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COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER DR. MEENA BREWSTER ON THE INCREASE IN OPIOID-RELATED DEATHS.

Community 10 Education 16 On the Cover

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“WE’RE TRENDING TOWARDS SIMILAR RESULTS OF 2017. THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.”

Letters to the Editor

In Local Entertainment 38 Page 5 Contributing Writers

Sports 40 Obituaries 42

In Community 45 Page 13

Community Calendar

Library Calendar

Senior Calendar

Business Directory

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In Entertainment Page 38

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Opioid Deaths in Maryland Continue to Rise By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

Accidental overdose deaths in Maryland are still rising according to the latest reports from the state’s Department of Health, and while deaths from heroin overdoses are declining, fatalities due to the abuse of the much more powerful substance fentanyl are spiking. The state’s latest numbers show that for the first six months of this year there were 1,185 opioid-related deaths statewide, up from 1,032 in Maryland for the first six months of 2017. Heroin overdose deaths dropped for the first six months in 2018 to 469 from 587 for the same time period over last year, state reports showed, but fentanyl-related deaths statewide spiked to 1,038 from January to June this year. In the first sixth months of 2017 there were 800 fentanyl related deaths statewide. Despite the rise in deaths state wide by as much as 142 percent, the rate in St. Mary’s for the first six months has not changed from 16 fatalities due to opioid intoxication. Still the amount of deaths from opioid abuse has trended upwards sharply in just the past three years. Dr. Meena Brewster, St. Mary’s County Health Officer, said that fentanyl drives many deaths, but there were growing trends of combining opioids with either alcohol or cocaine locally.

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“It’s definitely very concerning,” Brewster said, adding that many may mistakenly believe that cocaine can reverse an opioid overdose. “It can actually make things worse,” she said. There were 13 such deaths here in 2016, jumping to 33 last year. State data shows St. Mary’s has already suffered 16 such deaths from January through June. There were 12 total heroin related deaths in 2017, according to the state report, but there have been nine for the first half of 2018 already in St. Mary’s. The numbers of fentanyl deaths locally are staggering: 26 in 2017 with 14 accounted for in the first half of 2018 alone. “We know that fentanyl is so powerful that just a small amount can be deadly,” said Clay Stamp, executive director of the state’s Opioid Operational Command Center. “And it’s so important now, more than ever, that we continue our fight against the opioid crisis — making Marylanders aware of the dangers of this illicit drug.” Brewster said the numbers showed the epidemic, locally and nationally, showed few signs of slowing down. “We’re trending towards similar results of 2017,” said Brewster. “This is an epidemic that continues to grow.” guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Craig Wolf, GOP candidate for the Maryland Attorney General’s office, visited St. Mary’s last week to take shots at his incumbent opponent Democrat Brian Frosh. Wolf spoke at the local Republican Lincoln Reagan Dinner Oct. 11. Wolf, who joined the Army late in life, deployed to Afghanistan when he was 49 to fight terrorism, he said. Wolf has also served as an assistant state’s attorney in Allegany County and as a federal prosecuting attorney. “I’m doing this for the same reason,” he told The County Times about his run against Frosh. “Some people have to stand up for what’s right in difficult times.” He hit Frosh for his propensity for suing the Trump administration, but claimed he was neglecting growing crime trends within Maryland. “Baltimore is the murder capital of the country,” Wolf said. “He [Frosh] won’t go after opioid manufacturers even though the governor asked him to. “Maryland is fourth in the nation per capita for human trafficking… he spends all his time suing the Trump administration.” He also claimed that Frosh has lost touch with state and local law enforcement; he says the proof lies in the state’s Fraternal Order of Police endorsing him for the position this year.

Frosh won the FOP endorsement in 2014. “He lost it,” Wolf said. “He doesn’t really focus on these [state and local] problems.” Wolf also accused Frosh of influencing the Maryland Court of Appeals decision ruling that defendants cannot be held in jail simply because they cannot afford bail. The court’s decision does not abolish bail, but Wolf said it puts offenders back onto the streets before their trial. Frosh had opined twice that it was unconstitutional to hold defendants for no other reason than they cannot afford it; Wolf claimed that the only mention of bail in the Constitution was that it must not be excessive. Frosh has said that defendants who are a flight risk or pose a danger to the community could be held without bond by judges’ rulings. “What do you think that does to cops?” Wolf said. “He’s instituted catch and release across the state.” Local Republicans honored Leonardtown Mayor Dan Burris as the GOP’s Man of the Year; Karen Owens won the Republican Woman of the Year Award. Dalton Wood, who has served 16 years as a Judge of the Orphans Court, received a lifetime achievement award for service to the Republican Party. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Commissioners Grant Leonardtown’s Growth Allocation Request By Guy Leonard Staff Writer

The Town of Leonardtown now has oversight over any future use of about 200 acres of critical area land that was already within town boundaries after the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County granted their request to take over stewardship of what is known as growth allocation. The commissioners granted the town’s request at their Tuesday business meeting. “We believe this was a win-win for everyone,” said Town Administrator Laschelle McKay, speaking to the county commissioners. “No land is being requested… this is an economic development tool that has no value until it’s applied to a specific project.” There are currently no proposed projects for the 200 acres of critical area land the town requested control over. Critical area land is land that falls within a 1,000-foot boundary of the watershed; the town is requesting the growth allocation control for land that is mostly along McIntosh Run.

The state’s critical area regulations tend to restrict heavily the use of land close to the watershed; it is divided up into areas called Resource Conservation Area, Limited Development Area and Intensely Developed Areas. The growth allocation allows conservation areas to be developed in a limited fashion and limited development areas to be developed more intensely under critical area restrictions. The county has more than 1,600 acres of growth allocation available in the critical area throughout St. Mary’s, granted by the state legislature in 1988. Before granting Leonardtown’s request, they had only used 10 percent of the allocation in 30 years. McKay said the growth allocation was an important part of town’s overall effort to plan its downtown growth. She estimated that development within the growth allocation could result in $2 million in property taxes to be reaped by the county. Commissioner Mike Hewitt said the al-

location request would actually help preserve rural land, since it was initiated in the town, which is a designated growth area. “What we’ve got is development going on in development areas,” Hewitt said of the land’s potential. “Not growth in the RPD (Rural Preservation District).” McKay explained that since the growth allocation was not aimed at any specific project, the commissioners could grant the request without a public hearing; County Attorney David Weiskopf agreed. She did say, though, that any proposed

use of the growth allocations would require the town to hold public hearings prior to approval. The town has zoning authority within town boundaries. The commissioners unanimously approved the allocation. “Anything good for Leonardtown is good for St. Mary’s County,” Commissioner Tom Jarboe said. guyleonard@countytimes.net

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Deadline Approaching to Request an Absentee Ballot for the 2018 Election The deadline to request a 2018 Gubernatorial General Election absentee ballot for mail delivery is Tuesday, October 30. The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the general election for internet delivery is Friday, November 2. Any registered voter in Maryland may re-

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by email or fax, by 11:59 pm on Friday, November 2, 2018 If a voter misses the applicable deadline, the absentee ballot request must be made in person at the St. Mary’s Board of Elections at 41650 Tudor Hall Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. The 2018 Gubernatorial General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Starting Thursday, October 25th through and including Thursday, November 1st, voters may vote in person between 10 am and 8 pm at the designated early voting center(s) in their county of residence. Early voting locations and hours and additional electionrelated information and dates are available at elections.maryland.gov/voting/ early_voting.html. For more information, please contact St. Mary’s Board of Elections at 301475-4200 ext. *1625 or the State Board of Elections at 1-800-222-VOTE (8683) or elections.maryland.gov. St. Mary’s County PIO

DNR Launches Aquaculture Application Tools Service Provides Early Notification of Proposed Leases

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has launched a new set of online tools to help educate and engage the public on proposed aquaculture lease applications. The tools, which include a dynamic database and email notification system, will provide information on pending and proposed commercial shellfish lease applications when they are received by the department. The customer service enhancements are being rolled out after a series of conversations and meetings with aquaculturists, commercial watermen, community and county leaders, homeowners associations and others throughout the Chesapeake Bay. “During our statewide listening sessions, we heard time and again that community leaders wanted to be alerted about proposed aquaculture projects earlier in the permitting process,” Fishing and Boating Services Director David Blazer

said. “The new early notification system will provide near real-time data on all future aquaculture lease applications as well as information on location, status and type.” The new tools will provide users with information on submitted shellfish aquaculture lease applications, including the applicant, county, body of water where the proposed project is to be located as well as its size, status and type. Once an application is under review, it will also include a map of the proposed lease. Commercial shellfish aquaculture lease applications received since Jan. 1, 2018, and determined to be complete, will appear on the database. An application’s designation as “complete” does not mean that it is approved. All proposed leases are subject to change throughout the permitting process. Press Release from MD DNR

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Local Businesses Team Up Survey Finds Healthy to Help Hurricane Victims Striped Bass Reproduction Cedar Point Federal Credit Union and Dugan, McKissick & Longmore, LLC spent exactly one week collecting supplies to aid in the relief effort after the devastating effects of Hurricane Florence. The donation drive culminated in a 15-foot truck load of supplies which were delivered by Cedar Point’s CEO Charles Roach to a Red Cross facility in Goldsboro, North Carolina on Tuesday, September 25th. “The Red Cross facility was almost empty,” said Roach. “We must have been the first ones to get there.” When newscasters announced that the hurricane would no longer be heading toward Maryland, the two businesses immediately began requesting donations from the community, managing to fill the truck in less than a week. Though it was difficult to count everything that was donated, the truck contained more than 50 cases of water, 25 boxes of diapers, 40 containers of laundry detergent and bleach, 100 paper towel rolls, 100 toilet paper rolls, 10 boxes of food, plus toiletries, baby products, cleaning products and so much more. “We really want to thank our community partners,” said Kristin Kauffman, who organized Cedar Point’s part of the effort. “Megan Phillips at Dugan, McKissick and Longmore was a huge help in pulling it all together.” A storage area in their office building at the corner of Three Notch Road and Chancellors Run Road was given over to the proj-

ect, and filled almost to the ceiling in some places. “When I walked in to help organize everything, I almost had to climb into the room. There really were that many donations,” Kauffman said. Quality Transfer and Storage donated numerous boxes to aid in organization, and the U-Haul facility on Great Mills Road discounted the cost of the truck for the trip. Additionally, twelve-year-old Isabella Longmore, a seventh grader at Father Andrew White School, organized a drive with her classmates, contributing a pick-up truck full of donation items. Both businesses were optimistic about collecting donations, but uncertain if the seven-day turnaround would be enough time. Not surprisingly, the generosity of the Southern Maryland community was nearly overwhelming. “Every day we sent cart loads of items to the storage area at Dugan, McKissick and Longmore,” said Todd Farr, Cedar Point’s Systems Administrator. Kauffman laughed as she explained that she recruited the IT Department to help with some of the heavy lifting. “We are grateful to be able to help our neighbors in North Carolina,” says Kauffman. “Many of us have family members living there, and many of us have vacationed there. Anything we can do to help their community recover is important to us.” Kristin Kaufmann Cedar Point Federal Credit Union

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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced results of its annual young-of-year striped bass survey in Chesapeake Bay, which documented healthy reproduction of the state fish. The 2018 young-of-year index is 14.8, higher than the 65-year average of 11.8. Known locally as rockfish, striped bass spawn in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries each spring. The juvenile striped bass survey is conducted annually to measure spawning success and help predict future abundance. The index represents the average number of young-of-year – those hatched in the current year – striped bass captured in each sample. During this year’s survey, department biologists collected more than 36,000 fish of 55 species, including 1,951 young-of-year striped bass. Results show that white perch and American shad also experienced above-average spawning success this spring. “Consecutive years of healthy reproduction is a great sign for the future of this iconic species,” Fishing and Boating Services Director David Blazer said.

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Woman in Critical Condition After Crash A 55-year-old Lexington Park woman was in critical condition after a motorvehicle crash early on Tuesday morning. On Oct. 16, 2018, at 1:13 a.m., St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office patrol units came upon a single vehicle which had left the roadway and crashed in the 23000 block of Hollywood Road. The operator, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was found unresponsive and lifesaving efforts were initiated. EMS personnel responded to the scene and continued lifesaving efforts until the driver was flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to an area hospital where she currently remains in critical condition. Due to the operator’s condition, a request was made for the St. Mary’s Collision Reconstruction Unit to respond and assume the investigation.

Preliminary investigation determined that a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe operated by Kathy Lori Brown, 55, of Lexington Park was traveling north on Hollywood Road when for unknown reasons she was unable to negotiate a curve in the road. The vehicle crossed the center line and left the roadway on the southbound side, striking a guardrail before coming to a stop. At this time, speed and alcohol do not appear to be contributing factors in the collision. Anyone who witnessed the collision or events leading up to the collision are asked to contact Cpl. Vincent Pontorno at 301-475-4200, ext. *2337 or email Vincent.Pontorno@stmarysmd.com. For official news and information, follow the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on Twitter at @firstsheriff.

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Maryland State Police Report, Leonardtown Barrack Disorderly Conduct: On September 20, 2018 at approximately 12:00 p.m. Tpr. E. Ruggles responded to Valley Drive Estates, Lexington Park, MD for a report of a disturbance. Upon arrival, Tpr. Ruggles made contact with Tanya Anita Hall (42 of Lexington Park, MD) who was outside a residential area yelling and causing a disturbance. A strong odor of alcohol was detected while speaking with Ms. Hall and she was not being cooperative. There were several similar calls for service earlier the same morning involving the same person. Ms. Hall was arrested and transported to St. Mary’s County Detention Center and charged with disorderly conduct. (18-MSP-040434) CDS: On September 28, 2018 at approximately 4:00 p.m., TFC M. Manning conducted a traffic stop in Lexington Park. Upon making contact with the driver, identified as Francis Xavier Thomas, Jr (35 of Mechanicsville), a strong odor of burnt marijuana was detected. As a result of the stop, 20 grams of marijuana was recovered from Mr. Thomas. He was arrested and transported to the Leonardtown Barrack where he was charged on a criminal citation with Possession of Marijuana greater than 10 grams. (18-MSP-041714) Possession of Marijuana Less Than 10 Grams Name of Arrestee

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Fifty-second Oyster Festival This Weekend

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It’s that time of year once again! The 52nd Annual U. S. Oyster Festival in St. Mary’s County will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 20th and 21st at the Fairgrounds on Route 5 just south of Leonardtown. For oyster lovers, fairgrounds transform to nirvana. Oysters served up raw, scalded, grilled, on bread, on the half shell, stewed, nude, cooked in savory sauces, in salads, and just about

every way imaginable and then some. They’re here for the eating and enjoying! The Festival is home to the US National Oyster Shucking Competition and the National Oyster Cook-Off. This year’s Shucking Competition includes 35 contenders, including the reigning champion, Honor Allen, who placed fifth in the International Competition in Galway, Ireland in September. Thirty-two

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of these shuckers come from the eastern seaboard, New Hampshire to Florida. Two come from the Gulf Coast and one comes all the way from Colorado. For the first time this year one of the shuckers will also be competing in the CookOff. The shucking competition always includes a number of familial relations: a husband and wife, a mother and son, a father and son, an uncle and nephew, and a set of sisters. But this year it also includes a father and son, with mom competing in the Cook-Off. This is another first! The Oyster Festival is truly a family affair for both the participants and the attendees! Along with all of the food vendors you have come to expect, two new ones have been added this year. A map and complete menu listing is available on the Oyster Festival’s website. You can also find a complete list of entertainment there. This year as always there are a number of different local bands playing all day both days. We are happy to welcome SOMAR Drummers as one of the new act this year. The ever-popular Far-raised Oyster Tasting Tent will be back this year and will include a guest farm from Virginia. This is a great opportunity to try a variety of oysters and learn first-hand the dif-

ference the location makes in the taste. Some are saltier than others, some taste a little earthier. Come try them all and see which you prefer! The Craft Beer Tent is also coming back, and will be combined with the Oyster Tasting Tent so you can try oysters, craft beers, and a local wine all under the same “roof”. The Oyster Festival is hosted by the Rotary Club of Lexington Park, and is their biggest fund-raiser of the year. Proceeds raised by the Festival are given back to the community by the Rotary Club in the form of grants and scholarships throughout the year. Stop by the Information Booth right inside the front gate to learn more about Rotary and their good works. If you would like to get involved in the Festival or the Rotary Club, it is not too late! Just send an email to usoysterfestival@gmail.com. The gates open at 10am on Saturday and 11am on Sunday, and close at 6pm both days. Admission is $10; children 12 and under are free. For more information, visit usoysterfest.com See you there! For additional information contact Karen Stone, Festival Administrator, at usoysterfestival@gmail.com or 301-863-5015.

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Got Talent? – This May Be for You By Dick Myers Editor

A casting call has gone out for all residents of Calvert and St. Mary’s counties. This call is for a talent show to be put on next month by the same folks who brought the Solomons Dragon Boat Races to the community. Southern Maryland Community Resources (SMCR) will be hosting Southern Maryland Got Talent on November 3rd at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County. The non-profit agency operates in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s and provides services to persons with “developmental differences.” According to SMCR, “We advocate for persons with special needs, to recognize the inherent dignity that is theirs because they are members of our one human race. We promote a social, recreational and educational opportunities in which individuals with developmental differences can contribute their unique gifts and develop them.” Notice SMCR does not call them disabilities. They are differences. They want their clients and the gener-

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al public to embrace those differences through inclusion, in which everyone gets together, and in the case of SM Got Talent, has a good time. This is why the contest is open to everyone, in order to facilitate bringing everyone together, according to SMCR Executive Director Bonnie Elward. Several auditions have already been held and a final one is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20 from 1-3 p.m. at Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Solo-

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mons. So far, according to Elward, about 10 contestants have qualified to show off their talent for the show. Grand prize for the first-place finisher in the contest will be $1,000, while second place will receive $500 and third place $300 Tickets for the event on show night are $5 per person and $10 per family. For more information go to the SMCR website at qww.somdcr@gmail.com or contact Peggy Thomason at peg-

gythomason.smgt@gmail.com The agency is also working on a new pilot program with Great Mills High School JROTC called “Community Cadets” in which young adults will be able to return to the school and participate in the ROTC program as color guards. It is expected to begin in January. dickmyers@countytimes.net

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Outdoor Enthusiasts Have Yet Another Way to Give Back

Anglers, boaters and hunters who purchase their licenses or registrations from the Maryland Department of Natural Resourceshave a new way to give back to natural resources they enjoy and love. In partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, the department announced today a new voluntary option in the online checkout for the Maryland Outdoor

Recreation and Clean Water Fund. Funds generated by the new program will be distributed as grants for on-theground conservation and restoration projects that seek to enhance habitat and water quality as well as programs aimed at getting K-12 students outdoors. Grants will be provided to nonprofits in support of environmental and natural

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resources priorities throughout the state, from the Youghiogheny to the Coastal Bays. “Our citizens and customers shared our commitment and passion for the great outdoors, and are great advocates and stewards in the conservation, protection and wise use of our state’s lands and waters,” Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton said. “Thanks to our strong partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, we can provide our customers with an easy and simple way to give back to nature’s bounty.” Grants from the Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund will support projects as small as $100 to over $500,000 made to community and envi-

ronmental organizations as well as research and watershed groups. “We are thrilled to make stronger connections between the fishing, hunting and boating communities, and improvement of the resources they enjoy,” Chesapeake Bay Trust Executive Director Jana Davis said. “The evidence is mounting that being outdoors is good for all of us: We want these communities to have an option not just to enjoy their outdoor activities, but the opportunity to take part in restoring and protecting outdoor resources.” All contributions will be tax deductible. Contributors over $10 will have the option of enrolling in a “Perks Program,” which offers discounts and preferred parking at local businesses throughout Maryland. Examples of projects supported by the Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Clean Water Fund include: • Boating field trips • Eel, oyster, shad, terrapin, trout and other raise-and-release programs for students • Living shoreline projects, including access for canoes and kayaks • Local sustainable seafood projects • Research to improve efficacy of stream restoration practices • Trout stream restoration projects • Wetland restoration projects For every $20 contributed, one tree can be planted and one student can receive an outdoor field trip. Funds will be managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Chesapeake Bay Trust, a nonprofit grant-making organization established by the Maryland state legislature in 1985. Press Release from MD DNR

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Bluegrass for Hospice Celebrates 10 Years of Giving

This year marks the 10th year for Bluegrass for Hospice. The event will be held on Saturday October 27, 2018 at the Flat Iron Farm in Great Mills. The farm, most noted as the “Christmas Farm” will be taken over by the sounds of Bluegrass music. The one-day fundraiser, with all proceeds going to the Hospice of St. Mary’s, Hospice House, will begin at Noon with the gates opening at 11 a.m. This family event will include raffles, silent auction, many giveaways, and live Bluegrass music by national and local talent. Since 2009, Jay and Michelle Armsworthy have been presenting Bluegrass for Hospice in memory of Jay’s grandfather who Hospice came to assist. In which has turned into a much expected annual event, not only giving back to Hospice, but preserving Bluegrass music in the Southern Maryland area. This year will feature the local sounds of the event host, Jay Armsworthy and his band, Eastern Tradition, along with David Norris & the Dixie Ramblers, Bubby Abell & Spoon Creek, The California Ramblers, Recycled Bluegrass, and 15 Strings. Headline Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 will be Danny Paisley & Southern Grass. They were the headlining band at the very first Bluegrass for Hospice 9 years ago. For the more modern appealing Bluegrass fans, the new group, The Highland Travelers will join the

show. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass play powerful, unadorned, and intense traditional Bluegrass. Their instrumentation and vocals convey the energy and emotion of classic bluegrass and country music. Danny’s lead vocals will captivate your senses, so much so that many musicians, including Alison Krauss, have considered Danny as one of their favorite singers. His voice combines powerful range and soulful blues with a sound like no one else in bluegrass today. They continue to be deeply rooted in tradition, but look to the future with enthusiasm and anticipation. Since Danny’s father Bob Paisley (founder of Southern Grass) passed away in 2004, Danny and his band have made their own niche in the bluegrass world. Their album, The Room Over Mine, earned them significant chart action and the song, “Don’t Throw Mama’s Flowers Away” won the 2009 IBMA Award for Song of the Year. The Highland Travelers are a group of musicians and friends that share a common love of the traditional sounds and styles associated with the first and second generation of the legendary bluegrass artists. While there is an immense respect for the pioneers and legends of this music, they strive to advance the genre with original material and arranging ideas. Keith Garrett is the principal song-

writer and guitarist in the band and has performed with many groups, most notably The Boxcars and Blue Moon Rising. He has become very well respected as one of the best writers in the bluegrass world. Not only is he a strong writer, he’s an excellent lead vocalist and guitarist as well. Adam Steffey plays mandolin, sings lead and harmony vocals. He has been a part of the Bluegrass music scene for over 30 years and has performed, traveled, and recorded with many artists in both the bluegrass and country music scene, including Alison Krauss, Mountain Heart, The Dan Tyminski Band, and The Boxcars. Gary Hultman is a gifted young resophonic guitar player who started his professional music career as part of The Boxcars. He plays a big role in the harmonies that the band displays in their song arrangements, as well as adding creative, tasteful solos and lyrical lines on his guitar. Jason Davis is one of the most gifted banjo players of this era. He has a sense of timing and drive that is hard to find. He played most notably with Junior Sisk and Rambler’s Choice before helping form the Highland Travelers. Kameron Keller plays bass with the group and sings harmony. He is without doubt one of the best young bass players in this type of music and with understated accuracy can lay the foundation for the band to soar over. He is a

rhythm machine and his playing compliments everyone around him. The silent auction, this year, will include many unique handmade items. The popular McCormick Spice Basket will again be raffled off. A small handmade “John Deere” wagon will be filled with Bluegrass items and raffled off along with a money raffle of $500.00. Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 will feature something for everyone. There will be vendors, 50/50 raffles and food available for sale by Lynn’s Catering. Please bring your lawn chairs and “BYOB” is welcome. The event will be held inside a handicap accessible, ‘arena style’ barn with outdoor bathroom facilities. Bluegrass for Hospice-2018 will also be holding a food drive to support the Helping Hands Food Pantry of Southern Maryland. Although it’s not required to enter, everyone is encouraged to bring non-perishable food items. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the gate. Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult. To purchase tickets using a credit card, go to www. brownpapertickets.com/event/3563410. For more information on Bluegrass for Hospice-2018, go to the event website at www.bluegrassforhospice.com or call 301-737-3004. Vendor applications are now being accepted for the event. Call or go to the event website for complete details.

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The Center for the Study of Democracy Presents:

St. Mary’s College Ranked Fourth in Maryland

Maryland Politics: Can Larry Hogan withstand the Blue Wave? St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Center for the Study of Democracy presents “Maryland Politics: Can Larry Hogan withstand the Blue Wave?” on Thursday, Oct. 25, 4:45 – 6 p.m. in Cole Cinema, Campus Center on the College’s campus. The event is free of charge and open to the public. Maryland has not re-elected a Republican governor in over 60 years. Despite that daunting history and clear evidence of Democratic enthusiasm as we near Election Day 2018, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan appears set to defy both history and the Blue Wave that is building nationally. How has Hogan managed to withstand the strong national headwinds? Will Hogan’s popularity help other Republicans on the ballot in Maryland? Will the Blue Wave cause so much as a ripple as it hits the Chesapeake Bay? These are just a few of the questions that will be explored by Bryan Sears, Maryland politics reporter for The Daily Record; Mileah Kromer, director of the Goucher Poll at Goucher College; and Todd Eberly, St. Mary’s College associate professor of political science and interim director for the Center for the Study of Democracy. According to Eberly, “Larry Hogan is the second most popular governor in the country. Hogan has a 70 percent approval rating and a 20 point lead over Democratic challenger Ben Jealous in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a margin of 2 to 1.” St. Mary’s College of Maryland is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education through 2024-2025. St. Mary’s College, designated the Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Approximately 1,600 students attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland.

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St. Mary’s College of Maryland is ranked no. 4 among the Best Colleges and Universities in Maryland for 2018 in College Consensus. College Consensus is a new college review aggregator. Its rankings are based on a comprehensive aggregate of published rankings and verified student reviews. “St. Mary’s College is known as Maryland’s public honors college, providing the state’s highest achievers with the resources and support of a small liberal arts college, along with the affordability and accessibility of a public institution,” the Consensus profile states. St. Mary’s was also noted for its dedication to interdisciplinary study and research. “As the national public honors college, St. Mary’s College of Maryland sets the standard,” said Dr. Tuajuanda C. Jordan, president of St. Mary’s College. “At our core is the belief that rigorous, relevant, and experiential education should be open to everyone with the talent, ambition, and potential to do the work -- and a promise that our approach to liberal arts and sciences honors education will prepare students for a 21st century career and a lifetime of success.” St. Mary’s College has recently received several accolades. St. Mary’s College is ranked #6 among Best Public Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World Report (2019), #28 Among Top Liberal Arts Colleges by 2018 Washington Monthly College Guide, #1 in Peace Corps Volunteers among small colleges, #6 among the Top 50 Green Colleges (2018) and is listed among Best 384 Colleges by the Princeton Review (2019). The College is also included in the 2019 Fiske Guide to Colleges, Money’s 2018-19 Best Colleges, and Forbes Best Value Colleges (2018), recognized as a 2018-19 College of Distinction, and ranked among the Best Colleges of Maryland by Schools.com. St. Mary’s College of Maryland is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education through 2024-2025. St. Mary’s College, designated the Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Approximately 1,600 students attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland. Press Release from AMCM

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Governor Hogan Ann Kirwan Commission ounces $18.6 Mil. for Education Initiatives Recommendations, Career and Techn ical

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Gover nor Larry Hogan today an- academic program offered before and nounced $18.6 mil- after the school day, or in summ er lion in new educa- a school with a high concentration for of tion funding to go students in kindergarten through eighth living in poverty toward a series of behind academ and at risk of falling initiatives, includ ic requirements, along - with $500,000 for the recruitment, ing recommenda trainPhoto courtesy of tions from Mary- ing, and ongoing development of new Office of Govern land’s Commission teachers. or Hogan’s website An additional $4.9 . on Innovation and million will Excellence in Edu- used by the Interagency Commission be cation, known as On School Constr uction the Kirwan Comm (IAC) to conduct a is- statewide faciliti sion. 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VOTERS GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS STATE OFFICE QUESTIONS

MD SENATE DISTRICT 29 THOMAS BREWER (D) V JACK BAILEY (R)

MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29A ROBBIE LOKER (D) V MATT MORGAN (R)

MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29B BRIAN CROSBY (D) V DEB REY (R)

MD HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29C JULIA NICHOLS (D) V JERRY CLARK (R)

COUNTY COMISSIONERS QUESTIONS

COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT HOWARD THOMPSON (D) V RANDY GUY (R)

COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 1 10 TIMOTHY RIDGELL (D) V ERIC COLVIN (R) V ROY ALVEY (U) COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 2 ROSE FREDERICK (D) V MIKE HEWITT (R)

COMMISSIONERS - DISTRICT 3 CLARK GUY (U) V JOHN O’CONNOR (R)

COUNTY SHERIFF QUESTIONS

ST. MARY’S COUNTY SHERIFF TED BELLEAVOINE (D) V TIMOTHY CAMERON (R)

CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT

CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT FAYE WHEELER (D) V DEBBIE MILLS BURCH (R)

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STATE SENATE & DELEGATE QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself. QUESTION 2 If elected, what would be your top three legislative priorities during the next legislative session? QUESTION 3 The Federal government has modified the way personal income taxes are calculated, capping personal mortgage interest expense and local real estate tax deductions. The State of Maryland has not modified the way state and county income taxes will be calculated. While most people in St. Mary’s will see a reduction in their federal tax liability, many will see a substantial increase in state and local liability. This will result in a large tax windfall for the state and local governments. Should the legislature take action to correct this? And if so will you lead the effort? QUESTION 4 Both governor candidates have received low ratings from the National Rifle Association, and the Maryland legislature is well known for its consistent desire to place greater controls on gun owners; will you be on the side of greater gun control or greater protection of 2nd Amendment rights? QUESTION 5 This November, voters are likely to approve legislation that will provide large increases in education funding, mandating that gambling revenues be directed to education without offsetting Thornton funding requirements. Are you in favor of this and how can we assure this large windfall of funding will provide improved results in the classroom for our students? QUESTION 6 Six years ago, the legislature and governor adopted a large fuel tax increase that included an annual CPI adjustment. The result of which is an annual fuel tax increase on the residents of Maryland. Residents of counties such as St. Mary’s are disproportionately effected without any guarantee of proportional revenue sharing. Do you find this a fair and equitable taxing and funding method, and if elected, how would you work to change transportation funding? QUESTION 7 Governor candidate Ben Jealous is proposing free Higher Education for all, including those here illegally, a single-payer, state-run health care system, increase in minimum wage to $15, legalizing and taxing marijuana, fullday, universal Pre-K, and releasing 30% of Maryland’s prison population back to the streets. Would you support any or all of these proposed changes, and if so, how would you support funding these changes? QUESTION 8 What would you consider to be the single most important infrastructure need, such as transportation, schools, parks, water & sewer, etc., and the top three specific infrastructure projects in your district and why? QUESTION 9 The 90-day legislative session in Annapolis is important, also important are the other 275 days not in Annapolis. How can you better serve the residents of District 29 during those 275 days than your opponent?

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1. I spent most of my life in Wildwood. It’s where my parents still live. My mom works for a defense contractor and my dad works down at St. Mary’s College. I went through the public school system here and graduated from Leonardtown High School and went to St. Mary’s College and graduated from there. I went to University of Maryland, school of Pharmacy. 2. The opioid problem is one that needs to be addressed and better addressed by the health community, but also at the state level, we can have an effect over the cost of drugs. There was legislation last year to try to create a commission around pricing. I think that’s something that should be pursued because it’s the largest increase in costs and insurance. Education is another one. I’m hoping that the amendment passes on the ballot this year, requiring the Education Trust Fund to fully support education. The third one would be environmental. And again, that goes to two things. Food waste which we have identified in the Commission on the Environment as the largest percentage of the solid waste stream that we can divert from the landfill. And then there’s traffic…I think that we are deserving [since we] pay 35 cents a gallon towards Maryland’s transportation fund. 3. I think we should have a serious discussion about what that means for our state economy as a result. So I can’t say that I take a specific position without speaking to some economists on their thoughts on the effect. So if we can put that towards a rainy day tax…I think that’s a responsible move to potentially protect the future. 4. I believe you can be both so I don’t think they have to be necessarily contradictory. I believe that most people are satisfied with gun legislation that makes sense and I believe that in Maryland we have some of the better legislation, especially when you compare it to surrounding states, Virginia and Pennsylvania. 5. I am in support of the amendment. In the first year that the bill would be passed, that doesn’t mean that all of the gambling revenue goes to education, about a quarter of it goes to education and then the next year and a half and then three quarters and then I think you get the full amount after four years. So I’d like to ensure that stuff like per capita spending, classroom sizes, and disruptions of classes are some of these outcomes that we can monitor to make sure that the funding is effective and helping to actually make the schools better. 6. I don’t think it’s fair right now because we haven’t gotten any help with their transportation projects. And then the elephant in the room is the [Thomas Johnson] Bridge. 7. We are seeing now that student loan debt is a not a good indicator of the economic state of our country and it’s something that should certainly be addressed. Making that free is not a true thing because if it’s going to be paid in taxes, then we’re all collectively paying so that some people can get a higher education, right? I do not think that the single payer system is the appropriate route to take, I believe that it is important to have a conversation about where we should be going with healthcare if we want it to be run privately and we want private insurance companies to run it. I believe that in Maryland they should be nonprofit. I believe that if you just jumped to $15 an hour, that’s going to cause a lot of harm to the local economy, but if you make it something that within five years we step it up a dollar per year. I think that [universal Pre-K] is something that I would support because childcare cost is a huge burden right now to a number of individuals. If you’re going to release 30 percent of violent criminals, no, I don’t think that’s a good idea at all. So it’s important to identify what population we’re trying to decrease and I don’t know exactly his plan for that 30 percent, so I can’t say I completely support it. 8. I think number one would actually be transportation. There is a minimum opportunity for [residents] to get public transportation to take them [to hospitals outside the area]. And usually these are people that cannot easily transport themselves to a place that they need to go. Public transportation is a big issue. The bridge is a big issue. One of the ones that I see all the time since I live off of Flat Iron Road, Great Mills and Route 5. The plan on the books is one that I think will adequately ease that congestion. 9. What I’ve been doing over the past year, which is trying to talk to people to identify what are their main concerns and then going to the different agencies and departments that handle those concerns to try to understand where are we at, why aren’t we moving forward? What can we do?

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1. I’m from St. Mary’s county. I’m married to Karin Bailey the head of the school board, my two children both attend a public school. I did my education, both my graduate and undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University in management. I have worked previously with the natural resource police as the executive officer, so I was in charge of working with the legislature in Annapolis. I’ve been a public servant for 30 years, a full career and I want to continue my work as a public servant to our citizens of St. Mary’s and Calvert County. 2. First one, school safety. We can work with the governor’s office so that we can get reoccurring funds that come into our school system every year for school safety, just like the bill that Gov. Hogan had introduced last year. Second, work with the governor and [Senate] President Mike Miller for the completion of the third building [at SMHEC], third to take the burden off of state employees retirement right now where they just got whacked, where their prescription plan was taken. We need to do something to fix that right away. 3. I am not an accountant or a tax guy. I will definitely work towards trying to understand that this year to see what the benefit is for the residents of St. Mary’s County. 4. I am a pro Second Amendment person. Being a 30 year policemen, I can carry a gun everyday. I think it’s important that every single citizen that has a clean background be able to do the same thing. 5. We want to get the same amount that they get in other jurisdictions. That’s the bottom line. And that’s where the Kirwam Commission was headed. So as far as supporting that, I want to increase the funding. 6. The answer to that is it’s not fair. The fact is that we pay almost 40 cents and we get back four. So we need to increase that. 7. Free Higher Ed for all. No. Single payer state run healthcare system. No. [Increase the minimum wage to $15? No. Legalizing and taxing marijuana. Recreational marijuana? No. Universal Pre-K. I would like to read about it more, so that I could make the most educated decision. In our school system here, we don’t have the infrastructure to do it right. We don’t have the buildings and the space. Releasing 30 percent of Maryland’s prison population. No. 8. Transportation and the Thomas Johnson Bridge, the Route 4/235 intersection and Great Mills Road. And any person that travels through those areas any day realizes that we have got to change our transportation policy. 9. I would like to have an office where I’m accessible to the public and my constituents and I think that is going to better serve everybody in St. Mary’s and Calvert counties. When you go to meet with a senator, sometimes the issues that you have are very personal to you and your family and you should have an office where you can go where you can discuss things.

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1. In Prince George’s County started out as a case worker, ended up as the assistant director. So that gave me insight into, um, that’s part of state government, state government. And um, so that gave me insight into managing programs for needy families and individuals. I have risen to leadership roles. And so, um, when I was working with the state, I became the assistant director in the nonprofit. I usually ended up as the president of the board, whether it was a local hospital board of the United Way Board, Chamber of Commerce. I was president elect until I filed for office. And because they’re nonpartisan, I just, now I’m just a regular member. 2. We’ve got do something about drug prices. The cost of drugs, healthcare expenses are the number one reason why people go into bankruptcy in their senior years. The other area I would look at is education, the [funding] allocation. There’s a huge need for mental health services and they need to start at a very young age … we’re dealing with … disruptive students in our classrooms, the opioid epidemic or what’s happening with people when they get a gun in their hands that I think the common thread in all of those is mental health services and families just don’t know how to deal with it. 3. We’ve got to look at that. We have so many needs in the state. So if we’re having this windfall… do we have a priority list of unmet needs that, you know, we’ll all benefit from and not just what, what is, what is, what are the metro counties need or what’s Baltimore city. 4. I think Maryland has very strong gun laws already on the book. Let’s just enforce them. I don’t see a reason to add any, any more legislation governing the ownership of guns or what people do with their guns. Let’s just follow the rules. 5. So yes, I want to see that. It truly is an investment. We can work on that in St Mary’s county because that’s what we do in St Mary’s county, so give us some of that money. 6. I’ll fight so that we get our fair share down here and when … money goes to Metro, that doesn’t help us. I’d like to see some help to maybe have a bus lane on Route 301. 7. I don’t think some of those are realistic. I recognize that you have to have big dreams and so maybe you get something smaller. That’s a hard thing. If it’s medicare for all. No. The minimum wage to $15, we’re not ready… that’s going to hurt our small businesses. It’s something to work towards. I’m all for the medical marijuana, that supports relief to many people. Universal Pre-k hey, wouldn’t that be great to work towards. [Releasing 30 percent of prisoners] I don’t know enough about that to address it. It’s kind of frightening on the surface.? 8. I would go with education…I’ll advocate in Annapolis. Here’s my dream thing for Route 235 going into the base that we need hop on, hop off buses and making the county more walkable because that’s a quality of life issue. It’s our parks, our waterfront, that’s what drives people here. So I would say the environmental needs, too. 9. Being out there and, I think, having listening sessions, that’s the thing that I’m just learning here. I go and I talk to businesses and I say what keeps you up at night?

REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF DELEGATES 29A

1. I’m Matt Morgan representing North St. Mary’s in the Maryland General Assembly. I’m married, we have two children and Tyler and Sarah. My son’s up at Towson, my daughter is at Margaret. Brent. I’m a realtor by trade, used to be a techie with CSM and I’m been representing the people of St Mary’s in the Maryland General Assembly since 2014. 2. The first one is make Maryland more retirement friendly. Um, as I was door knocking for years ago, everybody was leaving the state of Maryland over taxes. Now as I door knocked, early leaving when they’re gonna retire. Number two, we need to do something for healthcare and lowering the cost of healthcare and healthcare shouldn’t cost more than a mortgage payment and we need to get more people into the market. And the third is a constituent services, I think people like that they can get ahold of me. 3. Absolutely. The legislature should take action to correct this. Last year a House Democrats had a press conference where they said they were going to hold people harmless from the evil trump tax cuts and they had that conference in January and by April and the session they reneged on that promise. I believe that we should not be raising taxes on anybody at this time. 4. A firearm allows someone that’s weaker and not as fast as their attacker to even the odds to protect themselves. I absolutely think concealed carry plays a role in public safety. 5. Yes, I am in favor of it and I voted for this bill to put it on the as a referendum. So I’m in favor of that off the simple fact that this is what was promised to people when they created the, the, the casinos in the first place. A lot of people don’t realize that Maryland has the most expensive administrative costs for their school system in the entire country. So it is concerning that if you put the money in the k through 12 that it’s not just being wasted at the Board of Education and actually making it to the classroom. 6. I don’t think it’s fair and equitable at all. I’ve co-sponsored a bill and I sponsored a bill two years ago to remove the CPI indexing from the gas tax. And that was always a big topic in the last election. 7. I wouldn’t support any of those changes. They are taking the state in a radically different direction than what way we’re heading in. And uh, you know, I think most people agree that, you know, we’ve changed Maryland for the last four years. The state was heading the wrong direction. We already offer pre K in selected areas. 8. Transportation is essentially a state responsibility. The Route 5 expansion through Abell and Moakley streets is something that our district needs. The other project and no one seems to talk about is that we want to make sure it gets finished: The Harry Nice Bridge. I mean that has said to be completed by 2023 and we want to make sure that project stays in there and gets underway. And then a third would obviously be at a Thomas Johnson Bridge or, or in the intersection Route 235 and Route 4 9. My plan is to continue to do what I’ve been doing and we put out a biweekly emails for anyone up important legislation during session. We put out emails maybe monthly outside of session, routinely have meet and greets are in our phones are always open. So I do maintain an office up in Annapolis because it’s free in a taxpayer’s already paid. Sure. There is no reason to duplicate it with another one. And I think people like that they can get ahold of me and I’m willing to meet them. I’ll speak at tons of social gatherings throughout the year, civic associations, legislative wrap ups. 5

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1. I was born to two teenage parents, the oldest of five. I grew up in pretty much a blue collar family. I went to Drexel University on an athletic scholarship and after I earned my business degree, I went on to law school out at Western Michigan. After practicing as a medical malpractice attorney for a short stint I just followed my dream to become a U.S. Army ranger in special operations. I spent five years in the Army and after three deployments all to Afghanistan to a special operations. I moved to St. Mary’s county where I took a job with a government contracting firm and doing financial consulting and after the last two and a half years I’ve opened up my own small business doing the same thing. 2. Securing the funding for the third building and the Higher Ed Center. The second would be to move forward with the process of [improving] Route 5 and Great Mills Road, which is easily the worst intersection in my district, probably in the county. And then, third is increasing funding for education so that more funds flow to the actual classroom. 3. It should be pushed back down so the state should allow for the SALT deduction to go back down to the local residents. The vast majority of our residents, especially here in high income, high real estate market [will be impacted]. So the state should adjust for that and kick that money back to the individual. 4. I support the Second Amendment. I am an expert in this field. I truly believe that as I have five years as a U.S. Army ranger with three deployments. I’ve done it for real, don’t hide that from anybody. I do think one thing that we need to do is incorporate a mental health background check. 5. I am in favor of Question 1. I think the one thing that we need to make sure that is happening with the vast majority of funding that goes into the school districts is that it goes into the actual classroom not into Moakley Street, so to speak. 6. I think I would be in step with Delegate Morgan and reversing the formula to go to shift more of the funding back down to the county transportation fund. 7. I agree with the Hogan policy of free community college for residents of the state of Maryland. We pay into that system, you know, allowing students to essentially fill that gap to provide them to get through and start their college education.So if there is going to be a single payer system, it would need to happen at a national level to offset that. Especially given the fact that Maryland only has a population of 5-and-a-half, 6 million people. So it’s not practical within the state. I do believe people deserve a living wage as long as there is a small business exception of 50 employees or less, I would support that. [Legalizing marijuana] Yeah, I support it. Full day universal pre-k [I] support that. I think that we have an unfair justice system. [But] I mean we’re releasing 30 percent of the prison population. What are the guidelines for that? 8. Obviously the easy one to say there’s roads, right? But I think that probably one thing that numerous people brought up to me time and time again is the lack of Wifi access or Internet access at the southern end of the county. And that affects you educationally because now you can’t complete your homework. It affects people trying to apply for jobs. It affects people just trying to do general research. I think the first is the intersection of 5 and Great Mills [Road], as I stated. And then something that I think this community genuinely needs and while it is a county commissioner issue, I would fully support it and see what I could do at the state level to advocate for it, is the youth center [in Lexington Park.] 9. I will put a brick and mortar office on either Great Mills or Route 235 in the district so that people can access me. I’m here 100 percent right. I’m, I don’t represent people for 100 days out of 365. I represent people 365 days. 6

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1. I am a retired Air Force veteran of 20 years and I’m the only female veteran in the General Assembly. In the Air Force I picked up obviously a unique set of skills and being the only female veteran, I have a unique perspective on things in the general assembly. I’m the chair of the delegation and I’m also the deputy and minority whip on the House Judiciary Committee, which I’m pretty proud of that I serve on the Oyster Advisory Commission for the Department of Natural Resources. 2. I’m definitely going to put in the bill, it’s for the carry permit right now. If you go for your carry permit, you’re required to do 16 hours of training at a cost of anywhere from $300 to $500, whoever you get that from. And then you put in for your application to carry. I’m going to put it in again to change that around; first apply, get a preliminary approval and then where you have 120 days to take your training. We need now to start working these issues to get legislation together. And then when the new county commissioner board is set, they’ll go through it and look to see and decide if they want to push those items forward. And then really it’s just whatever my constituents what would be my third priority. 3. The state legislature should absolutely take action to correct it. I definitely support that. Absolutely separating it out so that the citizen, the taxpayer can get the most in tax deductions and the most taxes back. 4. I’m definitely on the side of protection of the Second Amendment rights. I do hope I get the NRA rating. I hope I get an endorsement from them because I believe they are the largest group of law abiding citizens when it comes to firearms. 5. So I’m definitely in favor of it, I voted for the bill, was glad governor Hogan signed it and I was glad to see this going to go to the go to the ballot for the people to decide. So, it’s going to be up to our school boards to make sure that that money is placed correctly and that it is getting into the schools. 6. I do not think it’s fair and equitable over the past four years. It’s actually been members of our delegation that have put in a bill to get rid of the CPI on the transportation taxes. 7. I don’t support candidate Jealous’ platform at all. I support medical marijuana, but one of the largest employers in Maryland is the federal government and the legalizing marijuana, if you want to get a job on the base, you really can’t have that in your background. All these ideas have been proposed and they’ve all failed one way or the other in the General Assembly. The $15 minimum wage, that would just hurt our employment sector. [Universal Pre-K] No, I don’t support that. 8. It would be transportation issues. The first one for me is really the Great Mills and Route 5 intersection, to expand the capacity through there. The whole route for the Thomas Johnson Bridge is still a priority for us. [The third building at SMHEC] has so much potential. Having that world class research facility there would be just wonderful. 9. I think I served my constituents very well. I go to as many things as I can to meet them. I’m open, I encourage them to call me. I hand out my personal cell phone number to everybody.

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1. I have lived in the county for over 20 years now and I have spent my time here working to improve my community. I was part of the team that formed the Chesapeake Public Charter School. And I also founded the Southern Maryland Youth Orchestra and choir, which serves the Tri County area. 2. Well, certainly one of the top three would be to work to get a funding mechanism from the government for the Thomas Johnson Bridge. Secondly I think that it’s important that we get the funding for that third building at the Higher Ed Center back into the budget that was removed this year. And education is a really big topic for me. I think that we are going to need to find a way to get more funding and help to the schools so that we can help bring the schools back up to their number one position where they were several years ago. 3. I’m a big proponent of trying to spend wisely and I think that if there is going to be additional revenue that we don’t have anything to spend it on, it should definitely go back to the citizens. And so if that is the case, then yes, I think that we should follow the lead of the federal government. 4. My priority for guns is the prevention of incidents of gun violence, such as we saw at Great Mills earlier this year. I think that this is a multifaceted issue and that we need to maintain things such as comprehensive criminal background checks. 5. I am in favor of that. I think that it’s right that we spend this money on education. They’re having many other issues coming up such as school safety, which will also need to be addressed. That’s additional money that we need to find for schools because they don’t have that already planned out. [There needs to be] oversight of what the schools are doing to ensure that it’s being spent properly. 6. I do think that it would be good for us to see an expenditure of those taxes because yes, rural areas, [There is a] disparity … between the rural and the urban and what’s available to rural versus urban communities. And so I think that it is important that the representatives from our area going to Annapolis, are really stressing the fact that our needs may be different from Baltimore. 7. I have read through some of these changes that Ben Jealous has proposed. In theory I like a lot of them, but I would want to make sure of the details before I jumped wholly into everything of how they’re going to work and how they’re going to be funded. And a minimum wage increase I think will benefit our community in the long run because it creates better citizens and people with more money to spend. I think that healthcare is something that we as citizens should have as a right and not a privilege. And so I think that it’s important that we figure out a way to keep the costs down. I am for medical marijuana and for the expansion of the decriminalization of it. I think that we need to make sure that we’re proceeding responsibly with this. We need to be careful to address any safety concerns that there may be, such as sobriety checks for that as well as for alcohol. Universal Pre-K, I do think that could be a really good thing. I think that early education is very helpful in getting kids on the right track. [On releasing 30 percent of prisoners] Ithink I’ll take a pass on this one. It’s not one that I’ve looked into very carefully. 8. I do think that transportation is a big issue. Public transportation and inter county transportation as well. We don’t have much of any of that and there are plenty of people, who might want to come across the bridge to shop over on the St. Mary’s side or people from the same area who want to go over to Solomons and enjoy Solomons. The Thomas Johnson Bridge I think is definitely in need of replacement and has been for awhile. It’s not built to hold the traffic that crosses it now. The Higher Ed Center, that is one of my top priorities. 9. I think what I would like to be doing during that time is just being out in the community and meeting people, I’m speaking with leaders and figuring out what the specific problems are that need to be addressed and how different groups or different people are coming up with ideas as to how best to address them and how the state can help doing that.

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1. Well, my background is I’m a self employed business person for the last 42 years. Started in Prince Frederick in 1977 at age 24. I have progressed to the point where I’ve owned about seven different businesses in Calvert County. I’ve ventured into some real estate ventures in St. Mary’s County. I graduated from the school of hard knocks because as anybody that’s in retail knows you learned by getting knocked on your butt every once in awhile and knocked in the head. 2. My first priority is to continue to try to help small business, the super majority in Annapolis has been making a tremendous effort to try to overburden small businesses. I’d like to see us lower the corporate income tax on small corporations. I want to be there to fight and try to get at least a reasonable deal on the minimum wage bill. I truly believe that they will bring back the sanctuary state bill. I truly believe we should try to help [immigrants], but we have to do it in a reasonable way to where we don’t burden the other taxpayers. I want to work extremely hard to make sure that we continue to get our share of transportation money from Annapolis for Southern Maryland. 3. I believe that we should have held the citizens of Southern Maryland harmless when that [occurred] because the money is much more well spent and well circulated when it’s in the hands of the private citizens to go out into the businesses and buy and spend money. It circulates through, creates jobs, and just helps to build the local economy. I think it was a money grab and I was against it last year and I would be against it this year if it comes up again. 4. I’m a big proponent of the Second Amendment. I believe that folks in this country have the right to bear arms and to have their weapons and guns as they see fit 5. I agree with the lockbox issue. I have no problem with using the gambling money. Now seeing that 85 percent of the Maryland budget is mandated spending, it’s probably a good thing to have a mandated amount of money for schools, but as that money is passed down to local jurisdictions we’d need some things in place to make sure that the money’s being spent wisely and some accountability on it all. It [has to] come from local government. We do have elected school boards at this point in both St. Mary’s and Calvert County and we need to make sure that they’re accountable for the way they spend the money. 6. I don’t particularly like the way that they have tied to transportation, a sales tax and things like that to the price of gas. It’s in law now and the odds of us ever changing it with the super majority in Annapolis is pretty slim. In the previous administrations, the rural areas again were shut out of their rightfully deserved percentage of the transportation money. 7. Well, obviously candidate Jealous had some lofty goals. If it’s free, there’s no free fairy out there that’s going to drop the money there to run these programs. It may be free to some, but it’s going to be costly to others and the taxpayers are going to have to be the ones that pick up the bill. And the voters four years ago rejected the 43 tax increases and the crazy spending of the previous administration for a more conservative results orientated administration. I think they’re pretty socialist-driven. 8. Number one would be making the schools safe. Number two would be rebuilding the Thomas Johnson Bridge. And number three would be rebuilding the Thomas Johnson Bridge. 9. During the interim between sessions we spend a lot of time talking to community groups at different functions in different forums and things like that and listening to the citizens as to how they would like to see things done. I believe in local government and local government is the closest to the people and has the most immediate effect on people.

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The County Times

ST. MARY’S COUNTY COMMISIONER QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself. QUESTION 2 If elected, what would be your top three priorities during your first year in office? QUESTION 3 The Federal government has modified the way personal income taxes are calculated, capping personal mortgage interest expense and local real estate tax deductions. The State of Maryland has not modified the way state and county income taxes will be calculated. While most people in St. Mary’s will see a reduction in their federal tax liability, many will see a substantial increase in state and local liability. This will result in a large tax windfall for the state and local governments. If the state does not take action to reduce this tax windfall, will you provide local rate reductions to reduce the local portion of this windfall? QUESTION 4 This November, voters are likely to approve legislation that will provide large increases in education funding, mandating that gambling revenues be directed to education without offsetting Thornton funding requirements. How will this impact your decision on local education funding levels, and what can be done to assure large funding increases result in improved student performance? QUESTION 5 What would you consider to be the single most important infrastructure need, such as transportation, schools, parks & recreation, water & sewer, etc., and the top three specific infrastructure projects in St. Mary’s County and why? QUESTION 6 The state of Maryland provided to St. Mary’s County over 1,700 acres of Critical Area Growth Allocations to be used to

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provide, where appropriate, property owners limited changes in critical area overlays. The town of Leonardtown, our county seat, has requested stewardship over 200 of those acres. This has been done previously in other counties around the state; will you support the towns request as proposed? QUESTION 7 The county has long maintained a master plan for the Lexington Park Development District, but has failed to adopt other small area plans for our town centers. How could the Lexington Park plan be improved, and would you move to adopt other small area plans and why? QUESTION 8 The current Board of County Commissioners have substantially raised the impact fee for new home ownership in St. Mary’s County, even while the county has a fund balance of over $34 million, of which over $16 million is not reserved for any purpose. While major employers are actively recruiting young talent for jobs in this area, higher costs of living is of primary concern. Do you support escalating impact fees for new homes at this time? QUESTION 9 Many of the state’s policies are implemented and paid for through the local jurisdictions. Governor candidate Ben Jealous is proposing free Higher Education for all, including those here illegally, a single-payer state-run health care system, increase in minimum wage to $15, legalizing and taxing marijuana, full-day, universal Pre-K, and releasing 30% of Maryland’s prison population back to the streets. Do you support any or all of these policies and would you use local government to either support or defend against these policies?

I am proud to be endorsed by the St. Mary`s County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #7. The vast majority of our local FOP lodge consists of Sheriff`s Office personnel. I am humbled that after 12 years as your Sheriff these law enforcement professionals have voted to publicly endorse my re-election. We have worked together to:  Reduce crime  Improve traffic safety  Identify those that deal Heroin and Opioids as well as work with our community partners to educate, prevent and treat addiction.  Utilize Community Policing models to address quality of life challenges in communities.  Improve school safety  Eliminate personnel shortages and improve employee salary and benefits I humbly ask for your vote November 6, 2018 With your support we will continue to keep St. Mary's County a great place to live, work, and play! By authority Phil Cranford, Treasurer –Citizens for Sheriff Tim Cameron

HOWARD THOMPSON Thursday, October 18, 2018

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT

The CountyRANDY Times GUY

1. I was born right here in St. Mary’s County, Leonardtown. I grew up right across the street on the side of the road where I stayed, I’ll say probably 40 years and, well, 45, almost 50 years out of my 60 years on the Earth 2. I think one of the biggest problems we have in St. Mary’s County now is being able to develop smartly, being able to have the infrastructure and everything that comes with that fall in line. We have problems with development coming before infrastructure. Let’s get this infrastructure first and then we’ll build and then open the store. It makes a big difference in the county. We have to support the sheriff’s office, EMS and Fire. 3. I’d have to go in there and I’d have to sit down with [county finance personnel] and the other commissioners to see what we need to do. 4. We all know the lockbox and how things are going to be coming to us. I look forward to those funds. So [we need to make] sure that these funds supplement the funds that we already have working with the board of education. 5. It’s easy for me. Transportation’s first. People can’t get to and from work easy. I leave to go to work at 5:00 in the morning and there’s traffic on [Route] 235. We have to be able to get the people to and from work and it’s going to take the commissioners to work with the state delegation to work with the governor’s office. We have a clogged artery at that Route 5 and Great Mills Road. I think FDR [needs to be complete] if they don’t have to come out on to Route 235, maybe that will help that. 6. Yeah, sure. I think that Leonardtown has done an exceptional job with what they’re doing over there. I think the mayor has carried things forward. There are developing little city over there 7. We found inconsistencies in the map and how the zoning law on different sections of property was drawn. But just getting the mapping part straight was a phenomenal task for the Planning Commission. I’m trying to clean that up. I think master plans work when you fully implement them. So I think the county needs to work on putting that information out, letting people know exactly what a town center will do for them and what a master plan will do for them. 8. It has to be done incrementally over the years and you have to show where the impact money goes to. I don’t believe in raising that, that high, that quick. I don’t believe in raising any fee to an extreme. 9. No, I don’t support that. I’d love to have free education. There is no such thing as free. Somebody will pay for it. Everybody does need a living wage. I would like to see it come up. I don’t know if it can come up that quick. I’d love to see full day Pre-K. And the releasing prisoners, (I think this proposal is to reduce the jail population by 30 percent by releasing the least violent prisoners) I’d have to sit down with the sheriff, but I’m not going to say just cut 30 percent of the people out. I’ve got to know what that 30 percent is before I’m sure.

REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT

1. I’m Randy Guy and I live in Clements, Maryland and I’ve been a St. Mary’s County resident for my entire life. I was gone for 26 years when I joined the United States Air Force retired in 1994 and came in and did my own small business for 11 years. I got involved in government, the central committee for four years. Board of Appeals for five-and-a-half years. Of course, heavily involved in veterans’ organizations and the American Legion. 2. Some people don’t like this, but FDR Boulevard I think is a primary thing. It’s got to be completed. Number two is getting our senior center and the library completed. [We just gave] $1 million out to the schools to help pay for improvements to the schools for security. 3. I don’t know if they did that I would change it. I could see us eventually doing something like that. I want to see that happen this year, but I would probably say yes, make a little adjustment to ours. Rather than get the three percent, maybe a 2.9 percent rate or something like that to reduce some of the burden off of those taxes people are paying these higher taxes and not having any opportunity to use the deduction. 4. As a commissioner I provide the money. But as far as improving the performance of kids I don’t have much to do with that. [On] the lockbox … I would vote yes. 5. I’d say top priorities do everything we can about the highway construction, but we’re trying to get the state to push forward trying to get more money from them down here and do their projects. We’ve got to be careful where we expand any of this infrastructure and trying to keep it concentrated into the development areas. Now as far as key projects, definitely roads, no doubt about it. They’ve got to get better. We’ve got to complete this FDR Boulevard. 6. Yes. we support whatever [Leonardtown] needs on this right now, but we do have a process. I have no reason whatsoever to deny that. Let them go and develop. 7. We’ve got to concentrate on that and we pretty much got that development plan almost completed. The other smaller areas, Mechanicsville, Charlotte Hall, things like that, we’ve got to finish those too, which I’m thinking they’re pretty close. 8. We needed to raise them a little bit. 9. It’s just a lot of free stuff. I just said nothing is free. Where do you get this free stuff from? You can’t afford it. You just can’t. There’s no way to force something like that.

ROY 26 ALVEY

UNAFFILIATED COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1

COLVIN The CountyERIC Times

1. I’m a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. I grew up on Snow Hill Farm, growing tobacco, corn, and beans. I went to Chopticon High School after graduation went into the Army, spent two years. I came back and went to work for what was then C&P Bell Atlantic and worked there almost 38 years. 2. It’s going to be law enforcement. We have to fight this drug problem, education and school safety. 3. I’d have to let it sit and see what we did to get it. See if it makes a difference to the consumer. So, you want to see really how much it is before you say “I’m going to give it back to the people.” 4. So you’d have to look at upgrading teacher salaries. School safety is a big concern and I think you need to improve the security and safety of the students. 5. A big issue that a lot of people have talked about is the infrastructure. People complained about that intersection [Route 235 near Harris Teeter]. We have to get the state delegation to look at maybe widening that, getting money from Annapolis. Well, the FDR Boulevard has to be definitely pushed along to try to alleviate some of this problem. There’s a couple of other little side roads [such as Buck Hewitt Road] that goes to Kohl’s. That needs a big time upgrade. 6. I liked the town center concept myself years ago. It really needs to be pushed. 7. No. They have already approved graduating escalation for the next four or five years. So yeah, I can go with that. I can go with from $4,000 to $10,000. 8. I’m for having a fund balance. It happened that if you’ve got $16 million that’s not earmarked for anything and it’s so evidently the other $15 million is, it sounds like that could cover an emergency. 9. As far as illegals, I don’t think they are entitled. I think if you go through a process, you’re entitled to everything. The simple thing would be to say yes, but when you see this, you can’t. Somebody has got to pay for it. Somebody’s going to pay for it, right?

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REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1

1. I was born and raised in St Mary’s County. I grew up here. My family’s from here. Both of my grandfathers and my father started small businesses in the county. My brother was a Marine. I went to Salisbury University where I graduated summa cum laude with political science and history degree. And then I got my masters in business from the College of William and Mary and right now I currently work as a financial analyst and my career has been with a couple different defense contractors. 2. We need to finish a couple large infrastructure projects like FDR Boulevard. We need to get that done. The opioid epidemic is something that we have to stay in front of. We’ve got a really great group of people working on that and we need to stay in front of that. And school safety, there’s no question about that. I think we’ll all support the board of education in doing whatever’s necessary to ensure school safety. 3. That is definitely something I would want to look at doing. I’m in favor of reducing the Homestead Tax Credit. I would like to take a look at the energy tax that’s out there; there might be room to reduce that or even remove that, but that’s definitely something we need to take a look at. We also have to put into consideration whatever the impacts of the Kirwan Commission are going to be for the county. The second part of that is up to the Board of Education. 4. As county commissioner, I’m not managing the schools that is the Board of Education’s job. The ballot question to put the casino funds into a lockbox that Governor Hogan’s proposed without a doubt, I support that. 5. Transportation in my mind is the number one infrastructure need, getting FDR completed, trying to figure out a way to relieve this traffic congestion. I’d love to see more use of the STS buses, have their routes expanded. Our parks are filled to capacity. We need good recreation opportunities in order to attract young families that want to stay here and work here. 6. Definitely. Leonardtown has got a great thing going there, doing wonderful stuff and we need to help them with their growth plan and let them manage the way that they’re growing. 7. I’d definitely like to look into that more. The Lexington Park plan, sticking to the plan. Definitely go back and look at it and make revisions where needed and continuing with the partnerships with the CDC [Community Development Corporation]. It presents some unique challenges, but we’d definitely be willing to take a look at those other town areas, too. 8. I don’t support raising impact fees any further. That’s what you’re asking.That’s such a huge issue, retaining and recruiting a good workforce.

TIMOTHY RIDGELL

DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 Declined to be interviewed.

9. The question is we can’t afford any of them. I mean ideas like universal Pre-K, are a wonderful concept. Everybody wants their child to be able to start out with the best start possible, but we just can’t afford that. I mean they’re really [proposing] releasing 30 percent of prisoners? And I don’t see legalizing marijuana helping the opioid situation at all. I’m not in support of any of those initiatives.

ROSE FREDERICK Thursday, October 18, 2018

DEMOCRAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2

The CountyMIKE TimesHEWITT

1. I was born and raised in St Mary’s County at St. Mary’s Hospital. Of course Lexington Park all my life. I attended a Catholic school, St Peter Claver and Little Flower and then from the public school at Esperanza Middle School and Great Mills High School. Graduated from college at University of Maryland University College also attended College of Southern Maryland. I’ve been in program management and worked on base over 20 years and retired from Dahlgren after 35 years total service. 2. My first year in office I would love to succeed at doing something for seniors. Not a senior center, but the senior living. I’ve been working with the seniors at the senior center apartments on Pegg Road, as well as the villages behind Kohls and each of them they identify transportation as one of their main priorities. Then the next one would be working with the board of education. We are always talking about teachers in the county and how they’re leaving the county. They don’t have affordable housing right now. 3. Yes. Would work with this so that we could try to do that. Look at your tax rate today, how can we change that? How can we change Homestead Tax? So we look at it and yeah, I would and I would try working through that. 4. If we look at how can we change the makeup of those classrooms and with that student teacher ratio, then that’s what’s going to improve whether or not those kids succeed. Now does that mean we need new schools? Possibly, but not soon. 5. Number one is transportation. Then the second one, as we look at the neighborhoods and we look at housing, are we really looking at what is the impact of building houses and why are we not building more affordable housing? How can we work to have small businesses come in here to assist us with our infrastructure. There’s St. Andrews Church Road; I do think that our county representatives could get in there and could be pushing that more so that we could get that fixed. 6. See, I don’t totally agree with that. I don’t think that they should have total stewardship of that. The state should have some say in that because we need those critical areas. 7. I think that we can look at it more. And you have Point Lookout; how can we improve that because we want to bring people to St Mary’s County to visit, opening that up also and having a plan there. So I think that we should. 8. Nope, I don’t. I really don’t. It comes back to affordable homes. 9. You’re going to have your grants, you’re going to have scholarships. So it would be whatever is left out of that. So it’s not exactly free. Yes, I, I liked the idea of a single pay healthcare. Yes, I do believe that we should have an increase to 15, but it would be over time. I have never been a marijuana user and I am not for [legalizing] it. Pre-K? No. [On releasing 30 percent of prisoners] Well it depends. What are they in there for?

REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2

1. My name is Mike Hewitt. I grew up in St Mary’s County. I’ve had my business here and I raised my family here and my father came here with the Navy in 1963. I was 10 years old. I am currently a county commissioner. I served for four years. My experience with the county includes four years on the board of education and five years on the zoning board of appeals and about 16 months on the planning commission. I’m also the St. Mary’s County representative to the Critical Areas Commission. And I just finished my term as a representative to the Patuxent River Commission. 2. My goal is to stay consistent on what I ran for my first term that I did not achieve was eliminate the energy tax. I believe it’s a regressive tax that has a higher impact on poor elderly and on fixed income. I want to reduce the Homestead Tax from five percent to three percent because it’s my vision that will help people age in place. I’d like to complete infrastructure projects to ease traffic congestion to lessen the daily drive time. 3. Yes, and right now our income taxes at three percent, it’s allowed to go to the 3.2%, each 10th of a point can bring in up to $2.2 million. But my sense is is that we are taking in more revenues and we are spending over the past four years. Our Fund balance has gone from $31 million, to $53 million. Once we identify them and know that we have them, then we should make adjustments. I’m in favor of making adjustments earlier. 4. There is no guarantee that additional money into education will improve the quality of the student’s education. I do not believe throwing money at something necessarily makes it better. It’s absolutely imperative that kids are safe. So my sense would be, if you can get them in a safe environment and you can provide the best teachers you can find or you can get you will have a good system. 5. I think [the top priority] is to get us out of the traffic issues that we’re having in this county every day on Route 235 and at Great Mills Road. The intersection of Route 5 and Great Mills Road requires a better interaction with state highways and with state government. FDR Boulevard needs to be finished now. The other infrastructure project is renovations to the adult detention center. That needs to happen. We know we have a poor facility over there. 6. Why it makes sense to me after I did research on it is Leonardtown is our only municipality with its own planning and zoning; it’s own governmental functions going on. It has water and sewer, very important and the fact that it has the water and sewer allows it to have a higher growth potential. 7. The Lexington Park development plan is a challenging place and it’s mainly challenged because it’s so large and what I mean by so large is that there’s many areas of it that do not have water and sewer. Now it’s my opinion that if you’re got to have a development area, it should have water and sewer because with that you can control the amount of effluent plus provide the water. So while I do support town centers that have traditionally been areas where people may have had groceries, or bought gasoline or maybe there was some other function there, there was a commercial entity. I believe before expanding it, we need to have a water and sewer bill presented. That’s a particular challenge for Charlotte Hall. 8. I did not vote for the increase to the impact fee and here’s the reason why, the impact fee is predicated on five years of capital improvement projects. So if we have plans out there to build schools, roads, rec and parks, we need to factor those into our borrowing, into our budget and figure out a way to pay for them. 9. Well, I don’t support Ben Jealous. I don’t support these recommendations because I believe they’re going to be too expensive and I’m not sure they’re going to increase or improve the quality of life for people in Maryland. I don’t support this.

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UNAFFILIATED COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3

The CountyJOHN TimesO’CONNER

1. I was born and raised here and I can trace my family roots in St Mary’s county for a couple hundred years at least. I’m a graduate of Chopticon High School. I went ahead and joined the air force and made it to the rank of chief master sergeant, which is the highest enlisted rank and I did that in 17 years. 2. Obviously the budget is huge. That’s the main purpose for the county commissioners is to make sure that we take care of the county’s finances and we apply them correctly. So I’d like to get input from everyone to make sure that we can take care of what our focus areas are. Our largest parts of the budget schools, the sheriff’s office and county services. My focus will be on schools, the sheriff’s office, in their respective budgets. 3. Absolutely. We have to find ways to reduce the tax burden on our citizens. So I immediately will look atS other fees that we can be reduced. There are some other areas obviously; we can get rid of that energy tax. There’s no reason to burden somebody with, with, uh, an essential utility tax that’s just ridiculous in my opinion, and we can also make sure that the folks that are on fixed incomes don’t have to worry about the homestead tax credit increasing above inflation. 4. I’ve lived in Missouri and Mississippi where they had the education lockbox and I’ve seen it do wonders in particular with, uh, with the way that they have a school facilities so on. We need to make sure that we’re getting good quality teachers and we’re keeping them. We’ve got to work hand in hand very closely with the board of education that makes sure that our kids are not only getting the best education that they could possibly get in our particular county, but also that they remain safe. 5. In this particular area it’s traffic and transportation issues. We’re not going to get the help from the state, a state highway administration that we think we’re going to get. So that’s gonna, that’s gonna mean, that’s going to mean either improving or expanding upon the county roads that we already have. Now, obviously we have FDR that has got to be finished. I don’t dare go through Charlotte Hall on a Saturday. We need to seriously take a look at. We’ve got to be able to help them out. There’s so many things that are on tap, but I think that obviously, especially along great mills road, a bike lanes and bike lanes, wherever we can get to make sure that we can start making these communities more were either walkable or more accessible. And also obviously our bus service I do think has to be expanded. 6. Absolutely. I’ve sat with the mayor of Leonardtown and with their planners and I’ve gone over what they kind of envisioning right now. They’re just hoping to be able to lower some kind of a developer down there. I think it’s a great idea. 7. So obviously that plan needs to be updated. It’s very antiquated. It having sat on the planning commission and having seen outside developers come to St Mary’s County and take advantage over antiquated ordinances. We got to start putting the right things in the right place for our citizens. If not, we’re going to be walled off real quick and I don’t think anybody wants that. Then, we can then look at those town centers like Mechanicsville, Charlotte Hall, again, Hollywood. 8. Absolutely not. So I was on the impact fee focus group and I tell you we, we, we struggle with this, but we came up with a formula so that formula is going to change year to year depending on what goes in the capital improvement plan. I was on the impact fee focus group, but I’d love to just get rid of the impact fee altogether. 9. Education is a good thing. So I went to school on a tuition assistance program. Those are all great programs because an educated society is a successful society. The rest of that Jealous’ platform] is garbage.

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REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3

1. I’m a United States Army veteran. I enlisted in the army in 2000. I grew up in, was raised on Long Island, New York family is a long history in the New York City Police Department. Had a lot of public safety in my background and public service. Um, after I got out of the military, I joined the law law enforcement police department down here in, uh, in Maryland. I ended up here and I moved to St Mary’s County, um, after being at St Mary’s county for a while, I decided I wanted to go back to college, so I did. And on my way back from college is when I actually decided that I was going to run for office four years ago. 2. Well, one would be, uh, making sure FDR boulevard gets completed. That’s been lingering for too long, also ensuring that the adult detention center project gets completed. and ensuring that we have a proper infrastructure for our fire and ems to continue to grow as a volunteer agency would be my third one. 3. Absolutely. I have already requested staff to put together a focus group to look at tax reform for St Mary’s county as a whole. I want to Saint Mary’s County to be protected and I believe that we can reform the tax structure that we have in place now to make that happen. 4. Well, one, I, I agree with the lockbox of gambling revenue. But what I would like to see is a more of that money getting into the classroom is how I would like to see it. That has a better impact on the students. 5. For us it’s going to be a transportation, right? Absolutely. I think anybody that says anything, otherwise we’d be remiss. We have Thomas Johnson Bridge Project that’s been lingering and causes quite, quite the delay if anybody’s ever sat in it. I think at the top of our list has to be the animal shelter being the fact that the tri county animal shelter has been dissolved But, not too far from the first one is fixing our radio system for our first responders. The third one is going to be alleviating congestion in the north end of the county. 6. I support the town’s request. What I would like to see is how we’re going to work in partnership, um, moving forward with that request. 7. I’m a supporter of managed growth, proper managed growth, rather than just a various developments popping up throughout the county which caused a lot of infrastructure needs. We need to finish the Lexington Park one and hopefully now we can actually focus on a true plan in the north with what is going on. And we have some commercial centers that are being put up in traffic so it needs to be done. 8. I support the findings of the focus group that was in place based on the formula that they came up with to make sure that our infrastructure is kept up with. It’s only going to be raised to a roughly $6,300 over five years is from $4,500. It’s phased in over five years. 9. Ben Jealous is bad from Maryland. I do not support anything within his platform and that he is pushing on the state of Maryland. It’s regressive and as far as the ability to push back against that, if we were legally able to fight back against his policies? I absolutely would.

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The County Times

ST. MARY’S COUNTY SHERIFF QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself. QUESTION 2 If elected, what will be your top three priorities over the next year as Sheriff? QUESTION 3 There is a proposed new Sheriff’s station planned for Great Mills Road in Lexington Park. The estimated cost of this project is $2.2 million, not including additional funding needed to maintain and operate this facility. Do you consider this a priority use of taxpayer funds and will this provide a measurable level of safer streets and a safer community than exists there today? QUESTION 4 The county is planning over $25 million in upgrades to the Adult Detention Center, not including additional cost to operate the facility each year. Is this an appropriate level of taxpayer funding at this time, and what programs or policies can be put in place to help reduce this cost to the taxpayers in the future? QUESTION 5 There are some who claim the morale in the Sheriff’s office is low and effecting the quality of service. Do you believe this to be the case, if so what is the cause and what can be done to improve the morale? QUESTION 6 How should the use of manpower be prioritized? Are there changes that should be made in the current use of manpower that would better reflect current conditions in our community such as school safety, opioids proliferation, and a growing level of gun violence?

QUESTION 7 Governor Candidate Ben Jealous has proposed major changes to law enforcement in Maryland. Included in these changes are the implementation of “Smart on Crime” policies, and the release of approximately 30% of the state’s inmate population. Do you support or oppose these initiatives and why? QUESTION 8 There are those who say the Maryland Constitution never anticipated the Sheriff’s position would have so much law enforcement power, and are concerned that the sheriff has very little accountability other than election every four years. Some believe a county police agency would be a more functional law enforcement body with a police chief accountable to the Board of County Commissioners. How can the sheriff assure the citizens that his actions and the actions of his department are open to public scrutiny, assuring the Sheriff is accountable to the citizens? QUESTION 9 How should the use of manpower be prioritized? Are there changes that should be made in the current use of manpower that would better reflect current conditions in our community such as school safety, opioids proliferation and a growing level of gun violence? QUESTION 10 There are those who claim that over the years the St. Mary’s County Sheriff office has lacked diversity in its upper ranks. Do you believe this to be the case today and what efforts should be made to assure equal opportunity within the Sheriff’s office?

VOTE ROSE FREDERICK for ST. MARY’S COUNTY COMMISSIONER

Dear Friends & Neighbors, I am writing you today to re-introduce myself. My name is Rose Frederick and I am running for St. Mary’s County Commissioner, District 2. First, I’d like to thank you for voting for me in the Primary Election. I am humbled by your support. Now I am asking you to vote for me again as we work toward the General Election on November 6, 2018. As your County Commissioner, I am focused on these critical issues: • Access for every child to a high quality education • Fair pay for educators • Support for our law enforcement officers who insure our public safety • Working with the County Health Officer to address the Opioid Epidemic and its effects — Crime, Premature Death and Fetal Addiction • Elimination of substandard housing for our elderly, special needs and homeless neighbors • Small Business initiatives to hire interns • Summer Youth Employment Initiatives that will pay off in a broader job market • Support for our Fire and Rescue and hundreds of other County Volunteers who serve us all • Improved Planning and Zoning Ordinances so that neighborhoods have adequate sidewalks and shopping centers have adequate access before they are built and open for business

“St. Mary’s County — A County That Cares” Let’s all work together to keep it that way. Endorsed by The Education Association St. Mary’s County (EASMC) & The Sierra Club of Maryland

Website: voterosefrederick.com Facebook: RoseforCommissioner Twitter: FriendsofRose Email: friendsofrosefrederick@gmail.com By Authority of Rose Frederick for Commissioner 2018, Sharon Redmon, Treasurer

STANDING STRONG FOR ST MARY’S COUNTY A 20-year Air Force veteran and the only female veteran in the Maryland General Assembly, Deb Rey is working with Governor Hogan to deliver real results to St Mary’s families.     

Eliminated over $1.2 billion in taxes, tolls and fees Fought to eliminate automatic gas tax increases Ensured rural counties receive a greater share of road funding Secured $15 million to improve county schools & boost safety Championed tougher sentences for violent criminals Endorsed By: Governor Larry Hogan Fraternal Order of Police Maryland Farm Bureau Maryland Realtors Nat’l Federation of Independent Business @RealDebRey

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1. I was lucky enough to be hired in 1989 by Sheriff Pettit and highlights of my 28 years of service are our development and in participating in the first community orientated police program focused on Lexington Park. Additionally, assuming command to the underwater search and recovery team for many years as deputy first class, I was a member of the first team to bring accreditation, which is the CALEA Commission on accreditation for law enforcement agencies to our sheriff’s office in 2007. Concurrently, I assumed command of our traffic safety homicide team and maintained this and many other collateral duties. I genuinely care about my community. I care about the people that I serve. When I come to your door, I’m there to serve and protect you to the best of my ability.

1. I’m Tim Cameron. I’m the current sheriff of St Mary’s County. I have been the sheriff since 2006. Prior to that I was a member of the sheriff’s Office for over 25 years and also served as the county’s public safety director. I live in Morganza with my wife and two sons. One of my sons is in Salisbury and the other attends Chopticon High School. I was born here in St Mary’s county. Grew up on my grandparents farm and earned my bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and then my master’s degree from Johns Hopkins, both in management. I’ve also attended a number of specialty training courses and police and emergency management and emergency services.

2. Number one, immediately fully staff the school resource officer program, put an officer in every high school, put an officer in every middle school. It’s difficult because of the low manpower. Number two is to enhance the handful of narcotics officers that we have. We have a small team of officers that are focused on this opioid epidemic and we probably need to double their expertise and their manpower. Number three, I want to focus on traffic safety, it has always been a passion of mine.

3. So what I would say is the community in Lexington Park wants it and every opportunity they let me know they want it. Our patrol officers would go in and out of places that are in the middle of the largest demand that we have in Lexington Park. So you talk about the impact of police presence, so they want that. That’s their demand and their expectation is that we’re going to do it. Do I think it will contribute to improving quality of life? Yes, I do.

3. Absolutely. I believe we are years past where that substation we could call a district one substation, should’ve been in place. The difference being we put in a substation in the South Hampton community. It’s not staffed 24 hours a day. When you walk up there and you push a button for the intercom, you’re speaking to somebody in Leonardtown. When we talk about a true district station, it’s a 24-hour operation with someone in the building that can assist our community. 4. The adult detention center is simply a fact of life to harbor criminals and the facility [renovation] was first proposed in 2005. I do believe it is necessary. Those inmates, they deserve protection regardless if they’re a felon, misdemeanor or John Q. Public, they deserve the same level of service that we provide to the public. 5. Without question, there is a true morale problem within the agency. It’s a tough enough career without having an environment that is corrosive, that actively promotes a lack of trust. I remember clearly having commanders humiliate employees to the point of becoming emotional with nothing happening. I remember commanders pulling people outside and saying, “I’m going to be here for a long time. Determine whose team you’re on.” We’re all servants. 6. The main focus is simply recruiting enough folks to build our base of employees. Everything we see is a direct result of a lack of manpower resources right now. 7. I feel that we should basically try to rehabilitate and put nonviolent, non predatory members back out in the community. 8. I feel the sheriff’s position, as one who answers to the community, is a better option than a police department that answers to four or five politicians. I’ve known many police chiefs that requirements were put on them that would not be put on the public servant of the Sheriff’s Office. 9. Diversity is lacking in the individuals who respond to your home and having cultural or ethnic understanding of what you are experiencing. That’s where we’re lacking when you don’t have that base of diversity, I don’t think there’s one Latino officer in law enforcement in our community.

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2. The only thing that could take the opiod epidemic off the front page is school safety. So certainly those are two, school safety and then the opioid epidemic. Growing the agency would be the third.

4. I think it’s appropriate and necessary to upgrade the existing site. It not only will allow us to humanely incarcerate inmates that are currently there, but it also gives us an appropriate program space to allow us to maximize our time, the short period of time typically that we have with them on a number of issues and those issues being mental health, addictions, parenting, life skills. So the idea is the more that you can do with them, the more likely it is that they won’t come back. 5. I think the men and women of the Sheriff’s Office are highly regarded by the public. In any major event, what has been seen as a beyond adequate response is an exemplary response. As far as morale, morale is always a work in progress. I think that right now the morale and the environment of the sheriff’s office is better than it’s ever been since I stepped foot in the place and I think one of the things we’ve seen is a change in culture. When I went, it was a culture of the “public needs us and we don’t need them.” The reality is now I have a culture that understands, to be successful, we have to engage and work alongside the community to have any success at all. 6. Could we utilize our manpower better than we are right now? I don’t think so. As we take on more people we will expand some of the assignments. The perfect example, if you talk about complaints from the public, the number one complaint I get is traffic. It’s not just Route 235 but it’s in communities because that adversely affects the quality of life in that community. So I have a traffic safety unit. 7. I do not support the release of state inmates to come back to local jurisdictions and then prey upon the public and then we arrest them and they’re back in our local facility. 8. My opinion is based on what I know my constituents, my home is desirous of. So when you said there’s less accountability, I think there’s more accountability with the sheriff’s office, because the people that I work for can walk in my office any day of the week. There’s a standing order with me that if a citizen comes to my lobby and wants to see me, I see them. All of our command cell phone numbers are on the Internet because the public pays for them. And they have the right to call us. So I’m held accountable every day, not to mention we’re internationally accredited agency through CALEA. 9. There is equal opportunity in the sheriff’s office. We ensure that. We’re very cautious about bias-based policies to prohibit any biased policing in our selection, our employment, our promotion and so on. Is there a lack of diversity in the sheriff’s office? I think there we are not reflective of the county. I think t African Americans are about 14 percent, somewhere in there, maybe 14 to 17 percent. And I think the sheriff’s office, specifically African Americans is about five to six percent if I’m correct, but at the same time, the national average for women in policing is like 12.7 percent, we’re almost 15 percent. So am I satisfied with where we are? No. I want to be reflective of our community and it makes it easier for our officers to be able to work in that community, especially for someone to see someone that looks like them also helps us in recruiting.

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CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT QUESTIONS

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QUESTION 1 First, tell us a little about yourself. QUESTION 2 Why are you running for this office? QUESTION 3 If elected what are your top three priorities for the office in the coming year? QUESTION 4 What are the duties of the court clerk? Why is it important to the average citizen?

FAYE WHEELER

QUESTION 5 Is there a need for additional staffing at the clerk’s office or for equipment? QUESTION 6 What are the greatest challenges facing the office? QUESTION 7 What can the clerk’s office do better to help people navigate the court system?

DEBBIE MILLS BURCH

DEMOCRAT CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT

REPUBLICAN CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT

1. I’m Faye Wheeler. I’m a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s county, born and raised in Avenue. I’m now residing in Clements. I have been with the Clerk’s Office for 25 years. I’m working towards my 26th year and I have worked all divisions within the legal department. There are two supervisors. I am one. I’m under the acting clerk. I started as a deputy courtroom clerk under Evelyn Arnold and I was promoted to lead judicial worker and then as acting supervisor under Joan Williams and then promoted to supervisor for the criminal juvenile jury departments.

1. My name is Debbie Burch. I’m originally from Charles County. I am 51 years old, married with three children and I currently reside in Mechanicsville where I have been for 20 years.

2. I deeply care about this county and the citizens of St. Mary’s County. I know the importance of the clerk’s office. I believe all citizens deserve our time and respect when they come in the office because they’re there for very important reasons and specific reasons and that’s what we’re there for, to assist them. I have a lot of knowledge within the clerk’s office with different positions in the court system itself and I’m ready to take the next challenge of being the clerk. 3. The customers are important to me. I would like to actually receive an additional portal right now with the new e-filing system. We only have one that is accessible to the public and the attorneys when they come in. I want to get the credit card acceptance for the fees to be paid. That’s the number one question when people come in: “Why in the world do you not have a credit card machine? 4. We maintain all of the court records within the clerk’s office. If you go into land records or if you need a business license. If you go to get married, you need a marriage license. If you want to adopt a child, we have those records. So all records are maintained by the clerk’s office and those are very important documents and records that are held there that everyone on a daily basis [might need.] 5. I would say at this point with the electronic filing system, I think the personnel that we have is what we need. Hopefully, as time goes on and we get more familiar with the filing system, maybe we will not need any additional employees in the clerk’s office. 6. I’m needing more help for the pro se customers that come in, I don’t believe that they have. There is an actual pro se attorney that comes in and assist them with filling out paperwork. There are a lot of people who are unable to process the paperwork, unable to read. There’s just a lot more assistance for the general public barrier. 7. The website. We can keep the judiciary website current and accurate and continue to just update that on a monthly basis as to what our office is doing. The public could ask a question to the website and we could respond. But certainly that’s something that we would have to set up and I would have to ask the state because we are under the state’s control.

2. I wanted to try something different. I wanted to test myself and I wanted to learn more, to be better at what I’m doing and because I enjoy working for the clerk’s office. 3. Number one, I would like to continue to improve on the quality of customer service that we have. The customer service is great, but we can always improve, just little things can help. I also want to assist the staff with making sure that they provide the customers with assistance with the programs that the courthouse does offer and making sure that the community is aware of what the courthouse offers. I’d like to bring us a little bit more updated with the times and get the credit card type transactions because at this point we’re only taking cash, check and money orders. 4. Basically we are administrative, we perform civil ceremonies, we also issue marriage licenses. We do the deeds and also power of attorneys, if somebody wants to file a power of attorney in the clerk’s office. We also are the keepers of the record those being the civil criminal and juvenile files. 5. We can always use the updated technology. Unfortunately we are at the mercy of the state. A year ago we went to the electronic filing system which is M-DEC. That is a great portion of the clerk’s office and making it a lot easier and as always we are trying to make it more user friendly. 6. I believe the greatest challenges would be not only the customer service and making sure that we are providing the utmost customer service, but making people aware of what our office does, what we can and what we can’t provide. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide legal advice when they come in. 7. Basically making sure that we get out to the public, all the resources that are available to the public filing of cases, the assistance from the attorneys, the free legal clinic and so forth. Being able to provide them, again, excellent customer service whenever they come in, whether it’s for a business license or a marriage license or filing a deed to getting information on filing an adoption case or a custody case or divorce case. 15

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ST. MARY’S COUNTY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS & TRANSPORTATION John Deatrick, P.E., AIPC & LEED BD+C Director

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James R. Guy, President Michael L. Hewitt, Commissioner Tom Jarboe, Commissioner Todd B. Morgan, Commissioner John E. O’Connor, Commissioner

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Simply stated, Source Reduction is the elimination of waste before it is created. It involves the design, manufacture, purchase, or use of a material or products to reduce the amount of material that is discarded. Source Reduction can go a long way to reducing the costs associated with the transportation, disposal or recycling of waste. Best of all, practicing Source Reduction can SAVE YOU MONEY!!!

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Use products that last a long time before they wear out Products that last a long time create less waste, and you will often save money in the long run. • Use reusable cloth napkins, diapers and towels. • Take a reusable coffee mug to work. • Use silverware and heavy-duty, reusable plastic plates and glasses for parties and picnics. • Ask for high-mileage tires. They usually cost less per mile traveled. Keep them filled to the proper air pressure for maximum wear. • Buy compact fluorescent lights instead of incandescent ones. • Clean, maintain and repair your tools, appliances, vehicles, shoes and clothing. • Check consumer publications for lists of durable items.

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For Additional Recycling Information: Contact the St. Mary’s County DPW&T at (301)475-4200 or visit our website at www.stmarysmd.com

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Endorsing Brian Crosby To the Editor Like many others, I am fed up with the stagnation resulting from extreme partisanship on the parts of voters and elected representatives. I am affiliated with a political party because I want to vote in primaries; however, I consider myself to be an uncommitted voter in general elections. I am neither red nor blue; I guess I am purple. Selecting the best person for the job is more important to me than adhering to a political party, and I vote accordingly. Political tribalism is dangerous and detrimental to the best interests of our county and our country. It has paralyzed the Federal government for many years, and threatens to do the same here, in St. Mary’s County. Governor Hogan has made conscious efforts to tamp down partisanship in Annapolis. Unfortunately, he gets little help from Delegate Deb Rey. In an email sent out this spring “From the Desk of Deb Rey”, she stated, “I will… vote against any legislation Democrats propose to infringe our our [sic] constitutional rights” and it appears that she construes any change that affects guns to be an infringement. She applies this broadly as she has publicly stated...“if we buy it for the military, we should be able to own it ourselves.” This would include such items as bump stocks, assault weapons, and I guess, taken to extremes, grenade launchers and tanks. There appears to be no room for dialog with her, and thus, no room for any rational change despite what a majority of the people might want. Similarly, she is adamant that we arm teachers and others in our public schools, despite vocal resistance to that idea, and she gives no voice to enhancing the scarce resources for mental health in the county that, if freely available, might forestall another terrible occurrence as that experienced at Great Mills High School. Early in Deb’s political career, it became clear to me that she holds strongly to her personal beliefs. I asked her what she would do if her personal beliefs were in opposition to the beliefs and desires of her constituents. She replied that she would hold firm to her personal beliefs. My personal belief is that I want to have a delegate who represents the constituents, not him- or herself. Deb feigns listening to her constituents, but clearly she is going to do her own thing. The recent fiasco regarding the library board is one example. Deb is openly a strong Christian conservative and sided with those who share her beliefs. Her thwarted attempt to ramrod through a change in the library board procedures was an embarrassment to the county. We are lucky that we now have a candidate for District 29B who will work to bring us together, not divide us. That candidate is Brian Crosby whose goal is to serve this community in an equal-handed fashion. Brian will find solutions to problems by working constructively in a bipartisan fashion. With a business degree, a law degree and membership in two state bars, as well as direct military experience, Brian brings many strengths to his candidacy. He is a former Army Ranger with three deployments to Afghanistan, thus a proven leader. He is an experienced manager as Brian currently directs a multi-million dollar program for the Navy. And, with the county’s close ties to PAX River, Brian’s military experience enables a keen understanding of the needs and requirements of the base and its relationship to the economy of the county. The combination of his training and experience will serve us well in Annapolis. Most importantly, Brian wants to serve this community. He believes it’s time to get back to basics and he believes everyone should have a chance to speak and everyone should be heard. I hope the voters will put county over party and vote for Brian Crosby—the right person for the job. You can learn more about Brian on the website www.bc4md.com. Carolyn Siebert Scotland

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‘Outrageous’ Extra Credits

To the Editor, I was glad to see that the outrageous extra credit requirement imposed by St. Mary’s College Assistant Professor Amanda Deerfield on her students for voting in our local elections was rightfully cancelled as described in the article “No More Extra Credit for Registering to Vote at St. Mary’s College” on 11 October 2018. Considering the sheer outrageousness and contemptibility of her actions, I think it would be appropriate for Dr. Deerfield to provide a follow-up lecture to her students on why her pro-

posal to punish students who chose not to vote in her preferred district was foolish and wrong. Furthermore she should discuss why trusted educators must rise above partisan politics and never use a position of authority in an attempt to influence an election. The students (and aspiring voters) attending our institutions of higher learning deserve nothing less.

Dear Editor, Beginning with early voting on October 25th, Marylanders will vote on their choice of candidates for all elected offices in Maryland. They will also vote on two Ballot Questions on amendments to the Maryland Constitution. I urge all voters to VOTE AGAINST Ballot Question 2: “Constitutional Amendment for Same-Day Registration and Voting at the Precinct Polling Place on Election Day.” This amendment will allow individuals to both register and vote a regular ballot that will be counted on General Election Day without showing proof of citizenship such as a birth certificate, US passport or naturalization papers; and without a Maryland driver’s license or MVA Identification card. They need only to show a utility bill with their name and an in-state mailing address and they and anyone with them that

they say is a member of their family can register and vote as well. When one both registers and votes on the same day there is no time for verification. Once the ballot has been fed into the collator at the polling place it cannot be retrieved. Every time a person fraudulently cast a vote it disenfranchises an eligible voter by crossing out their vote. Maryland’s Board of Elections relies totally on the “honor system” and does not require proof of citizenship to register to vote. It rarely prosecutes anyone for violations. Maryland citizens deserved more respect and protection for their vote than this amendment provides. Please vote Against Question 2.

Andrea Swierczek Lexington Park, MD 20653

Vote Against Question 2

Sincerely, Cynthia L. Jones Valley Lee, MD

Endorsing Eric Colvin

To the Editor: My name is Sherri St. Clair and I am writing to endorse Eric Colvin for County Commissioner, District 1. I have known Eric since 2013 where we served together on the Commission for Persons with Disabilities. Eric was voted chairperson for this commission and I served as his vice chair, working with Eric was always a pleasure. Our mission was to inform the St. Mary’s County Commissioners of the needs and concerns of our disabled community. We worked along with representatives from The Health Department, Pathways, STS Transportation, Social Services, SMCP Schools, Southern Maryland Center for Independent Living, Department of Aging, Recreation and Parks, and NAVAIR. Eric’s Annual Report

was always thorough and presented in a timely manner. In the nearly six years that we have worked together I have seen Eric work with a variety of organizations concerning many different issues and agencies. Eric was born, raised and educated in St. Mary’s County, he has a sincere love for his county and community. I am looking forward to voting for my friend and fellow commission member. I hope you will cast your vote for Eric Colvin as well. I know he will serve you well. Sherri St. Clair Avenue, Md.

Returning America to the Way It Was To the Editor: I am responding to Mr. Joe Wible’s letter of October 11, 2018, “Why Are They Democrats?” I am a Democrat because I want to return America to when it was truly great: a time when we can actually believe what our president has said, a time when we always side with our intelligence community over an adversary nation, a time when we did not separate parents from their children then deport the parents with no questions asked and put their kids in metal cages. I want to return to a time when parents didn’t have to fear if their baby would be born with a heart condition that their health-care provider would consider a pre-existing condition they do not insure, a time when we didn’t worry if our air or water was safe to breathe and drink, a time when we knew without a doubt that when we

called on our allies, they would back us up unconditionally, a time when the world would hang on our president’s every word when he spoke in front of the United Nations rather than laugh at him, a time when a woman claiming to have been sexually assaulted would be heard, given the respect she deserves and an investigation into her allegations allowing the facts to come out regardless of who was involved. I have many reasons to be a Democrat and my mission is simple: I want to help return our country to a time when we treated each over with respect, a time when America was truly great. BC Guzman Great Mills, MD

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Letters Cont.

Endorsing Brian Crosby Dear Editor, I became acquainted with Brian Crosby this past year because of his many efforts to get to know those of us who call St. Mary’s County home. As a candidate for Maryland State House of Delegates, district 29B, he has listened to us and has developed a solid plan to address our concerns. Brian’s focus is on improved infrastructure, economic diversity, the environment and our need for a community youth center. As a local business owner, I couldn’t be happier to support such a strong candidate. The eldest of five siblings, raised in a Roman Catholic home, Brian will bring strong values and integrity to Annapolis. Brian served as Army Ranger and Maryland National Guard Captain.

He was in the 173rd Airborne Brigade and then with the elite strike force, the 3rd Ranger Battalion, where he was a sniper platoon leader and targeting office. Three deployments to Afghanistan as a Ranger, Crosby earned a Bronze Star, two Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, the Expert Infantry Badge, and earned his Ranger Tab. Currently, Brian volunteers his time with St. Mary’s County youth and veterans’ organizations. He is also a member of VFW Chapter 2632 and American Legion Post 255. Please consider casting your vote this November for Brian Crosby. Susan Paul

Brewer Was Truthful To the Editor Reference is made to the October 11 story on Thomas Brewer (Senate candidate clears-up education “endorsement.”) Let’s assume for a moment that Mr. Brewer is being truthful when he states he ‘mistook’ a communication from the Maryland State Education Association as an endorsement of his candidacy.

If Mr. Brewer can’t read and interpret a simple letter, perhaps it is premature for him to be involved in drafting legislation in the Maryland Senate that will potentially affect the quality-of-life for his fellow citizens for decades to come. Edward C. Davenport Drum Point

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PING Performs at St. Mary’s City

St. Mary’s College of Maryland vocal ensemble, PING, as they present a brief concert in the Brick Chapel of 1667 at Historic St. Mary’s City on Saturday, October 27 at 3 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. The PING vocal ensemble performance, under the direction of Professor Larry Vote, will feature music by Charles Villiers Stanford, John Tavener, Herbert Howells, and Jake Rudestat. Attendees should park in the Visitor Center parking area, and are

advised to check in at the Visitor Center prior to walking to the Chapel. For more information, call (240) 8954990 or Info@HSMCdigsHistory.org. Historic St. Mary’s City is a museum of living history and archaeology on the site of Maryland’s first capital in beautiful, tidewater Southern Maryland. For more information about the museum, contact the Visitor Center at 240-8954990, 800-SMC-1634 or Info@HSMCdigsHistory.org Press Release from HSMC.

“Cupcake?, Cake? Wine???”

Is anyone else out there experiencing chills from the temperatures abruptly dropping from St. Mary’s County steamed crabs level to raw oyster chilly? I am. At my particular stage of life, most everybody who knows me knows that I am always hot and in steam bath mode, but the last week I have been throwing on the socks, sweatpants, and covering up in my big, soft, purple Linus blanket. In fact, I am thinking of heading back to Dollar General to get a few more of those blankets. Mindy stole the original cream one a long time ago. I want one for the living room couch too. Maybe two since it is an L-shaped sectional. My husband needs his own – I’m not sharing. Last week was my 10-year anniversary writing for the County Times – of course it was a crazy, upside down week where I didn’t even write a column - I could not focus on even remembering my own name - I have a very ill brother that I cooked a bunch of our old family comfort food recipes for one day and then transported to Virginia the next day – my column was the furthest thing from my mind). Soooo, for my ten-year column anniversary, I was looking for a cupcake or big cake actually to be delivered with balloons and flowers, after all, McKay’s does have bakeries in their grocery stores, AND McKay’s bakery cakes (especially the half vanilla, half chocolate cake with that buttercream icing and decorated with yellow roses) are the best – just ask my sons, who have had one for every birthday since birth. If you could make pies for birthdays I would have been fine, but not cakes. Well, anyway, no cake, candles, or balloons have arrived for me yet. I guess I must have to reach the 20-year anniversary for my treat; I might be off cholesterol medicine by then too and can eat a treat. Normally, if my husband and I are out and enjoying maybe a glass of wine with dinner, okay, okay, maybe two or so for me, and we see Tommy McKay out as well, I sometimes do yell out to him that I’d love a raise. So far, that hasn’t worked either. But, you know what, I am happy to work for food. I framed many a picture in my frame shop in trade for lunches of crab cakes, wine, or drive-by McDonald’s breakfast drop-offs. In reality, I am still willing to frame pictures or paint pictures for food and wine. It has been a great ten years writing my column for The County Times, and if Tommy still allows it, and hopefully doesn’t read this column, I will continue to write for as long as my one brain cell will allow. It’s a good thing that I only write once a week, because my husband and I always say that we share that one brain cell between us. I have enjoyed wandering around through St. Mary’s County, Southern Maryland, and my mind. Not sure, how you all feel about that last one. I even bought a locally made bracelet at work yesterday at Keepin’ It Local as my own treat with the quote from J.R.R. Tolkien: “Not all those who wander are lost.” Stop by and see me and say hi on Saturday at The Hughesville Village Market, across from the Sunoco if you are the one out wandering. We have two days of great fall festival fun this weekend. I treasure meeting readers who introduce themselves and in turn become my friends for life. Your e-mails, letters, and calls mean so much to me. I still keep one voicemail from a dear reader from February 2012. If I ever feel down or worthless speck of dust bunny leavings in the universe I can listen to that message and feel buoyed up again. You all know my life, pretty much every bit of it from how bad a teenager I was to my current, procrastinating, heavily flawed, a bit manic, a bit lethargic, middle-aged, hot, irritated self… and I thank you for letting me be a part of your life. It doesn’t seem like 10 years writing, but in friendship years it is ageless and priceless. Thank you. And Tommy, cakes can be delivered to:…….. To each new, 10 year’s adventure, Shelby Please send your comments or ideas to: www. shelbyswanderings@yahoo.com or find me on Facebook.

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Judge Benjamin Harris Camalier, Pt. II. By Linda Reno Contributing Wruter

`John Alexander Camalier defended Congressman Benjamin Gwinn Harris of Ellenborough (Ellenborough farm is located a short distance from the town limits of Leonardtown). Harris, noted for his outspoken support of the Confederacy, had been censured by the Congress because of his views, and proclaimed the censure his “badge of honor.” At the close of the War Harris was arrested and charged with giving aid and comfort to the enemy. He had provided a meal to two Confederate soldiers recently released from Point Lookout Prison who were making their way home. Camalier appealed directly to President Johnson who ordered his release. (From Al Gough, 2/2000). Children of Judge Benjamin Harris Camalier 1. BENJAMIN HARRIS CAMALIER was born 16 Sep 1849 in St. Mary’s Co., MD, and died 1936 in St. Mary’s Co., MD. He married (1) MARY C. “MOLLY” ABELL 16 May 1876 in RCC, Baltimore, MD, daughter of JAMES ABELL and MARIA NUTHALL. She was born 1854 in St. Mary’s Co., MD, and died 29 Nov 1886 in Leonardtown, St. Mary’s Co., MD. He married (2) ELLEN REBECCA “NELLIE” HAYDEN 11 Sep 1889 in Washington, D.C., daughter of WILLIAM

HAYDEN and SARAH WILKINSON. She was born Jul 1857 in St. Mary’s Co., MD, and died Sep 1943 in St. Mary’s Co., MD. Children of BENJAMIN CAMALIER and MARY ABELL are: i. FRANKLIN A. CAMALIER, b. 19 May 1878, St. Mary’s Co., MD; d. 17 Mar 1879. ii. MARY LUCILLE CAMALIER, b. Dec 1879, St. Mary’s Co., MD; d. 24 Dec 1927 who m. BENJAMIN COMBS, 30 May 1906, St. Aloysius RCC, Leonardtown. iii. SUSAN BROOME CAMALIER, b. 29 Jun 1881; d. 04 Nov 1885. iv. FRANKLIN A. “FRANK” CAMALIER, b. 15 Aug 1881, St. Mary’s Co., MD; d. 08 Nov 1953, who m. ELLEN FORD COMBS, 05 Nov 1913. v. RUTH ELIZABETH CAMALIER, b. 06 Oct 1885; d. 06 Jan 1964 who m. LYNWOOD JOSEPH STERLING, 06 Nov 1907. Children of BENJAMIN CAMALIER and ELLEN HAYDEN are: vi. ELLEN MADELINE4 CAMALIER, b. Sep 1890 and d. Sep 1951 who m. JAMES FRANKLIN F. “FRANK” GUY, 03 Dec 1933. vii. ELEANOR CAMALIER, b. Jan

1893 and died 1984, Baltimore, MD who m. THOMAS GAFFNEY, Bef. 1915. viii. BENJAMIN HARRIS “BEN” CAMALIER, JR., b. Oct 1891 and d. 1969. ix. MARY REBECCA CAMALIER, b. May 1894 and d. 03 Jul 1894. x. CHARLES HENRY CAMALIER, b. Apr 1895 and d. 1948 who m. Olivia Sewall Somervell “Olive” Dent aft. 1915. xi. SARAH ANNIETA CAMALIER, b. May 1898 and d. 1975, St. Mary’s Co., MD who; m. (1) JOSEPH HARRY NORRIS, Bef. 1921 and (2) MAURICE TYLER THRIFT, aft. 1923. xii. SALLY RAY CAMALIER, b. 05 Nov 1919 who d. bef. 1920. The paternal grandparents of Judge Camalier were Vincent Camalier, born 1795 in Washington, D.C. and his wife, Catherine Kail who were married December 19, 1820. Catherine died September 9, 1830. On September 14, 1832 “Vincent Camalier, insolvent debtor, applied to be discharged from imprisonment.” Shortly thereafter, Vincent moved his family to St. Mary’s County where he died January 16, 1862.

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Women’s Soccer Honored for Academic Excellence

The St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s soccer team picked up recognition from the United Soccer Coaches (USC) Thursday morning for their academic excellence during the 2017-18 academic year, receiving the USC College Team Academic Award. A total of 773 collegiate soccer teams (289 men, 484 women) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher for the entire academic year. The team GPA is determined by adding every player’s GPA, then dividing by the number of players. St. Mary’s is earning its 12th team academic award in a row (16th overall) and the fourth under fifth-year head coach Peter Krech ‘09. The Seahawks tallied a team grade point average of 3.39 during the 2017-18 academic year, notching a 3.435 GPA in the fall and a 3.359 GPA during the spring semester.

The Seahawks were one of six Capital Athletic Conference programs to be honored as Christopher Newport University (3.29 GPA), Frostburg State University (3.48), Penn State Harrisburg (3.20), Salisbury University (3.26), and York College of Pennsylvania (3.37) made the cut as well. About the USC: Founded in 1941 and based in Kansas City, Mo., the United Soccer Coaches has grown into the world’s largest soccer coaches’ organization that serves members at every level of the game. United Soccer Coaches works every day to inspire coaches and ignite their passion for the game so they pass it on to players and others in the soccer community. For more information about the United Soccer Coaches, visit unitedsoccercoaches.org. By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu for SMCM.

Balogun Grabs St. Mary’s Athlete of the Month Award

Junior Khalid Balogun (Bowie, Md./Bowie) picked as the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Athlete of the Month for September. Balogun is earning the first Athlete of the Month award for the 2018-19 athletic campaign. This is Junior Khalid Balogun also his first career Athlete of the Month honor. The Department of Athletics & Recreation executive team selects the Athlete of the Month awardee each month. The 6-4 forward guided the Seahawk men’s soccer team to a 7-1-2 (1-0-0 CAC) record during September, helping St. Mary’s earn a regional ranking for three straight weeks between September 18 and October 8. He paced the squad with seven goals and 18 points while ranking second with four assists. Balogun tallied at least one point in six games. He notched a career-best five points (2 goals, 1 assist) in a 5-0 rout of Randolph-Macon College on September 12 before dishing out a careerhigh two assists in a 6-0 blanking of DeSales

University on September 22. Balogun’s second multiple-goal performance of the month happened on September 8 as he scored twice in a 3-2 victory over Virginia Wesleyan University. At the time of his nomination, Balogun led the Capital Athletic Conference in points with 23 while ranking second with nine goals and third with five assists. He currently leads the conference in both points (27) and goals (11) while being tied for third with five assists. The Seahawks (9-2-3, 2-1-1 CAC) will be in action this Wednesday, October 17, hosting regionally-ranked York College of Pennsylvania (9-3-2, 2-0-2 CAC) in Seahawk Stadium at 3:30 p.m. for their Breast Cancer Awareness game. September Athlete of the Month Honor Roll Sailing: Leo Boucher, Fy., Skipper, West River, Md./South River Women’s Cross Country: Kara Taylor, So., Ellicott City, Md./Centennial Volleyball: Mia Griffiths, Sr., S, La Plata, Md./La Plata Women’s Soccer: Alex Moody, So., F, Boxford, Mass./Masconomet Regional Field Hockey: Mollie Belson, Sr., M/F, Columbia, Md./Atholton 2018-19 Athletes of the Month September – Khalid Balogun, Men’s Soccer, Jr., F, Bowie, Md./Bowie By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu for SMCM.

Thursday, October 18, 2018

New CSM Women’s Lacrosse Coach Introduced

Patrick Goggins, of Arlington, Virginia, returns to the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) this fall turning in his assistant coach title for that of head coach for CSM’s Women’s Lacrosse team. He said one of his top priorities to ready the Hawks for their spring season will be to stay focused on the basics of the sport. “In order to build a foundation, one needs to start from the ground level and move up,” he said, which mirrors much like he did when he started playing the sport in Coach Patrick Goggins fourth grade. Born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Goggins said his love for the sport began when he started playing club lacrosse in elementary school and it grew stronger when he played at the varsity level for four years at Wilmington Friends School. “I love lacrosse, and I do this (coaching) for the love of the game,” he said. “It starts with having fun. If you’re not having fun, you shouldn’t be out there playing the sport.” He said he kept the sport in his life while serving in the U.S. Air Force, even taking along a lacrosse stick and ball during his tour in Iraq. After he left the military, Goggins said his passion for community college lacrosse came naturally as a student enrolled at Anne Arundel Community College where he played on its lacrosse team for two seasons. “Community college is a good mix of skill,” he said. “You have a mix of players who have never played lacrosse before and kids who can play at the Division I level.” Goggins earned his associate degree in chemistry and transferred to the University of Maryland, playing club lacrosse for two more years while earning his bachelor’s degree in physics. When he found out about the opportunity to become an assistant coach at CSM, it was one he couldn’t resist. “This is a great opportunity to coach at a high level and I enjoy coaching,” he said. “I love seeing a team develop over a season. I love seeing them improve, seeing their career at other schools. It doesn’t matter if it’s a long-pole, short-stick, woman’s stick – I love being on the field and teaching people lacrosse.” The women Hawks had a rough season last year, and Goggins said he has a few goals for the program going forward. “I want to build a stronger lacrosse program throughout the region,” said Goggins. “There is so much talent in Southern Maryland. There are a lot of great players who want to play, and I want (CSM) to be a place where players want to play.” He said he also plans to build a stronger culture of learning on the field. Goggins agreed that lacrosse is fun but also requires a lot of dedication and work. “You get what you put in, and I want these athletes to understand that is also how life is. There’s a lot you can learn from lacrosse that you can apply to life.” “I may have five or six girls who have never played lacrosse before,” Goggins continued. “I’m going to teach them the basics while teaching the other women who have played before more advanced skills. I am not as worried about winning as I am about developing the team and gaining interest. As interest grows, winning will come along.” Sticking with the basics and playing hard are Goggins’ repeated themes. “I believe you need to start at the basics – as in the simplest thing possible,” he said. “The simplest thing in lacrosse is running, so you build that up with conditioning. Then you go to catching, then throwing and then fielding ground balls. You have to build your team like it’s a pyramid.” “What I ask from [my players] is their effort,” he added. “If they give me effort, I will take care of the rest. If someone is trying their best and they are performing poorly, that’s on me (as the coach). If someone is not playing well and not performing at their best, then it’s on them. But the most important thing here is to stay positive and recognize when players are doing something right.” Press Release from CSM.

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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Hollidge Scores RUSH Crate Win in Potomac Season Finale Quade, Latham and Pilkerton Take Coveted Wins

Dale Hollidge became the 7th different winner of the season with his first career RUSH Crate Late Model win last Saturday at Potomac Speedway during the tracks season ending Southern Maryland Nationals. The win for Hollidge, worth $1000, came aboard his familiar Greg Gunter owned Rocket no.0. Jamie Sutphin shot from the pole and would lead the first 8-laps before 3rd starting Dale Hollidge swept by Sutphin on the outside on the 9th circuit to take command. From that point forward, it would be a race for second, as Hollidge would take the win by a wide margin over Darren Alvey. “This is a tough class with a lot of good cars.”Hollidge stated post race. “I followed Jamie there for a few laps and knew my only chance to get him was to use the high side and it worked in our favor tonight.” Ben Bowie, 2018 track champion Chuck Bowie and Matt Quade completed the top-five. In the 30-lap “Kevin Cooke Memorial” Limited Late Model event found Derick Quade taking the lead on the first lap and would drive off uncontested to score his 2nd win of the season and career 13th steering his Black Diamond no.74. “We’ve worked with this car all season and it was just about perfect tonight.” Said Quade. “I just want to thank everyone who helps us, this is a big win for our team.” Kurt Zimmerman took second with Kerry King, Brandon Long and Billy Tucker rounding out the top-five. Jeremy Pilkerton drove to his 8th win of the season in the 30-lap “Josh Gass

Memorial” Street Stock contest. Pilkerton would lead green to checker, but would have to fend off a pesky Craig Parrill who chased Pilkerton for the duration to collect his 12th career class feature win. “Craig made me work for that one.” Pilkerton stated. “This has been a dream season and its an incredible feeling to win the nationals.” Kyle Nelson, Sam Archer and Mike Raleigh trailed at the finish. Recently crowned track champion Mikey Latham capped his championship campaign with his 5th win of the season in the 25-lap “Jim Gardner Sr Memorial” Hobby Stock feature. Latham took the lead on the first lap and would lead the distance in scoring his 7th career division win. “To win the championship and the nationals in the same season is an absolutely incredible feeling.” Latham stated in victory lane. “I want to thank everyone on this team and especially my dad for a great car all season.” Dave Adams, Hilton Pickeral, Ray Bucci and Colin Long would fill the front five. Friday’s Strictly stock feature went to 2018 champion John Hardesty for his 4th win of the season with Nabil Guffey grabbing his 3rd win during Saturday’s action. Larry Lamb drove to his 5th win of the season in Friday’s UCar main with Billy Smith scoring his first career Potomac feature win in Saturday’s event. Matt Worley and Chris “Tippy”Martinez split the two Delmarva Charger features.

Result s

RUSH Crate Late Model feature finish 1. Dale Hollidge 2. Darren Alvey 3. Ben Bowie 4. Chuck Bowie 5. Matt Quade 6. Mike Franklin 7. Brad Rigdon 8. Timmy Booth 9.Tanner Kerr 10.Megan Mann 11. Darin Henderson 12. Bryan Smith 13. Brandon Sturgis 14. Chad Lacey 15. Mike Raleigh 16. Jeff Pilkerton 17.Jamie Sutphin 18. Harry Shipe III 19. Austin Bussler

ner 13. Stevie Gingery 14. Josh Wathen 15. Trent Clemens 16. Matt Randall 17. Joe Lehnen 18. Joe Fancher 19. Tommy Randall 20. Jonathan Burnette 21. John Burch 22. Chris Cooke

Limited Late Model feature finish 1. Derick Quade 2. Kurt Zimmerman 3. Kerry King 4. Brandon Long 5. Billy Tucker 6. Richard Culver 7. Sam Bryant 8. Josh Williams 9. Jonny Oliver 10. Bruce Kane

Strictly Stocks (Saturday) 1. Nabil Guffey 2. John Hardesty 3. Johnny Hardesty 4. Jimmy Suite 5.KC Sheckells 6. Ed Pope Sr 7. Scott Shelton 8. Josh Martenson

Street Stock feature finish 1. Jeremy Pilkerton 2. Craig Parrill 3. Kyle Nelson 4. Sam Archer 5. Mike Raleigh 6. Marty Hanbury 7. Paul Jones 8. Earl Brooks Jr 9. Buddy Dunagan 10. Deuce Wright 11. John Ballou 12. Craig Tankersly 13. Gary Calimer Jr. 14. Ed Pope Jr, 15. Zach Myers Hobby Stock feature finish 1. Mikey Latham 2. Dave Adams 3. Hilton Pickeral 4. Ray Bucci 5. Colin Long 6. Kyle Nelson 7. Billy Crouse 8.Michael Demers 9. Brent Bordeaux 10.Greg Morgan 11. Kyle Randall 12. John Sell-

Strictly Stocks (Friday) 1. John Hardesty 2. Nabil Guffey 3. Scott Shelton 4. Jeff Block 5. Johnny Hardesty 6. Ed Pope Sr.

U-Car (Friday) 1. Larry Lamb 2. Billy Smith 3. Jason Wilkins 4. Tim Steele 5. Ryan Quade 6. Dominic King 7. Stephen Suite 8. Joey Suite 9. Logan Alderman 10. Alan Dice (Matt Worley Delmarva Charger) U-Car Saturday 1. Billy Smith 2. Alan Dice 3. Ryan Quade 4. Dustin Arnold 5. Joey Suite 6. Logan Alderman 7. Tim Steele 8. Stephen Suite 9. Larry Lamb 10. Tim Steele (Chris “Tippy”Martinez Delmarva Charger) By Doug Watson for Potomac Speedway..

Sports

Coexistence

She exited a fast-food restaurant loaded with rations. One hand held a large bag of food; the other clutched a drink carrier bowing precariously under the weight of several 32oz beverages. As she shuffled across the parking lot, disaster seemed likely. But she made it to her car – mostly. Halfway through the journey, a straw was blown to the ground. She wisely abandoned the accessory, focusing instead on safely delivering the primary cargo to her car. Best case, it could be retrieved. Worst case, she’d return to the restaurant for a replacement. Neither was necessary. As she got to her car and turned to check on the straw, a man brought it to her. He saw the errant straw, stopped his vehicle, fetched it from the parking lot and walked it over to the grateful woman. It was a small thing. A simple act of kindness. In context, it was a powerful moment. There has been much of late, in the world of sports and otherwise, to challenge even the most stubborn optimist’s faith in humanity and belief that the world’s good outweighs its bad. Catholics, in the wake of the unconscionable and disgusting sexual abuse scandals, are left wondering how this church could preach its moral code – and burden the non-compliant with heavy consciences - while so many of its clergy preyed on children and its leaders protected the predators. Was Catholicism a ruse? Did all those financial contributions at mass do good or support the legal defense fund of pedophiles and a corrupt institution? The presidency, often a source of wisdom and calming perspective, has of late created consistent national inflammation. President Trump’s expressed opinions on immigrants, minorities, Muslims, women and a free press, in addition to a long list of personal indiscretions and curious international interactions, have deeply disturbed critics. But it is hard to imagine that his free-thinking political supporters, in their heart of hearts, aren’t troubled by the rhetoric and influence on the country, one founded on the ideas of freedom and equality and heavily influenced by Christian ideals. Sports and politics have recently intersected on the issues of sexual assault and domestic violence. Steelers fans cheer Ben Roethlisberger. Yankees fans cheer Aroldis Chapman. Some Americans are cheering the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Ohio State University has moved on with Urban Meyer as the face of the institution. Whatever your opinion on each issue, the collective message is unacceptable. Women deserve better. The Milwaukee Brewers’ won the first game of the ALCS last week. During the post-game interviews with Ryan Braun and Josh Hader, the elephants in the room were unmistakable. Braun parlayed PED use into a massive contract from the Brewers. He vehemently denied the allegations in 2012; a year later he issued a disingenuous “okay, you got me” apology. Hader, an ace reliever, once sent racist and homophobic tweets that were discovered earlier this year. He’s sorry too, of course (at least for getting caught). But the cheating, lying and hate fades to the background in the glow of sweet victory! Go Brewers! So what about all of that? A powerful theme throughout Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” is the coexistence of good and evil (and the eternal struggle it begets). Both are apparent, too, in our games, our government, our institutions – in all facets of life. It’s a sobering thought. But all isn’t hopeless – it can’t be. Our games – sports - make tremendous contributions to society and our government, despite its flaws, remains one of humanities best ideas. As for religion, individual faith in something greater than “this” is at the core of just about all of them; that’s powerful when “this” is so corrupt. We are, as a nation, a people…a species…a work in progress. To grow into something greater, we share a responsibility to keep this whole thing tilted in the right direction, at least in the aggregate if not in every instance. This demands that every person condemn evil and spread good wherever possible, even if it’s doing something as simple as stopping to retrieve a stranger’s lost straw. Send comments to RonaldGuyJr@gmail.com

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The County Times runs complimentary obituaries as submitted by funeral homes and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to guyleonard@countytimes.net after noon on Mondays may run in the following week’s edition.

Minnie Elizabeth McGinnis Necessary Minnie Elizabeth McGinnis Necessary, “Minnie” 86, of Leonardtown, MD formerly of Mecha n icsv il le, MD (Oakville) passed away on October 12, 2018 in Leonardtown, MD. Born on January 9, 1932 in Aylor, VA, she was the daughter of the late Addie V. Aylor Myers and Leo Raymond Myers. Minnie was the loving wife of the late Jack Buren McGinnis whom she married on February 9, 1950 and who preceded her in death on December 22, 1974. She was also the loving wife of her second husband, the late Frank Marion Necessary whom she married on May 3, 2008 in California, MD and who preceded her in death on December 15, 2011. Minnie is survived by her children; Jackie McGinnis, Sherry Turner, Marilyn Brown (Jim), Debbie Abell (John), Katy McGinnis, Jerry McGinnis (Tammy), Carolyn Mattingly-Moore (Tim) and David

McGinnis (Dawn). 27 grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 3 great-greatgrandchildren and sister-in-law Peggy Myers. She is preceded in death by her daughter Barbara McGinnis and her siblings; Ernest Leo (Buddy) Myers and Frances Ann Lamb (Bobby). Minnie loved her family first, then gardening, fishing and hunting. In her later life her favorite sport was watching golf with Frank!. Contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Nursing Center 21585 Peabody Street Leonardtown, MD 20650. Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonardtown, MD 20650.

John Delbert Wood John Delbert “Jack” Wood, 89, of Mechanicsville, MD passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018 at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. Jack was born on September 20, 1929 to the late James B. Wood and Marjorie Hamilton Wood, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

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Jack served as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952, with service in Korea, and received the Purple Heart. He then worked as an aviation mechanic at Andrews Air Force Base. Jack is survived by his wife, Beverly Wood; his sons, John (Ann) of Waldorf, MD; Jim (Laurie) of Stafford, VA; and Jeff Wood (Diane) of Mechanicsville, MD; his sisters, Maxine McKillip of Dewitt, IA, and Freda Kammermeyer of Rock Rapids, IA; and five grandchildren: Ron Wood, Kyle (Danielle), Kathleen (Curtis), Tyler (Hannah), and Joel. The family will receive friends for Jack’s Visitation on Thursday, October 18th, from 9 AM-10 AM, with a Funeral Service at 10 AM, at Brinsfield Funeral Home, 30195 Three Notch Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622. Interment will follow at Quantico National Cemetery, 18424 Joplin Road, Triangle, VA 22172. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Charlotte Hall, MD 20622.

Margaret Mary Huffman Margaret Mary Huffman, 90, of Dameron, MD (previously from Landover Hills, MD) passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 14, 1928 in Greenville, NC to the late Bernard J. Sweeney and Mary Elizabeth Lynch. She was the beloved wife of the late John Allen Huffman, Sr. for over 60 years before his passing in August 2007. She was a wonderful cook and delicious baker, and was known for her tasty barbeque. She grew beautiful flower gardens every year. She also enjoyed the beach and travelled every year to visit her sister in Florida. She enjoyed traveling with family and friends. She was a devote catholic and active in St. Mary’s Catholic Church and School. She made sure all six of her children attended catholic school. Margaret is survived by her children: John Huffman, Jr. of Hyattsville, MD, Margaret Emily “Peggy” Figliozzi (Tony) of Davidsonville, MD, Kevin J. Huffman (Val) of Laurel, MD, Keith El Huffman (Bonnie) of Marriottsville, MD, and Anna Huffman Hoyer of Dameron, MD; her siblings: Alice Payne of Melbourne, F:, Buddy Sweeney of Elkins, FL and Jimmy Sweeney (Julie) of Summerville, SC; 9 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Her uncle Buddy of Ellenton and her uncle Jimmy of Pawley Island. In addition to her be-

loved husband, she is also preceded in death by her son, David L. Huffman. All services will be private. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.

Patricia Ann Housley Pat r icia Ann (Norris) Housley, 67, of Su m me rville, SC (f o r m e r l y of Leonardtown, MD) passed away peacef ully on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 2, 1951 in Leonardtown, MD to the late John Berkman Norris, Sr. and Loretta Beaven Norris of Leonardtown, MD. She is a graduate of Towson State University. She was employed by Verizon Communications for 30 dedicated years when she retired in 2006. She loved to travel, play golf, and bunco. She also was an avid shopper and enjoyed buying gifts for friends and family. If she heard of a need, she was ready to go shopping to meet it. Patricia is survived by her husband of 27 years, Ronald Frederick Housley of Summerville, SC; her daughter, Sara McSherry (Horsey) Dunaway (Sean) of Mt. Pleasant, SC; her son, Matthew Randolph Horsey (Heather) of Denver, CO; her mother, Loretta Beavan Norris; brother, John Berkman Norris, Jr (Mary Helen); sister, Mary Loretta (Norris) Copado (Greg) all of Leonardtown, MD; her brother, Paul Julius Norris (Margaret) of Bluffton, SC; 3 grandchildren: Olivia Ann Dunaway, Jackson Thomas Dunaway and Henry Berkman Horsey; and many extended family and friends. She is preceded in death by her father. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude’s Children Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or online at http:// giftfunds.stjude.org/patriciahousley. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.

Jack Paul Bell Jack Paul Bell, age 82, of Mechanicsville Maryland, passed away peacefully on the evening of October 10th, 2018. In the days leading to his passing Jack “Grandpa Jack” was surrounded by the comfort of his loved ones and took peace in knowing he was going home to be with the lord.

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Jack was born on February 5th, 1936 in Long Beach, California. In his early youth Jack was a cub scout where he gained an appreciat ion for hunting and fishing; activities that he continued to enjoy throughout his life. Early in his youth his family moved to Placerville, California where he attended school and worked on the family farm. When he was seventeen he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he and his older brother Ernest, sailed on the same ship transporting troops to Korea. He married his first wife Catherine Bell (now Cunningham) in 1953 and was blessed with four children, Sharon, Robert, Catherine, and Michael. Jack later married Alma (Fuller) Bell and proudly welcomed two step daughters Elaine Stevens and Carolyn Scorsonelli. Those who knew Jack knew of his incredible work ethic. For almost 45 years he was a truck driver and was very proud of it. Before retiring in 1998 he received an award for driving over 2 million incident free miles. When he wasn’t working he enjoyed many hobbies, one of his passions were motorcycles and throughout his life he owned multiple types but, Harley Davidsons were his favorite. Another passion of his was Christianity, he found Christ in the 80’s and led many others to him. He was known for quite some time as the highway preacher. On his off hours he would duplicate tapes and hand them out as he traveled America’s highways. Even more notable than Jack’s “geter-done” attitude, was his undeniable humor, confidence, and whit; to say Jack was a “people person” would be an understatement. He could crack a smile out of the toughest of crowds without even trying. In 2010, after the passing of his wife, Jack moved to Maryland to be close too and eventually under the care of his family. Even as his physical health declined, Jack remained a true optimist and continued to make those around him smile. His last words to those who visited were “I love you”. Jack’s family takes much comfort knowing he’s gone to be with the lord and those loved ones who have gone before him. Jack is predeceased by his oldest son Robert Bell, wife Alma Bell, mother Helen Landreth and father Ernest Bell. He is survived by his children and their spouses, Sharon and Robert Maxwell, Catherine (Bell) & Don Currier and Michael and Charla Bell; his two step daughters and spouses Elaine and Greg Stevens and Carolyn and Ronald

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Scorsonelli; his grandchildren, Phillup Parker, Michael Bell (Jr), Jacob Reed, Joseph Morris, Christy Bell, LeAna (Bell) Davis, James Bell, Andrea (Bell) Miller, Paul Bell, Jeffrey Bell, Derek Bell, Jaqueline Bell, Hilary (Bell) Gravelle, and step grandchildren Christopher Tucker, Justin Tucker, Melissa Tucker, Gina Stephens, Darin Stephens, Ronald Sconsonelli Jr., Jason Scorsonelli. Brother Ernest Bell Jr, plus many great and great great grandchildren. All services will be private. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.

Thelma Cecil Fuller Thelma Cecil Fuller, 96 of Chaptico, MD passed away on October 8, 2018 at her residence in Chaptico, MD. Thelma was born on April 14, 1922 to the late Garland McClure and the late Etna Maney McClure in Young Harris, GA. Thelma served on the Altar Guild at Christ Church for a number of years. She always helped out at the Church Festivals. She loved to work out in her flower beds, crochet, cooking, especially yeast rolls and stuffed ham. Thelma worked in the Margret Brent School cafeteria prior to her retirement. In addition to her parents, Thelma was predeceased by her loving husband, who died in July of 1963; her children, Wayne Lee Fuller, Frances Y. Gass, Jonathan L. Fuller “Lee”; Bonnie Lou Woodrum and Carl Fuller, Jr. “Buddy”; her siblings, Eugene McClure, Blanch Elrod, Mary Jo Pope and Fannie Bell Dills. She is survived by her daughters, Mary Ann Purvis and Linda J. Barber; 13 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to: Hospice of St. Mary’s, P. O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650 or Christ Church, Chaptico, MD. Condolences to the family may be made at: www.brinsfieldfuneral.com Arrangements made by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.

James Michael Colleary James Michael “Mike” Colleary, 60, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018, at his home in Bradenton, FL. Born in Coronado, CA in 1958, he was the middle son of the late John E. Colleary, Jr. and Shirley Evans Col-

leary, formerly of Valley Lee, MD and of Brandenton, FL. Mike grew up in a Navy family. His father was t ransfer red to Patuxent River Naval Air Station in 1959. After two additional duty stations in Washington, DC, and Virginia Beach, VA, the family returned to Pax River in 1967 and settled on a farm in Valley Lee in 1972. Mike graduated from Little Flower School, Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy, Ryken High School class of 1976, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Lynchburg College in 1981. Mike worked at the family business, Colonial Office Supplies, in Leonardtown and then Lexington Park, for many years and then opened his own business, Documenters, in Lexington Park. Following his wife Marie’s death in 2007, Mike moved to Bradenton, FL, to be closer to his parents who had retired there. Mike worked at the Bridge Street Bistro on Anna Maria Island, FL, for the last six years. Mike will best be remembered for his humor and wit. He was very passionate about all sports and music. When he wasn’t watching a football or baseball game he would be sharing the highlights from the previous day’s games played with his friends. Mike also enjoyed listening to live music performances, going to concerts whenever possible, and could most often be found sitting by the pool with friends playing his favorite music. There is no one that could beat Mike in a game of Trivial Pursuit when the categories were Sports or Entertainment. Mike was always willing to lend a helping hand and was a great friend to many. He will be missed by everyone. Mike is survived by his brother, John E. Colleary, III, of Valley Lee, sister, Jan Colleary Timmer of Gainesville, VA, and brother, Patrick J. Colleary and his wife, Sherry of Wesley Chapel, FL; his nephews, John Pennisi of Gainesville, VA, and John E. Colleary, IV, of Leonardtown, MD, and his niece, Katelyn Pennisi Williar and her husband, Brett of Broad Run, VA; and two great nephews, Camden and Miles Williar. In addition to his parents, he is also preceded in death by his wife, Marie Taubert Colleary and his brother, Paul T. Colleary. Memorial Contributions may be made to Little Flower Catholic School, 20410 Point Lookout Road, Great Mills, MD 20634. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.

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John James Shea J o h n J a m e s Shea, 83, of Avenue, MD passed away on We d n e s day, September 12, 2018, at Montgomery Hospice, Inc at the Casey House in Harwood, MD, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on June 20, 1935 in Massachusetts to the late Jeremiah Shea and Nora Donahue Shea. On August 14, 1976, he married his beloved wife, Ann Shea at St. Bernadette’s Church in Silver Spring, MD. Together they celebrated over 42 wonderful years of marriage. He was employed by the St. Mary’s County Board of Education as a dedicated teacher at Leonardtown Middle School until his retirement. After retiring he continued to work for the schools as a substitute teacher for many years and as the Principal of Mother Catherine School. He also volunteered at the Health Department for several years, helping others. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and was often seen working the BINGO at Father Andrew White Catholic School in Leonardtown, MD. He was an avid stamp collector and had a large stamp collection. He also enjoyed having his morning cup of coffee with his friends at the Chaptico Market. He was an active member of the community and loved to socialize. He also loved his pet toy poodle, “Casey,” who preceded him in death. In addition to his beloved wife, John is survived by his sister, Catherine Barry of Norwood, MA; special friends, Dana Russell and Dr. Sara Johnson; and extended family and friends. In addition to his parents he is also preceded in death by his brothers, Jeremiah Shea and his twin brother, Joseph Shea. All services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, 37575 Chaptico Road, Chaptico, MD 20621 and the Seventh District Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 7, Avenue, MD 20609. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.

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Fall Farms Open Weekends: Bowles Farm 22880 Budds Creek Rd., Clements 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM www.bowlesfarms.com Forrest Hall Farm 39136 Avie Lane, Mechanicsville 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM 301-884-3086 Moore or Less Farm 22467 Colton Pt. Rd., Bushwood 310-769-2210. Ghosts of Sotterley 2018 Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood October 19, 20, and 25, 26 & 27 Tours begin 7:00 PM (run every 10 minutes) Visit Sotterley if you dare, the casualties of wars past, too young to die and too far from home. Rain or shine! $15/ person (children under 2 free). Advance online reservations required. No walk-ins. No refunds or changes. Group rates available. 301-3732280. www.sotterley.org Wait Until Dark Three Notch Theatre, 21744 S. Coral Dr., Lexington Park 8:00 - 10:30 PM The Newtowne Players present this suspense thriller. Thu., Fri. & Sat., Oct. 18, 19, & 20 at 8:00 PM. Sunday, Oct. 21 at 3:30 PM. $15/adults; $12/seniors, students and military; $10 age 12 and under. Tickets online: www.newtowneplayers.org or call 301-737-5447. Faculty Exhibition: Finding Elsewhere Boyden Gallery, Montgomery Hall, St. Mary’s College Tue.-Fri., 1:00-6:00 PM. Sat., 11:00 AM-4:00 PM. An exhibition of the bravery and faith of studio practices. Curated by St. Mary’s College alumna Kate Pollasch until November 10. No fee. 240-895-4246. boydengallery@ smcm.edu

UPCOMING Dinner Theater Mt. Zion United Methodist Church 27108 Mt. Zion Church Road, Mechanicsville Fri. & Sat., Nov. 2 & 3 Tickets on sale now for CAPISCE?, a ‘30s detective movie dinner theater spoof by Kimberlee Mendoza. Catered by Olive Garden. Silent auction to benefit the Hungry Team. Advance Reservations Required. Tickets $30. Call: Judy Pulvirenti at 301-904-9484 or Cathy Johnson at 301-672-0015. Fri., Sat., & Sun., Oct. 19, 20 & 21 Hawktoberfest St. Mary’s College 4:00 – 10:00 PM A week end of festive fall activities on the beautiful waterfront campus! For a list of events, visit: www.smcm.edu/events/ hawktoberfest

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Friday, October 19 Dino Daze Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM Be a paleontologist for the day! Ongoing activities. Scheduled activities at 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00. Ages 4-10. Free with museum admission. 410-326-2042. www.calvertmarinemuseum.com Community Health & Wellness Fair Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, 44219 Airport Road, California 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM Flu Shots available for $20. Free screenings and health checks. Free mini-massages. Sheriff’s Office on-site to collect expired or unwanted medications. Lunch available for purchase. Sponsored by the St. Mary’s County Department of Aging & Human Services. Open to the public. 301-475-4200, ext. *1073. www.stmarysmd.com/aging/healthfair. asp NARFE Chapter 969 Luncheon/ Meeting Olde Breton Inn, Leonardtown 11:30 AM Health Care premiums for 2019 and other changes will be shared. $16.50. Reservations required. Judy Loflin 301 8720064. www.narfe.org/site/chapter969 Rhythm & Riches 2018 Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department 5:00 PM Music by Robbie Boothe & The Amish Outlaws. Cash Prizes up to $25,000! Tickets $60/person. Food, beer, and wine available for purchase. www.rhythmandriches.com K.C. Bingo Father Andrew White School’s gym, Leonardtown 5:00 PM Knights of Columbus Council 1470 Bingo every Friday evening. Doors open at 5:00. Games start at 7:00. 301-690-2125. Trunk or Treat Dameron Daycare 2, 19256 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park 5:30 – 7:30 PM A Spooktacular family event for children of all ages dressed in costumes! Your vehicle trunk decorated with themes and stories; filled with candy and other treats. Games, Baked Goods, Costume Contest, and Best Trunk Contest and Prizes. Hosted by Dameron Daycare and Mary Norris Daycare. 301-862-2011. Low Lily Calvert Marine Museum, Harms Gallery,14200 Solomons Island Rd, Solomons 7:00 – 9:00 PM String and vocal trio explore the roots and branches of American folk music. $25/ door. $20 on line at www.cssm.org/tickets 410-326-2042 Texas Hold’em Tournament VFW Post 2632, 23282 Three Notch Rd.

(Rt 235) 7:00 PM $50 Buy in. Early Bird Bonus by 6:45 PM receives extra $500. Pre-registration encouraged, not required. Public welcome. Must be 18 or older. Brian: Email: poker@ vfw2632.com. Cell: 240-925-4000. Sat. & Sun., Oct. 20 & 21 Oyster Festival Leonardtown Fairgrounds, 42455 Fairgrounds Road 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM 52nd annual Oyster Festival and opening of the oyster season on the Chesapeake Bay with the U.S. National Oyster Shucking Championships and National Oyster CookOff. Live music, local foods, arts, crafts, craft beer tasting, and general family fun.

Saturday, October 20 Arrowhead Community Yard Sale Long Bow Drive, California 8:00 – 11:30 AM All your favorite furniture, electronics, tools, recreational equipment, clothes, jewelry, kitchen appliances, and more! Multiple families in the neighborhood! Blaine Whorl Memorial 5K St. Mary’s Ryken 22600 Camp Calvert Road, Leonardtown 8:30 - 10:00 AM Fitness for the whole family. $30. Kids 10 and under can register for a Free 500 meter pumpkin race and face paintings. The course is through the streets of Leonardtown and the SMR campus. Register online at smrhs.org/bw5k Fossil Field Experience Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Explore the fossils of Calvert Cliffs. For ages 8 and up. $20 includes museum admission. Space is limited; preregistration required: 410-326-2042, ext. 41. Oyster Dive … Southern Maryland Dive Club 10:00 AM 2nd annual Oyster Dive, BBQ, Scuba Swap-n-shop and Pumpkin carving contest. Diving in the river at 10:00 AM. Enjoy the bounty at 1:00 at the shop. Free. Updates: Southern Maryland Dive Club’s Facebook page. Fall Craft & Vendor Fair Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad, 21685 FDR Blvd. 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Bring the family. Treasures for the giftgifting season in one place! Shop, stay for lunch, take a station tour, while supporting your local volunteer rescue squad! www. lpvrs.org The Great Bamboo Boat Race St. Mary’s College of Maryland 12:00 - 5:00 PM Gather your team to construct, and eventually race, a boat made of bamboo and other provided natural materials. Construction, 12:00-4:00. Race begins at 4:00. Prizes to the top three teams. James P. Muldoon River Center—Free Preregistration required to race: securelb. imodules.com/s/1734/form.aspx?sid=1734&

gid=2&pgid=950&cid=2406 English High Tea St. Andrew’s Parish Hall, California 2:00 – 5:00 PM Exquisite teas, elegant sweet and savory treats, and tea time in an English garden atmosphere. $25/person; $15/age 10 and under; 3 and under are free. Info and tickets: 301-863-9333 or info@pccstmary.org. Trick or Treat Leonardtown Square 3:00 – 5:00 PM Wear your favorite costume and visit participating businesses for candy and/or toys for children. 301-475-9791. www.leonardtown.somd.com CSM Benny C. Morgan Series College of Southern Maryland, Leonardtown Campus, Building A, Room 206, Hollywood 3:00 PM Soprano Jenni Dunn performs. Free. 301-934 -7828. www.csmd.edu/community/the-arts/music/benny-c-morgan-series/ index. Bingo K.C. Hall, Ridge Doors open at 5:30--Games start at 6:30 Concessions available for sale. 301-872-4161 Elks Texas Hold’em Tournament St Mary’s County Elks Lodge, 45779 Fire Department Lane, Lexington Park 6:00 PM $80 Buy in. Food and drink for purchase. Questions: James Dean 240-577-0828. Email: jdeanjunior@yahoo.com Bingo Every Saturday Mother Catherine Academy, 33883 Chaptico Road, Mechanicsville 6:30 PM Doors open 5:00. Early Birds start 6:30. Regular games start 7:00. $10 admission (includes one regular book). $50 Early Birds. $100 Regular Games. Door prizes. Concessions: weekly specials along with regulars. Info: 301-884-3165. Jackpot and Moneyball update: www.mothercatherine.org Patuxent Choral Festival Concert 23421 Kingston Creek Road, California 7:00 PM Patuxent Presbyterian Church hosts 2018 Patuxent Choral Festival with composer/ conductor, David Schwoebel. All-day workshop and free evening concert. Kayak for Conservation Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust Join PTLT for a popular kayak trip. Explore MacIntosh Run off Breton Bay. $25/ person. Kayak rentals available. Rain date October 21. 301-247-3285

Sunday, October 21 Howl-O-Ween PAWS Rescue Event No Thyme to Cook, 14624 Solomons Island Road, Solomons 12:00 -5 :00 PM All the same fun and activities. Thank you for your support. www.evensi.us/paws-rescue-howl-ween

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2018 Health Fair: The Way to Wellness

It’s that time of year again! The 2018 Health Fair, sponsored by the St. Mary’s County Department of Aging & Human Services, is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, located at 44219 Airport Road in California, MD, and is free to the public. Flu Shots will be available for $20. Cash and check will be accepted. Due to regulation changes, Medicare will not be accepted for flu shots. In addition to the flu vaccines, the Health Fair will offer a variety of free screenings and health checks including: • Skin Cancer Screening • Hearing Screening • Vision Screening • Oral Health Screening • Blood Pressure Screening • And much more… The Sheriff’s Office will be on-site to collect expired or unwanted medications. Nearly 700 people attended last year’s event to learn more about the latest health and wellness news and products. The Department of Aging & Human Services looks forward to a similar turnout at the 2018 Health Fair. For more information, contact Community Programs & Outreach Manager Sarah Miller at 301-475-4200, ext. *1073, email sarah.miller@ stmarysmd.com, visit www.stmarysmd.com/ aging/healthfair.asp, or find us on Facebook, keyword St. Mary’s County Department of

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Focus on Fitness: Dumbbells

Learn how to properly use dumbbells/ hand weights to enhance your workout. Personal trainer, Dave Scheible will guide you on different exercises and proper technique. Workouts will include both seated and standing hand weight applications. Class will be at the Northern Senior Activity Center on Thursday, Oct. 18 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and cost $5. Weights are provided by the center. Space is limited. To sign up and pay in advance, please visit the front desk. For more information, call 301-475-4200, ext. *3101.

Nutrition for Bone and Joint Health

Dietitian Donna Taggert will address nutrition for bone and joint health on Monday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. at the Loffler Senior Activity Center. Bring your questions concerning these important concerns to this free, interactive presentation. Call 301475-4200, ext. *1658 or stop by the Loffler reception desk to register. If you would like to schedule an appointment for nutrition counseling, make an appointment with Donna by calling or texting 240-538-6539.

Truth Be Told Art: Pumpkin Harvest Design

Truth Be Told Art (TBTA) is a Christian-based paint party business, with God’s Word as its focus. Artist Beth Radford will be at the Northern Senior Activity Center

on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 12:30-3:30 p.m. to guide you as you paint this Pumpkin Harvest Design on an 8” x 24” canvas with finishing touches to give it a wooden effect. The design features Psalm 85:12. There will be a brief video introducing the company story and an opening prayer at the beginning of the event with Christian music played during the class. The cost is $30 and includes all supplies and instruction. Snacks and beverages will be provided as a courtesy by the center. Space is limited and payment is due at sign up. Participants must sign up no later than end of business on Tuesday, Oct. 23. To sign up and pay for this painting party in advance, please visit the front desk. For more information call 301-475-4200, ext. *3101.

Halloween Party at Loffler

Kick off the holiday season at the Loffler Senior Activity Center by celebrating Halloween! The party starts on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m. with music, dancing, occasional spurts of impromptu entertainment (bring your good nature- there will be a few tricks and they may be on you!) along with a scary lunch: Spicy Spider Cider, Coffin-Wrapped Monster with Sour Yellow Sauce, Dirt-Dabbled Orange Earth Apples, Green Leaves with Severed (Mandarin) Sections, Honeyed Toadstool, and for dessert: Smothered Burial Mounds. (If you are too squeamish for this repast, you can be served the following insteadBratwurst & Roll with mustard, Seasoned Oven Fried Sweet Potato, Mandarin Or-

it’s raining. Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted.

Halloween Spooktacular!

Forensic Psychology with Frank Weber

Leonardtown Library will hold Forensic Psychology with Frank Weber on Saturday, October 20 from 1 – 2:30 p.m. Author and forensic psychologist, Frank Weber will join us to speak about his work in the fields of forensic and clinical psychology and share his insight into the 2018 One Maryland One Book, "Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence", by Tim Junkin. This is a Choose Civility: Southern Maryland event. Registration is required on www. stmalib.org.

Friends of the St. Mary’s County Library Fall Book Sale

The Friends of the St. Mary’s County Library will hold the Fall Book Sale on Sunday, October 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will be held outside in good weather, and will be held inside the library if

All three locations of the St. Mary’s County library will hold a Halloween Spooktacular on Tuesday, October 30. Charlotte Hall Library will hold a Spooktacular from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 am., Leonardtown Library from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Lexington Park Library from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy trickor-treating in the library and participate in a costume parade to show off your awesome Halloween costume. It’s some not-so-spooky fun for the whole family! No registration required.

Minecraft Challenge

Leonardtown Library will hold Minecraft Challenge on Thursday, November 1 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. Can you think on your feet, team up, use creativity, and complete the challenge? Come play Minecraft with us and find out! Must be able to use a mouse and keyboard commands, and be familiar with how to play Minecraft (we will not use the tutorial). Ages 8-11. Registration opens on October 18 for this program.

Itsy Bitsy Storytime

Leonardtown Library will hold Itsy Bitsy Story-

ange & Spinach Salad, Honey Baked Apple, and a Cupcake). If you want to ramp up the fun, wear a costume- there will be prizes in several categories! This is a ticketed event ($6 suggested donation) with a limited number available. Stop by Loffler to get your tickets while they are still available. Call 301-475-4200, ext. *1658 if you have any questions.

Veterans Resource Day

Join us for the third annual Veterans Resource Day on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This year’s Veterans Resource Day will include a question and answer session centered around veterans affairs, informational workshops, displays by local veteran support organizations, peer counseling, and workshops discussing PTSD and being a caregiver for a veteran. Following the question and answer session, we invite you to join us for lunch, provided by Mission Barbeque. This event is free and open to the public. We encourage veterans, active service men and women, their friends and family members, and employers that work with veterans to attend. For more information, contact Community Programs & Outreach Manager Sarah Miller at 301-475-4200, ext. *1073, email sarah.miller@stmarysmd.com, visit www. stmarysmd.com/veterans.asp, or find us on Facebook, keyword St. Mary’s County Department of Aging & Human Services.

time on Friday, November 2 from 10 – 10:30 a.m. A storytime designed for a smaller group. It'll be a bit more chill, but just as much fun as regular storytime. Recommended for ages 2-5 with their caregivers. Registration required and opens on October 19.

Capture the Flag: Ethical Hacking Cybersecurity Competition

Lexington Park Library will hold MAGIC’s Capture the Flag: Ethical Hacking Cybersecurity Competition on Saturday, November 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. MAGIC’s Capture the Flag is an ethical hacking cybersecurity competition for entry-level participants at the high school and college level. No prior experience is required and the event is free for participants. MAGIC’s CTF will feature teams of 2-4 students working their way through a series of cybersecurity puzzles set up in a ‘jeopardy’ style format to find hidden flags to earn points. Coaches will be on site to help students if needed. The top 3 teams overall will win Amazon gift cards, and every participant gets a free t-shirt! A limited number of laptops are available, students who can do so should plan to bring their own laptops. Register today as space is limited!https://magicinc.org/event/capture-the-flag006-ethical-hacking-cybersecurity-competition Registration closes October 31 at noon.

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