2016-03-31 St. Mary's County Times

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Search For Lost Graves
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Hollywood Commercial
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IN LOCAL
Theres no tax relief in the
budget, thats a shame.
- Commissioner Mike Hewitt on the county budget
not returning to constant yield for property taxes
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CONTENTS
Local News
Cops & Courts
Expanded Business Directory

Easter Services
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Obituaries 13
All-Maryland Academic, Students to
Cover Annapolis Film Festival,
SMHEC Engineering Labs
Legals 14
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Feature 15
First Friday
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Library Calendar
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Community 20
Community Calendar
Church Directory
More Shopping, More Traffic
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Games 26
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Entertainment 27
Classifieds
Business Directory
Contributing Writers
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Commissioners Take $219 Million Budget

To Public Hearing
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The Commissioners of St. Marys
County voted unanimously for the fiscal
2017 budget, which includes some tax increases and pay raises for sheriffs office
deputies.
It also includes holding the property
tax rate at about 85 cents for every 100
dollars of assessed value, which means an
increase in revenues of about $646,000
next year as well as increases in the fire
and rescue tax and solid waste fees for
each county family.
Commissioners said they were not
happy about nearly every aspect of the
budget since it had relatively flat revenues

with which to work.
Commissioner Tom Jarboe said the
increase in the solid waste fees of $12 to
$72 in total was just so the county could
cover the cost increases.
This is not a budget anyone is going
to be exhilarated about, Jarboe said at
Tuesdays meeting. He added that the
next budget would likely be much more
difficult since revenues from property
taxes and particularly income taxes were
not likely to rise appreciably.
I dont see anything in the pipeline
that is going to bring 100 new jobs, Jarboe said.
The budget also includes an extra $5.9
million for the school system and a flat

funded sheriffs office as well as a decrease in the funding of non-profits that
provide critical services for the county by
about 10 percent, or about $132,000.
The sheriffs office is flat funded,
this is risky for the sheriffs office going
forward, Jarboe said about possible cost
increases incumbent with law enforcement. But we brought them up to parity
[through salaries].
Were righting past wrongs by doing
this.
The budget includes about $1.2 million
extra to increase sheriffs office personnel pay that has been lagging behind other
agencies for years.
Commissioner Mike Hewitt said he

was disappointed that commissioners did
not support returning to constant yield
for property taxes to provide relief for
citizens.
Theres no tax relief in the budget,
thats a shame, Hewitt said. We need
to lower the cost of living in St. Marys
County.
Its too expensive.
The next hearing for the budget will be
a public gathering April 19 at Chopticon
High School. The commissioners have a
public hearing reserve of $189,000 and a an
unassigned fund balance of $14.9 million.
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Search To Continue For Lost Graves

By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Archaeologists and volunteers looking for a graveyard from a long lost

community in Scotland vowed to keep
looking for it after a search in the Rodo
Beach community turned up no graves.
We just have to do a lot more archival
research, said Scott Lawrence, a local
archaeologist and researcher who has
helped lead past efforts by the county to record the sites of all graveyards and cemeteries in the county.
About a dozen volunteers set out Mar. 25
to search the woods in the beach community
but despite initial indicators of what might
have been a possible African American
church and village, they found no graves.
The remains of a structure that might
have been from on old church was one
clue but volunteers had hoped that the
presence of yucca plants, a non-native

tropical flora but a staple in African
American funerals from more than a century ago, would hold promise.
Despite coming up short on the search
for graves in their initial attempt, the volunteers are certain that the cemetery is
there somewhere in Scotland.
James Gibb, an Annapolis-based archaeologist who took part in the search, said he
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We may even be able to use cadaver
dogs, Gibb said. But they can search tens
of acres, not hundreds of acres.
He said that cadaver dogs have been able
to find distinct grave locations even after
centuries of burial.
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Commission Halts Hollywood Commercial Project

By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The county planning commission finally

came to a decision on a proposed 14-acre
shopping center project in Hollywood
Monday night after months of delays by
rejecting the proposal by a 5 to 2 vote.
The developer of the project, Dean Partnership LLP through their representative
Kimley/Horn Associates, continued to
press their case that their project, which
called for three entrances to the old farm
property on Sotterley Road, Old Three
Notch Road and Three Notch Road, that
they would provide enough road improvements to ensure that the planned 13,000
trips it would generate would not pose a
major problem.
But a majority of the commission did not
agree, even though the applicant had provided a computer based simulation show-
ing the traffic flow at the major intersection

in Hollywood would be improved by the
projects approval.
When Howard Thompson, the chair of
the commission, saw the projection on the
screens in the hearing chamber he said he
did not believe the traffic flow the applicant
was showing as current was as smooth as
they presented.
He said he did not believe the installation of the center, which would include a
gas station and convenience store, a pharmacy, a food service store and other retail
venues constructed over three phases,
would be served well by the confluence of
the roads there.
That was the gist of it, Thompson said
in a later interview.
Moreover, most of the commissioners
continued to consider an additional eight
acres immediately adjacent to the property
where a car dealership had been planned as
a completely separate project as part of the

overall traffic scheme.
It had been revealed at the last meeting
two weeks ago that Kimley/Horne had
not included that 8-acre property in their
presentation, though they had at their first
pass at the commissioners back in December of last year.
Because the 8-acre property, which
could have about 400 new parking spaces
for the dealership, was entered in the record it, the commission was bound to consider it as part of its deliberations.
For commission member Shelby Guazzo, it came down to the applicants need for
an entrance in and out of the development
from a 600-foot portion of Sotterley Road
that earned her rejection.
She said to have an entrance to the property there would mean encroaching on wet
lands nearby to widen the road.
The developers plans also called for
access to the Sotterley Road entrance

from either east or west bound lanes of
the short road; Guazzo said if they had
asked for a right-in and right-out only entrance it would have made the project more
acceptable.
Were trying to plan for the future
and that road would have to be widened,
Guazzo said. And their traffic numbers did not take into account that 8-acre
parcel.
Thompson said he hoped that the developers would reapply, since the project itself
could be of great value to Hollywood.
The applicant just had to abandon their
push for an access road directly off of Sotterley Road, he said.
Its a shame, I wanted it, Thompson
said of the project. There are ways to
make this work.
same kind of law enforcement entity but it

was not contiguous with the borders of St.
Marys.
In other words it was far enough away to
not have any entangling relationships with
members of the local force that might be involved in the investigation.
They are a very disciplined agency with
a robust office of professional responsibility, Cameron told The County Times.
Horne, who has a long history of service
with the agency, accused Commissioner
John OConnor in particular of trying to
micromanage the agency through the budget process.

Horne called the efforts of OConnor and
that of Commissioner Mike Hewitt ridiculous and told OConnor, a former law officer, that it was not his job to try to run the
agency.
OConnor shot back by claiming he had
every right as a commissioner to examine
the agencys budget for cost savings and
even filed an official complaint against
Horne for what he called his unprofessional
behavior.
OConnors wife is a deputy sheriff.

Immediately following the work session of March 15 Cameron said he believed
Horne was expressing frustration that many
in the agency felt and that he, too, believed
OConnor was trying to control the agency.
In his formal complaint OConnor had requested that the Maryland State Police head
up the investigation into whether Horne
violated any of the sheriffs office policies
on conduct of its personnel.
Outside Agency Will Investigate Assistant Sheriff

By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said this
week that he has engaged the Montgomery
County Sheriffs Office to investigate the
actions of his top subordinate, Assistant
Sheriff Major John Horne, after Horne publicly chastised several county commissioners during a tense budget work session two
weeks ago.
Cameron said he chose to reach out to
the Montgomery agency because it was the
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Sheriff Tim Cameron Appointed to Governor

Hogans Emergency Management Advisory Council
Governor Hogan has appointed St.
Marys County Sheriff Tim Cameron
to a two-year term on the Governors
Emergency Management Advisory
Council (GEMAC.) The GEMAC
serves as an independent advisory
board, comprised of persons with special expertise in areas critical to homeland security and emergency management. Sheriff Cameron brings more
than 35 years of law enforcement and
public safety experience to the Council, including three terms as the Sher-
iff of St. Mary's County.

It is an honor to be appointed by
Governor Hogan to his Emergency
Management Advisory Council. The
council works to ensure Maryland
is an aware and prepared state. It is
a pleasure to serve with such an exemplary group, including fellow St.
Marys County resident David Willenborg, Cameron said.
This is the second time that Governor Hogan has specifically called
upon Sheriff Camerons expertise. In
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Project funded in part by the Commissioners of St. Marys County and the
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2015, the Governor appointed Cameron to serve on his Heroin and Opioid
Emergency Task Force.
Sheriff Cameron earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Management
in 2006, through Johns Hopkins University's Public Safety Leadership program. Cameron then enrolled in the
University's prestigious Police Executive Leadership Program and received
his Master of Business Administration
in May 2007.
Since then, Cameron has gone on
to complete the Executive Leaders
Program at the Naval Post Gradu-
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Center for Homeland Defense and
Security. He is also a graduate of the
92nd Class of the National Sheriffs
Institute, Session 66 of the FBI Law
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Course, and of Session 14 of the Maryland Police and Corrections Training
Commission Leadership Challenge.
The two-year term is set to expire
in 2018.
Press Release from St. Marys County Sheriffs Office
League of Women Voters

of St. Marys To Hold
Candidates Forum
The League of Women Voters of St.
Marys County will hold a candidates
forum on Wednesday, April 6 at 6 p.m.
in the Lexington Park Library, Room B.
Candidates will meet and greet citizens
just before the forum, beginning at 5:30.
All three candidates currently running
for the Board of Education At Large are
scheduled to attend on March 6. They are:
Cathy Allen, Chris Krush and Deforest
Rathbone.
Each candidate will make a brief opening statement and questions from the audience will follow. As is the usual practice,
individuals in the audience will write their
questions on a card, which will then be
read by the moderator. Candidates re-
plies will be timed since the library closes

at 8 p.m. The forum will end with closing
statements made by all candidates.
Tables will be available for candidate
materials, however, no campaign materials, banners or campaign clothing is allowed in the meeting room during the
forum.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, community-based political organization that encourages the informed
and active participation of citizens in
government, and influences public policy
through education and advocacy.

County will host their seventh Code
Home public hearing, on Tuesday, April
12, 2016 at the Mechanicsville Volunteer
Fire Department, Station 22. The address is 29848 Therese Circle, Mechanicsville, MD 20659. The hearing will
begin at 6:30 p.m.
A move to Code Home Rule would
allow county commissioners to exercise
authority to enact local laws on a number
of subjects without having to await action by the Maryland General Assembly.
Under Code Home Rule commissioners
could not enact any new taxes or regulatory fees.
Code Home Rule would give the commissioners legislative authority throughout the year. Public hearings on legislation would be held in Leonardtown,
rather than in Annapolis during the winter. The public could demand a referendum on any new public local law, some-
thing which does not currently exist. St.

Marys County is one of six counties in
Maryland which has yet to adopt some
form of home rule.
St. Marys County voters would have
to approve a referendum to adopt Code
Home Rule on the ballot in the November, 2016 general election.
The eighth and final Code Home public hearing will take place:
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Commissioners Meeting Room Chesapeake
Building
41770 Baldridge Street Leonardtown,
MD 20650
More information about Code Home
Rule can be found at www.stmarysmd.
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comments can be sent to: CodeHomeRule@stmarysmd.com.
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Commissioners Lend
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Awareness About
Dating Violence
First Ever Respect Week Declared In County
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County joined members of the St. Marys
County Commission for Women, St.
Marys County Public Schools staff and
employees at MedStar St. Marys Hospital to raise awareness about dating violence by declaring the week of April 3 to 9,
as St. Marys County Respect Week.
Statistics indicate one in three adolescent girls in the United States is a victim of
physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a
dating partner, a figure which far exceeds
victimization rates for other types of violence affecting youth.
Providing young people, their fami-
lies and the school system with education

about healthy relationships and relationship skills and by changing attitudes that
support violence, we recognize dating
violence can be prevented, said Commissioner Michael Hewitt (2nd District.)
The commissioners believe St. Marys
County Respect Week will bring greater
awareness of dating violence to young
people, their families, schools and communities without regard to socioeconomic
status, gender, sexual orientation, or
ethnicity.
April marks the anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. The
Maryland Association of REALTORS
2016 Fair Housing theme is Everyone
Wins With Fair Housing.
County believe the theme will further
housing choices for all Americans without regard to race, color, creed, national
origin, sex, family status or disability,
and to encourage fair housing opportunities for all county citizens. With this as
a cornerstone the commissioners have
declared the month of April Fair Housing
Month.
The Maryland Fair Housing law was
first enacted in 1971 and memorialized
per Maryland Code, Article 49B, Sections
19-39 which adds marital status and sexual orientation as protected classes. Local
efforts continue to be vital in promoting
Fair Housing and combat discrimination.

The Southern Maryland Association
of Realtors, Maryland Commission on
Civil Rights, the Housing Authority of
St. Marys County, the St. Marys County
Human Relations Commission, property
owners, management companies and
many others continue to build alliances
supporting Fair Housing, said Commissioner Michael Hewitt (2nd District.)
Illegal barriers to equal opportunity in
housing, no matter how subtle, diminish
the rights of all, and ongoing educational
outreach and monitoring are key to raising awareness of fair housing principles,
practices, rights, and responsibilities.
The commissioners encourage all citizens to abide by the letter and spirit of
Fair Housing Laws.
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of Public Works & Transportation is
pleased to sponsor the Free Mulch program while supplies last.
St. Marys County residents are welcome to pick up mulch, free of charge, at
the St. Andrews Landfill. Mulch will be
available, beginning April 15, between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Saturday. The St. Andrews
Landfill is closed on Sundays.
Customers are responsible for the
loading and transportation of the mulch.
Please bring a shovel, pitchfork or simi-
lar hand tool to load the mulch. Covering

the load with a tarp prior to transporting
is recommended in order to minimize
material from blowing off the vehicle.
If assistance is required, special needs
exist or additional information is requested, please contact the Department
of Public Works & Transportation at 301863-8400. Additional Recycling/Solid
Waste Program information is available on the web at www.co.saint-marys.
md.us/dpw/.
Press Release
Fair Housing
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St. Marys County
Press Release
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Source: Robbery
Streak Funded
Legal Expenses
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Sources close to the investigation
of two men indicted by federal authorities for a string of robberies last
fall in Lexington Park and Leonardtown say that the defendants were
stealing the money in an effort to
help pay for the legal expenses of a
man who happened to be a sibling to
one and who was facing attempted
murder charges.
Both Quantaz Shields and Trevone
Butler face 10 counts each for a spree
of armed robberies that took place
last October over a period of nine
days, including use of a firearm in the
commission of a felony, robbery and
interfering with interstate commerce.
Both could face up to 20 years in
prison if found guilty of the charges
against them.
In addition, Shields faces a mandatory minimum time of seven years
for brandishing a firearm during a
robbery as well as a 25-year consecutive sentence for every other time he
brandished a firearm, according to

federal authorities.
Shields also faces another 10 years
for being a felon in possession of a
handgun.
Tyreke Butler is accused of shooting a man in what law officers have
called a drug deal gone bad in Lexington Park in which the victim, Robert Edward Blake, was shot multiple
times.
Blake survived the attack.
According to indictments filed in
U.S. District Court, Shields was the
entry man of the pair who committed
the actual robberies while Trevone
Butler provided the getaway vehicle.
Federal authorities with U.S. Attorney Rod Rosensteins office alleged that both men took part in the
robberies of The Sign of the Whale liquor store, the Super 8 motel and the
Papa Johns Pizza store in Lexington
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Pharmacy in Leonardtown.
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Registered Sex Offender

Charged with Failing to Notify of
a Temporary Address Change
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's
10 were inside the residence where
Office Sex Offender Compliance
Hall was staying. Hall was located
Unit received information that a Tier
at the residence on March 25, and
III lifetime registered sex offender,
taken to the St. Mary's County
Clevland Dwight Hall II, 36, was
Detention Center where he was
living at an address in Leonardtown
charged with failing to notify the
Hall
but was registered under a Calvert
sex offender registry of a temporary
County address.
address change.
The investigation revealed Hall, who
Suspect Hall is being held without
was previously convicted of sexually bond pending a bond review with a disassaulting children under the age of 13 trict court judge.
years old, had been staying at a residence
in Leonardtown.
Press Release from St. Marys County
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Heidi Litzenberg Henn, 52

Heidi Litzenberg Henn,
52, of Hollywood, MD,
passed away of an extended
illness on March 24, 2016 at
her residence, with her loving
family at her side.
She was born on October
23, 1963 in York, PA to the
late Thomas W. and late Agnes L. Pherson
Litzenberg.
On October 30, 1993, Heidi married Harvey A. Henn in Lexington Park, MD. Together, they celebrated 22 wonderful years of
marriage. She graduated from Slippery Rock
University in 1986. Heidi worked as Foreign
Military Sales Program Manager for 14 years
on numerous international programs which
offered her the opportunity to travel to Germany, Austria, Italy, Norway, Spain, Canada,
Turkey, United Kingdom, Taiwan, and Singapore. She enjoyed music, sailing, hiking,
horseback riding and travelling. Her pride
and joy were her children.
In addition to her husband, she is survived
by her children, Rachel C. Henn and Thomas
R. Henn both of Hollywood, MD; her sisters,
Suzanne Marti (Timothy) of New Castle,
PA and Audrey Maziarz (John) of Mechanicsville, VA. She is also survived by several
nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends on Thursday,
March 31, 2016 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., with
a memorial service at 7:00 p.m., at Brinsfield
Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road,
Leonardtown, MD 20650.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Lungevity, an organization Heidi was
passionate about during her illness. Donations can be made at http://www.lungevity.
org/donate
Condolences may be made to www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral
Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Suzanne Ms. H Henderson, 89

Suzanne Ms. H Henderson, 89, of Leonardtown,
MD, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 24,
2016, at her home.
Suzanne was born to Dorothy and Barnard Smith on
March 10, 1927 in Leonardtown, MD.
Suzanne graduated from Margaret Brent
High School in May 1944, and married Joseph Henderson in November 1944. Suzanne
was a mother and homemaker, and assisted
her sister, Dorothy, in the floral business for
many years until 1960, when she and her father opened a wholesale plumbing business,
Southern Maryland Supply. Suzanne was
active in running Southern Maryland Supply until it was sold in 1994. Suzanne was
proud of her community where she was a
part of numerous organizations including
the Auxiliary of the Leonardtown Volunteer
Fire Department for over 30 years, Auxiliary
of Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad,
Auxiliary of the Mechanicsville Volunteer
Rescue Squad for over 25 years, St. Marys
County Fair Board for over 25 years, Optimist Club of St. Marys, and Daughters of
the American Revolution. In 2011 she was
inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Ladies
Auxiliary to the Southern Maryland Volun-
teer Firemens Association. In 1984 Suzanne

served as a Leonardtown Commissioner.
Music was a big part of Suzannes life and
she participated in the local chapter of Sweet
Adelines and the choir at St. Pauls Methodist Church. However, Suzannes real love
was for her animals, at one time having 14
poodles. In her later years, Suzanne could
be seen whizzing around Leonardtown in her
pickup truck with her beloved Yorkshire Terrier, Itzee, and later, Boo.
Suzanne is survived by her daughter, Suzanne (Hugh) Hall of Gulf Breeze, Florida.
Also surviving are her granddaughter, Jennifer (Bryan) Turney, and her two greatgranddaughters, Amelia Grace Turney and
Emmeline Turney.
In addition to her parents, Suzanne is predeceased by her husband, Joseph Henderson;
her son, John Henderson; and her sister, Dorothy Asbury.
Family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 30 from 5 8, with prayers at
7:00 pm at Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955
Hollywood Rd., Leonardtown, MD. Funeral
service and interment will be held on Thursday, March 31 at 11:00 at Christ Church, 3100
Broomes Island Rd., Port Republic, MD. If
desired, memorial contributions may be
made to Hospice of St. Marys or the Auxiliary of the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire
Department.
Condolences may be made to www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral
Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD
Jackie Lee Ryan, Jr., 45

Jackie Lee Ryan, Jr., 45, of
Leonardtown, Md., passed
away on March 9, 2016 at St.
Marys Nursing Center with
his mother by his side.
He was born on February 14, 1971 in Washington,
D.C.
to
the
late Jackie Lee Ryan, Sr. and Theresa
Ann Lewis of Mechanicsville, MD.
Jackie attended LaPlata High School. He
was employed by Camelot Construction as a
laborer. He had an extensive movie collection. As an avid Washington Redskin fan, he
never missed watching a game. He also enjoyed cheering Tony Stewart on in the NASCAR races. Other hobbies included fishing,
BINGO, and riding roller coasters, especially
at Kings Dominion. However, his greatest
love was for his son, who was his pride and
joy and he loved to spend time together.
In addition to his mother, Theresa Ann
Lewis, he is also survived by his son, Jackie
Lee Ryan, III of Mechanicsville, MD; his
sister, Tricia Ann Lewis of LaPlata, MD; his
step-brother, Jessie James Lewis of North
Beach, MD; his uncle, Jack Trumbull of Mechanicsville, MD; three nieces; two nephews
and many extended family and friends. In
addition to his father, he is also preceded in
death by his step-father, Charles A. Lewis
and grandparents, Jack and Angie Trumbull
and Barbara Biller.
Family will receive friends for Jackies
Life Celebration on Saturday, March 12, 2016
from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., with a Funeral Service celebrated by Deacon Ammon Ripple at
3:00 p.m. at Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.,
22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD
20650. Interment will be private.
Memorial Contributions may be made to
Huntingtons Disease Society of America,

505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 902, New York,
NY 10018.
Condolences may be made to www.
brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the
Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.
Gladys Cecelia
Owens Pilkerton, 94
Gladys Cecelia Owens
Pilkerton, 94, of Leonardtown, Md., passed away at
St. Marys Nursing Center
Leonardtown, Md. on March
8, 2016. Born on May 15,
1921 in Leonardtown, Md.,
she was the daughter of the
late Essie Eucalia Downs Owens, and William Edward (Ned) Owens. Gladys is survived by her children: Loretta Perini of
Stony Point, N.Y., Leroy Pilkerton of Smithfield, N.C., five grandchildren, and sister Betty Woods of Hollywood, Md. She was preceded in death by her siblings; Rita Joy, Irene
Robertson, Barbara Zee Wetzel, Wilhelmina
Owens, Catherine Owens, Walter Owens,
Donald Owens, Lindy Mitchell and Jack Owens. She graduated from Great Mills high
school in 1939, and was a dispatcher for C &
P Telephone Company for 17 years. Gladys
enjoyed gardening, sewing, and cross word
puzzles.
The family received friends on March 10,
2016 from 5 to 8 p.m. with prayers recited at
7 p.m. in the Mattingley Gardiner Funeral
Home, Leonardtown, Md. A Funeral Service
was in the Funeral Home Chapel on Friday,
March 11, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. with Deacon
Ammon Ripple officiating. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens Leonardtown, Md. Pallbearers were: Eric Bender,
Michael Robertson, Kenneth Woods, Kevin
Woods, Glenn Woods, and Paul Wetzel.
Honorary Pallbearer was Melvin Pilkerton.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be
made to Friends of Cedar Lane, 22680 Cedar Ln. Ct. Leonardtown, Md. 20650 and
St. Marys Nursing Center Foundation P.O.
Box 904 Leonardtown, Md. 20650. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home, P.A. Leonardtown, Md.
Margaret Peggy
Anne Brabec, 83
Margaret Peggy Anne
Brabec, 83, of Drayden, Md.
passed away on March 22,
2016 at home surrounded by
her loving family. Born Feb.
19, 1933 in Exmore, Va., she
was the daughter of the late
Alberta Mae and William
Riley Shipp, Sr.
Peggy was the loving wife of Larry Milo
Brabec, whom she married on Feb. 8, 1963
in Virginia Beach, Va. She is survived by her
children; Pamela Gail Zimpfer of Franklin,
Va., Cathy (David) Stevens of Milton, Fla.
and Lisa (Jim) Sydnor of Leonardtown, Md.,
sister; Linda Rathbun of Michigan and Finale
Nichols of Minnesota, three grandchildren,
Scott (Niki) Blair of Virginia Beach, Va.,
Brian (Amanda) Blair of Virginia Beach, Va.
and Rebecca Stevens of Milton, Fla. and six
great-grandchildren; Callista, Chloe, Avery,
Aidan, Michael and Levi. In addition to her
parents Peggy was preceded in death by her

siblings; Dorothy Hamstead, Mary Brake
and William R. Shipp, Jr.
Peggy moved to St. Marys county in 1971
coming from California. Peggy was a devoted wife and mother.
She always put her husband and children
before herself. Whenever we came home she
had all our favorite dishes cooked and she
made every day special. Larry served our
country and she served as well by taking care
of the household during deployments. Peggy
had an amazing sense of humor and usually one-upped us. Every family gathering
was filled with laughter and love. She was a
woman of great faith and inspired that faith in
her children and grandchildren. We all know
we were in her prayers every day. Peggy
loved the outdoors, she loved to fish and crab
and be on the water. She cared deeply for all
living things, and pets were family. Our
loss is Heavens gain- thank you Mama for
everything.
Pallbearers were: Scott Blair, Brian Blair,
Jim Sydnor and Michael Blair. All Services
were private. Arrangements provided by the
Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Md.
Cynthia Cindi Lee Bailey, 65

Cynthia Cindi Lee Bailey, 65, of Hollywood, Md. formerly of Pawtucket, R.I.
passed away on March 21, 2016 at her residence. Born May 14, 1950 in Providence,
R.I., she was the daughter of George Fram of
Rhode Island and the late Jeanette Strychasz.
Cindi was the beloved wife of Roger A.
Bailey, whom she married on May 16, 1992
in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
In addition to her husband and father Cindi
is survived by her Step-Children: Stacey Bailey of FL and Roger Bailey, Jr. of Maryland,
siblings; Kenny Fram , Jay Strychasz, and
Michael Strychasz all of Rhode Island and
Joey Strychasz of Florida. Cindi graduated
from Tolman high school in 1968, she entered
the USAF in December of 1973 and retired
after 20 years of service on Nov. 1, 1993, her
duty stations were U.S., Germany, UK and
Japan. She moved to St. Marys County in
November 1993 from the United Kingdom
and was a Bartender at Brass Rail for 10
years.
All Services are private. Arrangements
provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, P.A. Leonardtown, Md.
Charles Anthony Daniels, 95

Charles Anthony Daniels,
95, of Clements, MD died
Feb. 27, 2016 at St. Marys
Nursing Center after a brief
illness.
He was born Casimir Dangolovich on Feb. 16, 1921 the
second child of Casimir and
Gertrude Diedrich Dangolovich in Shamokin, Pa. In his youth, Charles was known as
a talented baseball player, the fastest runner
on the team who had a record for stealing
bases.
Charles graduated from St. Edwards High
School in Shamokin. That fall he joined the
Christian Brothers and he became Brother
Francis Peter. He received a bachelors degree in education from LaSalle College and
earned masters degrees in French (Laval
University, Canada), Religion (LaSalle Col-
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lege) and Mathematics (University of Arkansas). Charles taught in Catholic schools in

Philadelphia, Quebec, and Baltimore for 27
years.
In 1971 Charles moved to St. Marys County and joined the faculty at Chopticon High
School in the foreign language department.
During his career, he taught French, English,
Spanish, German, Latin and Mathematics.
Charles was advisor to the CHS French Club
and coordinated French educational trips to
Quebec, Canada.
Charles recalled, with pleasure, his association with principals, Julius Levay and
Dwight Chakales, and with his fellow language instructor, Karl Pence. He retired in
1983 and became a member of the St. Marys
County Public Schools Retirees Association.
Charles joined St. Francis Xavier Parish (Newtowne) in 1971 and became a Life
Member of The Knights of Columbus Missionary Council #10957.
In 1975, Charles married Dorothy Young
who preceded him in death.
Survivors include his brother, William
(Helga) and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents,
his sister, Gertrude Weiser and brother, Vincent Dangolovich.
Charles will be missed by his friends, Virginia Mae Pierce and the Pierce and Anderson families who included Charles in their
holiday family gatherings. He had many
friends in St. Marys County and will be remembered for his humor, intelligence, generosity and kindness. He was a gentlemans
gentleman.
The family received friends on Wednesday,
March 2, 2016 from 5 to 8 p.m. with prayers
recited at 7 p.m. in the Matttingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home Leonardtown, Md. A Mass of
Christian Burial was celebrated on Thursday,
March 3, 2016 at 11 a.m. in St. Francis Xavier
Catholic Church Compton, Md. with Father
Tom Crowley officiating. Interment followed
in Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery Helen,
Md. Pallbearers were: Joshua Pierce, George
Gibson, Drew Dowdell, Charles Boyer, Bob
Schaller, and George Matisick.
Bishop William McClean officiating. Interment was private.

Contributions may be made to the Animal Relief Fund (www.animalreleiffund.
org), and St. Marys Animal Welfare League
(www.smawl.org).
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at

10 a.m. with Fr. Anthony Lickteig officiating.
Interment followed in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be
made to Sacred Heart Catholic Church 23080
Maddox Rd. Bushwood, Md. 20618
Larry M. Murdock, 69
Emilio Romero, 96
Larry M. Murdock, 69,

of Lexington Park, Md. formerly of Chittenango, N.Y.
2016 at Walter Reed National
Medical Center, Bethesda,
Md.
Born March 3, 2016 in
Syracuse, N.Y. he was the son of the late
Barbara Goodfellow Murdock and Evan
Murdock.
He was the loving husband of the late
Mary D. Murdock whom he married on Nov.
18, 1966 in Washington, D.C. and preceded
him in death on Aug. 4, 2005.
Larry is survived by his children; Corrine
Fernandes of Beltsville, Md., Eileen Murdock
of Florence, K.Y., Geneva Sullivan of Spring
Hill, Fla., Ralph Ebert of NC and Margaret
Ann Burguss of New Orleans, La., siblings;
Evan Murdock of Canastota, N.Y. Glenn
Murdock of Syracuse, N.Y., 16 grandchildren
and 16 great-grandchildren. In addition to
his parents and wife Larry was preceded in
death by a brother Keith Murdock.
Mr. Murdock graduated from Chittenango
high school in 1964, he served in the U.S.
Navy for 20 years retiring on July 21, 1984 he
then went to work for DYN Corp retiring in
October 2015 after 30 years.
The family received friends on Monday,
March 21, 2016 from 9 to 10 a.m. in the
Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Md. where a Funeral Service was
held at 10 a.m. Inurnment followed in Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery,
Lexington Park, Md.
Emilio Romero, 96, of Leonardtown,

Md. passed away on March 9, 2016 at his
residence. Born on March 2, 1920 in Cuba,
he was the son of the late Natalia Torres
Romero and Eduardo Romero. Emilio was
the loving husband of Anntoinette Marie
Romero. Emilio is survived by his daughter
Mary Ann Hance of Leonardtown, Md., two
grandchildren, and one great grandchild. He
was preceded in death by his daughter Dolores Romero. Emilio moved to St. Marys
County, Md. in 2004 and served in the United
States Army, retiring in 1968. All Services
will be private. Contributions may be made
to Hospice of St. Marys Leonardtown, Md.
Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P. A. Leonardtown, Md.
William Russell Russ Cole, 52
Mary Catherine Bitsy

Ellis, 78, of Bushwood, Md.
2016. Born on Dec. 2, 1937
in Greenville, Miss., she was
the daughter of the late Ann
Ward Lowry and Charles
Taylor Lowry. Bitsy is survived by her husband Joseph Carroll Ellis
whom she married on Oct. 5, 1958 in Greenville, Miss. In addition to her husband she is
survived by her daughter Ann Ellis DOvidio
and her husband Dennis DOvidio of Bow,
N.H., her son Joseph Charles Ellis and his
wife Lea Carrico Ellis of Bushwood, Md.,
four grandchildren: Tara Ryan, Kelly Ryan,
Christopher Ellis, Malayna Ellis and her sister Patricia Lowry Burney of Diamond Head,
Miss.
Bitsy graduated from Greenville High
School in 1956, and moved to St. Marys
County in 1970 from Arlington, Va. She was
the Librarian for Holy Angels - Sacred Heart
School in Avenue, Md. retiring in 2005.
She enjoyed her family, especially time
with her grandchildren, quilting, flower gardening and reading.
The family received friends on Monday,
March 21, 2016 from 9 to 10 a.m. in Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, Bushwood, Md. A
William Russell Russ

Cole, 52, of Lexington Park
formerly from Doylestown,
PA, and Nitholasville, KY
passed away in Lexington
Park, Md. Born on Feb. 27,
1964 in Lexington, K.Y., he
was the son of Martha Ruth
Cole and the late William Lee Stephen Cole.
Russ was the loving husband of Erin Krista
Cole, whom he married on October 5, 2002
in Piney Point, Md. Russ is survived by his
children; Noah Russell Cole of Hatfield, Pa.,
William Collin Cole and Jaxson Garrett Cole
both of Lexington Park, Md. and sibling; Jennifer Cole of Kan.
He moved from Doylestown, Pa. to St.
Marys County in 1996. Russ worked for
Sabre Systems in Lexington Park, Md. as a
Software Configuration Management for 19
years. He was the (NYSCA) National Youth
Sports Coach of the Year in 2012 for the
Patuxent River Raiders Youth Football.
The family received friends on Saturday,
March 19, 2016 from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonardtown, Md. A Funeral Service followed
at 10 a.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel with
Mary Catherine Bitsy Ellis, 78
Shirley Faye DAria, 84

Shirley Faye DAria, 84, of Great Mills,
Md. passed away on March 17, 2016 in Leonardtown, Md. Born on Feb. 29, 1932 in Ft.
Worth, Texas, she was the daughter of the
late Verna Mai Whitley Lynch and Shelton
Andrew Lynch. Shirley was the loving wife
of Maurice Dana DAria. Shirley is survived
by her children: Dorian DAria of St. James,
Md., Dana DAria of Great Mills, Md., Douglas of Laurel, Md., three grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her four siblings.
The family received friends on Tuesday,
March 22, 2016 from 9:30 to 10 a.m. in the
Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Leonardtown, Md. A Funeral Service followed
in the Funeral Home Chapel at 11 a.m. with
Father Jerry Gamrot officiating. Interment
followed in the Holy Face Catholic Cemetery
Great Mills, Md. Pallbearers were: Doug
DAria, Dorian DAria, Justin DAria, Dana
DAria, Mike Lynch, and Abe Harris.
Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Charles Franklin
Chuck Myers, 78
Charles Franklin Chuck
Myers, 78, of Lexington
Park, Md. passed away on
March 3, 2016 in Leonardtown, Md. from his service
connected disability. Born
Nov. 9, 1937 in Baltimore,
Md. He was the son of the
late Ella Mae Jackson Myers
and Walter Melvin Myers and Wilber Ralph
and Elizabeth Teresa Byrne Machen.
Chuck was the loving husband of Wilma
Elizabeth Machen Myers whom he married in St. Lukes Catholic Church, Sparrows Point, Md., in addition to his wife he
is survived by his children; Betsy Myers of
Lexington Park, Md., Charlie Myers of Leonardtown, Md., Tom and Teri Lackner of St.
Marys, Ga., and Michael and Lisa Myers of
Quinton, Va., siblings; John Leroy Myers of
Tucson, Ariz., Arthur Myers of Baltimore,
Md., brother-in-law Francis Bunk Machen

and wife Bonnie of Ocean Pines, Md., grandchildren; Erin and Tim Catlett of St. Marys,
Ga., Sean and Alyssa Myers of Ellicott City,
Md., Stacy and Brian Beeson of Valley Lee,
Md., Nichole and David Rendon of Tucson,
Ariz., Great-grandchildren; Jamie Catlett,
Temperance and Thomas Rendon and Avery
Beeson, also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents
Chuck was preceded in death by his sister,
Marlene Aason.
Mr. Myers served in the U.S. Navy from
Oct. 3, 1954 to 1971 retiring after 17.5 years
of service, he then went on to work for the
U.S. Navy Civil Service for 21 years retiring on Nov. 30, 1992. Chuck was a 47-year
member of the Disabled American Veterans
Chapter 8 and 26 (Chapter Commander 1982
to 1983), State of Maryland Commander 1982
to 1983, the American Legion 255, Disabled
American Veterans Auxiliary, instrumental
in forming DAVA unit 26. He was one of the
first Maryland State Veterans Home Commissioners at Charlotte Hall, Md.
The family received friends on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 from 5 to 8 p.m. with
Disabled American Veterans prayers recited
at 7 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, Leonardtown, Md. A Funeral Service was held on Thursday, March 10, 2016
at 12:30 p.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel.
Interment followed at 2:30 p.m. in the Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, Md.
Pallbearers were; Sean Myers, Brian Beeson, Scott McArdle, Stephen Machen, Eric
McArdle and Kenny Wasson.
Memorial contributions may be made to
St. Marys DAV/DAVA Chapter and Unit
26 C/O Robert Boles, 20238 Hermitage La.,
Leonardtown, Md. 20650.
Jennie May Wohlmuther, 95

Jennie May Wohlmuther,
95, of Mechanicsville, Md.
2016 at St. Marys Nursing
Home. She was born on October 30, 1920 in Baltimore,
Md. to the late George John
Birner, Jr. and the late Sarah
May (nee Adams) Birner.
She was married to August Wohlmuther who
passed away in 1993.
She was a lifelong member of St. Marks
Lutheran Church and a longtime member of
the Womens Club of Roland Park. She was a
superb homemaker, loving wife and an excellent mother.
She is survived by her son James Wohlmuther; daughters Patricia Lynn Kissinger
and Carolyn May Alexander; sister Helen
Dennis; three grandchildren; four great
grandchildren.
Family will receive friends at the Eline Funeral Home, 11824 Reisterstown Rd., Reisterstown, Md. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 3 to
5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Service will be held on
Friday, March 25, 2016, 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment in Lake View Memorial Park. If desired, memorial contributions
may be made to St. Marks Lutheran Church,
1900 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Md. 21218. For
additional information visit www.ElineFuneralHome.com.
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New Shopping Center

Will Bring Major
Traffic Changes
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Clearing and grading for the longawaited St. Marys Marketplace project,
located on the western corner of routes
4 and 235, has begun, but improvements
for the countys biggest intersection may
still be years away.
The new development, which is set to
include 90,000 square feet of commercial
space on 15 acres, will sit at the door step
of the busiest traffic flow in St. Marys
County, coming directly from the Thomas Johnson Bridge into the heart of the
Lexington Park Development District.
The history of the project has been
a turbulent one over several years with
one developer dropping out and another, Klein Enterprises of Baltimore,
taking over the project after consenting
to a long list of requirements from the
county, including building another section of FDR Boulevard from St. Andrews
Church Road through Wildewood.
The prior developer had wanted to keep
and renovate the shopping strip currently
at the intersection but the county wanted
it demolished and the land donated to the
State Highway Administration (SHA)
for eventual improvements to the major
intersection.
One such option was to build a flying overpass at the intersection to reroute traffic, according to SHA, but, said
Commissioner Todd Morgan, it was not
a consideration for the shopping centers
sake.
The reality is is that the intersection

at routes 4 and 235 has failed, Morgan
said. The flyover is one proposal but the
center was not the reason for that.
The shopping center is going to increase traffic but the state has an implied
responsibility to fix route 4 and 235.
Morgan said he had not seen anything
in the state budget from Gov. Larry Hogans administration that puts any more
money into improving the intersection
there, though the project is part and
parcel to eventual improvements to the
Thomas Johnson Bridge.
It could take years and years, Morgan said.
In the meantime, Morgan said, the developer would be granted access to the
project over the county right of way on
the Three Notch Trail to provide access
from Route 235s south bound lanes.
There was no access granted to bring
traffic in from the north bound lanes, he
said.
The developers been patient and followed the rules, Morgan said.
County officials had also commented
privately throughout the process that the
prior developers plans to move the Food
Lion grocery store from the Laurel Glen
shopping center further south to the new
site was not a favored option.
Essentially that move would have left a
major storefront vacant in an older, harder-to-fill shopping center.
They didnt have the wherewithal to
meet all the conditions, saidPhil Shire,
director of the Department of Land Use
The developers
been patient and
followed the rules.
and Growth Management.

The prior board of county commissioners, of which Morgan was also a
member, denied the prior developers access to Route 235 across the county right
of way, essentially derailing the project
for a time.
Klein Enterprises has announced
in recent months that Harris Teeter
would be opening a store at St. Marys
Marketplace.
As earth movers clear away the many
trees at the site, SHA officials have said
that actual improvements to the critical intersection are indeed far off in the
future.
The intersection project at MD 4
and MD 235 is not currently funded for
design, right-of-way acquisition or con-
Photo by Guy Leonard
struction, according to a statement from

SHA representative Charlie Gischlar.
SHA is working very closely with St.
Marys government stakeholders and ascertaining their desired priorities in that
region.
Morgan said that commissioners
would continue to join with the Calvert and Charles counties in making the
Thomas Johnson Bridge project their top
priority, despite the growing development around the MD 4/235 intersection.
[The bridge] will remain the top priority, Morgan said.
The average traffic on Route 4 between
Route 2 in Calvert and Route 235 in St.
Marys is 30,800 vehicles per day, which
is expected to increase to 36,700 vehicles
by 2035, according to SHA projections.
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All-Maryland Academic,
Students to Cover
Annapolis Film Festival,
SMHEC Engineering Labs
CSM Students Make All-Maryland
Community College Academic Team
CSM Students Soaring After Tour of SMHEC Engineering Labs
Four College of Southern Maryland

students will be recognized for their
exemplary academic achievement in
earning second team honors for AllMaryland Community College Academic. Mallory Haselberger of Waldorf,
Stephanie Hayes of Marbury, Joseph
Turner of Chaptico and Robert Wilson
of Hollywood were nominated by CSM
President Dr. Brad Gottfried and Phi
Theta Kappa (PTK) advisors to the AllUSA Academic Teams and recognized
by the Maryland Council of Community
College Presidents and the Maryland Association of Community Colleges.
The students have been invited to attend the recognition ceremony at the
Turf Valley Country Club in Ellicott
City on May 4 and they will be recognized at the CSM Honors Convocation
reception May 18 at the La Plata Campus. For information on CSM, visit
www.csmd.edu.
CSM Students Granted Professional
Media Credentials to Cover Film Festival
College of Southern Maryland students in Christopher Marks news production course will be granted professional media credentials to cover the
2016 Annapolis Film Festival which gets
underway March 31. The four-day event
will showcase more than 70 films and
feature film makers, directors and industry guests.
This is the first time in the events history that college students will attend the
event as media to view films and interview directors and panelists for a news
show as part of their class.
Participating students include Alex
Albrittain of Faulkner, Meghan Bennett
of La Plata, Maleik Lewis of Upper Marlboro, Michael Moses of Waldorf, Amber
Simpson of Waldorf, Charles Thompson

of Bryans Road and Cuyler Williams of
Waldorf.
For information on CSMs Digital
Media Production associate degree program, visit http://catalog.csmd.edu//preview_program.php?catoid=9&poid=211
6&returnto=1145.
College of Southern Maryland engineering majors toured the classroom and
lab facilities at the Southern Maryland
Higher Education Center in California to
get a first-hand look at where they could
spend their junior and senior years as
University of Maryland students. Among
those attending were Eddie Bowie of
Hughesville, center, and Christopher
Simmons of Marbury, left, who received
instruction on the flight simulator from
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Program Analyst Kenneth Abell.
Through a partnership with the A.
James Clark School of Engineering at
UMD, the Navy and SMHEC, CSM students can earn scholarships, summer internships and employment with the Navy
after earning their bachelors degrees.
During the tour, current CSM students were able to see former CSM students hard at work, and former students
gave advice on studying hard when they
get accepted in the program, said CSM
Pre-engineering Program Coordinator
Shadei Jones. It was refreshing to witness the students excitement in connecting what they were learning in the classroom to practical applications.
For information on engineering partnership program, visit http://stem.csmd.
edu/events_internship.html.
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celebrates forward-thinking individuals and businesses that spur economic
growth with efforts and decisions that
make real impacts.
Awards will be presented for CEO of
the Year, Charles County Technology
Company of the Year, Calvert County
Business of the Year, Small Business
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of the Year and CSM Partnership in
Education.
Located in one of the fastest-growing regions in Maryland, the Southern
Maryland business community and its
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technological and workforce challenges, and the LEA provides the opportunity to celebrate corporate success and
to recognize those individuals responsible for encouraging economic growth
and vigor in the region.
Nominations for CEOs that deserve
recognition for their contribution to the
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ference in our community, may be submitted to the Corporate Center at the

College of Southern Maryland through
April 1.
The 2015 CEO was Don Smolinski,
president and CEO of All American
Harley-Davidson. Other CEOs who
have been recognized previously include Austin J. Joe Slater Jr., Kevin
Poole, William F. Childs IV, Eric W.
Franklin, Brianna Bowling, Christine
Wray, Kimberly Oliver, Gore Bolton,
Wayne Swann, Luther Grainger, Christine Stefanides, Greg Billups, Joe
Yearta and Lloyd Harrison III.
To qualify, nominees must be with a
business located within Charles, Calvert or St. Marys counties, be in a position of leadership in a Southern Maryland business (private sector,) and be
available to attend the ceremony, June
8, at the Greater Waldorf Jaycees Community Center.
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Representing businesses who earned 2015 Leading Edge Awards were, from
left, Connie Fuksa, president and CEO of Blink Systems LLC, as Charles County
Technology Company of the Year; Don Smolinski, president and CEO of All American
Harley-Davidson, as CEO of the Year; Josie Cazares, president/operations of the
Aeolus Business Group for Aeolus Energy Systems, Inc., as Small Business of
the Year; and Mike Morgan, chief technologist for Booz Allen Hamilton, as CSM
Partnership in Education. The 2016 Leading Edge Award winners will be honored June
8. For information visit www.csmd.edu//LEA.
CSM Professors
Guide Students
As They Research
Careers, Explore
NSA Day of Cyber
College of Southern Maryland
Technical Studies professors Joe
Burgin, James Graves, Wendy
Hume Hayes and John Wilson are
helping to guide their students as
they explore careers in cybersecurity through participation in
the National Security Agencys
NSA Day of Cyber throughout the
month of March.
With the growing sophistication
of hackers, the need for trained cybersecurity professionals is critical
to reduce vulnerabilities to Americas networks for commerce, communication and security, according to the National CyberWatch
Center, a consortium of higher
education institutions, businesses
and government agencies.
Burgin began teaching computer science at CSM in 1999,
the same year that software security vendors released the first
anti-hacking products for personal
computers.
Cybersecurity is among the topics and content Burgin teaches in
courses including: Information
Age: Emerging Technologies;
Program Design and Development; Introduction to Linux; Windows Programming; Windows
Programming for the Web; Web
Programming; Algorithms and
Data Structures; and Capstone
Experience.
Burgin believes that the greatest challenge students in the near
future will face are security and
privacy issues.
As citizens and those studying in technical fields, we need
to transition from the idea that
security is a feature added onto
our systems as an afterthought to
the requirement that security is
a continuous process that is designed, baked into, our systems
from the start. Ensuring privacy
and liberty depends on awareness
of the technical as well as ethical
issues involved in implementing
secure systems, said Burgin.
Burgin encouraged his students
to participate in the NSA Day of
Cyber, saying [Through this experience] they have been exposed
to cutting edge ideas and issues at
the heart of our digital economy
and culture.
[Through the NSA Day of
Cyber] I did get a better idea of
the scope of the IT fields NSA is
interested in hiring, said Ryan
Kramer of Waldorf, one of Burgins students who is primarily
interested in network/networking security and vulnerability
assessment.
Graves began at CSM as an
adjunct professor and has been
teaching full time since 2013. He
teaches Ethical Hacking, Digital
Forensics and Networking I and
II.
Cyber threats continuously
evolve and shape the direction
we must embark upon to ensure
the three pillars of Information
Security, confidentiality, integrity and availability (C.I.A.), remain intact within our networks
of tomorrow, said Graves. The
NSA Day of Cyber provides great
insight into our society and how
technology is intertwined in our
everyday lives. The individual activities allow students to see the
ways cybersecurity plays a primary role in protecting technology infrastructure.
Hayes, the colleges cybersecurity program coordinator, came
to CSM in 2002 and has taught
Computer Security which prepares students for the CompTIA
Security+ exam, Ethical Hacking
and Penetration Testing, Network
and Infrastructure Defense and
Information Systems Security
Capstone.
I made the NSA Day of Cyber
activities available to my students
because there is a big misconception about what a cybersecurity
professional does, said Hayes.
The interactive application focused on seven cyber professionals within NSA regarding what
skills they needed to do their jobs
and what an average day entailed.
Along with these professional biographies, the NSA site provided
critical thinking games with realworld scenarios. I found the critical thinking challenges to be a
fun way to reinforce the need for
problem-solving skills.
NSA Day of Cyber is a great
experience for my students because it provides them with an insight into different cybersecurity
professions and what it takes to
get there, Hayes said, who added
that the NSA has now opened its
educational co-op to community
college students.
Wilson came to CSM in 2000
and teaches Cyber Ethics.
NSA is part of the national intelligence community and I wanted to expose students to the varied work they do, said Wilson.
Some students might not think
of working in the intelligence
field but there are many jobs in
this area. The work is challeng-
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Students who participated
learned about seven career fields,
from cyber threat center director
to network operator to vulnerability analyst. Each had a corresponding video explaining the
typical day of the role and what

they like about their job.
Students were able to try their
hand at some cyber challenges decoding messages, said Wilson.
I now have a much better understanding of the types of jobs
available in cybersecurity. More
importantly, I have a better idea of
some of the actual duties that are
performed on the job, said Amelia
Sims of Waldorf, a student in Wilsons class. Several of the career
paths appealed to me. If I had to
choose one, it would be the crypto

analyst. Decoding secret messages
seems very interestingI would
really enjoy that type of work.
For information on the NSA
Day of Cyber program, visit
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To
learn about CSMs cybersecurity,
computer science and information services technology programs, visit http://www.csmd.edu/
programs-courses/cyber-center/.
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Get Ready to Splash for Scholarships May 7

CSM Foundation to Host Poolside Celebration
The College of Southern Maryland Foundation is hosting a poolside celebration May
7 at Leonardtown Campus Wellness and
Aquatics Center to raise funds for student
scholarships. The Second Annual Splash
for Scholarships event will include music
and dancing, seashore-inspired cuisine,
poolside games and a silent auction.
All proceeds will benefit CSM student
scholarships through the CSM Foundation.
Sponsorships levels range from $7,500 to
$500, and based on the level include named
scholarship opportunities, VIP parking and
event tickets. Individual tickets are $50 per
person.
We are so excited to host this event for
a second year. The communitys response
was inspiring allowing us to raise over

$70,000 for scholarships last year, said
Foundation Director Nancy Hempstead. It
truly was a Splash for Scholarships event
and we look forward to working with our
community partners again this year to support CSM students through scholarships for
both credit and career training programs.
The CSM Foundation, established in
1970, is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that promotes academic excellence,
growth, progress and the general welfare
of the College of Southern Maryland by
raising and managing funds, and providing
support to strengthen and develop the college and its objectives.
For information on the event and spon-
sorships, visit http://Foundation.csmd.edu/

Splash or contact CSM Development Coordinator Erika Abell at eabell1@csmd.
edu or 301-934-7647. For photos from last
years event, visit http://csmphoto.zenfolio.
com/splash.
Partnering with the CSM Foundation to

plan the 2016 Splash for Scholarships at
the Leonardtown Campus are Foundation
Directors, from left, Jean McDougall,
Nancy Hempstead and Ran Franklin.
This years event will be May 7.
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CSM Presents Classical

Pianist David Kane, April 3
The College of SouthStrathmore Center for the
ern Maryland continues
Arts, National Geographthe 2015-16 Ward Virts
ic Television and PBS.
Concert Series with a
His movie scores include
performance by classical
Buffalo Bushido, Crapianist David Kane bezy Like a Fox and Tiny
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3. Kanes performance is
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The Ward Virts ConCampus, 115 J.W. Wilcert Series is presented
liams Road, Prince Fredand sponsored by the
David Kane will continue the
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Room of Building B.
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Born in 1955 in
and Mrs. Henry Virts,
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Mehosky, Exelon CorBuilding B, Multipurpose
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poration, Nancy Powell
Room, 115 J.W. Williams
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Mechanicsville Md's Dale Hollidge opened

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would be his 9th career Potomac feature win
and it came in his maiden voyage aboard his
Greg Gunter owned Rocket no.0.
Hollidge and defending track champion
Jason Covert brought the field down to the
initial green flag of the event with Covert
surging into the race lead as the field scattered
off turn two. Covert looked poised to win the
race as he lead Hollidge through lap-10 until
his car faltered as the duo raced into turn-one.
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shot low take the lead as Covert re-grouped
from the mishap. Hollidge was then on a rail
as he would lead the remainder of the event
unchallenged to post the win over Covert
who hung tough for second. "Greg (Gunter)
has given us a great opportunity to drive
his car this season." Hollidge explained during his post-race interview. "We've been and
under-funded team for a lot of years and to
give Greg a win, in this new car our first time
out, is all about him and the people who got us
here tonight." Hollidge felt he had a that could
win, but was quite surprised to see the Covert
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do. We were lucky to get by with no damage
and get the win." Greg Roberson was steady
in third with Ross Robinson and Jamie Lathroum completing the top-five. Heats went to
Covert and Hollidge.
Darren Alvey scored a flag to flag win in
the 20-lap RUSH Crate Late Model event
for his first-career win in the division. Alvey started on the pole and would eventually
pace all 20-circuits, but would have to fend
off the repeated challenges from eventual
runner-up Jamie Sutphin to take the popular
win. "I guess tonight was our night." the jubilant Alvey stated post-race. "We let a few
get away from us last year but as soon as I
calmed myself down I was able to settle in
and hit my marks, I knew we had a good shot
to win and here we are." Tyler Bare was third,
Darin Henderson took fourth with John Imler
rounding out the top-five. Heats went to Alvey and Mike Franklin.
In support class action Mike Latham rolled
to his 42nd career win in the 16-lap Street
Stock feature, defending track champion
Jonathan Raley score his 19th career win in
the 15-lap Hobby Stock main and Savannah
Windsor capped off the show with her first
career Potomac feature win in the nightcap
15-lap U-Car contest.
Late Model feature finish
1. Dale Hollidge 2.Jason Covert 3.Greg
Roberson 4.Ross Robinson 5.Jamie Lathroum 6. Nick Davis 7.Jonathan DeHaven
8. Deane Guy 9. Reese Masiello 10. Larry

Ramsey 11.Scott Cross 12. Steven Axtell Jr.
13. Amanda Whaley
RUSH Crate Late Model feature finish
1. Darren Alvey 2. Jamie Sutphin 3. Tyler
Bare 4. Darin Henderson 5. John Imler 6.
Mike Franklin 7. Logan Roberson 8. Ben
Bowie 9.Jeff Pilkerton 10.Timmy Booth
11.Matt Tarbox 12. Ryan Clement 13. Brent
Bordeaux 14. Ryan Hackett 15.Megan Mann
16. Richard Culver 17. Cory Higgs 18. Megan Emory
Street Stock feature finish
1. Mike Latham 2. Kyle Nelson 3. Chuck
Bowie 4. Lloyd Deans 5. Mike Raleigh 6.
Jeremy Pilkerton 7. Ed Pope Jr. 8. Billy Hill
9. Ray Hackett
Hobby Stock feature finish
1. Jonathan Raley 2. Sam Archer 3.Kevin
Murphy 4.Race Alton 5. Dave Adams 6.
Sam Raley 7.Greg Morgan 8. Tommy Randall 9. Glenn Dean 10. Corey Swaim 11.
Billy Crouse 12.Buddy Dunagan 13.Jonny
Oliver 14.Bobby Miexsall 15. Hilton Pickeral
16.Matt Randall 17. Jonathan Knott 18. John
Burch 19.Kenny Sutphin
U-Car feature finish
1. Savannah Windsor 2. Mikey Latham
3.Jamie Marks 4. DJ Stotler 5.Stephen Suite
6. Dominic Silvious 7.Speed Alton 8. Brian
Coe Jr. 9. Jacob Boyer
LIBRARY ITEMS
Developing Money Smart Habits
Lexington Park Library will hold a
class on Developing Money Smart
Habits on Saturday, April 9 from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. Money management is
a skill that is rarely taught in school,
and many consumers know how
costly it can be to go through life
without the help of a smart moneymanagement strategy. Learn how
to build one today. This information
session is being presented by The
Assets for Financial Independence
Foundation, Inc., in partnership
with the St. Marys County Housing Authority. Registration is recommended on www.stmalib.org or call
301-863-8188.
JAMuary in April: Family Jam and

Open Mic
Charlotte Hall Library will hold a
special JAMuary in April Family Jam
and Open Mic on Saturday, April 9
from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sing
and strum along to some of your favorite songs at our all ages celebration of music. Bring an instrument, or
play one provided by the library. No
registration required.
Microsoft Office: Introduction to

PowerPoint 2013
Lexington Park Library will hold
a Microsoft Office: Introduction to
PowerPoint 2013 class on Monday,
April 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. Participants will learn the basics of creating multimedia presentations using
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. Explore
how to animate presentations using various effects. Prerequisites:
Computer Basics 1 and 2, or basic
skills in using the mouse & keyboard.
Adult computer classes are limited
to ages 16 and up. Registration required on www.stmalib.org or call
301-863-8188.
Staying Safe Online

Leonardtown Library will hold a
Staying Safe Online class on Monday, April 11 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Participants learn how to stay safe
online by protecting your personal information and avoiding common Internet scams. Prerequisite: Ability to
use a mouse. Adult computer classes
are limited to ages 16 and up. Registration required on www.stmalib.org
or call 301-475-2846.
Money 101: How to Pay for College

High-school students are invited to
join AmeriCorp VISTA and St. Marys
College of Maryland students to discuss Money 101, How to Pay for College. This is a drop-in program from
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, April
14 at Leonardtown Library. No registration required.
The County Times
Building A Better Beer
In Our Community
21
Marylands First Designated Farm Brewery
By Crista Dockray
Staff Writer
He said the beer they were producing out of

his system was really phenomenal.
I realized that you can make beer that is
Calvert Brewing Company is Marylands competitive with anything thats made in the
first designated farm brewery. Also, based on marketplace, and so that was the genesis of
their square footage, they are the largest mi- Calvert Brewing, said Scarborough.
crobrewery to open up in the country in five
Calvert Brewing Company received their
years.
license to make and serve beer in September
The origins of these accomplishments stem 2014. Around that time, Scarborough had
from a winery.
planted some hops on his winery property,
Managing partner and co-owner of Calvert which they started using in the brewing proBrewing Company, Mike Scarborough and cess. This qualified them as a farm brewery,
his wife Barbara Scarborough planted their the first of its kind in the state.
first grape vines in 2002 to make wine for
For two and a half years, Calvert Brewtheir personal consumption. They ended up ing Company brewed out of their property in
going past the legal limits of production, so Prince Frederick and they even opened up a
they turned it into a commercial operation in beer garden there before their 28,000 square
2007 named Running Hare Winery.
foot production facility and public tap room
After a few years at the winery, Scarbor- opened in January 2016.
ough came to a realization.
According to Scarborough, Calvert BrewIt became apparent, at least to me, that ing Company always had the production facilbeer was becoming the new wine, said ity in mind, but it took two and a half years to
Scarborough.
raise the money, go through the permit proA lot of what young people are doing is cess and finish construction.
that theyre drinking beer and they are drinkThe money was raised due to the fact that
ing really good beer and they know their beers the ownership of the company went from one
pretty well. It became obvious that there is a to nine.
pretty significant market out there, he said.
Besides Scarborough, Calvert Brewing
So for one of his birthdays, Scarborough Company has eight other owners. Ken Gerdecided to buy himself a one barrel brewing hart and Kevin Owen were Scarboroughs
system. Although he did not know how to first partners and later came Kevin Kerwin,
brew beer, he had some friends that did.
Steve Huter, John Burroughs, Jeff Gerhart,
Bud Williams, and SSW Enterprise.
Ive owned and run a few businesses
and Ive never seen this much talent around
a table before, said Scarborough.
The production facility, which has six
60-barrel and four 120-barrel fermentation
vessels, produces their four base beers, their
IPA, Pale Ale, Wye Rye, and Cream Ale. It
also produces their seasonal and experimental brews.
We ask the brewer to dream up some
things that he wants to try. We make them
on my old one barrel system and well
put it on tap, Scarborough said. After, they
will see if customers enjoy their creations.
Scarborough said that he believes that
this is the best way to do market research.
We can think that we know everything
all day long, but the truth is, until somebody
that is sitting over on the other side of that
bar says I want a second one of those or
I want a third one of those do we get any
From Left to Right: Matt Ducey-Head Brewer, Mike
sense of what really has legs, he said.
Scarborough- Co-Owner and Managing Partner, Nick
To make the beer, Calvert Brewing ComFinney- Assistant Brewer, Jacob Cusic- Brew Hand.
pany has the IDD Mash Filtration System, Two of the 60-barrel fermentation vessels.
which is one of only nine in the world. Scarborough said that this is easily the most efFrankly, I think we are making some of
ficient system that exists.
the best beer in the state, said Scarborough.
He said they can brew beer with less than Well absolutely put our beer up against
half the water, less than 60 percent of the en- anyone.
ergy needed, and with a 20 percent reduction
Besides brewing and distributing its own
in the amount of grain needed to brew.
beer, Calvert Brewing Company offers a conAlso, because of the mash filter, they have tract-brewing program.
the ability to brew every two hours rather than
Scarborough explained that craft brewing is
the industry average, which is every five to exploding on the east coast. Although it is very
six.
popular, many microbreweries are started
Once the beer is brewed, they add another by people who were home brewers and dont
interesting twist. Calvert Brewing Company have the ability to expand as much as they
will take used, wet wine barrels from Run- need. If that happens, these microbreweries
ning Hare Winery and age some of their beers have somebody else make their beer or make
with it.
the excess beer their system cant handle.
We have the unique ability to take the skill
Currently Calvert Brewing Company brews
sets that we know from the winemaking side, the beers of Smoketown Brewing Station and
including the use of wine barrels, and to mar- Greenspring Brewing Company. They plan to
ry that together with the great brewing ability get more companies on board in the future.
our brewer has, said Scarborough.
According to Scarborough, if they used the
Scarborough said they are currently experi- amount of space their production facility has
menting with woods, and other beers in other to offer, they could probably produce upwards
barrels.
of 100,000 barrels.
When all is said and done, the beer is put in
We have built the brewery with the sole
its newly designed packaging. Calvert Brew- intent of this thing growing dramaticallywe
ing Company used to bottle its beers, but have not cut any corners on any of the things
recently made the decision to switch to cans that we are doingjust watch us grow and
because there is no light degradation, the cans drink our beer, said Scarborough.
are lighter, recyclable, and it fits their mission
Calvert Brewing Companys farm brewstatement to be green.
ery and beer garden is located at 150 Adelina
The beer is then distributed in Washington, Road in Prince Frederick. They will be openD.C. and in every single county in Maryland, ing up again for the season this weekend on
besides Garrett County. According to Scar- Saturday, April 2. They will be open from
borough, they are looking to get into northern noon to 6 p.m. and will have live music from
Virginia by the end of this year and then from 1 to 5 p.m. On April 23, they will have their
there, expand to Richmond and its surround- Spring Festival. Calvert Brewing Companys
ing counties. They already have a wholesaler production facility and public tap room is
picked out for when this comes to fruition, located at 15850 Commerce Court in Upper
Scarborough said.
Marlboro. Tours of the facility are available.
At some point Scarborough said they want For more information on both of these locato look to Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, tions, visit www.calvertbrewingcompany.com
and southern New Jersey, then sit on that mar- or call 240-245-4609.
ket and become the eastern seaboard standard
of good beer.
crista@countytimes.net
Frankly, I think we are making some of the best beer in the state. Well absolutely put our beer up against anyone.
Brew Hand Jacob Cusic working hard on one of the

steps of the brewing process.
Mike Scarboroughs first one barrel brewing system.
Calvert Brewing Companys public tap room.
Photos by Crista Dockray
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In Our Community
The County Times
Presenting the professionals' favorite properties on the market.
Featured
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By Ronald N. Guy Jr.

Contributing Writer
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Realtors Choice edition,
call 301-373-4125.
The episode of Parts

Unknown seemed like a
time capsule from a bygone era. Was this real? The host,
Anthony Bourdain, looked the same
- slim, distinguishingly gray and
weathered perfectly to command respect. The digital television guide
confirmed that I was indeed watching a fresh release of the CNN series,
but little on the screen indicated this
was a current-millennium stage. The
citys infrastructure in the backdrop
was dated and exposed an economic
wound; the streets were flooded with
American cars from the 1950s, most
proudly showing the patina of 70
years of rugged use. Despite the visual evidence, it wasnt a movie set;
it was a real life, real-time picture of
Americas complex neighbor: Cuba.
Bourdains show did what it always does so well: explore the politics, culture and cuisine of the featured country. Cuba, though, wasnt
just any subject. Bourdains mere
presence on the island, let along his
shooting of an American television
show, would have been unthinkable
four decades ago. That phenomena,
rooted in America and Cubas chilly
history and made possible by rapidly
changing attitudes, appropriately
dominated the shows fascinating
script.
Cuba is just 90 miles from Key
West, Florida 90 miles that for 50
years were an insurmountable diplomatic distance. Between 1960 and
1962, Cuba and United States endured the Bay of Pigs Invasion, a full
trade embargo and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The political upheaval
put the neighbors relationship on ice
no trade, no travel, no diplomatic
exchanges. The North American
cul-de-sac wasnt at war, but the two
neighbors became distant and distrustful strangers.
Bob Dylan didnt pen The Times
Are Changing for Cuba, but the
song fits the current United StatesCuba scene. Since 2008, a year that
saw Barack Obama move in just up
Route 4 at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Raul Castro assume the
presidency of Cuba from his brother
and long-time American antagonist
Fidel Castro, momentum for normalized American and Cuban relations has been tangible. The last
eight years have seen Obama relax
travel restrictions, Raul Castro trim
bureaucracy on exit visas, America
remove Cuba from its list of terror-
ist sponsors and the two countries

reopen embassies and restore diplomatic ties.
A shared passion delivered another sign of progress: Last week, the
Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team played a baseball game
in Havana. The Rays won, but the
score hardly mattered. The game
was the first of its kind since our
Baltimore Orioles played an exhibition game in Cuba 17 years ago and,
since the Obama family attended, it
marked the first time in nearly 90
years since a sitting U.S. president
visited the island.
Significant change invites consternation and controversy. Most
Americans prefer breaking down
remaining barriers with Cuba, but it
certainly isnt endorsed by all. As
Cuba and America thaw a vestige
of the Cold War, some would-be
American presidents are preaching
increased isolation, including the
construction of a wall - a physical
manifestation of a very different approach to the future - along a shared
border with another neighbor.
Given the course of global events
and the asymmetric threats to peace,
democracy and religious freedom,
strong, cooperative relations with
international partners, particularly
those next door, is crucial. Walls
arent cooperative. Neither is maintaining sanctions against a neighbor for their one-time support of an
American enemy, especially when
said enemy the Soviet Union
hasnt existed in 25 years and the
neighbors offending leader Fidel
Castro - has been out of power for
nearly a decade.
If achieved, history will be unable
to quantify the contribution of a single baseball game to normalized relations between America and Cuba.
Diplomatic political shifts take
time and an incalculable number of
change-promoting events. Nevertheless, the game inarguably furthered a
positive trend. There was also a moment before the game that illustrated
the crossroads the two countries have
reached: A one-minute moment of silence was observed for the victims of
the Brussels terrorist attack. It was
a silent pause between two old enemies figuring out how best to shake
hands instead of defiant fists, while
quietly acknowledging an emergent,
common enemy wed be wise to combat together.
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Little Explorers
Re-Launch On April 6
POOL MAINTENANCE:
Program Focuses On Young Visitors
Little Explorers discover the world

through storytelling, crafts, songs, and outdoor exploration. Preschoolers, ages 3-5,
and an accompanying parent are invited
to gather at Historic St. Marys City for an
hour of adventure, fun, and learning twice
monthly on Wednesdays in the spring and
fall. Each Little Explorers gathering features a different theme. The first meeting
of the season, on April 6 is titled Were
Going on a Bear Hunt. Meet us at the Visitor Center as we explore the world around
us and see if we can find a bear!
The program runs from 10 a.m. until 11
a.m. Admission is $4 per child for nonmembers ($3 for Friends) and accompanying adults visit free. The fee includes
full-day admission to the museum. Bring a
picnic and spend the day! For more information, contact Sharol at 240-895-4980 or
emailinfo@HSMCdigshistory.org.
Historic St. Marys City is a museum
of living history and archaeology on the
site of Marylands first capital in beautiful, tidewater Southern Maryland. For
more information about this program or
the museum, contact the Visitor Center at
240-895-4990, 800-SMC-1634, orinfo@
HSMCdigshistory.org.
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Community
Calendar
Month Long
Angel Wings and Things
St. Michaels Church (16560 Three
Notch Rd., Ridge)
Angel Wings and Things Thrift Store
will be open every Saturday from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed Easter
weekend. We have a huge selection
of winter clothes, coats, shoes, and
so much more. We also have a great
baby room, kids toy room, and tons
of wonderful winter items. All items are
in terrific shape, and very reasonably
priced. We look forward to having you
visit us! For any questions, please
contact Marti Lloyd at St. Michaels
School, at 301-872-5454.
Open Skate Nights
Leonard Hall Recreation Center (23145
Leonard Hall Dr., Leonardtown)- every
Saturday, 6 to 9 p.m.
Looking for an evening of roller
skating fun? Well, strap on your skates
and bring your family and friends to
Leonard Hall Recreation Center in
Leonardtown! For all ages, $5 per
person. Skates available for rental at
$2.50 per person or bring your own.
For more information, please call 301475-4200 ext. 1800 or 1801. Paintings
in all media. For information, call 301475-3130.
Thursday, March 31
Free Tax Preparation and Electronic
Filing
Church of the Ascension (21641 Great
Mills Rd., Lexington Park)- 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
The Saint Marys County AARP TaxAide program is providing free walk-in
tax preparation and electronic filing for
low-to middle-income taxpayers, with
special attention paid to those ages
60 and older. Taxpayers must bring
their social security cards and picture
IDs (to prevent identity theft,) as well
as a copy of last years tax returns and
all income and tax related information.
Open House Florida Tech
Southern Maryland Higher Education
Center (44219 Airport Rd., California)4 to 7 p.m.
Considering pursuing your Bachelors,
Masters, or Doctorate Degree? Join
us at the SMHEC Open House to
find out more about our 15+ degree
programs including Aerospace
Engineering, MBA, Logistics/Project
Management, Computer Science and
more! Ready to get started? Apply
and register today and save the $50
application fee. To RSVP or find
out more information reach, out to
AnnaBelle at asanders@fit.edu or call
301-862-1004.
Free Zumba
Southern Community Center (20
Appeal Ln., Lusby)- 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Try Zumba Core Toning, a
combination of cardio and targeted
resistance toning, for a total body
strengthening workout. Experienced
Instructor, high energy! All fitness
levels welcome. Wear comfortable
clothing, athletic shoes, and bring
water. To register, call 410-5861101. Questions? Email instructor at
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love2movezumba@gmail.com.
Bingo Night
American Legion Post 82 (6330 N.
Crain Hwy., La Plata)- 7 to 10 p.m.
Smoke-free bingo! Early birds begins
at 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. For
more information, call 301-934-8221.
Public is welcome.
NAACP Branch Meeting & Voter
Education Forum
Lexington Park Library (21677 FDR
Blvd., Lexington Park)- 6:30 to 7:30
p.m.
The St. Marys County Branch NAACP
will sponsor its first Souls to the
Polls Voter Education Forum. Local
Board of Education representatives
will discuss their roles as elected
officials and how their decisions and
policy making affect our students,
schools and community. For more
information, contact Roderick
Lewis Cell at 281-865-0622 or
stmarysnaacpccc@gmail.com.
Friday, April 1
Bay Montessori Open House
Bay Montessori School- 9:30 to 10:30
a.m.
Please join us for a prospective parent
meeting for a tour of our campus and
to observe a class in action.
Connections Literary Series:
Demetria Martinez
CSM Leonardtown Campus (22950
Hollywood Rd., Leonardtown)- 7:30
p.m.
CSMs Connections Literary Series
welcomes author, poet and activist,
Demetria Martinez to read from and
discuss her work. Tickets are $3
advanced sale through the CSM
box office and $3 at the door with a
student ID. General admission at the
door is $5. For more information, call
301-934-7745 or visit www.csmd.edu/
connections.
Steak and Shrimp Dinner Night
American Legion Post 82 (6330 N.
Crain Hwy., La Plata)- 6 to 8 p.m.
Cost is $15 for steak or shrimp, or $18
for combination. Call 301-934-8221.
Come support veterans, active-duty
military, and your community! Public
welcome!
Chicken or Shrimp Alfredo Dinner
American Legion Post 293 (2310 Old
Washington Rd., Waldorf)- 6 to 8:30
p.m.
Salad and dessert provided in $10
tag. For more information, call 301643-6331. Visit our Facebook Page!
Saturday, April 2
PHS Band Mulch Sale
Patuxent High School (12485
Southern Connector Blvd., Lusby)- 7
a.m. to 3 p.m.
This year we have red, brown and
black mulch available. Pick up at the
high school- we will load for FREE!
Order 20 bags or more in the Lusby
area and we will deliver for FREE!
Help support the hard working band
members of Patuxent High School.
For questions or to pre-order, please
call 410-535-7806.
To submit your event listing to go in our Community Calendar, please email news@countytimes.net
with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.
TaTa Trot Fun/Run Walk

26929 Three Notch Rd.,
Mechanicsville- 8:30 a.m.
Fee is $35, for those 12 years and
younger the fee is $15. The money
you donate will be distributed to
local programs that include John
Hopkins University Breast Center,
Food & Friends, and Capital Breast
Care Center, to name a few. 100% of
your entry fee for the race will go to
the AVON 39 walk for breast cancer.
Please feel free to donate more than
the registration fee, if you so desire.
Register by donating to the following
website: http://info.avonfoundation.
org/site/TR/Walk/WashingtonDC?px=
6917677&pg=personal&fr_id=2481.
Patuxtent River Cleanup
Myrtle Point Park- 9 a.m. to noon.
Please, join the Friends of Myrtle Point
Park in our annual cleanup effort.
Come to the park picnic area where
we will have a sign in sheet. Here you
will get your assignment, trash bags,
and work gloves. It is advisable to
wear sturdy work clothes and sturdy
shoes and protective eyewear. If you
have a group interested in helping
please contact us in advance by
calling Bob at 410-394-1300; Email:
bobboxwell@hotmail.com. Additional
Contact Information: Dudley Lindsley,
301-475-1858 or dlindsley@verizon.
net. Volunteer registration is required.
Car Wash
American Legion Rt. 260
(330 Chesapeake Beach, Rd.,
Chesapeake)- 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Donations appreciated! For the
Chesapeake Orioles Baseball Team.
Spring Swing Dance
All Saints Episcopal Church (21656
Oakley Rd., Avenue)- 6 p.m.
Dinner at 7 p.m. $50 a person or
$350 for a table of eight. Please call
301-481-0966 for tickets for a great
evening of fun and fellowship.
Sunday, April 3
Concert
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
(22375 Three Notch Rd., Lexington
Park)- 3 p.m.
Free concert with internationally
known recording artist Donna Cori
Gibson. This concert will be to
celebrate the feast of Divine Mercy in
the Jubilee year of Mercy.
Chesapeake Community Chorus
North Beach Union Church (8912
Chesapeake Ave., North Beach)- 4 to
6 p.m.
The Chesapeake Community Chorus,
an all-volunteer chorus which raises
funds for Calvert County charities, will
hold a practice session. The chorus is
looking to add new members and no
auditions are required. Contact Larry
Brown, Director, at 301-855-7477 or
email lbrown9601@verizon.net for
more information.
Knights of Columbus Polish Dinner
St. Francis Xavier Parish Hall (21370
Newtowne Neck Rd., Leonardtown)4 to 7 p.m.
You dont have to be Polish to love
this food! Dinner menu to include

Kielbasa and Kapusta (Polish sausage
and Sauerkraut,) Haluski (cabbage
and noodles,) Golabki (cabbage roll,)
Pierogi (stuffed potato and cheese;)
bread; dessert; and a drink (coffee
and tea.) Price: $15 for adults, $7
for children 10 and under. Contact
Tom Koviak 240-434-1464 for more
information.
Monday, April 4
GRIEFSHARE Program
Real Life Wesleyan Church (27399 Old
Village Rd., Mechanicsville)- 6 to 7:30
p.m.
Community members who have
experienced the death of a loved
one, are invited to register for the
GRIEFSHARE program. For more
information, call Jen at 240-249-6098.
Drive-through Fried Chicken Dinner
4095 Indian Head Hwy., Indian Head10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
$9 tag and includes half a fried
chicken, parsley potatoes, green
beans, soda and roll with butter.
Desserts will be available for
purchase.
Tuesday, April 5
SMART Medicine Presentation
Garvey Senior Activity Center (41780
Baldridge St., Leonardtown)- 9 to 10
a.m.
SMART Medicine is a local media
campaign designed to generate
awareness for the rising issue of
opioid misuse and abuse, in addition
to providing information and resources
regarding the safe management and
disposal of prescription medications.
We are committed to ensuring that
prescription medication is used only
to help, not harm. Please contact
Maryellen Kraese at maryellen.
kraese@stmarysmd.com or 301-4754200, ext.*1681, for more information.
GriefShare
Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church Hall (28297 Old Village Rd.,
Mechanicsville)- 7 p.m.
There is a $20 registration fee for
the seminars to cover the costs
of supplies, but scholarships are
available. We accept walk-in and
phone registrations. The seminars
are open to all who are in need, even
if it has been some time since your
loss. This group is sponsored by
people who understand what you are
experiencing and want to offer you
comfort and encouragement during
this difficult time. For more information
or to register, please call Jan Jarboe
301-481-7470.
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3:30 p.m.
tax preparation and electronic filing
for low-to middle-income taxpayers,
with special attention paid to those
ages 60 and older. Taxpayers must
bring their social security cards and
picture IDs (to prevent identity theft,)
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To submit your event listing to go in our Community Calendar, please email news@countytimes.net
with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.
as well as a copy of last years tax

returns and all income and tax related
information.
Wednesday, April 6
Open Bingo
Waldorf Senior Center (Jaycee Hall Rt.
301, Waldorf)- 9:30 a.m.
Nicks sub, chips and soda served for
lunch $5. For information, call 301638-4420. Open to the public.
Little Explorers: Going on a Bear
Hunt
Visitor Center, 18751 Hogaboom Ln.,
St. Marys City- 10 to 11 a.m.
Join us as we go on a bear hunt to the
Woodland Indian Hamlet. Designed
for pre-school age children 3 to 5
years old and an accompanying adult.
$4 per child ($3 Friends members;)
one accompanying adult free. Fullday admission included. For more
information, contact 240-895-4990 or
info@HSMCdigshistory.org.
American Legion Unit 293 Meeting
VFW (2310 Old Washington Rd. Rt.
925, Waldorf)- 7 to 8 p.m.
General membership meeting. Held
first Wednesday of every month.
Thursday, April 7
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information.
Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown!
Chopticon High School (25390 Colton
Point Rd., Morganza)- 6 p.m.
Chopticon High Schools Bravehouse
Productions is proud to present
Youre A Good Man, Charlie Brown,
a musical production based on the
Peanuts comic strip. Admission is
$5 for students/children and $10 for
adults. Please join Charlie Brown,
Snoopy, and the rest of the gang for
a night of music and fun for the whole
family. For more information check out
ChopticonTheatre.org!
Clark Senior Center Book
Discussion
Clark Center (1210 Charles St., La
Plata)- 1 to 2 p.m.
Join us for a fun and insightful
discussion of the topics, characters
and themes of our book of the month.
This month we will be discussing
Defending Jacob by William Landay.
Ages 55+. For more information, call
301-934-9001.
Steak and Cheese Sandwich Night
VFW 8810 (2310 Old Washington Rd.,
Waldorf)- 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Al-a-cart menu consists of wings,
friend shrimp, chicken tenders,
poppers, and French fries. For more

information, call 301-645-6331.
Friday, April 8
Point Rd., Morganza)- 6 p.m.
Bay Montessori Open House
Bay Montessori School- 9:30 to 10:30
a.m.
Please join us for a prospective parent
meeting for a tour of our campus and
to observe a class in action.
Area Public School Jazz Band Clinic
CSM La Plata Campus (8730 Mitchell
Rd., La Plata)- 9 a.m.
World renowned drummer Gregg
Bissonette will rehearse and critique
area public school jazz bands as part
of the annual CSM Jazz Festival.
Free. No tickets required. For more
information, contact or visit bxoffc@
csmd.edu, 301-934-7828, www.
csmd.edu/Arts.
Wine and Design
La Plata Volunteer Fire Department
(911 Washington Ave., La Plata)- 7 to
25
Calendar
9 p.m.
Please join the Ladies Auxiliary of the
La Plata Volunteer Fire Department in
a fun night of painting and wine at our
event hall. To book your spot, please
visit the Wine and Design website:
www.wineanddesign.com/calendars/
event.php?id=19358.
Saturday, April 9
Point Rd., Morganza)- 1, 6 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.
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CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY

METHODIST CHURCH
Hollywood United Methodist Church
24422 Mervell Dean Rd Hollywood, MD 20636
301-373-2500
Rev. Sheldon Reese, Pastor

Sunday Worship 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.
All of our services are traditional.
Child care is provided.
Sunday Evening Youth Group
Christian Preschool and Kindergarten available
CATHOLIC CHURCH
St. Cecilia Church
47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429

St. Marys City, MD 20686 301-862-4600
Vigil Mass:
4:30 pm Saturday
Sunday:
8:00 am
Weekday (M-F):
7:30 am
Confessions:
3-4 pm Saturday
www.stceciliaparish.com
St. GeorGe roman CatholiC ChurCh

St. George Church:
Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.
St. Francis Xavier Chapel:
Saturday, 7:00 p.m. (Memorial Day-Labor Day)
Weekday Mass Schedule: Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, 1st Sat: 9:00 a.m.
Confessions: Saturdays: 4:00 - 4:30 p.m. or by appointment
19199 St. George Church Road Valley Lee, MD 20692

301-994-0607 www.saintgeorgeromancatholicchurch.org
BAPTIST CHURCH
NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH
CATHOLIC
Victory Baptist Church
Grace Chapel Ministry
301-884-8503
Teaching The Bible Without Compromise
29855 Eldorado Farm rd

CharlottE hall, md 20659
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sun schOOl, all ages...............10:00
sun mOrning wOrship.............11:00
sun evening wOrship.................7:00
wed evening prayer mtg.........7:00
ProClaiming thE ChangElEss

word in a Changing world.
Member of the Grace Fellowship Brethren Churches
Sunday Worship 8 A.M.

Sunday School 9:15 A.M.
Blended Worship 10:30 A.M.
Tuesday Bible Study 7 P.M.
Tuesday Youth Group 7 P.M.
American Heritage Girls
1st & 3rd Thursday 7 P.M.
Senior Pastor - Dr. Carl Snyder

Assoc. Pastor - David Roberts
Youth Pastor - Luke Roberts
You are invited to worship with us.
victOrybaptistchurchmd.Org
We Are Located On The Corner Of Route 5 & 238

39245 Chaptico Rd., Mechanicsville, Md.
301-884-3504 Email: seeugoingup@yahoo.com
www.gracechapelsomd.org/faith
HUGHESVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
Jesus saves
A member of the Southern Baptist Convention

8505 Leonardtown Road, Hughesville, MD 20637
301-884-8645 or 301-274-3627
Senior Pastor Dr. J. Derek Yelton
Associate Pastor Kevin Cullins
Sunday School (all ages)

Sunday Morning Worship
Sunday Evening Worship & Bible Study
Wednesday Discipleship Classes
(Adults, youth & Children)
9:15 am
10:30 am
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
21800 N. Shangri-La, Dr. #8

PO Box 1260
301-866-5772
Pastor James L. Bell, Sr.
Church Schedule
Sunday Morning Worship 10 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Friday Men Perfecting Men 7 p.m
Greetings from the Bible Temple Church

family in Mechanicsville Maryland.
Here at Bible Temple, we believe that in
this life it is important to have strong and
healthy relationships
1.A relationship with Christ
2. A personal relationship with
family and friends
Through these relationships, we develop
the characteristics of love, understanding
and forgiveness; the true heart of Christ.
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:3).
We invite you to experience the change

the transformation with us. Just bring
your heart and God will supply the rest.
Come grow with us in a place,
Where the Word Reaches the Heart!
Everyone is Welcome!
Leadership: Pastor Joseph and
First Lady Marilyn Young
Sunday School for all ages: 9:00AM
Sunday Morning Worship: 9:45AM
Bible Study: Wednesdays at 7:30PM
Address: 29050 New Market Village Road,
Mechanicsville, MD 20659
Website: www.bibletemplechurch.org
Phone number: 301-374-9110
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16. Blood type
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38. Reject
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51. Type of tie

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55. Asian people
56. Pearl Jam bassist Jeff
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60. Confidential informant
61. Lawyer
64. Overdose
65. Football equipment
67. Governments
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70. Makes happy
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Thursday, March 31
Nightcap
Ruddy Duck (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)7:30 p.m.
Josh Airhart
Ruddy Duck (13200
Friday, April 1
Jodys Band
Anthonys Bar and
Grill (10371 Southern
Maryland Blvd.,
Dunkirk)
Saturday, April 2
Dylan Galvin Acoustic
Old Town Pub (22785
Washington St.,
Leonardtown)
Monday, April 4
Pizza and Pint Night
Ruddy Duck (13200
Dowell Rd., Dowell)- 4
p.m.
Entertainment
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Team Trivia
Ruddy Duck (13200
p.m.
Tuesday, April 5
Burger and Pint Night
Ruddy Duck (13200
p.m.
Team Feud
Ruddy Duck (13200
Wednesday, April 6
Open Mic Night
Ruddy Duck (13200
p.m.
Thursday, April 7
Swamp Candy
Ruddy Duck (13200
The Calvert County Times is always

looking for more local talent to feature!
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Goo Goo Dolls

Perform At The Calvert
Marine Museum
Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band Goo Goo Dolls will hit the
road in July for an extensive summer
headlining tour, stopping to perform at
the PNC Waterside Pavilion on Friday,
Aug. 26. Also on the bill is Collective
Soul. The Goo Goo Dolls made up
of vocalist-guitarist John Rzeznik and
bassist Robby Takac, will be touring
in support of their new album, entitled
Boxes, due to be released from Warner
Bros. Records this spring.
Tickets are $45 for reserved seats
and $55 for premium seats (additional
fees apply) and go on sale to members of the Calvert Marine Museum
on Tuesday, April 19 at 10 a.m., and Robby Takac and John Rzeznik
on sale to the general public, Tuesday,
April 26 at 10 a.m.
Me. Rzeznik has also been honored
If you are not a member of the mu- with the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal
seum and would like an opportunity to David Starlight Award.
buy some of the best seats in the house,
Proceeds from the Waterside Mujoin as a member. Members not only sic Series support the education and
get to purchase tickets a week before preservation efforts of the Calvert Mathey go on sale to the public, they also rine Museum. This series of events
receive free admission to the museum would not be possible without the
annually, discounts in the Museum generous support of many local busiStore, opportunities to enroll in our nesses. Sponsors include: Prince Fredchildrens education programs, ad- erick Ford/Jeep/Dodge, PNC Bank,
vance notice of events, and many other Bozick Distributors, Inc., Tidewater
benefits. For more information about Dental, Directmail.com, Holiday Inn
becoming a member of the museum or Solomons, All American Harleyto join, visit www.calvertmarinemu- Davidson, Quality Built Homes, 98.3
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forces in popular music, selling more OBrien Realty, American Eagle Electhan 10 million albums since 1986. tric, Sherry Carter, United Rentals,
They have scored 14 Top 10 radio hits, Kelly Generator & Equipment, Comincluding Name, Slide, and Iris, cast, Metrocast, ECS, Blue Crabs,
the latter spending nearly 12 straight TitleMax LLC., World Gym, and
months on the Billboard charts and Asbury-Solomons.
holding the No. 1 position for 17 conGates open at 6 p.m. with food and
secutive weeks. The band has toured drinks available on the grounds. Showthe globe countless times, performed time is 7:30 p.m. Chairs and coolers are
in front of millions of fans, and re- not permitted. For additional informaceived numerous awards (including tion or to purchase tickets, please visit
four Grammy nominations.) Theyve the website at www.calvertmarinemurecorded and released ten studio al- seum.com. To reach a staff member,
bums, including their latest, Magnetic, please call 410-326-2042, ext. 16, 17 or
which debuted at No. 8 on the Bill- 18.
board Top 200 chart and at No. 2 on the
Top Rock Albums chart, and produced Press Release from CMM
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St. Marys Department of Aging

Programs and Activities
College Park Aviation Museum Tour
On Wednesday, April 13, enjoy a
guided tour of the College Park Aviation
Museum which tells the story of College
Park Airport, the worlds oldest continuously operational airport. A life-like animatronic Wilbur Wright describes how
he came to this airfield in 1909 to teach
the first military aviators to fly. Witness
other feats of aviation that occurred
throughout this fields long history and
have fun doing it as there are props to
spin, wind tunnels, a small plane to test
your flight skills, simulators to try and
fascinating displays on the airfields
aviation history. View over 10 aircraft, including a 1911 Wright Model B and a historic JN-4 Jenny, a 1939 Stearman and
more. Check out their terrific webpage
at collegeparkaviationmuseum.com for
more information on the exhibits. Bring
your own lunch, travel snacks and water. $40 fee includes transportation and
admission.
Bus departs from the Northern Senior
Activity Center promptly at 8:30 a.m. and
returns about 4:30 p.m. Please arrive at
the Center by 8:15 a.m. For registration information call 301-475-4200, ext.
*1063.
Living Well Take Charge of Your
Health
The Living Well program will be offered at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on Mondays, April 4 through May
9, 1:30 to 4 p.m. This program is an
evidence-based Chronic Disease SelfManagement Workshop developed by
Stanford University. The workshop is for
any person who has one or more chronic
conditions and who wants to learn to live
more healthfully. It helps people learn
everyday skills to manage chronic health
symptoms and get the most out of life.

Caregivers of a person with a chronic
condition are also invited to attend.
In the Living Well take Charge of
Your Health Workshop, you will learn
how to manage symptoms, how to communicate effectively with doctors, how
to lessen frustration, how to fight fatigue,
how to make daily tasks easier, and how
to get more out of life. To ensure that you
get the most out of the program, attendance is recommended at all six sessions. Registration is limited, so sign up
now by calling 301-475-4200, ext. *1050.
Health Presentation at Loffler
Health Connections will be at the Loffler Senior Center on Thursday, April 7
from 9:30 to 11 a.m. to present the topic
Cardiac Health: Prevention and Signs
and Symptoms of a Problem. To register
for this free, interactive presentation call
301-737-5670, ext. 1658, or stop by the
reception desk to sign up.
Button Pin Craft
Make a beautiful brooch using decorative buttons and embellishments at the
Garvey Senior Activity Center on Tuesday, April 5 at 1 p.m. Participants are invited to bring items from home; however,
all needed materials will be provided.
Cost per person: $2, payable to the Garvey Senior Activity Center. Advance registration is required. Call 301-475-4200,
ext. *1050, to register.
SMART Medicine
SMART Medicine is a local media
campaign designed to generate awareness for the rising issue of opioid misuse
and abuse in addition to providing information and resources regarding the safe
management and disposal of prescrip-
tion medications.
The Department of Aging and Human Services looks forward to meeting
with community members on Tuesday,
April 5 at 9 a.m. at the Garvey Senior
Activity Center to share our knowledge
and resources. We are committed to
ensuring that prescription medication
is used only to help, not harm. Contact
Maryellen Kraese at maryellen.kraese@
stmarysmd.com or 301-475-4200, ext.
*1681, for more information.
AARP Smart Driver Course
As a result of evidence-based research findings, this course focuses on
areas where older drivers could benefit from additional training, including:
roundabouts, pavement markings, stopsign compliance, red-light running, and
safety issues such as speeding, seatbelt
and turn-signal use. The cost is $15 for
AARP members, $20 for nonmembers,
payable to AARP. Members must show
their membership card to get the member rate. The class is held at the Garvey
Senior Activity Center on Friday, April
8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Advance sign
up is required. Lunch is available at the
Center; cost is a donation for ages 60
and above and $6 for those under the
age of 60. Call 301-475-4200, ext. *1050
to register for the class and for the lunch
menu and to make lunch reservations.
Hearing Loss Information
I Can Hear, I Cant Understand. An Audiologist from Hearing Professionals will
be at the Loffler Senior Activity Center
on Thursday April 14 at 10 a.m. to discuss how hearing loss affects your relationships, emotions and overall physical
wellbeing. Information on the latest technology, treatment options and commu-
nication strategies will be covered at the

conclusion of the presentation. Be sure
to have questions ready, answers will be
provided. To sign up for this free presentation call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658, or
stop by the reception desk.
Natural
Lighting
Photography
Workshop
Learn how to take portraits using natural lighting both inside and outside with
your camera. Professional photographer
Beth Graeme will be at the Northern Senior Activity Center on Monday, April 11
at 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. teaching a workshop on how to use the settings on your
camera and the lighting of the environment to take high-quality portraits. Some
camera knowledge is required so that
you can navigate the settings on your
device. Please no cell phones or smart
devices; class is intended for cameras
only. Space is limited so advanced sign
up is required. The cost of the class is
$10 and is due at sign up. For more information, call 301-475-4002, ext. *3101.
Cycling on the Trail
On Wednesday, April 13 at 10:30 a.m.
the Northern Senior Activity Center will
have a cycling event on the Three Notch
Trail brought to you by the YES Cycling
Program. Bring your own bike or trike
and helmet for a causal, relaxed-pace
ride stopping along the way to read the
trail interpretive signs. The trip will be led
by Dan Donahue, experienced cyclist
and bicycle trip leader and will be a joint
ride with the Oxon Hill Bike & Trail Club.
The Northern Senior Activity Center has
two bicycles and one trike available to
borrow for the trip. To sign up for the trip
or to reserve one of the three cycles, call
301-475-4002, ext. *3103.
Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1658 Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050 Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 3101
Visit the Department of Agings website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.
Handsome Bob
By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
Colonel Smallwoods battalion was
one of the finest in the army, in dress,
equipment, and discipline. Their scarlet
and buff uniforms and well-burnished
arms contrasted strongly
with those of the New England troops,
and were distinguished at this time by
the most fashionable cut coat, the most
macaroni cocked hat, and the hottest
blood in the Union.
One of these hot blooded Marylanders
was Robert Chesley, Jr., born about 1757,
and known among his friends as Handsome Bob. He entered the service as a
cadet in the 5th Independent Company of
St. Marys County under Captain John
Allen Thomas. He marched with his
company to New York late in the summer
of 1776 and would not return until 1778.
Bob was at the Battle of Long Island
and was one of the unsung heroes sent
in to rescue the few remaining men of
the Maryland 400 who sacrificed themselves to save the American army on Au-
Soldier, Marylands 2nd

Regiment, 1776Soldier,
Marylands 2nd Regiment, 1776
gust 27, 1776. By the summer of 1777

he was commissioned a Lieutenant and
reassigned to the 2nd Maryland Regiment.
On August 22,
1777 Bob was captured in General John
Sullivans failed attempt to take Staten
Island. On the afternoon of August 21
two columns numbering about 1,000 soldiers left camp. One column was led by
Brigadier General William Smallwood,
and the other, headed by SullivanThe
Americans were soon forced to retreat.
Sullivan sent for boats to speed the crossing, but they never arrived, so he began
crossing the troops and prisoners using
three boats commandeered earlier. The
companies of Majors Stewart and Tillard
[both Marylanders] were to cover the
retreat. These roughly 80 men successfully held off the British forces until all
other American troops had escaped. Of
these 80, a few escaped, a number were
killed, and a sizable number surrendered
after they ran out of ammunition. Bob
was one of those captured.
During the Revolutionary War, the
enlisted men took the brunt of British
fury. They were tortured, starved and
murdered by the thousands. Officers,
more often than not, were paroled and
housed with local families. Funds were

provided to them by Maryland officials
to pay for their day-to-day needs.
Bob was placed in the home of Adrian
Van Brunt in Brooklyn. This was particularly ironic since the Battle of Long
Island was fought partly on Mr. Van
Brunts property.
Adrian Van Brunt was a captain in the
militia, favoring the patriot cause. After
the battle of Long Island and occupation
by the British, Adrian with his neighbors, were compelled either to take the
oath of allegiance to the king, to leave
the country, or suffer the pains and penalties of a refusal. Not being prepared
to emigrate, and unwilling to run the
risk of suffering and starvation, he and
nearly all the farmers of Kings County,
in November, 1776, took the oath and
protection, and remained under the British government until the end of the war.
Theres evidence that although Mr. Van
Brunt took the oath, he still supported
the patriots.
To be continued.
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of an Aimless Mind
Lets Get Some Magnification

On The Subject
By Shelby Opperman
Contributing Writer
More reasons to realize that I am
becoming more like my Mother every
day. I have been wearing reading glasses since the day I turned 40. At that
time they were just level 2. Now that I
wear glasses all the time, they are a 2.5,
and my reading glasses are 3.5 which
are very hard to find. I just found a three
pack of 3.5ers at CVS and grabbed them
quickly. That way I can have a pair
here at the computer, one in the dining
room which is also a second office for
me, and one at church in the choir loft.
This is in addition to the readers I have
in the workshop, and of course the infamous bathroom readers of which no
one wants to admit. I also have lots of
broken pairs that I could theoretically
Frankenstein together if needed. Oh no,
scratch that. My mother wore duct tape
on her glasses for the last few years of
her life, mainly as one more means to
embarrass us in public. It was like the
red shirts and purple pants she wore deliberately with a gleam in her eye.
My husband asks why I have to have
so many reading glasses out at one
time. It is really just convenience I suppose. If I only had one pair of readers
upstairs and had to keep getting them
from wherever I left them last then I
would forget what I needed them for
by the time I found them. When I want
to read something or look something
up I need to have the readers immediately at hand. I can forget things in the
time it takes to pick them up and put
them on. I blame it on all my arthritis
medications and little sleep. It cant be
because Im 54. Isnt 54 young? I dont
know though, this morning I did the
stereotypical absent minded senior moment thing and was panicking looking
for my pair of readers I knew I just saw
somewhere close by, and found them on
top of my head while still wearing my

regular glasses. Sigh.
The reason I am becoming more like
my mother is because now, in addition
to my reading glasses, I also have magnifying glasses all over the house in
those same strategic locations. It used
to be that I only needed the magnifiers
when I was painting miniatures, but
unfortunately, I find myself using them
more and more now for everything
from recipes to prescriptions. I especially like the pretty little purple magnifier that has an adjustable stem for a
magnifying glass, and another stem
with a miniature light. Oh no, a purple
magnifier all I need now is a bright
red shirt and maybe green pants to complete the transformation into becoming
my mother. I also have the needlework
magnifier which hangs on a string from
your neck and my headband magnifier
which I do use to paint miniatures with
my reading glasses underneath.
I still have my mothers magnifying glass with chew marks from one
of her dogs and with the faintest remnants of cigarette smoke which remain
on everything she owned. It is a little
scratched up from dogs and grandkids
(she told the boys it was Grandmas spyglass,) but still usable for quick things
in the dining room. You really have to
squint around all the scratches on the
glass. Maybe I should get rid of this one
and buy a few more new magnifying
glasses, so I dont feel like I have completely become my Mother. I think Ill
check online and see if they have some
pretty colors too, like red, and purple,
and green...oh no...
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
The Dangerous Art

of Car-Cleaning
By Laura Joyce
Contributing Writer
A few weeks ago, on a lazy Sunday morning, I
made a spur-of-the-moment decision to shake off
the sloth and go to the car wash. I wanted to try
to remove some of the salt and other signs of winter that were still clinging to the paint, giving my
originally-grey car a sort of tie-dyed dirty white
finish. First, though, I would clean the interior.
I enjoy that almost-new feel that a car has, even
when it has just passed 111,111 on the odometer,
as mine did that very morning, after a good vacuuming and clear-out.
The weather was promising as I headed to the
car wash: a bright spring sun was shining and the
temperature was creeping toward 70. I probably
should have paid attention when clouds rolled in
right as I pulled up next to the industrial vacuum,
but I ignored itjust as I ignored the stray raindrops that started to dot the windshield as I began
cleaning. Im not big on omens, so Im not suggesting that the universe was trying to tell me to
go home, make another cup of coffee, and leave
the car-cleaning for another day. Im just saying
that maybe, all things being equal, thats what I
should have done.
I didnt, though. I was committed to the task
at hand, so I started wiping down the interior. I
perched on the drivers seat, facing the back of
the car, and I reached over to pick up an empty
bag that once held pistachios. An aside: Ive never
eaten a pistachio in my life. Clearly, some pistachio-loving person has been borrowing my car,
but thats a mystery for another day.
Suddenly, as I leaned toward the empty bag,
I felt a ripping sensation and a popand as
quickly as that, no trauma and no drama, Id fractured a rib.
At first I assumed Id pulled a muscle, or maybe bruised something; after all, I had done nothing but lean over the seat-back, so it didnt even
occur to me that I might have broken something.
Finally, though, after a week of pain that seemed
to worsen each day, I went for an x-ray. To my
surprise, the PA confirmed it. This wasnt just a
little break-line in the bone, either; Id actually
broken clean through the bone. Amazing.
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As we get old she began.
Er, I interrupted.
She looked at me, confused.
As we get older, I said firmly.
Im still not sure which hurt worse: the rib or
the old.
I was glad to understand the reasonour
bones can become more brittle with agebut it
kind of reminded me of something my mom said
when she was in her early fifties. Every now and
then some impossibly young salesperson would
ask Mom if she was eligible for the seniors discount. Mom said that a 10% discount couldnt
begin to make up for being asked the question ten
years too soon.
There are plenty of clichs that might work
here, but the one that fits best is that we are only
as old as we feel. That day, after a week of miserable pain every time I turned, or leaned over,
or took a breathif youve broken a rib, youll
know that its not overstating things to say that
almost everything you do causes painI was
feeling pretty old, so I suppose the PA was just
calling it as she saw it.
In any case, by then, I was so grateful for the
fact that shed been able to ease the pain that she
could have insulted me in a dozen other ways and
shed still have been my new best friend.
Im thinking that the real lesson to be learned
here is in line with my friend Frannys advice.
If you had just been lazy, shed scolded, this
wouldnt have happened.
She may have been joking, but theres something to what she says. This week, when I couldnt
stand the clutter in the garage for another minute,
I fixed a cup of coffee and settled into the comfortable rocking chair on the deck. As I sipped my
coffee and rocked the chair (gently: the ribs, after
all, are still a little bit creaky) I could hear lots of
noise coming from the garage, but it didnt disturb my sense of tranquility one bit. The noise
courtesy of Baby Benwas the sound of boxes
being dragged, snow shovels being hung up, junk
being loaded into the truck for a trip to the landfill. And let me tell you: it was music to my ears.
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