
his past — now an accomplished femme fatale
— shows up and throws his plans for a loop. With
Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro.
Saturday: “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (R). A
spy organization recruits an unrefined but prom-
ising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive
training program, just as a global threat emerges
from a twisted tech genius. With Colin Firth,
Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson.
Wednesday of each month from noon to 1
p.m. at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
Dining Facility in Virginia. The next meeting
is April 15.
All members and those interested in
joining the club are welcome. For more
information, contact Master Sgt. Erica
Lehmkuhl at erica.lehmkuhl@us.army.mil or
301-833-8415.
• Prostate Cancer Support Group meets
at Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center in Bethesda on the third Thursday
of every month. The next meeting is April
16 from 1-2 p.m. and 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the
America Building, River Conference Room
(next to the Prostate Center), third floor.
Spouses/partners are invited. Military ID
is required for base access. Men without a
military ID should call the Prostate Center at
301-319-2900 at least four days prior to the
event for base access.
For more information, call retired Col.
Jane Hudak at 301-319-2918 or email jane.
l.hudak.ctr@health.mil.

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