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October 2009 Southern Calvert Priceless Everything Solomons, Lusby, GazetteDowell, and St. Leonard O’MALLEY PUTTING CALVERT NUCLEAR EXPANSION AT RISK?PAGE 14 Report: More Veterans New Homes Patuxent H.S. Band Services Needed Going Up Marching to Victory Story Page 6 Story Page 5 Story Page 8 Associated Press Photo Your Paper... Your Thoughts Do you agree with the new state law that bans text messaging while driving? Does it go far enough? “I don’t think any- one should be texting while driving,” said Wesley Chester, a Hun- tingtown resident who works in Solomons Island. “I see people texting while driving all the time, and they’re either going too slow, or they’re going too fast and their swerving in and out of their lane, I mean, it’s nuts.” Chester doesn’t think a full ban on talk- ing while driving is nec- essar y, because you aren’t typically looking at the phone while talking. “I think it’s an excellent idea, because distracted driving is a problem. To me talking on a cell phone is bad enough,” said Mary Beth Gates, of Lus- by. “I saw a guy on a Harley Davidson one day reading his text messages. It’s dangerous enough out there, with all the deer, There’s some distractions you can- not control, and some you can, and to me texting is the worst.” Gates said she would support a expanded law that bans talking on cell phones while driving. “I think it’s a great idea, because of the num- ber of lives that will be saved,” said Al Scroggs of Drum Point.
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