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GOP Man of the Year

St. Mary's County Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron named Republican Man of the Year this month by the county's Republican Central Committee.

Cameron, who was elected sheriff in 2006, was recognized April 10 during the annual Lincoln/Reagan Dinner at the Crystal Room in Callaway.

Dunkirk Citizens' Meeting

The Dunkirk Area Concerned Citizens Association has scheduled a general membership meeting May 1, starting at 7 p.m., at the Dunkirk Firehouse.

Mary Beth Cook, deputy director of the Calvert County Planning and Zoning Department, will make a presentation about the water resources element of the Comprehensive Plan, as well as the Water and Sewerage Plan.

A separate presentation by the Southern Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross will provide information about disaster service training. More information is available at http://www.daccamd.com.

College Honored

The College of Southern Maryland has been named a Silver Level Maryland Quality Award recipient as part of the 2008 Maryland Performance Excellence Awards.

The college is one of eight Maryland organizations honored by Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin. The two Democratic senators announced the award April 7.

"It is almost unprecedented for a first-time nominee to win such a high-level award, so I cannot begin to express how proud I was to receive the award on behalf of the college," CSM President Brad Gottfried said in a statement. "This has been a long journey for the college, begun by former president Elaine Ryan." He said the application required the college to examine its leadership, strategic planning, customer and market focus, and results, among other areas.

The award honors organizations for successful processes of continuous improvement and outstanding results. Award recipients are evaluated by an independent board of examiners using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

Since 1983, Maryland's U.S. senators and the University of Maryland have joined to present the awards.

CSM was also recognized as the 2007 Employer of the Year by the Maryland Department of Aging and is a four-time recipient of the Workplace Excellence Award by the Alliance for Workplace Excellence.

Farm Newsletter

The Maryland Department of Agriculture has launched a new monthly online newsletter for farmers, educators and citizens.