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Rockville resident Dr. Terrence Sheehan, chief medical officer of Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland, recently received the 2008 Rocky Stone Award. The award, given by the Archdiocese of Washington's Advisory Committee on Ministry to Persons with Disabilities, recognizes humanitarian efforts, leadership, advocacy and service to people with disabilities, according to a news release.

He was selected based on his work in a housing program for people with severe spinal cord injuries. The pilot program provided six disabled Montgomery County residents with a fully accessible unit at the new MetroPointe apartment complex located above the Wheaton Metro. Rent and in-home care support are subsidized by government and private agencies for the residents who began moving in November.

The pilot is the product of a shared vision among the members of the Adventist/Archdiocese Housing Workgroup, which Dr. Sheehan helped establish in 2003 and consists of members of the Washington Archdiocese and the Montgomery County Commission on People with Disabilities.

County chamber hosts breakfast seminar

A breakfast seminar sponsored by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce will be held 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday at the Universities of Shady Grove, Building 2, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville. The seminar is titled "Fort Detrick and National Cancer Institute Expansion Means New Opportunities for Business." Call 301-738-0015, ext. 241.

Company to develop pandemic influenza

training program

SimQuest, a developer of technology-assisted education and training, has received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop a simulation-based planning and training tool for infectious disease outbreak — specifically pandemic influenza, according to a news release from the Silver Spring company.

The company will develop a software application with game design principles and technology that will allow medical treatment facility administrators and supervisors to understand the relationships that strategic planning and tactical decision-making have on the spread of disease.

In addition, the pandemic influenza training program SimQuest is developing is relevant to military training because domestic military support will likely be requested during a pandemic. Force preparedness is also a concern when considering more soldiers were killed by the flu outbreak in 1918 than in World War I in total, according to the release.

Get free legal advice

A free legal advice clinic for low-income residents will be held 5:30 p.m. today at the Gilchrist Center in Wheaton, 11319 Elkin St. Call 301-424-7651.

Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring, will host a free legal clinic 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the. Sign-in required. Call 301-424-7651.

Workplace excellence awards applications available

Applications for the 2009 Alliance for Workplace Excellence Awards are available from Liz Sobrino at 301-229-7555, ext. 105, or at alliance@excellent

workplace.org. The nonprofit supports "the pursuit of workplace excellence with training and education, awards of recognition and community awareness" in the Greater Washington area, according to its Web site.

Information: www.excellent

workplace.org. The application deadline is Monday.

Commission for Women hosts December seminars

The Montgomery County Commission for Women, Counseling and Career Center offers a variety of business-related events in December at its office, 401 N. Washington St., Suite 100, Rockville. Call 240-777-8300 for more information.

"Resume-writing as a Marketing Tool" will be held 6:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Tuesday.

Baltimore-Washington chamber hosts introduction, breakfast

An introduction to the Baltimore-Washington chamber will be held 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the chamber office, 312 Marshall Ave., Suite 104, Laurel. The event will include a seminar titled "New Tax Laws? Bailout Effects? What's New You Need to Know." Visit www.

baltwashchamber.org for more information.

The chamber will hold a holiday breakfast 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday at the Sheraton Columbia, 10207 Wincopin Circle. Food donations will be accepted for Sarah's House. Call 301-725-4000.

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