2010-07-22 The County Times by Southern Maryland Online

www.somd.com

Thursday, July 22, 2010

22 Years After Death, ‘Mr. St. Mary’s’ Gets Memorial Story Page 4

Lex Park Woman Missing Since Last Saturday Story Page 5

Straight From The Source How CSAs Are Changing The Face Of Farming PAGE 16

Photo By Frank Marquart

What’s Inside

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

On T he Covers ON THE FRONT

Brett Grohsgal, owner of Even’ Star Organic Farm in Lexington Park, hands over a box of freshly grown produce to one of his CSA subscribers. His is one of several CSAs in Southern Maryland. Thanks To our series sponsors

Arts Alliance of St. Mary’s College of Maryland • BAE Systems Booz Allen Hamilton • Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. • G&H Jewelers Lockheed Martin • ManTech International Corporation • Maryland Public Television Maryland State Arts Council • MetroCast Communications Northrop Grumman • Raytheon • River Concert Series Audience • SAIC • Smartronix St. Mary’s County Arts Council • St. Mary’s County Government • Wyle

ON THE BACK

Stephanie Dameron led the St. Mary’s American Force to the District 7 Softball Championship Monday night, defeating Waldorf 14-3.

“This case is about a fast talking lawyer and his partner, a self-professed ‘land shark.’” Isabel Cumming, a special prosecutor from Prince George’s County, talking to jurors on the third day of the trial of John Mattingly and Daniel Brown.

July 23 ~ José in Vienna! Jeffrey Silberschlag and the Chesapeake Orchestra welcome concertmaster, José Cueto, performing Lalo’s “Symphonie espanole” and celebrate Mahler’s 150th Birthday Anniversary with a performance of “Symphony No. 7”

River Concert Series 2010

Chesapeake Orchestra

Jeffrey Silberschlag, music director

Plus

River Concert Series

All concerts are FREE! Concerts begin each week at 7 PM. The grounds on Townhouse Green at SMCM open at 5 PM for picnicking or purchasing food from a wide variety of vendors. For more information, call 240-895-2024 or visit www. riverconcertseries.com

Weather

Watch

community

Wine lovers joined musicians and others at the Port of Leonardtown Winery on Sunday for an impromptu jam session with about a dozen local musicians, including some county officials. SEE PAGE 21

July 25

up CLOSe

Zach Silberschlag

Zach Silberschlag, trumpet Eliza Garth, piano Auerbach Auditorium, St. Mary's Hall 3PM

Eliza Garth

Concert Sponsor Cherry Cove Hospitality • PSI Pax

entertainment

“We’re basically a hair metal band without the hair,” said Dave Spencer, vocalist for the band Hate the Toy, a band playing their blend of 70s rock, 80s metal, 90s alternative and newer classics. SEE PAGE 24

Do You Feel Crabby When You Get Your Insurance Bill in the Mail? Give Us A Call.

You’ll Be Glad You Did.

Gary Simpson Katie Facchina

7480 Crain Highway La Plata, MD 20646 301-934-8437

April Hancock

PO Box 407 Bryans Road, MD 20616 301-743-9000

An Independent Agent Representing: ERIE INSURANCE GROUP Standing: Dan Burris, Jake Kuntz, Seated: Lisa Squires, Susan Ennis, Donna Burris

Burris’ Olde Towne Insurance Auto - Home - Business - Life Leonardtown & LaPlata • Bus: (301) 475-3151 www.danburris.com

Also Inside

3 8 10 12 13 14 16 19 21 22 23 24 26 27 30 31

County News Money Obituaries Crime Defense Education Cover Story Newsmakers Community Community Calendar Columns Entertainment Games Sports Desk Fishing Softball

stock market

For Weekly Stock Market Closing Results, Check Page 8 In Money

Thursday, July 22, 2010

ews

Lollar Campaigns In Hoyer’s Back Yard By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Charles Lollar, GOP candidate vying to take the seat of House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5th) told attendees at a town hall meeting at Mechanicsville Elementary School that Hoyer had not adequately represented the moderate-to-conservative Congressional 5th District and that the political landscape needed a change. About 130 people, many appearing to support what he said, asked questions and one that was common was Hoyer’s Lollar perceived connection to keeping defense jobs here in Southern Maryland. Several of the questions on cards intimated the belief that if Hoyer lost his bid for re-election that protection of jobs at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and other U.S. Navy facilities at Indian Head might disappear. Lollar spoke on many other issues such as his support for repealing the health care bill recently passed by congress as well as securing the borders and stopping illegal immigration. He also said having a balanced federal budget would help eliminate most of the nation’s economic woes. On the issue of keeping the base in St. Mary’s, though, he said that Hoyer was not the only consideration. “Steny Hoyer is not too big to fail,” Lollar told the audience. “That’s a slave mentality” to believe Hoyer was needed to keep the base here as an economic engine. Hoyer But Michael Cain, professor of political science at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, said that the widely held belief Hoyer protected the base and jobs there was true. “Steny Hoyer does a lot to protect the existence of the base and the budget for the base,” Cain said. “Steny has helped get ear marks for the base for many years. “It’s a credit to Hoyer that he does do that.” Lollar said if elected he would fight to keep the base’s jobs here in Southern Maryland as well. The only question, Cain said, was weather voters believed Hoyer should act to protect the base; Cain said that was one of the tasks legislators were supposed to do on behalf of their constituents. “People who work on the base want to continue to work there,” Cain said. “I have long supported and served as an advocate for continued investment at Pax River, Webster Field/St. Inigoes and Indian Head. The millions of dollars we add each year, working closely with the local communities, have brought countless jobs to Southern Maryland,” Hoyer said in statement. “The community understands the value of the investments we have secured in my time in Congress, and I will continue to provide for these installations in the years ahead.” guyleonard@countytimes.net

The County Times

ews

Thursday, July 22, 2010 A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbook can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

un Fact

Knott Builds Homage to “Mr. St. Mary’s” By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Even 22 years after his death, Arthur Fenner Lee “Buck” Briscoe maintains a steady presence in the halls of county government, now evidenced in part by a large picture and article collage paying homage to the man who helped launch St. Mary’s County tourism and who earned himself the nickname “Mr. St. Mary’s.” “He was the gentleman who began economic development, and he worked for years for no pay,” said Briscoe’s long-time friend Richard Knott, 85, of Hollywood, who paid for the collage. Briscoe, who died in 1986 at the age of 87 after several years of declining health, made a name for himself as the father of St. Mary’s County tourism, and his greatest achievement may have been his push for the development of a park system in St. Mary’s County, inviting Governor J. Millard Tawes and legislative leaders to Point Lookout, a meeting which led the way to the creation of Point Lookout State Park in 1965. “He’s the gentleman that got us Point Lookout State Park … he gave the first thousand dollars to the Oyster Festival,” said Knott, going on to say that Briscoe also gave five U.S. presidents and Maryland governors gifts of crabs, oysters, turkeys and stuffed ham for Christmas and special occasions to help promote local cuisine. In addition, Briscoe also arranged and paid for Crepe Myrtles to be planted along Route 235 in Mechanicsville, as well as donating money and items to Sotterley Plantation in Hollywood.

Briscoe was born on October 3, 1900 in Baltimore to St. Mary’s County natives Sophia and Howard Lee Briscoe, returning to St. Mary’s a few years later and spending most of his summers at Sotterley Plantation. After graduating from Leonard Hall in 1918, he returned to Baltimore to work on one of the steamboats of the Old Bay Line that traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, taking advantage of the route to transport bootlegged whiskey. Briscoe came back to St. Mary’s County after stints in Baltimore and New York City, returning after World War II to start a car dealership. In 1956 he took an unpaid position with the county’s economic development committee, and afterwards doubled his efforts to promote the “Land of Pleasant Living” known as St. Mary’s County. “He’s just done a lot of great things,” said Knott. “And I think we all owe him a lot.” The collage, which Knott spent two years working on, features Briscoe’s signature straw hat (embroidered with “St. Mary’s County”) and a cane donated by Judge John Hanson Briscoe, one of Buck’s distant cousins. Knott added though that Joe Mattingly, a retired carpenter from Mechanicsville and a former good friend of Briscoe’s, was instrumental in constructing the piece. “Mattingly is a genius,” Knott said. “He worked for the national Gallery of Art, putting a lot of stuff together … so now when you go to the government center and you see all the work that’s been done, he did that … and he didn’t charge me one penny.” Knott said that he obtained permission

from the Board of County Commissioners to put up the display, which now rests in view of visitors entering the Patuxent Building at the Governmental Center grounds in Leonardtown, and he’s hoping the display will stay up long after he’s gone. “I just wanted to make sure we didn’t forget Buck,” he said. “He was a great man and he did a lot for St. Mary’s County.” andreashiell@countytimes.net

Now displayed in the Patuxent Building at the Governmental Center in Leonardtown is a large homage to Arthur Fenner Lee “Buck” Briscoe, also known as “Mr. St. Mary’s County,” widely regarded for his promotion of local tourism.

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

ews Mattingly Takes The Stand in Land Theft Case By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

John A. Mattingly, Leonardtown attorney and Democrat candidate for state’s attorney indicted on charges of land theft testified Wednesday that accusations he forged signatures on deeds and other land documents to steal the interest of property in St. Inigoes in 2007 were false. “I didn’t forge anything, I didn’t steal anything,” Mattingly told jurors Wednesday on the third day of his and real estate partner Daniel J. Brown’s trial in county Circuit Court. The prosecution claimed on Monday that Mattingly and Brown had conspired to steal the interest of three acres of land that was actually owned in part by three sisters, who believed that their aunt, Dorothy Hall was the sole owner. Isabel Cumming, a special prosecutor from Prince George’s County, argued that Mattingly and Brown knew Anita Thompson, Dorothy Harried and Shirley Gilliam had interest in the property known as Chisleytown but they were unaware of that fact when they agreed to sell it to the defendants’ company Graydon Sears, LLC. “This case is about a fast talking lawyer and his partner, a self-professed ‘land shark’,” Cumming told jurors, adding that the defendants had purchased the land for $5,000 but only recorded as paying $600. “They were tricked into selling property rights they didn’t even know they had,” she said. While on the stand, Mattingly refuted the testimony of Anita Thompson, who had said that the $5,000 purchase price was what they agreed to. Mattingly said that they had agreed to only $600 for the sale price. “It’s what I offered, it’s what they accepted,” Mattingly said. Earlier in the week, Thompson, who had power of attorney to sell the land for Dorothy Hall, said that when she first met Mattingly and Brown in August of 2007 that she signed

no documents or accepted any money, but upon the second meeting with the defendants she signed a deed paper witnessed by her two sisters. She also testified that her signature that appeared on several other documents was not actually hers. Thompson admitted under cross examination by Mattingly’s defense attorney Clark Ahlers that even though Mattingly spread documents regarding the land transaction on the table in her Baltimore home she did not read or even understand all of it. “Do I understand everything I’m looking at? No, I don’t,” Thompson said of the events that evening. The case became further complicated when a will was found in county records from the original owner of the property, Josephine Thompson, who died in 1969. Dorothy Hall was one of her children. Mattingly claimed that when the deed was discovered in 2009 he tried to call Thompson to find out if there were other potential interested parties to the land but said Thompson did not provide names and phone numbers. Thompson had said earlier that she gave Mattingly one relative’s name who could provide information on other potential heirs. Mattingly also testified Wednesday that he had received a list of interested persons in the property from Anita Thompson the first time they met in Baltimore and that she later signed it. The prosecution tried to show that a notary working for Mattingly and Brown, Jenna Delozier who was related to Mattingly, notarized the deed to the property without the three sisters being present. Delozier testified Tuesday and admitted she notarized documents without ever meeting any of the sisters.

Chancellors Run Road Project Nearing Completion By Guy Leonard Staff Writer The project to upgrade Chancellors Run Road from two lanes to four lanes has been going on for nearly two years but a state official says that the road project should be completed by the end of the year. Charles Gischlar, spokesman for the State Highway Administration, said that de-

spite some delays due to heavy rains in the spring, the project was moving ahead. “We’re still pretty much on schedule, we’re 77 percent finished,” Gischlar said. “We’re still shooting for the end of the year, weather permitting.” Currently, construction crews are working on demolishing the old portion of the road, which will eventually become the north bound lanes of the road. Traffic has been rerouted onto the southbound lanes in the meantime. Of the five traffic signals that are to be installed along Chancellors Run, only the one on Amber Drive is operational. The remaining four are set for Norris and Buck Hewitt roads, Pegg Road, Horsehead Road and Military Lane will be activated once the road is completed, Gischlar said. net

guyleonard@countytimes.

She testified that she was threatened with prosecution by Assistant State’s Attorney Daniel White to influence her testimony, but she maintained that she could not remember who told her to notarize the papers. Mattingly testified Wednesday that he did not ask Delozier to notarize the documents. The jury also heard Mattingly testify that he was the target of the prosecution, initially by White, because he was running against State’s Attorney Richard Fritz.

He also said that before Cumming took over the case, all of his attempts to give his side of the story to police and the prosecution had been rebuffed. “He [Daniel White] is out to get me… because I’m running for state’s attorney,” Mattingly said. Mattingly and Brown have been indicted on other land theft charges as well as witness tampering charges stemming from a shooting case from late 2007.

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

ews What Are You Doing to Cope With The Heat Wave Gripping the Area? “Really we just stay inside until about 6 o’clock when the sun starts to set and then we go for bike rides, then it’s not too bad,” said Paul Frazier of Lexington Park, who admitted that he does like the winter better. “On the weekends we’ll go down to the Base pool, or the Great Mills pool, sometimes we go over to Westbury’s pool,” said Frazier, who was pictured with his daughters Elana, left and Laila.

“Mostly I stay in the “This is killing me, It’s too hot,” said house or come hang out at the Sharon Thomas, of Lexington Park. library,” said Chad Bartram “I just stay in the air conditioning of Great Mills. “I grew up all day,” she said. “Sometimes I go down Florida so this doesn’t bother on the water in Beachville. It’s nice down me, it hasn’t been too bad, you there – we go down there and go crabbing just have to keep hydrated. and everything, but really it’s been too Once you get out in the sun it’s hot to even crab now. I like the winter a little hotter, but it’s nice. It’s better.” better than the winter because I hate the snow.”

DNR Lifts Autumn Catch Restriction on Female Crabs By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Watermen in Southern Maryland say that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) decision to lift certain restrictions on the harvesting of female crabs in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries this fall could give their business a boost going into the fall. DNR announced Wednesday that the nineday female blue crab closure period implemented in 2009 will be lifted this year, opening up opportunities for commercial harvest from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4. Since 2009, commercial crabbers have been forbidden from harvesting female crabs the last week of September and the first week of October. “That’s the prime time for catching females,”

Tommy Zinn, president of the Calvert County Watermen’s Association, told The County Times. “That’s when a lot of the guys make a lot of their fall money.” Lynn Fegley, assistant director of the fisheries service for DNR, said that a 60 percent increase in the crab population after the latest dredging survey led to the state making the reconsideration. “We have been greatly encouraged by our blue crab population increases over the past two years, and we are pleased that we are now able to make this conservative adjustment -– one that will expand opportunity for watermen, while also maintaining safe harvest levels,” said Governor Martin O’Malley in a press release. Robert Brown, president of the watermen’s association in St. Mary’s County, said that female crabs make up most of the crab cakes sold in res-

taurants and elsewhere that often claim higher prices for the delicacy. Female crab harvesting would also help watermen by giving them an income option over the larger male crabs that are so popular in crab houses, since those are in much shorter supply. Despite reports from watermen that there are few large males of legal harvest- News21 photo by Jason Lenhart ing size there is still hope for the last few weeks of this pact on crab populations. and next year’s season they say. “What has brought crabs back is not what “It takes them one year to get to legal size; Maryland has done but what Virginia has done there’s not very many big crabs,” Brown said. with stopping dredging of female crabs in the winThe abundance of small crabs, Brown said, ter,” Brown said. meant that watermen might have much more to Simply leaving the females to spawn before harvest next year. any harvesting of them took place allowed them to Zinn said that those crabs could start turning boost the population on their own, Brown said. profits for watermen even before next summer. “We can finally see light at the end of the tun“If they survive through the winter… they nel.” Brown said. could be spring crabs that we could get a premium price for,” Zinn said. guyleonard@countytimes.net Watermen like Zinn and Brown say that actions across the Potomac River had more of an im-

Police Search For Missing Woman By Guy Leonard Staff Writer Detectives are searching for a woman who has been missing since the night of July 17 after last being seen on Liberty Street in Lexington Park. Police say that Devon Andrea Baker has a husband and children and has had no contact with them since going missing. “It’s out of her character to be gone without talking to anyone,” said Capt. Terry Black, commander of the Bureau of Criminal Investigations. Police say that Baker has also not used her cell phone or accessed her bank account since last being seen leaving a residence on Liberty Street at about 9:45 p.m. Baker similarly has not contacted anyone at her place of work, Black said. Baker is 37 years old, police reports state, African American and standing about 5 feet in height and weighing about 145 pounds with shoulder length black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black shorts, black tennis shoes, a silver nose ring, large silver hoop ear rings and a silver ropestyle necklace. She was also carrying a black purse. Bak-

er has a distinct tattoo of a rose on her right ankle. Anyone with information about Baker’s disappearance or location is asked to call either Det. David Alexander at 301-475-4200 at extension 1954 or Sgt. Jeffery Jones at extension 1963 at the same number. Those with information can also call Crime Solvers at 301-475-3333. guyleonard@countytimes.net

Devon Andrea Baker

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Guest Editorial Spending Solution Flawed By Martha Mossburg The dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law last week called for states to borrow from the Treasury during recessions. Christopher Edley Jr. wrote in The New York Times, “Congress should pass legislation that would allow a state to simply get an ‘advance’ on these future federal dollars expected from entitlement programs.” He added, “The Treasury Department, which writes the checks to the states, could be assured of repayment (with interest) by simply cutting the federal matching rate by the needed amount over, say, five years.” If his proposal became law, each of us in Maryland and around the country would suffer bigger government and higher taxes in a never-ending, misguided quest to boost employment through state spending. Edley reasons more spending would allow the states to keep stimulating the economy and speed recovery. But as the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act showed, government can spend billions with little to show for it except bigger deficits. Nationally, private-sector employment has increased by about 600,000 this year through June. But the slow pace of hiring means it could take years to replace the 8 million jobs lost since the recession started in December 2007. Maryland Public Policy Institute research associate John J. Walters found wildly conflicting numbers about jobs “created or saved” in Maryland when he compared state and national stimulus data and found the vast majority of money used went toward purchases, not new hires. Besides, government does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. As Bureau of Economic Analysis data show, state and local governments around the country collected 22 percent more in taxes in the first quarter of this year than they did just five years ago at the same time. And government keeps growing despite an inability to pay for it. For the past decade government has grown faster than the private sector. According to Veronique de Rugy, research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, “The continued increase of government spending despite fluctuations in the private sector means that we should not bank on a future contraction in government spending to balance out our fiscal woes.” In Maryland, General Fund spending rose 7 percent from 2007 to 2010. During that time, General Fund revenue declined 3 percent, one of the main reasons for the deficits over recent years, according to an analysis of the budget by Delegate Steven Schuh, R-Anne Arundel. While revenue is estimated to increase in coming years, $1.5 billion-plus structural deficits persist over the next five years because state legislators refuse to adjust their spending to match the money collected by the state treasury. If Maryland were allowed to spend even more to fill in gaps of its own making as proposed by Dean Edley, taxpayers would be in even bigger trouble than projections show. There is no guarantee Maryland legislators and the governor would take the opportunity to realign the budget with reality. They have no history of being up to the job. In 2007 they relied on massive tax increases to solve the budget problem. But they only delayed the day of reckoning. After the election, look for higher taxes again to be the solution to bad choices compounded over decades in the General Assembly. Marta Mossburg is a senior fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute. mmossburg@mdpolicy.org

To The Editor:

Negativism About Officer Patrick Handy Not Good for Anyone

Recently I have read a lot of negativism in the newspapers and online regarding Cpl. Patrick Handy. I have known him since he came to St. Mary’s County in mid 2000 and have always found him to be a Law Enforcement Officer you want on your side when you are a victim or a criminal. He has a very caring attitude. He has always shown professionalism while I’ve seen

him on the job. He has a tough job working the hours of darkness but he serves with pride and wants respect from those he has to arrest. I find the negativism is not helping anyone. I have always believed if you can’t speak good of someone then don’t speak at all. Margit Miller Solomons Md

P.O. Box 250 • Hollywood, Maryland 20636 News, Advertising, Circulation, Classifieds: 301-373-4125

Legal Notice: 2009 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT (CCR) COMMISSIONERS OF LEONARDTOWN The 2009 Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) is available to Town residents and the public at the Town Office, 41660 Courthouse Drive, Leonardtown, MD between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and at the Leonardtown Post Office, 22735 Washington Street and is also available online at http://leonardtown.somd.com <http://leonardtown.somd.com/> under Town Government, Water Quality Reports.

Let’s Vote for a Man Who Can Win In a recent letter in The County Times, Mr. James Hilbert wrote a letter of support for Collins Bailey, a Republican candidate for Congress in the 5th District. In that letter, Mr. Hilbert made several unfounded insinuations about the other candidate as being somehow beholden to large donors and “career politicians” who “twisted arms to get him votes.” Mr. Hilbert obviously does not know Charles Lollar, so to attack Mr. Lollar’s integrity just to express support for Collins Bailey is resorting to dirty politics. Mr. Hilbert’s comments seemed to suggest that he doesn’t know much about either candidate. I do know both candidates, and I know that Charles Lollar and Collins Bailey are both honorable men of great integrity. Both are fiscal and social conservatives. Either man would serve the people of the 5th District ethically and honestly and would put the concerns of their district ahead of any perceived obligation to any individual or group based on campaign donations. The candidates are in agreement on several issues, including the need for term limits in Congress. When two candidates hold similar views in a number of areas, how does a voter choose which candidate to vote for? The answer is in the intangibles – those attributes that add up to electability. Mr. Hilbert stated accurately that Charles Lollar is personable and articulate. Of the two candidates, Charles Lollar is better able to articulate his message and goals to the people of the 5th District. He possesses that indefinable and very valuable quality known as voter appeal. The ability to appeal to a wide range of people is critical for any candidate, but especially in the 5th District, which encompasses five distinctive counties. Collins Bailey lacks strength in the intan-

gibles. But the most important fact that voters should know about Collins Bailey is that, in 2008, he ran against Congressman Steny Hoyer for this same office. In that election, Mr. Bailey was overwhelmingly rejected by the voters in every county of the 5th District! Mr. Bailey was even trounced in his home county, winning a mere 28% of the votes in Charles County. If a candidate can’t win in his own county, what chance does he have to win in other areas where he is not as well known? In Prince George’s County, Mr. Bailey won only 13% of the votes. In order to defeat Steny Hoyer, a candidate must be able to do well in Prince George’s County. In 2008, of the total votes cast in all five counties, Collins Bailey lost by a dismal 24% to Steny Hoyer’s whopping 74% win! What has changed about Collins Bailey in the past two years that would cause voters in 2010 to turn around now and elect him over Steny Hoyer? Absolutely nothing! Mr. Bailey is the same man running on the same platform as he was in 2008. With things at a critical point in our country, can we afford to waste our votes on Collins Bailey again? In 2008, we had no choice; but in 2010, we have a real choice. And if we believe that it’s vitally important to change the destructive, liberal direction in which our country is headed, then we must defeat Steny Hoyer, one of the most liberal, tax and spend politicians in Congress. To defeat Mr. Hoyer, we must vote for the only Republican candidate who can win against Mr. Hoyer. That candidate is Charles Lollar. Rebecca Denning Bushwood, MD

Guilty Man Got Away With Murder I am a former patron and friend of Robert Phipps, who was murdered four years ago. This was a very brutal act and one which I feel very strongly, that the guilty person should have to take the punishment he rightly deserves. I have to agree with Mr. White that the State’s Attorney had enough evidence to convict him for this horrific act. What I find hard to understand is how a court in Missouri could sentence him to 30 years in jail for robbing a bank and the state of Maryland is willing to let him,

basically, get a way with murder. I can only come to the conclusion that the State’s Attorney’s office would rather be able to close a case than to seek justice for the victim’s family. Robert Phipps was a hard working, decent man and my heart goes out to his family that will continue to suffer their loss long after Mr. White is released for bank robbery. Norma Bradbury Mechanicsville, MD

Send to:

The County Times

P.O. Box 250 • Hollywood, MD 20636 Make sure you include your name, phone # and the city you live in. We will not publish your phone #, only your name and city

James Manning McKay - Founder Eric McKay -Associate Publisher..................................ericmckay@countytimes.net Tobie Pulliam - Office Manager..............................tobiepulliam@countytimes.net Sean Rice - Associate Editor.....................................................seanrice@countytimes.net Angie Stalcup - Graphic Artist.......................................angiestalcup@countytimes.net Andrea Shiell - Reporter - Education, Entertainment...andreashiell@countytimes.net Chris Stevens - Reporter - Sports......................................chrisstevens@countytimes.net Guy Leonard - Reporter - Government, Crime...............guyleonard@countytimes.net Sales Representatives......................................................................sales@countytimes.net

for the love of

Money Company

Symbol

Wal-Mart Harley Davidson Best Buy Lockheed Martin BAE Systems Computer Science Corp. Dyncorp International Inc. General Dynamics Corp. Mantech International Corp. Northrop Grunman Corp.

The County Times

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

Close 7/21/2010

Close 12/31/2008

$50.35 $26.68 $33.85 $73.66 $4.76 $45.12 $6.38 $59.28 $37.43 $56.03

$56.06 $16.97 $28.11 $84.08 $5.41 $35.14 $15.17 $57.59 $54.19 $45.04

WMT HOG BBY LMT BAESF CSC DCP GD MANT NOC

Change

-10.19% 57.22% 20.42% -12.39% -12.01% 28.40% -57.94% 2.93% -30.93% 24.40%

Limi te

Mary Clifton, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Mechanicsville is supporting a school supplies donation campaign by using her office as a drop-off location for a school supplies drive. Southern Maryland residents and business owners may help those less fortunate in the community by bringing in items to the Edward Jones branch office during regular business hours from July 19 to Sept. 13. The Branch Address is located at 28103 Three Notch Rd., Mechanicsville, MD. All donations will go to benefit Mechanicsville Elementary School. Please show your support for our local youth. For more information or directions please call 301-884-4575. No cash or checks will be accepted.

150

A group of St. Mary’s County businesses and trades professionals are stepping forward to expand the building trades and increase educational opportunities for students in St. Mary’s County Public Schools, part of a renewed initiative by the St. Mary’s County Public School Building Trades Foundation, Inc., a group originally established in 1986 that has been dormant for several years. “We know we have records dating back to the mid-80s, but it hasn’t been functional for the last 15 years. It was just dormant,” said Bill Scarafia, foundation member and President of the St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce, going on to explain that trades professionals from the Forrest Tech Center in Leonardtown had decided that it was time businesses ignite trade education to prevent major shortages in construction and trades personnel in the future. “There’s a downturn in the economy in the construction industry, but the construction industry is looking for people,” said Scarafia, “and there hasn’t been much focus on kids getting into trades … so this is to enlighten and educate people on what’s out there for them.” The foundation’s long term

state tries to mitigate budget shortfalls. “But that’s why foundation members wanted to bring this to the community,” said Scarafia. “If state funding keeps decreasing, we don’t want those programs to be cut, so the foundation is hoping to be able to maintain those programs.” Membership in the Foundation is open to individuals and businesses that are interested in helping fulfill the foundation’s mission, which is to promote and create educational opportunities for students interested in going into construction or trades after graduation, a focus that Scarafia said will help the community as a whole. “For business, its going to help develop a pool of labor, but we’re hoping that more than that, it’ll be meaningful for the community at large,” said Scarafia. “We’re just taking what the Forrest Center does a step further.” The Building Trades Foundation had its last meeting on May 25, during which board members and officers were elected. The Board now includes: James Bacot, Brooks Run Builders (President); Adam Stiffler, Meadow Valley Carpentry (Vice President); Gerald Buckler, Efficient Homes Design (Vice President); Sean McGowan, Dean Lumber & Supply (Treasurer); Joe Lynch, SMCPS (Secretary); Tori Mayor, SMCPS (Secre-

Mov

Special n Forrest Center  St. Mary’s County -I goal is to provide training for young people who may not necessarily be interested in pursuing higher education after graduating from high school, said Scarafia, going on to note that most of the building or industry training programs have been relegated to the community college system, which is likely to see more cuts as the

Discounted Cable

Free on Site Storage with Every Apartment Walk to Shopping/Restaurants

301-862-5307

Amenity Package Available

Owned and Operated by

301-737-0737

tary); Randy Birch, (SMCPS); Anthony Cherry, (SMPC); Tyrone Harris, (SMC Recreation & Parks); William Higgs (LSR Corp.) and Charles Roach, (Cedar Point Federal Credit Union). For more information on the Building Trades Foundation, contact Bill Scarafia at 301737-3001.

Buy Local Challenge Underway, Restaurant Week Coming Next

Playground

Call For More Information: Bella Bailey, Marketing & Leasing MGR.

un Fact

Building Trades Foundation

ime Only!

Business Band Together to Promote Building Trades for Area Students By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer

Edward Jones Office Holding School Supplies Drive

Thursday, July 22, 2010

23314 Surrey Way • California, Maryland 20619 Fax: 301-737-0853 • leasing@apartmentsofwildewood.com

What if you could make one simple change every day for a week that would have a positive impact on your health, your local economy and the health of the planet? Join the thousands across Maryland who are taking the Buy Local Challenge this week (“I pledge to eat at least one item from a local farm every day during Buy Local Week”) from July 17 - 25 and enjoy food that’s fresh and nutritious while supporting local farmers. The Buy Local Challenge, which is always the last full week in July, celebrates its fourth anniversary this year. One of several Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC) programs geared to boost the local farm economy, the Challenge was designed to highlight the environmental, health and economic benefits farms provide. Participants are encouraged to shop at farms, farm stands, farmers’ markets and grocers that offer locally grown food and wine, and dine at restaurants that include local farm food and wine in their menus. “The Buy Local Challenge is gaining incredible momentum,” Christine Bergmark, ex-

ecutive director of SMADC said in a press release. “It’s easy for anyone to make this simple commitment; individuals, families, even businesses and institutions. But our goal is also to remind people that local farms need consumer support to thrive and ensure they survive for future generations.” To learn more about additional programs and resources from SMADC, or to learn more about Buy local Week visit www.smadc.com and www.buy-local-challenge.com. Starting next week, a restaurant-week promotion titled Savor St. Mary’s begins for the first time in St. Mary’s County, running from July 25 to Aug. 8. The event spotlights local food by having participating restaurants vowing to prepare special dishes using ingredients from area farms, waterways and vineyards. Details on participating restaurants as well as profiles on the chefs, featured dishes, the area growers, incentives for dining twice at participating restaurants and other food related events and celebrations can be found by visiting www. savorstmarys.com.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

The County Times

We Proudly Support Local Farmers We Buy Fresh, Quality Southern Maryland Grown Produce.

WHITE SWEET CORN

12/$2.98 SEEDLESS WATERMELON

$3.99

Route 5 & Mohawk Drive Charlotte Hall, MD 20622

301-884-5636 Wildewood Shopping Center California, MD 20619

301-866-5702

GREEN PEPPERS, YELLOW SQUASH, ZUCCHINI, TOMATOES & ONIONS

The Shops at Breton Bay Leonardtown, MD 20650

301-997-1828

Route 245 Hollywood, MD 20636

301-475-2531

Route 246 & Great Mills Rd. Lexington Park, MD 20653

301-862-7702

CANTALOUPE

2/$4.00

The County Times

George Curtis, 79

George Kelly Curtis (a.k.a. “Beadie”) died on July 15, 2010 while at the United Medical Center in Washington, DC following a lengthy illness. He was 79 years old. George was born October 29, 1930 in Maddox, Maryland to Nellie Gertrude (Curtis) Neale and Clarence Thomas Neale, Sr. He attended the St. Mary’s County Public School System. He married Ethel Lou Pressley and from that union there were four children, Toney Curtis, Ronald Curtis, Yvonne Curtis, and Yvette Curtis. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Lou, both of his sons, both of his parents, four brothers John Francis Neale, Clarence Thomas Neale (Bookie), William Henry Neale (Willie), and Lawrence DeSales Neale and his sister, Mary Ruth Neale Somerville. George loved the country life as a young child and would do anything for his family. His loving nature, kind heart, and willingness to help others were just some of the reasons George was loved by so many. When George was 16, he accepted his first position at Cedar Point (now known as Patuxent River) as a cook. He later went to Washington, DC and became a baker and cake tester until he decided to join the United States Army in 1951. George entered the United States Army in Ft. Meade, MD and was later assigned to the 179th Infantry during active combat in the Korean War and received the following medals: Korean Service Medal with 2 bronze stars, United Nations Service Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, and the National Defense Service Medal. While enlisted in the United States Army, George proudly obtained the rank of Sergeant on July 27, 1953. George received an honorable discharge from active duty but decided to continue service to the country in the United States Army Reserve for 8 years. In 1953, George accepted employment with the Montgomery County School System at Somerset Elementary School as a Custodian. He retired in 1994 after 41 years of service! At the retirement ceremony, he received several certificates and commendations. George leaves to mourn his two daughters, Yvonne Curtis and Yvette Curtis (both of Washington, DC), two grandchildren, Tameka

Brown and Michelle Curtis, and six great grandchildren. He also leaves his aunt Frances (Curtis) Neale of Baltimore, MD, one uncle, William Neale of Baltimore, MD, one brother, Christopher Columbus Neale (Norma), three sisters, Gertrude Veronica Carter, Helen Elizabeth Hebb (William), and Theresa Delores Collins (James). The family will receive friends on Monday, July 26th, 2010 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home in Leonardtown, Maryland where services will begin at 11 a.m. with Minister Harold Bowman officiating. Interment will follow at 1 p.m., in Maryland’s Veteran’s Cemetery Cheltenham located in Cheltenham, Maryland. Pallbearers will be Charles Carter, Robert Carter, Roy Chesley, Walter Jones, Jr. (CJ), Windell Price (Benny) and George Somerville. Honorary Pallbearers will include Karen Absher, Kimberly Barney, Tanya Butler, James Collins, William Hebb, Debra Kahavkin, Renee Price, Sotanya Rushing, Yvostay Rushing, Nikcole Russell and Barbara Somerville.

Dennis Evans, 65 Dennis Martin Evans, 65, of St. George’s Island, MD died July 12, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown. Born September 26, 1944, he was the son of the late Robert (Bugs) and Agnes C. Evans. He was the 2nd oldest of 10 children. Dennis was born in Baltimore and moved to St. George’s Island as a young boy. He grew up on St. George’s Island spending most of his childhood on the water swimming, fishing and crabbing. He joined the Army and served some of his time in Korea. After his military service, he came back to St. George’s Island to help his parents with their seafood restaurant better known as Evans Crabhouse. After several years working in the family business, he moved to Florida and worked for the postal service. He remained in Florida for approximately 20 years before returning to St. George’s Island where he helped to care for his aging mother. In recent years, he enjoyed playing cards, chess and checkers with family and friends. He will be sorely missed by all those who knew and loved him. He is survived by his son, Dennis Evans of Leonardtown, daughter Ashley Evans of Venice, FL and granddaughter Piper. He is also survived by his siblings, Fran Sola of Sarasota, FL, Gerald Evans of Clyde, NC, Michael Evans of St. George’s Island, Victoria Siegel of St. Mary’s City, Charles Evans of Leonardtown, Joseph Evans of Hollywood, Anita Kendrick of Lusby and Tony Evans of Mechanicsville and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his older brother Ronald Evans. Contributions can be made to the Second District Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1, Valley Lee, MD 20692. All services will be private. Condolences to the family may

be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.

Lillian Everson, 91

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Serving as pallbearers are; Tommy Moreland, Davey and Damens Downs, Scott Feerrar, Darrin Madison, Joey Holman, Anthony Everson, and Johnny Sansbury. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Humane Society of choice. Arrangements provided by Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A., Charlotte Hall, MD. Please view condolences at www.brinsfieldechols.com.

Mary Scaggs, 83

Raymond Garner, 69

Lillian Bertha Everson, 91 of Mechanicsville, MD, died on July 18, 2010 at Genesis Health Care, La Plata, MD. Born on November 1, 1918 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Harry Clevenger Taylor and the late Grace Elizabeth Baden Rawlings. Mrs. Everson was born and raised in Washington, DC. She spent most of her life living in Golden Beach, MD. Later in life she enjoyed living with her family in several different states before moving to Genesis Health Care. She was a homemaker and her biggest passion was spending time with her family and friends. Predeceased by her husband, Granville Joseph Everson, grandson’s Michael James and John Robert Everson, and a great-granddaughter, Jessica Lynn Moreland. Survived by her children, Barbara Ann Moreland and her husband, Donald of Conway, S.C., John Granville Everson and his wife, Grace “Betty” of Ocean Pines, MD, James Richard Everson of Huntingtown, MD, and JoAnn Everson of Burnswick, GA, grandchildren, Deborah and Thomas Moreland, Joy Feerrar, Wendy Madison, David and Darren Downs, and Cheryl Holman, greatgrandchildren, Anthony Everson, David Allen and Elizabeth Buckler, Kimberly and Cierrah Moreland, Amber Feerrar, and Grace Ann Madison, and great-great-grandchildren, Donovan, Layla, and Joshua Buckler. Family will receive friends on Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 5-8 p.m. with prayers recited at 7 p.m. at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A., 30195 Three Notch Rd., 30195 Three Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 23, 2010 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 28297 Old Village Rd., Mechanicsville, MD with Reverend John Caulfield officiating. Interment will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 2010 at Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD.

Raymond L. Garner, 69 of California, MD passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. Born April 13, 1941 in Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late Joseph Garner and Evelyn (Pettingill) Garner. Ray proudly served his country in combat with the U.S. Army 1st Cavalry during the Vietnam War and throughout his life supported the troops with his work as a Defense Contractor. His career brought him around the world living in Thailand, Korea, Italy, Okinawa and throughout the continental U.S. His journeys ended where they began; in Baltimore MD. Ray enjoyed fishing, gardening, hunting and crabbing which all lead to one of his greatest joys of all; cooking and feeding his family and friends. Mr. Garner is survived by his children, Thomas Garner of Nashua, NH and Jane Garner Lindsey of Brookline NH, his wife Judith Garner of North Haven, CT, five grandchildren and his companion, Rose Pollard of Odenton, MD. Family will receive friends on Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 5 until 8 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. A funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Interment will be on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 11 a.m. in the Maryland Veterans Cemetery, 11301 Crain Highway, Cheltenham, MD 20623. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.

Mary Louise Scaggs, 83 of Mechanicsville, MD on July 14, 2010 the Angels took her to be with the heavenly father. Born April 2, 2010 in Hillside MD, she was raised by her mother, father and several aunts and uncles. After graduating from St. Mary’s Girls Academy in Leonardtown, MD she enrolled in Beautician School. After receiving her beautician’s license she worked at several beauty salons in Washington, DC. She later met and fell in love with the man of her dreams, Willie Frank Scaggs. They were married on September 4, 1950 and resided in District Heights, MD. They were blessed with three children; Linda, Susan and Timothy. They were wonderful parents and so devoted to each other for 45 years. On Easter Sunday, April 16, 1995 Willie passed away. In 1996 Mary Lou relocated to St. Mary’s County to be near her children and her three grandchildren, Christopher, William and Andrew. She was very devoted to her children and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She really enjoyed going shopping and having lunch at her favorite restaurant, Bob Evans. She also enjoyed the fresh fruit and vegetables from the Amish market and fruit stands. She looked forward to summer just for this reason. Not only was she an angel on earth but now she is an angel of god. She would do anything for anyone who needed help. Listening to her son playing his harmonica to the blues and watching the Minnesota Vikings was two of her favorite moments. She will really be missed not only as a Mom, but as a best buddy. She was preceded in death by her loving and devoted husband, Willie, her mother, Mary Blank, her father, D’Arcy East, and several aunts and uncles. She is survived by her three loving children, Linda Scaggs, Susan Messick, and Timothy Scaggs, all of Mechanicsville; son-in-law, Ernest Messick; three grandchildren, Christopher Messick and his wife Heather of Waldorf, William Messick of Mechanicsville and Andrew Messick of Mechanicsville; also survived by five greatgrandchildren and a host of cousins. A private graveside service was held Monday, July 19, 2010 at Washington National Cemetery, Suitland, MD.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

The County Times

Continued Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650 Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD

Richard Scharnott, 46

Richard Jon Scharnott, 46 of Lexington Park, MD passed away on July 11, 2010 at his residence. Born December 1, 1963 in Ramsey County, MN he was the son of Richard P. and Nancy C. Scharnott. Richard graduated from Cathedral High School, Duluth, MN in 1982. After graduation he served 20 years in the US Navy retiring in 2003. In 2004 he went to work as a Radar Technician for a Government Contractor. Richard is survived by his daughter, Katie Scharnott of Orangeville, CA, parents, Richard and Nancy Scharnott of Folsom, CA, and sister, Paula Blaylock of Roseville, CA. Family received friends on Monday, July 19, 2010 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD. A graveside service will be held September 1, 2010 at 2 p.m. in Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the St. Mary’s County Animal Welfare League, P.O. Box 1232, Leonardtown, MD 20650 Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD

Shelby Wood, 16

Shelby Lynn Wood, 16 of Leonardtown, MD died July 12, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital. Born August 31, 1993 in Leonardtown, MD, she was the daughter of Eric D. Wood and Lorri Ann (Blaylock) Wood. Shelby was a student at Leonardtown High School. She enjoyed photography, listening to music and playing with her sister’s and brother. In addition to her parents, Shelby is survived by her siblings, Savannah V., Payton D., and Nolan E. Wood of Leonardtown, MD, maternal grandparents, George and Lorraine Blaylock of Lexington Park, MD, and paternal grandparents, Bruce and Sharon Strickland of Great Mills, MD. Family received friends for Shelby’s Life Celebration on Friday, July 16, 2010 in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 22375 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, MD 20653. Prayers were recited. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, July 17, 2010. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were; Norman Strickland, Blake Strickland, Chris Graham, Bobby Lawrence, T.R. Councell and Steve Haffer. Memorial contributions may be made to Children’s Hospital National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave., N.W., Washington, DC, 20010 and/or the Shelby Wood Scholarship Fund, 20668 Bloomsbury La., Leonardtown, MD 20650 for Shelby’s siblings. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral. com. Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.

on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in the Rausch Funeral Home, Lusby. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 12 p.m. in the funeral home with Rev. Daniel L. Moore officiating. Interment will follow at Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD at 2 PM with military honors provided by the United States Navy. Memorial Contributions may be made in Bill’s memory to C.A.W.L. (Calvert Animal Welfare League), P. O. Box 1660, Prince Frederick, MD 20678. Arrangements made by the Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., Lusby. www.rauschfuneralhomes.com.

William Trollinger, III, 86

William Jasper Trollinger, III, 86, passed away on July 11, 2010 at his residence in Lusby, MD. He was formally from Ft. Washington, MD. He was born on June 17, 1924 in Richmond, Virginia to the late William Jasper Trollinger, Jr. and Mary Alice Trollinger nee Jefferys. He joined the United States Army Air Corp on July 16th, 1942 and was stationed at New Guinea, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe; he was honorably discharged on September 9th, 1945 from Ft. George G. Meade, MD as a Staff Sergeant. He worked for the Washington, D. C. Fire Department for twenty eight years, having served on Rescue Squad #1 until his retirement in 1973. Mr. Trollinger was a sixty year Life member of the Oxon Hill Masonic Lodge and a member of the Oxon Hill Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad. He was the former Chief of the Rescue Squad and a member of the Dive Rescue Team.

To Place A Memorial Please Call: 301-373-4125

Serving St. Mary's County Since 1978

William Prillaman, 82 William Gary Prillaman, 82 of Lusby, MD formerly of Bryans Road, MD passed away on July 14, 2010 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown, MD. He was born on September 6, 1927 in New Howard, West Virginia to the late Gerry Ivan Prillaman and Gladys Irene Prillaman nee Lester. He married his beloved wife Barbara Allen Prillaman on December 31, 1963 in Suitland, MD. William also known as “Bill” joined the United States Navy in 1945 and was honorably discharged in 1946. He worked for Scriptomatic as a Service Manager and retired in 1984. Bill was involved in the Forestville Boys and Girls Club and Bryans Road Little League. Bill is survived by his wife of 46 years Barbara A. Prillaman of Lusby, MD; children, Lisa and her husband Dave Spencer of Heathsville, VA; Theresa and her husband Bryan Shipman of Lusby, MD; Sandra and her husband Ed Yeager of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Lora and her husband Wayne Rodrigues of Livermore, CA; Deborah Forrester of Glen Burnie, MD; Brenda Foor of Stevensville, MD and Michael Sparks of Leonardtown, MD; sister Lois Haynes of Williaston, FL; nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The family received friends

He is survived by his wife Peggy Trollinger of Lusby, MD; son W. Jasper Trollinger, IV of Hollywood, MD; daughters Mary Trollinger of Charlotte Hall, MD and Alice and her husband Ron Posey of Nanjemoy, MD; six grandchildren Lacy, Tara, Billy, Jason, Aaron and Jesse; two great grandchildren Ashley and Heath. He was preceded in death by his two brothers and three sisters. The family received friends on Friday, July 16, at the Rausch Funeral Home, Lusby. Funeral services were held at 2 PM in the funeral home chapel with Father Joseph Trollinger officiating. Interment was private. Should friends wish, contributions may be made in his memory to Calvert Hospice, P. O. Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678, donation are encouraged online at www.calverthospice.org or to the American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201,or online at www.heart.org.

Free eSTIMATeS / QuICk TurnArOunD • High Speed Digital Black/White & Color Copy Service Compare our Prices & Time Line to Our Competitors

• Posters • Flyers • Menus • Wedding Invitations, Programs and • Raffle & Admission Tickets Accessories • Announcements • Graphic Design • Invitations • Commercial Offset Printing • Composition & • Perfect Binding, Hard Back Layout Binding, GBC / Coil Binding, • Copy Service Saddle Stitching • Rubber Stamps • Free In-County Delivery • Letterheads 41690 Courthouse Drive Leonardtown, Maryland 20650 • Envelopes Phone: 301-475-5531 • Newsletters Fax: 301-475-9636 email: orders@printingpressinc.com • Business Cards www.printingpressinc.com • Business Forms HOurS: Mon - Thur 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. • NCR Forms Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Envelope Inserting • Certificates • Contracts • Continuous Forms • Booklets • Brochures • Funeral Programs • Bumper Stickers • Magnetic Signs • Laminating • Labels • Bindery • Specialty Work • Color Work • Briefs • Easels

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Briefs

Man Charged With Two Arson Counts, Malicious Burning

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

A Lusby man set fire to two separate structures in Great Mills and Lexington Park July 17, investigators with the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office allege, in connection with what they believe is an ongoing domestic argument. Investigators say that Louis Deonte Smith, 33, allegedly set fire to a building that had apartments on the second floor on Point Lookout Road in Great Mills. The first fire was found by occupants of the apartment and was set in the building’s hallway and spread to the renters’ door; the damage from the fire was minimal, fire marshal information stated, and took little time for Bay District Volunteer Fire Department personnel to extinguish. Charging documents against Smith state that the occupants Bruce Dove and Rebecca Herbert saw Smith in the area of where the fire was set and told investigators that he had been calling them for the past week threatening to blow up their apartment. The witnesses alleged in charging documents that after the fire Smith called them and told them he had “set their [expletive] on fire.” Investigators believed the first blaze was connected to the second blaze set at the home of Mary Herbert, who had recently broken off a four year relationship with Smith, charging

documents stated. The second fire occurred just four hours after the first, fire marshal reports reveal. Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Duane Svites told The County Times that Smith set the fires in an attempt to get revenge on either Herbert or friends who were aiding her. “He believed that she was staying there,” Svites said. “Whatever he was going to do it was against her either directly or indirectly.” The second fire Smith is alleged to have set was to Herbert’s trailer on Bridgett Lane in Lexington Park. The fire was contained by Bay District volunteers in about five minutes, fire marshal reports state, court papers stated. Herbert told investigators that Smith was angry with her over finding a new boyfriend after breaking off their prior relationship and had threatened her with burning down her home. Investigators found Smith in the trailer immediately adjacent to Herbert’s after the fire was extinguished, charging documents stated, and arrested him. The estimated damages to Herbert’s trailer was $15,000. In all Smith faces charges of first degree arson, malicious burning, malicious destruction of property and threat of arson. Smith is currently incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Adult Detention Center. guyleonard@countytimes.net

Philip H. Dorsey III Attorney at Law

-Serious Personal Injury CasesLEONARDTOWN: 301-475-5000 TOLL FREE: 1-800-660-3493 EMAIL: phild@dorseylaw.net

www.dorseylaw.net

Detectives Assume Death Investigation On July 17, 2010 troopers from the Maryland State Police responded to a private pier located off Cornfield Harbor Road in Scotland for the report of a missing person. A preliminary investigation revealed Arnold S. Rosario, 46, of Silver Spring, Maryland was last seen on the private pier fishing. An extensive search for Rosario was conducted by officers from the Maryland State Police, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police, United States Coast Guard as well as several volunteer fire departments and rescue squad units. The following day, Rosario’s body was located in the water near the pier deceased. Rosario’s body was transported to the State Medical Examiners Office in Baltimore to determine a cause and manner of death. The St. Mary’s County Bureau of Criminal Investigations is continuing the investigation.

Police: Woman Threatens Victim With Knife, Pushes Him Off Porch On July 19, 2010 Deputy First Class Seyfried responded to a residence on Treetop Road in Lexington Park for a report of an assault. Investigation revealed the victim was involved in a verbal dispute with Vicki Marie Curtis, 33, of Lexington Park which escalated into a physical assault when Curtis allegedly threatened the victim with a knife. The victim exited the residence and Curtis followed. Curtis allegedly pushed the victim causing him to fall from the front porch of the residence. The victim sustained abrasions to his knee and ankle as a result of the fall. Curtis was arrested for second-degree assault.

Man Charged With Striking, Running Over Victim With Van

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

Last week police charged a Lexington Park man with using his van to hit and then run over another man who was walking towards his vehicle on Jay Dee Court in Lexington Park. Charles Preston Raley, 68, now faces charges of first-degree assault and second-degree assault for his alleged attack on Robert Alan Mandley July 14. The first-degree assault charge carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. According to police charging documents filed against Raley, Mandley was walking south bound on Jay Dee Court off the travel portion of the road when he saw Raley drive his towards him on the north bound side. Court papers stated that Mandley claimed Raley stopped his vehicle suddenly and he began to yell at Mandley in a threatening manner. Mandley went on to allege in court papers that Raley yelled “this is what you get” to him while Raley was revving the engine of his van. As Mandley continued to walk towards his residence, charging documents allege that Raley

drove towards him and swerved suddenly, striking Mandley in the right side and knocking him to the ground. As the defendant drove away he ran over Mandley’s right foot, charging documents, state. When police responded to the incident that found Charles Preston Raley Raley still in his van about 30 yards away from the initial incident, court papers stated, with the engine still running and Raley appearing to be the only one operating the vehicle. Raley remains incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Adult Detention Center following his arrest that day, on-line court records show, and was initially held on a $75,000 bond. guyleonard@countytimes.net.

Fire Marshals Investigate Dual Barn Fires

By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

Investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s office say that two barn fires on the same day, one in Hollywood and the other in California, are under investigation but they say that the second was intentionally set. According to fire marshal reports the California barn fire occurred at about 6:24 a.m. July 18 at St. Mary’s River State Park at Indian Bridge and Cooperstown Road. The fire started in the barn’s interior on the left side, and fire marshals soon learned that during the prior week local firefighters had responded to a call for a fire to the right side of the barn. Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Duane Svites told The County Times that there was no evidence an accelerant was used in the second California barn fire but that the first fire bore more investigation.

“Obviously two fires in the same place is an indication it’s fishy,” Svites said, adding that the first fire had not been determined as intentionally set. The first barn fire took place a little less than an hour earlier on Jones Wharf Road near Three Notch Road and took 33 firefighters 10 minutes to control, fire marshal reports stated. The cause of the fire is as yet unknown, Svites said, but it apparently started in the barn’s interior. A Maryland State Police helicopter pilot spotted the fire while on a sortie and called it in, fire marshal reports state. With the most recent activity in arsons and intentionally set fire, Svites said, the county’s numbers continue to go up. “We’re creeping above the numbers from last year,” Svites said. guyleonard@countytimes.net

Thursday, July 22, 2010

The County Times

Feeney Takes Command of Naval Aviation Training Systems Office Capt. John P. Feeney assumed command of the Naval Aviation Training Systems program office (PMA-205) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River from Capt. Darryl J. Long who retired from the U.S. Navy after 25 plus years of service. A native of Philadelphia, Pa. Feeney graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon completion of flight training and designation as a Naval Flight Officer, he reported to Patrol Squadron 31 (VP-31) at Moffet Field, Calif. for fleet replacement training in the P-3B. Upon completion, he then reported to Patrol Squadron Special Projects Unit ONE (VPU-1) at Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine. He served as Navigator, Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization (NATOPS) Instructor and Tactics Officer while deploying in support of Operation Desert Storm. After receiving a jet transition and upon completion of refresher training in the S-3B Viking at Air Anti-submarine Squadron 41 (VS-41) at North Island, Calif., Feeney reported to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron FIVE (VQ-5), Naval Air Station Agana, Guam in April 1993. He served as ES-3A Detachment Operations Officer, NATOPS Officer

and Mission Commander embarked on the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Southern Watch. For his next assignment, he reported to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, Fallon, Nev. for Carrier Airwing Tactics Instructor duty. In November 1998, Feeney reported to Special Projects Patrol Squadron TWO (VPU-2) at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. While assigned, he served as Detachment Officer in Charge, Operations Officer and Training Officer deploying in support of Operation Allied Force. From there he reported to the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. and received a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. Upon completion of his Naval War College education in March 2002, he assumed duties as Assistant Program Manager for EP-3, VPU and Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) training systems for Program Manager, Aviation Training Systems (PMA-205), Patuxent River, Md. In May 2005 Feeney reported to Special Projects Patrol Squadron ONE (VPU-1) as Executive Office and assumed Command in March 2006. During his command tour, his squadron provided combat support to U.S. and allied forces engaged in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

His command was awarded the Battle E and the Aircraft Maintenance Golden Wrench. U p o n completion of his command tour, he returned to Patuxent River, Md. and reported to Program Executive Officer, Air ASW, Assault and Special Missions Programs (PMA-290) serving as Deputy Program Manager for Electronic Warfare / Special Mission Aircraft. In this capacity, he was responsible for acquisition and life-cycle support of Navy EP-3E and VPU aircraft. Under his guidance, PMA-290 fielded Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) upgrades in direct response to Secretary of Defense Task Force ISR tasking. Feeney has accumulated more than 3,900 flight hours and 165 carrier landings. He is designated an Acquisition Professional, holds a Master of Business Administration degree from New Hampshire College and his awards include a three Meritorious Service Medals, Air Medal, three Navy Commendation Medals, Navy Achievement Medal and various other campaign and unit commendations.

Lieutenant General George J. Trautman, Deputy Commandant for Marine Aviation, left, recently presented Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Barnhill, USMC, his promotion to Colonel at a Pentagon ceremony. Colonel Barnhill graduated from Radford University in Virginia, Naval War College, Newport, RI, Army War College, Carlisle, PA. Colonel Barnhill served in Operation Desert Storm, Bosnia, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and is currently serving in Marine Aviation at the Pentagon. His parents are CAPT Ted Harwood and Nancy Harwood of Hollywood. He is also the brother of Brian Barnhill of Scotland, MD. Colonel Barnhill and his wife, Patty, and two children live in Virginia.

Take a Summer Break On Us… ... FINANCE OR REFINANCE YOUR NEW/USED AUTO LOAN WITH US AND MAKE NO PAYMENTS UNTIL OCTOBER 2010!* PLUS...RECEIVE A $200 VISA® GIFT CARD!* IF YOU LIVE, WORK OR ATTEND SCHOOL IN ST. MARY’S COUNTY, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT! * Members who purchase a new or used auto, or refinance their car loan from another institution, from July 1st until July 31st are eligible to defer payments until October 2010. Members who finance or refinance a minimum of $10,000 will receive a $200 Visa gift card from Educational Systems FCU. The gift card will be issued at the time of loan disbursement. Interest will continue to accrue during the deferred period. This promotion cannot be combined with any other offer. Offer not valid on existing Educational Systems FCU loans. Please use promo code: 710_SOMDDEF_AUTO.

CALIFORNIA BRANCH LOCATION:

San Souci Plaza • 22599-122 MacArthur Blvd. • California, MD

800.356.6660 • www.esfcu.org

In The

Know Education

The County Times

The world's tallest snowman was created in Bethel, Maine in 2008. It measured in at 122 feet / 1 inch and weighed 13,000,000 lbs.

SMCPS Middle Schools Make AYP Two Elementary Schools Fall Short By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Data released by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) measuring Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for elementary and middle schools show St. Mary’s County Public Schools rebounding from shortfalls recorded in 2009, with all four middle schools in the county making AYP for all student groups. Linda Dudderar, Chief Academic Officer for the school system, said that St. Mary’s County Public Schools ranked 5th in the state for sixth grade math, 13th for sixth grade reading, 10th for seventh grade math, 9th for seventh grade reading, 6th for eighth grade math, and 11th for eighth grade reading. This comes as welcome news for the school system, as in 2009 MSA scores reflected shortfalls among sub-groups at Spring Ridge, Margaret Brent and Leonardtown middle schools including African Americans, students receiving free or reduced-price lunches, and students in the county’s special education programs. This year at the elementary level, 16 of the system’s 18 elementary schools made AYP for all student groups. Oakville Elementary School (OES) did not make AYP for Reading for the Special Education student group, missing this measure by less than one student. Evergreen Elementary School (EES) also missed making AYP for Reading and Mathematics for the Special Education student group. EES missed reaching AYP by less than four students. “Part of the situation that Evergreen confronted was that because they’re in their first year, so there was no longitudinal data,” explained Dudderar.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

“Our results show a system on the move, as our students master content and reach advanced understanding,” said School Superintendent Michael Martirano. “Our elementary schools continue to have excellent outcomes, and to have the four middle schools make AYP for all student groups is a rich reward …” “It comes down to the fact that every child matters,” said Dudderar, crediting this year’s improvements to successful interventions for struggling students that have been in place for some time. “We’re fortunate that we’re now focused on a very small number of children not being able to reach proficiency.” Dudderar added that she would be reviewing data to determine the number of students who have tested in the advanced categories for reading and mathematics, as she predicts that those numbers will determine the school system’s long-term goals. Each year, MSDE sets AYP targets that school systems must achieve for all populations of students, including minorities, special education, economically disadvantaged and Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. For 2011, the Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) for grades 3 through 5 will rise to 85.6 percent for reading and 84.5 percent for mathematics, and the AMO for grades 6 through 8 climbs to 85.6 percent for reading and 78.6 percent for mathematics. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) aims to have all students meet 100 percent proficiency by 2014, as evaluated by the Maryland School Assessments. More information can be found on MSDE website at http://mdreportcard.org.

By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Music students of all ages joined teachers to pound out classics as well as modern pieces of music as part of this year’s Piano Fest, which took place at St. Mary’s College July 1719. Piano Fest Director Eliza Garth, who routinely teaches studio piano classes at St. Mary’s College with pianist (artist-in-residence) Brian Ganz and staff accompanist Beverley Babcock, said that this year’s students came from a variety of backgrounds. “One of the things that we’re proud of with Piano Fest is the range of skill levels, and a range of ages. We get advanced high school students, conservatory students, the older players who’re serious about their playing but not professionally ambitious … but they all benefit from being in the same class.” Garth said that the program had begun based on a suggestion by Jeff Silberschlag, Musical Director for the River Concert Series at St. Mary’s

College, and since then they’ve all looked at the program as a retreat for both students and faculty members, and a chance to refine her teaching methods. “I try to read the needs of the students,” said Garth, going on to note that her reading of many pieces can at times resemble literary rather than musical analysis, but each student requires a different anchor to the piece they bring to play. “There is no one way, I think, to get people to connect with the music, but that’s what we try to do here.” Babcock, who has taught piano privately for 25 years, said that the majority of her work has been with non-piano majors at the college, “so I really have to work within the limitations they might have … but we all work very hard to encourage our students, and to help them see the opportunities” For more information on Piano Fest, as well as information on how to sign up for next year’s workshop, contact Eliza Garth at ehgarth@ smcm.edu.

OPENING IN SEPTEMBER

CSM will provide sneak peek tours during: • Leonardtowns First Friday Event, August 6 • Leonardtown Beach Party, August 7 • Grand Opening Ceremony, September 28 | 2 p.m.

un Fact

SMCM Hosts 2010 Piano Fest

College of Southern Maryland Leonardtown Campus Wellness and Aquatics Center

This new center features 32,000 square feet of space to get into the best shape of your life. Take a swim in our lap pool or ease into our zero-depth-entry therapy pool. Try out one of our fitness classes this fall! • Aerobics • Sport Conditioning Class • Spinning • Drill Bitz • Pilates • Tai Chi • Yoga • Zumba

Individual and Family Memberships Available! Fitness Memberships Aquatics Memberships Combined Memberships

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Southern Maryland Association of REALTORS® Public Awareness Campaign Mission Statement

The mission of the Southern Maryland Association of REALTORS® is to maintain a financially viable association offering support, services and training for its members; to provide community outreach; to foster a proactive relationship with local and state legislative leaders and to be the leading advocate of the real estate industry, private property rights and the issues that most affect the members’ ability to serve the public with competency, integrity, and professionalism.

PAX RIVER REALTY

SMAR does not provide opinion or endorsement of individual REALTOR® members and brokerages. We do however thank the SMAR members surrounding this ad for their financial support of this Public Awareness message

Irene Parrish B. Realty Irene Parrish Broker

22188 Three Notch Rd. Suite A Lexington Park, MD 20653

Toll Free: 866-726-0008 Office: 301-862-0008 Fax: 301-862-0009

301-863-7002 office

301-481-7244

Lexington Park, MD 20653 www.paxriverrealty.com

cell

ParrishI@IBP-Pro_offices.com

www.2hdb.com/IreneParrish

For All Your Real Estate Needs.

Addie McBride

Hollie D. Kessler

REALTOR®, ABR®, CDPE®, GREEN

Cell: 301-481-6767 Home: 301-737-1669 www.addiemcbride.com addiemcbride@verizon.net

RE/MAX 100

23076 Three Notch Road California, Md 20619

Helping Good People Find Good Homes.

Office: 301.863.5355 Cell: 240.925.2718

, Inc. Franzen Realtors

Fax: 410.505.9368 St. Mary’s 1st GREEN Designee

www.franzenrealtors.com

22316 Three Notch Rd. Lexington Park, MD 20653 Office: 1-800-848-6092 • Office: 301-862-2222 Fax Office: 301-862-1060

holliekessler@remax.net www.shopstmaryshomes.com

Licensed Broker in MD & VA Email: Pattifirstchoice@aol.com

Rick McNabb

TrusT. jusT as imporTanT as The number of bedrooms and baThs.

Realtor®

Call me about 1st time Homebuyer seminars and montHly ForeClosure tours

8 out of 10 economists believe home prices Only REAlTORS cOmplETE OngOing mAndATORy EThicS TRAining. will rise in the next 5 years.* ®

ERIE INSURANCE GROUP

Cell: (410) 231-5510 When you’re buying youtwO want specific things: marble countertops, his and hers sinks, a three-car garage. thEa home, OthEr arE lifE-lOng pEssimists. Office: (301) 373-6257 You also need confidence, peace of mind and trust. You want a REALTOR —someone committed to doing business rick@rickmcnabb.com according to a strict, professional code. REALTORS complete real estate business ethics training every four years as part www.allsouthernmdhomes.com If you’re ready to buy a home, many signs point to favorable buying conditions: mortgages are available, affordability has 24502 Three Notch Rd of their membership in the National Association of REALTORS. Hollywood, MDimproved, 20636 home choices are abundant and interest rates are low. Even better, 8 out of 10 economists agree that home prices will

Toll Free: (888)355-0010 Office: (301)392-0010 Office: (410)535-5585

When you’re ready to buy a home, work with a REALTOR®, a member of the National Association of REALTORS®,

rise in the next five years. Which means getting in on the ground floor before prices begin to rise is a smart move.

John Gatton, Jr.

Office Phone: (301)932-7800

FIRST CHOICE REALTY

8340 Old Leonardtown Rd • Hughesville, MD 20637

who can explain options that best fit your situation.

® , a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, Homeownership is an investment in your future. Work with a REALTOR REALTORS® are the best source for real estate information. Working with a REALTOR® gives buyers, sellers who can explain options that best fit your situation.and To learn more,the visit www.houselogic.com/buyandsell. investors advantage they need to succeed in today’s market. . Realtor®

*Figure based on the Keller Center for Research at Baylor University, 2008.

301.904.6939 john.gatton@c21nm.com 23063 Three Notch Road California, Maryland 20619

Every market’s different, call a REAlTOR® today.

Kim Hills

James Moran

28105 Three Notch Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659

Branch Manager

800) 314-8235 Office (Toll Free) (301) 672-4040 (Cell Phone) Email: kimhills@mris.com

E-mail: jmoran@gofirsthome.com

Your Neighborhood Expert!

www.southernmarylandrealtors.org

New Millennium

RE/MAX 100

Southern Maryland Association of REALTORS®

Southern Maryland Association of REALTORS 301-870-2323 Hughesville, MD www.southernmarylandrealtors.org 301-870-2323

AssociateBroker

Jay Lilly Real Estate Locally Owned, Globally Known.

EvEry markEt’s diffErEnt, call a rEaltOr tOday. Houselogic.com/buyandsell ®

ERIE ERIE INSURANCE INSURANCE GROUP GROUP

BURRIS’ OLDE TOWNE INSURANCE www.gofirsthome.com DANIEL W. BURRIS, CIC, PROPRIETOR Office/Cell: 301-752-6876

24404 Three Notch Road, Suite 102, Hollywood, MD 20636

BURRIS’ BURRIS’OLDE OLDETOWNE TOWNEINSURANCE INSURANCE DANIEL DANIELW. W.BURRIS, BURRIS,CIC, CIC,PROPRIETOR PROPRIETOR Auto Auto• •Home Home• •Business Business• •Life Life

www.coldwellbankerjaylilly.com

Your St. Mary’s County Real Estate Expert Providing Comprehensive Real Estate Services to Home Buyers and Sellers

Ron Wimmer

When Trusted Advice Counts 301 Steeple Chase Drive, Suite 101 Prince Frederick, MD 20678

Century 21 New Millennium ron.wimmer@c21nm.com Work: 301-737-3636 Mobile: 240-434-1471 Fax: 301-862-2179

Michelle Bradford-Foster

22720 22720WASHINGTON WASHINGTONSTREET STREET• •P.O. P.O.BOX BOX707 707 LEONARDTOWN, LEONARDTOWN,MD MD20650 20650

Office: 443-486-4114 Fax: 443-486-4119 Cell: 240-346-1563

(301) (301)475-3151 475-3151• Toll • TollFree: Free:(800) (800)872-8010 872-8010• Fax: • Fax:(301) (301)475-9029 475-9029

mb-foster@envoymtg.com

danburris@danburris.com danburris@danburris.com• •danburris.com danburris.com

Office: 301-863-0300 Toll-Free: 800-257-6633 Fax: 301-863-0533 coldwellbankerinfo@mris.com

http://www.ronwimmer.com

The County Times

Cover On The

301-373-4125

$100 in cash prizes by using these coupons!

coupon

By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer

coupon

1989

coupon

address:

fill out your 301.475.2142

301-866-0850 phone

20815 Callaway Village Way Callaway, Md 20620

301-994-9439

with subscribers who pay ahead of time for their food and absorb losses along with the farmer. Brett stressed though that he has a system of always making sure subscribers get their money’s worth, regardless of which crops he loses. “95 percent of CSAs take that [risk-sharing] approach,” he said, “but my attitude is if your check doesn’t bounce my responsibility is to take care of you. There’s not a blackberry or a cantaloupe or a tomato that goes to wholesale first … they go to CSA first.” Though these locally driven programs are gaining popularity in the United States (after enjoying firm footing in Europe for decades), they are a relatively new development for growers in Southern Maryland, and Brett admitted he had been reluctant to try the concept at his own farm until five years ago. “I got dragged into it kicking and screaming because I’m very resistant to change,” he said, “but starting the CSA really changed the face of this farm. We went from living hand to mouth to having a guaranteed stream of income. All we have to do is produce,” he said, going on to explain that CSA customers now make up 80 percent of his business, a fact that he says fuels loyalty for both parties. “There’s a subset of the population that’s heard of CSAs,” said Brett, estimating it to be around one percent, “but one percent of millions adds up to a lot of people. And if five percent go to farmers markets [where some customers pick up their boxes each week] then five percent will have access to those Cherokee tomatoes, five percent will have access to those cantaloupes, and that’s a lot of people,” he said, going on to describe how the most effective marketing strategies for his business have been word of mouth and the food itself. “I don’t worry about marketing. But if I grew and harvested a boring tomato, my life would be hell,” said Brett. “It would be really problematic because how do you sell that? How do you get someone excited about something that tastes boring?” Marketing for CSAs, such as it is, ties directly into a movement that has some of its roots in Brett’s own home, as his wife, Christine Bergmark, Executive Director of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, has been credited with starting the Buy Local Challenge in St. Mary’s County. Christine’s Buy Local campaign was quickly taken statewide by Gov. Martin O’Malley, who kicked off this year’s Buy Local Challenge on July 15, calling on Marylanders to incorporate at least one locallygrown product into their diet every day during the last week of July. Bergmark, who was honored earlier this month by the Governor and First Lady Katie O’Malley with the 2010 Smart, Green and Growing Buy Local Agricultural Challenge Award, said her focus has been on supporting local farming and attractions, not just with Buy Local, but with the other campaigns she has launched, including

Remember to

EXPIRES 07/23/10

21591 Great Mills Road Lexington Park, MD 20653

name:

coupon

00 on Any Meal off

Cover

How CSAs Are Bringing Customers and Growers Back to Basics

$25

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

The New Face of Farming

ful picture. Though the reality of the family farm has changed a great deal, Even’ Star owner Brett Grohsgal It’s hard not to compare the scene at Even’ Star said he preferred to stay close to that ideal of wholefour winners Organic Farm in Lexington Park to the cover of a pack- some growing as he cut open a fresh, ripe cantaloupe use all 8 coupons and get 8 chances to win. age of fresh veggies. You can pick out the old barns in and plopped a piece in his mouth. Customer Must Present Original Coupon. Purchase Required. No Cash Back the distance as you move past free-range chickens and “Seriously, this is the best cantaloupe you’ll ever turkeys picking pests from the grass, and the tranquil taste,” he said, smiling as he took stock of some of fields of bright greens, fiery red peppers, and bright his other crops, including 20 kinds of heirloom tomapurple eggplants shining in the sunlight paint a peace- toes, three kinds of eggplant, okra, zucchini, squash, watermelon and cucumbers, among others. And as it turns out, not every plant has fallen victim to the lack of rainfall. Crops that suffer most in droughts oil change, Filter, like the one ravaging the region this Tire Rotation year are non-irrigated crops like fenUp to 5 quarts of oil. Does not include diesel nel, cucumbers and Irish potatoes, or synthetic oil. Expires 07/23/2010 said Brett, noting that he’d lost his fenwww.curtistire.net nel crop earlier this year. But some of name: phone #: his crops have done very well despite address: this year’s drought. In fact, Brett said that his best-tasting heirloom tomatoes would not have been so exciting this year if there had been more rain. “Sometimes drought is really good. It’s put our tomatoes at peak flavor very early,” he said, “and our watermelon is going to be really good purchase of this year.” off $25 or more And this is good news for Brett’s customers, many of whom subscribe 40874 Merchants Ln. • to his farm’s CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. Leonardtown, MD Lauded as a great way for conValid Sunday thru Thursday. 301-997-1700 sumers to support local farmers, Dine-in or Take-out. Expires 07/23/10. CSAs are set up so that members purchase “shares” of a farm’s products name: phone #: for a season, in turn getting a box or address: bag of freshly harvested fruits, and vegetables every week that are either picked up from the farm or delivered to customers. “I get up at 2 in the morning to do my CSA deliveries,” he said, “and we have about 52 families in the county 40pT. oIL cHAnGE that pick up their own food,” but the Up to 5 quarts of oil & filter. Check Battery, Check rest he delivers every Thursday to Tires, Check Coolants, Fill Fluids, Check Filters, sites all the way from Great Mills to Check Belts & Hoses, Vacuum, Deodorize, Wash YOUR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE & REPAIR CENTER Windows & Much More. EXPIRES 6/24/10. Bethesda. But despite the long hours Brett Rt. 235 & Mercedes Dr. (By Car Wash) Add Tire Rotation & Balance said CSAs make certain aspects of california, MD his business easier because they allow FoR onLY 301-737-1102 EXPIRES 7/23/10. farmers to collect money early in the grooming or boarding and no season, develop personal relationships name: phone #: Photo by Frank Marquart with their customers, and, according address: limit on stay Brett Grohsgal to the traditional CSA model, share the risk of planting and harvesting

Laser Lube

On The

please contact the county times

win

Thursday, July 22, 2010

43450 St. Andrews Rd. Leonardtown

301.274.4440

8275 Leonardtown Rd. Hugesville

301.855.8308

9214 Boyd’sTurn Rd. Owings

www.countrysidepetparadise.com www.countrysidekennels.com

name:

address:

oFF

GRooMInG & BoARDInG

phone

no limit on stay

EXPIRES 07/23/10

information on the coupon so you can be entered for a chance to win

$25!

the “So. Maryland, So Good” and “Southern Maryland Trails: Earth, Art, Imagination” programs, all of which have less to do with hers and her husband’s 104-acre farm than with Southern Maryland agriculture in general. “Really we just wanted to get people informed about what was out there for them,” she said, “so it hasn’t been about promoting our farm. It has to do with encouraging people to shop at locally-owned businesses and buying locally-grown food … it’s been a good campaign so far and I think it’ll continue to be good for this area.” “I think that CSAs are more than a trend. It offers the opportunity for local farmers to connect with their customers and the community,” wrote Donna Sasscer, Manager of Agricultural and Seafood Development for St. Mary’s County, in an email to The County Times. She went on to describe the CSA concept as an important step for local agriculture, though CSAs aren’t suited for every grower or consumer. As for Brett, who’s been contending with pests, predators and drought, he said he’s happy to focus on the growing more than the promoting, and since his business is now just about creating beautiful food, he’s now faced with managing his own growth while balancing the increasing demand for locally grown products, a trend that he doesn’t see going away anytime soon. “Buy Local will still be strong, but how the customer accesses local may be with farmers markets. It may be growing their own – which would be great because then there’d be more gardeners – or it may be CSAs. But I don’t know,” he said. “I can’t tell the future.” There are several CSAs for customers to choose from in Southern Maryland, some of which offer market (pick-your-own) options of a variety of locally grown foods. For more information or to search for a CSA in your area, go to http://www.localharvest.org/csa/.

Photo by Frank Marquart Annie Parrish helps plant autumn crops at Even’ Star farm in Lexington Park.

QBH County Times St M Half Ad:Layout 1

The County Times

5/24/10

Make St. Mary’s County...

Your Home!

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE

HOLLYWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT Thurs, JULY 22 - Sun, JULY 25 Thurs, JULY 29 - Mon, AUG 2 RIDES - REFRESHMENTS - GAMES FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY HOURS: 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M.

FAMILY NIGHTS EVERY NIGHT

Unlimited rides - 10.00 per bracelet single ride tickets available

TREASURE CHEST RAFFLE Last Night of Carnival NIGHTLY PRIZES 2 GIRLS & 2 BOYS BICYCLES GIVEN AWAY EACH NIGHT Ladies Auxiliary Raffle: Outdoor Gas Grill

FREE PARKING

Visit one of our four St. Mary’s County communities today. New single family homes starting from $299,900. Immediate deliverys available in all communities. Stop by one of our decorated models at Pembrooke, Broad Creek, or Leonard’s Grant. For more information about our St. Mary’s County communities or other QBH developments, log on to www.QBHI.com or contact Jack Fegeley at 301-592-7328.

For more information, check out our website at

www.hvfd7.com

Owned & Operated By H.V.F.D

MHBR No. 103

9:29 AM

Page 1

Thursday, July 22, 2010

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

A Special Olympian

Newsmakers

Zimmerman Goes to National Competition in Nebraska

By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer Kegan Zimmerman has definitely hit the big time, marching with 3,600 athletes from 48 states on July 17 at the national Special Olympics games, which are being held at the University of Nebraska’s sports center through this weekend. But it has been a rough journey for Kegan, 23, from Callaway, a St. Mary’s County native who struggled to overcome a serious seizure disorder and the mental and physical trials that have come with it. “I’ve had seizures since I was two years old, and I was having so many seizures that I was out for like eight hours,” he said. The seizures also led to Todd’s paralysis, a disorder that causes temporary paralysis after grand mal seizures that can become permanent over time. It was because of this that his parents, Jason and Mia Zimmerman, decided to go

through with a risky surgery, removing 25 percent of Kegan’s brain to alleviate the seizures. The operation saved Kegan’s life, but school became a struggle for him as he tried to adjust to his new head. “Some teachers told me to drop out of school, he said, “but I tried to hang tough and I got my diploma in 2007.” That was also when he said he started competing in Special Olympics, combining his natural drive to compete with his love for sports like bowling, basketball and cycling. This year Kegan’s long hours of training have him competing in bowling at the national games, but his father and coach Jason said he’s fond of many sports. “He does cycling, he does golf, he does skiing, snowshoeing, and all kinds of sports. But for nationals you just get to do one event and he got selected to do bowling,” said Jason, going on to comment on Kegan’s long journey to the top. “It’s just awesome seeing where he was to where he is now, and every day is a fine day. The opening ceremonies were great, too. I don’t think his eyes could have gotten any wider.” Kegan has been taking culinary arts classes off and on at the College of Southern Maryland, going through kitchen training to get certified to work in the restaurant industry. He said his dream is to be a professional chef, and one day to own his own restaurant. For now though Kegan said he’s both honored and excited to be competing in the national Special Olympics in Nebraska, and he was honored to be in the presence of so many great people at the opening ceremonies on Saturday

night. “It was just unbelievable. There was Jar of Clay (the band) … and a couple of American Idol winners, and there were movie guys from TBS … there were just so many famous people out there,” he said, laughing. “I really hope I do well. I’m just really excited.” The County Times will offer an update on how Kegan did at this year’s national Special Olympics competition in Nebraska in a future issue. To find out more about Special Olympics, go to www.specialolympics.org.

Adopt A Pet! “Hi, my name is Henry and I’m an adorable six year old male DSH. I was a stray that found myself in the local kill shelter where my laid back personality soon gathered quite an employee following, quickly becoming a shelter favorite. I’m quite a guy and you have to meet me in person to appreciate my charisma. Now, I’m looking for someone loving just like YOU to give me the home I deserve! I’m up to date on vaccinations, neutered, litter box trained, crate trained and identification micro chipped. For more information, please call SECOND HOPE RESCUE at 240-925-0628 or email katmc@secondhoperescue.org. Please Adopt, Don’t Shop!”

Fabulous Hors D’oeuvres • Bountiful Buffets Extravagant Desserts Music • Dancing • Open Bar The Cancer Crusade Celebration of Life Gala is a benefit to raise funds for the fight against cancer. It is sponsored by the Calvert County Unit of the American Cancer Society, Rod ‘N’ Reel Restaurant, and many other generous sponsors. The support of every individual and business is important to our fundraising effort. TICKETS $125 – Advanced Sales $150 – Day of the Event (no admittance without a ticket) Tickets are on sale at any Calvert County Community Bank of Tri-County branch, at Rod ‘N’ Reel Restaurant, and online at www.RodNReelCancerGala.org.

For More Information, Please Contact Travel Leaders www.travelleaders.com/greatmillsmd • (301) 863-6012

ROUND-TRIP BUS TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE Please call Reid’s Bus Service at 410-535-3415 for schedule. For more information, please call 410-257-2735 ext. 108, 109, or 171 or visit us at www.RodNReelCancerGala.org

The County Times

Mille Mercis

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Beat the heat at the JumpYard Indoor Inflatable Play and Party Center for children ages 2-10.

‘A Thousand Thank-Yous’

To our Loyal Customers and Local Growers Celebrating 10 years of employing local people, buying local products & keeping the dollars local for the health and vibrancy of our community!

ClassiC Country FrenCh Dining In a casual, relaxing atmosphere

CheF - owneD & operateD Loïc & Karleen Jaffres

Lunch: Tues - Fri: 11 am - 2 pm Closed Mondays

Dinner: Tues - Sat: 5 pm - 9 pm Sunday: 11 am - 8 pm

Sat, July 24th ~ DownTown Tunes on the Square! Fri & Sat, Aug 7th & 8th ~ BIG FIRST FRIDAY EVENT “Dishing up Maryland” Book signing, samples of Cafe Oysters & more!

BEACH PART Y SATURDAY!

Entertainment, Al Fresco dining & sooooo much more!

July 25th - August 8th ~ Visit the Savor St. Mary’s Website and check out the “Cool Giveaways” and lots more! www.savorstmarys.com

Millison Plaza

21703-C Great Mills Rd. Lexington Park, MD 20653 (Just outside of NAS Patuxent River, Gate 2)

301-863-3388

$1.00 off

reguLAr ADmIssIon with this coupon

Bounce ALL DAY for $6.50!

Hours:

Monday: Closed Tues & Thurs: 10am – 2pm Wed: 10am - 7pm Fri – Sat: 10am – 8pm Sunday: 11 am – 6pm

www.thejumpyard.com OU DID Y ? RALEY’S HOME FURNISHINGS HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR: HEAR

IMMEDIATE FLOOR SAMPLE SELL-OFF TO MAKE WAY FOR TRUCKLOADS OF NEW FURNITURE ARRIVING !!!

ITʼS THE GREATEST MONEY-SAVING EVENT IN RALEYʼS HISTORY! SAVE LIKE NEVER BEFORE ON: COMPLETE BEDROOM/LIVING ROOM/DINING ROOM SETS • MATTRESS SETS • CHAIRS • SOFAS RECLINERS • GENUINE LEATHER FURNITURE • ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS • LOVESEATS

EVEN NEW STILL-IN-THE-CARTON FURNITURE MUST BE SOLD AT FLOOR SAMPLE PRICES!!

************************************** As a Grand Finale to the Savor St. Mary’s Restaurant Week, on Wednesday, August 11th, Cafe des Artistes will have a ‘Sip,

Sample & Savor Local Products, Local Wine & Local Flavor’ WINE DINNER! Seating will be limited, so make your reservation now! 41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown, MD • 301-997-0500 Website: cafedesartistes.ws • Email: cafedesartistes@somd.us

off selling or lo many f from s e sampl ns ocatio both l

SOME PRICES AT, NEAR, EVEN

BELOW COST

HURRY IN! THE BEST OF THE BEST GO TO THE FIRST ONES IN THE DOOR!

WALDORF - Route 301 & Holly Ln 301-843-0000 LEX PK - 21716 Great Mills Road 301-863-8181 Stores open 10 am to 7 pm Monday thru Saturday

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

County Officials Spied at Port of Leonardtown Jam Session By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer

L ibrary

Wine lovers joined musicians and others at the Port of Leonardtown Winery on Sunday for an impromptu jam session with about a dozen local musicians, including some county officials who had heard about the event by word of mouth. “It just happened by word of mouth, and no advertising at all,” said Leonardtown Mayor J. Harry Norris as he sipped his wine. “15 years ago this place was an abandoned shell, and nobody ever thought it could be brought back, but here we are … and this is exactly what we’re going for with this place.” “It’s very nice,” said Larry Jarboe, who had helped haul equipment for some of the other musicians there that day, playing bass guitar with the group before retreating to his spot in the shade to listen to the music in relative comfort. When asked about his musical influences, Jarboe smiled and said he listened to all genres. As far as who had influenced his own tastes on bass, he said Jamie Jamersson was his favorite. “James Jamerson was a great bass player who did most of the Motown hits … he was the one that really defined that genre,” he said. “There will never be another Motown though.” “Sunday was just a lot of fun,” said Bob Schaller after the session, where he had performed with his band Geezer. “We had a 16 year-old and a 64-year-old making noise side by side, so how’s that for bringing people together.” Bill Mattingly, Board of Education Chair and candidate for County Commissioner, also showed up to the session, taking a break from the melee of campaigning to enjoy a Sunday in the sun. “I’m just staying cool,” he said, “and I’m really proud of what they’ve done with this place.”

Items

• Family movie offered at Charlotte Hall Families can beat the heat and enjoy a free movie at Charlotte Hall on July 23 at 2 p.m. This G rated movie set in Jazz Age-era of New Orleans is centered on a young girl named Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince. Snacks are provided. • Magic abounds at July 26 Professional Performance Joe Romano will bring books to life through the art of magic and illusion at the July 26 Professional Performances. 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 the library. This performance is made possible in part by a grant from St. Mary’s County Arts Council. • Library offers variety of free teen programs Teens can launch rockets, sink subs and make impossible objects float at the hands-on program, Splashdown Science, on July 22 at 2 p.m. at Lexington Park. Old clothes are recommended. Registration required. Teens will use their own photo to create a poster to learn advanced digital editing in a class offered at Leonardtown on July 23 at 1 p.m. or at Lexington Park on July 29 at 2 p.m. Registration is required. Teens can still register for a free drawing class taught by John Busby on July 24 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 at Lexington Park. The PG movie about a great white shark terrorizing residents of a community on the New York coast will be shown for teens on August 4 at 3 p.m. at Lexington Park. Snacks are provided.

Photo By Andrea Shiell

CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY

A Guide to Your Local Churches

BAHA’I FAITH

Going the Distance An Independent Baptist Church and Academy

BAHA’I FAITH “Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship”

Discussions every 3rd Friday, 7:30 pm 301-884-8764 • 1-800-22-UNITE or www.bahai.org

BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday School Worship Service Sunday Evening Wed. Prayer & Bible Study

10:00 am 11:00 am 7:00 pm 7:00 pm

…Making a Difference Golden Beach Rd. Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 • 301-884-8503 Robert W. Kyner, Pastor

CATHOLIC

GRACE CATHOLIC CHAPEL

(Meeting at Mechanicsville Elementary School) Pastor Carl Snyder Worship Service: 10:00 am Phone: 301-884-3504 • Website: www.gracechapelsomd.com John 8:32 Member of fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches

PRESBYTERIAN

St. Cecelia Church

Calvary Baptist Church 301 862-4435

Meeting at: Home Towne Center Conference Room Sunday School: 10 A.M. (2nd bldg. north of Naval Air Museum) Sunday Services: 11 A.M. & 6 P.M. 22196 Three Notch Rd. (Rt. 235) Lexington Park, MD Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer: 7 P.M.

HUGHESVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH A member of the Southern Baptist Convention 8505 Leonardtown Road, Hughesville, MD 20637 301-884-8645 or 301-274-3627 Pastor Keith Corrick Associate Pastor Kevin Cullins

10:30am 9:15 am 6:00 pm 7:00 pm

Virgil Mass: Sunday: Weekday (M-F): Confessions:

4:30 pm Saturday 8:00 am 7:30 am 3-4 pm Saturday

EPISCOPAL

St. John’s United Episcopal

North Sandgates Rd. (1/4 Mile in, on the left) Mechanicsville Traditional 1928 Prayerbook Services 10:00 am Sunday Father Joseph H. Dobson, Jr., Rector Father John Ayres, Assistant http://www.StJohnsUEC.org 301-373-3862 or StJohnsUEC@md.metrocast.net

UNITED METHODIST

Grace Chapel Offering worship and serving opportunities at… First Friendship campus – Ridge 9:00 am Traditional worshipc St George Island campus – Piney Point 9:45 am Children and Adult Sunday School 11:00 am Traditional worship St. Paul’s campus – Leonardtown 8:05 am Traditional worshipna 9:15 am Contemporary worshipnca(ASL Interpreted) 10:45 am Contemporary worshipnca 6:00 pm The Refinery (interactive worship)nc n – nursery provided c- children’s Sunday school also available a- adult Sunday school also available

47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429 St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 301-862-4600

Independent, Fundamental & KJV Bible-believing Home of 88.1 FM, All Christian Radio (mailing address & church office: 46365 Pegg Ln., Lexington Park, MD 20653)

• Sunday Morning Worship • Sunday School (all ages) • Sunday Evening Worship & Bible Study • Wednesday Discipleship Classes (Adults, youth & Children)

Victory

BAPTIST

Patuxent Presbyterian Church California, Maryland 301-863-2033

Rev Michael R. Jones, Senior Pastor 1 miles South of Thomas Johnson Bridge on Rt. 4

Sunday Morning Worship Services: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am With Nursery care Website: http://www.paxpres.org E-mail: ChurchOffice@paxpress.org

Running the 2nd & 4th Week of Each Month

www.firstsaints.org 301.475.7200

To Advertise in the Church Services Directory, Call The County Times at 301-373-4125

The County Times

Thursday, July 22

Friday, July 23

• 2 Annual Golf Tournament/Benefit Wicomico Shores Golf Course Check-in begins at 8 a.m. Putting Contest starts at 8:15 a.m. Cost is $75 per player. Includes greens fees, cart, beverages on the course and lunch. Tournament format is Captain’s Choice. The tournament will feature a vehicle donated by Winegardner Motor Company as the Hole-In-One prize, gifts for men and women closest to the pin, longest drive, putting contest winners, first, second and third place teams and door prizes. Players may purchase Mulligan’s and 50/50 raffle tickets. A buffet lunch will be provided. If you do not play golf, you may sponsor a lunch for $400, a hole for $100, a golf cart for $75, a tee for $50, or be a business card sponsor for $20 All proceeds and donations will purchase equipment for St. Mary’s Nursing Center to care for residents. Donations are tax deductible. Make checks payable to SMNC Foundation and mail to P.O. Box 904, Leonardtown, MD 20650. For more information call Brenda Pruett at 240-298-5019.

• FOP Texas Hold’Em Tournament FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) – 7 p.m. For more information call 301-863-6007.

• Lexington Park Rotary Golf Tournament Breton Bay Golf Course (Leonardtown) – 11 a.m. Become a sponsor or put your own team together. Tee off is at noon. Proceeds from the event will be used to support local charities including student scholarships, dictionary distribution programs and energy assistance. To sponsor or register, contact J. Loughran at 301-475-6455, or email jane_loughran@smhwecare.com. • HVFD Carnival Hollywood Vol. Fire Department – 7 p.m. Rides, refreshments, games and more. Unlimited ride bracelets for $10. Treasure chest raffle on the last night of the carnival. All proceeds go to benefit the department. For more information, go to www.hvfd7.com. • St. Mary’s County Amateur Radio Association Meeting Naval Air Museum (Lexington Park) – 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. For more information go to http://www.qsl.net/smcara, or call Pat 301-994-9017. • $40 Hold’Em Tournament Donovan’s Pub (California) – 8 p.m.

• HVFD Carnival Hollywood Vol. Fire Department – 7 p.m. Rides, refreshments, games and more. Unlimited ride bracelets for $10. Treasure chest raffle on the last night of the carnival. All proceeds go to benefit the department. For more information, go to www.hvfd7.com. • Summerstock Production: “Cinderella” Great Mills High School (Great Mills Rd.) – 7 p.m. This year’s show will be Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” playing from July 23 – 25 & July 29 – August 1. Sunday evening shows begin at 5:00 p.m., all other evening shows begin at 7:00 p.m. Saturday matinee (July 31) will begin at 1:00pm. $14/adults, $12/senior citizens (60+), $6/children 10 & under. Matinee: $10/adults, $8/ senior citizens, $4/children. • River Concert Series: “Next Stop: Vienna!” St. Mary’s College (Historic St. Mary’s City) – 7 p.m. Jeffrey Silberschlag and the Chesapeake Orchestra welcome concertmaster, Jose Cueto, and celebrates Mahler’s 150th Birthday Anniversary with a performance of “Symphony No. 7.” Free. For more information, call 240-895-4107 or go to www.riverconcertseries.com. • Texas Hold’Em Tournament VFW Post 2632 (California) – 7 p.m. For more information or to preregister contact Brian at poker@ vfw2632.com or call 240-925-4000.

Saturday, July 24

• 3rd District Optimist Club “Luck Up Kids” Event St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds Auditorium (Leonardtown) – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Prominent citizens will get locked up in a makeshift jail and tried by a club judge. Fundraising event for Optimist Club. For more information call 301-475-2426. • Tidewater Archeology Weekend Historic St. Mary’s City – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Join archeologists screening for artifacts around Historic St. Mary’s City. Museum tours, excavations and lab tours. Admission. For more in-

formation call 240-895-4990 or visit www.stmaryscity.org. • Second Hope Rescue Pet Adoptions Petco (California) – 11 a.m. For more information, please call 240-925-0628 or email Lora@ SecondHopeRescue.org. To see our available animals, please visit www. SecondHopeRescue.org. • Cornhole Competition Cryer’s Back Road Inn (Leonardtown) – 4 p.m. The Moose Lodge Woman’s Softball Team is hosting a cornhole competition with a 50/50. Registration begins at 3:15 p.m. Cost is $10 per person. Cash prizes will go to 1st and 2nd place teams. • Downtown Tunes: Country Music Leonardtown Square (Washington Street) – 6 p.m. Free concert featuring the Jeff Miller Band and the Country Memories Band. There will be several local restaurants open, some with outdoor seating. Others should bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on. For more information call Robin Guyther at 301-904-4452. • No Limit Texas Hold’Em “Bounty” Tournament St. Mary’s County Elks Lodge (California) – 6 p.m. For more information contact the lodge at 301-863-7800, or Linda at 240-925-5697. • Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em Bennett Bldg, 24930 Old Three Notch Rd. (Hollywood) – 6 p.m. For more information call 240577-0240 or 240-286-7964. • HVFD Carnival Hollywood Vol. Fire Department – 7 p.m. Rides, refreshments, games and more. Unlimited ride bracelets for $10. Treasure chest raffle on the last night of the carnival. All proceeds go to benefit the department. For more information, go to www.hvfd7.com. • Summerstock Production: “Cinderella” Great Mills High School (Great Mills Rd.) – 7 p.m. • Concert: Women of Note St. Andrew’s Church (California) – 7:30 p.m. Women from Southern Maryland will play a concert of big band music followed by an ice cream social. Tickets are $5 each. Reservations recommended. Sponsored by the Sanford Concert Series (http://sanfordcon-

The Board of Directors of the Leonardtown Lions Club Have Been Elected for the 2010-2011 Year

Thursday, July 22, 2010 certseries.com). For more information go to http://www.smeco.coop/community/aroundtown/index.php.

Sunday, July 25 • Tidewater Archeology Weekend Historic St. Mary’s City – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Join archeologists screening for artifacts around Historic St. Mary’s City. Museum tours, excavations and lab tours. Admission. For more information call 240-895-4990 or visit www.stmaryscity.org. • FOP Texas Hold’Em Tournament FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) – 2 p.m. For more information call 301-863-6007.     • Texas Hold’Em “Big Game” Tournament Park Bingo Hall (California) – 2:30 p.m. To register email mbb88@aol. com or call 301-643-5573. No e-mail on the day of the event. • Summerstock Production: “Cinderella” Great Mills High School (Great Mills Rd.) – 5 p.m. • $35 No Limit Hold’Em Bennett Bldg, 24930 Old Three Notch Rd. (Hollywood) – 7 p.m. For more information call 240577-0240 or 240-286-7964. • HVFD Carnival Hollywood Vol. Fire Department – 7 p.m. Rides, refreshments, games and more. Unlimited ride bracelets for $10. Treasure chest raffle on the last night of the carnival. All proceeds go to benefit the department. For more information, go to www.hvfd7.com.

Monday, July 26 • SMILE Livestock Show St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (Leonardtown) – 9 a.m. Admission is free to the public. For a full schedule of events go to www.SMILE-Inc.org. • No Limit Texas Hold’Em “Bounty” Tournament St. Mary’s County Elks Lodge (California) – 7 p.m. For more information contact the lodge at 301-863-7800, or Linda at 240-925-5697. • No Rake Hold’Em Tournament Donovan’s Pub (California) – 8 p.m.

Tuesday, July 27 • SMILE Livestock Show

St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (Leonardtown) – 9 a.m. Admission is free to the public. For a full schedule of events go to www.SMILE-Inc.org. • CSM Twilight Performance Series: Alegria College of Southern Maryland (Leonardtown) – 6:45 p.m. Alegria, a Latin jazz trio, will close out the 2010 season of CSM’s Twilight Performance Series. Bring a picnic with a lawn chair or blanket (no alcoholic beverages permitted). Free. For more information call 301-9347828, 240-725-5499, 443-550-6199, or 301-870-2309, Ext. 7828, or go to www.csmd.edu/Arts. • $35 No Limit Hold’Em Bennett Bldg, 24930 Old Three Notch Rd. (Hollywood) – 7 p.m. For more information call 240577-0240 or 240-286-7964. • $25 Texas Hold’Em Tournament Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 7:30 p.m. For more information call Christine at 443-624-2726.

Wednesday, July 28 • Presentation: Medicare Over Breakfast Am. Legion Post 221 (Ridge) – 8 a.m.* Find out how to save money on Medicare Part D drug costs by attending this free presentation. To apply for Medicare programs at the event, bring verification of all income and assets such as social security, pensions, bank accounts, CDs and IRAs, tax returns and any other relevant information. For more information or to register, contact the Department of Ageing at 301-475-4200, ext. 1064. • 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. • FOP Texas Hold’Em Tournament FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) – 7 p.m. For more information call 301-863-6007.     • Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em Bennett Bldg, 24930 Old Three Notch Rd. (Hollywood) – 7 p.m. For more information call 240577-0240 or 240-286-7964. *CALL TO CONFIRM Light Opera Company of Southern Maryland

THE MAGIC FLUTE July 31, 7:00 p.m. Aug. 1, 4:00 p.m.

St. John Vianney Famil y Life Cent er Submitted Photo

From left to right: Past King Lion Charlie Breck, Lions-Kennedy Abell, Carolyn Weiler, Robin Guyther, Mike Mummaugh, Frank Nuhfer, Joe Dunn, George Kirby, Bob Schaller, Mike Filby and King Lion Gil Moore. Not present: Mike Payne.

Gen. Admission $25 Students, Seniors, Military $20 For reservations call

410-586-1371

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

A Journey Through Time The

Chronicle

By Linda Reno Contributing Writer This is the last of three articles about children and teenagers of St. Mary’s County who were apprenticed to others to learn a skill or trade. Too often, they were the poorest of the poor, living in the County’s workhouse, but not always. On March 15, 1802 Elizabeth Bond

apprenticed her son Charles Bond to Wilfred Nottingham, house joiner and carpenter, for four years ending January 1, 1806. Elizabeth specified that Nottingham was not to carry Charles any further than Washington, D.C. or Alexandria without her permission. Charles M. Bond, born 1787, was the only child of Elizabeth Attaway Reeder by her second husband, Thomas Bond. Elizabeth had been married first to Rev. John Stephen, a native of Scotland, who died in 1784. Her second marriage to Thomas

Wanderings of an

Aimless

Min

A Chance to Breathe By Shelby Oppermann Contributing Writer Last week, I took one morning to drive down to the Leonardtown Wharf. It was still fairly early and mist was rising above the water. Trees on the other side of Breton Bay had mist hovering between them. Given that it was a grey, dreary day as well seemed to fit my mood. The saving grace was a lively, cooling breeze - something we have felt very little of lately. At times the breeze seemed to take my breath away, the next moment it filled me with energy. I walked around the pier that cleverly winds it’s way over the marsh and out over Breton Bay, found a spot and sat down on the cool, but somewhat damp wood. The breeze was wonderful, and the view like a post card. A few people jogged or walked by; everyone lost in their own thoughts, or gazing out at the water. The fisherman down at the brick compass looked to be enjoying his solitary morning too. I took my sandals off and relaxed. I wrote, I drew, I thought. After a bit, I got up and meandered down the rest of the pier, leaving my shoes off to enjoy the damp wood and then the heat off the compass. I felt the temperature changes between the red and white bricks which make up the design surrounding the flag pole. In my mind, I treated the compass as you would a labyrinth; walking the intricate path and concentrating on each step. I wound my way out of the compass and continued down the concrete path, still barefoot enjoying the sensation. Informative, and beautifully designed historical markers are set along the path. They chart the history of the Wharf through the founding of “Bretton’s Bay” to steamship and floating theatre days, to well-known Leonardtown citizens over the years. The postcard views I had thought of were here. I was in need of this kind of morning; wanting time to think about my sweet Aunt Honey who was at Walter Reed Hospital for most likely the last time. I had been going up to the hospital now for most of the last two weeks, either with my oldest brother, sons, my husband, or by myself. Aunt Honey made it to 80 on the 2nd, and by the 5th, she was back in the hospital. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in both lungs earlier this year, not even having smoked in at least 40 years. We knew she had limited time because of the cancer, but like my Mother it wouldn’t be the

cancer that killed her. Infections worked their way into both of their bodies. Memories of our last telephone conversations flooded my thoughts. Aunt Honey somehow always put the focus on you, no matter how bad she felt. “Aunt Honey, how are you feeling?” “Well, Sheb, I’m losing weight, but no one seems to know why, I keep telling them I think I have cancer, but I have no pain – doing pretty good, How are you – how are your hands. Are the boys doing well?” I’d tell her something funny just to hear her laugh. Aunt Honey wasn’t a big lady - five feet tall, but her laughter filled a room. She never asked or wanted much more from life than her family. She wanted a family reunion at her home, which never came about. The only thing she had ever asked for. She was so positive and inspirational. Even in her last days in the hospital, she was surprising us. Every time we thought her soul had left her body and no responses could be detected, the next day we’d come in and her eyes would be open, and she would squeeze your hand or try to mouth words to us. We never could make out what she was trying to communicate. From some of her looks and her pointing finger, we all kind of thought she was trying to tell us to quit staring at her and get away from the bed. The only words I was able to make out were when I left one evening and said “I love you Aunt Honey.” And she mouthed “I love you too” very precisely. I treasure that. In the middle of finishing my column this morning, I got the call from my cousin Race that Aunt Honey had passed at 6:30 a.m. We knew when we left last night that this might be her last night. In the afternoon, the doctors removed most of the main life support equipment, and she was moved from SICU to the more hospice-like 7th floor. Over the two weeks, Aunt Honey had had her reunion - not in the way she would have liked, but we came. Race was present at her last quiet breath. All the days of gasping for breath have now passed. I feel as if her struggle is over, and she finally has a chance to breathe. To each new day’s journey, Shelby Please send comments or ideas to: shelbys. wanderings@yahoo.com.

The name for Oz in the “Wizard of Oz” was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence “Oz.” Bond, Jr. (son of Thomas Bond and Cecelia Brown) was not a happy one. The April 26, 1792 edition of the Maryland Gazette contained a notice posted by Thomas Bond that his wife had left him and he would not be responsible for her debts. In October of the same year, Elizabeth petitioned the St. Mary’s County Orphan’s Court asking that the guardianship of her Stephen children by taken out of the hands of Thomas Bond. Nevertheless, Charles must have completed his apprenticeship and at the time of the 1850 census his occupation was given as carpenter. On February 6, 1808 Charles married Jane Howard, daughter of Joseph and Mary Howard. He also served in the War of 1812. He was deceased by October 15, 1868 when an article appeared in the newspaper that his name had been stricken from the list of votes from the 4th District. In 1804 Thomas Greenwell apprenticed three of his sons (by his first wife, Eleanor Abell). Lewis (to be 21 on June 13, 1806) was sent to John Neale, hat maker; William F. (age not given, but was bound for three years) was sent to Joseph

un Fact

Mattingly, brick maker; and Thomas James (to be 16 on December 21 next) was sent to Philip Greenwell to learn making, burning, and laying brick. William F. Greenwell’s apprenticeship was ended by his father and Joseph Mattingly on February 11, 1806. Lewis Greenwell married first, Ann Mary “Polly” Heard on January 16, 1809 and second, Mary Ann Mills on May 24, 1817. He served in the War of 1812 and according to his pension application he was a hatter. Lewis moved his family to Union County, Kentucky about 1822 where he died April 11, 1843. William Francis Greenwell married, first, Elizabeth Heard, sister of Ann Mary “Polly” Heard (daughters of Edmund Heard and Winifred Mills) on January 18, 1916. His second wife was Julianna Floyd whom he married May 8, 1827. He too served in the War of 1812. William was an innkeeper. He died here on December 27, 1849. Thomas James Greenwell married Elizabeth T. Floyd, sister of Julianna Floyd (daughters of Jesse Floyd and his fourth wife, Elizabeth Taylor) January 5, 1820. Thomas James died November 14, 1826 leaving “a mournful widow.”

Book Review Photo Courtesy of Helen Carroll Beavers Patterson

“Trouble in Troublesome Creek” by Nancy Kelly Allen, illustrated by K. Michael Crawford

c.2010, Red Rock Press

$16.95 / $19.95

By Terri Schlichenmeyer Contributing Writer Where is your favorite place to play? Maybe you have a playhouse out in the back yard, or a secret spot where adults are not so welcome. Perhaps there’s a basketball court or set of swings that you’d visit every day if you could. Or maybe you like your room best, or a certain spot on the sofa. No matter where it is, nobody better mess with your spot. In the new book “Trouble in Troublesome Creek” by Nancy Kelly Allen, illustrated by K. Michael Crawford, somebody was killing fish in the Gang’s best summertime play spot, and James and his friends needed to make it stop. Every day during summer vacation, James and his friends Liz, Dean, Sallie, and Carolyn went to Troublesome Creek to ride on the ooh-ah rope that swung over the creek and to splash in the icy cool water. Troublesome Creek was their favorite place to play. But one morning – eeeuuuwww – the creek was full of dead fish. Gross. Who could have done such an awful thing? Aunt Pearl, who always seemed to be gardening nearby, said it was a mystery. So did every other adult in town, when the Gang went around asking. Since it wasn’t a good idea to swim in a creek filled with icky dead fish, James decided one day to take a dry ride on the ooh-ah rope. He swung out and yelled “Ooooooohhh!” and let go. The gang hollered, “Ahhhhh” as he landed on the other

Canada 32 pages

side of the creek and right near a big pile of rocks. The rocks spilled into the creek and as they did, James spotted an old cave. He peeked inside. And after Carolyn found a flashlight, the kids entered… Eeeeeeuuuuwww, the cave was filled with bats, and they flew all around and sent shivers down James’ spine. But there was something else in the cave that interested the Gang very much: nearly covering the floor of the cave were hundreds of strange old metal rocks. The kids took some of the rocks to the Troublesome Creek Museum, where they learned an amazing, historical surprise that solved the mystery and made their summer even better. Got a kid who loves the season? Of course you do, and that kid is going to love this perfect summertime book, too. Author Nancy Kelly Allen’s words and the colorful drawings by K. Michael Crawford both evoke a wonderful, carefree time when kids could wander freely, and a swimmin’ hole and a strong rope swinging over the water were all they needed to enjoy a perfectly gorgeous day. With that in mind, a lot of grown-ups will be awfully nostalgic when reading this book aloud or just for a look-see, even though “Trouble in Troublesome Creek” is very definitely a book for 6-to-9-year-olds. If your child believes that summer vacation isn’t long enough and the school year comes too soon, then having this book on your shelf can extend the season. For them, the fun in “Trouble in Troublesome Creek” is spot-on.

The County Times The County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature! To submit art or band information for our entertainment section, e-mail andreashiell@countytimes.net.

‘Making It’ With Hate the Toy Scanning interview tapes with the members of the local band Hate the Toy can be kind of maddening for the simple fact that one member can’t answer a question without ripping on another member, at times so mercilessly that the conversation devolves into wailing laughter. It’s like a frat party with musical instruments, but as vocalist Dave Spencer said before the band’s performance at Apehangers Bar in Bel Alton on Saturday, they wouldn’t have it any other way. “We don’t really take ourselves that seriously,” he said, “and you probably won’t be able to print most of this.” They do take the music seriously, however, playing their blend of 70s rock, 80s metal, 90s alternative and newer classics by the likes of Linkin Park and Buckcherry. And they may not be the only band covering Guns ‘N’ Roses, but they do make it sound pretty good. Joined by guitarists Don Bragunier and Pat Courter, bassist Phil Mahoney and drummer Greg Menke, “we’re basically a hair metal band without the hair,” said Dave, laughing. Spencer himself caught the singing bug rather early, first performing a song he refused to name at a talent show in grade school. “I just started singing along with records when I was six or seven years old, like The Band, The Who, Credence Clearwater Revival, just things my parents listened to,” he said, going on to add that he never missed a chance to play some of the louder, cruder records in his collection, often to his parents’ chagrin. “The first song I played was the last part of Free Bird, and the last song I learned was something pretty obscure … it was some old blues song but I can’t remember the name of it,” said Courter, who tends to switch off between lead guitar, rhythm guitar and key-

boards during the band’s sets. Mahoney, like most bassists, started out by playing guitar when he was 12, later moving on to bass at the age of 14 or 15 with a neighborhood band, mastering a playful swagger in the process. Drummer Greg Menke said that there was a time when Hate the Toy was heavy on the Baltimore circuit, but after several years together they are more or less part timers now, playing most of their shows in the southern stretches of the state. “I’ve played with lots of people, and some have gone up and some have gone down.

• Fair Warning Irish Pub Band CJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 5 p.m. • Dave Norris DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m. • Open Mic Night (NEW) Chef’s American Bistro (California) – 6:30 p.m. • DJ Chris 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. • Mike Leverone Crossing at Casey Jones (La Plata) – 9:30 p.m.

Friday, July 23 • Dave Norris DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

Photo By Andrea Shiell

Some have even gone to California to make their dreams come true, and it didn’t happen,” he said, “but some have made it.” Like many rock bands, Hate the Toy fashioned their name on a personal note, though the person who came up with the name is no longer playing with the band. “[Our bassist] had this guy who was a facility guy that he worked with who called himself ‘the toy’ so I’d get emails saying things like ‘the toy is in the building’,” said Bragunier, “so that’s how it started. We all hated the toy.” When all is said and done, the question of whether Hate the Toy will “make it” naturally depends on the listener’s point of view. As musicians, they sound practiced enough. But as performers, it’s their passion (and humor) that makes them stand out the most. So their next gig may be the only thing they really need to “make it” to. Hate the Toy is playing next at Murphy’s Pub in Bryans Road on August 6. For more information on the band and a look at their whole performance schedule, go to www. hatethetoy.com. Photo By Andrea Shiell

We post nightlife events happening in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties. To submit an event for our calendar, email andreashiell@countytimes.net. Deadline for submissions is Monday by 5 p.m.

• Fair Warning Irish Pub Band Donovan’s Pub (California) – 5 p.m. • AfterDeck Party – Live Music Isaac’s Restaurant (Holiday Inn, Solomons) – 6 p.m. • Jim & Kathy Catamaran’s (Solomons) – 6:30 p.m. • Randy Richie (jazz piano) Café des Artistes (Leonardtown) – 6:30 p.m.* • DJ/Line Dancing Hotel Charles (Hughesville) – 7:30 p.m. • Country Music Jam Session St. Mary’s Landing (Charlotte Hall) – 8 p.m.

• DJ Chris Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m. • Ladies DJ Dance Night Hula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m. • Three Day Ride Sea Breeze (Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m.* • Kajun Kelley O’Donnell Lake Restaurant Park (Waldorf) – 8:30 p.m. • Absinthe Murphy’s Pub (Bryans Road) – 9 p.m. • Impact South Ridge (Ridge) – 9 p.m.

• Randy Richie (jazz piano) Café des Artistes (Leonardtown) – 6:30 p.m.* • Bent Nickel Toot’s Bar (Hollywood) – 7 p.m. • Jennifer Ann Cooper Band (jazz) Ruddy Duck Brewery (Solomons) – 7 p.m. • Karaoke Night OCI Pub (Piney Point) – 8 p.m. • Lee Travers & the Music Protection Program Westlawn Inn (North Beach) – 8 p.m.

• Karaoke Club 911 (Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m.

• “Big” Al Goodwin & Seaton Smith (comedy) Holiday Inn (Solomons) – 8:30 p.m.

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

• Ozone Trolley Jake & Al’s Chophouse (Lusby) – 8:30 p.m.

• No Green JellyBeenz Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (Lusby) – 9 p.m.

• Backstage Pass Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (Lusby) – 9 p.m.*

• Ozzy Osborne Tribute Band Gilligan’s Pier (Newburg) – 9 p.m. • Karaoke Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9:30 p.m. • After Hours Lounge (Live Music/DJ) Chef’s American Bistro (California) – 10 p.m.

Saturday, July 24 • Denny Grizzle Gilligan’s Pier (Newburg) – 2 p.m. • Fair Warning Irish Pub Band DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m. • Downtown Tunes: Jeff Miller Band/ Country Memories Band Leonardtown Square (Washington Street) – 6 p.m.

• DJ Blacky Lexington Lounge (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m. • Karaoke w/ DJ Tommy T and DJ T Applebee’s (California) – 9 p.m. • Sum-Bich Memories (Waldorf) – 9 p.m. • TK421 Gilligan’s Pier (Newburg) – 9 p.m. • Car 54 Crossing at Casey Jones (La Plata) – 9:30 p.m. • Impact/Locked-nLoaded Beach Cove (Chesapeake Beach) – 9:30 p.m. • Moe Stringz & NSA Apehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 9:30 p.m. • After Hours Lounge (Live Music/DJ) Chef’s American Bistro (California) – 10 p.m.

n O g n Goi

What’s

By Andrea Shiell Staff Writer

Thursday, July 22

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Sunday, July 25 • Down River Band Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (Lusby) – 2 p.m. • Middle Ground Sea Breeze (Mechanicsville) – 3 p.m. • Snakebite Toot’s Bar (Hollywood) – 3 p.m. • John Luskey Gilligan’s Pier (Newburg) – 4 p.m.

Monday, July 26 • Mason Sebastian DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m. • Open Mic Night Scott’s II (Welcome) – 7 p.m.

Tuesday, July 27 • Fair Warning Irish Pub Band DB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m. • Dave & Kevin Ruddy Duck Brewery (Solomons) – 7 p.m. • Open Mic Night Martini’s Lounge (White Plains) – 9 p.m.*

Wednesday, July 28 • Fair Warning Irish Pub Band 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. • Karaoke Night St. Mary’s Landing (Charlotte Hall) – 7:30 p.m. • Open Mic Night Hula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m. • Wolf’s Blues Jam Beach Cove Restaurant (Chesapeake Beach) – 8 p.m. *CALL TO CONFIRM

For family and community events, see our calendar in the community section on page 24.

In Entertainment

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Business

The County Times

Directory CASH PAID

All Cars, Trucks, Buses & ALL other Scrap Metal. Free Removal. Same Day Pick-Up. Call (240) 299-1430

$$$$$$$$

Call to Place Your Ad: 301-373-4125

Phone 301-884-5900 1-800 524-2381

Phone 301-934-4680 Fax 301-884-0398

Cross & Wood

AssoCiAtes, inC. Serving The Great Southern Maryland Counties since 1994 Employer/Employee

Primary Resource Consultants Group & Individual Health, Dental, Vision, AFLAC, Life, Long Term Care, Short & Long Term Disability, Employer & Employee Benefits Planning

12685 Amberleigh Lane La Plata, MD 20646

28231 Three Notch Rd, #101 Mechanicsville, MD 20659

Law Offices of

P.A. Hotchkiss & Associates Since 1987

WHERE YOUR LEGAL MATTER-MATTERS

Heating & Air Conditioning

Auto Accidents – Criminal – Domestic Wills – Power of Attorney DWI/Traffic – Workers’ Compensation

“THE HEAT PUMP PEOPLE” 30457 Potomac Way Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 Phone: 301-884-5011

301-870-7111 1-800-279-7545 www.pahotchkiss.com

Serving the Southern Maryland Area Accepting All Major Credit Cards

301-866-0777

Pub & Grill 23415 Three Notch Road California Maryland

www.dbmcmillans.com

237 Days Till St. Patrick’s Day Entertainment All Day

Est. 1982

snheatingac.com

Lic #12999

301-737-0777

Deadlines for Classifieds are Tuesday at 12 pm. To Place a Classified Ad, please email your ad to: classifieds@countytimes.net or Call: 301-373-4125 or Fax: 301-373-4128 for a price quote. Office hours are: Monday thru Friday 8am - 4pm. The County Times is published each Thursday.

Classifieds Real Estate 17.2 acres For Sale in Accokeek, MD. This is a beautiful piece of property loacated in the heart of Accokeek. 15.2 acres cleared, 2.3 acres wooded. Public water, sewer and electric.No floodplains, special exceptions etc. Clean DEED and Title. Zoned RA (residential agriculture) permitted uses ( church or place of worship, farm, horse ranch, residential homesites). Subdividable into lots. Price: $475,000. Call 301-778-3122. Nice 2 story home with full finished basement apartment. This home is located in a cul-d-sac close to the Meadow Lake Pond. The home has a formal living & dining room. Kitchen has upgraded appliances to include a gas counter top stove with grill and a built in oven. Kitchen has nook for kitchen table and a family room next to that. The upstairs has a Jacuzzi bath with master bedroom and 2 other good sized bedrooms with 1 hall bath. This home has an additional generator that operates sump pumps and both upstairs and downstairs refridgerators and lights in case of a power outage. Great neighborhood. Owner is anxious to sell. Email bandymar@hotmail.com or call 814-282-8622. Current tenant in basement apartment for additional income for qualified buyer. Price: $289,900.

Real Estate Rentals 2 Bedroom 2 Bath. This mobile home uses gas for cooking and heating. Please call (vs. e-mailing) Jimmy at (240) 538-8772 for an immediate response. A one year leas a must. Please no pets and no secion 8s. Recent rental history from a legitimate rental company is preferred. Rent: $750. This partially furnished apartment offers its own covered porch ,private entrance, stackable washer/dryer, Micowave, refridgerator and tv (including cable) in a water privleged community. We are looking for a non smoking, professional female person with NO pets. Call 410-610-8296 for an appointment. Rent: $850. 3 bedroom house near Potomac River and public wharf in Colton’s Point. Quiet and private with plenty of parking, large yard, unfinished level walkout basement, remodeled kitchen, central a/c and heat, cable hookup. No smoking and small pet only with additional security deposit. Note: garage on property not included. $1400/month. Call Tom at 240 409-5089 (if no answer, please call 301 293-4217 to leave message).

Help Wanted

CHURCH FINANCIAL SECRETARY Prime Rib • Seafood • Sunday Brunch Banquet & Meeting Facilities 23418 Three Notch Road • California, MD 20619 www.lennys.net

Leonardtown Baptist Church is seeking a church financial secretary. This will be a part time position up to 32 hours per week. The position requires a college degree or commensurate work experience. Proficiency with Quickbooks accounting software is necessary. Compensation starts at $18.29 per hour plus a benefits package that includes retirement. A complete job description can be found at www.lbcmd.org.

Please mail resumes to: Leonardtown Baptist Church Attn: PMT P.O. Box 1757 Leonardtown, MD 20650

Important The County Times will not be held responsible for any ads omitted for any reason. The County Times reserves the right to edit or reject any classified ad not meeting the standards of The County Times. It is your responsiblity to check the ad on its first publication and call us if a mistake is found. We will correct your ad only if notified after the first day of the first publication ran.

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

ner

e i d d i K Kor

CLUES ACROSS 1. Doctors’ group 4. WordPerfect’s home 8. Physiques (slang) 10. Exaggerate 13. Lined up for review 14. Smartly 15. Insert mark 17. Space above the ground 18. Tobacco smoke residue 19. Largest Syrian city 21. Prescribed amounts 24. Any large organization 26. Actress ___ Taylor 27. Affirmative votes 28. A brother or sister 29. Package (abbr.) 30. A long narrow cut 32. Language of Laotians 33. The Oscars 39. Matadors 40. Sacred Egyptian beetle 42. Hill (Celtic) 43. Plural present of be 44. Benign muscle tumor

45. Impart motion to 48. Selfs 49. Many origins 50. Denoting two 51. Apply gold leaf 52. Midway between NE and E

CLUES DOWN

1. Manila hemp 2. Esprit de corps 3. Feels deep affection for 4. Dominates 5. Increase motor speed 6. Before 7. Fisher cats 9. Brushed 10. Miscelleaneous collections 11. Constituent fragment of rock 12. Norse God of War 14. SW Spanish port city

16 Yearly tonnage, abbr. 20. Blotted out 22. From pentane (Chemistry) 23. Command right 25. Women’s ___ movement (abbr.) 28. Surface of a solid figure 29. The cry made by sheep 30. A way of notching 31. Household god (Roman) 32. Hemodia_____: blood cleanings 33. Turn away from sin 34. Normal conventions 35. Academy of Country Music (abbr.) 36. Beamed out 37. Wind sock 38. Upolu island inhabitants 41. Swiss city on the Rhine 42. Price label 46. Japanese apricot 47. US language for the deaf

Last Week’s Puzzles Solutions

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Fro

The County Times

Th e

SPORTS DESK

Love Him or Hate Him, Steinbrenner Wanted To Win

By Chris Stevens Staff Writer He was generous on one end and tyrannical on the other. He believed in paying well but would make his employees earn that payday. George Steinbrenner may never be nominated for sainthood but the New York Yankee owner, who died last Tuesday at the age of 80, certainly was a man who wanted to put the best product on the field possible and it showed as the Yankees won seven World Series championships

during his tenure. While many felt he was over the top in his methods, Steinbrenner’s rise from middling shipping businessman to “The Boss” is one of America’s greatest business success stories. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Steinbrenner originally wanted to purchase his hometown Indians, but when that deal fell through, he turned his attention to the Yankees, an already storied franchise experiencing a down spell under the ownership of CBS. Leading a group of businessmen, Steinbrenner purchased the Yanks for 10 million

Quade Romps to Convincing Potomac Late Model Win By Doug Watson Potomac Speedway BUDDS CREEK – Mechanicsville’s Matt Quade prepared for the upcoming “Three State Flyers” series event next weekend in a big way as he dominated last Friday night’s action at Potomac Speedway. Ronnie DeHaven Jr. and Deane Guy were the original front row for the start of the event. However, after two aborted starts, Matt Quade found himself on the front row for the start of the 25-lap feature. At the drop of the green, Quade shot into the race lead with Daryl Hills in tow. Hills applied heavy pressure to Quade before retiring from the event on lap 11. 17-year old Kyle Hardy, who started 11th, then took up the chase and would get close to Quade on several occasions, but Quade was not to be denied as he would score his second Potomac Late Model feature win of the season piloting his Rocket No. 47. “I can’t thank my Dad and all the guys on the crew enough,” Quade stated. “The work hard on this race car and the results are starting to show.” A two-hour rain delay in the program drastically changed track conditions. “I think the rain helped us a little,” Quade said. “There was a nice cushion around the top of the track and I was able to lean on that and keep up my momentum.” Hardy would hang on to second, Dale Hollidge was third, Ronnie DeHaven took fourth and David Williams competed the top-five. Heats went to Williams and Jamie Lathroum.

In the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, Waldorf’s Kenny Moreland scored his second feature win of the season. Moreland drew the pole for the feature and made the most of his good fortune as he would eventually lead every lap of the event. Eighth-starting Kyle Lear took runner-up honors on the last lap, while Ed Pope settled for third, current point leader Derrick Quade was fourth and Winchester regular Leon Lloyd rounded out the top five. Tommy Wagner Jr. won the heat. In other action, Eric Erwin rolled to his second win of the season in the 20-lap Modified feature, Rusty Alton captured his first win of the season in the 25-lap championship event for the Hobby Stocks and John Hardesty annexed his second win of the season in the 20-lap Strictly Stock feature.

Late Model feature results (25 laps) 1. Matt Quade 2. Kyle Hardy 3. Dale Hollidge 4. Ronnie DeHaven Jr. 5. David Williams 6. Jamie Lathroum 7. Allan Brannon 8. Jeff Pilkerton 9. Deane Guy 10. Roland Mann 11. Daryl Hills 12. Barry Lear Sr.

Limited Late Model feature results (20 laps) 1. Kenny Moreland 2. Kyle Lear 3. Ed Pope 4. Derrick Quade 5. Leon Lloyd 6. Tommy Wagner Jr. 7. Chappy Knaack 8. Chuck Cox 9. Paul Cursey 10. PJ Hatcher

dollars (actually 8.8 when CBS re-acquired two parking lots from Steinbrenner) in 1973 and began building one of the greatest and most profitable sports empires in history. He was one of the first owners to openly embrace free agency in Major League Baseball, signing pitcher Jim “Catfish” Hunter and outfielder Reggie Jackson, who would become a Yankee legend for his heroic World Series performances. He was known for his hands-on style of ownership, only relenting in recent years to let general manager Brian Cashman build a new Yankee dynasty that won the World Series four out of five seasons in the late 90s and the year 2000. Away from baseball, Steinbrenner was a very charitable man in his adopted hometown of Tampa, Fla., giving away many full-ride college scholarships to many children in the Tampa Bay area as well as several large donations to the local Boys & Girls Clubs. There of course was a dark side to Steinbrenner’s competitive fire, one that earned him the distinction of being the only Major League owner suspended twice in his career. The first suspension occurred in 1974 after he plead guilty

to illegal contributions to Richard Nixon’s presidential campaign, the second in 1990 after Steinbrenner hired a known gambler to blackmail outfielder Dave Winfield, who Steinbrenner called “Mr. May” for his lack of clutch performances (Jackson was known as “Mr. October”). Steinbrenner was not shy about calling out his players, managers and front office people if he felt they weren’t trying their hardest or doing the best they could – even when those people seemed to be doing very well by MLB standards. Then again, that may very well be what made George Steinbrenner stand out among his contemporaries – the fact that he held his employees to a greater standard of excellence and would make sure they were up to the task. Even though he long claimed Tampa as his home, George Steinbrenner certainly was as New York as Frank Sinatra, and true to one of Ol Blue Eyes’ biggest hits, The Boss did it his way. Questions? Comments? Complaints? Send ‘em all to Chris at chrisstevens@countytimes. net.

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Leonardtown Football Program Will be Dressed to the Nines By Chris Stevens Staff Writer Leonardtown High School chose to stay within the staff in hiring a new head football coach, selecting long time staff member Michael Nines to lead the program. Nines has been a member of the Raider football staff for nine years, previously as defensive coordinator and offensive line coach. “I’m extremely excited about it and really optimistic,” Nines said Wednesday afternoon. “We’ve got a great group of kids to work with.” Nines replaces Anthony Pratley, who left Leonardtown in the spring to become offensive coordinator at Concordia University in Michigan. There will be changes as Nines plans to go to the Wing-T offense, a vastly different look from the Pistol Spread created by Pratley. Defensively, some kinks are being worked out, but Nines believes the fact that all the coaching staff staying intact helps. I feel like we can kind of continue on and make vast improvement because we’re all still together,” he said. “I feel very lucky because I’m not walking into a situation I don’t know anything about.”

Nines played his high school football at Central Bucks West High School, in Bucks County, PA where he was a member of four Quad A State Championship teams and team captain his senior year. He also played four years of football at the Coast Guard Academy where he was named Captain his senior year. Nines is a certified Mathematics teacher and will be teaching Math at Leonardtown High School. With practice starting in three weeks, Nines is ready for the challenging Southern Maryland Athletic Conference schedule and believes his team can achieve the goals he has set for them in 2010. “I think our goal is to make improvements, better our record from last year and just continue to better and more cohesive team,” he says. “We’re going to have to execute, we have to be perfect in everything we do and that’ll translate to wins. We’re going to be extremely vanilla but as long as we execute we’ll be successful.” chrisstevens@countytimes.net

Seahawk Swimmers Earn National Coaches Honor Evanston, Ill. – The executive director of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), Bob Groseth, released Wednesday afternoon the 2010 Scholar AllAmerica Team honors for the spring semester and the St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s swimming team found themselves on the list.

With a 3.36 GPA, St. Mary’s was one of 118 Division III women’s teams named as a 2010 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team. The Seahawks were one of three teams to represent the Capital Athletic Conference as Salisbury University (3.38 GPA) and Marymount (Va.) University (3.01 GPA) both made the cut. Since head coach Andre Barbins’ arrival in 1998, the Seahawk women’s team has made 13

Sabres Seek Midget-Level Players The Southern Maryland Sabres Hockey Club announces the formation of a Midget-level recreational hockey team for the 2010-2011 season. The Midget team includes players born in years 1992 through 1995. The rec hockey season begins in October and continues through February 2011 with an end-of-season tournament in early March. The team will play in the Capital Corridor Hockey League (CCHL). Cost: $ 800.00 includes 18 practices, 8 home games at the Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf (with 8 reciprocating games), monthly skills clinics and the end-of season CCHL tournament. (USA Hockey insurance & jerseys not

included.) Register online @ www.somdsabres.org. Please contact Jaime Cantlon, Sabres Rec Program Director at: recdirector@somdsabres.org

consecutive appearances as a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team. The CSCAA selects and honors teams as Scholar All-America Teams twice a year, once after each semester (Fall/Winter and Spring). To earn CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors, the team must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA (or converted on a 4.0 scale) for the semester.

Ryken Grad’s Skipper Sailing Crew

Registration is also available online for all Sabres recreational hockey teams: USA Hockey 2010-2011 age groups: Atoms 2004-2005 Mites 2002-2003 Squirts 2000-2001 PeeWee 1998-1999 Bantam 1996-1997 Midget 1992-1995

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 301-643-8992 or email grettongoalkeeping@gmail.com.

Photo By CDR Chris Gasiorek, Sailing Master, USMMA

Ryken 2010 graduate John Taylor Gregg, with shaved head, skippers a boatload of United States Merchant Marine Academy plebes across Long Island Sound in New York this week as part of July and August INDOC training. “J.T.” lettered in sailing and soccer during his Ryken years.

Tennis Briefs 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 JuneAugust. Must be a USTA member and have reached fifty (50) years of age prior to, or during, the 2010 calendar year. Contact MaiLiem 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. St. Mary’s College Tennis Clinics for beginners, intermediate, and advanced junior players will be held for two weeks. July 26th-July 29th from 6:00to 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.

Sp rts

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

St. Mary’s American Claims First District 7 Crown By Chris Stevens Staff Writer

equal parts offensive and pitching dominance, the latter courtesy of St. Mary’s Ryken graduate Stephanie Dameron, who struck out 11 hitWALDORF – In the previous 29 sum- ters in a complete game victory. Dameron gave mers of play, a St. Mary’s County Big League credit to her defense and the bats for backing softball team had never won the District 7 her up. Championship. “It’s really good to know you’re team is goMonday night at Robert Dean Stethem ing to help you out,” she said. Park, the 30th turned out to be the charm as She also got help from her manager. After the St. Mary’s American Force defeated the Dameron walked in a run to make the score 8Waldorf Heat in a dominant, six-inning 14-3 3 in the top of the sixth inning, Wood called triumph, claiming the District crown and end- a conference on the mound and wanted to talk ing their season with a record of 19-1, with 12 – but not about the bases-loaded situation. of those wins coming by run rule. “I asked the girls where we were going to “We made history tonight,” Force man- eat afterwards – we decided on Rita’s in Charager Monty Wood said. “The girls rally wanted lotte Hall,” Wood said without batting an eye. this. They worked well together and showed a “Whenever I go out to the mound, the girls are lot of spirit.” usually upset about what’s going on, so I just The Force won their championship with try and change the subject.” “It definitely calmed us down,” Dameron said. “When you walk in a run, other managers go to the mound and ask what’s wrong. That was cool of him to ask us that.” Offensively, the Force scored their Photo By Frank Marquart 14 runs on 10 hits, taking advantage of The Force became the first St. Mary’s County team to win the District 7 Big League Softball four Waldorf errors. “We have really good bats and we Championship. get hits when we need to,” said first base- World Series in Kalamazoo, Mich. and the “You wish you could carry 20 players inman Cheyenne Faunce, who reached Force are excited for the opportunity. stead of 15,” Dameron said. “We have a really base three times and scored three runs. “It’s exciting, we can’t wait to see the other good team and we’re going to do our best.” “We had a good team and we did very teams and see what we have on our hands,” well together.” Faunce said. chrisstevens@countytimes.net The score was tied at 1 after the first inning, but the Force quickly took control of the contest, with second baseman Large Free Joselynn Stewart’s two-run double in Weight Selection the bottom of the second proving to be the go-ahead hit. St. Mary’s poured it one from there, Circuit Training as Faunce, Jennifer Nagy, Tori Bradburn, Dameron, and Lauren Farifax Cardio Center drove in runs, with the final two coming on a Waldorf error with one out in the (New Plasma TV’s) bottom of the sixth to stop the game. The Force also placed six players CHOOSE FROM TWO GREAT SUMMER SPECIALS Aerobic on the District 7 all-star team that will Floor/Classes host the Big League softball regionals Photo By Frank Marquart next Thursday July 29. The winner of The Force’s Joselynn Stewart tosses the ball to first base the Waldorf bracket advances to the

SUMMER PROMOTION

3 MONTH MEMBERSHIP

during Monday’s District 7 softball championship game.

NO CONTRACT! NO LONG TERM COMMITMENT!

St. Mary’s County Softball Standings (For games through the week ending Sunday, July 18)

Men’s Slowpitch League 1. BRI 2. Hi Octane 3. Chaney’s 4. Green Door 5. Grid Iron Grill 6. Pax Bombers 7. Budweiser 8. American Legion 9. Bookkeeping By Blanche 10. VFW 2632

Women’s League 23-5 20-6 20-8 12-12 9-17 7-16 7-16 6-15 4-20 3-18

Young Men’s League 1. Seabreeze/BRI/Moose Lodge 2. Gary Gray’s Athletics 3. Cryers 4. Dew Drop inn 5. Quade’s Shockers 6. Flash Point 7. Captain Sam’s

15-1 16-2 16-3 16-7 10-10 4-15 3-20

Division 1 1. Somerville Insurance 2. Bud Light 3. Southern 4. Mix It Up 5. CCE

12-1 11-2 8-5 10-7 7-6

Division 2 1. Back Road Inn 2. Captain Sam’s 3. Anderson’s Bar 4. Bella Salon 5. Southern Maryland Physical Therapy

9-6 8-6 8-7 7-8 5-11

Division 3 1. ABC Liquors 2. Knockouts 3. Moose Lodge 4. Xtreme

7-8 6-7 4-11 0-17

139

JOIN FOR A STANDARD MEMBERSHIP AND PAY NO ENROLLMENT AND THE SUMMER IS FREE! YOU PAY $ 0 UNTIL SEPTEMBER!*

Spin Class

Group Exercise Child Care/ Kids Programs Personal Training

MECHANICSVILLE, MD 29020 Three Notch Rd. • Mechanicsville, M D 20659

Visit Us Online HTTP://WORLDGYM.SOMD.COM World Gym is a franchise of World Gym International. All facilities are independently owned & operat ed. This special is not valid at other locations. *Offers Expire 8/31/10.

Sp rts

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Mike Henderson

The Ordinary

Angler

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish By Keith McGuire Contributing Writer When fishermen have no great catches to talk about, they talk about the weather. “It’s was so hot yesterday that I cooked spare ribs on the back patio without using my grill.” “It’s so hot that the sunscreen I was using sizzled when it hit my skin.” But, the people who are getting out early or fishing late into the evenings are singing different songs. The fish are still out there and are biting.

Breaking fish can be found in every area of our region. Sometimes they are turning the water into foam and other times they just seem to tickle the surface. Sometimes they are covered up with birds hoping for a tiny morsel, and sometimes the birds are nowhere to be seen. These schools of breaking fish are often filled with feeding rockfish or bluefish, or a mix of both. Under the schools of breaking fish there are sometimes other surprises. Mike Henderson found one particular surprise under a school of breaking bluefish near Point No Point

when he caught a very nice red drum. Red drum and bluefish are the story of the week. Mike Henderson is not the only person who has been lucky enough to catch a red drum! Several reports have come to me of large red drum catches in our section of the Bay and smaller ones upriver on the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers by folks casting small spinner baits for white perch. A 15” red drum can be a real surprise when you’re expecting a 10” white perch! I want to remind you that we can’t keep red drum unless they are in a size slot between 18” and 27”. But, every red drum that you catch is eligible for a citation certificate from Maryland DNR, even if you let it go. If the fish is between 18 – 27 inches, the limit is one fish per person per day. If you’ve never eaten one, you will be in for a treat. The hard part is catching one big enough and small enough to keep. Most of the blue fish are the perfect size for eating: 15 – 19 inches. These fish are great table fare, and are the premier smoking fish on the Bay. If you decide to cook your bluefish, fillet and skin the fish, and then cut away the dark vein that runs down the length of the

fillet. Then fry it, bake it, grill it, or prepare it in any way that you prefer. It’s all good. If you want to smoke the fish, fillet it but leave the skin on. Prepare the fillet with your favorite smoking marinade and smoke it until most of the oil is gone. (Makes me hungry just talking about it!) Another good use of small blue fish is for flounder bait, but that’s a story for another time. So, if you’re having trouble with the hot weather, get up early and head out there! Or, check the weather forecast to make sure the thunderstorms are not around and fish the edge of darkness. Before you go in the morning, set a slab of spare ribs on a clean mat on your back patio so you will have a hot snack when you get home! 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.

Blue Crabs

Crabs Sweep Riversharks In Doubleheader

By Chris Stevens Staff Writer

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs doubled their winning pleasure Tuesday, sweeping the Camden Riversharks 1-0 and 8-2 in two seven innings games. One game was a make-up due to a rainout on Monday night. In the first game, second baseman Casey Benjamin provided the game’s lone run with an RBI single in the top of the sixth, scoring catcher Christian Lopez. Right-hander Joe Newby earned the win, allowing just three hits and striking out four batters in five innings of work. Ryan Speier and Jim Ed Warden pitched the final two innings, with Warden picking up his 16th save of the season, In the nightcap, the Crabs (8-4 early on

in the season’s second half) trailed 2-0 after three innings before scoring eight over the next three frames to pull away and sweep the twin bill. Shortshop Travis Garcia and first baseman Eric Crozier drove in three runs apiece, while leftfielder Jason Lane also drove in two runs, providing enough of a cushion for lefty Craig Anderson to improve his record to 6-1 on the season. Anderson pitched all seven innings, surrendering the two early runs, but gave up just five hits and struck out six batters, lowering his earned run average to 3.25 on the season. The Blue Crabs finished their series in Camden Wednesday morning, and are now home, beginning of an 11-game home stand tonight against the Long Island Ducks. Game time is 7:05 p.m. at Regency Furniture Stadium.

Sp rts

The County Times

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Y’S COU AR

NT Y

ST.

SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Thurs., July 22 Men’s Over 40 League (All game start at 6 p.m.) Hobos vs. Seabreeze at Tippett’s Field Park Sunoco vs. Tri-County Aire at Back Road inn Hole in the wall at Captain Sam’s Anderson’s vs. Clements at Anderson’s Bar All Star Utility vs. Rita B’s at Moose Lodge Men’s Slowpitch League Grid Iron Grill vs. Pax Bombers at Pax River, 6:30 p.m. VFW2632 vs. Bookkeeping By Blanche at Chancellor’s Run Park, 6:30 p.m. Budweiser vs. American Legion at Ridge American Legion, 6:30 .m. The Green Door/Cullison’s vs. Hi Octane at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m.

Fri., July 23 Young Men’s League Seabreeze/BRI vs. Quade’s Shockers at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m. Gary Gray’s Athletics vs. Cryers at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m. Dew Drop Inn vs. Flash Point at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30 p.m.

Sun., July 25 Young Men’s League Quade’s Shockers at Captain Sam’s, 4:30 p.m. Flash Point at Captain Sam’s, 6 p.m. Cryers vs. Dew Drop Inn at Chancellor’s Run, 6 p.m. Seabreeze/BRI vs. Gary Gray’s Athletics at Moose Lodge, 6 p.m.

Mon., July 26 Women’s League Somerville Insurance vs. Southern Maryland Physical Therapy at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30 p.m. Southern vs. Bella Salon at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m. Bud Light vs. Mix It Up at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m. Anderson’s Bar at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m. ABC Liquors at Moose Lodge, 6:30 p.m. Knockouts vs. Xtreme at Chancellor’s Run Park, 8 p.m. Women’s Over 30 League S&J Heating at Back Road Inn Captain Sam’s vs. Rosebuds at Tippett’s Field Hole in the wall vs Raley’s at Chancellor’s Run Park Moose Lodge vs. Hurricane at 7th District Park

Dean’s Homer Lifts Chaney’s In 10th Inning By Chris Stevens Staff Writer GREAT MILLS – It seemed that Tuesday night’s Men’s Slow pitch game at the Brass Rail would go on well into the night due to great defense and pitching by Chaney’s and The Green Door. Instead, Chaney’s outfielder Ryan Dean came through with a two-run homer with two outs in the top of the 10th inning, lifting Chaney’s to a 6-4 victory. He [Green Door pitcher Robert Herbert] gave me a good pitch to go to right center field, which is where all my power is,” Dean said. “I just did the best I could.” Chaney’s (21-8 on the season) scored the first three runs of the contest, capped by a Donnie Linton RBI single in the top of the fourth. Green Door (12-13 in 2010) struck back in the bottom half of the frame when first baseman John Cullison smoked a two-run homer over the centerfield fence to cut the Chaney’s lead to one. Both teams traded scoreless innings until the top of the seventh when a Ryan Pendleton sacrifice fly gave Chaney’s a potential insurance run. That was before Green Door’s DeWayne Young stepped up with one man on base and two outs. “The pitcher came with a flat pitch, and I swung as hard as I could swing,” Young said of his no-doubt-about-it homer that tied the game. “I just prayed to God for it to go over the fence.” “DeWayne’s a veteran with power, that’s why we have him batting fourth,” said Green Door manager Stephen DeTemple, who led off the seventh with a single and scored ahead of Young. “We just couldn’t back him up.” The teams went scoreless again in the eighth and ninth innings, and Green Door looked to be out of a jam before Dean homered off of Herbert with two outs and down to his last strike to give Chaney’s the lead for good. Photo By Chris Stevens “This was important, it shows that we can win games even if we’re not Ryan Dean’s two-run home run was the difference as Chaney’s beat The playing our best,” Dean said. “Every team needs a game like this.” Green Door 6-4 in Men’s Slow Pitch action Tuesday night. Young and DeTemple both were encouraged by Green Door’s effort, which they believe can help them make some noise in the Slow pitch playoffs which start in less than three weeks. “We’re a young team with a mix of veterans and I think we’ll be contenders in the playoffs,” Young said. “We just didn’t hit the ball tonight.” “We’re right behind Chaney’s, they’re the third seed and we’re number four, so I know we can hang with anybody,” DeTemple said. “We played well defensively. Hopefully we can get our bats going next time and come out on top.” chrisstevens@countytimes.net

A special offer from Travel Leaders

Tues., July 27 Chaney’s vs. American Legion at Ridge American Legion, 6:30 p.m. The Green Door/Cullison’s at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m. VFW2632 vs. Hi Octane at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m. Bookkeeping By Blanche vs. Pax Bombers at Pax River, 6:30 p.m. Grid Iron Grill vs. Budweiser at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m.

Enchantment of the Seas® 9-Night Eastern Caribbean

Wed., July 28 Women’s League ABC Liquors vs. Somerville Insurance at Chancellor’s Run Park, 6:30 p.m. Knockouts at Moose Lodge, 6:30 p.m. Back Road Inn at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30 p.m. Captain Sam’s vs. Bella Salon at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m. Southern vs. Bud Light at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m. Cheaspeake Custom Embroidery vs. Mix It Up at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m.

November 4, 2010 Prices starting from:

$599*†

9-Night Bahamas November 18, 27; December 18, 2010; January 8, 29; February 19; March 12, 2011 Prices starting from: $645*†

12-Night Long Caribbean December 6, 27, 2010; January 17; February 7, 28; March 21, 2011 Prices starting from: $687*†

†Royal Caribbean International® reserves the right to impose a fuel supplement on all guests if the price of West Texas Intermediate fuel exceeds $65.00 per barrel. The fuel supplement for 1st and 2nd guests would be no more than $10 per guest per day, to a maximum of $140 per cruise; and for additional guests would be no more than $5 per person per day, to a maximum of $70 per cruise.

For Reservations and Information, Please Contact Travel Leaders www.travelleaders.com/greatmillsmd • (301) 863-6012 Photo By Chris Stevens

Green Door’s Robert Herbert lets a pitch fly during Tuesday’s Slow Pitch contest at the Brass Rail.

22325 Greenview Parkway • Unit C • Great Mills, MD 20634 (Off of Chancellors Run Rd) Resident special is applicable to the sailing dates mentioned above for passengers from the following states: DC, DE, IN, KY, MD, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA & WV. Resident Special may be withdrawn at any time. Proof of residency required at time of booking and/or sailing. Prices are per person, cruise only, based on double occupancy in interior staterooms and in U.S. dollars. All itineraries are subject to change without notice. Certain restrictions apply. ©2010 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd Ships registry: The Bahamas.

THURSDAY July 22, 2010

Championship Force Page 29 Buy Local Challenge Now, Restaurant Week Next Story Page 8

Photo By Frank Marquart

Police Say Man, 68, Ran Local Man Competing in Over Victim With Van National Special Olympics Story Page 12

Story Page 19