Dayhoff Westminster Soundtrack: Norn Covert - Former Fort Detrick spokesman enjoys Scout duties in retirement

Friday, November 22, 2013

Norn Covert - Former Fort Detrick spokesman enjoys Scout duties in retirement

'Very Boy Scoutish'

Former Fort Detrick spokesman enjoys Scout duties in retirement

By Courtney Mabeus News-Post Staff

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/arts_and_entertainment/arts_and_entertainment_topics/history/article_67d922e7-8ab4-5fff-a0dc-54c7382f8b16.html?mode=jqm

An orange devil’s food cake sat on Norm Covert’s dining table waiting to be auctioned off.

Covert had spent part of a recent afternoon baking the cake to benefit his 10-year-old grandson Nicholas’ Cub Scout Pack 1055, of which he is associate Scoutmaster.

The cake — intended to look like a pumpkin — looked more like a curling stone or maybe a bomb, Covert joked. He used marshmallows to help shore up a hole in the top around a banana that he’d used as the cake’s stem.

“That’s very Boy Scoutish,” Covert said of his handiwork.

Covert, 70, directed public affairs and worked as a historian on Fort Detrick for 23 years before he retired in 1999. While no longer on post daily, he spends his days about a mile away from the base, working in his home office on his volunteer duties.

“I’m probably working as long hours now as I was when I was working,” Covert said.

A stroke in January set him back, but Covert is beginning to get back to writing. He runs a blog, the Covert Letter, and is a contributor to The Tentacle, a Frederick commentary site.

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/11/norn-covert-former-fort-detrick.html

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