To enable participants to encounter and analyze critical issues of professional and business ethics and to accept responsibility
To become more acquainted with the business and professional worlds
To confront critical social, cultural and environmental issues
To further develop and refine leadership skills
To learn about Rotary and its impact on the greater community
To meet other students from Maryland and Delaware from various racial, social and cultural backgrounds.

During the conference, students were divided into small groups and were given the task of developing a community service project based on an original idea that would have a positive effect on their community. The groups had the opportunity to present their ideas to the whole group, who then voted on the best project. A local rotary club supported the winning project.

Kimberly had the opportunity to speak along with other students from Queen Anne’s County at the Rotary Breakfast in Centreville. She took away from the experience that “Service Above Self,” which is the Rotary’s motto, says it all.

The boat will appear at various events in QA County as part of the Kent Island Federation of Arts’ 50th Anniversary! Tickets are $50.00 each. Only one-thousand (1000) tickets will be sold. Tickets are available at KIFA (405 main Street Stevensville, MD) or by phone 410-643-7424 or at www.KIFA.us. Tickets are also available at Annapolis Boat Sales LLC by calling 410-604-6962 or by visiting www.AnnapolisBoatSales.com or wherever the boat is displayed!

Ticket sales will close on Nov. 9, 2013 where the drawing will be held at KIFA’s 50TH Anniversary Gala ‘Artasia’ at the Kent Island Fire House. Tickets for the gala can be purchased online at kifa.us or by calling 410-643-7424.

Photo: Hurricane Sundeck power boat courtesy of Annapolis Boat Sales

Celebrating their recognition as Everyday Heroes are (front row, left to right) Mary Collins, RN-BC; Makaye Knopp, RN; Mary Camper, RN, III, BA; (second row) Martha Clark, BS, RN, Nurse Manager, Surgical Unit; Amy Bradley, RN, BSN, RC; Cindy Beemer, RN, MSN, CCRN, NEA-BC, Nurse Manager, Telemetry Unit; Jennifer Miles, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager, Multi-Specialty Care Unit; Laura Lloyd, RN; (back row) Graham Lee, Vice President for Philanthropy, Shore Health System; Stacey Reischer, RN; Crystal Davenport, RN; Ruth Ann Jones, EdD, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Director of Acute Care; and Doreen Taylor, Nursing Tech.

The Everyday Hero Program provides patients and their family members an opportunity to thank a Shore Health System physician, employee or volunteer by making a financial donation to the Memorial Hospital Foundation in their name. The Memorial Hospital Foundation uses these donations to support Shore Health System in continuing its mission of delivering exceptional care, every day. For more information about recognizing an Everyday Hero, contact the Memorial Hospital Foundation at 410-822-1000, ext. 5481.

Dr. Goodman, who is board certified in Family Medicine, has been in private practice since 2001 at Shore Family Medicine in Centreville, Md., part of the Shore Health / University of Maryland Medical System. Additionally, she provides part-time, midlevel care at Easton Memorial Hospital’s Fast Track ER Department. She also serves on the System’s Electronic Medical Records and Information Technology Committees.

Dr. Goodman earned her undergraduate degree from Seton Hall University and her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathy. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, where she was Chief Resident during her final year of residency.

Hospice of Queen Anne’s is the only free-standing hospice facility on the Mid Shore offering General Inpatient Hospice Care, a highly specialized, short term level of care for terminally ill patients in crisis in Queen Anne’s and the surrounding counties. The goal of this focused care is to control acute, intractable pain or other uncontrolled symptoms which cannot be feasibly managed in any other settings.

To learn more about available hospice and grief care options, go to www.hospiceofqueenannes.org or call 443-262-4100.

River House Golf at the Easton Club is 18-hole championship golf course with a par 71 and a 6,501 yard layout that offers unique challenges for golfers of all abilities. The golf course is located at 28449 Clubhouse Drive in Easton.

The Talbot Interfaith Shelter (TIS) is a voluntary service organization dedicated to providing safe, temporary shelter to men, women, and children who lack adequate housing, provide guests with assistance to help them become independent, and to raising awareness of the issues of homelessness in our community.

TIS is actively exploring initiatives to provide housing year round to a greater number of those in need; as the outreach grows the need for financial support increases. TIS depends on community-minded individuals, businesses and groups to make it possible to continue to provide assistance to the ever-increasing population affected by homelessness and hunger. Your generosity will make a positive impact in our community by allowing TIS to continue its important work. Contact development@talbotinterfaithshelter.org or 410-820-7030 for information, to volunteer or donate to TIS.

Make plans to enjoy a day of golf while supporting those in need during ‘Shelter Days of Play for the Homeless’ on Monday, June 3 or Friday, June 7. Call 410-820-9800 to reserve your tee time; tee times run 8am – 7pm.

This exhibit explores the impact of the War of 1812 on the people of the Chesapeake¬¬––black and white Americans, militiamen, Baltimore merchants, and British sailors—who found opportunity or misfortune amid the conflict. Their diaries, artifacts, portraits, and articles reveal their personal stories, and the ways the War of 1812 on the Chesapeake challenged American ideas about freedom.

The exhibit also has several interactive components. CBMM partnered with Washington College’s GIS lab to generate a 3D virtual flyover of the Battle of St. Michaels, as well as maps highlighting the cultural landscapes of the area. Additional stories, research, and activities will be shared with the public beyond CBMM’s campus through an interactive online exhibit, curriculum materials, teacher workshops, and a series of public programs for all ages.

This special exhibit runs through 2015 and is free for CBMM members or with museum admission. For more information, call 410-745-2916 or visit www.cbmm.org.

Professional artist Chris Mona is this year’s judge. Mr. Mona was born in Washington, DC in 1961, graduating from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1983 and from Pratt Institute with a Master of Fine Arts in 1985. Throughout his career, Mona has received numerous awards and grants. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally, including in Korea and Canada in 2009, and in 2010 he had a one person show at Creative Alliance, Baltimore, Md. In 2011, he completed the Aluminum Plate Lithography Workshop at Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM, under the direction of Rodney Hamon. Mona is a professor of art at Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Md., and also directs it’s Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, and it’s Printmaking Studio.

Awards have been presented to the following artists:
Best in Show – Sally Clark, Mixed Media

*Oil/Acrylic:
First Place – Bryan Greenlee, Oil
Second Place – Cindy Golding, Acrylic
Third Place – Dennis Young, Oil

*Watermedia :
First Place – Tom Rohe
Second Place – Amy Maddox
Third Place – Amy Maddox
Honorable Mention – Tom Rohe

*Graphics/Photography :
First Place – Dennis Young
Second Place – Jay Sacks
Third Place – Maureen Wheatley
Honorable Mentions – Judy Wolgast & Rosanne Colvard
Again this year, the multi-talented Kent Island Garden Club has interpreted various works of the exhibit in creative floral arrangements which are not to be missed. These floral interpretations can be seen (as long as they last) at the KIFA Gallery, Wednesday through Friday, 10 – 4, and Saturday, 1 – 4.

KIFA, a non-profit (501c3) volunteer organization, seeks to develop and allocate resources to provide gallery and studio space, instruction, art shows and events for our members and the greater community. KIFA is partially funded by grants from the United Way and CFC

Photo courtesy of KIFA – First place, oil, Bryan Greenlee, ‘Picked Clean’