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$15 Million Pumped Into Affordable Housing PAGE 18

Charges Dropped For Woman Who Recorded Police Story Page 4

Lexington Park Man Killed in Calvert Crash Story Page 10

Leonardtown Rescue Squad Takes Home Awards Story Page 21

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When you belong to an electric cooperative, every penny you spend on your electric bill benefits you. SMECO has faced unique challenges over the past 73 years, being in a rural location with an exploding population—our customer base has ballooned by 25 percent over the past 10 years alone. As an electric cooperative, it has been our goal from the beginning to bring our customermembers—our owners—safe, reliable electric service at a reasonable rate. As our infrastructure ages and expands, we continue to focus on providing that reliability. From 2008 to 2009, the number of service interruptions was reduced by 16 percent, including during the major storms that affected our area. This continued improvement in reliability is due to the many system enhancements underway at SMECO. In 2009, we added $42 million in new infrastructure, including new distribution and transmission equipment. Projected capital requirements for the next 10 years, in transmission and distribution alone, exceed $552 million. System maintenance, material costs, and operating costs continue to rise. SMECO needs to recover these costs in order to continue to provide safe, reliable electric service to our members.

On June 17, we filed a rate case with the Public Service Commission seeking an increase and restructuring of the Distribution Service charges on your monthly bill. Our application requests an increase of the rate for the Customer Charge, and a decrease of the Distribution Charge. This transition will bill many fixed costs under the fixed rate Customer Charge, and bill variable costs under the per-kilowatt-hour Distribution Charge. Splitting costs into demand-related and customer-related components ensures you only have to pay for what you are actually using. SMECO has worked hard to control these Distribution Charges. We have reduced our wholesale power costs and your rates have gone down. These power-cost savings have passed directly to our customers, resulting in savings today of almost $24 a month for average-use residential customers compared to May of 2009. With SMECO’s proposed distribution rate increase, these same customers will only see an approximate $10 increase in their total monthly bill following the rate adjustment—still approximately $14 a month savings on bills since this time last year. For more information on SMECO’s rates, please visit www.smeco.coop/rates.

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Your Paper... Your Thoughts Do you think there is a shortage of affordable housing in this area? If so, what do you think could be done to fix the problem? Charlie Goldstein, 72, a retired architect who is planning to move to this area, said he didn’t think there was a big shortage. “From what I saw looking at real estate in this area – before we made a decision – no, it seemed to be wellpriced. We looked a little bit here and it seemed okay, but there’s a big question of what’s affordable and what isn’t.”

Jackie Reuben, 39, a cosmetologist who works in Lexington Park, said she thought there was a serious shortage of affordable homes in the area. “I know I don’t own a home,” she said, “I think a lot of people can’t afford it [rental housing] … Everyone’s moving in with their families. I live with my mom, my sister, my stepfather and my father, and we all pool our rent together.”

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$15 million in public funds were pumped into a project to renovate and turn over ownership of the Indian Bridge Apartments in Great Mills as affordable housing – while the property is valued at near $8 million.

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“To be honest I’m kind of scared. But you shouldn’t be afraid of the police … It’s really too much for me.” - Yvonne Shaw, local resident arrested for video taping a Sheriff ’s Deputy in public.

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County resident Yvonne Shaw was arrested last week by Cpl. Patrick Handy for taking a video of the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Deputy while he responded to a noise complaint – which happens to be the same charge Linda Tripp was hit with for secretly recording Monica Lewinsky during the President Clinton sex scandal of 1998. SEE PAGE 4

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Charges Dropped In Cell Phone Recording Arrest By Guy Leonard Staff Writer In the wake of an incident that involved the arrest of a woman who recorded a sheriff’s deputy with her cell phone during a noise complaint call more than a week ago, State’s Attorney Richard Fritz has said he will drop the charges against the defendant in the case. Fritz said that in most cases police operating in the public have a reasonable expectation of being recorded; he added that the officer likely had probable cause to make the arrest for intercepting his communications but proving that in court beyond a reasonable doubt was unlikely. Fritz, who said he did not view the cell phone recording made by Yvonne Shaw, said that from the charging documents he read the officer in question, Cpl. Patrick Handy, did nothing wrong in disbursing a disturbance June 12. “I believe he was doing everything right,” Fritz told The County Times Wednesday. Shaw, 27 of Great Mills, was relieved at the news. “I’m very pleased at that; I didn’t think that I had done anything wrong,” Shaw said. Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron also has said that citizens have the right to record events in public, including those that involve police officers, in most cases. Cameron said there were cases where it was inappropriate for police to be recorded via either camera or by voice, such as when they were taking witness statements, but while in public there was a reasonable expectation that they might be recorded. Cameron said that he had been seeking funding for years to get cameras installed in patrol cars to record events that could prove the innocence or guilt of an officer that had a complaint filed against them. “I’m adamantly in favor of it,” Cameron said. Cameron said that the incident that resulted in Shaw’s arrest by Handy for her recording his interaction with members of the

Colony Square community in Lexington Park was continuing. fanity generally in the course of their duties. According to charging documents, Handy arrested Shaw for “That’s not the conduct you want from your personnel,” Camallegedly illegally intercepting his communication via cell phone eron said. camera June 12 and that she was making the recording to try showBut the area that Shaw was in on the night her cell phone was ing police were harassing citizens. seized has been a concern for police, Cameron said, and needed Cameron said it was too early in the investigation to comment greater enforcement efforts to combat drug dealing, vagrancy, pubon whether Shaw’s arrest was inappropriate or whether the deputy lic alcohol consumption and trash dumping. should have confiscated her cell phone. “There are a lot of problems there,” Cameron said, adding that For her part, Shaw said the incident had left her fearful of the residents there had pleaded with his agency for police help. “That police. community is being held hostage to a degree.” In an interview Monday Shaw said that she began recording Handy and another deputy because she claimed that he was cursguyleonard@countytimes.net ing at her friend repeatedly and treating her in a disrespectful manner. When another deputy noticed that Shaw was recording Handy and his alleged profanities, Shaw said he came up to her and snatched the cell phone away and attempted to access the recordings on the phone. “Handy was being so nasty that he didn’t notice I was recording him,” Shaw told The County Times. “He was in my phone for like 10 minutes.” Shaw said that she has spoken with police investigators since the incident but declined to say exactly what those conversations were about. Cameron confirmed that investigators have been in contact with Shaw about the incident. “To be honest I’m kind of scared,” Shaw said. “But you shouldn’t be afraid of the police. “It’s really too much for me.” Cameron said the case was a priority for investigators to complete. “This case is important,” Cameron said. “I think the public is keen to see what happens. “She’s got no reason to be afraid of him [Handy] or the Yvonne Shaw police. But we’re aware of allegations from her and others.” Cameron said that officers are not supposed to use pro-

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ews Today’s Newsmakers In Brief On the agreement to split management of Indian Bridge Apartments between a state agency and a private company for workforce housing. “It’s a little tenuous… we don’t have a track record of the project with Osprey [Property Company] having 51 percent [ownership].” County Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R- Golden Beach)

“If we hadn’t done the PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement the county wouldn’t have gotten any property tax revenue if it had stayed with a non-profit.” County Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great Mills)

Audit Finds Fault With State Elections Board

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

The state’s Board of Elections, which manages voting and voter rolls through 24 local boards, has not maintained the “propriety” of voter databases throughout the state, an audit presented by the Office of Legislative Audit states, to include insuring that convicted felons had not been removed from the rolls. The audit, released by the state agency June 10, also found that the state board did not obtain an independent audit of the controls over the state’s voter registration system that would aid in insuring the integrity of the voter rolls. Also, the state board did not pursue full review of the local boards of elections’ adherence to election laws and regulations such as absentee

and provisional ballots, the audit stated, which has been a continual problem since 1995. The state board also did not take adequate precautions to control cash receipts and accounts receivable in their agency, the audit stated. The most glaring financial oversight, according to the audit, was a failure to report a $2 million deficit to the state comptroller’s office during fiscal 2009. The most recent audit showed that while the state elections board had corrected some previous findings from a 2006 audit but other deficiencies remained. The audit also noted that there has been no resolution between the elections board and a vendor providing voting machines, both touch screen and optical scan, to the tune of $8.5 million in reimbursements sought by the Office of

Feds Release Inspection Report for Calvert Cliffs Shut Down

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has found that concerns about reactor safety and operations at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant are minor in the after math of a shutdown of the two reactors Feb. 18. Diane Screnci, spokeswoman for the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania office of the NRC, said that the two reactors shut down due to a failed electrical connection between multiple systems. The electrical problem initially caused a coolant pump for the first reactor to stop operations, which in turn caused the second reactor to shut down. The report cited the operators of the plant with what is known as a “white” finding or violation, which is of a low to moderate safety concern, Screnci said, because they did not implement a maintenance program for a diesel-fueled back up generator that should have come on line to keep the coolant pumps running at the plant. The report noted that there were leaks

in the roof of a building that contained safety equipment that helped the functioning of the coolant pumps. That problem was rated as a “green” violation, which is of a low safety concern, the report stated, though the leaking roof was deemed to be the cause of the malfunction. The report went on to report that roof leaks accounted for 58 work orders for repair that had not been scheduled or planned, with some being more than two years old. After the problem caused the first reactor to shutdown, the report stated, work crews repaired the roof leak. “There was no safety consequence to plant workers, the public or the environment associated with the shutdowns,” said NRC Regional Administrator Sam Collins. “The NRC resident inspectors were in the plant’s control room to monitor the reactor operators’ response. The team will review the causes of the shutdown and how the plant operators and equipment responded to it.” guyleonard@countytimes.net

SMECO Proposes Rate Increase

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SMECO) is filing a request with the Maryland Public Service Commission to restructure and increase its Distribution Service rates. SMECO’s proposal does not affect the Standard Offer Service portion of the customer bill. SMECO proposes a change in the Distribution Service charges that will result in a increase of about five percent on the average customer’s overall bill, though that percentage

will vary depending on individual usage. SMECO’s rate filing proposes a Customer Charge of $29.56 per month and a Distribution Charge of $0.02092 (2.092 cents) per kilowatthour, reduced from $0.0289 (2.89 cents) for electricity consumption. The reduction in the Distribution Charge will save average-use residential customers over $10 a month on the portion of the bill determined by kilowatt-hour usage.

the Attorney General. That money was required because the vendor had not met all that was in the contract, which had a total cost of $91 million, the report stated. Bruce Meyers, legislative auditor for the state, said that what is lacking most from the state board when it comes to local offices and vendors is oversight and that lack could have repercussions on the integrity of the election process. “The repeat findings are a disappointment,” Meyers told The County Times Wednesday. “Hopefully they’ll follow through.” In a written response to the audit, state administrator Linda Lamone said that turnover in personnel had an affect in the audit findings. Lamone also stated in the audit response that

the agency would seek more funding to get additional employees. Lamone also contended that the state board does review local voter rolls and that those reviews “result in meaningful improvements to the database, which have a positive impact for voters and the election process.” Wendy Adkins, local director of the elections board, said that the state board had made no mention to her about problems regarding the integrity of voter registration databases. “We’ve been following the laws for years,” Adkins said. “We’ve never had a problem processing changes to the voter rolls with deaths or party changes.” guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

ews Mechanicsville Carnival Sotterley Plantation Hosts First ‘Gala in the Garden’ Raising Funds for 49th Year

By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer

It looks like a good year for carnival-goers, as Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department has teamed with M&M Amusements to fire up the Ferris Wheel and cotton candy machine for their 49th annual carnival, which runs next weekend through June 27. “We raised a lot of money last year,” said Darene Kleinsorgen, Carnival Co-Chairman, “and this year we’re doing very well, we’re a little ahead of last year.” John Montgomery, President of Mechanicsville Vol. Fire Department, said that this year’s carnival is featuring more rides than last year, as well as $1,500 in raffle drawings and other prizes. “This is our biggest fundraiser. Really though, most of what we do goes to help the ladies [auxiliary],” said Montgomery, adding that they had been given chairs and a new sign recently from the department’s auxiliary, which is also raffling gift cards at this year’s carnival, which features 11 rides as well as added food items and vendors for visitors. Carnival Chairman James Burroughs said that his committee would be considering ideas for special events at next year’s carnival, which will be the department’s 50th. “We just had our 75th year in service last year, so we’ll be doing something special next year, since it’ll be our 50th year,” he said. “Right

now we haven’t thought of what we’re going to do yet … right now we just want to see people come out and support us.” The Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department will host its 49th annual carnival for one more weekend from June 24 to 27. The hours are 7 to 11 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 6 to 10 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, go to www.mvfd.com. andreashiell@countytimes.net

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By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Dignitaries and history buffs alike crowded into a tent at Sotterley Plantation on Saturday for the historical site’s first “Gala in the Garden,” which included live and silent auctions of donated items to benefit the historical site. “All the proceeds go toward us doing our programming,” said Nancy Easterly, Sotterley’s Executive Director, as she made her rounds at the event on Saturday. “We’re welcoming people from all over. Even though invitations were given out, we would welcome anyone who’d like to come and have a party with us. These gardens are absolutely beautiful, and they’re all maintained by volunteers.” Easterly went on to explain that there had been no specific fundraising goal for the event, but that garden parties like Saturday’s would go a long way to securing funding for programming at the plantation. “I don’t know that we have so much a particular dollar amount,” said Easterly, “being that this is our first annual, a lot of it is just

getting people here and having a good level of awareness … it’s very difficult being a public charity that’s privately funded. It’s events like these that actually keep our doors open to the public.” Several elected officials dropped by Saturday’s event, including former Maryland State Senator J. Frank Raley, Senator Ben Cardin, Congressman Steny Hoyer, Del. Johnny Wood and Del. John Bohanan. Sotterley will have its next public event, “Free at Last! Black History Celebration,” on Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring character presentations, tours of the site’s original 1830s slave cabin, hands-on learning and children’s activities, and performances by the St. Peter Claver Choir and the Southern Maryland Gospel Choir. For more information on this and other events at Sotterley Plantation, go to www.sotterley.org.

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Photo by Andrea Shiell Prospective bidders hovered over a table displaying items for auction at Sotterley Plantation’s first “Gala in the Garden’ on Saturday.

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St. Mary’s County celebrated their 7th Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Tulagi Place in Lexington Park on Saturday, kicking off the event with a 5k race and braving the heat for a day of African-American history, art and entertainment. Major sponsors included St. Mary’s County government, the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions and the St. Mary’s County Arts Council. Live music and entertainment was provided by the St. Peter Claver Catholic Church Choir, the Southern Maryland Community Gospel Choir, the First Missionary Baptist Church Youth Choir, No Puff Daddy, Super Magic Man, the Soul in Motion African Dance and Drumming troupe, Winfield Parker and Praise and the New Briscoe Brothers. For more information on Juneteenth, go to www.ucaconline.org/juneteenth.html.

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Dominion Donates $200,000 for ‘Smart Buoy’ in Bay By Sean Rice Staff Writer

The Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion Resources, has provided a $200,000 grant to Coastal Conservation Association Maryland for an open-water monitoring buoy at the Dominion Reef at the Gooses, an artificial reef in the Chesapeake Bay off Calvert County. Two years ago the Dominion Foundation donated a reported $275,000 to construct the artificial reef at the Gooses, using more than 10,000 tons of recycled concrete recovered from demolition of Woodrow Wilson Bridge. The buoy will provide real-time data on water quality, waves, currents, and other information useful to boaters, fishermen, students, researchers and others. The buoy is scheduled to be placed at the Dominion Reef within the next two weeks, said Dominion spokesperson Karl Neddenien. Data will be available on the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Web site: www.eyesonthebay. net and the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Interpretive

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Former Arizona Pizza Reopens as Rustic River Bar & Grill

A ribbon cutting will be held on June 30 for Rustic River Bar & Grill at its location in front of the Breton Bay/McKay’s Shopping Center on Route 5 in Leonardtown. Newly renovated and re-branded, the ceremony kicks off a partnership of owners Matt Kulp and Dina Kulp of the former Arizona Pizza Company with executive chef Rick Stommel, a press release states. Stommel brings 15 years of restaurant and catering experience from Adam’s Ribs in Edgewater. Stommel incorporated Southern Maryland favorites with Cajun-inspired dishes to create a new menu with seafood, steak, rib and other southern-style items. “The response to the new concept and menu has been overwhelming,” said Dina Kulp. “Our customers rave about the new dishes, es-

pecially our Cajun crab dip and Maryland crab cakes. That’s a huge compliment in Southern Maryland.” The St. Mary’s Chamber of Commerce will perform the ribbon cutting at Rustic River Bar & Grill at 4:30 pm, followed by live music and dancing with Chip Davis and Andrea Romero from 6 to 10 pm. Rustic River Bar & Grill will also feature All Day Happy Hour that day with $1 Off All Drinks and $3 Small Plates including our Fried Shrimp Po-Boy Bites. Free Samples of Pork BBQ, Creole Potato Salad and Coleslaw will be handed out by staff. For more information about the event, visit www.rusticriver.net or call 301 997-1700, www. heavenlychickenandribs.com.

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Legal Notice: IN THE MATTER OF AIDAN NASIR DENT FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO AIDAN EMMANUEL NASIR COLEMAN BY AND THROUGH HIS MOTHER/ FATHER/GUARDIAN JENNIFER NICOLE DENT In the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County, Maryland Civil No.: 18-C-10-000600 NC The above Petitioner has filed a Petition for Change of Name in which she seeks to change the name of a minor child from Aidan Nasir Dent to Aidan Emmanuel Nasir Coleman. The Petitioner is seeking this name change for the child for the following reasons: I am requesting that my sons name be changed from Aidan Nasir Dent to

Educate Yourselves And Go Vote Aidan Emmanuel Nasir Coleman because his father has acknowledged paternity and he would like Aidan to have his last name. Any person may file an objection to the Petition on or before the 9th day of July 2010. The objection must be supported by an affidavit and served upon the Petitioner in accordance with Maryland Rule 1-321. Failure to file an objection or affidavit within the time allowed may result in a judgment by default or the granting of the relief sought. A copy of this Notice shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least fifteen (15) days before the deadline to file an objection. JOAN W. WILLIAMS, Clerk of the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County Maryland 06-24-10

Help Save Public Broadcast TV When I moved to St. Mary’s County in 1995, the cable franchise agreement between the county government and the cable company operating in the central part of the county required the cable company to cablecast on channel 10 public-access videos submitted by county citizens. In 1995 I learned a group of citizens had got together in 1991 to cover the county commissioner meetings and cablecast them as public-access videos but as of 1995 the only member of that group still covering the meetings was Doug Ritchie. Because it is important for citizens to know more about what their government was doing, I bought a camcorder and a VCR capable of basic editing and began working with Doug. In the year 2000 Doug and I and six other people founded the 501(c) (3) nonprofit named “Community Television in St. Mary’s, Inc.” In 2002 and 2003 the county government and the cable company negotiated a new franchise agreement, which went into effect in 2003. A main goal of our nonprofit was to become the facilitator of public-access programming, and we tried to contribute some input as to what should be in the franchise agreement. As is normal, the franchise agreement says it supersedes all previous franchise agreements but then is fuzzy about establishing public-access, educational-access, and county-government-access channels. Channel 10 has continued to cablecast public-access videos, using VHS tape decks. In 2001 the cable company’s general manager made 9 pm until 12 Monday through Friday the time slot available on channel 10 for public access. I then stopped doing new public-access videos except for four 3-hour episodes each fall covering the county fair. Otherwise in the Friday-night 9 pm until 12 timeslot I rerun my 3-hour videos, currently my 2002 videos. On Thursday nights I currently rerun my 2-hour videos from 1999 in the last two hours of the 3-hour time slot. The first hour is when new producers, which can be individuals or noncommercial organizations in the

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county, can introduce new videos. The nonprofit named “Community Television in St. Mary’s” has a monthly meeting on the last Tuesday at 6:30 pm in the Leonardtown SMECO building’s meeting room. County residents can bring videos already recorded , such as on a DVD, or can get recorded in the meeting room. If someone starts regularly producing videos, we would ask channel 10 for time in the Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday 9 pm until 12 time slots. Thus when our nonprofit and its participating producers would be demonstrating enough programming to justify a separate channel, the county government could ask to establish channel 99 as the public-access channel for the nonprofit and its producers to operate and schedule. The nonprofit needs new and younger producers and board members who understand the newest technologies and the best way for the nonprofit to maintain a website. A two-legged ladder will let us citizens throughout the county have a dialog as we climb upward in visualizing and then creating a better future. One leg is community-based videos on a television channel. The other leg is communitybased videos plus text commentary on a website. I protest that one leg was sawed off last month, when MetroCast suddenly without notice stopped cablecasting the Thursday- and Friday-night public-access videos at 9 pm, making viewers think the nonprofit had stopped its efforts. MetroCast is still cablecasting the videos, but from midnight to 3 am when almost no viewers look at channel 10. Potential new producers now find the starting point for beginning new programs no longer exists between 9 pm and 12. When they find out it is now midnight to 3 am, and even that starting point might be snatched away, they no longer have incentive to produce new programs. I asked the county government to have MetroCast return the time slot to 9 pm. The written response to me on June 1 states “Your request

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Fellow citizens, the policies of our government are like the tides washing at the foundations of our Republic. Our country is in trouble. President Obama promised to “transform America”, but America is being changed into something our forefathers would not recognize. He is doing this with the help of the Democrat controlled Senate and House, including our Congressman, Steny Hoyer. Our Nation could survive a few bad policies, but now there are many: • Out of control government spending leading toward bankruptcy with $13 trillion in debt, and annual deficits over a trillion. We are mortgaging our country to foreign governments, like China. • Printing more and more money, weakening the dollar and causing future inflation. • Bailouts of the corrupt, greedy, and inept at the expense of middle America, you and me. • Government takeover of banks, insurance companies, and car companies. • A destruction of our free enterprise system. • Stimulus and “pork” that has done little to create private sector jobs. • Spiraling into European style socialism with the redistribution of wealth and ever increasing taxes. • Blurring of the lines between politicans, powerful special interests, and corrupt organizations like ACORN. • Radical Czars, not confirmed by the Senate, like the self professed Communist, Van Jones; and, Anita Dunn, who said Chairman Mao was one of the philosophers she called upon most. • Radical healthcare reform that the majority of Americans did not want. • Backroom Political deals, and politicans voting for bills they have not read. • Cap & trade policy that will, in President Obama’s own words “cause energy prices to necessarily skyrocket”. • Illegal immigration that overloads our social welfare systems, and lack of secure boarders that allow entry of illegal drugs and potential terrorists.

• Civil liberties for terrorists. Terrorists should be tried in Military Tribunals, not in civil court at tax payers’ expense. • Political correctness. Our government will not identify radical segments of Islam and associated Terrorists for what they are. The Fort Hood shooter is a prime example! • Apologies for America. When President Obama stands on European soil and apologies for America , I am offended. We have over 100,000 military personnel buried in that same soil. They gave it all to liberate Europe from the Nazis, and they didn’t get to come home. No apologies necessary! • Dimishing support for Israel, and lack of a firm stance against Iran and their drive to get nuclear weapons. Are we becoming a “paper tiger”? We can not remain a Military Super Power if we are not an Economic Super Power. • One World Governance that diminishes our Sovereignty. • Disregard for our Constitution and Judeo-Christian Values this Country was founded upon. • Lack of Leadership from our government as the BP Oil gusher continues to do major damage. We can put a man on the moon, but can not deal with this? We must elect new leaders with fresh ideas. Steny Hoyer is a polished politician, who has turned into a rank partisan, supporting the radical agenda of the left-wing of the Democrat Party. What happened to the “Blue Dog” Democrat Party of our fathers and grandfathers? Consider Charles Lollar, a Black, Fiscal Conservative, Businessman, family man, U.S. Marine Reserve Officer, who believes in Limited Government, a strong national defense, term limits, our constitution, and Judeo-Christian values our great country was founded upon. Mr. Lollar is running in the Republican primary with the goal to unseat Congressman Hoyer in November. Help save the republic. Vote in people like Charles Lollar, a great American, who needs your support.

to have MetroCast return your two programs to a 9-12 slot on Thursday and Friday has been forwarded to MetroCast for their consideration however, the ability to broadcast Public Access programs on Channel 10 is a courtesy service that they are not obligated to provide.” MetroCast says they switched the time slot from 9 pm until 12 a.m. to a time slot after midnight because viewers did not want to watch those old videos and were complaining to MetroCast. However, the comments I most often hear from viewers is that they do like to watch the videos. Therefore my further request is to have MetroCast cablecast at 9 pm all the 3-hour videos. But if MetroCast persists in keeping one leg sawed off the ladder letting all us county citizens climb upward to visualize and then create a better future for our health and wellbeing, the county could schedule some shared time on channel 95.

I made DVD copies of all the 3-hour videos that MetroCast has cablecast after midnight instead of at 9 pm when viewers have expected to see them, to give to the commissioners so they can decide for themselves whether, as MetroCast says, they are videos viewers don’t want to see. These videos that MetroCast kept viewers from seeing have as of June 18 totaled 30 hours of video. I will give DVDs of these videos plus any further videos not cablecast at 9 pm to anyone who wants to have them to decide whether to tell MetroCast the videos should get cablecast at 9 pm. If you ask me to make DVD copies, you can come get them at the next public meeting of the nonprofit on the last Tuesday at 6:30 pm in the Leonardtown SMECO building.

Joe Wible Sr. Leonardtown.

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Detectives say that a violent sex offender has violated the terms of his release by not residing at his designated home and are now seeking to arrest him on an open warrant. On June 1 detectives began an investigation into the location of Michael Ray Anthony, Sr., 44, of Lexington Park and found that he was not living at the residence he told to police. Anthony is being charged with violation of his probation and failing to Michael Ray Anthony Sr.

notify the sex offender registry of a change in address. Police say that so far they believe that he may be living somewhere in the Ridge area, according to information they gathered during their investigation. Court records show that Anthony was convicted of a third-degree sex offense back in 2002 after being charged with second-degree rape and child abuse, but those charges were not pursued by the State’s Attorney’s office. Court records also show that Anthony has had charges of violations of probation in the past. Investigators are asking anyone with information regarding Anthony and his whereabouts to call the sheriff’s office Bureau of Criminal Investigations and contact Cpl. William Raddatz with the Sex Offender Registry Unit at 301475-4200 at extension 1958. Citizens can also make anonymous tips to Crime Solvers or through text messaging at either 301-475-3333 or by text messaging to TIPS 239 and then adding the message to 274-637 (CRIMES). guyleonard@countytimes.net

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On June 18, 2010 Deputy Foor responded to St. Mary’s Hospital for a report of an assault. Foor contacted the victim who reported she was involved in a verbal dispute with David Michael Faxon, Sr., 26, of Lexington Park over relationship issues. The verbal dispute took place at a residence located in Lexington Park, The verbal dispute escalated into a physical assault when Faxon allegedly grabbed the victim by the hair and slammed her head onto the floor several times. The victim managed to break away from Faxon’s grasp and fled into the bedroom. Faxon followed the victim into the bedroom and allegedly assaulted the victim by choking her. The victim grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed Faxon in the arm to get him off from on top of her, police stated. The victim stated she sustained a laceration on her finger and hand as a result of a struggle with Faxon over the scissors. The victim went to St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment and reported the assault. Deputy Foor contacted Faxon at the residence in Lexington Park and found Faxon had an injury to the arm consistent with a stab wound. When Foor asked Faxon how he sustained the injury Faxon reported he tripped over a rug and fell on a pair of scissors. Faxon denied any altercation with the victim. Faxon was arrested and charged with second-degree assault.

Police: Woman Charged With Impaired Driving After Prescription Drugs Found

On June 18, 2010 Deputy Nielson responded to the CVS Pharmacy in Lexington Park for a report of an impaired driver. St. Mary’s County Emergency Communication Center dispatched a lookout for a white female operating a gold Nissan with Maryland registration. It was reported the female driver almost struck several individuals with her vehicle as she pulled into the CVS parking lot, police stated. As Nielson arrived at the CVS he observed a white female walking from a gold vehicle heading into the CVS. Nielson was approached by a witness who identified the female as the operator of the gold Nissan who almost hit his vehicle. Nielson contacted the female who was identified as Jennifer Marie Money, 25, of Lexington Park and as Nielson spoke with Money he noticed she displayed slurred speech and blood shot eyes with constricted pupils. Money appeared to have difficulty comprehending Nielson’s questions and locating her driver’s license. Further investigation revealed Money had taken prescription medication earlier in the day, police stated. As Nielson was speaking with Money she was nervous and kept fidgeting with her purse. When Nielson asked to see the contents of Money’s purse she became agitated and pulled the purse away. Fearing for his safety, police stated, Nielson took the purse from Money and looked inside. The purse contained several prescription bottles with a variety of pills contained within each bottle. Nielson contacted the Poison Control Center and identified the pills. The narcotics contained in the prescription bottle did not match the name of the narcotics listed on the bottle. Money was given a standard field sobriety test. As a result of the test she was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, two counts of possession of controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia and driving while impaired.

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On June 20 at approximately 4:53 p.m. members of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division and Crash Reconstruction Team responded to Shamrock Court in Port Republic for a report of a serious motor vehicle crash. A preliminary investigation determined that a red 2010 Chevrolet Camaro R6, operated by Nicholas Adam Grigsby, a 27-year-old male of Lexington Park, was traveling southbound on Shamrock Court when the vehicle left the roadway and entered a side skid. The vehicle subsequently went airborne after striking a culvert. Shortly after going airborne the vehicle’s driver side door struck a tree. The vehicle was also occupied by Darrell Charles Demarr, a 49-year-old male of Waldorf. Demarr was seated in the front passenger seat of the vehicle, police report. Both occupants were extricated from the vehicle. Grigsby sustained mortal injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene by members of the St. Leonard Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad. Demarr was transported to the Prince Georges County Shock Trauma Center by Maryland State Police Trooper 7. Police say Demarr remains in critical but stable condition. The preliminary examination of the vehicle indicated that neither occupant

was not using safety belts at the time of the collision. Cpl. V. Bortchevsky of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Team (CRT) is conducting an investigation into the events that lead up to the collision. Any information regarding this crash should be forwarded to Cpl. V. Bortchevsky of CRT at bortchvi@ co.cal.md.us or 410-535-2800. seanrice@countytimes.net

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

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Another F-35 Variant Flies Supersonic

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time June 10, achieving a significant milestone. The aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.07 (727 miles per hour) on the first in a long series of planned supersonic flights. “For the first time in military aviation history, supersonic, radar-evading stealth comes with short takeoff/vertical landing capability,” Bob Price, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 U.S. Marine Corps program manager said in a press release. “The supersonic F-35B can deploy from small ships and austere bases near front-line combat zones, greatly enhancing combat air support with higher sortie-generation rates.” The F-35B will enter service for the Marines, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, and the Italian Air Force and Navy. The supersonic milestone was achieved on the 30th flight of the F-35B known as BF2. U.S. Marine Corps pilot Lt. Col. Matt Kelly climbed to 30,000 feet and accelerated to Mach 1.07 in the off-shore supersonic test track near Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Future testing will gradually expand the flight envelope out to the aircraft’s top speed of Mach 1.6, which the F-35 is designed to achieve with a full internal weapons load of more than 3,000 pounds. All F-35s are designed to launch internal missiles at maximum supersonic speed, as well as launch internal guided bombs supersonically. During the flight, Kelly accomplished 21 unique test points, including several Integrated Test Blocks to validate roll, pitch,

yaw and propulsion performance. BF-2 is the third F-35 to achieve supersonic flight. Two F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variants also have broken the sound barrier. The F-35 program has about 900 suppliers in 45 states, and directly and indirectly employs more than 127,000 people. Thousands more are employed in the F-35 partner countries, which have invested more than $4 billion in the project. Those countries are the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Denmark and Norway. Three F-35 variants are under development - the F-35A CTOL variant to replace U.S. Air Force F-16s and A-10s, as well as aircraft employed by seven allied nations; the F-35B STOVL variant to replace U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers and F/A-18s, U.K. Royal Air Force and Royal Navy Harrier GR.7s, GR.9s and Sea Harriers, and Italian Harriers; and the F-35C carrier variant to replace U.S. Navy F/A18s. The F-35 Lightning II is a 5th generation fighter, combining advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, fully fused sensor information, network-enabled operations, advanced sustainment, and lower operational and support costs, a release states. Lockheed Martin is developing the F-35 with its principal industrial partners, Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. Two separate, interchangeable turbofan engines are under development: the Pratt & Whitney F135 and the GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team F136.

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Edward Burroughs, 73 Edward Stanley “Eddie” Burroughs, 73 of Mechanicsville, MD died Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. He was born on November 28, 1936 to the late Benjamin H. and Louise Burroughs. He attended St. Mary’s County Public Schools and graduated from Margaret Brent High School in 1954 and subsequently, the Strayer Business College. Eddie was an accountant for 53 years in St. Mary’s County; first with Jerry Colvin and later his own business in Charlotte Hall -- Edward S. Burroughs, CPA (now Burroughs, Moreland and Mudd). Eddie enjoyed his many friendships with his office staff and clients over the years. After his wife and extended family, his first love was the Mechanicsville Volunteer Rescue Squad of which he was a charter member, board member, and life member. He was on the First National Bank of St. Mary’s/Mercantile/PNC Board of Directors for many years as well as a long-time member of the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department, Mechanicsville Lions Club, Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants, Maryland Society of accountants, and Southern Maryland Antique Power Association. He enjoyed antique tractors, auctions, “pop” engines, and Dolly Parton songs. Eddie is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Marie Bartz Burroughs. He is also survived by two sons, Edward Stanley, Jr. (Sharon) and Donald Wayne (Mary Ann), six grandchildren, Charlie Burroughs, Susan Vallandingham (Bobby), Donald Burroughs, Jr. (Hannah), Cathy, Douglas, and Steven Burroughs, all of Southern Maryland, two great grandchildren, Trent and Delia Marie Vallandingham, and three brothers, Ben Burroughs, Jr. (Joan) of Mechanicsville, MD, Tommy Burroughs (Peggy) of Annandale, VA and Phil Burroughs of Mechanicsville, MD. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandparents Esther and Ray Burroughs and Maude and Robert Burroughs. Family received friends on Thursday, June 17, 2010 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Prayers were recited. A funeral service was held on Friday, June 18, 2010 at All Faith Episcopal Church, Charlotte Hall, MD. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Charlie Burroughs, Donald Burroughs, Jr., Douglas Burroughs, Steven Burroughs, Dennis Austin, Steven Turner, Douglas Frederick, and Paul Lloyd. Serving as honorary pallbearers were Susan Vallandingham, Cathy Burroughs, Sheila Goldsborough, Patty Stone, Cindy Morgan, Bonnie Therres, and Dr. John Roache. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mechanicsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 15, Mechanicsville, MD 20659. He cared!

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Charles Childers, 98 Charles Lee Childers, 98 of Lexington Park, MD passed away on June 13, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born October 14, 1911 in Genoa, NE he was the son of the late Robert E. and Mamie O. Childers. Mr. Childers was a farmer. He also did custom fertilizing and trucking. He retired in 1975 after a serious truck accident. After retiring, he began doing Folk Art, (Tin Art) wheels, wagons and buggies. He also enjoyed fishing, gardening and cooking. In addition to his parents Charles was preceded in death by his wife, Opal G. Childers and 6 siblings. He is survived by his son Harry D. (Jackie) Childers, of Lexington Park, MD, sister; Helen Alderson of Mesa, AZ, grandchildren; Daniel (Veronica) Childers, and Melissa (James) Molitor, great grandchildren; Randy, Kevin, Jenny and Steven. The family received friends for Charles’s Life Celebration on Sunday, June 20, 2010 in Lexington Park United Methodist Church, where a Memorial Service was conducted. Interment will be in Valley View Cemetery In Genoa, NE at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lexington Park United Methodist Church, 21760 Great Mills Rd., Lexington Park, MD 20653 and/ or the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 339, Lexington Park, MD 20653 Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD

Misty Dufour, 31 Misty Dawn Osborne Powell Dufour, 31 of Park Hall, MD passed away Thursday, June 17, 2010 in Ridge, MD at the home of her sister Marsha Boyle after a yearlong battle with Cancer. Born on December 31, 1978 in Norton, VA. She is survived by her son Allen Powell 13 and her husband James Dufour, Jr. of Park Hall, MD. Misty is also survived by her mother Lisa Osborne of Ridge, MD; step-father Marshall (Lee) Richardson Jr., and wife Reagan of Irvington, AL; father Greg Ventro of Pound, VA; two sisters Brandy and husband Brandon Harrison of California, MD and Marsha Boyle of Ridge, MD; two brothers Jayden Carter of Ridge, MD, Marshall Richardson III of Irvington, AL; grandparents Marlene and Greg Mullins of Pound, VA; Nellie and Ray Burch of Hughesville, MD;

great-grandparents Darrell and Pearl Collins of Wise, VA. She is also survived by Aunts and Uncles, David Osborne of Pound, VA, Diane and Sammy Mann of Coeburn, VA, Pam and Leroy Spalding of Mechanicsville, MD, Billy Ramey of California, MD; nieces and nephews Kailey Long and Zachary Boyle of Ridge, MD and Nakilah and Brandon Harrison of California, MD; Cousins: Brittany, Shaina, Andrew, Kim, Rob, Amber, Danielle, Bradley, Austin and many, many more. Misty was preceded in death by her grandparents Donald Osborne of Pound, VA; Marshall (Rocky) Richardson of California, MD, and Jim and Ruth Ventro of Pound, VA; great-grandparents Ed and Ruth Osborne of Pound, VA. We would like to thank the many members of our family, Misty’s friends, members of the community, Facebook friends, Amy Brown and the many nurses from the Weinburg Building at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, Hospice of St. Mary’s County, MD whom have given her family their love and support. In the last few months of Misty’s life she was reunited with two very special childhood friends Bobbi Jo Trossbach and Amber Connelly. Bobbi Jo and Amber without your love and support Misty’s last days would not have been so special. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Misty is a graduate of the class of 1996 from Great Mills High. She was last employed by Ledo’s Pizza in Lexington Park, MD. She enjoyed crafts and watching old movies and cartoons from the 80’s. A visitation was held at Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home chapel in Leonardtown, MD on Wednesday June 23, 2010 where funeral services were held. A luncheon was held for all directly after the services at the Wildewood Community Center in California, MD. Contributions may be made to assist with funeral expenses. Condolences may be left for the family at www.mgfh.com. Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Betty George, 74 Betty Jo George (Smith) 74, of Lexington Park, MD died on June 3, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital, L e o n a r d t ow n , MD. Born March 2, 1936 in Morehead, KY, she was the daughter of the late Joe Smith and Thelma B. Smith (Ingraham). She was the loving wife of Jerry Dan George, to whom she was married to for 53 years. Betty Jo is survived by her sisters Barbra Tucker and Carolyn Bender, her children; Danny George (Debbie George), Roxanne George (Terri Wood), Michael George, Sr. (Rebecca Russell) and Lisa Kavaky (David Kavaky) as well as, her grandchildren; Michael Ryan, Michael George, Jr., Nicole George, Daniel George, Kenton Kavaky, Ashley Kavaky, Ryan Katz, and her two great-grandchildren; Josh Platt, and Alyssa Ryan. She was preceded in death by her siblings Lenna

Johnson and Joe Benny Smith and her granddaughter Elizabeth George. Betty Jo loved going to the bluegrass festivals and she was a member of the Red Hats Society. She enjoyed going to church dinners and loved playing cards. She was active in the church functions. Betty worked as a clerk for Patuxent River Naval Air Station and was an active member of the National Active and Retired Federal Employee Association (NARFE). Betty Jo loved her family and friends. The family received friends on Monday, June 7, 2010 at Lexington Park Baptist Church in Lexington Park, MD. Funeral services were held with Pastor Mark Garrett officiating. Interment followed in the Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Contributions can be made to Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad P.O. Box 339 Lexington Park, MD 20653, Hospice of St. Mary’s P.O. Box 625 Leonardtown, MD 20650 and\ or The Red Hats Society 431 S. Acacia Ave Fullerton, CA 92831. To send a condolence to the family please visit our website at www.mgfh.com. Arrangements provided by the MattingleyGardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

William Groome, 89 William Burroughs Groome, “Bill,” 89 of Mechanicsville, died June 19, 2010 at the St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Leonardtown. Born July 20, 1920, he was the son of the late William John Groome of London and Edith Burroughs (Groome) Gegan of Mechanicsville. Bill graduated from Margaret Brent High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from the University of Maryland. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in November 1942 and was a gunnery instructor and served as a Staff Sergeant gunner during WWII. After receiving an honorable discharge from the military, he worked at the Mechanicsville Building Supply for several years. In 1966, Bill became the Supervisor of the St. Mary’s County office of the Farmer’s Home Administration in Leonardtown, until his retirement. He was a dedicated member of the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department for over 60 years where he served as Treasurer for many years. His community service included membership on the Board of Trustees of the St. Mary’s Nursing Home, as well as being an active member of the Margaret Brent Alumni Association Scholarship Committee. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lois Kessler Groome, a daughter Margaret Bilardello of New York and a son Bill and wife Dana of California, and five grandchildren: Robin and Nick Bilardello of New York, Annie Bilardello of California, and Chloe and Tom Groome of California. The family will receive friends at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A.

Charlotte Hall, MD Friday, June 25 from 5 to 8 p.m. with prayers recited at 7 p.m. A Memorial service will be held at Bill’s parish, All Faith Episcopal Church, Charlotte Hall, MD on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 10 a.m. Interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 37, Mechanicsville, MD 20659 or to All Faith Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 24, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622.

Virginia Knott, 84 Virginia Pilkerton Knott, 84, of Hollywood died June 20, 2010 at her home. Born on March 9, 1926 in Mechanicsville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Helen Mae Wood Pilkerton and the late William Archie Pilkerton, Sr.. She was the wife of John Richard Knott, Sr., whom she married on May 1, 1945 at St. John’s Church in Hollywood, MD and was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County, MD. After graduating from Margaret Brent High School in 1944, she worked on Patuxent River Naval Air Station as a secretary until marrying her husband John Richard Knott, Sr. and they spent 65 years married to one another. She became a homemaker and raised her six children and one grandchild on their family farm in Hollywood and was a devoted mother and wife. She was a kind and gentle person who took care of others first and foremost. She enjoyed cooking and sewing and making her house a home. She had the most beautiful handwriting and excellent grammar skills. She really enjoyed family get-togethers and enjoyed country music. She is survived by her husband, John Richard Knott, Sr.; two daughters, Linda Swarey (husband Israel) of Ridge, MD, Darlene Ridgell of Ridge, MD; four sons, John Richard Knott, Jr. (wife Donna) of Hollywood, MD, Charles William Knott, Sr. (wife Donna), of Hollywood, MD, Leonard Knott (wife Margaret) of Cape Coral, FL, Terrence Wayne Knott (wife Donna); and one grandson whom they raised, Shawn Patrick Knott (wife Susan) of Hollywood, MD. She was survived by 17 grand children, 21 great grandchildren, and 5 great-great grandchildren. She was lovingly referred to as “Mamma Tink” by her grandchildren. She is also survived by her devoted caregiver and friend Rebecca Kelly. She was the sister of Mary Burroughs of Mechanicsville, Muriel Bowling of La Plata, Carolyn Connelly of Leonardtown, Roberta Guy of Mechanicsville, William “Archie” Pilkerton, Jr. of Mechanicsville, and was preceded in death by her siblings Bernadine Knott of Hollywood, Lenwood “Teenie” Pilkerton of Mechanicsville and James Arthur Pilkerton of Mechanicsville who died in World

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Continued War II. The family received friends on Wednesday, June 23rd in MattinglyGardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers were recited. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Thursday, June 24th at 10 a.m. in St. John’s Catholic Church, Hollywood, MD with Father Raymond Schmidt as the celebrant. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A reception will be held at the Monsignor Harris Center immediately following the interment. Pallbearers will be Steve Hoopengarder, Donald Insley, William “Alley” Raley, Roger Ridgell, William “Billy” Morgan, and Charles “Pete” Mattingly. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John’s Capital Campaign – School “Renovate” Project, 43950 St. John’s Road, Hollywood, MD 20636.

Rose Morris, 66 Rose Marie “Sissie” Morris, 66, of Clements, MD died June 17, 2010 at her residence. Born September 21, 1943 in Leonardtown, MD she was the daughter of the late Francis Abell and Elsie Marie Woodburn. Sissie was

the loving wife of the late William S. “Billy” Morris whom she married on February 4, 1961 and preceded her in death on May 6, 1997. She is survived by her children Jeb Morris (Donna) of Bushwood, MD, Frankie Morris of Florida and Tina (Gary) Norris of Clements, MD. Sissie is also survived by her siblings Teeny and Phillip Woodburn, of Leonardtown, Gloria Nelson and Lucy Erskine of Clements, MD, as well as her grandchildren Marci, Mindy, Tyler, Frank and Mitch Morris. She was also preceded in death by her brother Sam Woodburn of Leonardtown, MD. Sissie graduated from St. Mary’s Academy and was a life-long resident of St. Mary’s County. She was a Medical records technician for St. Mary’s Hospital for 25 years. Sissie enjoyed spending time with family and friends and also enjoyed going to concerts and loved Country music, her favorite Country music performer was the late Conway Twitty she also enjoyed dancing and dirt track racing. The family received friends on Monday, June 21, 2010 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD where prayers were said. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday June 22, 2010 at Holy Angels Catholic Church Avenue, MD with Fr. William Gurnee officiating. Interment followed in Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery, Bushwood, MD. Pallbearers were Frank Morris, Mitch Morris, Tyler Morris, Jamie Nelson, David Woodburn and Darrell

Erskine. Contributions can be made to Seventh Dist. Rescue Squad P.O. Box 206 Avenue, MD 20609, Hospice of St. Mary’s P.O. Box 625 Leonardtown, MD 20650 also (ACTS) A Community that Shares P.O. Box 54 Bushwood, MD 20618. Condolences to the family may be left at www.mgfh.com. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Wanda Schuhart, 78 W a n d a Amanat Schuhart, 78 of Leonardtown, MD died June 19, 2010 at the Hospice House of St. Mary’s. Born August 5, 1931 in Washington, DC she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth L. (Van Wart) Amanat and Arthur C. Amanat. Wanda graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in 1949. She worked for over thirty years as a photographer at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station where she retired in 1987. She enjoyed gardening and was fond of cats. Wanda is survived by her sons David A. Schuhart (Linda) of Lusby, MD and Wiley E. Schuhart of Scotland, MD, siblings, Thomas A. Amanat (Hollis) of Leonardtown, MD and Laura A. McBroom of St. Clyde,

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OH. She was preceded in death by her sister Bertha M. Addleman. Family received friends on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Prayers were recited. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 29119 Point Lookout Road, Morganza, MD 20660. Interment followed in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.

Ernest Toney, Sr., 63 Ernest I. “Link” Toney, Sr., 63 of Lexington Park, MD died on June 11, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, MD. Born January 16, 1947 in Leonardtown, MD, he was the son of the late Nettie Toney and James Sommerville. He was the loving husband of Judith Toney, whom he married on June 6, 1991. Link is also survived by his children Kenyada Jones of Great Mills MD, Ernest I. Toney, Jr. and Myra Johnson both of Lexington Park, MD, as well as 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Ernest is preceded in death by his son Leonard Miles, Jr. Link was a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County and attended Cardinal Gibbons High School. The Family received friends on Monday, June 21, 2010 in Lexington Park United Methodist Church, Lexington Park, MD. A service was held on Monday, June 21st, 2010 in Lexington Park United Methodist Church with Rev. Ernest I Toney, Jr. officiating. Interment followed in St. James Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers were Mervin White Jr., James Shade, Robert Somerville, Melvin Jones, Sr., Joe Shade and Donny Shade. Honorary Pallbearers were John Berry, Jr., Wendell Curtis, Shawn Berry and Bobby Hall. Condolences may be left to the family at www.mgfh.com. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

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Christopher Witkowski, 64 Christopher Jerome “CJ” Witkowski, 64 of Lusby, MD passed away on June 20, 2010 at Winchester Hospital in Winchester, VA Family will receive friends for “CJ’s Life Celebration on Thursday, June 24, 2010 from 5 to 8 p.m. with prayers recited at 7 p.m. in Holy Face Catholic Church, Great Mills, MD where A Mass of Christian burial will celebrated on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A full obituary will appear at a later date. Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD

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Mary’s County Community Schools, and it involves parents, it involves teachers, it involves administrators, and in the community it involves us.” “Last year at this time at the business breakfast, I was having a candid and

School officials joined members of the local business community for the Superintendent’s yearly Partnership Breakfast on Tuesday, which included members of the Board of Education and the St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce. The breakfast, which was held at the James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center in Leonardtown, served as an opportunity for Superintendent Michael Martirano to recognize dozens of members of the local business community for their support, and to implore their continued support in the future as part of what he described as a “triangle” of influences that included the local business community, parents and the public school system. “I need your support now more than ever, because with economic conditions the way they are, there is no room for any child to not finish high Superintendent Michael Martirano addressed a crowd of business leadat his annual Partnership Breakfast on Monday, where the school school,” said Martirano, ers system honored members of the local business community. going on to discuss the problems suffered by high school drop outs including an increased open-hearted conversation about making risk of unemployment, incarceration and a commitment as it pertains to St. Mary’s homelessness. County Public Schools,” said Shadwick “The other piece that’s often times Jenkins, Coordinator for Parent/Business/ hard to talk about is the burden that that Military Outreach, going on to credit the places on the community,” said Martirano, superintendent with facilitating the school “because they are taking from the commu- system’s current partnerships with local nity as opposed to contributing.” businesses, which he said have gone to “Everybody who’s doing something in prove what success community involvebusiness in St. Mary’s County has a per- ment can bring. sonal tie to this community,” said Bill Sca“A golf club in my hand is probably rafia, President of the St. Mary’s County useless, but a golf club in Tiger Woods’ Chamber of Commerce, “so one of the first hands is worth millions,” said Jenkins, “so things we had to do is decide on our defini- this theory that we have that’s operated by tion of partnership … and the definition we one person is probably worth very little, came up with isn’t about writing a check but when a community comes together as to clear your conscience … this is not St. one, it’s absolutely priceless.” Mary’s County Public Schools, this is St.

CSM Hosts Open House for Nuclear Engineering Program The College of Southern Maryland will host a Nuclear Engineering Technology Degree Program Open House from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 13, at the Prince Frederick campus, Flagship Building, Room 119, 115 J.W. Williams Road. The public is invited to learn about the new CSM Nuclear Engineering Technology Degree Program beginning this fall at the Prince Frederick Campus. Partnerships between CSM, the Nuclear Energy Institute and Constellation Energy to provide certified curriculum, lab equipment, instructors and

internships, as well as Nuclear Regulatory Commission scholarships will be discussed. Following the open house, CSM is hosting a presentation and discussion by Clean Energy America representatives Muhammad Fahmy and Chris Guggino of Bechtel Power Corporation on nuclear energy as a clean energy source and their experiences working in the nuclear field at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 301-9347853 or email Jeric@csmd.edu.

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Csm Administrator To Assist In Oil Spill Clean-Up Efforts T h e College of Southern Mar yland’s associate vice president of Academic Affairs has been recalled to active duty this summer in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves to assist with the Gulf Dr. Subocz Coast oil spill response, during which she’ll be working as a Coast Guard Liaison to the state and/or one or more parishes to ensure that all are all parties are working together. Dr. Subocz has more than nine years experience in higher education, most recently with positions as chair of the Division of Distance Learning and Faculty Development, and instructor and assistant professor of math-

ematics and physics. She also has 12 years of active duty service and nine years of reserve time as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, and was recently selected as CSM’s associate vice president of the Division of Academic Affairs. “A quality education made such a difference in my life, providing me with so many great opportunities to see and do things I never would have been able to do otherwise. I am hopeful that in this position I will have the best chance of providing this same kind of opportunity to many more people in the community, whether they are coming right out of high school or looking to CSM as a way to improve their current career situation,” Subocz said. The most interesting aspect of her new position is getting to see the big picture instead of “a glimpse of how things fit together,” she said. Subocz’s current commitment to fill an urgent manpower need in Louisiana will divert her only temporarily from her goals as Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, with an anticipated return in mid-August.

All Three High Schools Rank Among America’s Best

Newsweek magazine, which annually comes out with the a list of the best high schools in the country, listed all three of the public high schools in St. Mary’s County on its recently published list, which includes the top six percent of schools in the nation. “I am very proud and thrilled that all three of our high schools are on the Newsweek list of America’s Best High Schools,” said Michael Martirano, superintendent of schools. “This is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our students, teachers, and administrators.” In Maryland, 53 percent of the public high schools made the 2010 list according to the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). In St. Mary’s County, Newsweek

magazine ranks Leonardtown High School as 890, Great Mills High School as 898 and Chopticon High School as 1,613. Each school was ranked according to the ratio of national college-level exams taken compared to the number of graduating seniors. The list is based on the previous year’s data; thus, 2009 information is used to prepare the 2010 list. According to Newsweek magazine’s website, the list is based on “how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced placement college-level courses and tests.” For a complete listing, visit the website at www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americasbest-high-schools.html.

Sunshine Catering provided these SMCPS-stamped brownies for the Superintendent’s Partnership Breakfast held at the James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center on Tuesday, where members of the local business community were recognized for their partnerships with the school system.

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on the deal for three years say that the state-sponsored financing package is necessary to preserve what affordable housing stock the county has, since the market does not persuade developers to create new housing that would suit residents in the lower to mid-range income range. “The challenge to preserve affordable housing today is greater than ever,” said county Department of Economic and Community Development Director Bob Schaller. “That’s because the market will not naturally produce work force housing because the rent structure is too low to be profitable.” In what amounts to a publicly subsidized project, local Housing Authority

Director Dennis Nicholson said that a federal loan program from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development are making it possible for the state to access financing to make the deal happen with little expense to the county. “The county does not have any exposure,” Nicholson said of the deal, though he acknowledged that the Indian Bridge LLC partnership that runs the apartments, would still be responsible for paying of the debt incurred to move the project forward. That partnership involves the private company, Osprey Property Company based in Timonium, and the local

Housing Authority, with rents to be kept between $660 and below $900 in most cases, county documents show. The Board of County CommissionIndian Bridge LLC had financial win in cash prizes by ers authorized an agreement Tuesday that guarantees that proved to the state that it would have the state fund a $15 million was a low-risk venture, Nicholson said, using these coupons acquisition and renovation project using but the state would likely step in to manstate and federal dollars for the preserage the property if the private sector busifour winners vation of the Indian Bridge Apartments ness could not fulfill its debt obligations. use all 8 coupons and get 8 chances to win. complex. Nicholson said that rents would be Customer Must Present Original Coupon. Purchase Required. No Cash Back According to county documents reused to payoff the $7 million total debt garding the deal, which brings in a private over a 40 year period. management company to take a 51 percent “The rent will service the loan that stake in the ownership of the complex, the the state is putting up,” Nicholson said, assessed value of the property once renoadding that the public-private deal was a vated would be only about $8 million. reflection of what effects the down econBut county officials who have worked omy had on property values at places like Indian Bridge Apartments. “It’s a tool of the times,” Nicholson said, adding that the Housing Authority, 40845 Merchants Lane • Leonardtown, MD 20650-3771 • (301) 475-8838 with its minority stake in the property, would monitor the project for rent controls and operations. John Savich, county administrator, EXPIRES 07/10/10. Not valid on any previous purchases. said that the project would not make the name: phone #: management or anyone else associated address: with the deal a great deal of money. “This is not an income producing deal,” Savich said. “It’s designed to keep the housing in place.” The agreement the county approved Tuesday was a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) deal that means that the management company who takes a purchase of slight majority interest in the complex, off $25 or more will pay property taxes to the county, although at a reduced rate. 40874 Merchants Ln. • According to county figures, the management company will pay $29,360 Leonardtown, MD to the county as well as taxes to the state Valid Sunday thru Thursday. 301-997-1700 and for emergency services. Dine-in or Take-out. Expires 07/10/10. County documents also showed that the agreement will actually reduce name: phone #: taxes paid by $39,200. address: The county’s contribution to the project totals up to $130,000 for the installation of a new fire sprinkler system, documents show. The total number of dwelling units at the apartment complex that will serve residents who make 80 percent Automotive And Transmission Repair • 301-373-2266 or less of the average median income level for the county comes out to 84 Brake Line Flush with 4 apartments, county documents show. Brian Lopez, vice president of Osprey Wheel Brake Job Property Company, told county com(This is a $90 Value) missioners that his business expected to take a commensurate share of any of the expires 7/10/10 23867 Mervell Dean Rd. • Hollywood, MD profits in the venture but that those were grooming or boarding and no name: phone #: not guaranteed. Photo by Frank Marquart address: Joan Gelrud, a Housing Authorlimit on stay $15 million in public funds was pumped into a project to renovate and turn over ownership of the Indian Bridge Apartments in Great Mills as affordable hous- ity commissioner, said that the state’s ing – while the property is valued at near $8 million. This aerial photo shows the apartment complex, located north of Great Mills High School. requirements for putting up the loan

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The Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad (LVRS) recognized several star members at an impromptu ceremony held Tuesday evening at the station on Lawrence Ave., honoring them both for their service locally and their recent recognitions by the Maryland State Firemen’s Association (MSFA) at their annual convention held in Ocean City on May 1. Among those recognized was LVRS President Shirley Copado, who was inducted into Association’s Hall of Fame for her decades of service to the department. “You have to show numerous years of service to the community, and she has 20 here, where she’s a lifetime member,” said LVRS Chief Joe Wilkinson at Tuesday’s event, In back, from left to right: John Wood, Willie Wilkerson, Doyle Cox, going on to explain more J. Harry Norris and Paul Sullivan (with Kimberly Sullivan standing in of Copado’s background front). Sitting in front: Shirley Copado, Amy Smith and Mary Ellen with the 2nd District Vol. Borland. Fire Department, where she began her depart- emony with the Family Appreciation Program mental training in 1976, going on to serve as Award. the station’s president in 1986. She has served Mary and Robert, who joined the squad in at the Leonardtown station since 1988, and was 2005, are part of at least three duty crews that licensed as a Nationally Registered EMT-Para- fill in whenever needed, and Mary was recently medic in 1993, later going on to serve as a Del- re-elected as Treasurer of the department. egate to the Southern Maryland Vol. Firemen’s “The Borland family has been around Association and the Maryland State Firemen’s since 2005 … and they’ve become very valuAssociation. able members of our team. Her husband has “I’ve known Shirley a very long time, been driving for us, and Mary has been a driver and this is her second stint as President,” said and an EMT, IV Technician with us since then, Wilkinson, going on to explain her service in and now her son John is working his way up as a junior member,” said Wilkinson. Mary Borland accepted the honor at Tuesday’s event on behalf of her family, as she said her husband and son were “busy volunteering” that night. LVRS Assistant Chief Amy Smith won the Josiah A. Hunt, M.D. EMS Person of the Year award at the annual convention, though she wasn’t present when Helen Newell has owned shows and other places. the award was announced and was taken the Grapevine Antiques and by surprise when Chief Wilkinson anCollectibles store in LexingCT: What is one item that nounced it on Tuesday. ton Park with her husband you’ll never get rid of? “Amy is my right-hand and leftKen for nearly three years, and has seen so many HN: We have a little desk hand girl,” said Wilkinson, “and I know strange and quirky items that has what we consider I couldn’t do this job without her … but that nothing seems unusual value to it, so that’s probably she doesn’t know that she got this award, to her anymore. She was one of the things that we’re so we’re going to surprise her.” happy to share some of the passing down. It’s not one ins and outs of antiquing that I would bring in here to Amy joined the squad in 2003, afwith The County Times. sell. It’s one that used to be ter which she became an EMT-Basic and on ships … and it’s got little an IV Technician, and has since earned CT: Antiques are a mixed drawers on the side and it’s the station accolades for her squad lot. Items can range from pretty small. Anyway, I’m fine jewelry to old road not passionate about holdscrapbooks, some of which the departsigns, so what was the first ing onto too many things, I ment now uses as training tools. She has item you started with? usually just let them go, but earned the Top Ten Runner award every not this one. year since she joined the department, and HN: The very first thing we started with was an assortmost recently won the President’s award ment of antique tools that and Squad Member of the Year. were my husband’s … and Several local dignitaries were we started with just a real present at Tuesday’s ceremony, includsmall space. We started renting the space like our ing Del. John Wood and Leonardtown vendors do here now. Mayor J. Harry Norris, as well as MSFA President Doyle Cox and Willie WilkerCT: What kinds of things do son, President of the Southern Maryland you like collecting? Volunteer Firemen’s Association (SOMHN: I’d say I’m passionate VFA). Also present were Kimberly Sulabout collecting anything, livan, President of the SOMVFA Ladies but I like miniature oil cans Auxiliary, and county rescue chief Paul especially. I probably have easily 50 or so, from tool Sullivan.

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SMILE Livestock Show Hosts Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales Demonstration The annual Southern Maryland Invitational Livestock Expo will take place on June 26 & 27th at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds in Leonardtown, Maryland. The two-day livestock show for Southern Maryland youth in-

and our rural way of life”. Throughout the weekend the barns will be open to visitors to see the animals and watch the activities and competitions. Admission is free to the public. For a full schedule of events

cludes showmanship and breed competitions for sheep, beef, swine and goats, a horse show and other educational activities designed to showcase the importance of agriculture in the region. The SMILE expo is full of surprises, and as its acronym (SMILE) suggests, has more to offer than the regular livestock judging show; highlights include farm equipment displays, vendors and a special guest appearance by the Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales. Wayne Mast and his team of six magnificent Clydesdales (Roy, Silver, Pappy, Gunner, Ben and Tony) will be at the fairgrounds from noon on Saturday June 26 to talk about his horses and at 5:30 p.m. will demonstrate a “Six-horse hitch”. As stated by Jay Farrell, SMILE Chairman, “The SMILE show’s focus is on learning, fun and camaraderie for those who are participating and as the show is open to the public, we also hope to educate our neighbors about the important relationship we have to the land, the animals

visit the SMILE Web site at: www.SMILEInc.org. SMILE is sponsored by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC), the St. Mary’s County Fair Board, county farm bureaus and local businesses, and is organized by SMILE committee members and the collaborative efforts of dedicated volunteers. events. The Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) was established to promote diverse, market-driven agricultural enterprises, which coupled with agricultural land preservation, will preserve Southern Maryland’s environmental resources and rural character while keeping the region’s farmland productive and the agricultural economy vibrant. To learn more about additional programs and resources, contact SMADC, P. O. Box 745, Hughesville, MD 20637; phone: 301-274-1922; fax: 301-274-1924; email cbergmark@smadc.com; or visit www.smadc.com.

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475-4200 ext. 1404. All restaurants are invited to attend the Loveville Produce Auction Open House on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. Come to the open house and see how easy it is to buy local produce for your restaurant! Please R.S.V.P. to the Department of Economic & Community Development, Agriculture Division at 301-475-4200 ext. 1402. Walk-ins are welcome, but R.S.V.P.’s are appreciated.

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• Uncle Pete to kick off Professional Performance Series The Professional Performance Series will kick off on June 28 with Uncle Pete performing a concert that includes humor, dancing and lots of audience participation. The Professional Performances are free, suitable for all ages, and held on Mondays. Charlotte Hall’s performance will be at 10 a.m. at White Marsh Elementary School, Leonardtown’s at 12:30 p.m. at Leonard Hall Recreation Center and Lexington Park’s at 3 p.m. at Lexington Park Library. This performance is being funded by a grant from St. Mary’s County Arts Council and matching funds from the Friends of St. Mary’s County Library. The next performance will be on July 12 and features Flumpa. Children and teens are reminded to sign up for a summer reading program to earn prizes and a book. All participants receive a complimentary lawn ticket to the Blue Crabs July 30 game. One participant will win a year’s family membership to the National Aquarium in a random drawing. • Library offers fun computer classes Children ages 5 to 8 can explore TumbleBooks, an online collection of animated, talking picture books, on June 28 at 1 p.m. while teens ages 12 and older can challenge their friends in a Battleship tournament online on June 30 from 1 to 3 p.m. both held at Charlotte Hall. Teens and children can use their own photos to create a celebrity-style poster while learning to edit photos, change backgrounds, and combine images. Charlotte Hall will of-

fer these poster classes on July 7 at 1 p.m. for teens and July 8 at 1 p.m. for children ages 6-11. These free classes are also offered later in the summer at the other branches. Registration is required.

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• Crafternoons and storytimes begin week of June 28 Children ages 4-12 can drop in and make a water-related craft for free each week starting June 29 at “Crafternoons” which are offered from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the following days: Tuesdays and Thursdays at Charlotte Hall; Wednesdays at Leonardtown; and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at Lexington Park. Baby and toddler storytimes resume the week of June 28. A complete listing of these and all the summer activities can be found at www.stmalib.org. • Twilight fans to celebrate release of Eclipse Twilight fans can celebrate the release of the next movie, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, at the Eclipse Jeopardy Extravaganza on June 29 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Charlotte Hall. Besides a discussion of Twilight, fans will enjoy trivia competition and themed snacks. Registration is required for this free program. • Teens can learn to draw Teens ages 12 and older can explore various ways to draw in a free drawing class taught by John Busby. Teens can register for either a class on July 10 or July 24. Both are from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and held at Lexington Park.

The Hamm-It-Ups will bring acoustic music and great harmonies to Downtown Tunes in Leonardtown on Saturday, June 26. The acoustic duo, The Eds, will open the show at 6 p.m. Admission is free. Bring something to sit on.

Downtown Tunes will continue in Leonardtown on Saturday, June 26, with an acoustic music show with The Eds, an acoustic duo of terrific singers and guitarists. Following The Eds will be Hamm-It-Ups, a trio featuring wonderful harmonies on older and newer tunes. The Eds are Ward Carroll and Ed Gauser, guitarists from the popular local rock group Miles from Clever. The Eds play a variety of music and will impress listeners with their guitar skills and vocals.

The Hamm-It-Ups are Mary Lynn and Ray Hammett and Jeff Bowles. They are known for their vocal harmonies on cover tunes by groups like the Beatles and Crosby, Stills and Nash. The concert begins at 6 p.m., runs until a little after 9 p.m. and is outdoors on the square in Leonardtown. Admission is free but concertgoers should bring something to sit on. Rain date is Sunday, June 27 at the same time. For more info call Robin Guyther at 301 904-4452.

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Thursday, June 24 • Wing Night VFW Post 2632 (California) – 5 p.m. • $1 to $2 Charity Hold’Em Donovan’s Pub (California) – 8 p.m. For more information call Barry at 443-486-3319 or email Road2Scholarship@yahoo.com. • Newtowne Players’ 2010 Footlight Festival Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m. The Newtowne Players announce performances of six one-act plays, four of which are original scripts; “The Hospital,” by Mike Bajoreck, “Woman Revisited,” by Trish Cole, “The Importance of Being Hairy,” by George Johnson, “House of the Holy Moment,” by Cary Pepper, “The Bench” by Larry Wenderski, and “Relative Strangers,” by Sheri Wilner. Reservations are recommended; call 301-737-5447 or visit www.newtowneplayers.org.

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• Inaugural Legends Drags and Show Budds Creek MD International Speedway – 2 p.m. Historic drag, muscle cars, custom car show, celebrity “legends” appearances and more. Rain date is June 27. For more information call Dave Outten at 703-216-3792 or 301884-RACE. www.MIRDRAG.com. • River Concert Series: “Trills and Thrills” St. Mary’s College (Historic St. Mary’s City) – 7 p.m. Giuseppe Nova, flute; Floraleda Sacchi, harp; and Orlando Roman, guitar, join Jeffrey Silberschlag and the Chesapeake Orchestra for an evening of music including Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella Suite” and R. Strauss’ “Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite.” Free. Call 240-895-4107 or visit www.riverconcertseries.com. • GMHS Class of 1990 Reunion Weekend DB McMillan’s (California) – 8 p.m. Opening festivities for the 20year class reunions. For more information, contact Cindy Williams Lehman at cindy.lehman@verizon. net or 717-503-4570. • Newtowne Players’ 2010 Footlight Festival Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m. The Newtowne Players announce performances of six one-act plays, four of which are original scripts; “The Hospital,” by Mike Bajoreck, “Woman Revisited,” by Trish Cole, “The Importance of Being Hairy,” by George Johnson, “House of the Holy Moment,” by Cary Pepper, “The Bench” by Larry Wenderski, and “Relative Strangers,” by Sheri Wilner. Reservations are recommended; call 301-737-5447 or visit www.newtowneplayers.org.

Saturday, June 26

• LVRS Yard Sale Lexington Park Vol. Rescue Squad (Lexington Park) – 6:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. • Benefit Yard Sale ReMax parking lot (California) – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benefit for Elisa Reynolds will include a yard sale, car wash, raffle and cookout to help cover medical costs. • SMILE Livestock & Horse Show St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (Leonardtown) – 9 a.m. Admission is free to the general public to watch the competitions, visit the animals, vendors and agricultural displays. The livestock competition includes classes for sheep, beef, dairy cow, swine, goats, and a schooling horse show. For daily time-table, registration forms, rules, breed class requirements visit: www.SMILEInc.org or call Susan McQuilkin at SMADC on 301-274-1922. • Smiles for Life Poker Run Toot’s Bar (Hollywood) – 9 a.m. Proceeds from the event benefit the Greenwell Foundation, the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation, & the Smiles for Life Foundation. Registration begins at 9:00am (Last vehicle out at 11am) Cost: $20 for bikes, trucks, cars. $15 for additional passengers. Prizes are $500 - best hand, $100 - worst hand. Food served beginning at 3 p.m. – ribs, chicken and sides for participants. $15 Donation for food if not in the Poker Run. DJ, dancing and door prizes included. For more information go to www.greenwellfoundation.org. • Black History Celebration Sotterley Plantation (Hollywood) – 10 a.m. Rescheduled from the Blizzard of February 2010! Sotterley Plantation is proud to partner with The Boeing Company to offer this important all day, free to the public event, as part of the 2010 Speaker Series: FREE at Last! ~ Black History Celebration! For more information call Sotterley Plantation at 301-373-0850. • Free Blood Pressure Screenings Interim Loffler Senior Activity Center - 10 a.m. Garvey Senior Activity Center - 11:30 a.m. Northern Senior Activity Center - 12:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to have their blood pressure checked is welcome to stop by. No appointment necessary. • Taste of the Mill Historic Cecil’s Old Mill (California) – 11 a.m. Taste samples and wares for sale. Free event. For more information call 301-994-1510. • Downtown Tunes Concert Leonardtown Square – 6 p.m. Featuring the acoustic music of The Edds and Hamm-It-Ups. Concert is free but seating isn’t provided, so bring a lawn chair or blanket. For more information call Robin Guyther at 301-904-4452.

• GMHS Class of 1990 Reunion Weekend Lenny’s Restaurant (California) – 6 p.m. For more information contact Cindy Williams Lehman at cindy.lehman@verizon.net, or call 717-503-4570. • Texas Hold’Em “Bounty” Tournament St. Mary’s County Elks Lodge (California) – 6 p.m. • Americana Handbell Concert Lexington Park Baptist Church (46855 S. Shangri-La Drive) – 7 p.m. The Pax River Ringers present their new concert “Americana Sampler”. Concert is free and open to the public. For more information go to www.paxriverringers.webs.com. • Newtowne Players’ 2010 Footlight Festival Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m. The Newtowne Players announce performances of six one-act plays, four of which are original scripts; “The Hospital,” by Mike Bajoreck, “Woman Revisited,” by Trish Cole, “The Importance of Being Hairy,” by George Johnson, “House of the Holy Moment,” by Cary Pepper, “The Bench” by Larry Wenderski, and “Relative Strangers,” by Sheri Wilner. Reservations are recommended; call 301-737-5447 or visit www.newtowneplayers.org. • Saturday Night Dance Mechanicsville Moose Lodge – 8 p.m. Featuring live music from “The Wanderers.” Proceeds will benefit the Hughesville Vol. Fire Department and Rescue Squad. For more information or questions contact Jimmy Rose at 301-343-5130.

Thursday, June 24, 2010 information. • Sacred Heart Church Annual June Dinner Sacred Heart Church Parish Hall (23080 Maddox Rd., Bushwood) – 12 noon Adults, carryouts and drive thru for $22, Children 12 and under are $6. Includes raffle, cake table and country store.

lodge at 301-863-7800, or Linda at 240-925-5697. • No Rake Hold’Em Tournament Donovan’s Pub (California) – 7:30 p.m. For more information call Barry at 443-486-3319 or email Road2Scholarship@yahoo.com.

Tuesday, June 29

• Deep Stack Hold’Em Tournament Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three Notch Road (Hollywood) – 2 p.m. For more information call Bobbi Sprouse at 240-577-0983 or Jim Bucci at 301-373-6104.

• Special Olympics Hold’Em Tournament Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three Notch Road (Hollywood) – 7 p.m. For more information call Bobbi Sprouse at 240-577-0983 or Jim Bucci at 301-373-6104.

• Newtowne Players’ 2010 Footlight Festival Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 3:30 p.m. The Newtowne Players announce performances of six one-act plays, four of which are original scripts; “The Hospital,” by Mike Bajoreck, “Woman Revisited,” by Trish Cole, “The Importance of Being Hairy,” by George Johnson, “House of the Holy Moment,” by Cary Pepper, “The Bench” by Larry Wenderski, and “Relative Strangers,” by Sheri Wilner. Reservations are recommended; call 301-737-5447 or visit www.newtowneplayers.org.

• $25 No Limit Hold’Em Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 7:30 p.m. For further information call Christine at 443-624-2746.

Monday, June 28

• No Limit Texas Hold’Em Tournament St. Mary’s County Elks Lodge (California) – 7 p.m. For more information call the

Wednesday, June 30

• Nature Time at Greenwell Greenwell State Park (Hollywood) – 10 a.m. Pre-registration (no later than 24 hours in advance) is required via email - lpranzo@greenwellfoundation.org - or by calling the Greenwell Foundation office at 301-373-9775. • Special Olympics Hold’Em Tournament Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three Notch Road (Hollywood) – 7 p.m. For more information call Bobbi Sprouse at 240-577-0983 or Jim Bucci at 301-373-6104.

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• Texas Hold’Em Saturday Nite Special Park Bingo Hall (California) – 7 p.m. Email mbb88@aol.com to register, or call 301-643-5573. (No email on the day of the event.)

Sunday, June 27

• GMHS Class of 1990 Reunion Weekend Lenny’s Restaurant (California) – 9 a.m. For more information contact Cindy Williams Lehman at cindy.lehman@verizon.net, or call 717-503-4570. • Kayak Fun Day Chesapeake Bay Field Lab (Piney Point) – 9 a.m. There will be shore games, marsh trail hikes, and the chance to view the skipjack, The Dee of St. Mary’s, which is under restoration. Food and beverage purchases available. Races include: Blind Race, One-Armed Race, AARP Classic, Cash Race — Scavenger Hunt, and Pro vs. Amateur. $25 registration fee to race. Free admission to cheer on the racers. $5 launches your vessel for easy paddling and a duck’s eve view of the race. Call 301-994-2245 or visit www.thebaylab.org for more

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Thursday, June 24 • Fair Warning Irish Pub Band CJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 5 p.m. • Dave Norris DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

Baltimore Rockers Bring Crushing Days to Southern Maryland By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Though it clearly echoes the weirdness of a Joe Satriani tune from the late 1980s, guitarist and songwriter Jim McFaul said that he actually got the idea for the name of his band, Crushing Day, while living on the beach in Ocean City. “It’s actually our interpretation of a really cool day, like a day at the beach … when I named the band, it was a long time ago and I was at the beach, so I guess I was thinking about the waves and the sunshine,” said Jim, going on to explain how he and his band mates have had plenty of “crushing” days since forming in 1993. After finally solidifying their lineup in 1998-1999, Jim is now joined by Larry Fitgerald (bass, vocals), Ross Tyrie (guitar), and Craig Schuster (drums). And while Jim said the group is still hugging the Baltimore circuit, there is a charm to playing in more remote locations like those in Southern Maryland, and they’ll be traveling this far south several times over the summer. As they entertained a large crowd at Vera’s White Sands Beach Club in Lusby on Saturday night, they recapped some of the frustrations that drove them away from recording and more toward life as a cover band, playing mostly on

the Baltimore/Annapolis circuit where they maintain a large following of dedicated fans. They’ve had some time to perfect their craft, after all, winning top honors in Maryland Music Monthly’s reader’s poll in 2001 and 2002, and sharing the stage with some impressive acts over the years including SR-71, DaDa, The Posies, Driven’ and Cryin’, Ace Freehley, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack, The Pat McGee Band, The Ravyns and Dig, all of whom were 99.1 WHFS staples before the station changed formats – literally in mid-song – to “tropical” Latino music in 2005. It’s been nine years since the band set foot in a studio, but their work on “Radio Fools” and their 3-Song EP both serve as proof that they know how to fashion riffs and melodies, and they can do it with a good mix of both style and substance. Still, as Jim said, “it’s a completely different animal than playing in a cover band. It’s a lot of work, and there was a time when we were writing and going to New York to meet with record labels and try to record a CD. But when you do that, you start to realize how many other good bands are doing the exact same thing.” Not that Jim has given up on writing songs, but he said he’s happy to trade in his songwriting spurs for cover-band gigs across the state. The cover-band circuit works for these guys, too, and it’s difficult to deny them their parroting skills when they can churn out danceable renditions of everything from U2 to Johnny Cash. Plus, one look at the crowd’s energy proves the gist of the band’s name. It’s always a crushing day when they play. Crushing Day will play next at Vera’s White Sands Beach Club on August 7, and at Gilligan’s Pier in Newburg on August 20. For more information and a complete performance schedule, go to www.crushingday.com.

• DJ McNa$ty Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m. • Thirsty Thursdays Karaoke Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m. • Ladies DJ Dance Night Hula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m. • Open Mic Night Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m.

Friday, June 25

• 25th Hour Band Cryer’s Back Road Inn (Leonardtown) – 8 p.m. • Joe Martone / Middle Ground Sea Breeze Restaurant & Bar (Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m.* • Karaoke Night OCI Pub (Piney Point) – 8 p.m. • Middle Ground Sea Breeze (Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m. • Nuttin’ Fancy CJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 8 p.m. • DJ Mango Lexington Lounge (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m. • Impact Martini’s Lounge (White Plains) – 9 p.m.

• Dave Norris DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

• Karaoke w/ DJ Tommy T & DJ T Applebee’s (California) – 9 p.m.

• Fair Warning Irish Pub Band Donovan’s Pub (California) – 5 p.m.

• Legend Beach Cove (Chesapeake Beach) – 9 p.m.

• Nuttin’ Fancy La Plata Town Hall (Charles County Government grounds) – 7 p.m.

• SilverTung Memories (Waldorf) – 9 p.m.

• DJ/Line Dancing Hotel Charles (Hughesville) – 7:30 p.m. • Billy Breslin Cheeseburger in Paradise (California) – 8 p.m. • Ladies DJ Dance Night Hula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m. • Bent Nickel Anderson’s Bar (Avenue) – 8:30 p.m. • Car 54 Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (Lusby) – 9 p.m.

• Three Day Ride Apehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 9 p.m. • After Hours Lounge (Live Music/DJ) Chef’s American Bistro (California) – 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 27 • Back Beat Sea Breeze Restaurant & Bar (Mechanicsville) – 3 p.m. • The California Ramblers Apehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 3 p.m.

Monday, June 28

• Evil Cecil Apehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 9 p.m.

• Mason Sebastian DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

• Impact Martini’s Lounge (White Plains) – 9 p.m.

• Open Mic Night Scott’s II (Welcome) – 7 p.m.

• Karaoke Club 911 (Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m. • Live music/DJ Hotel Charles (Hughesville) – 9 p.m.*

Tuesday, June 29 • Fair Warning Irish Pub Band DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m

• Sam Grow Band Lisa’s Pub (Indian Head) – 9 p.m.

• Dave & Kevin Trio Ruddy Duck Brewery (Solomons) – 7:30 p.m.

• Kajun Kelly Drift Away Bar & Grill (Cobb Island) – 9:30 p.m.

• Open Mic Night Martini’s Lounge (White Plains) – 9 p.m.*

• After Hours Lounge (Live Music/DJ) Chef’s American Bistro (California) – 10 p.m.

• Fair Warning Irish Pub Band

Saturday, June 26 • Dylan Galvin Isaac’s Restaurant (Solomons) – 5 p.m. • Fair Warning Irish Pub Band DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

Craig Schuster, Larry Fitgerald, Ross Tyrie and Jimm McFaul are Crushing Day.

• Downtown Tunes: The Eds and HammIt-Ups The Square (Leonardtown) – 6 p.m.

Wednesday, June 30 CJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 5 p.m.

• Captain John DB McMillan’s (California) – 5:30 p.m. • Karaoke with DJ Harry Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 7 p.m. • Open Mic Night Hula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m.

• Bent Nickel Toot’s Bar (Hollywood) – 7 p.m.

• Wolf’s Blues Jam Beach Cove Restaurant (Chesapeake Beach) – 8 p.m.

• Bill Engvall Live! (Comedy) Calvert Marine Museum (Solomons) – 7:30 p.m.

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People drank gold powder mixed in with water in medieval Europe to relieve pain from sore limbs.

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THE 1773 RELATION OF REV. JOHN MATTINGLY

Translated from Latin by Emmett Curran and Paul H. Mattingly Rev. John Mattingly’s Relation, continued from last week. What it was like in St. Mary’s County during that time as seen through the eyes of a Jesuit Priest. The Jesuits there have houses in other colonies, where they live at great distances from each other and for long periods, and, if I am not mistaken, they possess sufficient

lands to sustain themselves in a variety of ways. Finally some Jesuits dwell with lay families, where they serve the role both of chaplains as well as missionaries. The farms and fields, which they have, if operated in a proper manner, would be sufficient to sustain the majority of the missioners there. But, because of the shortage of priests and brothers as well as the constant call of ministerial duties, they tend not to give sufficient attention to the farms, with the result that they are either badly cultivated, or a large part of the harvest goes to ruin.

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take months. A road trip might help, says Cohen. Take a day this summer and go visit the When the fat envelope came a couple campus and the town it’s in. Walk around Photodancing. Courtesy of Helen a little, look for a staff member or RA (you months ago, you couldn’t stop Carroll Beavers Now, you’re wondering what you Patterson were might get a quick tour!), and get your bearthinking. ings. And bring Mom and Dad – they’ll feel True, you got better when they know into the college of you’re good to go. your choice and Which brings you’re pretty proud of us to another point: that. So are Mom and let’s say you’re ready Dad. But you know – more than ready, in you can’t just show fact – to leave the nest, up at Whotheheckare but your parents are U and expect it to be the problem. In this like high school. How book, Cohen offers will you know your tips for both you and way around campus? your parents on letting What if you hate go, getting acclimated, your roommate? How packing what you’ll embarrassing is it if need, finding the inforyou’re homesick? mation you want, slayYou’re worried, ing homesickness, how a little. So are Mom to use Facebook withand Dad. So why not out embarrassment on spend part of your either side, and much summer reading “The more. Happiest Kid on CamWhile it’s true pus: A Parent’s Guide that “The Happiest Kid to the Very Best Colon Campus” is geared lege Experience” by Harlan Cohen? Yeah, more for parents, I don’t think there’s an the word “parents” is in the title, but this is incoming freshman anywhere who should a book for you both. miss reading it, too. Back in the Dark Ages (when your Using hints, tips, and stories from real parents were at university), there were no college students around North America, PCs. Very few people had cell phones, and columnist and author Harlan Cohen gives ATMs were rare. Your parents remember advice to students as well as to their parcollege, but your experience will be very ents on how to deal with this (sometimes different from theirs. traumatic) milestone. What I thought most The first thing to know is that going helpful was that if this book isn’t comto college can be uncomfortable. You’ll be prehensive enough - which I find hard to doing things you won’t want to do at first, imagine, given its heft - Cohen includes his and you’ll probably be doing it on your own email address so readers can get more own. But that doesn’t mean you’re alone: answers. Cohen says that over 65% of college stuIf you’re heading for university at the dents report being homesick. The bottom end of summer, grab this book and share line is that your feelings are normal and it’s it with your parents. “The Happiest Kid on going to take more than a couple days to Campus” will help you both graduate to “fit in”. Feeling at ease on campus might this new phase of life.

Rev. John Mattingly was born in St. Mary’s County on January 25, 1745. He was baptized at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church with his name being given as John Baptist Mattingly. He was the son of Clement Mattingly and Ann Burton Coyle (daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Coyle of Anne Arundel County). He was ordained a priest in the Society of Jesus at Belgium on September 7, 1766. When he left Maryland we don’t know, but his father’s will dated December 12, 1778 devised to “my son John Mattingly, now a priest, 20 pounds current money of the State to be paid by my Executors on his arrival in Maryland.” He did request a return to Maryland, but was denied. Father Mattingly died at Causetown, Ireland on November 23, 1807 while there on a visit. According to an article in The Catholic Historical Review, “The Church in the United States will hardly ever again be placed in a position so perilous as that which occurred during the years of the

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Suppression of the Society of Jesus (17731814). When the Society was formally suppressed by Pope Clement XIV, it became the unpleasant duty of Bishop Richard Challoner of the London District to announce this lamentable fact to the members of the Society living in the American Colonies. And the blow which had fallen on that great Religious Congregation was hardest to accept in the midst of the difficulties which surrounded the infant Church of the United States. Fortunately, as the letters which passed between Challoner and the Propaganda show, the Church was grateful towards these valiant sons and allowed them to remain at their post of duty. It was recognized that, if they were not permitted to go on with their apostolic work as seculars, the Missions in the English Colonies would collapse….The Catholics at that time in Maryland and Pennsylvania numbered about 20,000. In Maryland there was practically complete freedom of worship. But it was more restrained than in Pennsylvania, where the Church was free.”

Wanderings of anAimless

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of Disney. Was it really such a simple world - only for children, I imagine. I sure didn’t like those same towels when I had to go down into our scary, musty basement and fold them as a kid. I can still smell all the bleach my mother used in the towels. It’s amazing they didn’t disintegrate over the years. But, the towels are still useful, a little faded, but so soft. There must be something you have held on to past it’s useful life. I admire and am in awe of people who can get rid of most everything old and start fresh. They re-start their memories and traditions. Military families are good at this by necessity. I have just started on the closet in the extra room. I had a little yard sale at work, and started hunting through bags and bags of things that my kids and I moved from our apartment to here. That was nearly 10 years ago and we haven’t needed to look in them yet. Very little in the bags was loaded with meaning, and I am mercilessly going through them. I am tired of being bogged down with stuff –and I want that closet! Finding a new storage space for the things you really need and use is a great motivator. This was probably not the best time to tear apart the closet and the room – my brother and sister-in-law are due in from Utah later this week for our Surrattsville All-Class reunion. I think I will go now, and take my Dad’s t-shirt, hold it, absorb it’s lingering memories and gently place it in the trash. Maybe it is the result of turning 49 this week, and my mental deadline of having everything organized and clutter-free by next June. My father lived simply, with little material possessions; his own streamlined world within our home. I believe that is his legacy and lingering memory for me.

“Lingering Memories” By Shelby Oppermann Contributing Writer I hope all the Dads had a relaxing Father’s Day last Sunday. Some father’s enjoy action instead of a cook-out. We, of course, had a rousing softball game in Young Men’s softball. For many of us, our fathers now just hold a tender, but vivid memory in our minds. The impact our departed fathers have on us leaves a lasting imprint on our lives. I’m still on an organizing kick; going through drawers, paperwork, workshop, or anywhere where things start to get out of hand. In opening a drawer in the bedroom, I found that I still had my father’s white t-shirt that I loved to sleep in. Why can’t I throw this out – it’s been thirty years since my father passed away. When I think about throwing it away, I get this awful feeling in the pit of my stomach like guilt. In the rational part of my mind, I realize that if my father were still alive he would have thrown it out. It doesn’t carry his scent due to probably a thousand washings. I can’t see him in it. Yet, the hold is still strong. My irrational mind says I am not honoring his memory if I throw it out. I rarely, if ever, look at the shirt. I think it’s enough knowing the t-shirt is there. It must be the same for his old Clinton Fire Department briefcase I keep, or the old books…I see a problem here. The same hold is also on my mother’s towels. I pulled out one of my mother’s yellow towels to use after my shower, and suddenly realized that this towel must be over forty years old. But there are no holes or damage. Wow, towels were made good back then. When I use it I remember getting wrapped up in it after baths and feeling cozy and protected. There was nothing like having a bath on a Sunday night. You’d get all warm and relaxed, get in your soft flannel jammies and lay on the floor to watch Wild Kingdom and then The Wonderful World

To each new day’s simple adventure, Shelby Please send comments or ideas to: shelbys. wanderings@yahoo.com

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41. Koran memorizer 44. Sergeant fish 45. Line of descent of a purebred animal 48. Olive genus 49. Goes onward 50. Chum 51. Having a bird’s horny bill

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14. Loss due to not showing up 17. Founder of Babism 18. Toward the stern 20. River in NE Scotland 23. Parts of a branching shape 24. Sea duck 25. Not caps 26. Scientific workplace 29. Sodium 30. 4th Caliph of Islam 31. Made dizzy 32. Exhales spasmodically 35. Idle talk 36. Ancient region of W Asia Minor 38. A confusion of voices 40. Ocean sunfish 41. Bumpkin or rube 42. “A Death in the Family” author 43. Radio comedian Allen 44. A police officer 45. Parts per billion (abbr.) 46. Before 47. Arrived extinct

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Help Wanted We are looking for Tae Kwon Do assistant instructors. 3:30pm - 7:00pm. Working hours and salary negotiable. Call me at 240-298-7449(Master Shim). Automotive Diagnostic Technician -- Cheseldine Tire & Auto in California, MD is in need of a full-time Automotive Diagnostic Technician. Applicant must have a MINIMUM of 5 years experience including a strong background in diagnostic procedures and the diagnosis of European and Asian vehicles. Applicant must be familiar with IDS, Tech 2, DRB3, Launch and the use of oscilloscopes. Benefits include guaranteed salary plus commisions, health/dental insurance, and paid vacation and holidays. To apply, please e-mail your resume to jcheseldine@verizon.net or fax to 240725-0793. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Yard Sale Huge Multi-Family Yard Sale Sat. June 26th 7 a.m.- 2 p.m. 19649 WmFranklin Lane Leonardtown/ Rt. 244 Richie Road Valley Lee area .

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Dungey Continues 450 Dominance at Budds Creek By Chris Stevens Staff Writer

BUDDS CREEK – Many of the riders in the American Motocross Association’s 450

second moto and the overall 450 championship Saturday afternoon at Budds Creek. “Every race, I just try to do my best and give it all I have.” Dungey stayed in contention by finishing

Ryan Dungey leaves Budds Creek with a 36 point lead over the raining champion Chad Reed.

cc class are anointing Minnesota native Ryan Dungey as the rider to beat this season, he doesn’t agree with that assessment. “Anything can happen. There’s so much racing left,” Dungey said after claiming the

in third place in the first moto, won by Andrew Short, and then taking over early in the second heat and held on to the lead in spite of a spirited challenge from Australian Chad Reed. Short finished third in the second heat and third over-

all on the day. udds reek inal verall esults “I just continued from last weekend (at 450 CC Class High Point),” Short said of M1 M2 Points his first moto victory, five 1. Ryan Dungey -Suzuki 3 1 45 seconds ahead second2. Andrew Short -Honda 1 5 41 place Mike Alessi. “I got 3. Chad Reed -Kawasaki 4 2 40 off to a good start and ran 4. Josh Grant -Yamaha 5 4 34 my race.” 5. Mike Alessi -KTM 2 12 31 Short’s need for a good start, he explained, 250 CC Class was born out of respect M1 M2 Points for the competition in a 1. Dean Wilson -Kawasaki 4 1 43 division that’s starting to 2. Justin Barcia -Honda 3 2 42 see more and more talent3. Tyla Rattray -Kawasaki 2 3 42 ed athletes and riders join 4. Christophe Pourcel -Kawasaki 1 6 40 the 450 class as the years 5. William Hahn -Honda 5 4 34 go on. “There are more fast people in our class and it’s getting tougher and tougher,” he said. “It and tossed his eyewear, which could have been dangerous for him, but he managed to fight felt good to get some momentum.” For Reed, after a disastrous weekend at through the pack and secure third place. In High Point, the 2009 450 champion saw some the second heat, he passed Reed early on and encouraging signs to take out of his weekend held off all challengers, winning his first 450 at Budds Creek. Dungey won the 250 class last at Budds. “I qualified up front, which is something year, and he is still adjusting to a bigger bike I’ve had problems with,” he said. “I enjoy this and heated competition. “[450’s] a bigger bike with a lot more powtrack and had a big week here.. There are a lot er, so it’s just getting used to the bike,” he said. of positives to take from this.” Reed jokingly said he prayed for rain, as “It’s a challenge I’ve always looked forward last season’s championships were run and loos- to.” A challenge many feel he’s mastering. ened up the track’s dirt. Instead, it just stayed “Ryan was great today,” Chad Reed said. “Nohot and dry. “Today was hot, but I’m grateful. I felt I body had anything for him.” was a good rider and the guys did an amazing chrisstevens@countytimes.net job with this track today,” he said. Dungey had a brief spill in the first moto

Wilson Endures Heat For First 250 Championship By Chris Stevens Staff Writer BUDDS CREEK – In breaking through at Saturday’s American Motocross Association championship at Budds Creek, Scotsman Dean Wilson knew it wouldn’t be easy as the day became hotter. “The heat was crazy, I had to drink lots of water,” a tired but happy Wilson said after winning the second 250 cc moto and his first overall win on the AMA circuit. “I drank so much water I had to go to the bathroom really bad after the race.” Wilson paced himself in the first moto, finishing fourth

Justin Barcia finishes the day with a second overall.

Photo by Frank Marquart

and wanting to save his energy for the second go-round. Christophe Pourcel cruised to victory in the first moto, but finished in fourth place, opening the door for Wilson, second place Justin Barcia and third place finisher Tyla Rattray to make moves in the second moto. Coming down the stretch, Rattray had a chance to pass Barcia and take the overall lead on the day, but on a turn, he got caught up in one of the banners surrounding the track, detaining him just long enough to keep him from the overall title. “I knew it was for the overall and I’m upset with myself,” Rattray said of the minor mishap. “I gave everything I had, but I lost at a lot of ground and it cost me.” The humidity played a huge factor in Barcia’s second-place finish, with the rider admitting that it was a close call in the final laps. “The first moto was pretty smooth, I enjoy that kind of style. The second was really dry,” Barcia said. “I was holding on for dear life at the end.” Holding on helped Barcia claim second overall, crediting better beginnings in both motos for his success on the afternoon. “I worked hard on my starts and it’s showing,” he said. “Starting good was the biggest thing.” Wilson paced himself in the first moto, knowing he was going to need all of his strength and endurance for the second moto, especially with the heat becoming more oppressive by the minute. “I was tired no matter what, in that first one, I pushed, but it didn’t work out,” he said. The second one, I kept a steady pace. I knew if I tried too hard I’d make mistakes,” Wilson was grateful for his first win, but hopes the next victory comes in less fiery conditions. “I’d like to win one the easy way,” he said with a smile. “For the first one, this was tough as it gets.” chrisstevens@countytimes.net

Dean Wilson climches his first overall win for the 2010 season.

The County Times

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Tennis

Southern Maryland Tennis Cup Series The Southern Maryland Tennis Cup aims to promote competitive and fun local tennis play in the tri-county area, where players earn points for participating in local events. Players with the highest cumulative point total at the end of the year will be acknowledged as the Cup winners. USTA membership not required. Check website www.southernmarylandtenniscup.org for all tournament events, cost, registration forms and to learn about the point system for the following events:

St. Mary’s College Open 2010 – July 3-5, 2010

(POC: Derek Sabedra, 410-610-4300 or email: sirbedra@yahoo.com)

USTA Tennis Senior Leagues St Mary’s County USTA Tennis League is looking for Captains and 3.0 & 3.5 rated players for senior men, women and mixed doubles teams. Season runs from June-August. Must be a USTA member and have reached fifty (50) years of age prior to, or during, the 2010 calendar year. Contact Mai-Liem Slade if interested, mlslade@ md.metrocast.net or 301-481-2305.

Tennis Social Doubles Social Doubles for Adults is held twice weekly and consists of informal doubles matches, put together by the site coordinator, based on that day’s attendance. All who show up will get to play. • 5 P.M. Sundays at Leonardtown High School, May 27th through August. Contact Cris Sigler at 410-326-6383 or zigh53@yahoo.com. • 5 P.M. Thursdays at Great Mills High School, June 6th through September. Contact Bob Stratton at 443-926-2070 or rstratton55@hotmail.com. The league fee is $25 for the Leonardtown site and $30 for the Great Mills site. Fees include court costs and balls. No registration is required. Third Leg of the Southern Maryland Tennis Cup Series is the St. Mary’s College Open Tournament which will be held on July 3-5th. Point of Contact, Derek Sabedra, 410-610-4300, email ddsabedra@ smcm.edu or please go to http://www.southernmarylandtenniscup.org/ for further up to date information! Registration is currently ongoing. Southern Maryland USTA sanctioned Juniors Tennis Tournament 2010 – July 2125th at St. Mary’s College – inaugural tennis event! Point of contact, Derek Sabedra, 410610-4300 or email ddsabedra@smcm.edu or you can register at www.tennislink.usta. com/tournaments. The tournament identification number is 302761310. Registration is currently ongoing. St. Mary’s College Tennis Clinics for beginners, intermediate, and advanced junior players will be held for two weeks. July 26th-July 29th from 6:00-to 8:00pm and August 2nd to August 5th, 6:00-8:00. Point of Contact, Derek Sabedra, 410-610-4300 or email ddsabedra@smcm.edu. Instructor: Giac Tran.

Pax River Raiders Tryouts Coming Up

Raider Parent Wins National Award For Football Media Guide By Chris Stevens Staff Writer Sometimes, the best things in life happen by accident. For Leonardtown High School football parent Kimberly Connor, winning a National High School Sports Publication Award falls in the category of the unexpected. “I found the contest quite by accident,” said Connor, who oversees production and publishing of the Raiders’ football media guide that won a 2009 Silver Award for parentprepared media guides for high school enrollments between 1,501 and 1,900 students. “When two of my sons (John and Tim) began wrestling last fall, I was ‘recruited’ to create a wrestling program,” she explains. “While searching the internet for examples, I came across the call for entries. The deadline was approaching; I knew I had a few extra copies so I decided to enter. When I received the award certificate in the mail, I had completely forgotten about the contest. I was very surprised.” What makes the award all the more amazing is that Mrs. Connor, with the exception of a few other parents, solely produces the Leonardtown guide, which was available in mass quantities at every home game this past season. “I create the entire design and layout, as well as do some writing and all of the editing. Charles Churchward, (father of recent graduate Vince), took 99% of the photos including the action shots and individual photos,” she said. “I sold the sponsor and family ads and designed something with what the parents

sent in. Steve Gass (also a football parent) of Heritage Printing helped me with the finishing touches, adjusting some color and spacing, and expertly printed the final product.” It is also a time-consuming effort, one that begins more than a month before practice is schedule to start. “I start with research: updating facts, schedules, and statistics. Then I email the coaches (including the cheerleader coach and band director) for schedule updates, bios and expectations for the new season. Once football practice starts, I send out the request for family and sponsor ads,” Connor said. “When the final roster is nearly set, just before the first game, Chuck schedules a day to photograph the boys and coaches. He also shows up at practices and scrimmages for action shots. During this time, I am laying out as much as I can so we can have it printed before the first home game. It usually involves a lot of late nights and things get pretty hectic just before the first home game. This year a parent or two has volunteered to help with the sponsor ads and we plan to start requesting those much earlier than in the past, around the beginning of July.” Mrs. Connor feels the success of the media guide is a reflection of the people prominently featured within its pages. “The award reflects the hard work of the players, coaches and parents,” she said. “I enjoy producing the media guide and hope it makes the season more special for the fans and players.” chrisstevens@countytimes.net

Atlantic League Standings (For Games Through June 20) Liberty Division 1. 2. 3. 4.

Camden 31-23 Southern Maryland 32-24 Long Island 28-28 Bridgeport 25-30

Freedom Division 1. 2. 3. 4.

York 33-24 Somerset 32-24 Lancaster 24-32 Newark 18-38

Pax River Raiders Youth Tackle Football and Cheerleading will hold Registrations for Tackle Football and Cheerleading for the Fall Season at Bay District Volunteer Fire Department in Lexington Park, MD between the hours of 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Tuesday June 29. Summer Tackle Football Camp at Ryken High School and Cheerleading Camp registering as well. The Raiders will participate in the St. Mary’s County Recreation and Parks Football League for more information please visit www. paxriverraiders.org, paxriverraiders@gmail.com or (301) 674-4226 for more information.

Soccer goalkeeping camps accepting registrations Gretton Goalkeeping will offer its 8th Annual Summer Goalkeeper Soccer Camp Series beginning the week of June 21st through the week of August 16th. Various locations offered in the Southern Maryland Area. Camps run 4 days each week at various hours of the day. All ages and skill levels welcome! Field player training offered as well by separate field player instructor. For questions or to reserve your spot, please call 301-6438992 or email grettongoalkeeping@gmail.com.

Sabres Hockey Club looking for players The Southern Maryland Sabres are looking for more Bantam age players (1996-1997) for travel and recreational teams for the 2010-2011 season. Please contact Sabres President Joe Bowling at president@somdsabres.org for more information or visit www.somdsabres.org

St. Mary’s County Department of Recreation and Parks Announces St. Mary’s Co-Ed Adult Dodgeball League Full out adrenaline can best describe the thrill of playing in this exciting dodgeball program. That’s right, dodgeball, everyone’s favorite playground game. Re-live those childhood memories while getting a great work out. Teams of all skill levels welcome. Information: • Co - Ed League: Ages 18 and up • Team registration form http://www.co.saintmarys.md.us/recreate/registration.asp and $250 team fee are due June 28 at the Recreation & Parks office located in Leonardtown or through online registration https://recreation.stmarysmd. com/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/wb1000.html?wbp=1 • A team must have at least one male and one female player on each team • 10 team tee shirts are included with the league fee • Team fee: $250 (Minimum 7/maximum 10) Game Information: • Wednesdays, July 7 - August 25 • 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. • Carver Recreation Center There will be a Managers meeting on June 30 at 6:00 p.m. at Leonard Hall Recreation Center. Please call Kyle Kebaugh at (301) 4754200 extension 1803 or email kyle.kebaugh@stmarysmd.com for more information.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

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Haynesworth Drama Brings Interesting Opinions By Chris Stevens

One thing is certain – the Washington, D.C. sports scene is on fire these days. While rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg calmly goes about establishing baseball success in the District, the Washington Capitals are making plans to improve on their disappointing season and the Wizards are poised to inject new life into their hurting franchise with the first pick in the NBA, presumably taking point guard John Wall. The talk of town however still remains the ongoing feud between the Washington Redskins and defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. Haynesworth, who signed a seven-year, $100 million contract with the Skins before last season, wants to be traded because new coach Mike Shanahan plans to implement

the 3-4 defense, which would limit Haynesworth’s ability to stuff the run, the ability that Dan Snyder and Vinny Cerrato (player personnel director at the time) coveted when they shelled out the big bucks for Haynesworth. In the weeks this story has been in public, the former Tennessee Titan has been vilified by everyone, from former Redskin LaVar Arrington on his radio show to fans who have derisively dubbed Haynesworth “Fat Albert.” It’s interesting to see how this has developed into an entire team and city against one man, when the anger should be really directed at Snyder and his reckless spending habits, along with the inability to build a solid nucleus through the NFL draft. Albert Haynesworth is a product of his environment, and the environment of the Redskins under Dan Snyder is one where money is no object and high-priced free agents are seen as the

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key to returning the Redskins to their glory years of the 1980s. Many big names have passed through FedEx Field under Snyder’s watch, and some of which (Bruce Smith and Deion Sanders to name a couple) have been past their prime with expensive price tags. The results have shown as Washington has one playoff victory in the last 10 seasons to their – ahem – credit. It has been a perfect storm in the negative way for Haynesworth, who put up subpar numbers in 2009 after being doomed from the start by fans who had seen this horror movie before. A devoted fan base starved for a winner? Check. Said fans frustrated by the team owner’s micromanaging and unconscious spending habits? Check. Multiple Super Bowl-winning coach with an innovative swagger riding in on his white horse determined to restore glory to the burgundy and gold? Double check. Blockbuster trade for a disrespected franchise quarterback that would be adored if he was anything better than the previous guy? Triple check. Those four elements make for a sizzling off-season situation and Haynesworth’s mistrust of the Redskins threatens to upset the hopes and dreams of a team looking to compete in one the NFL’s tougher divisions. While I am not suggesting that Haynesworth isn’t irrational for his hatred of the 3-4, it’s not entirely his fault that the Redskins signed him last summer, knowing that any team with a 3-4 set was going to be off his radar as he does much better and makes more plays in the traditional 4-3. The difference of course between a 4-3 and a 3-4 is one less defensive tackle and one more linebacker in the latter defensive set-up. The 3-4 would be a great showcase for Brian Orakpo, who might be the closes thing to the late Derrick Thomas since the man himself. Haynesworth however would be forced to work harder and make less of an impact while doing it, which isn’t his thing. To his credit or not, he admitted the system wasn’t for him and he signed with the Redskins believing their promise of retaining a 4-3 defense. Shanahan comes in as a 3-4 guy and now there’s beef. So while everyone is mad at Albert Haynesworth for looking out for himself and his future and productivity as an NFL player, they should also cast a blaming glance towards Dan Snyder, whose clueless management of one of the NFL’s proud franchises has led to this volatile situation. Questions? Comments? Complaints? Send ‘em all to Chris at chrisstevens@ countytimes.net.

Thurs., June 24 Men’s Over 40 League (All Games Begin At 6 p.m.) Hobos vs. Park Sunoco at Knight Life Anderson’s vs. TriCounty Aire at Back Road inn Rita B’s vs. Seabreeze at Tippett’s Field Hole in the Wall vs. All Start Utility at Fenwick Field Captain Sam’s vs. Clements at Anderson’s Bar Men’s Slowpitch League Back Road Inn vs. Grid Iron Grill at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m. Hi Octane vs. American Legion at Ridge American Legion, 6:30 p.m. Pax Bombers vs. Budweiser at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m. VFW 2632 vs. Chaney’s at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m. Bookkeeping by Blanche vs. The Green Door/Cullison’s at The Brass Rail, 8 p.m.

Fri., June 25 Young Men’s League Gary Gray Athletics vs. Quade’s at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m. Captain Sam’s vs. Cryers at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m. Seabreeze/BRI vs. Flash Point at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30 p.m.

Mon., June 28 Women’s League Southern Maryland Physical Therapy vs. Southern at 7th District Park, 6:30 p.m. Anderson’s Bar vs. Chesapeake Custom Embroidery at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m. Xtreme vs. Mix It Up at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m.

Back Road Inn at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p,m. Moose Lodge vs. ABC Liquors at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m. Bud Light vs. Bella Salon at The Brass Rail, 8 p.m. Women’s Over 30 League Hurricanes vs. Ryce Electric at Moose Lodge Hole in the Wall vs. S&J Heating at Anderson’s Bar Raley’s at Back Road Inn Moose Lodge vs. Rosebuds at Tippett’s Field

Tues., June 29 Men’s Slowpitch League Grid Iron Grill vs. Pax Bombers at Pax River, 6:30 p.m. Budweiser vs. American Legion at Ridge American Legion, 6:30 p.m. The Green Door/ Cullison’s vs. Hi Octane at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m. Chaney’s at Back Road inn, 6:30 p.m. Bookkeeping by Blanche vs. VFW 2632 at Chancellor’s Run, 8 p.m.

Wed., June 30 Women’s League Knockouts vs. Xtreme at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m. Southern Maryland Physical Therapy at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30 p.m. Bella Salon at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m. Bud Light at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m. Mix it Up vs. Chesapeake Custom Embroidery at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m. Southern vs. Somerville Insurance at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m. Moose Lodge vs. ABC Liquors at Chancellor’s Run, 8 p.m.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

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Blue Crabs End Long Road Trip With Sweep Over Ducks

Central Islip, N.Y. – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs closed out their road trip with a four-game sweep of the Long Island Ducks, cruising to an 11-3 victory on Sunday afternoon in front of a past-capacity crowd of 6,404 at Suffolk County Sports Park. Southern Maryland jumped on the scoreboard first with a fiverun fourth inning against Ducks’ starter Randy Leek. Back-to-back RBI doubles from Travis Garcia and Patrick Osborn, a RBI single by Matt Craig, and a two-run double by Richard Giannotti did the damage. The Blue Crabs (32-24) extended their lead with four more runs in the fifth. Osborn had a RBI single, Craig hit a two-run home run, and Jeremy Owens connected on a solo homer to take a 9-0 lead. The Ducks (28-28) cracked the scoreboard in the sixth as Brendan Monaghan ripped a RBI double to right field, scoring Matt Esquivel. Long Island plated two more in the

seventh when Joe Esposito laced a pinch-hit two-run double to center to close the gap to 9-3. Jamar Hill’s RBI double and Gianotti’s RBI single in the ninth closed out the scoring for Southern Maryland. Craig Anderson (2-0) earned the win, tossing five shutout innings while striking out five. Leek (8-3) suffered the loss, allowing 10 hits and nine runs in five innings. Monaghan’s three hits led the way for the Ducks’ offense while Juan Francia chipped in with two hits. The Crabs’ weekend sweep helped them jump from third place in the Atlantic League’s Liberty Division to a virtual tie with the Camden Riversharks for first place. Southern Maryland started a week-long home-stand Tuesday against the Newark Bears and will continue this weekend with a three-game set against the defending champion Somerset Patriots.

The County Times

Thursday, June 24, 2010

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Seahawk Hall of Fame Class Announced

St. Mary’s City, Md. – Four former student-athletes will be inducted into the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Hall of Fame on Friday, October 1, as part of the annual Hawktober Festival — St. Mary’s Homecoming weekend. The induction ceremony will be held on Friday evening at Daugherty-Palmer Commons. The Hall of Fame inductees are Carol (Schmoeller) Hatton (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville HS), Alun Oliver (Ponty Pool, Wales/Oldham A.C.), and Mia Oliver (Jenkintown, Pa./Jenkintown HS) while Michael Loughran will be enshrined as an Athletic Legend. “I am excited to announce the induction of these four high-caliber former student-athletes into our Athletic Hall of Fame,” stated Scott Devine, Director of Athletics and Recreation at St. Mary’s. “Being inducted into the Hall of Fame is the highest honor an athlete or coach can receive from their institution and these fine individuals are extremely deserving of the honor that has been bestowed upon them. I’m looking forward to the induction ceremony as part of our Hawktober Festival.” A brief description of this year’s inductees follows. For more detailed information, please contact Nairem Moran, Sports Information Director, at 240-895-4482 or nmoran@smcm.edu. Michael Loughran ’75 was a scholar-athlete at St. Mary’s as a letter winner on the men’s lacrosse team. After graduating, Loughran returned to his alma mater first as an assistant coach before taking over the reins of the program in 1981. He helped spread his passion for lacrosse to surrounding area around St. Mary’s as the founding director of St. Mary’s County Youth Lacrosse Club while leading Leonardtown High School to four consecutive Southern Maryland Athletic Conference championships (2005 to 2008). Loughran also guided Great Mills High School to the SMAC title in 2000. For his efforts at Leonardtown, he was named the SMAC Coach of the Year two years in a row. Carol (Schmoeller) Hatton ’04 was a talented two-sport athlete for

the Seahawks during her career, excelling in both volleyball and lacrosse. In volleyball, Hatton was a four-year letter winner and served as a co-captain during her senior year. At the time of her graduation, the outside hitter ranked fifth in school history in digs and ninth in kills. She shined on the lacrosse field as a Seahawk midfielder, garnering Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors in 2004 and leading St. Mary’s to four consecutive NCAA appearances. Hatton was a two-time first team All-American (2003 and 2004), a three-time first team All-CAC selection, and a two-year team captain. She returned to her alma mater as the head women’s lacrosse coach in 2006, posting a two-year mark of 23-14 and leading the Seahawks back to the NCAA tournament in 2008 after a four-year absence. Alun Oliver ’04 left St. Mary’s as the all-time leader in assists in Seahawk men’s soccer history as Oliver dished out 41 assists during his four-year career. The Welsh native also finished second in scoring with 123 points and third in goals with 41. Oliver put his mark on the Capital Athletic Conference record books as well, ranking third in assists, fourth in points and eighth in goals. He earned 2000 CAC Rookie of the Year as well as 2002 CAC Player of the Year honors. Oliver was a threetime NSCAA/adidas® All-South Region pick, including first team selections in 2002 and 2003 along with being a four-time all-conference. Mia Oliver ’04 was also a dual-sport athlete at St. Mary’s, starring for both the field hockey and lacrosse squads. The Jenkintown, Pa. native was a two-time IWLCA All-American and three-time all-region selection in lacrosse, helping the Seahawks to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and the 2002 Capital Athletic Conference championship title. Oliver became just the second Seahawk to earn all-region honors in the history of the field hockey program and led St. Mary’s to its first-ever back-to-back 10-win seasons in 2003 and 2004. A four-time All-CAC honoree, she is tied for the all-time lead in defensive saves with 15.

St. Mary’s County softball standings

(For games through the week ending Sunday June 20) Men’s Slowpitch League 1. Hi Octane 13-5 2. BRI 12-5 3. Chaney’s 13-7 4. Green Door 8-8 5. Pax Bombers 6-11 6. American Legion 6-11 7. Budweiser 5-11 8. Grid Iron Grill 5-13 9. VFW 2632 3=11 10. Bookkeeping By Blanche 3-15 Young Men’s League 1. Seabreeze/BRI/Moose Lodge 13-0 2. Gary Gray’s Athletics 14=1 3. Cryers 12-3 4. Dew Drop inn 12-6 5. Quade’s Shockers 9-8 6. Flash Point 4-12 7. Captain Sam’s 3-14

Women’s League Division 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Somerville Insurance 7-1 Bud Light 6-2 Southern 5-2 CCE 6-3 Mix It Up 5-5

Division 2 1. 2. 3. 4.

Captain Sam’s 5-0 Back Road Inn 5-5 Bella Salon 4-5 SOMD Physical Therapy 3-6 5. Anderson’s Bar 2-5 Division 3 1. 2. 3. 4.

Knockouts 4-4 ABC Liquors 3-5 Moose Lodge 2-6 Xtreme 0-8

Thursday, June 24, 2010

The County Times

The Ordinary

Angler

By Keith McGuire My usual fishing buddy, Richard, came by the house at 6:00 AM the other day for our weekly fishing excursion. He’s a good fishing buddy who always chips in for fuel and usually brings lunch for the two of us. He always brings three fishing rods and a tackle box big enough to challenge the fork lift at the local lumber yard. We jumped on the boat and headed out to fish for bottom feeders. As I was preparing my rig, I asked Richard if he had a sinker in that tackle box of his. Surprised because I usually have every bit of tackle one could need somewhere on the boat, he accommodated me, but asked why I didn’t have one. “I’m trying to make my boat faster,” I said. “What do you mean?” he asked. So I explained that to minimize weight on the boat, I had removed my cache of sinkers, several jig heads that I haven’t used in years, and a ton of other superfluous tackle. Undaunted, he simply replied, “I’m

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sure the boat would be a lot quicker if you just jumped overboard!” A pretty twisted sense of humor, don’t you think? This week started with dolphin in the Patuxent on Monday morning. Everybody loves the bottle-nosed dolphin. They’re cute, they’re mammals, and they’re intelligent. They

also eat fish and work as a team. Some say it is a sign that the water quality is improving, or that the bait fish are here in good numbers. But as much as we like seeing them, fishing always seems to slow a little during and just after their visits. [Insert Chris Moe picture here.] Summer is in full swing now and that means that we can find bottom feeders almost anywhere. Anglers are having fun catching croakers, spot and white perch. Bluefish have been found here and there, but in lesser numbers than most people expect. Stripers are still around. They are beginning to school up and breaking fish can be found in the early mornings where there are high concentrations of bait fish. Stripers that you were fishing for last week near bridge pilings and structure seem to have moved on – probably due to fishing pressure. If you can find decent numbers of spot, these fish can be used as live-lined bait for stripers. As for flounder…don’t waste your time! Their arrival seems a little late this year and the only reports that I’m getting on flounder in our area are incidental catches. When they come, they will arrive at Cornfield Harbor and the Eastern Shore channel edges first. My friends in the Virginia part of the bay – down around The Cell and Buoy #42 – are finally beginning to catch good numbers of flounder, spade fish and cobia, so the flounder should be here soon. The cow-nosed ray is another fish that you can’t miss on the water. They seem to be everywhere! When you hook into one of these plow-horses, work the fish correctly or you could break a rod or lose it altogether. I don’t recommend fishing for them, but they can teach you lessons in how to land big fish that exceed the extremes of your fishing line and tackle. If you play them right from the front of your boat, they may actually pull the boat – which is just another method of making your boat go faster! Have you got a current fish picture and a story of a great catch? If so, send an email to riverdancekeith@hotmail.com. Keith has been a recreational angler on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for over 50 years; he fishes weekly from his small boat during the season, and spends his free time supporting local conservation organizations.

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