Soundoff February 5, 2015

1. UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.:
Cooking Matters Tour - Commissary
Feb. 19, 11:30 a.m.:
Black History Month Observance -
McGill Training Center
Feb. 19, 6 p.m.:
Kimbrough town hall -
Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center
Feb. 23-27:
Fort Meade Military Saves Week
Feb. 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.:
Financial Readiness Fair -
McGill Training Center
Healthy living
Special insert helps
Fort Meade members
meet wellness, fitness goals
INSIDE
Good times
Community activities help
EFMP families find support,
strengthen bonds
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vol. 67 no. 5 Published in the interest of the Fort Meade community February 5, 2015
The way ahead
photo by nate pesce
Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Foley talks with newly elected Maryland Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. as they walk to the
Defense Information School on Friday. Hogan visited Fort Meade for the first time to learn about DoD growth on the installation
and to honor DINFOS for its 50th anniversary. For the story, see Page 3.

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Commander’s Column
Contents
News.............................. 3 Sports...................................11
Crime Watch.................. 4 Movies..................................15
Community..................13 Classified..............................17
Editorial Staff
Garrison Commander
Col. Brian P. Foley
Garrison Command
Sgt. Maj. Rodwell L. Forbes
Public Affairs Officer
Chad T. Jones
Chad.T.Jones.civ@mail.mil
Chief, Command Information
Philip H. Jones
Philip.H.Jones.civ@mail.mil
Editor Dijon Rolle
Dijon.N.Rolle.civ@mail.mil
Assistant Editor Senior Writer
Rona S. Hirsch
Staff Writer Lisa R. Rhodes
Staff Writer Shari Rosen
Design Coordinator Timothy Davis
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Greetings, Team Meade.
Wow! January has passed and we are already in
the month of February. I was recently reminded
by a Fort Meade member that we should cherish
each day and not rush into days, months and years
yet ahead of us.
It gave me a different perspective with regard to
living each day to the fullest and maximizing the
time you have every day of your life.
That said, I open this week’s column by wel-
coming those who are new to the installation, or
as we like to say, “Welcome to Team Meade!” You
are definitely in the right place at the right time
to assist in spearheading the development and
transformation of this dynamic post.
I urge you to take advantage of all the resourc-
es, activities and events offered through our instal-
lation and community partners in and around
the area. We strive to provide you “excellent and
seamless” service as you transition to life at Fort
Meade and become settled in our community.
To our separating service members who are
entering a period of transition into civilian life,
thank you for your selfless and faithful service
to our nation. No matter how long you served,
you’ve made a tremendous impact. Always be
proud of your service as you are representative of
a small percentage of our population who volun-
teered to help defend this great nation.
May you end your military career with my best
wishes and may you be blessed in your future
endeavors. I wish you continued success in the
future including a wish for you to be blessed with
the strength and courage to continue to make a
difference.
As I share a couple highlights from January,
remember to stop and thank our service members
in these units for their outstanding service. The
327th Signal Company has provided not only
excellent communications services, but has also
fostered an environment that has resulted in zero
alcohol-related incidents over the last 60 months.
Also make note that the Asymmetric Warfare
Group has opened its newly constructed indoor
range to the Fort Meade community, making it
possible for authorized service members and civil-
ians to be certified, locally, on their weapons.
Last week, we held our first Community Coun-
cil Meeting and Partner Commanders’ Luncheon
of the year. Thanks to the garrison, the post com-
munity and our partner commands for participat-
ing and providing valued information that will
allow us all to be better prepared in the future.
This week, I find myself echoing the comments
of one of our partner commands with the intent
to raise awareness of the need for everyone to be
mindful about properly clearing the snow and ice
from your vehicles before driving. As we continue
to experience winter weather, please note that
snow and ice on your windshield limits your vis-
ibility.
Planwithsafe-
ty in mind and
take the extra
time to properly
defrost and clear
your vehicles of
ice and snow.
This quar-
ter we will kick
off the annual
Army Emergen-
cy Relief cam-
paign. This year’s campaign will run March 1
through May 15.
AER is an emergency, financial assistance
program for Soldiers, retirees and their family
members. Through sister-agency reimbursement
agreements, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps
personnel also may receive assistance through
Fort Meade’s AER.
As you hear more about this year’s fundraising
campaign, keep in mind that AER is one of our
valuable resources that help our service members
remain resilient through tough times. All dona-
tions to AER are used to support Soldiers and
their families. It’s another way in which the Army
takes care of its own.
As we close out another week at Fort Meade,
I hope you will keep in mind that resilience is a
critical component of readiness. Having the abil-
ity to face challenges, adapt to change, and power
through setbacks makes members of the military
community best prepared to face any mission.
Our goal at Fort Meade is to ensure that service
members and their families are aware of resources
available and that when in need, we are willing to
seek help for ourselves and our service members
and their families.
Please continue to do all that you can to sup-
port other families, connect with our community
and make positive contributions to the world in
which we live.
Thanks for all that you do.
Focus on the positive
Garrison command
Sgt. maj. Rodwell l. Forbes
Commander’s Open Door
Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Foley
has an open door policy.
All service members, retirees, government
employees, family members or community
members age 18 or older are invited to address
issues or concerns 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.
For more information, call 301-677-4844.

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By Lisa R. Rhodes
Staff Writer
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. visited
Fort Meade on Friday, his first visit since
his election.
The new governor met with Garrison
Commander Col. Brian P. Foley at the
Demps Visitor Control Center for a
briefing on the DoD’s growth on the
installation.
Hogan then toured the post with
other elected officials and military and
garrison leaders, and later presented a
proclamation at the Defense Information
School in honor of its 50th anniversary.
“As one of my first official visits as
Maryland’s governor, it was my great
pleasure to tour Fort Meade and to see
firsthand some of the important work
that is taking place within Maryland’s
borders — and to participate in the
Defense Information School’s 50th anni-
versary celebration,” Hogan said in a
written statement following his visit.
During a 15-minute meeting at the
VCC, Foley welcomed Hogan to Fort
Meade and introduced the installation
as “our nation’s primary operational
platform for the defense of our nation
in this cyber domain. This is the new
domain of 21st-century conflict and
competition.”
Other guests included Anne Arundel
County Executive Steve Schuh; Maryland
State Del. Pam Beidle; Maryland State
Sen. Ed DeGrange. Maj. Gen. Linda
Singh, adjutant general of the Maryland
National Guard; and Command Sgt. Maj.
Thomas Beyard, senior enlisted leader of
the Maryland National Guard.
Foley said that in the past, the Army
has looked to Fort Bragg, N.C., and Fort
Hood, Texas, as “power projection plat-
forms” for 20th-century power.
However, Fort Meade is now consid-
ered the nation’s center of information,
intelligence and cyber operations due to
the presence of U.S. Cyber Command,
Marine Corps Cyber Command, Navy
Fleet Cyber Command, the National
Security Agency and the Defense Infor-
mation Systems Agency.
Foley said that Fort Meade is one of
a “tiny minority of Army forts” that is
growing, due to the DoD’s expansion
into cyber operations.
For example, the physical and opera-
tional growth of U.S. Cyber Command
at Fort Meade will lead to an additional
2,000 people assigned to the installation
over the next five years, Foley said.
Maryland’s new governor tours Meade, presents proclamation
photo by nate pesce
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. shakes hands with Col. Jeremy Martin (center), commandant of the Defense Information School,
after Hogan presented DINFOS with a proclamation recognizing the school’s 50th anniversary. Ray Shepherd (right), director of
the Defense Media Activity, later presented Hogan with a DMA coin.
Currently, there is about $1.8 billion in
facility construction taking place at Fort
Meade due to U.S. Cyber Command
growth and NSA recapitilization.
Foley explained the demographics of
the installation, noting the 117 tenant
organizations and a workforce of more
than 51,000 military and DoD civilians.
About 14,000 service members of all
military branches work here, and nearly
half of the civilian workforce are resi-
dents of Anne Arundel County.
“Fort Meade would not flat-out be
anywhere near as successful as it has
been in terms of its growth without the
support of the entire state of Maryland,”
Foley said.
The state has been supportive in pro-
viding much-needed funding for reno-
vating the regional transportation infra-
structure near the installation, particu-
larly Maryland Route 175.
“I am extremely proud of the dedi-
cated professionals at Fort Meade who
are protecting the nation’s data, conduct-
ing the critical intelligence missions that
protect our country and maintaining
communications across the Department
of Defense,” Hogan said in a written
statement.
After the briefing, Foley led Hogan
on an hourlong tour of the installation
by bus to view the Youth Sports Com-
plex, Environmental Protection Agen-
cy, Adjudications and 902nd Military
Intelligence Group facilities, Kimbrough
Ambulatory Care Center, garrison head-
quarters, Hale Hall and the Freedom
Center Barracks.
During DINFOS’ 50th anniversary
closing ceremony, Hogan presented Col.
Jeremy Martin, commandant of DIN-
FOS, with a state proclamation honoring
the school.
“Thank you for taking time out of
your busy day to honor us,” Martin
said.
Martin gave Hogan a DINFOS 50th
anniversary coffee mug and an official
DINFOS cap.
Ray Shepherd, director of the Defense
Media Activity, presented the governor
with a DMA coin.
Hogan thanked Martin and Shepherd,
then addressed the audience.
“Congratulations on your 50th anni-
versary and continue the wonderful work
that you do here,” he said.
After the presentation, Hogan contin-
ued on a tour of the installation.

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PHOTO BY STEVE ELLMORE
Alan Devalerio, who served as a contract butler at the White House from 1980 to 1989,
speaks about his experiences and humorous interactions with presidents during the
Retired Officers’ Wives’ Club’s monthly luncheon held Tuesday at Club Meade. The
30-minute speech was followed by a question-and-answer session.
Jan. 30, Driving while impaired
by alcohol: The Directorate of
Emergency Services was noti-
fied by Anne Arundel County
Police dispatch of a vehicle
driving erratically in the wrong
lane on Route 175. County
police stopped the vehicle on
Reece Road prior to the secu-
rity gate. Fort Meade Police
responded and made contact with the driver, and
immediately could smell an odor of an alcoholic
beverage emitting from her. The driver refused
field sobriety testing and she refused to consent
to a breath test
Jan. 30, Shoplifting: AAFES loss prevention per-
sonnel at the Exchange stated she observed the
subject exit the store with merchandise without
rendering proper payment.
Jan. 31, Shoplifting: AAFES loss prevention per-
sonnel at the Exchange stated she observed three
male juveniles conceal items in a black shoulder
bag. The subjects then left the store without
rendering payment for the items.
Feb. 2, Shoplifting: AAFES loss prevention per-
sonnel at the Exchange stated she observed the
subject, via surveillance camera, conceal a bottle
of cologne in his pants pocket then exit the store
without rendering proper payment.
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For week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1:
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• Nonmoving violations: 2
• Verbal warnings for traffic stops: 4
• Traffic accidents: 12
• Driving on suspended license: 1
• Driving on suspended registration: 0
• Driving without a license: 2
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tration.
He creatively poured cocoa on his
hands to keep them warm, but unfortu-
nately ran out and missed his opportu-
nity to serve cocoa to the Carters.
“I had worked myself to the point of
whenever they needed an extra person,
I’m who they would call,” he said.
Devalerio also recounted many celeb-
rity encounters he had, such as the
stars he met during President Ronald
Reagan’s oath of office reception held
Jan. 20, 1981.
“I was one of the first butlers out
of the pantry when the guests arrived,”
Devalerio said. “It was an incredible
array of Hollywood personalities.”
Some of these celebrities included
Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Johnny
Carson and Ed McMahon.
Devalerio also had the opportunity
to work upstairs in the White House’s
family quarters.
“It’s totally different upstairs,” Dev-
alerio said. “[It’s] much more relaxed.”
Devalerio concluded his speech by
talking about his mentor John Fick-
lin, who started working at the White
House in 1939. Ficklin served tea to
Jackie Kennedy when she returned to
the White House on Nov. 22, 1963,
just hours after her husband’s assas-
sination.
Devalerio’s speech was followed by a
question-and-answer session. He gave
a straight-forward answer when asked
who his favorite president was to work
for.
“Most of my time was spent with
the Reagan presidency,” Devalerio said.
“He was very likable.”
Other highlights of the three-hour
luncheon included a belated birthday
celebration for the club’s 100-year-old
member Marion Jordan and a raffle
drawing for the centerpieces on each
table.
“Another fabulous program,” said
Genny Bellinger, president of the
ROWC. “A job well done.”
Editor’s note: For more information
on Retired Officers’ Wives’ Club mem-
bership or their events, contact Genny
Bellinger, ROWC president, at 410-674-
2550, or, Jean Simmons, ROWC mem-
bership chair, at 410-721-7761.
By Shari Rosen
Staff Writer
The one unwritten rule of working as
a butler at the White House is never to
talk to the president or first lady unless
they speak to you first.
AlanDevalerio,acontractbutleratthe
White House from 1980 to 1989, shared
this information and other humorous
anecdotes at the Retired Officers’ Wives’
Club monthly luncheon held Tuesday
afternoon at Club Meade.
“It was good, really good,” said Daryl
Releford, who owns Petals and Blooms
Tberries in Fort Meade’s Exchange
and was a special guest at the event. “[It
was] exciting.”
Devalerio, dressed in a gray suit
jacket, said he was inspired to become
a White House butler after he read
the 1973 book, “Upstairs at the White
House: My Life with the First Ladies”
by J.B. West, who was the head usher at
the White House.
In 1979, Devalerio moved to Wash-
ington, D.C., to pursue a career in
political humor and began as a part-
time banquet waiter in the Senate Hall
on Capitol Hill.
Driven by ambition, Devalerio
approached Claiborne Pell, then-sena-
tor of Devalerio’s home state of Rhode
Island, and told him he wanted to be a
White House butler.
“It was a dream job,” Devalerio said.
“Imagine going to work every day and
not knowing who would be at your
place of work that day.”
Devalerio applied for a contract posi-
tion at the White House. After five
months, Eugene Allen — the man who
inspired the movie “Lee Daniels’ The
Butler” — called Devalerio to tell him
he had secured the position.
The only caveat was that Devalerio
had to quickly secure a tuxedo, which
he was able to do after leveraging the
importance of his new position at a
local department store.
“I had no idea where I was supposed
to go [the first day], so I walked through
the front door,” Devalerio said. “That
was a mistake.”
Devalerio described a number of
events he worked on at the White House
such as an outdoor Christmas party
held at the end of the Carter adminis-
White House butler shares
experiences at ROWC luncheon

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News
Story and photo by Lisa R. Rhodes
Staff Writer
Students in Christine Colli McCallis-
ter’s eighth-grade science class at Meade
Middle School don’t spend their time
reading dull science books.
Instead, they use the latest laptop tech-
nology to learn about galaxies and engage
in hands-on experiments to test the acid-
ity of liquids and build rocket ships.
“She’s like one of us; she’s fun,” said
Tiffany Antwi, 14, a student in McCallis-
ter’s class. “I never did like science until
I came to her class. We’re launching bal-
loons and rockets and eating popcorn!”
McCallister is one of 10 teachers to be
named a semifinalist for Anne Arundel
County Public Schools Teacher of the
Year.
The honor is awarded by AACPS and
by both the Annapolis and Anne Arundel
County chambers of commerce.
The semifinalists will be among 50 edu-
cators to be recognized at the 29th annual
Excellence in Education banquet on April
15 at the BWI Marriott in Linthicum.
The Anne Arundel County Public
Schools Teacher of the Year will be
named at the banquet.
“I’m honored and very excited,” said
McCallister, who has taught science at
Meade Middle for 15 years. “I feel kind
of blessed that I was chosen.”
Christine DeGuzman, principal at
Meade Middle, said McCallister is deserv-
ing of the recognition.
“We are all very excited for Ms. McCal-
lister,” DeGuzman said. “She has been a
valuable member of the Meade Middle
School faculty and is very deserving of
the award. She plans creative and engag-
ing lessons, and she differentiates her
instruction to meet students’ needs.”
McCallister’s philosophy of teaching is
to be proactive and to involve students in
the process of learning.
“I feel teaching should be hands-on,
student-centered, fun and engaging. It’s
more meaningful,” she said. “I like sci-
ence because it can be hands-on and
interactive.”
A native of Washington, D.C., McCal-
lister was raised in Fort Washington and
Oxon Hill. She earned her bachelor’s
degree in elementary school education
at Towson University and a master’s
‘A shining example’
Meade Middle School science
teacher competes for honors
degree in science education from Loyola
University.
McCallister began her teaching career
at Forest Heights Elementary School
where she taught first grade for four years.
She then taught sixth grade at Woodmore
Elementary School in Prince George’s
County for two years before being hired
at Meade Middle.
“Ever since I was a little kid, I always
played school,” McCallister said.
During high school and college, McCal-
lister worked as a camp counselor and
baby sitter.
“I just like kids. I think they’re fun and
funny,” she’s said. “There’s never a dull
moment with kids around.”
DeGuzman said students respond well
to McCallister.
“Students love and respect Ms. McCal-
lister, not only because she is a strong
teacher, but also because they know she
cares about them and wants all students
to be successful,” she said.
The mother of two daughters, Anna,
10, and Lily, 7, McCallister is a Girl Scout
troop leader in her spare time.
“I was a Girl Scout,” McCallister said.
“I think it is a great organization to be a
part of. It teaches girls how to be indepen-
dent, respectful and how to help others. It
boosts girls’ self-esteem.”
McCallister said the most rewarding
part of her job is watching students
progress in their education ... “seeing
a student’s growth when they have that
‘Aha!’ moment when they understand a
concept,” McCallister said.
Like all teachers, McCallister must
juggle her classroom work with adminis-
trative responsibilities.
“The most challenging part of teaching
is all the paperwork, meetings and trying
to fit planning in,” she said.
In addition to teaching science, McCal-
lister is the eighth-grade Superscript team
leader and mentors other eighth-grade
teachers. She is also the school’s yearbook
coordinator and serves on several school
committees.
“I think Ms. McCallister has a strong
chance of winning because of the won-
derful things she does for our students
every day for several years, and because
even as a parent and community mem-
ber, she uses her talents as an educator,”
DeGuzman said.
“She is a shining example of what
makes Meade Middle School great.”
‘I feel teaching should be
hands-on, student-centered,
fun and engaging. It’s more
meaningful.’
Christine Colli McCallister
Meade Middle School
science teacher
Christine Colli McCallister, an eighth-grade science teacher at Meade Middle School,
is one of 10 teachers to be named a semifinalist for Anne Arundel County Schools
Teacher of the Year. McCallister will be among 50 educators to be recognized at the
29th annual Excellence in Education banquet on April 15.

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By Shari Rosen
Staff Writer
A woman sits at home playing video
games after texting her sergeant that she
cannot come into work because she has
a doctor’s appointment.
The film cuts to an image of the ser-
geant sweating and widens the angle to
reveal the woman sitting on her sergeant’s
back. This image is followed by a black
screen with the wording, “Someone’s got
to carry the weight.”
This public service announcement for
“malingering” was just one of the 15
projects created by members of the 55th
Signal Company (Combat Camera) dur-
ing their three-day field training exercise.
The exercise was followed by a three-
hour critique and award ceremony held
Jan. 23 at the 55th’s home base on
Chisholm Avenue.
“We would use that [public service
announcement at Defense Media Activ-
ity],” said Sebastian Sciotti, editor for
DMA, who served on the panel of seven
judges during the critique.
Panel members represented organiza-
tions such as the Defense Information
School, Defense Media Activity and
Army Graphics.
“When you do any assignment, you’re
always thinking big-picture,” said Air
Force Technical Sgt. Bennie J. Davis
III of DINFOS, who also served as a
judge.
Each group received guidance in class-
es held Jan. 20 on storytelling, graphic
design and photo editing. They were
then given 66 hours to create a public
service announcement of two minutes or
less, a photo illustration and poster on a
topic such as sexual assault, child abuse,
substance abuse, gambling and marital
issues.
Service members were required to con-
tribute 90 percent of the footage used in
their public service announcements.
“The end-state is to have finished
products that can support the Army’s
messages to help those in need through-
out our chain of command as well as our
own community,” said 1st Lt. Brandon
Chong, operations officer for the 55th.
The projects were evaluated on scoring
standards such as story structure, mes-
sage, camera operation, editing, transi-
tions, effects, titles and content. Scoring
was based on a total scale of 100 points.
“Soldiers learned how to create a media
campaign by incorporating videography,
photography and graphic design,” said
55th Soldiers employ FTX to hone skills and create PSAs
Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade, platoon sergeant
of the 55th who served as emcee for the
critique. “Soldiers also learned how to be
better storytellers by including various
techniques such as making the characters
relatable, making the story intimate and
creating emotion in their projects.”
More than 100 members of the 55th
received advice from the panel of judges,
such as group No. 2 led by Staff Sgt. Paul
Sale, whose topic was financial issues.
In the team’s photo illustration, a
homeless man lies on a bench with his
head resting on a PlayStation box, video-
games and a pair of Air Jordan shoes.
“As you’re constructing [the photo
illustration], in reality in three dimen-
sions, it will feel a bit absurd,” said Sgt.
1st Class Andrew Smith of DINFOS,
who also served as a judge. “Incorporate
elements to exaggerate the message.”
Intermsof thepublicserviceannounce-
ments, Smith advised that service mem-
bers should “think of the resources that
already exist [and] how you would create
an ad [using] that resource.”
Other projects received immediate con-
gratulations, such as group No. 8’s project
on sexual assault led by Sgt. Earnest
Knight.
In the group’s photo illustration, a
son lies asleep in bed while a ghost of an
older man creeps up on him.
“It’s impactful,” Davis said. “It got all
of your attention.”
Another highlight of the field training
exercise was a public service announce-
ment on substance abuse created by group
No. 5 and led by Spc. Elliott Banks.
The video used time-lapse to show the
effects of substance abuse as an indi-
vidual ages.
“I could see this published right away,”
Davis said.
After three hours of critique, members
of the 55th had a great deal of advice
they could use to potentially reshoot their
assignments.
“I had fun,” said Pfc. Devin Waller,
who worked with group No. 11 on the
topic of sexual assault. “I learned a
couple of things with photoshop I didn’t
know before. When we work as a team,
everything comes together much better.”
PHOTO BY SPC. ELLIOTT BANKS
Spc. Ronda Robb (right) applies makeup to Pfc. Anh Siev during a photo shoot for 55th Signal Company’s (Combat Camera) pilot
public service announcement to illustrate the effects of substance abuse. The PSA was one of several parts of the company’s
three-day field training exercise. The training was designed to help 55th Soldiers become more proficient in creating PSA videos,
photo illustrations and posters.

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By Sandra Drake
Fort Meade Tax Center
A taxpayer who is confused about a tax
issue may call the Internal Revenue Service
for advice and assistance.
However, due to IRS budget cuts this
year, taxpayers could be waiting on hold
much longer for that phone assistance.
Do not despair.
The IRS offers many online resources
to ensure access to necessary information.
These features may be found at IRS.gov,
under the “Help and Resources”tab and are
available day and night.
With the IRS “Get Transcript” tool, a
taxpayer may request a copy of past tax
transcripts. This is a useful tool if the tax-
payer has lost past tax returns or is looking
for information on how to file a previous
year return.
This tool also may be useful because of
the seasonal nature of many tax prepara-
tion firms. It may be easier to go to the IRS
during the nontax season to download and
print a past year’s tax transcript immediately
or request that the transcript be mailed to
the taxpayer’s record address.
Taxpayers also can check on the status
of a current year’s tax refund within 24
hours of filing electronically or four weeks
after mailing a paper return. Click on the
“Where’s My Refund?” tab and provide
your Social Security number, filing status
and exact amount of the refund.
The site will indicate the date that the
refund is expected to be released for direct
deposit or when a paper check will be
mailed. Although the website will indicate
a date for direct deposit of the refund,
taxpayers must check with their financial
institution to verify that the refund has
been deposited before writing checks from
the account.
Sometimes it takes a financial institu-
tion a day or two to post payments to an
account. The IRS updates this feature no
more than once every 24 hours, usually
overnight.
Refunds are generally issued within 21
days after the IRS receives the tax return.
If that amount of time has passed without
receiving a refund, the taxpayer should
contact the IRS.
To see the status of an amended return
that has been filed, choose the “Where’s My
Amended Return?”tool. This feature allows
the taxpayer to see the status of an amended
return filed for the current year and up to
three prior years. The Social Security num-
ber, date of birth and zip code are required
to access the amended return information.
It will take approximately three weeks
after mailing for the amended return to be
accessible on the IRS website. Taxpayers can
expect a processing time of up to 12 weeks
from the date the IRS receives the return
before any refund is issued.
Direct Pay allows a taxpayer to pay an
individual tax bill or estimated tax payment
directly from a checking or savings account
at no cost. The IRS system will provide the
taxpayer with an instant confirmation that
the payment has been made.
The IRS does not maintain bank account
information in its system after the transac-
tion is complete so banking information
is secure. Additionally, a payment lookup
feature allows the taxpayer to see if a trans-
action has been processed in order to make
changes or to cancel a payment.
If a taxpayer cannot pay a tax bill in full,
the online payment agreement application
allows the taxpayer to request an arrange-
ment to pay the tax over a specified period
of time. Fees for setting up the installment
agreement range from $43 to $120. Interest
and late payment penalties also may apply.
To qualify, an individual taxpayer cannot
owe more than a combined total of $50,000
in tax, penalties and interest.
The website lists information needed to
complete the online application. Once an
application is submitted, the taxpayer will
receive an instant notification as to whether
the IRS is going to accept or deny the
installment agreement request.
The IRS provides other helpful tools such
as an IRS Withholding Calculator, Earned
Income Tax Credit Assistant, Taxpayer
Assistance Centers Locator, and informa-
tion helpful to understand a notice received
from the IRS.
Editor’s note: The Fort Meade Joint
Installation Tax Center is now open on the
first floor of the Office of the Staff Judge
Advocate, 4217 Morrison St.
To schedule an appointment, call 301-677-
9366 or 301-677-9762.
Internal Revenue Service offers online tax resources
Story and photo by
Air Force Staff Sgt. Dillon White
70th ISR Wing Public Affairs
Every month the Fort Meade garrison
hosts the Applied Suicide Intervention
Skills Training course to increase safety
on post and provide participants with a
lifelong, lifesaving skill.
The free two-day course is open to all
service branches and civilian employees.
The next program will be offered Feb.
19-20.
“This is the best suicide prevention pro-
gram out of all the different programs I’ve
ever seen,” said Marissa Pena, Fort Meade
Suicide Prevention Program manager. “I’ve
been a social worker for 15 years and I’ve
seen a lot of different programs.”
Pena hosted her first ASIST course in
August 2013, with an initial training course
for instructors. Those initial instructors
have helped teach the course.
“It’s amazing,” she said. “This program
is working and making a difference. I
encourage people to come. ASIST makes it
easy for anyone to be that caregiver. It’s like
a CPR class. Hopefully, you won’t need it.
But if you do, you can help someone.”
Among participants at the January
course was Air Force Capt. Lee Feldhau-
sen of the 29th Intelligence Squadron.
“This far surpasses what you can learn
sitting at a computer,” he said during
a group-intervention simulation session.
“It’s more than just a workplace skill set,
it is a life skill set. At any point in your life
you may be involved in a situation where
you can fall back on the training that we
received over the last two days and poten-
tially save somebody’s life.”
Feldhausen said he was skeptical about
the training prior to attending, but that
it was much better than he had expected.
He intends to share his experience in
the course with his squadron to increase
awareness about suicide and how to pre-
vent it.
“If anybody is slightly interested in par-
ticipating with the program, they should,”
he said. “Every unit should be interested
in the program.”
Among the trainers of the two-day
course was Air Force Chaplain (Capt.)
Ronald Feeser of the 70th Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing.
“On Day One we spend the morning
talking about what experiences and atti-
tudes toward suicide we bring with us in
the door,” he said. “You never really fully
check your attitudes and experiences when
someone comes in. We help people connect
and be aware of those (attitudes). So if you
have certain thoughts about (suicide), you
know how those may influence or affect
your ability to help somebody.”
During the afternoon, the needs of a
person struggling with suicide are dis-
cussed so caregivers can address them.
The course’s second day includes mock
interventions with the students.
Participants put the lessons into action
during the afternoon of the second day
through scenarios. Students pair up to
practice their intervention skills as others
watch. At the end of the scenario, class-
mates give one another feedback.
Feeser said this hands-on application
sets the training apart from other suicide
prevention courses.
“We’re constantly reinforcing things,”
Feeser said. “When you sit in that seat and
you apply it you say, ‘OK, what do I say
now? Now what do I do?’It forces you into
using those tools and realizing how you
would react in that situation.”
Feeser said knowing that more service
members in the community are comfort-
able with discussing suicide and are alert
to the signs of someone who maybe strug-
gling with thoughts suicide makes him feel
Fort Meade ASIST teaches service members to save lives
Participants in a Fort Meade Applied
Suicide Intervention Skills Training work
through a scenario designed to give them
hands-on skills.
like his community is safer.
Editor’s note: To register for ASIST, call
Marissa Pena at 301-677-7901 or email
marissa.r.pena2.civ@mail.mil. Participation
in both days of the program is required
along with pre-registration.

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By Lisa R. Rhodes
Staff Writer
When Cason Dancy placed his bowling ball
on the plastic dragon ramp at the Fort Meade
Lanes and watched the ball speed down to
knock over three pins, he raised his arms in
victory.
“He had so much fun!” said Shayla Dancy,
the 3-year-old’s mother. “I told my husband,
we have to bring him back.”
Dancy, wife of Navy Chief Danny Dancy
Jr. of Navy Information Operations Com-
mand Maryland, brought her five sons to
the Fort Meade Exceptional Family Member
Program’s bowling night held Jan. 28 at the
Lanes.
The 90-minute event, which offers one free
bowling game and shoes rental to EFMP
members and a reduced-price game and shoes
to their family members, is offered the third
Wednesday of every month from 5:30 to 7
p.m. The event is one of several recreational
activities that the program provides to offer
a good time and support to special needs
families.
“I think that having recreational activities is
very important to families,” said Cheryl Ren-
don, EFMP program manager. “It strengthens
the bond for families and it also is a time where
they are able to be with families who are going
through the same challenges that they are
going through on a daily basis. ... That’s what
the military community is all about — to be as
one and to be each other’s support system.”
In addition to bowling night, the program
offers a walking group at Arundel Mills Mall;
a support group for parents; a seminar for
families to learn about recipes for special needs
family members who combat food refusal and
overselectiveness; and a story time activity
with Condi, a therapy dog.
Angelique Nelson, wife of Maj. Kevin Nel-
son who is assigned to the Army Command
and General Staff College at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan., said her 4-year-old daughter
Kendall has grown as a result of EFMP’s
recreational programs.
“It builds her social skills, and she gets to
meet new people and become comfortable
with people other than me,” said Nelson of
her daughter, who has autism.
Nelson, who resides in Bowie and has been
enrolled in Fort Meade’s EFMP for three
years, said the program has helped her find
community-based recreational resources for
Fun to spare at Lanes
Exceptional Family Member
Program offers activities, support
Kendall such as gymnastics, horseback riding
and a summer camp.
“They have given us a lot of good informa-
tion,” Nelson said.
Editor’s note: To review more photos from
this event, go to flickr.com/photos/ftmeade/.
Shayla Dancy, wife of Navy Chief
Danny Dancy Jr. of Navy Information
Operations Command Maryland, assists
her 6-year-old son Danny Dancy III
during Fort Meade’s Exceptional Family
Member bowling night on Jan. 28 at the
Lanes. The monthly activity gives EFMP
members the opportunity to have fun
and relax.
photos by daniel kucin jr.
Four-year-old Jolene Wintermute, daughter of Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Wintermute of the 707th Communications Squadron,
releases her bowling ball during EFMP bowling night. Three EFMP families enjoyed bowling and a meal at reduced prices.

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Sports
Running
Rebels’
Keenan
Bennett
(center)
drives
through a
group of
Black Knights
defenders
to attempt
a layup.
Bennett led
all scorers
with 54
total points.
The Rebels
defeated the
Knights 70-
26.
PHOTO BY
NATE PESCE
By Shari Rosen
Staff Writer
Monday night’s Fort Meade Division
One intramural basketball game between
the 430th Cargo Transfer Company’s
Running Rebels and the 29th Intelligence
Squadron’s Black Knights could best be
compared to a teeter-totter.
The only problem was the Black
Knights hit the ground hard, suffering a
70-26 loss to the Running Rebels, led by
Keenan Bennett who scored 54 points.
The Rebels won the regular Division
One season last year with a 12-1 record.
Monday night’s game gave the Rebels
their second victory of the season.
“[I want to] just keep playing hard and
unselfish basketball,” said Gary Robin-
son, coach of the Running Rebels.
As Monday night’s game got under-
way, there appeared to be a lid over the
basket as both teams missed jump shot
after jump shot during the first few min-
utes of the game. The Rebels, however,
found their rhythm at the five-minute
mark following a jump shot by Rebels’
Keenan Bennett.
Reporting that Bennett found his
rhythm could be an understatement, as
the Rebels’ shooting guard single-hand-
edly outscored the Black Knights.
Bennett put on a clinic, scoring 27
points in the first half.
It was not until the 12:25 mark that
a corner shot by Jonathan Lezama gave
the Knights their first points of the
game.
Despite their hustle and intensity, the
Knights just couldn’t keep up with the
Rebels, as the first half ended with the
Rebels holding a 31-10 lead.
Bennett continued his shooting clinic
in the second half, dropping in basket
Rebels run away with ball to secure victory over Knights
after basket. Robinson complemented
Bennett’s game by tossing in 11 points
for the Rebels.
One of the few highlights for the
Knights came at the 15:50 mark when
Knights coach Sean McDaid scored on
a deep 3-point shot from the top of the
key.
“I just was in a rhythm,” said Bennett,
who plans to try out for the all-Army
basketball team. “My team kept feeding
me the ball because I was hot. But other
than that, I was just feeling it. I was just
in my groove, so I kept shooting.”
The Rebels will take on the 34th Intel-
ligence Squadron in their next contest
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Murphy Field
House.
By Philip H. Jones
Chief, Command Information
The Fort Meade Patriots – Fort Meade’s
men’s varsity basketball team — secured
their first win in the Washington Area
Military Athletic Conference on Saturday
at Murphy Field House when Joint Base
Myer-Henderson Hall forfeited the con-
test six minutes into the first half.
“I’ve never seen him do that,” Patriots
head coach Ronny Cunningham said of
JB Myer-Henderson Hall head coach
Marcus Hall’s decision to stop play. “I
don’t like winning like that. No coach
does.
“But when you’re suffering, maybe it
will help us and motivate us. Maybe that’s
a starting point.”
With 14:22 remaining in the first half,
JB Myer-Henderson Hall’s David Lee
picked up his third personal foul of the
game and a technical foul after contest-
ing the call.
Patriot Phillip Midwinter made one of
two free throws to tie the game at 9. Hall
called a time-out following the free throws
and instructed his players to pick up their
gear and leave Murphy.
When JB Myer-Henderson Hall failed
to return to the court, umpire Jeffrey
Harper ruled the game a forfeit and offi-
cially scored the game as a 2-0 victory for
Fort Meade.
Hall declined to comment on his deci-
sion to forfeit the game.
In a road game Sunday, the Patriots
suffered a 91-80 loss to Fort Belvoir.
Details of the game were limited at press
time.
Fort Meade was down by as many as
13 points in the second half, and led by
three points with less than five minutes
to play.
The loss keeps the Patriots at the bot-
tom of the WAMAC as Fort Meade is 1-5
in conference play this season.
The Patriots will face the National
Capital Region Marines in a road game
Saturday at JB Myer-Henderson Hall.
The team returns to Murphy Field
House on Sunday to face Joint Base
Andrews. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Forfeit gives Fort Meade Patriots first WAMAC win

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Sports
Asif NationalSigningDay,UrbanMeyer,
and the fat dude who paints his face scarlet
and gray and wears a million strings of
Buckeye beads around his neck like he just
came back from some backwoods Mardi
Gras bit.ly/1AsgPrJ weren’t enough reasons
for me to hate Columbus, O-H-I-O.
This morning I discovered someone from
that forsaken city made not one, but two
fraudulent purchases on my debit card that
totaled about $130. The dingle made both
charges at the same Columbus-area Fam-
ily General. Neither the clerk in the fraud
department nor I knew a person could
spend that much money in a dollar store,
but that goes to show you can underestimate
how low a Buckeye can go.
Theonlygoodthatcamefromthisthwart-
ed theft is that my cash will be refunded and
the currently unknown perpetrator’s lack of
character lines ups with what I was going
to write.
If you read last week’s column, you know
I was predicting Seattle’s Super Bowl vic-
tory for months. I even spent some graphs
bragging about it. So you can imagine how
good I was feeling about myself when the
Hawks took a 10-point lead into the fourth
quarter.
You can also imagine my disappointment
when the Patriots came back to win, espe-
cially after I spent a few weeks talking about
their lack of character due to its ongoing
shadiness.
But as I watched Tom Brady take his final
knee and stamp his place as the greatest
quarterback of our generation, I realized
there’s one thing I like less than a cheater:
A poor loser.
Any respect I had for the Seahawks fell
to the wayside as soon as receiver Doug
Baldwin faked dropping a deuce on Revis
Island. deadsp.in/1LM3ttW
I guess I
shouldn’t have
beentoosurprised
considering Mar-
shawn Lynch’s
explicit end-zone
celebrations. Then, of course, there’s Rich-
ard Sherman running his mouth. Actually,
he was talking some junk right after Baldwin
did his “business.” yhoo.it/18NCU8w
This may seem like I’m kicking a team
when it’s down, but that is what happens
when obnoxiousness meets defeat. All the
hype about the Legion of Boom, Lynch’s
obnoxious press conferences, “Are Ya Mad
Bro?” and disrespectful celebrations came
back to bite Seattle in its tail feather.
This Super Bowl was one of the best
I’d ever seen: The bobbling catch, Brady’s
fourth-quarter greatness and, of course,
Malcolm Butler’s interception of a pass
that should have never been thrown, but left
Sherman looking like … well, like he just
lost the Super Bowl. bit.ly/1Cvnjqw
Unfortunately, the Seahawks’ antics also
made this game one of the most disappoint-
ing nights of my football-watching career.
I never thought I’d have to explain to my
5-year-old why you shouldn’t go potty in the
end zone. Or how there is a right way and a
wrong way to lose.
Seattle certainly chose the wrong way
when they turned the final seconds of the
Super Bowl into a brawl. bit.ly/1u90Koz
The fight, as the great Al Michaels rightly
put it, provided “an ugly ending to what was
a pretty terrific ball game.”
Ironically, it also served as a fitting end
for a pretty ugly team.
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.
When cheaters
should win
Chad T. Jones,
Public Affairs
Officer
Jibber Jabber - Opinion
PHOTO BY NOAH SCIALOM
SUPER CELEBRATION!Staff Sgt. Michael Behlin of Fort Bragg, N.C., celebrates as the Seattle
Seahawks score during Fort Meade’s USO-Metro Center’s Super Bowl
party Sunday night. Super Bowl parties were also held at the Lanes and
the Freedom Inn Dining Facility.
Sports Shorts
Texas Hold ‘Em Tournaments
All service members and civilians are invited to play in the Texas Hold ‘Em
Tournaments held Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the Lounge at the Lanes.
Tournament is free to enter. Prizes are awarded for the top winners.
Food and beverages are available for purchase.
For more information, call 301-677-5541.
Youth spring sports
Registration for spring sports is underway.
Spring sports include baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, basketball, track,
NFL flag football and soccer.
To register online, go to ftmeademwr.com.
For more information, call 301-677-1179.
Youth Sports seeks volunteer coaches
Volunteer coaches are needed for baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse,
basketball, track, NFL flag football, and soccer.
All volunteers will receive free training and will be certified through the
National Youth Sports Coaches Association.
All volunteers must complete a background check.
Apply at the Child, Youth and School Services’ Youth Sports Fitness
Office at 1900 Reece Road.
For more information, call 301-677-1179 or 301-677-1329.
For all your varsity and intramural sports schedules,
scores and standings, visit
www.quickscores.com/ftmeadesports.

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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.
Kimbrough/Tricare
briefing
A Kimbrough/Tricare Community
Education outreach briefing will be
held Feb. 12 from 6-7 p.m. at McGill
Training Center, 8452 Zimborski Ave.
The discussion topic will be “Tricare:
Transitioning from Active Duty to
Retirement.”
Kimbrough town hall
Dr. (Col.) Michael J. Zapor,
commander for Clinical Services at the Fort
Meade Medical Department Activity, will
conduct a town hall meeting on Feb. 19 at
6 p.m. in the Kimbrough Ambulatory Care
Center lab reception area.
The purpose of this forum is to
disseminate information, answer
questions and discuss concerns regarding
Kimbrough.
All beneficiaries are invited.
Pepper Road gate open
The Pepper Road gate is now open for
pedestrians and cyclists Monday through
Friday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cars and other motorized vehicles are
not authorized to access this gate.
Pepper Road is located toward the
southeast corner of Fort Meade near
Range Control off Route 175 (adjacent to
Route 32) in Odenton.
The gate is also close to the MARC
station and Odenton Town Center.
The gate opening is part of Fort
Meade’s ongoing efforts to improve
transportation options to and from the
installation.
Lunch and Learn Series
Kimbrough Ambulatory Care
Center hosts a brown bag Lunch and
Learn series on the first floor of the
Rascon Center (Bldg. 2481), adjacent to
Kimbrough.
The next lunch is Tuesday at noon.
Megan O’Connell, an integrated
behavioral health consultant, will
present “Resilience: Learning to Thrive
in Uncertain Times.”
The 20-30 minute lecture will be
followed by a question-and-answer
session.
The series is open to the public. Bring
lunch.
For more information, call Maj. Anne
Spillane at 301-677-8463.
Hypertension
Management Workshop
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,
Delta Pi Omega Chapter of Annapolis
is sponsoring a free Hypertension
Management Workshop led by Dr.
Darlene Scott on Wednesday from 6-
8 p.m. at Van Bokkelen Elementary
School, 1140 Reece Road, Severn.
Roslyn Kelly, a registered nurse, will
present “Shake off the Salt.” Julette
Sealey will instruct attendees on
Zumba basic dance steps.
No registration required.
For more information, contact
Roslyn Kelly at 410-903-0450 or
DeltaPiOmegaAKAHealth@gmail.
com.
Cooking Matters
Commissary Tours
The next Cooking Matters
Commissary Tours Challenge are Feb.
12 and Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the commissary.
Tours are free and open to all eligible
commissary patrons.
Hands-on store tours are offered
every hour and teach participants the
skills to compare foods for cost and
nutrition.
Select tours will receive a $10 coupon.
To sign up for the event, go to http://
cmatscommissaryfm.eventbrite.com.
For more information, email
nwilson@strength.org.
Financial, Employment
Readiness
Army Community Service offers
Financial and Employment Readiness
classes to all ranks and services and
to DoD civilian employees at the
Community Readiness Center, 830
Chisholm Ave.
Registration is required for each class.
• Thrift Savings Plan: Tuesday, Feb.
10, 9-11 a.m.
• Home Buying: Feb. 17, 9 a.m. to
noon
Employment Readiness:
• 10 Steps to a Federal Job: Tuesday,
9 a.m. to noon
• How to Work a Job Fair: Feb. 19, 9
a.m. to noon
• Job Search Strategies: Feb. 24, 9
a.m. to noon
To register or for more information,
call 301-677-5590 or go to
fortmeadeacs.checkappointments.com.
Free classes
The Navy Fleet and Family Support
Center offers a variety of classes at its
facility at 2212 Chisholm Ave.
The free classes are open to DoD ID
cardholders including active-duty service
members, retirees and their family
members, DoD civilian employees and
contractors.
Registration is required for each class.
• Retirement Brief: Monday, 8-11:30
a.m., for those within two years of
retirement eligibility.
Information will be provided on
Tricare, Johns Hopkins Family Health
Plan and Navy Mutual Aid Financial
Planning/Survivor Benefit Plan.
• Anger Management: Tuesday, 9-11
a.m.
• Effective Communication: Feb. 12,
9-11 a.m.
• Transition Assistance Program: Feb.
12-15
• Common-Sense Parenting: Feb.
16, 9-10 a.m. Topic: “Preventing
Misbehavior”
• Build Healthy Relationships: Feb.
17, 9-11 a.m.
• Pre-Separation Brief: Feb. 19, 9-
11:30 a.m.
• Pre-Deployment Brief: Feb. 19, 10-
11:30 a.m.
• Meet Greet: Feb. 19, 5-7 p.m.
• Time Management: Feb. 24, 9-11
a.m.
• Sponsorship Training: Feb. 24, 2-
3:30 p.m.
• Assessing Higher Education: Feb.
25-26, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
To register or for more information,
call 301-677-9017 or 301-677-9018.
Financial Readiness Fair
The Army Community Service’s
Financial Readiness Fair will be held
Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at McGill
Training Center.
The free event, which is open to
all military services and ranks and to
civilians, will feature guests speakers,
informational displays and break-out
sessions.
Bag lunches will be available for
purchase.
For more information, call Army
Community Service at 301-677-5590 or
the Fleet and Family Support Center at
301-677-9410.
Financial Readiness Week
Army Community Service is offering
the following classes during Financial
Readiness Week at the Community
Readiness Center, 830 Chisholm Ave.
• Transitioning to Retirement: Feb. 23,
9 a.m. to noon
• Getting Out of Debt: Feb. 24, 9-11
a.m.
• First-Term Financial Readiness
(Online): Feb. 24, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Raising Money-Smart Children:
Feb. 25, 9-11 a.m.
• Financial Planning for Caregivers:
Feb. 27, 9-11 a.m.
To register or for more information,
call 301-677-5590 or go to
fortmeadeacs.checkappointments.com.
Teen events
The Teen Center is offering the
following events for grades nine to 12:
• Teen Tech Club: Disassemble a
Computer: Wednesday, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Learn to disassemble and reassemble
computers, and the parts that make a
computer run. All skill levels welcome.
• Valentine’s Day Dance: The Cupid
Shuffle: Feb. 13, 4-8 p.m.
• Career Readiness: Job Search
Strategies: Feb. 19, 2:30-4 p.m.
• Mardi Gras Mask Making: Feb. 18,
3:30-4:30 p.m.
• Mardi Gras Party: Feb. 20, 3:30-4:30
p.m.
For more information, call 301-677-
6054.
Youth Center events
The Youth Center is offering several
activities for grades six to eight.
• Make Your Own T-shirt: Friday, 5-8
p.m.
Bring a plain, white T-shirt to put
graphics on.
Event is free for registered members
NEWS EVENTS
EDUCATION
YOUTH
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and $2 for guests.
• Valentine’s Day Dance: Feb. 13,
5:30-8 p.m.
Youths will enjoy a night of dancing
and music with their friends.
This event is free for registered
members and $2 per guest.
• Black History Month Poetry Night:
Feb. 20 4:30-6 p.m.
• February Birthday Party: Feb. 27,
5-8 p.m.
For more information, call 301-677-
1437.
Girl Scouts of Fort Meade
There is still time to join Girl Scouts.
All levels of Girl Scouts are offered
on Fort Meade, beginning with
kindergarten through high school.
Slots are available in all levels.
Registration is required.
To register, email Megan Horton at
mash3281@gmail.com or Jessica Pryor
at jpryor@gscm.org.
Retro Week
The Teen Center invites teens in
grades nine to 12 to travel back in time
during Retro Week, beginning Tuesday
from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Teens will have the opportunity to
make lava lamps, record players and
disco balls out of recyclables.
This event is free.
For more information, call 301-677-
6054.
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.
• Today: “Smile! Dental Health
Month” - Stories about teeth and the
importance of going to the dentist, plus
a special guest appearance
• Feb. 12: “Love is in the air!”
Valentine’s Day celebration - Stories,
songs and finger plays about love and
friendship
• Feb. 19: “Zoom, Zoom!” - Stories
and fun about all things that go
• Feb. 26: “Quiet as a Mouse” -
Storytime about mice
For more information, call 301-677-
5677.
Out About
• Members of the U.S. Air Force
Concert Band will perform a free concert
Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Bowie Center for
Performing Arts, 15200 Annapolis Road,
Bowie.
The event is open to the public. No
tickets required. For more information, go
to usafband.af.mil.
• Members of the Freestate Happy
Wanderers will host a 6- and 10-kilometer
Black History Walk on Feb. 21 from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Queen’s Chapel
United Methodist Church, 7410 Old
Muirkirk Road, Beltsville.
Registration is not required. Walkers
will receive commemorative black history
items, while supplies last.
For more information call 301-572-5574
or email donjoy5@comcast.net or visit
http://www.mdvolks.org/freestate/.
• The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of
Maryland African-American History and
Culture in Baltimore will host a showing
of the documentary “Half Past Autumn:
The Life and Works of Gordon Parks”
on Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at 830 E. Pratt St.,
Baltimore.
The documentary focuses on Park’s life
and career as a celebrated photographer,
novelist, journalist, poet, musician and
filmmaker.
Admission is free with the purchase of
museum entry. For more information, call
443-263-1800 or go to rflewismuseum.org.
• The Harlem Globetrotters are coming
to the Wicomico Youth Civic Center on
the Eastern Shore on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at
500 Glen Ave., Salisbury.
The Globetrotters will demonstrate
their ball-handling wizardry, amazing
rim-rattling dunks and trick shots, side-
splitting comedy and unequaled on-court
fan interaction. Several Globetrotters
will be available for autographs and
photographs.
Tickets cost $22 through $246 and are
on sale now at 410-548-4911 or online at
www.WicomicoCivicCenter.org.
For more information, go to http://
www.wicomicociviccenter.org/events-
listings/harlem-globetrotters-1#sthash.
FX0RURZO.dpuf.
• Leisure Travel Services is offering
tickets to Monster Jam, which will be held
Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. and
7:30 p.m., and March 1 at 2 p.m. at the
Royal Farms Arena, 201 W. Baltimore St.,
Baltimore.
For ticket prices or more information,
call LTS at 301-677-7354.
• The 37th Annual Irish Evening will
be held Friday at Smith Theatre, Howard
County Community College, 10901 Little
Patuxent Parkway, Columbia.
Fiction writer Emma Donoghue joins
the Howard County Poetry and Literature
Society as guest writer and will read from
her acclaimed works. The event also
will feature traditional Irish music and
stepdancing.
General admission is $35. For more
information, go to http://www.howardcc.
ed or http://www.hocopolitso.org/ or call
443-518-4568.
• The 13th Annual Timonium
Motorcycle Show will be held Friday
and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at
the Timonium Fair Grounds, 2200 York
Road, Timonium.
Foreign and domestic motorcycle
manufacturers’ newest models will be on
display. Event also will feature a huge
custom and antique bike show, swap meet,
biker fashion shows and tattoo contests.
Admission is $17 for adults and $5 for
children ages 10-15. Children under 10
admitted free with paying adult. Go to
www.cycleshow.net to print out $5-off
admission discount coupons for adult
admission only or to purchase advanced
tickets through www.Missiontix.com.
For more information, go to http://
www.cycleshow.net, email info@cycleshow.
net or call 410-561-7323.
• Leisure Travel Services is offering its
next monthly bus trip to New York City
on Saturday, with discounts to attractions.
Bus cost is $60. For more information, call
301-677-7354 or visit ftmeademwr.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.
For more information, call 301-677-6703.
• 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.
For more information, call 410-674-4000.
• 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.
• AARP Chapter 606 will meet
Monday at 12:30 p.m. in the Glen Burnie
Improvement Association Hall.
The board will meet at 10:30 a.m. Lunch
begins at 12:30 p.m.
This month’s meeting is a potluck and
bingo luncheon. Please bring the item you
signed up for.
Chapter dues are due January through
March at $4 per person or $6 per couple at
sign-in.
Members are reminded to bring food for
the North County Emergency Outreach
Network, box tops for schools, loose change
for charities and used toner cartridges to be
reconditioned.
For more information, call Judy Litke at
410-760-6253.
• 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 Monday.
The program provides an opportunity for all
spouses new to the military or to Fort Meade
to meet and get connected. For more infor-
mation, contact Pia Morales at pia.s.morales.
civ@mail.mil or 301-677-4110.
• 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 Monday. For more information, call
Celena Flowers or Jessica Hobgood at 301-
677-5590.
• Calling All Dads meets the second
and fourth Monday of every month from
4-5 p.m. at Potomac Place Neighborhood
Center, 4998 2nd Corps Blvd. 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.
• NARFE Chapter 1519 will meet Tuesday
at 1 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Church Hall,
3436 Baltimore-Annapolis Road, Glen
Burnie.
The speaker is Amy Rubino, director
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of the State Health Insurance Assistance
Program.
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.
• 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 Feb. 13.
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 Feb. 14. 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.
• Families Dealing with Deployment
meets the first and third Monday of every
month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Meuse Forest
Neighborhood Center. Children welcome.
The next meeting is Feb. 15. For more
information, call 301-677-5590 or email
colaina.townsend.ctr@mail.mil.
• 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 Potomac Place Neighborhood
Center. To register, call Colaina Townsend
or Michelle Pineda at 301-677-5590.
• 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 Services,
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 Rd. 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.
• Retired Enlisted Association meets the
third Tuesday of the month from 7:30-8:30
p.m. at Perry’s Restaurant, 1210 Annapolis
Road, Odenton. The next meeting is Feb. 17.
For more information, visit trea.org or call
Elliott Phillips, the local president, at 443-
790-3805 or Arthur R. Cooper, past national
president, at 443-336-1230.
• Military District of Washington
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club meets the third
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 Feb. 18. 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.
• 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 Feb. 18.
For more information, call 831-521-9251 or
go to AFSA254.org.
• Officers’ Spouses’ Club will meet Feb. 19
at 10:30 a.m. at Club Meade. The theme is
a winter luau. The meeting is open to OSC
members, spouses and guests. Cost is $20.
For more information, go to http://www.
fortmeadeosc.org/monthly-luncheons-2/ or
email publicity@fortmeadeosc.org.
• 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 Feb.
19 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 mili-
tary ID should call the Prostate Center at
301-319-2900 at least two 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.
• Society of Military Widows meets for
brunch the fourth Sunday of the month at 1
p.m. at the Lanes. The next meeting is Feb.
22. For more information, call Betty Jones at
410-992-1123.
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 Feb. 15
Friday Sunday: “Annie” (PG). A foster kid,
who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her
life change when business tycoon and New
York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes
a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her
in. With Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz,
Jamie Foxx.
Saturday: “Big Eyes” (PG-13). A drama
about the awakening of the painter Margaret
Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s,
and the subsequent legal difficulties she had
with her husband, who claimed credit for
her works in the 1960s. With Amy Adams,
Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter.
Feb. 13: “American Sniper” (R). Navy SEAL
sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves
countless lives on the battlefield and turns
him into a legend. Back home to his wife
and kids after four tours of duty, however,
Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave
behind. With Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller,
Kyle Gallner.
Feb. 14: “Into the Woods” (PG). A witch
tasks a childless baker and his wife with
procuring magical items from classic fairy
tales to reverse the curse put on their family
tree. With Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anna
Kendrick.
Feb. 15: “Exodus: Gods and Kings” (PG-13).
The defiant leader Moses rises up against the
Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000
slaves on a monumental journey of escape
from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly
plagues. With Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton,
Ben Kingsley.