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NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
                                                 MARYLAND FEDERATION

                              DR. GARY ROUNDTREE SR.  DR. SUDHA HALEY    EDWARD REED       PATRICIA FARMER
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                                    PRESIDENT       1  VICE PRESIDENT   2  VICE PRESIDENT     SECRETARY
                                                  LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR  MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
                              DR. RICHARD STROMBOTNE     RON BOWERS       TED JENSEN          DAN MCGRATH
                                   TREASURER            PAST PRESIDENT   PAST PRESIDENT   IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
                                 PAST PRESIDENT
                                          PROFILES IN CIVIL SERVICE





                                         U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE




            I am Carl Cantaluppi and I was employed as an Agricultural Extension
            Agent, and retired with the last 22 years of my career working for North

            Carolina State University.  I worked with fruit and vegetable growers,
            introducing new crops for them to grow to make a profit, and to suggest retail
            market outlets for them.  I also diagnosed insect and disease problems and

            recommended control measures.  I also took the agricultural research results
            generated from the university and disseminated them to the grower.  I helped
            people put knowledge to work.  The work was very satisfying, especially when
            I was able to see new growers start and become successful.


            I am Sandra M. Kay and I worked with the Departments of Agriculture and
            Defense.  During that time, I did some Russian language translations. At a

            church bazaar, I paid $5 for a Cyrillic typewriter and began practicing on it just
            as a hobby.  The interesting aspect is that the number 3 and the letter zed are
            the same.  I enrolled in the Smithsonian’s “Behind the Scenes” team and was

            given some routine assignments.

            One day I received a call at work from an assistant at the Air and Space
            Museum who explained that an exhibition was going to arrive from Russia

            very soon.  A protocol was going to have to be translated from the English
            language to the Russian language before this could take place.  While this was
            a job for a professional translator, the assistant explained that because of such
            short notice, none could be found.  After work hours, I arrived at the Air and

            Space Museum and was met by a Russian American volunteer who explained
            that he could help with translation, but he did not know how to type. We sat at

            the computer, but the only keyboard was in the English language.  It would
            have been very difficult to decipher the alphabets.  We called for the technician
            who fortunately found a Cyrillic keyboard, and we were in business.  The


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