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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Recent data from the state Department of
Housing and Community Development show that
Lexington Park had a high rate of home foreclo-
sures for the last three months of 2008.
The state foreclosure report for the fourth
quarter of 2008 names Lexington Park as a hot
spot, but Dennis Nich-
olson, executive director
of the county Housing
Authority offce, says
that St. Marys still has
not received any federal
stimulus funds to com-
bat foreclosures, which
he said can lead to more
community blight.
Those funds have
gone to counties like
Prince Georges and
Montgomery where the
sheer number of foreclo-
sures has reached crisis
levels.
The county (ac-
cording to) state data, is
showing a high rate of
foreclosures, Nicholson
told The County Times.
Are they serious? Yes.
Are they serious enough
to get federal stimulus
money? No.
Currently there are
about 900 homes on the
county market, some in danger of foreclosure, that
have not found buyers, Nicholson said.
The number isnt dropping, he said.
State data shows that St. Marys is faring bet-
ter than the rest of the tri-county region for fore-
closures. However, the report showed that .9 per-
cent of foreclosures for the fourth quarter occurred
here, which represents an 18 percent increase over
the previous quarter.
In contrast, sales of foreclosed property
dropped by 67 percent here with just two sales for
the last months of 2008.
For the same time period, there were just 10
properties purchased by the lender in the transac-
tion, which represented a 23 percent drop from the
previous quarter.
Of all the communities in the county, only
Lexington Park was identifed as a foreclosure hot
spot, according to the report.
Jan Barnes, a local real estate agent with Cen-
tury 21, said that despite the slow housing market,
now was the time to buy properties at much-re-
duced prices.
Its a good time for investors to pick them
up, Barnes said. And for those people who fip
them, its good.
Still, she said, she has seen homes up for sale
or foreclosure where owners had sold the kitchen
stove, light fxtures and even the heating pumps to
help make money, indicating their desperate fnan-
cial situations.
They did that just to keep money in their
pockets, Barnes said.
Without federal stimulus dollars fltered
through the state, Nicholson said, his offce could
not assist those facing foreclosure with aid, but he
hopes that some state aid funds could come later
this summer.
We wont be able to be active
with our resources until June, Nich-
olson said. Were maxed out with
what we have. We can listen to peo-
ples concerns, but we have very few
dollar resources available.
Those monies would normally go
to helping people afford rent for either
a house or apartment, make repairs to
aging homes or forestall a foreclosure,
he said.
Foreclosed, vacant homes mean
more stress on the social fabric, Nich-
olson said, adding that the stress can
drain police resources and stigmatize
neighborhoods.
It would deter investment into
communities that are in need of hom-
eownership and repair, he said.
Nicholson said he hoped that
funds would come soon, or else the
problem would likely fester.
Were not that bad, but whats
wrong with getting to it earlier be-
fore the patient gets too bad? he said.
I just wish they would paint with
a broader brush with the recovery
money.
Bob Schaller, director of the countys Depart-
ment of Economic and Community Development
said that there may be some hope on the horizon
for people facing foreclosure.
He said that lenders are starting to engage
borrowers earlier when they have problems paying
their mortgages.
Lenders are the key to this, Schaller said.
Theyre becoming more forgiving with the situa-
tions people are in.
Home Foreclosures Increase In Lexington Park
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A couple living in Lexington Park claims that
the countys Metropolitan Commission, which
provides water and sewer services, was responsible
for about one foot of raw sewage backing into their
homes basement last November.
In a lawsuit fled by Orlando and Saida Taylor
in January in county Circuit Court, the plaintiffs
allege that when MetCom work crews came to
the house to deal with the damage, they told the
plaintiffs that they would take care of the damages,
which eventually totaled more than $53,000, ac-
cording to the Taylors.
Instead, the plaintiffs claimed that they had to
call in independent contractors to repair the dam-
age and that MetCom has refused to pay any por-
tion of the repair bills, according to court papers.
The plaintiffs argue that MetCom was re-
sponsible for the sewage backup and that they
broke their contract with the Taylors for providing
water and sewer services. The plaintiffs are also al-
leging trespass to land, private action for nuisance,
and negligence, requesting judgments totaling
$900,000, according to court papers.
Offcials with MetCom declined to comment
for this article, but their attorney with the frm of
Crosswhite, Limbrick and Sinclair, LLP claimed
that MetCom was not responsible for any payments
of damages that the Taylors home sustained, ac-
cording to court papers.
MetComs answer to the lawsuit also claims
that the actions of others may have caused the sew-
age backup and therefore they were not liable.
Lawyers for both parties did not return phone
calls seeking comment.
Attempts to contact the plaintiff were
unsuccessful.
Couple Suing MetCom For Sewage Overfow
Both business owners and home
owners could beneft from proposed
changes to the county sign laws that
would allow more advertising.
The St. Marys Planning Com-
mission voted April 13 to recom-
mend to the county commissioners
amendments that would allow three
signs advertising open houses to be
posted on properties within a fve-
mile radius of the house being sold.
Members also voted to allow
digital signs, provided a small-busi-
ness owner use only that sign or a
regular painted sign, not both. The
digital sign change also applies to
home-based businesses.
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Coinciding with
the colleges 50th an-
niversary celebra-
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20-month fund-
raising campaign
brought in more
than $7.7 million
in cash, pledg-
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donated by
more than 700
supporters.
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By Guy Leonar d
Staff Wr iter
Federal funds designed to help stimulate the
economy and get local projects moving will be
used to fund a $3.4 million project at the coun-
tys Marlay-Taylor wastewater treatment facility
to turn methane waste gas into electricity.
The methane cogeneration project will al-
low excess methane to be burned off and power a
generator that will in turn produce the additional
power, according to Dan Ichniowski, assistant
director of the Metropolitan Commission.
The methane buildup at the plant has, at cer-
tain points, become excessive, Ichniowski said,
so much so that lids designed to keep the meth-
ane contained after being produced in the sludge
digestion process were bursting seals, allowing
the methane to escape into the atmosphere.
The project wont be a cure-all for the ag-
ing facilitys power needs, Ichniowski said, but
it will help keep costs down.
The additional electricity will be used to
power air blowers that help dry out sludge from
the sewage treatment process, which in turn
makes the sludge usable for fertilizer and other
applications.
It wont cover the entire plant, Ichniowski
told The County Times. But we think well
have enough to do that.
That lowers our carbon footprint, he
said.
The cogeneration project was completely
funded by a green grant from the federal stim-
ulus package, Ichniowski said.
He said it was probably the largest green
grant issued so far in the state from the $787 bil-
lion stimulus package.
MetCom is still moving ahead with plans
to modernize the Marlay-Taylor facility, which
services the entire Lexington Park Development
District with a capacity of six million gallons a
day.
Some parts of the facility date back to the
1960s, Ichniowski said.
The renovation project, which is mostly de-
signed to enhance the plants ability to remove
even more nitrogen and phosphorus from treated
effuent, would total about $34 million.
The plant, and others throughout the state
that discharge treated water into the Chesapeake
Bay, must meet increasingly strict requirements
for nutrient removal under Maryland Depart-
ment of the Environment guidelines by 2012.
The recent drop-off in home development
due to the recession has helped relieve some
pressure to treat more wastewater, Ichniowski
said.
County Commissioner Thomas A. Mat-
tingly (D-Leonardtown) said that he hoped the
economic conditions would mean that costs of
the renovation project would be kept low.
Hopefully the economy will help us get
some competitive bids, Mattingly said.
The original price for a new facility, which
was the original plan, ballooned last year to
about $125 million, forcing MetCom to seek
alternatives.
Stimulus Funds To Pay For Project At
Marlay-Taylor Treatment Plant
Should you call police if
youre not sure you see
crime being committed?
If your gut
tells you somethings
wrong, it probably is.
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron
Without federal stimulus money to
help homeowners facing foreclosure,
what is the county doing to help?
Education is the thing
were doing. Seek help; theres
plenty of resources out there.
Bob Schaller, director of the
Department of Economic and
Community Development
By Guy Leonar d
Staff Wr iter
One option for the Maryland State Police
helicopter feet may be to move the Trooper
7 base at the airport in California to either
Charlotte Hall or Mechanicsville, according
to a report issued in March by a state legisla-
tive work group charged with fnding ways for
the Maryland emergency responses to be more
effcient.
Del. John Bohanan (D-Dist. 29B), who
chaired the House Emergency Medical Ser-
vices System Work Group, said that the option
to close some bases and relocate the one in St.
Marys would not come up for a decision until
at least the end of 2010 and that moving the
facility was far from a certainty and only an
option.
Bohanan said that in the aftermath of a
state police helicopter crash in September
2008 in Prince Georges County, in which one
patient and all three of the crew were killed,
protocols were tightened to ensure that mede-
vac helicopters were only called out for service
when injuries were critical.
The result was a drop from an average of
5,000 fights to what would be an estimated
average of 3,000 in a year.
He said that once a frm average had been
established, the state could then better assess
which helicopter bases it could close down and
which it could keep open.
He stressed that a base would always re-
main in the county.
St. Marys will continue to be a base, he
said. Were not going to lose that.
Statewide, there are currently 11 helicop-
ters operating out of seven locations, but the
aim in the future might be to only have 10
helicopters operating out of only six or seven
locations, he said.
If you operate with six (bases), you have
to move Trooper 7 further north, Bohanan said.
You can cover the whole of Southern Maryland
more effciently.
With a possible move for Trooper 7 and six
other bases set around the state, Bohanan said,
Maryland State Police could still cover the entire
state 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The report, which drew from state police
needs assessments done earlier, recommended
in one scenario that bases in Montgomery Coun-
ty be closed along with moving the Southern
Maryland operations.
Bohanan said that the assessments of where
helicopter bases went depended on what was
known as the golden hour, the goal of tak-
ing critically injured patients to a trauma center
within 60 minutes.
Southern Maryland, along with the Eastern
Shore and parts of Western Maryland, needed
that coverage because of their distances from
trauma facilities in more urban areas.
Were the ones who need that the most,
Bohanan said. If someone in Ridge is hurt,
you cant get them there in the golden hour (by
ambulance.)
Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-
Golden Beach) said that the commissioner board
sent letters to the state a month ago asking them
to keep the facilities for helicopters as they are.
He said that keeping Trooper 7 at St. Marys
County Regional Airport logistically makes
sense.
Why would they not want to use existing
infrastructure? Jarboe said.
State Report: Moving Medevac Base May Be An Option
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ANNAPOLIS (AP) - Illegal immigrants will no longer
be able to hold Maryland licenses as of July 1, 2015, under
legislation approved shortly before the state legislature ad-
journed its 2009 session.
Legislators have wrestled all session with how to end
Marylands status as the only state east of the Rocky Moun-
tains that issues licenses to illegal immigrants, with many
worried the state had become a magnet for fraud.
The House of Delegates had approved a bill that would
allow illegal immigrants who already have licenses to re-
new them and receive a separate, distinct ID, that could not
be used to board planes or enter federal buildings. But the
Senate wanted to deny drivers licenses to illegal immigrants
altogether.
A conference committee charged with fnding a com-
promise agreed that illegal immigrants who already have
Maryland ID will be able to renew their license and receive
an ID that couldnt be used to board planes or enter federal
buildings, but those license renewals would all expire by July
1, 2015.
Sen. James Brochin, a Baltimore County Democrat who
was on the conference committee, praised the agreement,
saying legislators were doing what their constituents wanted.
July 1st, 2015, you dont show lawful presence, you
dont get a drivers license, Brochin said.
The House of Delegates voted 76-60 to approve the
compromise shortly before 11 p.m. and the Senate voted 29-
16 to endorse the deal around 11:30 p.m. They had hoped to
get enough votes to make the bill emergency legislation that
would take effect April 19th, but fell short of that mark. The
law they passed will take effect June 1st.
Some of the states most liberal and conservative law-
makers joined forces to oppose the compromise for different
reasons.
Montgomery County Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez, a Demo-
crat who fought all session to maintain access to licenses for
undocumented residents, said this is not a compromise.
It shows a real lack of understanding, I have never seen
such a random creation of law, it is picked out of the air with-
out any thought of the consequences, Gutierrez said. I think
were going to see some court challenges to this.
Meanwhile, Sen. Andrew Harris, R-Baltimore, lobbied
against the bill from the Senate foor, saying it was wrong for
lawmakers to create a two-license system, even if it is phased
out entirely by 2015.
The American people, at least in my district, want no
tolerance, Harris said. This bill says you know what, you
broke the law, and now were going to give you amnesty at
least until 2015.
State leaders were scrambling to pass the legislation in
an effort to comply with the federal REAL ID law, which re-
quires states to strengthen their identifcation documents.
Maryland has met some REAL ID benchmarks, but four
remained unfulflled because the state doesnt check appli-
cants residency status, according to Maryland Motor Vehicle
Administration chief John Kuo. When the law is implement-
ed, the federal government will only accept these new ID
cards for activities like boarding airline fights and entering
federal buildings.
Lawmakers said the measure meets REAL ID standards
for lawful residency status.
Many lawmakers who favored a two-license system said
they had hoped to push the expiration date further into the
future to give President Barack Obamas administration as
much time as possible to pass comprehensive immigration
reform before tens of thousands of undocumented Maryland
residents lose their licenses.
Were hoping there is some immigration reform, Del.
Kathleen Dumais, a Montgomery County Democrat, said.
And I want to be able to give as much possible time to this
administration to hopefully fnd some path to citizenship for
people whove been here, whove proved they can be good
citizens and wholl be able to do whatever hurdles the admin-
istration says theyll need to be able to jump.
Licenses for Illegal Aliens Banned
ANNAPOLIS (AP) Legislation to create early voting in Maryland cleared
the general assembly late Monday night, and Gov. Martin OMalley has indicated
he will sign the bill.
For 2010, early voting will be allowed for six days, beginning on the second
Friday through Thursday before the election, but not on the Sunday that falls be-
tween them.
An early voting site to be chosen six months before the primary election.
The bill also authorizes a local board to establish an early voting site at a shopping
mall.
The measure establishes early voting for the 2012 presidential election, with
the voting period beginning on the second Saturday through the Thursday before
an election and including Sunday.
The bill strikes a provision that would have taken about $2 million from the
states public campaign fnancing fund to help pay the costs of getting early vot-
ing started. The proposal ignited an outcry from Republicans who said the cam-
paign fnancing fund for gubernatorial elections was being drained down to nearly
nothing.
Now, its unclear where the money will come from to get early voting off the
ground.
Voters approved early voting in Maryland in a constitutional amendment in
November with about 71 percent of the vote.
Supporters say more convenient voting will increase turnout, but opponents
fear it will increase opportunity for voter fraud.
More than 30 states allow early voting, but a Maryland law that did so was
struck down by the states highest court in 2006. Thats what made the constitu-
tional amendment necessary to move forward with legislation.
Tax Break for Gay Partners Approved
ANNAPOLIS (AP) - Gay domestic partners who co-own homes will
be exempted from the state inheritance tax, under legislation approved by
the Maryland General Assembly.
The Senate voted 27-18 Monday night to pass the measure, which
Gov. Martin OMalley intends to sign.
The bill adds same-sex domestic partners to the list of family mem-
bers who can inherit homes without paying taxes on that property.
There is no state inheritance tax on property passing to spouses, chil-
dren, parents, grandparents, stepchildren or stepparents and siblings un-
der current Maryland law. Others pay a 10 percent tax on the propertys
value.
Early Voting Bill Approved
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Proposed Agriculture Services
Building Asks For Sewer Hookup
By Guy Leonar d
Staff Wr iter
Offcials with St. Marys County government are organizing two
food drives for the end of April and the beginning of May to help support
rising demand for food among needy families.
The Stuff the Bus campaign will start April 30 during the coun-
tys employee wellness day from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., but in the mean-
time county employees are being encouraged to bring in nonperishable
food items in the weeks leading up to the end of the month, said Cynthia
Brown, division manager for the Department of Human Services.
Brown said on Thursday April 30 county employees will take all
their accumulated items and fll a county-donated STS bus that will take
the food to local food pantries and soup kitchens.
State, county and town employees are all invited to help stuff the
bus, Brown told The County Times Tuesday. (The needy) rely on soup
kitchens and food pantries for their nutrition.
Two days later, on Saturday, May 2, the six county STS buses will
take donations from residents to support the food drive.
The locations for the buses are the Food Lion stores in Charlotte Hall
and Callaway, the Giant food store and Wal-Mart Super Store in Califor-
nia and the McKays Fine Food and Pharmacy stores in Leonardtown and
Wildewood.
Donations will be accepted at the stores from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Brown said as the economy worsens, the more families fnd them-
selves in need of food assistance.
The requests for items are up and donations are not keeping pace,
Brown said. People are giving, people are donating, but more families
are in need now more than ever.
County Government
Organizing Food Drives
By Guy Leonar d
Staff Wr iter
The fnal site plan for the proposed expansion of athletic
felds and facilities at St. Marys Ryken High School in Leon-
ardtown is set to go before the towns planning and zoning
commission April 20 for fnal approval.
And with that presentation the school leadership will also
ask for town assistance in getting state-sanctioned bonds to
help pay for the project, The County Times has learned.
We would act as the issuer of the bonds, said Town
Administrator Laschelle Miller. They have to have a govern-
ment institution for the tax exempt bonds.
We would be the conduit issuer.
The bond issue the school is looking for totals $8.5 mil-
lion, Miller said, and would come in the form of Maryland
Economic Development Revenue Bond Act debt.
Miller explained that while the town would help the
school get the bonds, the town would not be liable if the school
should default on the debt.
The town would not have any fnancial obligation, any
recourse would be solely against the school, Miller said.
Our bond counsel agrees that we would not have a fnancial
obligation.
The plans for the improvements include a new track for
feld events as well as a stadium with elevated bleachers to
support soccer and the schools football team.
According to DeAnn Adler, planning and zoning staff for
the town, the size of the new sports stadium would be close in
size to the one currently in use at Leonardtown High School.
Plans also call for expanded parking and an expanded
turn-around loop for buses.
The capacity of the stadium has yet to be determined by
the town.
The project is set to take just over three months to
complete. Construction is expected to begin within the next
month.
They want to start as soon as school is out, Adler told
The County Times.
High School Wants Towns Help For
Stadium Build-Out
By Guy Leonard
Staff Wr iter
Plans to build a new Agricultural Services Center on county fairground
property have hit a snag and may be held up indefnitely if the Town of Leonar-
dtown does not agree to allow the project to hook into its sewer system.
The building, which would be used to bring together the staff of the Farm
Services Agency, Soil Conservation District and the Cooperative Extension
under one roof, is expected to be 10,000 square feet in size and cost between
$1.5 million to $2 million.
In a March 19 letter to the town government, Bruce Young, manager for
the St. Marys Soil Conservation District, wrote that all the percolation tests
failed because they were too close to underground water supplies to satisfy
state regulations.
Unfortunately, all of the percs failed due to separation from ground wa-
ter, Young wrote. The district would still like to build the Agricultural Ser-
vices Center at the referenced site, but our only opportunity to do so is to be
hooked to public sewer.
We have been informed that a sewer line does exist at the fair grounds
property.
The town council is set to take up the issue at its meeting today, said Town
Administrator Laschelle Miller, along with several other proposals from prop-
erty owners to have more equivalent dwelling units allocated to their projects.
Equivalent dwelling units represent the average amount of water used by
a home each day that must be treated by the towns sewer system, which has
limits on the amount of effuent it can process.
Last year the town had to pass an ordinance that restricted the parceling
out of EDUs only to projects that met certain criteria, such as infll for revital-
ization of the town.
This was in response to a lack of funds at the town level for expanding
its wastewater treatment facility on Van Wert Lane, because impact fees from
housing developments dried up after builders halted construction or went into
bankruptcy.
Moreover, Miller said, the town has not approved giving out more EDUs
to projects that are outside the towns limits in recent memory.
To date we havent approved any of those requests, Miller said.
Miller said that the capacity request for the new services building would
be between one and two EDUs.
Young said that if the town chose not to allow them to hook in, that would
be the end of the fairgrounds as an option.
Wed have to go back to square one and look for land somewhere else in
the county, Young said.

On Friday, April 17, Little Seedlings Pre-
school and Kindergarten in Leonardtown will
hold a Bike/Scooter A-Thon to benefit St. Jude
Childrens Research Hospital.
One of their alumni, Brogan Ruppert, was
diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor,
but after spending a long period of time at St.
Jude, his tumor has shrunk in size, and he con-
tinues to maintain regular appointments with
specialists at the hospital.
Mrs. Ruppert will speak for about five min-
utes to four of the classes on Thursday about
what St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital is
all about. On Friday the school will hold the
Bike/Scooter A-Thon to support the hospital.
Deputy Simmons will be here with his bomb-
sniffing dog, Kiro. On the grounds they will
have a little city set up in the first parking lot
and divide it off from the rest of the parking
lot with orange cones from SMECO.
Each student will bring his or her bicycle,
trike, big wheel, or scooter and helmet. Upon
arrival, they will come to the first parking
lot and park their gear under the overhang to
Brubacher Hall in the designated area.
The a-thon portion of the event will take
place at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and
2:30 p.m., when students will follow the roads
through their imaginary city.
To learn more about this event and how
you can help, call Director Lynn E. Duff at
301-475-5050.
Little Seedlings to Host Beneft for St. Jude
This site plan presented to the county shows the location of the proposed new stadium and parking lot at St. Marys Ryken High School
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Editorial:
Shopping-cart vandals are individuals who,
after loading merchandise in their vehicles,
leave the cart in between two parking spaces, in
front of a parking space, beside a parking space,
partially on the curbing and/or on the sidewalk,
rather than placing them in one of the many re-
turn areas or taking the cart back in the store.
Most stores provide electric carts for dis-
abled shoppers, some of which have a sign on
the basket that reads: For In Store Use Only,
which is ignored, and it is left outside.
When it is windy, regular carts roll into
parked vehicles leaving dents and scratches,
which is property damage caused by a shopping
cart vandal.
The electric cart left in rain and snow gets
a wet plug and cannot be plugged into recharge
until it dries, plus it has a wet seat and steering
wheel.
Use your brain matter and think about this
situation. It is vandalism when you knock down
a mailbox, break someones window, damage a
yard etc., and that is also considered property
damage. Get the point?
Nowadays it is expensive having dents,
scratches and repainting performed on your
vehicle, as your insurance does not cover this
type of property damage. Its even worse after
having necessary repairs done out of your own
pocket and in less than two weeks, a shopping-
cart vandal strikes again.
I urge all shopping individuals, and request
nicely, to be considerate of others. If you do not
intend to place your cart in the proper area, dont
bring it out of the store and at no time leave elec-
tric carts outside.
Lana Cameron
Leonardtown, Md.
Shopping Carts Can Be Dangerous
I had been debating whether or not to write
this, but now I need to say something. I just
read about the Mr. Banks case, and I must say
this is really getting out of hand when it comes
to law enforcement.
Most of the so-called police offcials now-
adays are in it for the glory of bringing you
down rather than protecting your rights, and I
for one am sick of it! I too was a victim of this.
Once when I was getting off the bus, I decided
to run across so I wont stop traffc. But of
course when I got across, I was stopped by a
passing state trooper, and instead of telling me
to be careful or anything, he decided to be high
and mighty and got up in my face and started
to yell and demanded my ID, the whole nine
yards.
I strongly believe that protect and serve
has little meaning now, and I believe what little
enforcement we do have is buried under the
power we are giving our offcials. I believe Mr.
Banks should sue the police force for wrongly
arresting him. Trust me, I would. I mean, seri-
ously, is there a law now about protecting your-
self, yea thatll work! Whats next, arresting
people for putting too much salt on ? Oh wait
that happened already. Could someone put the
enforcement back in to law enforcement!
Jay Norris
Leonardtown
Is This What Law Enforcement Has Become?
The recent arrest of Harold Christopher
Banks was, in my opinion, a miscarriage of
justice. At what point do we as a society give
away our God-given and constitutionally pro-
tected rights? A mans house is his castle and
that should include his property as well.
My only criticism of Mr. Banks is in his
choice of protection. Nothing says, Get off my
property! like a Winchester shotgun, of which
I own several. I have taught and instructed my
wife to be able to use weapons in the event that
something happens and I am away from the
house.
In the state of Maryland a citizen has the
duty to retreat from the danger, but at what
point does it cease to be a retreat and instead
become a surrender? If Mr. Banks had retreated
inside his residence and called for police assis-
tance, what then? Wait the 15 to 20 minutes for
an offcer to arrive, all the while being harassed
from outside your home, by aggressors invad-
ing your property? What if one of the hoodlums
had decided to set fre to Mr. Banks home? The
law of the state of Maryland would have you
roast inside rather then seek to drive away your
assailants. What if they decided to bust out his
windows, or strike the sides of his house? I for
one, if confronted by a group of thugs wielding
sticks and pipes, would not hesitate to assume
the worst and take proactive measures to pro-
tect my home and property, and most important
of all my family. No doubt I would ask them
to disperse, but rest assured, I would only ask
them once before taking action.
This is by no means a smear against law
enforcement personnel in St. Marys County. I
have many dear friends in the Sheriffs Offce,
and I know how dedicated they are each and
every day. Response times can be delayed by
many mitigating factors; often times there are
more emergencies and calls for police assis-
tance than there are available offcers.
But the main point I wish to drive home
is that if you are not safe in your own home,
on your own property, then where are you safe?
And if a law-abiding citizen isnt allowed to
use force to repel a gang of aggressors away
from his own property and home, then when
is it allowed? Whether it is a trailer, apartment,
condo, house or mansion, a mans home is his
castle, and he should be able to defend it from
a legitimate threat, without fear of reprisal and
imprisonment.
Sadly these days more and more people are
allowing their rights to erode away by inaction.
Only when the laws of Maryland are changed
by its citizenry, will it be safe for law-abiding
citizens to defend themselves from harm.
Brian K. Yount
Lexington Park
Shouldnt A An Be Able To Defend His Castle?
The annual 90 day state legislative session has finally come to a conclusion in An-
napolis. This was a session which implications will be felt more in 2011 than today,
conveniently after the 2010 election when these Senators, Delegates and Governor will
ask you to re-elect them.
This was a session of appeasement to new voter blocks by elected officials, tak-
ing money from the fair election process to help protect themselves, and a gutless
act of avoiding tough decisions today with plans of more tax increases after the 2010
elections.
This legislature and Governor has made Maryland a sanctuary state for illegal
immigrants. With more than 200,000 illegal immigrants coming here to get taxpayer
funded college education, and a drivers license, why not come to Maryland. With
Marylands policy of handing out drivers licenses to illegal immigrants found to be
in violation of federal law, Maryland has found a way around the federal law, creat-
ing a two tier system where legal law abiding residents get one type of drivers license
and those who ignore and disobey the law get another type of drivers license, and
your local Senator gets their vote next election. We should demand all the Senators,
Delegates, and Governor who support this sinister end-around the federal law to stand
before a district court judge and hear he or she say driving in the state of Maryland
is a privilege, not a right.
Better still, it would be more emphatic if we the voters did that by voting the bums
out in 2010. Who needs the judge when, at least for now we have free elections.
In what some are calling the Incumbency Protection Act of 2009 the Maryland
Legislature has decided to raid the Maryland public campaign financing fund. You
know that box you voluntarily check on your tax return if you would like a dollar or
two of your money to go toward providing public financing for the Governors elec-
tion? Well the legislature has decided to use some of that money to balance the states
budget instead, making less money available to anyone wishing to challenge sitting
Governor OMalley in the 2010 election. If you thought that was your money being
used the way you wished, think again.
Among all the big government acts of the 2009 legislature, most concerning is the
lack of disciple and leadership when it came to the peoples money. By accepting $1.5
billion dollars of stimulus money from the federal government, money which will have
to come from us sooner or later, and by temporarily taking money away from others
such as public campaign financing, transportation funds, and local governments, these
politicians have side stepped their most important responsibility to the public.
Imagine yourself finding out that you would be receiving $1000 dollars a
year for the next two years from a relative. With your new found money you decide to
purchase a new car that will cost you $3000 a year for the next 6 years, money you do
not have without the $1000 from your relative. What will you do in year 3 when you
are no longer getting that extra money and you still have the payment?
That is essentially what the state legislature and governor is doing. Using
funds that will not re-occur in future years to fund and expand government programs
that will re-occur each year. Today it looks like a shiny new car sitting in the drive-
way, a car that wont look very shiny two years from now when you dont have the
money to pay for it.
Maryland Legislature Ends
Session; Grade D+
The County Times
The Elms Beach property, located 5.7 miles south of the Pax River
Main Gate, was purchased back in 1974 by the Maryland Department of
Natural Resources as an alternate power plant site. Until a power plant
becomes a reality, public hunting and an Environmental Education Center
use the property.
The Elms has been getting much attention recently with the public
being made aware of the historical land grabs by the Elms Advisory Com-
mittee, and the additional fact of the general public being barred from the
use of the property used by the school board. The school board, which
dominates the voting of the advisory committee, has said these land grabs
were implemented to protect the children from the dangers of the hunt-
ing public. Maybe once the school board (members) re-educate them-
selves on the real danger at the Elms, they will welcome the hunting public
vice trying to eliminate this Southern Maryland Heritage.
Here is the Elms Story: The advisory committee was created to
oversee the Elms property in the public interest, for both the public hunt-
ing and Environmental Education Center use, though the agenda has
focused predominately on the center, with public hunting use getting
reduced as time goes on. Again, the school board claims this extension
of the center boundary is all for the safety of the children from the hunt-
ing public. Well, the advisory committee may now be making the Elms
Education Center more of a danger to our children then they think with
more exposure to Lyme disease, since deer not held in check allow the
black-legged tick to thrive.
The Washington Post Metro section dated April 8, 2009, had an
interesting article on cases of Lyme disease soaring in Maryland and
Virginia. In fact it states: The most recent statistis show that Lyme
disease reports more than doubled in Virginia and Maryland from
2006 to 2007.
The advisoy committee proudly said at the March 31 Board of
County Commissioners meeting that the Elms Environmental Center
has had up to 7,000 students at the facility per year and that the num-
bers will increase in years to come. Given the current statistics for
Maryland, this would mean 3.2 of our kids will come down with this
dreadful disease.
And now the question comes as to whether the advisory commit-
tee and school board are aware of this problem. Well, it is a known fact
that trails currently being built in the Environmental Education Center
land lease area can only be done during certain times of the year due
to the problem of ticks. This information came to me from my friend
Steve Riley who is an active board member of the advisory committee
and supporter of public hunting. Unbelievable. Yet the committee and
the school board knowingly want to limit or eliminate public hunting,
allow the black-legged tick to thrive, and spread Lyme disease to our
children. So much for Protecting the Children.
Folks, this is terrible. Being a parent and a hunter, I am fully aware
of the tick cycle and deer are part of that cycle. In addition to being a
parent and hunter, I am an engineer. Here is an equation the school
board and advisory committee need to learn: Less Hunting = More
Deer = More Black-Legged Ticks = More Cases of Lyme Disease.
On April 21 the Elms Beach decision will be made by the Saint
Marys Board of County Commissioners. It is hoped that property tak-
en in the past years from the hunting public will once again be returned.
It is also hoped that a Southern Maryland tradition of hunting does not
die, only that the utilization of the hunting public will prevent the spread
of this dreadful disease of Lyme disease.
Richard Johnson
Valley Lee
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Helpful Hooves Equine Therapy, a nonproft 501C3
corporation with a mission to improve the lives of people
with disabilities through social events that involve hors-
es, held its second annual fundraising barn dance on Oct.
11, 2008.
We serve a population of special-needs adults that
has grown in number from 15 to 40-plus people. We offer
our parties at no cost to our participants and rely solely on
the donations of our generous business community along
with friends and family to support our activities.
Our primary annual expenses are liability insur-
ance, as well as the upkeep of two horses and party sup-
plies, food, pizzas, sodas and prizes for many events. The
October Barn Dance is our primary source for raising
these funds.
We would like to thank the following businesses
and families for their generous support. Angel Systems,
A&M Glass, Advance Marine Construction, Bernard
and Shirley Bailey, James W. Bailey, S. M. Bailey, Mar-
cia and Ray Bald, Diane Battaglia, James Banagan, John
Ball, Ruth Beaver, Charles and Patricia Benner, Rose Be-
itzell, Lettie Blake, Mary Boyd, Shirley Bowles, James
Brueggemann, Minor Buckler, Barry Burris, Marian
Burris, Sharon and Andy Brown, Lance Byrd, Michael
Caputi, Mary B Cheseldine, Colony Builders, Ruth and
John Crovo, Guy and Keli Curley, Mary and Rush Cox,
Carolyn Davis, Steven Deutsch, Kenny Dement, Daniel
and Debbie Dixon, Phil Dorsey, Adam Driscoll, Anne
Emery, Susan Erichsen, James Farr, Marilyn Ferguson,
William Fitzgerald, Franzen Realtors, Shiela Obrien-
Foster, Dick and Juanita Gass, Chris and Susan Gass,
Jane and Jack Green, The Greenery, Irvanette Hall,
Harold Hagen Services, Carol Ann Hall, Tom Hodges,
Jim and Mary Lee Hodges, Wendy Headrick, Mike Hut-
son, Richard and Nancy Hutson, Mary Hyatt, Joe Jarvis,
Janet and Michael Johnson, Adrone Johnson, Steve and
Karen King, D. Keinze, Tracy Kessler, Robert and Inky
Kopel, James A. Kenny, Donald and Donna Knott, Su-
san Kreckman, Megan LaPorte, Ladies Auxiliary #2632,
Edward Lawrence, Aggie Lacey, Sharon Lasure, Little
Silences Rest, John and Annette Madel, Sarah Manwill-
er, Tom Mattingly, Garner Morgan, Nate Mudd, Ruth
and Phil Mudd, John Nelson, Clarence Neese, Produc-
tion Products, Tony and Linda May Pilkerton, Dianne
Pogue, Quality Masonry, Jamie and Marbeth Raley, Pe-
ter Randall, Julie Randall, Dan Raley, Richard Rooney,
Emil Rongione, Bill Schmalgemeyer, Ronald Smith,
Dale and Alieda Snell, Janet Standish, Nancy Starkes,
Jessie Stump, Carly Stump, Technology Security Associ-
ates, Inc. R. M Thornton Inc. Renee Thomas, Frank and
Jean Toth, Lee Verhine, Pam Vietch, John Wenke, Joan
Wilson, Steve and Bev Wilson, Curtis Wilson, John and
Barbara Wood, Kathleen Wright.
A very special thanks is in order for the business-
es and crafters who donated to our silent auction: Ap-
ple Basket Antiques, Clarks Landing Restaurant, The
Greenery, Silpada Designs Jewelry, Andrea Stump and
Susan Adriani.
I would like to thank the businesses and persons who
worked with us to make this event so special: Thompsons
Seafood, which catered the event; Lennys restaurant,
which operated the bar; Southbound, which provided our
music; Tracy Burch and Baileys Party Rentals, for the
use of their tables and chairs; and Hilltop Graphics and
Technology Security Associates, for the use of their pro-
jector and screen that allowed us to watch the wonderful
slide show that Susannah Magee spent numerous hours
preparing that allowed everyone to experience a look at
the Helpful Hooves Program in 2008.
Finally, I would like to thank Andrea and Ron
Stump, Susan and Gary Adriani, Pam Veitch, Maryann
St.Clair, Joe St.Clair, Chris Chewning, Chris Yee, and
Don and Tina Cropp, all whom have spent many, many
hours donating their time and energy all year long to
our monthly parties, making them a great success. We
couldnt do it without you.
Sheral A. St.Clair
President of Helpful Hooves
Equine Therapy, Inc.
Avenue, Md.
Helpful Hooves Says Thanks
Thursday, April 9, 2009 7 The County Times
ANNAPOLIS (AP)- Mary-
land wildlife offcials have sched-
uled three informational meetings
on unused crabbing licenses..
The Department of Natural
Resources has proposed freez-
ing limited crabbing licenses that
have not reported any harvests
from 2004 to 2008 to help falling
crab stocks.
The meetings will allow the
public to get information on un-
usued licenses. They are sched-
uled April 16 in Severna Park,
April 20 in Fruitland and April
21 in Easton.
State offcials say there are
about 6,000 licensed commercial
crabbers in Maryland, including
3,700 limited licensees, but only
a small portion are active. Under
an initial proposal, about 1,000
limited licenses would have been
frozen. But offcials say that num-
ber could change.
The DNR says it assumes
unused licenses will remain that
way and that the fshery cant
support a sudden increase.
By Br ian Witte
Associated Press Wr iter
ANNAPOLIS- The Maryland Senate reversed course
April 2 and decided to approve speed-monitoring camera
legislation to crack down on speeders, one day after senators
voted to reject the bill in a tight vote.
The measure would allow the cameras near schools and
highway work zones and impose $40 fnes on violators who
drive at least 12 miles over the speed limit.
Senators approved the bill 27-20 after receiving as-
surances that other legislation to broaden the use of speed
cameras into residential areas would not be considered, Sen-
ate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said. Other legislation
would expand camera use in certain counties.
You dont want to throw down the gauntlet, but were
not going to take that at all, Miller, D-Calvert, said. Were
not going to take residential, and were not going to take these
other counties.
Supporters argued the measure was important to pro-
tecting children and people who work on roads. But the bill
brought strong resistance from lawmakers who contended the
fnes were just a way to raise money.
Were put under this under the auspices that its for
safety, yet we know that its not for safety, its for revenue gen-
eration, said Sen. David Brinkley, R-Frederick.
Opponents tried to flibuster the bill, but the Senate came
up with the necessary 29 votes required to shut off debate and
bring the bill to a fnal vote.
Senators rejected the bill 24-23 April 1, but they voted 28-
19 to reconsider the vote, an uncommon procedural move.
Miller, who voted against the bill April 1, also said
consideration was given to Sen. James Robey, D-Howard,
a former Howard County police chief who has passionately
advocated the bill to protect vulnerable citizens. Miller, who
walked with Robey with his arm around him after the failed
vote, said some senators started making fun of the former po-
lice chief after the bill failed April 1.
Rather than have him disrespected, we resurrected the
bill, Miller told reporters.
Tensions were running high in the Maryland Senate last
week, as a diffcult session full of hard budget choices and
controversial social issues have taken a toll. The General As-
sembly is nearing the fnal stretch of its 90-day session, which
adjourns April 13.
Miller began the April 1 session by apologizing for
cutting off Sen. Nancy Jacobs, R-Harford, when she tried
to make an amendment to the budget bill. Jacobs wanted to
amend the bill to increase government transparency on the
retention bonuses paid to professors at public colleges and
universities. But Miller was angered by her amendment, be-
cause he thought it already had been agreed that the intent of
her amendment would be included in budget language.
Miller, visibly agitated, thundered from the rostrum:
Make sure that language is not included in the budget!
Republicans criticized the president on the Senate foor,
saying he should apologize. He later told reporters after the
Wednesday session ended that hed overreacted, and he and
Jacobs hugged to bury the hatchet later that during a second
session. Miller publicly apologized to the Senate April 1, say-
ing his frustration resulted from a misunderstanding in the
process.
As the senator from the Lower Shore rightfully said,
Miller told the Senate, referring to Sen. Lowell Stoltzfus, an
Eastern Shore Republican, Ill get this way every time this
time of the year, and I do and I apologize for that.
State Senate Approves Speed-
Monitoring Camera Bill
ANNAPOLIS (AP)- A
new report finds the Chesa-
peake Bay remains unhealthy,
although restoration efforts
appear to be working in some
areas.
The analysis released
April 2 by the University of
Maryland Center for Environ-
mental Science gave the bay a
C-minus grade. Researchers
say the grade indicates eco-
logical conditions have not
significantly changed from
2007 and remain far below
what is needed for a healthy
Bay.
However, the analysis
says restoration efforts appear
to be improving conditions in
some areas, such as the upper
western Shore and Virginias
James River, while other ar-
eas continue to worsen.
Another report released
last month by the Chesapeake
Bay Program also found no
overall improvement over the
past year.
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The County Commissioners for St. Marys County proposes to increase real property taxes.
For the tax year beginning July 1, 2009, the estimated real property assessable base will increase by 7.4%, from $9,416,413,771 to 1.
$10,109,769,194.
If St. Mayrs County maintains the current tax rate of $.857 per $100 of assessment, real property tax revenues will increase by 7.4% 2.
resulting in $5,942,056 of new real property tax revenues.
In order to fully offset the effect of increasing assessments, the real property tax rate should be reduced to $.798, the constant yield tax 3.
rate.
The County is considering not reducing its real property tax rate enough to fully offset increasing assessments. The County proposes 4.
to adopt a real property tax rate of $.857 per $100 of assessment. This tax rate is 7.4% higher than the constant yield tax rate and will
generate $5,942,05 in additional property tax revenues.
A public hearing on the proposed real property tax rate increase will be held at 6:30 p.m. on April 21, 2009 at Chopticon High School, 25390
Colton Point Road, Morganza, MD 20660. The hearing is open to the public and public testimony is encourage.
Persons with questions regarding this hearing may call 301-475-4200 X1200 for further information.
ST. MARYS COUNTY NOTICE OF A PROPOSED REAL PROPERTY TAX INCREASE
Lyme Disease Should be of More Concern to
School Board Than Hunters
To repeat what others
have said, requires edu-
cation; to challenge it,
requires brains.
-Mary Pettibone Poole
Elijah Smoot, 14, of Mechanicsville, seated, took top prize in the First Southern
Maryland Regional Piano Competition April 4 and 5 at the College of Southern
Marylands Prince Frederick Campus.
Other fnalists were, from left, Katrina Chan, 16, of Great Mills, second; Molly
Jeanine Tracy, 14, of Hollywood, third; and Anna Elkins, 14, of Owings, honor-
able mention.
Its so rewarding to watch you guys. This type of event has great networking
opportunitiesgetting to connect with college professors to schedule extra les-
sons or to get coaching, that can lead to theater projects, writing flm scores
and so much more. This is just the beginning of limitless opportunities for you,
said Jason Brown, at right, a world concert pianist who performed during the
post-competition concert.
Piano Competition
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By Sean Rice
Staff Wr iter
The developers of a proposed shopping
plaza in Charlotte Hall are butting heads with
the Maryland State Highway Administration
over a request for a new traffc light on Route
5.
Manekin LLC, a Columbia-based devel-
opment company is planning a new shopping
plaza fronting the west side of Route 5, south
of Golden Beach Road. A 50,000-foot Safeway
grocery store has signed on as the anchor store
in the development.
Safeway is very anxious to be there and
were very anxious to have them there, said
Alton Fryer, senior vice president of Manekin
LLC.
Fryer said the company has a few other
letters of intent from smaller shops, such as a
liquor store and a dry cleaner, but no other frm
commitments.
We anticipate that once we put a shovel
in the ground theyll be a lot of activity, Fryer
said.
The land where the development is planned
is currently bare.
Manekin has been having a fairly tough
time getting access from State Highway, Fryer
said, and they have been trying to gain plan ap-
proval for more than a year.
A preliminary site plan for the develop-
ment has been existence for nearly 18 months,
Fryer said, but they cannot
go forward with the fnal
site plan until an approval
is given from SHA.
Developers are re-
questing a new traffc light
on Route 5, a few hundred
feet south of Golden Beach
Road, to serve as the main
entrance to the new shop-
ping plaza, which is named Charlotte Hall
Station.
We frmly believe, and continue to be-
lieve, that a signal there is the absolute wrong
thing to do, said David Buck, spokesman for
SHA.
Because of the spacing of the signals, it
violates every traffc engineering principal to
put a second signal there, and weve told them
repeatedly, Buck said.
The developer is required by SHA to con-
duct a traffc study, and Manekin has done sev-
eral, Buck said.
Its been the same issue thats continued,
and in that sense were at an impasse, Buck
said. We will not allow left turns off of Route
5 into the development.
Buck said SHA will give approval for a
right-in, right-out entrance on Route 5, but
the agency is steadfast against a new traffc
light or allowing left turns into the new devel-
opment from Route 5.
We frmly believe that their primary ac-
cess should be off Charlotte Hall Road, Buck
said. So the ball is in their court, so to speak.
Charlotte Hall Road runs parallel to Route
5, behind the proposed development.
We understand they want to get their
development moving, but we have to look at it
from the safety of the people who are coming
in off Route 5, and were not going to make an
unsafe decision because of any pressure, Buck
said.
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State Highway Not Budging
On New Route 5 Traffc Light
By Sean Rice
Staff Wr iter
Businesses in Southern St. Marys County
are teaming up to create a south-county busi-
ness association.
Nearly 15 businesses attended a kick-off
meeting in late March at the Ridge Volunteer
Fire Department. A second meeting is set for
April 23 at 7 p.m.
Compared to other regions of the county,
a large segment of industry south of Herman-
ville Road consists of seasonal business ac-
tivities, such as fshing, boating, seafood and
camping.
The seasonal nature of many businesses,
coupled with development restrictions imposed
by laws such as the Critical Areas and Rural
Preservation District, sets up unique challeng-
es for this business community, according to
Bob Schaller, the county director of economic
and community development.
Were just facilitating getting this discus-
sion going and asking them what kind of sup-
port can we provide, Schaller told The County
Times.
There are more than 100 businesses and
organizations in the south end, according to a
county tally.
Their immediate issue is promotion, let-
ting people know whats down there, Schaller
said.
The group raised several issues at the
March meeting, and creating a promotional
map to highlight what businesses can be found
there surfaced as one of the immediate issues,
Schaller reported.
Were trying to get something done early,
so we can have some effect this year, he said.
They want to provide more lodging, and
thats a huge issue, because you cant in the
Critical Areas, Schaller said.
The Critical Areas laws set restrictions
on developments in areas near the Chesapeake
Bay tributaries. However, Schaller said a new
business association could use the power of
a collective voice to seek relief or assistance
from government.
If the community said, Look, we re-
ally need this and put a plan together and say,
What can the county do to reconsider some
of the limitations? So long as we form, their
chances are better, Schaller said of the need
for more lodging.
Another issue that surfaced was the states
new law banning the consumption of alcohol at
state parks, which takes effect this year. Point
Lookout State Park is a major destination in the
south end of the county.
We heard about it, but we didnt realize
the impact until you get down there and youve
got a bunch of folks sitting around saying (that)
on their marina, their campground, its going
to have a big effect.
Southern St. Marys Business
Association Forming
Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last
at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.
Cheryl Brooke, 52, of Upper Marlboro,
and Winston Thomas, 43, of New Carrollton,
pleaded guilty this week to their participation in
a scheme in which they offered to help fnancial-
ly-vulnerable individuals save their homes from
foreclosure, and instead defrauded homeowners
and mortgage lenders, announced U.S. Attorney
for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.
According to their plea agreements, from
at least 2004 until May 2008, a conspirator aired
television advertisements that targeted fnan-
cially-vulnerable individuals, representing that
he could improve their credit, save their homes
from foreclosure and assist them with bank-
ruptcy. Viewers who called the toll-free number
were scheduled to meet with the conspirator. At
the meetings, they were solicited to purchase a
variety of for-fee services for reducing debt, as
well as a pre-paid legal plan, income tax return
preparation services and bankruptcy petition
preparation.
Cheryl Brooke and Winston Thomas stole
the homeowners equity by inducing fnancial-
ly- vulnerable homeowners to sell their proper-
ties and convert the sale proceeds to the use of
the conspirators, said Rosenstein. The mort-
gage fraud conspiracy cases that we are pros-
ecuting in Maryland should serve both to hold
criminals accountable and to warn homeown-
ers about the many smooth-talking con artists
who take advantage of people who fall behind
on their mortgage payments.
Brooke and Thomas face a maximum sen-
tence of 20 years in prison for conspiracy to
commit wire fraud. Brooke also faces a maxi-
mum of fve years in prison for bankruptcy
fraud and Thomas faces a maximum sentence
of one year in prison for failure to fle a federal
income tax return. As part of their plea agree-
ments, Brooke and Thomas each agree to the
entry of a forfeiture order of $2,228,878 and
further agree that at least this amount was gen-
erated as proceeds of the criminal activity.
Pair Plead Guilty to Mortgage Scheme
Photo by Sean Rice
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The County Times
Defense & Military
By Sean Rice
Staff Wr iter
Patuxent River Naval Air Station is set to
beneft from $17 million in economic stimulus
funding from the American Recovery and Re-
investment Act of 2009.
The funds are part of a $5.9 billion initia-
tive that includes 3,000 construction and repair
projects at Department of Defense facilities in
the United States.
The local share of the funding will be used
to fnish a modernization project on the U.S.
Naval Test Pilot Schools Hangar 110.
According to Cmdr. Mike Lewis, NAS
Patuxent River Public Works, the fnal two
phases of work on Hangar 110 will be complet-
ed using the stimulus funds.
Hangar 110 houses aircraft used for test-
ing and evaluation.
The work includes renovating the hangars
interior and upgrading the electrical, mechani-
cal and fre protection systems. The roof, win-
dows and doors will also be replaced.
The project will be advertised and awarded
by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Washington, with assistance from the Public
Works Department at Pax NAS.
The contract will be awarded through a
competitive process to determine the best value
for the taxpayers dollars, Lewis said.
The project is targeted for award by Sep-
tember, and the construction will take approxi-
mately two and a half years to complete.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center in
Indian Head is also benefting from President
Obamas stimulus package with $2,480,000 in
funds to fnance energy effciency and conser-
vation upgrades.
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-Md) said
he believes this spending will help fx the cur-
rent fnancial crisis facing the country.
The goal of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act is to rebuild our economy by
investing in our communities, our people and
our future. This funding will allow Pax and In-
dian Head to move forward with these critical
upgrades, further solidifying the federal com-
mitment to these installations and demonstrat-
ing how the economic recovery plan is working
to create job opportunities and invest in critical
projects to get the economy moving, Hoyer
said in a prepared statement.
Stimulus Money Coming for
Test Pilot School Hangar
The U.S. Department of Defense this week
announced the following contract awards for
Navy projects procured at Patuxent River Naval
Air Station.
- The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being
awarded a $109,098,924 advance acquisition
contract to procure long lead materials in sup-
port of P-8A low rate initial production (LRIP)
I aircraft, and production line slots in support of
P-8A LRIP II aircraft. Work will be performed
in Seattle, Wash., (87 percent) and Baltimore,
Md., (13 percent), and is expected to be com-
pleted in Dec. 2013. Contract funds will not ex-
pire at the end of the current fscal year. This
contract was not competitively procured pur-
suant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems
Command, Patuxent River, is the contracting
activity.
- The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is be-
ing awarded a $45,433,000 ceiling-priced, un-
defnitized contract action to provide persistent
Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
(ISR) Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) ser-
vices in direct support of Operation Enduring
Freedom land based efforts. Work will be per-
formed in Bingen, Wash. (65 percent) and St.
Louis, Mo. (35 percent), and is expected to be
completed in Dec. 2009. Contract funds in the
amount of $22,716,500 will expire at the end of
the current fscal year. This contract was not
competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-
2. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent
River, is the contracting activity.
- The Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., is being
awarded a $20,746,752 frm fxed price contract
for the procurement of one each Crash Surviv-
able Flight Incident Recorder and Flight Data
Recorder (CSFIR/FDR) for E-6B Mercury
Aircraft. Work will be performed at Tinker Air
Force Base, Okla., and is expected to be com-
pleted in April 2011. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fscal year. This
contract was competitively procured under an
electronic request for proposals, with two offers
received. The Naval Air Systems Command,
Patuxent River, is the contracting activity.
Department of Defense Contract Awards
U.S. Navy Photo
United States Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River Naval Air Station
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David Scott Allen, 60
David Scott Allen, 60, of
Lexington Park, Md., died April
8, 2009, at Georgetown Uni-
versity Hospital. Born October
5, 1948, in Weymouth, Mass.,
he was the son of the late Al-
bert Scott and Frances Gertrude
Derochea Allen. He was the lov-
ing husband of Sandra Lee Allen
whom he married on December
27, 1969, in Brockton, Mass. He
is also survived by his daughters:
Heather Tippett of California,
Md., Hillary Jean Allen of Hol-
lywood, Md., and Hollie Marie
Lichty of Wichita Falls, Texas,
as well as his brother Robert Al-
len of Leonardtown, Md., and
five grandchildren. David gradu-
ated from Brockton High School,
Class of 1966, and attended
Brockton Business College and
Embry Riddle College. He was
a chief petty officer in the U.S.
Navy for 20 years, retiring in
1993. The family received friends
for a visitation on Tuesday, April
14, 2009, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the
Patuxent Presbyterian Church,
California, Md., where a memo-
rial service followed at 7 p.m.
with the Rev. Michael Jones of-
ficiating. Interment was private.
Contributions may be made to
the American Liver Foundation
at liverfoundation.org. To leave a
condolence for the family, please
visit www.mgf h.com. Arrange-
ments provided by the Matting-
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
Mar ie Lulu (Butler )
Bar nes, 89
Marie Lulu (Butler) Barnes,
89, of Oakville, Md., received
her heavenly reward on April 7,
2009, at her home where she en-
joyed her family life. Marie was
born on July 25, 1919, in Holly-
wood, Md. She was one of nine
children born to the late James
Albert and Cecelia Maria (Ste-
vens) Butler. Marie received her
education in the St. Marys Coun-
ty public schools. She attended
Phyllis Wheatly, Oakville and
Banneker schools. Marie married
Joseph Eugene Barnes, Sr. on
June 29, 1957, at St. Johns Cath-
olic Church and from that blessed
union were four children.
She began working in 1955
for the St Marys County Board of
Education as a food service assis-
tant in the school cafeterias. She
worked at Banneker School and
Oakville Elementary School un-
til she retired in June 1981. Marie
worked weekends for many years
at Cape St. Marys Marina and
Sandgates Inn where she made
the best crab cakes and Maryland
crab soup. Those restaurants con-
tinue to use her recipes today.
Her favorite things to do
were cooking, canning, shop-
ping, reading and welcoming
people into her home. She also
enjoyed occasional visits to Do-
ver Downs to play the slots. Ma-
rie always talked about her first
airplane ride at the age of 80,
when she f lew to Georgia to visit
her daughter, Patricia. She was so
thrilled to be among the clouds
near to heaven and she enjoyed
the royal treatment she received
as a senior citizen passenger. She
had a real knack for shopping.
Her favorite places were Peebles,
JC Penney and Target. She never
drove, but she always managed
to get where she wanted to go.
Anytime she could get a ride, she
headed to the stores to buy new
shoes or an outfit for her next
outing or for groceries to cook.
Marie had an abundance of
love that she shared with her chil-
dren, her grandchildren, her great
grandchildren, her nephews,
nieces and many friends. She was
so giving and always wanted to
share whatever she had.
She leaves to cherish her
memory her children: Roberta
P. Duff, Vivian M. Yorkshire,
Barbara P. Friend, J. Ronald But-
ler, Patricia A. Butler, Larry M.
Butler, Delores A. Butler, Annie
M. Young, Joseph E. Barnes, Jr.,
Thomas J. Barnes and Andrew
M. Barnes; one son-in-law, H.
Patrick Young (Annie); three
daughters-in law, Monica Barnes
(Joseph), Vernette Barnes (An-
drew) and Antoinette Butler
(Larry); 29 grandchildren, 38
great grandchildren and 7 great-
great-grandchildren; one sister,
Annie Pauline Fitzgerald; a host
of cousins, nieces, nephews and
friends. Marie was preceded in
death by her loving husband, Jo-
seph E. Barnes, Sr., her beloved
son, James Robert Butler, her sis-
ters Hortense Davis, Gladys But-
ler, Priscilla Bailey and Elizabeth
Parker and her brothers John,
James and Phillip Butler.
Marie had an unwavering
strength and courage to endure
almost anything during this past
year and she always said she
had lived a good life and that
good things come to those who
wait. She waited on the Lord.
She was affectionately known as
Lady Bird, Lady Bug, Lady, Ma-
rie, Lucy, Mama, Mom, Mother
Dear, Grammy, Grandma, Auntie
and Ms. Marie. To everyone she
was always a lady and she will
always be our Queen. We will in-
deed cherish her memory and her
legacy will live on. We were all
truly blessed by God to have her
as part of our lives.
Family received friends on
Tuesday, April 14, 2009, from
9 a.m. until 11 a.m. in St. John
Francis Regis Catholic Church,
43927 St. Johns Road, Holly-
wood, Md. 20636. A Mass of
Christian Burial was celebrated
at 11 a.m. Interment followed in
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cem-
etery, Lexington Park, Md.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brinsfield-
funeral.com.
Arrangements by the Brins-
field Funeral Home, P.A., Leon-
ardtown, Md.
Walter B. Br ice, 89
Walter B. Brice, 89, of
Ocean Pines, Md., passed away
on Sunday, April 5, at Atlantic
General Hospital in Berlin, Md.
Born November 15, 1919, in Bal-
timore, Md., he was the son of
the late Edna and Roy M. Brice.
Survivors include his wife of 63
years, Virginia J. Consalvo Brice,
whom he married on July 29, 1945,
in Bound Brook, N.J.; daughters
Ellynne Brice Davis of Leonard-
town, (James J.) and Gail Poist,
(Malcolm) of Frederick, Md.; one
granddaughter, Genevieve Poist.
Also survived by his nephews
Walter Huff, (Daisy), of Martins-
burg, W. Va., and Leroy Brice,
(Phyllis) of Fla.; niece Beverly
Werner, (Frank) of Fla. In addi-
tion to his parents Mr. Brice was
preceded in death by his siblings
Harold Brice and Frances Huff.
Walter enlisted in the U.S. Army
in 1941 and attended officers
candidate school in Fort Sill,
Okla. He was attached to the
497th Armored Field Artillery
Battalion, 13th Armored Divi-
sion. His military occupational
specialty was as an air observa-
tion pilot. He retired from the
U.S. National Guard in 1979.
During World War II, Mr. Brice
participated in the invasion of
Europe and was attached to
Pattons Third Army which ad-
vanced into southern Germany.
Flying 35 combat missions, Mr.
Brice directed artillery fire from
a small observation aircraft and
was once nearly destroyed by a
German BF109 while landing.
Because of his action, the enemy
was pinned down during the day
because of the accuracy of his fire
direction. His decorations and ci-
tations included the World War
II Victory Medal, the American
Theater Service Medal, the Eu-
ropean African Middle Eastern
Theater Service Medal and an Air
Medal (13th Armored Division).
Mr. Brice was a member of VFW
Post No. 8296 in Ocean City,
Md., and was a 32
nd
degree Ma-
son. Walter considered his two
proudest lifetime accomplish-
ments as being his family and his
military service. He worked as a
linotype operator throughout his
life and at one point worked for
the Baltimore Sun. He and Vir-
ginia lived in Maine from 1974 to
1988 where they both enjoyed that
states scenic beauty, and Walter
was able to hunt and fish. They
moved to Ocean Pines in Worces-
ter County, Md., and Walter par-
ticipated in Ocean Citys Beach
Replenishment Program. Walter
was known for his witty sense of
humor regarding marriage (the
first 50 years are the hardest)
and for his superb mint-julep rec-
ipe. The family received friends
on Saturday, April 11, 2009, from
2 p.m. until 4 p.m. in the Brins-
field Funeral Home, 22955 Hol-
lywood Road, Leonardtown, MD
20650. A memorial service was
held at 3 p.m. Interment will
be in Arlington National Cem-
etery on July 2, 2009, at 11 a.m.
Condolences to the fam-
ily may be made at www.
b r i n s f i e l d f u n e r a l . c o m .
Arrangements provided by the
Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.,
Leonardtown, Md.
William Ambr ose
Br own, J r., 36
William Ambrose Brown, Jr.,
36, of Lexington Park, Md., died
April 11, 2009 in Laurel Regional
Hospital, Laurel, Md.
Born August 25, 1972, in
Leonardtown, Md., he was the
son of William Ambrose Brown,
Sr. and Sarah Maxine (Taylor)
Brown.
William is survived by his
siblings Mary Ann Milburn of
California, Md.; Francis L. Hebb
of Lexington Park, Md.; Linda
Marie Hebb of Norway, William
J. L. Brown of Lexington Park,
Md. and Shannon Natashia Wil-
liams of Lexington Park, Md.
Family will receive friends
on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from
9 a.m. until 11 a.m. in the Brins-
field Funeral Home, 22955 Hol-
lywood Road, Leonardtown, Md.
20650. A funeral service will
be held at 11 a.m. Interment will
follow in Charles Memorial Gar-
dens, Leonardtown, Md.
funeral.com.
ardtown, MD.
Paul Robin Costinett, 76
Paul Robin Costinett, 76, of
Clements, Md., died April 13,
2009, at Washington Hospital
Center. Born March 2, 1933, in
Washington, D.C., he was the son
of the late Paul Walter and Eu-
nice Catherine Brock Costinett.
He was the loving husband of Jan
Rey Grandos Costinett. He is also
survived by his children Paul J.
Costinett of Crestview, Fla., Mat-
thew J. Costinett of Denver, Colo.
and Christopher L. Costinett of
California, Md., as well as his sis-
ter Anna Weight of Chesapeake
Beach, Md., and three grand-
children. He was a postmaster
for the U.S. Postal Service for 35
years, retiring in 1988. The fam-
ily will receive friends on Thurs-
day, April 16, 2009, from 5 to 8
p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home Chapel, Leonard-
town, Md., where prayers will be
said at 7 p.m. A Mass of Chris-
tian Burial will be celebrated on
Friday, April 17, 2009, at 10:30
a.m. in Our Lady of the Wayside
Catholic Church, Chaptico, Md.
with Fr. Timothy Baer officiat-
ing. Interment will follow in Sa-
cred Heart Cemetery, Bushwood,
Md. Contributions may be made
to Alzheimers Association, P.O.
Box 1889, La Plata, Md. 20646.
To leave a condolence for the
family, visit www.mgf h.com Ar-
rangements provided by the Mat-
tingley-Gardiner Funeral Home,
P.A.
Shir ley Mar ie Dement,
70
Shirley Marie Dement, 70,
a devoted wife and mother, died
April 1, 2009, at St. Marys
Hospital after a long and tiring
struggle with health issues. She
and her husband resided in Tall
Timbers, Md.
Shirley was born on Novem-
ber 13, 1938, in Mechanicsville,
Md. She was the daughter of the
late Margaret (Cusic) Long and
the granddaughter of the late
Jody and Daisy Cusic.
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Shirley married her husband
Kenneth Dement, Sr. (county
commissioner for District 2)
on November 20, 1954. They
were fortunate to celebrate their
50
th
wedding anniversary with
friends and family four and a half
years ago. She was a child bride
of 16 and they have been happily
married and very close all these
years.
Shirley attended St. Marys
Academy and retired from the
St. Marys County school board
as a bus driver with 20 years of
service. She was a wonderful and
loving homemaker for her fam-
ily. She was a great cook noted
for her stuffed ham and fried
oysters. She enjoyed her many
collectables that included Bar-
bie dolls, Elvis, roosters, ducks,
angels, tea pots and her blue and
white chinaware. She also en-
joyed f lowers and bird watching.
She is survived by her hus-
band Kenny Dement and their
four sons, Michael of Great
Mills, Md.; Ronald of Califor-
nia; Jeffery of LaPlata, Md. and
Jody of Callaway, Md.; her three
sisters, Becky Guy, Charlene
Adams and Marian Hobgood of
Mechanicsville, Md.; her seven
grandchildren, Hannah, Brooke,
Jake, Dylan, Alexandria, Ryan
and Rochelle; and two great-
grandchildren. She is preceded
in death by her oldest son Kenny
Jr. KD who died in 1998.
Sunday, April 5, 2009, from 4
p.m. until 8 p.m. in Holy Face
Catholic Church, 20476 Point
Lookout Road, Great Mills, Md.
20634. Prayers were recited at 7
p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial
was celebrated on Monday, April
6, 2009, at 10 a.m. The Rev. Jo-
seph R. Sileo was the celebrant.
Interment followed in the church
cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
C.J. Knott, Bubby Spalding,
Donald Knott, Frank Bell, Sr.,
Bill Lynam and George Bean.
Serving as honorary pallbearers
were Jerry Guy, Jr., J.D. Black-
well, Lionell Blackwell, Da-
vid Dement, Leon Dement, Jr.,
Stewart Dement, Jason Guy and
Bobby Guy.
In lieu of f lowers, contribu-
tions may be made to Hospice of
St. Marys, P.O. Box 625, Leon-
ardtown, Md. 20650, the Sec-
ond District Volunteer Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 1, Valley Lee,
Md. 20692, or the National Kid-
ney Foundation, 5335 Wisconsin
Ave., N.W. Suite 300, Washing-
ton, D.C. 20015.
funeral.com.
ardtown, Md.
Mer r ie Childr ey Him-
melheber, 100
Merrie Childrey Himmel-
heber, 100, of Leonardtown,
Md., died March 28, 2009, in
St. Marys Hospital. Merrie was
born October 4, 1908, in Rich-
mond, Va., to Albert B. Chil-
drey and Merrie Aubrey Sugg.
She was the wife of Charles M.
Himmelheber whom she married
June 1936, in Washington, D.C.
Raised in Washington, D.C., she
graduated from Central High
School in 1927 and from George
Washington University with a
degree in Fine Arts in 1930. Af-
ter their marriage, Merrie and
Charles began to raise their fam-
ily in Falls Church, Va. World
War II and the building of the
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
brought the family to St. Marys
County in 1944. Merrie was a
charter member of Lexington
Park Baptist Church and Leon-
ardtown Baptist Church, a mem-
ber of Crafts Guild of St. Marys
County and charter member of
North End Gallery in Leonard-
town, Md.
She is survived by her chil-
dren: Charles M. Himmelheber,
Jr. (Linda) of Drayden, Md.,
Peter Himmelheber (Lillie) of
Leonardtown, Md., Anne Shirley
(George) of Sulpher, La., Merrie
Ruth Raley (LG) of Hollywood,
Md. and Eve Love of Holly-
wood, Md. She is also survived
by her grandchildren, Kristen
Keil, Rebecca Rice, Diane Lood,
Nancy Himmelheber, Susan Mc-
Donough, Merrie Thomas, Ran-
some Shirley, David Raley, Kar-
en Raley and Stephanie Love,
and 14 great-grandchildren and
two great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Charles, son William G.
Himmelheber, her sister Kathryn
Childrey Frasier and her brother,
Albert Barbour Childrey, Jr.
Monday, April 13, 2009, from 5
p.m. until 8 p.m. in the Brinsfield
Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood
Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.
A Memorial Service was held
on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at
11 a.m. in Leonardtown Baptist
Church, 23520 Hollywood Road,
Leonardtown, Md. 20650. Inter-
ment was private.
In lieu of f lowers, memo-
rial contributions can be made to
Hospice of St. Marys,
P. O. Box 625, Leonardtown,
Md. 20650 and/or Cedar Lane
Auxiliary, c/o Nancy Duryea,
22680 Cedar Lane Court, Leon-
ardtown, Md. 20650.
funeral.com.
Arrangements provided by
the Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, Md.
Mar y Louise
Mattingly, 73
Mary Louise
Mattingly, 73, of
Chaptico, Md., died
April 12, 2009, at her
residence. Born May
13, 1935, in St. Marys
County, Md., she was
the daughter of the late
James Walter and Min-
nie Margaret Farrell Lac-
ey. She was the loving wife
of the late George Thomas
Mattingly, Sr., who preceded
her in death in 1977. She is sur-
vived by her children Priscilla
Mattingly of Oxon Hill, Md.,
Rosie Rosier of Indian Head,
Md. and George T. Mattingly,
Jr. of Chaptico, Md., as well as
five grandchildren. She is also
survived by her siblings Shirley
Knott of Chaptico, Md.; Dorothy
Trossbach and Ann Cheseldine,
both of Abell, Md.; John Lacey
of Clements, Md.; Ed Lacey,
Howard Lacey and Joe Lacey,
all of Avenue, Md.; and Andrew
Lacey of Compton, Md. She was
preceded in death by her sis-
ters Margaret Beatrice Hill and
Theresa Thompson. The fam-
ily received friends on Wednes-
day, April 15, 2009 from 5 tp 8
p.m. in the Mattingly-Gardiner
Funeral Home Chapel, Leonar-
dtown, Md. where prayers were
said at 7 p.m. A Mass of Chris-
tian Burial will be celebrated on
Thursday, April, 16, 2009, at 10
a.m. in Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, Bushwood, Md., with
Fr. Francis Early officiating. In-
terment will follow in the church
cemetery. Pallbearers will be
James Latham, James Matting-
ly, Kevin Rosier, Harry Rosier,
Bruce Knott and Ralph Knott.
Contributions may be made to
Hospice of St. Marys, P.O. Box
625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.
To leave a condolence for the
family, please visit www.mgf h.
com. Arrangements provided by
the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, P.A.
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Chesapeake Public Charter
School recently participated in
the Baltimore Museum of Indus-
try engineering challenges for Eg-
bert Safe Racers and the Theme
Park Challenge.
Students in grades 1-3 par-
ticipated in the Egbert Challenge
on Saturday, March 21. Winning
first place for the state in Divi-
sion 1 were first grade students
Lanie Funya, Carolyn Crawford
and Sydney Naluai with their car
Eggys Lodge. Winning second
place for Division 1 were Matthew
Williams, Connor Shaffer and
Nate Albers with their car The
Amps. The Flames, with Kaia
Adriani, Matthew Jarvis, Madison
Marigliano and Eve Harding took
the Safe Racer Cup for designing
a car that traveled 33-0.
Teams were coached by teach-
ers Kim Weaver and Sona Bonds.
On Saturday April 4, fourth
grade students Andrew Williams,
Javari Barber, Zak Albers and
Kiet King won second place for
the state Theme Park Challenge.
Their team was called The Wiz-
ards of Oz. The winning coach
was fourth grade teacher Molly
Kilcoyne.
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Chesapeake
Charter Wins
at Engineering
Challenge
Hollywood Elementary School is the ffth school to capture the En-
ergy Flag this school year. They achieved top energy savings for the month
of February 2009, with a 22 percent reduction in electric consumption
compared to February 2008. This saved 16,800 kilowatt-hours, which
equates to $1,100.
The fag was presented to the school during morning announcements
on April 1, 2009, and will be fown at the school for approximately one
month. After that, it will be presented to another school that has achieved
this honor.
Hollywood Elementary Named Top
Energy Saver
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Wr iter
St. Marys County Public Schools has an-
nounced the selection of Therese Gittens, a sec-
ond-grade teacher at Lexington Park Elementary
School, as its 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year.
I think the offcial announcement came out
the Tuesday during spring break, said Gittens,
taking a moment to relax before school let out for
the day. With regards to her recent honor, she said,
Im really humbled by it. I didnt go into teaching
to win awards. Ive never won anything. Never! I
maybe got a piece of gum or something when I was
little, but never anything big like this.
Gittens joined the school system in 2003 in
the position she currently holds, but before that,
she served as an elementary classroom teacher
in Sacramentos City Unifed School district. She
boasts a bachelors in early childhood education,
and earned her masters in education by taking on-
line classes last year, but according to Gittens, her
training as a teacher began much sooner than that.
I started school late because I already had a
family and I did all the mommy-things in school
and thats where I guess my education started, she
said, adding that teaching, for her, also began as a
way to connect with people.
Initially when I went to school, I majored
in computer science, and I didnt really get to in-
teract with people that much, so there was this ad
on campus that said they were looking for people
to join the teaching program, she said, explain-
ing that her calling had come to her whilst taking a
class her senior year.
I changed my major to childhood develop-
ment and my senior year I had to take this class,
and I volunteered at a school and I just knew when
I walked in there and I worked with the kids and
the teachers, she said. Once I took that class, it
was very overwhelming for me. I almost cried in
the class and I had to tell them thats what I really
wanted to do, become a teacher.
Susie Fowler, Principal at Lexington Park El-
ementary, said she had worked with Gittens before
while in Charles County, and had been happy to
continue their relationship when she accepted her
position as principal.
It was really exciting for me to know that
thered be a familiar face on the faculty, and its
been fun working with her again, said Fowler.
Ive seen that she has continued to develop her
skills over time from when we worked together be-
fore until now, and she is a teacher on our staff that
other teachers come to for advice, so shes really
well-respected by her peers.
Gittens will go on to represent the school
system as a candidate for Maryland Teacher of the
Year, the award for which will be announced at a
banquet held in Baltimore on Oct. 2. The Maryland
Teacher of the Year will also be a candidate for Na-
tional Teacher of the Year.
In the meantime, Gittens said she has
been happy just doing what she loves most. One
thing though is that if you get the national award,
you get to go to the White House and meet the
president, she said, fanning herself as she smiled.
I really cant think of anything more exciting.
Gittens Named Teacher of the Year
The lion costume in the flm Wizard
of Oz was made from real lions.
Photo by Andrea Shiell
Therese Gittens, pictured here with one of her second-
grade students, is this years Teacher of the Year for St.
Marys County.
By Andr ea Shiell
Staff Wr iter
The St. Marys public school
system hired 165 new teachers in
2007-08 compared to 124 for the
current year, a drop of 41 teachers,
according to a report presented to
the St. Marys Board of Education
on Wednesday, Apr. 15.
As some incentive programs
for new hires face cuts, and fewer
teachers are expected to retire in
light of the economy, further de-
creases in new teacher hires are
expected in the next year.
So far were still in the re-
cruiting season, so I would suspect
that because of the economy, that
we will have less, said Edward
Weiland, human resources direc-
tor for St. Marys County Public
Schools, as he explained that a
downward trend in new hires could
be expected in the next year, de-
spite the opening of Evergreen El-
ementary School.
We can say we have less re-
tirees right now than weve had in
previous years, and I attribute that
to the economy, and people being
reluctant to retire when theyre eli-
gible, said Weiland.
Human resources offcials
may also face cuts in two of the
areas most popular teacher incen-
tive programs, including signing
bonuses for new teachers with
GPAs of 3.5 or higher, and salary
enhancements for teachers who
earn their National Certifcation.
They are very good programs
because they are incentives to bring
people into the teaching profes-
sion, said Weiland. Im keeping
my fngers crossed that the state
legislators, as well as the federal
government and the county com-
missioners, will assist with some
of the programs that they have sup-
ported in the past, but again we all
face diffcult budget constraints,
so we have to wait to see what
develops.
The reduction in new hires
comes as administrators admit
a persistent shortage of special
education, physical therapy, math-
ematics, and career and technology
education personnel, despite the
school system hiring 24 new spe-
cial education teachers last year.
Special education, occupa-
tional therapists, physical thera-
pists, and sometimes math and
sciences are areas where we have
diffculty, depending on the year.
But those areas overall are the ones
that weve been focusing on, and
will be focusing on this year, he
said.
The report also revealed a
large gender gap in new hires and
existing teaching personnel, as
well as signifcant racial and eth-
nic gaps, though numbers from
2007-08 indicate that minority
hires have increased by 6 percent
to 16.13 percent this year, putting
the system even closer to its goal of
20 percent.
Offcials have identifed the
disparity as cause for more ag-
gressive recruitment of not only
minorities but men, who currently
make up only 17.74 percent of the
countys teaching staff across all
grade levels, down nearly 3 percent
from 2007-2008, and nearly 6 per-
cent over the last fve years.
As far as our recruiting ef-
forts, we are defnitely looking
across the board and attempting to
get more males in the elementary
level, but again, they have to be out
there, said Weiland.
New Teacher Hires Decrease
Report Reveals Gains, but Further Decreases Expected
Michael J. Martirano, superinten-
dent of schools, announced at the April 15
Board of Education meeting that the last
day of school for students in St. Marys
County Public Schools will be Friday,
June 12, 2009, and the last day for teach-
ers will be Monday, June 15, 2009.
Three school days were lost this
school year due to inclement weather con-
ditions. This allows the school year to be
shortened by two days, since only three of
the fve inclement weather days built into
the calendar were used.
Tuesday, June 9, will be a regular
day of school with all morning and after-
noon pre-kindergarten students attending
school on a normal schedule. June 9 will
be the last day of school for afternoon pre-
kindergarten students.
Wednesday, June 10, will be an
early dismissal day with morning pre-
kindergarten students attending school.
Afternoon pre-kindergarten sessions will
not be held on June 10.
Thursday, June 11, will be an early
dismissal day with morning pre-kinder-
garten students attending school. After-
noon pre-kindergarten sessions will not
be held on June 11. June 11 will be the
last day of school for morning pre-kinder-
garten students.
Friday, June 12 will be an early dis-
missal day for students in grades K-12.
Pre-kindergarten students will not have
school on June 12.
Other adjustments to the calendar
will be necessary if additional school
days are lost due to inclement weather or
emergency situations.
School System
Calendar Changes
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Man J ailed, Accused Of Fir ing Shot s At Vict ims
On April 11, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. deputies responded to
a residence in Mechanicsville, for the report of a subject
discharging a frearm in a residential area. Investigation
revealed William H. Lewis, 43, of Mechanicsville was in-
volved in an altercation with the male victim over family
issues. Lewis exited his residence and is alleged to have
discharged a .380 caliber handgun at the victims then re-
treated back inside the residence. The victims were not
injured as a result of the gunfre. Contact was made with
Lewis without incident. A records check revealed Lewis
to be a convicted felon who was in possession of a frearm.
Lewis was placed under arrest, charged with two counts
of reckless endangerment, possession of a regulated fre-
arm by a convicted felon and incarcerated in the detention
center.
Woman Ar r est ed, Char ged With Shoplift ing
On April 8, 2009 at 8:15 p.m. two loss prevention
employees of the Wal-Mart Super Center in California
observed a female suspect receive three articles of ladies
clothing from three other unidentifed females in the re-
tail area. The suspect then allegedly put the articles of
clothing, valued at $19, in her purse and attempted to leave
the store without paying for them. The suspect was de-
tained by the loss prevention employees. Deputy Timothy
Snyder responded and arrested Alexis Washington, 19, of
Fredericksburg, Va. and charged her with theft. She was
incarcerated at the St. Marys County Detention Center to
await a bond review.

Juvenile Char ged With Mar ijuana Possession
On April 8, 2009 at 10:45 p.m., Deputy Michael Li-
causi and Deputy First Class Kevin Meyer responded to a
Lexington Park residence at the request of a parent who
believed a juvenile living in the residence was in posses-
sion of marijuana. The deputies contacted the 16-year-old
female and ascertained she was in fact in possession of a
small amount of alleged marijuana.
The juvenile was charged accordingly and released
to a parent.

Young Man Ar r est ed For Mar ijuana Possession
On April 9, 2008 at 12:20 a.m., deputies responded to
a noise complaint at a Leonardtown residential complex
and observed a large group of individuals outside in the
parking lot consuming alcoholic beverages and behaving
boisterously. As the deputies approached, one individual
quickly walked away in a suspicious manner and appeared
to deposit something in a nearby vehicle. As Deputy First
Class Charles Dodson confronted the suspect, he observed
a baggie of suspected marijuana on the ground where the
suspect had been standing, and a second, similar bag on
the foorboard of the vehicle the suspect had just entered.
Dodson seized the two baggies of marijuana and arrested
the suspect, a 17-year-old male from Leonardtown. He
was charged with possession of marijuana and transport-
ed to the Cheltenham Youth Detention Facility. The sus-
pect was already on probation and electronic monitoring
through Juvenile Justice for previous offenses.
Men Indict ed For Cocaine Dealing
Vice/Narcotics Detectives identifed Barry Cedric
Stout a.k.a. BC, age 26 of Lexington Park, as an alleged
distributor of cocaine. As the investigation continued,
detectives made undercover purchases of cocaine from
suspect Stout. After a case review with States Attorney
Richard D. Fritz, the case was presented to the St. Marys
County Grand Jury and multiple arrest warrants were ob-
tained. Stout was indicted for three counts of distribution
of cocaine. He is currently awaiting a bond review and is
being held without bond.
Briefs
Punishment
Crime
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By Guy Leonar d
Staff Wr iter
A man from Nanjemoy was killed Sunday after his vehicle
collided with another at the intersection of New Market Turner
Road and Route 235 in Mechanicsville.
According to accident reports from the St. Marys County
Sheriffs Offce, Carlton Keith Wright, 70, was traveling east-
bound on New Market Turner Road in a black 2001 Chevrolet
Impala towards Route 235 when he failed to yield the right of
way at a fashing red light, crossed into the intersection and was
struck by a blue 2004 Dodge Stratus driven by Brian Ashley
Copsey, 24, of Mechanicsville.
The impact from the collision pushed Wrights vehicle
into a curb and caused it to fip over.
Wright was fown to the shock trauma center in Prince
Georges Hospital Center but died when he arrived.
His wife, Joan Wright, 70, and Copsey were evacuated to
the same hospital with serious injuries that were not life threat-
ening for either of them.
Police do not believe that either alcohol or speed caused
the crash, reports stated.
Police Investigating Fatal Collision
By Guy Leonar d
Staff Wr iter
The public defender for Michael Walker, a juvenile ac-
cused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl last year, has
fled a motion in county Circuit Court to have his clients case
dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, court records show.
Walker was set for a hearing Monday to argue for his case
to be heard in juvenile court, but his public defender, Luke
Woods, opted to try to have his case dismissed.
He was charged as an adult incorrectly, Woods said.
Walker is charged with both a third- and fourth-degree sex
offenses as well as second- degree assault. He faces up to 10
years in prison for the frst charges but if tried as a juvenile, he
could only be incarcerated until he was 21.
According to charging documents against Walker, fled in
December, the victim was visiting friends in a Lexington Park
neighborhood when she and a friend met the defendant, who
asked them if they would follow him into the nearby woods to
play a game of tag.
Charging documents alleged that when they began to play,
Walker, who had identifed himself as Tyler to the victim, ran
up behind her and grabbed her in a bear hug and put his hand
down her pants, touching her vagina.
The victim alleged in charging documents that she and her
friend were able to beat Walker back and escape.
The responding deputy reported that she spoke with Walk-
er, charging documents stated, and that he at frst said he was
nowhere in the vicinity when the incident occurred.
He later admitted to being in the woods with the two girls,
charging documents stated, but denied any wrongdoing .
Walkers case is set to go back before the court in May.
Juvenile Accused Of Sex Offenses Wants Case
Thrown Out
By Guy Leonar d
Staff Wr iter
According to reports from the county sheriffs offce,
nearly all of the assaults in the Town Creek community for a
15-month period occurred at Esperanza Middle School.
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron and several members of his
senior staff told residents this at a Tuesday night community
meeting to discuss crime in their neighborhood.
Lt. Eric Sweeney, who is in charge of law enforcement in
the community, said that not all of the assaults at the school
were necessarily serious, but that 25 out of the 32 assaults re-
ported originated there.
Sweeney said that the assaults appeared to be students
fghting amongst themselves.
Its disturbing to see that number of assaults, Sweeney
told The County Times. It has a lot to do with their age
group, the fact that theyre going to challenge authority and
challenge each other.
The statistics presented at the meeting were from Janu-
ary of last year through this March.
Cynthia Dale, a Town Creek resident and member of
the Citizens Advisory Committee, was surprised when she
heard the statistic at the meeting.
That was a little shocking, Dale said. Its pretty high
for a middle school.
Dale said, however, that she did not believe fghts
between students were a problem to consider for the
neighborhood.
I think its contained at the school, Dale said. I dont
think its an overall problem for the community.
School system offcials did not return phone calls for
comment as of press time.
Cameron also addressed concerns over vandalism and
property thefts along Town Creek Drive, the main road
through the community.
Statistics at the meeting showed that that was one of the
communitys biggest problems.
Cameron said that detective work had closed several bur-
glary cases in the area in the past year and that citizens should
keep a close eye out for suspicious activity and not hesitate to
call police.
Deputies are continuing to watch out for speeders also, a
problem that Town Creek residents say is a continual problem.
Town Creek is a safe neighborhood, Cameron said.
Quality of life crimes are very important to us.
If your gut tells you somethings wrong, it probably is.
Dale said that more police presence would still be a wel-
come sight in the community.
Weve had our mailbox smashed in and our house egged
and items taken from our front yard, she said. Maybe they
need to patrol more through the neighborhood.
But he (Cameron) is right, we dont have the problems of
other neighborhoods.
Most Assaults In Town Creek Occurred At
Middle School
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron speaks to Town Creek residents about recent
crime trends in their neighborhood at Town Creek Elementary School.
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There are many natural components of
aging and wrinkles are no exception. As we
age the skin becomes less elastic, thinner
and drier. The skin is also less able to pro-
tect itself from damage. As a result, wrin-
kles and fine lines can begin forming.
Some women experience deep wrin-
kles, while others have less visible lines.
Genetics can play a major role in determin-
ing the wrinkling factor of the skin. Take
a look at your mother's or grandmother's
skin. If they weren't prone to spending long
hours in the sun and refrained from smok-
ing cigarettes (sun exposure and smoking
can contribute to wrinkling), chances are
your skin will be somewhat similar as you
age.
Because many times people are judged
first by outward appearances, women can
become self-conscious of their wrinkles
as they get into their 40s and 50s. Today,
a number of procedures aimed at reducing
the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines
exist. The key is finding one that works for
you and your budget. Here are some op-
tions to consider.
* Gain a little weight:No one is advo-
cating going on an eating binge. However,
a new study published in the journal Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery analyzed pic-
tures of the faces of 186 pairs of identical
twins, along with extensive questionnaires
each twin filled out about lifestyle and skin
care. The study found that for twin pairs
under 40, the heavier one (a four-point dif-
ference in the Body Mass Index, or BMI)
looked significantly older. But surpris-
ingly, after 40, that same four-point differ-
ence in BMI made the heavier twin look
significantly younger. Once you reach 40,
it may pay to increase your weight by a few
pounds, which can fill out your face and
reduce the appearance of wrinkling.
* Explore wrinkle creams:Wrinkle
creams are found in department stores
and drug stores across the country. Most
promise dramatic results. It is unlikely that
you'll get the same results from creams and
lotions as you would from going under the
knife. But depending upon the ingredients
in the products, you could see improvements
in the skin over time. Most ingredients are
antioxidants that help reverse cell damage
caused by free radicals. Fruit acids are an-
other popular ingredient, which exfoliate
the skin to reveal newer skin underneath.
* Skin resurfacing: There are a num-
ber of treatments that "damage" the outer
layer of the skin to promote newer, younger
skin to grow in its place. Chemical peels,
dermabrasion, or laser resurfacing are just
some of these techniques. According to the
Mayo Clinic, laser resurfacing is an effec-
tive treatment for minor facial f laws. It can
wipe out fine to moderate wrinkles, liver
or age spots, correct uneven skin tones,
and even reduce the appearance of acne or
chickenpox scars. Because the epidermis,
or outer layer of skin, is removed, it's com-
mon to experience some irritation, redness
or itching on areas treated. It could take up
to two weeks before new skin forms and
you can remove bandages.
* Medicinal botulinum toxin type
A: This is the same bacteria that causes
food poisoning, marketed under the
popular name Botox(R). However,
in the medicinal version, a much
lower concentration is purified
and injected into muscles to pre-
vent contraction. When muscles
aren't contracted, the skin on top
of them f lattens and appears less
wrinkled. These types of injec-
tions are not good for all types
of facial wrinkles and cannot
reverse the ones caused by sun
damage. It is also discouraged to
use Botox around the mouth be-
cause these muscles are needed
for eating and talking.
* Injectable fillers: Collagen
fillers and other products are in-
jected under the skin to smooth out
wrinkles. They can be effective when
done correctly. However, in certain
cases the injection can appear uneven or
bumpy.
* Surgery:Surgery is one of the most
expensive options for treating wrinkles.
Face and eye lifts can pull the skin taut and
smooth out wrinkles.
Women's Guide to Younger Looking Skin
By Sean Rice
Staff Wr iter
In this era of lead-tainted Chinese toys,
reports of poison baby formula and con-
cerns about chemical food additives, Valerie
Deptula, owner of Good Earth Natural Foods
Company in Leonardtown, has a simple mes-
sage: Get back to the basics.
What are the basics? They include buy-
ing local produce, cooking from scratch with
naturally occurring ingredients and educat-
ing yourself about exactly what you are put-
ting in your body every day.
The basics dont include partially hydro-
genated cottonseed oil, high fructose corn
syrup, xanthan gum, phenylketonurics or the
host of other chemical concoctions that are in
mass-produced foods these days.
Were seeing problems from all these
food additives and processed food, high so-
dium, high fructose corn syrup, you know, all
the bad things, Deptula said in an interview
this week. And if you get back to the basics,
getting your fresh produce, cooking from
scratch, youll be a lot healthier, and the world
will be a lot healthier too, because thered be less waste.
In Deptulas opinion, the food industry in the United States
has strictly opted to make maximum profts, rather than provid-
ing nutritious products.
They put those preservatives in food for one reason,
so that the people in the business will make more money be-
cause the food wont expire as fast, but the thing is, thats not
the best thing to do for your body, Deptula said. Thats the
way America has thought about a lot of things: making the big
bucks as quick as you can and not worrying about whats down
the bend, so to speak, she said.
As owner of the countys only full-service, natural foods
grocery store, according to Deptula, the store owner has man-
aged to balance succeeding in a market dominated by processed
food and much larger companies by placing the highest priority
on the health of her customers.
Business is good, Deptula said. There is defnitely a
need, and my customers have made me grow. Im there because
of my customers.
Deptula bought the
shop in Leonardtown in
1999, when it was located
on the Square, next to what
is now Caf Des Artistes.
Almost three years ago,
Good Earth moved to a new
building on Park Avenue,
and tripled in size.
A walk through the
store reveals a full line of
food products and dietary
supplements that provide
nearly every alternative
imaginable to the mass-pro-
duced food industry. If you
can think of a natural prod-
uct that Good Earth doesnt
have in stock, the staff will
do their best to get it in.
We do a lot of special
orders. People will come in
and everyone has their own
shampoo, their own de-
odorant, so if we dont have
it, and as long as we can get in from one of our distributors,
well be happy to order it, she said.
Customers might be happy to fnd out there is a computer
station set up in the store, with recipes and information on
supplements and natural food benefts.
Were there to answer your questions, and if we cant
answer your question, well research it, Deptula said.
Back in 2000, Deptula helped organize the frst Earth
Day celebration in St. Marys County. This Sunday is the ninth
annual Earth Day on the Square event that she has helped
organize.
It all depends on the weather; if its a nice day its a
wonderful event, she said. It grows every year we get a
couple thousand people.
About 80 businesses and organizations are participating
in the event, which this year extends from the Squaare down to
Leonardtown Wharf.
There will be free kayaking and canoe rides, live birds of
prey, free entertainment, games for children, demonstrations
and more.
Its just a nice day, and everythings free, Deptula said.
Its a good time.
Good Earth Owner Striving to Make Earth Day Every Day
If You Go
The ninth annual Earth Day Cele-
bration on the Leonardtown Square and
at Leonardtown Wharf is this Sunday.
Join the free celebration in Leonar-
dtown from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. April 19,
for live music and entertainment, kay-
ak and canoe rides, puppet show, face
painting, childrens crafts, animal res-
cue groups, conservation information
and environmental demonstrations,
plants for sale, and more.
The event is sponsored by the Leon-
ardtown Business Association, Com-
missioners of Leonardtown, Quality
Built Homes, and other local business
partners. For more information call
301-475-9791.
Photo by Frank Marquart
Valerie Deptula, owner of Good Earth Natural Foods Company in
Leonardtown.
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personal tastes. For parents deco-
rating a childs room, however, that
personal taste often takes a back-
seat to functionality, safety and, of
course, the ever-changing likes and
dislikes of the child.
To many parents, involving
children in the decorating process
is an enjoyable experience, as Mom
and Dad get to see what their son
and daughter cares most about
while spending quality time with
their kids along the way. Whether
a child is already in the home or
theres one on the way, consider the
following tips when decorating a
home where children will roam.
Differentiate between cer-
tain areas of the home. When deco-
rating a home, parents shouldnt
fret that the entire home now needs
to be kid-friendly. While the entire
house should be safe for kids, cer-
tain areas can be designated adults
only, such as home ofces or home
gyms.
Such adults-only areas should
be closed off, ideally with a door
that can be locked. If a door cannot
be installed, use a gate high enough
to keep kids from getting into the
room.
Involve the kids. While you
likely wont seek the advice of kids
when decorating a sitting room or
dining room, if youre decorating
kids bedrooms seek their input. A
childs bedroom shouldnt be about
Mom and Dads tastes, but rather a
reection of the childs. Not all sug-
gestions will become reality, but
kids will be happier with a room
that reects their interests.
Keep certain items within a
childs reach, and certain items be-
yond their grasp. Another element
to safely decorat-
ing a home involves
what a child should
and should not have
access to, and decorat-
ing accordingly.
Be sure that items chil-
dren are allowed access to are
within their reach. Otherwise, re-
silient kids will seek ways to nd
their favorite cereal bowls or the re-
mote control, and that could lead to
an accident. Nothing a child is al-
lowed access to should be stored in
a place they need to climb to. Make
sure kids can reach these items
from the oor.
On the other hand, certain
items should always be kept out
of the reach of children. This in-
cludes cleaning products, plants or
owers (which can be fun for kids
to toss around), sharp cutlery, and
any other items that can harm kids
or encourage them to make a mess
around the house. When decorating
the kitchen, keep in mind what kids
can and cant access and design the
kitchen accordingly.
Choose furniture that can be
washed. While leather chairs and
sofas might have been ideal for the
single life, such furniture is not best
for homes with children. Choose
furniture fabrics that are easy to
wash, and consider covering all fur-
niture with removable slipcovers.
Another thing to look for when
decorating a home with children is
furniture that boasts patterns that
can hide the inevitable stains that
come with kids. Floral or plaid pat-
terns can do wonders with respect
to hiding spilled glasses of juice or
the occasional dropped snack.
Also, parents of infant chil-
dren should avoid furniture with
sharp edges. Once a tyke begins to
crawl or walk, such furniture can
become a signicant safety issue.
Keeping Kids in
the Mix When
Decorating a Home
When
decorating a
home, parents
should seek the
input of their children to
ensure the kids enjoy the home
as much as Mom and Dad will.
The County Times
A House is
a Home
American Dreams Unveils Green Dream Home
By Sean Rice
Staff Writer
The publ i c i s i nvi ted to an open house Apri l 25 at Ameri can
Dreams modul ar home company i n Hughesvi l l e to wi tness rst-
hand i ts new Greenhaven model , whi ch i s bei ng cal l ed the
most energy ef ci ent home i n Southern Maryl and.
Chi p Cousi neau, owner of Ameri can Dreams,
sai d that cl ai m i s not j ust an adverti si ng sl o-
gan: They have conducted several energy
ef ci ency tests to back up that cl ai m.
They tol d me when they di d the
scori ng, they have never had an ef-
ci ency score any l ower, and the
l ower the better, i n a home wi th
a conventi onal heati ng system,
Cousi neau sai d.
Havi ng a home i n the
Energy Star Program i s one
thi ng, havi ng i t score a ve-
star pl us i s taki ng i t to a whol e
new l evel , he sai d. Thi s i s
the highest category a home
can be pl aced i n.
Ameri can Dreams hi red
Southern Maryl and El ectri c
Cooperati ve to conduct thei r En-
ergy Star Program tests on the
Greenhaven.
Cousi neau sai d SMECOs program
i ncl uded three tests.
I n the bl ower door test a f an and a com-
puter i s hooked up to the f ront door and the home i s decom-
pressed to detect where any ai r l eakage may be.
I f you ve got a l ight socket or an el ectri cal outl et thats
not seal ed properl y, i t whi stl es at you, you can feel the ai r
comi ng through i t, Cousi neau sai d.
SMECO al so conducted a duct bl aster test whi ch de-
tects any l eaks i n the heati ng and ai r condi ti oni ng system,
and an i nf rared test whi ch i ndi cates any other l ocati ons
where heat may be l ost.
Af ter they come up wi th al l these numbers, they i nput i n
i nformati on i nto computers and compare i t to a regul ar home,
Cousi neau sai d, addi ng that al l el ectri cal components are f ac-
tored i n, i ncl udi ng al l appl i ances and l ighti ng.
Wi th al l detai l s f actored i n, SMECO sai d i t woul d cost
$1,857 a year i n el ectri c costs to power the 2,000 square-foot
Greenhaven model , whi ch equates to a monthl y el ectri c bi l l of
$154.
Ameri can Dreams, whi ch has been i n busi ness for 19 years
at i ts l ocati on across f rom the new Harl ey Davi dson deal ershi p,
has certi cates on di spl ay i n the of ce f rom the U.S. Envi ron-
mental Protecti on
Agency i ndi cati ng
the home has the
best rati ng possi bl e.
Its not j ust a
feel -good thi ng, I ve done somethi ng good for the worl d, i ts an
i nvestment that makes perfect sense, Cousi neau sai d.
Even the crawl space i s 100 percent seal ed and cl i mate con-
trol l ed, so no moi sture bui l ds up.
Not even a mouse can get i n, Cousi neau sai d. You l l
never need a mousetrap i n thi s home.
The Greenhaven home on di spl ay, wi th upgrades shown,
i ncl udi ng grani te countertops, costs $220,000. The basi c model
wi th al l Energy Star features i ncl uded i s $194,000, whi ch i n-
cl udes al l setup and ni shi ng costs. A buyer woul d have to onl y
have a cl eared parcel of l and and Ameri can Dreams does the si te
work and bui l ds the foundati on.
American Dreams has certi cates on display in the of ce
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicating
the home has the best ef ciency rating possible.
Photos By Sean Rice
Chip Cousineau, owner of American Dreams, shows off the 1-inch thick insulating foam that is sprayed on every
wall of the home, including the crawl space.
The County Times
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A House is
a Home
When the weather
warms, homeowners of ten
ock to thei r backyards to
entertai n, rel ax and enj oy
the great outdoors. But of-
tenti mes the work and mai n-
tenance that i s i nvol ved wi th
keepi ng a yard l ooki ng i ts
best can negate the rej uvenat-
i ng ef fects of spendi ng ti me i n
an outdoor space.
Lucki l y, there are ways
to cut down on the yard mai n-
tenance so you can f ree up
more opportuni ti es for si t-
ti ng back and rel axi ng wi th
f ri ends and f ami l y. Consi der
these ti ps f rom By the Yard,
I nc., manuf acturer of durabl e
outdoor f urni ture made f rom
recycl ed materi al s.
1. Choose nati ve pl ants
and perenni al s: Lets f ace i t,
as rewardi ng a hobby as gar-
deni ng can be, i t does requi re
an i nvestment of ti me and
energy. By choosi ng pl ants
wi sel y, you can cut down on
the number of pl ants that per-
i sh and need to be repl anted,
and you can al so take a hands-
of f approach to gardeni ng. Pe-
renni al s wi l l bl oom each year
and won t have to be repl anted
every season. Fi l l your yard
wi th many perenni al s and
then add col orf ul annual s to
ower pots and other contai n-
ers to l l i n the gaps wi th l i ttl e
ef fort.
2. Look for mai ntenance-f ree outdoor
f urni ture: Who wants to spend season af ter
season scrapi ng or pai nti ng outdoor f urni ture
that hasn t stood up agai nst the weather? Many
types of outdoor pi eces have to be protected
f rom the el ements, i ncl udi ng bei ng covered or
put away duri ng nasty weather. That adds up
to more of a headache than homeowners need.
Mi l k hel ps bui l d strong bones, and recycl ed
mi l k j ugs hel p bui l d strong, mai ntenance-f ree
f urni ture. The over 90 product designs f rom By
the Yard (www.bytheyard.net) are made i n the
USA of High Densi ty Pol yetheyl ene (HDPE)
f rom recycl ed mi l k contai ners and pl asti c water
bottl es. Unl i ke most other pl asti cs, the mate-
ri al used to f abri cate the f urni ture i s consi dered
col orf ast. It wi l l not f ade more than 3 percent
over a 10-year peri od. Thi s i s f urni ture you
never have to repl ace or put away, rather si mpl y
enj oy al l season l ong.
3. I nvest i n a spri nkl er system:Wateri ng a
yard by hand can take a l ot of ti me and may
not be ef ci entl y wateri ng the l awn and pl ants.
Spri nkl er systems take the work out of water-
i ng by automati cal l y depl oyi ng at ti mes pro-
grammed by you. Thi s way you can schedul e
the spri nkl ers to turn on i n the earl y morni ng,
when you may have al ready l ef t for work, of-
ten consi dered the best ti me of the day for wa-
ter penetrati on and preventi on of evaporati on.
Spri nkl ers and dri p i rrigati on systems come i n
many designs and can be customi zed for your
needs. When set up correctl y, they can be an
eco-f ri endl y way of wateri ng the l andscape.
4. Consi der l awn al ternati ves: A beauti f ul
l awn may be a sight to behol d, but for many ho-
meowners the work i nvol ved, i ncl udi ng sowi ng
the seeds, ferti l i zi ng and mowi ng, make the -
nal product bi ttersweet. Look to groundcovers,
pavers, cl over and other l andscapi ng i deas to
break up the amount of l awn i n your l andscape.
I f you have young chi l dren or pets who are no-
tori ous for wreaki ng havoc on a l awn, you may
want to cut down your l awn rati o even f urther.
I f you have your heart set on rol l i ng acres of
pri sti ne beauty, hi re a servi ce that can do the
mai ntenance for you.
5. Thi nk about how you use your outdoor
space:Whether you l i ke to si t outsi de and rel ax
or are more i nto f requent entertai ni ng, design
your space around these f actors. Thi s way you
don t have f urni ture or other yard accessori es
that i nterfere wi th your pl ans and requi re ad-
di ti onal care. Al so, l ook for i tems that can serve
mul ti pl e purposes, such as benches that can
hol d pl anters but al so be seati ng areas when
there are more guests around. How about f urni -
ture that can be kept out al l year l ong i f you l i ke
to entertai n outsi de no matter the season?
Wi th a few si mpl e ti ps you can spend l ess
ti me worki ng i n the yard and more ti me en-
j oyi ng i t.
5 Ways to Less
Maintenance in Your
Backyard
The County Times
By Linda Reno
Contr ibuting Wr iter
As most of us know, Capt. Ri chard Phi l l i ps
of the Maersk Al abama was rescued Sunday by
Navy Seal s operati ng of f the USS. Bai nbri dge.
I coul dn t hel p but thi nk how proud Commo-
dore Wi l l i am Bai nbri dge, for whom thi s shi p
was named, woul d be. You see, he too was
taken pri soner by pi rates i n 1803.
At the ti me of hi s capture, Bai nbri dge
was i n command of the Phi l adel phi a that ac-
ci dental l y ran aground of f Tri pol i (now Li bya)
on October 31, 1803. He and 306 of cers and
crew were taken pri soner and the shi p was
sei zed before i t coul d be successf ul l y scuttl ed
the worst naval l oss si nce the Revol uti onary
War.
Bai nbri dge and hi s crew endured over 19
months of capti vi ty. The of cers f ared better
than the ordi nary seamen, 300 of whom were
kept i n an ol d warehouse so smal l that they
coul d not al l l i e down at the same ti me af ter
i ntermi nabl e days performi ng sl ave l abor i n
the quarri es.
On February 16, 1804, Lt. Stephen Deca-
tur headed a vol unteer mi ssi on to destroy the
Phi l adel phi a. Usi ng a captured Tri pol i tan ketch
renamed the I ntrepi d, the crew hi d bel ow decks
whi l e Decatur and hi s pi l ot, i n di sgui se, gai ned
access to the harbor. Standi ng by was the Si ren
shoul d the mi ssi on encounter probl ems.
Twenty of the enemy was ki l l ed and the
Phi l adel phi a successf ul l y destroyed, wi th no
Ameri can casual ti es. As a resul t, Stephen De-
catur, then j ust 25 years ol d hai l ed as a hero,
was promoted to captai n
the youngest man ever to
achi eve that rank.
I m sure that many
of you have heard the
phrase my country,
ri ght or wrong. That
phrase was coi ned by
Stephen Decatur but
what he actual l y sai d
was Our country! I n
her i ntercourse wi th for-
ei gn nati ons may she
al ways be i n the ri ght;
but our country, right
or wrong! Decatur was ki l l ed
i n a duel at Bl adensburg, Md., on
March 22, 1820. As f ate woul d
have i t, Wi l l i am Bai nbri dge
served as hi s second.
There was a man f rom St.
Marys County who was a part of
the burni ng of the Phi l adel phi a.
Servi ng aboard the Si ren was Lt.
Mi chael Brown Carrol l , born 1768
at Susquehanna, a pl antati on of ap-
proxi matel y 200 acres that came i nto
the Carrol l f ami l y by the marri age of
Mi chaels f ather, Captai n Henry Carrol l ,
to Arami nta Thompson, a ni ece of Col . John
Rousby. Thi s was a part of the property taken
by the U.S. Navy when the Patuxent Naval Ai r
Stati on was bui l t i n 1942.
Carrol l was appoi nted as a mi dshi pman
on September 7, 1798, j ust i n ti me for the Qua-
si War wi th France and for the Barbary Coast
wars, and he saw acti on i n both. He was com-
mi ssi oned a l i eutenant on Apri l 10, 1802.
Af ter hi s servi ce i n the Medi terranean and
af ter servi ng a short ti me at the Norfol k Naval
Yard, Lt. Carrol l was assi gned to the New Or-
l eans Naval Stati on pri or to February 3, 1812,
where he was i n command of the Si ren wi th a
crew of 60. I n 1815 he was promoted to master
commandant.
On January 15, 1817, at age 49, Com-
mander Carrol l marri ed Mary Ann Ki ng
i n Somerset County, Md. She was probabl y
rel ated to El i zabeth Barnes Ki ng, wi fe of
hi s brother Henry James Carrol l (parents of
Thomas Ki ng Carrol l , governor of Maryl and,
1830-1831). I n 1818, they had thei r one and
onl y chi l d, a son named Henry James Carrol l
who di ed Apri l 14, 1884, at Susquehanna.
On August 12, 1822, Commander Carrol l re-
signed f rom the U.S. Navy.
Mi chael Brown Carrol l di ed Octo-
ber 29, 1831. Hi s obi tuary f rom the
November 7 edi ti on of The Nati onal
I ntel l i gencer read:
Di ed on the 29th ul t. at
Susquehanna, hi s l ate res. i n
St. Marys County, Capt. Mi -
chael B. Carrol l , aged about
63 years, l ate of the U.S.
Navy. He entered the na-
val servi ce earl y i n l i fe, i n
consequence of the great
depredati ons commi tted
by the Barbary Powers
on the commerce of our
country, i t became neces-
sary to send a eet i nto
the Medi terranean, Capt.
Carrol l , then a Mi dshi p-
man, was ordered to that
stati on, where he was se-
l ected as one of that gal l ant,
dari ng band, under Decatur,
to destroy the f ri gate Phi l a-
del phi a, under the f rowni ng
battl ements of Tri pol i . Capt. C.
reti red f rom servi ce to a more do-
mesti c l i fe, uni versal l y esteemed
by al l who knew hi m. He has l ef t a
di sconsol ate wi dow and an onl y chi l d
to mourn thei r i rreparabl e l oss.
I n 1960 the Carrol l f ami l y donated
to the St. Marys County Hi stori cal Soci ety a
number of i tems bel ongi ng to Mi chael Brown
Carrol l . Thi s i ncl uded a mi ni ature portrai t of
Commander Carrol l , hi s commi ssi on to l i eu-
tenant and a sword. The f ami l y stated that he
had been gi ven the sword by a promi nent Turk
af ter the Battl e of Tri pol i . It i s sti l l encased i n
the ori gi nal scabbard, l i ned wi th wood and
covered wi th l eather. These i tems are on di s-
pl ay at the Ol d Jai l i n Leonardtown.
Columnist Linda Reno
is a historian and genealogist
specializing in Southern
Maryland history. Mrs. Reno is a
member of the St. Marys County
Historical Society, St. Marys County
Genealogical Society, Charles County
Genealogical Society, Maryland Historical
Society and the Maryland Genealogical
Society. She has authored many books
and articles on local history. We
hope you will enjoy these articles
and welcome your comments
and suggestions for
future subjects.
A Journey Through Time A Journey Through Time
The Chronicle
Michael Brown Carroll
Baltimore to Buy
Mortgage of
Senator Theater
BALTI MORE (AP) The ci ty wi l l buy
the mortgage of the nanci al l y ai l i ng Senator
Theater, a hi stori c si ngl e-screen movi e house
f aci ng forecl osure aucti on, Mayor Shei l a
Di xon announced Sunday.
The 70-year-ol d theater stopped show-
i ng rst-run movi es l ast month af ter i ts own-
er f ai l ed to meet payrol l . The theater owes
$1.2 mi l l i on to 1st Mari ner Bank, whi ch had
schedul ed a forecl osure aucti on for Apri l 20.
The ci ty says i t wi l l forecl ose and auc-
ti on the theater. I f no one buys i t, the ci ty
woul d seek a new operator.
The Senator Theater i s the cornerstone
of the vi brant Bel vedere Square communi ty.
It woul d be a mi stake for the Ci ty to si t i dl e
and l et a Bal ti more l andmark have an un-
known f uture, Di xon sai d i n a statement.
I hope to see the Senator conti nue as
a rst-run movi e house or performi ng arts
venue, but, most i mportantl y, as a gatheri ng
pl ace for our communi ty l i ke i t has been for
the past 70 years, the mayor sai d. We be-
l i eve that i t i s necessary for the Ci ty to con-
trol the forecl osure process and not l eave to
chance the property bei ng purchased at auc-
ti on for another purpose.
A task force had recommended that Bal -
ti more of ci al s purchase the theater, whi ch
opened doors to the publ i c on October 5,
1939, and was added to the Nati onal Li st of
Hi stori c Pl aces i n 1999.
Deputy Mayor Andrew Frank sai d there
was a a substanti al amount of i nterest i n
the theater.
Wi th control of the property, we re con-
dent we can nd an end user who wi l l add
val ue down the road, Frank sai d.
WASHI NGTON (AP) The Capi tol
Vi si tor Center i s putti ng 50 new hi stori c
documents on di spl ay j ust months af ter
openi ng i n December as the rst stop for
vi si tors to Congress.
The documents on vi ew begi nni ng
Monday i ncl ude the rst draf t of l egi sl ati on
decl ari ng war on Germany duri ng Worl d
War I I . It shows that the Senate si mpl y
used a previ ous resol uti on decl ari ng war
agai nst Japan and repl aced the name wi th
Germany.
The center wi l l al so show the second
draf t of the U.S. Consti tuti on. On that draf t,
a l i st of states was repl aced wi th the phrase
``We the Peopl e of the Uni ted States. And
vi si tors wi l l see a bi l l draf ted by a young
Rep. Abraham Li ncol n of I l l i noi s i n 1849 to
abol i sh sl avery i n the Di stri ct of Col umbi a.
The documents are on l oan f rom
the Nati onal Archi ves and the Li brary of
Congress.
Capitol Puts 50 New
Historic Documents
on Display
Photo Cour tesy of St. Mar ys County Hi stor i cal Soci ety
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By Andrea Shiell
Staff Wr iter
Charl ie Kauf mans latest movie,
Synecdoche (pronounced Si h-NECK-
doh-kee, meani ng a part that character-
i zes the whole, or vice versa), may be hi s
most ambitious project to date, and a t-
ti ng mark as hi s di rectorial debut, but sev-
eral hal l marks that usual ly characteri ze
hi s wi ldly i nventive stories seem to have
been lost i n translation.
Its a shame, too, because Synec-
doche could have been (and should have
been) the most bri l l iant piece i n Kauf mans
al ready i mpressive l ibrary, which boasts
titles l i ke Bei ng John Mal kovich and
Eternal Sunshi ne of the Spotless Mi nd.
Synecdoche fol lows the story of
regional theater di rector Caden Cotard
(Phi l ip Seymour Hof f man), whose unhap-
py wi fe Adele Lack (Catheri ne Keener)
packs her bags near the begi nni ng of the
l m to pursue arti stic fame i n Germany
with the couples daughter Ol ive (Sadie
Goldstei n) and her creepy best f riend Ma-
ria (Jenni fer Jason Leigh).
Whi le he juggles an awkward near-
romance with hi s theaters box of ce em-
ployee, Hazel (Samantha Morton), a nev-
er-endi ng stream of degenerative physical
ai l ments that are never f ul ly explai ned,
and the usual midl i fe cri ses of bel ly ab
and broken relationships, Cotard earns a
lucrative MacArthur genius award and
uses the money to rent out a vast ware-
house i n Manhattan, where he attempts
to construct a scale model of hi s own l i fe,
with actors playi ng hi s wi fe, hi s exes, hi s
neighbors, and even hi msel f.
Of course there are compl ications.
Cotards doppelganger, played by Tom
Noonan, fol lows hi m everywhere and
pretends to be di rect-
i ng hi s play, obses-
sively catalogui ng
hi s characters deep-
est i nsecurities and
then acti ng them out.
Hi s new marriage to
actress Clai re (Mi-
chel le Wi l l iams) fal-
ters as he sti l l cl i ngs
to Adele and Hazel.
The fake Caden fal l s
i n love with the real
Hazel , whi le the real
Caden starts i rti ng
with the fake Hazel
(Emi ly Watson), and an actress hi red to
play a maid (Dianne Wiest) seems bent
on assumi ng every rol l onstage, i ncludi ng
Cadens character.
As i s typical with most Kauf man
yarns, ti me i s relative. One week i n Co-
tards mi nd translates to several years on-
screen, maki ng for a rather jumbled retel l-
i ng of the movies plots and subplots that
may lose or conf use some viewers as he
ashes back and forth between memories,
dreams, or rumi nations on both.
Whereas Kauf man has always rel ied
on a clever balance of drama and humor to
tel l hi s stories, there are very few moments
of levity i n Synecdoche, as he keeps
hi s characters more or less grounded i n
bleakness and despai r, and thi s persi stent
gloom damages what would otherwi se be
a beauti f ul study of a character struggl i ng
with regret, loss, fai lure, and hi s own i m-
pendi ng death.
Kauf man may have hit on a bri l l iant
character study with Synecdoche, but
theme and execution have a hard ti me l i n-
i ng up i n thi s movie, and the result i s a sto-
ry that drags, and characters that become
harder to relate to as the story progresses.
The i nventive plot seems true to form, but
the charm and wit that has characteri zed
hi s past work seems to make hi s latest of-
feri ng pale i n compari son, and it may be
fai r to say that thi s ti me, the great Charl ie
Kauf man may have bit of f a l ittle more
than the audience can chew.
Grade: C+
(Rel eased by Sony Pi ctures Cl as-
si cs; rated R for l anguage and some
sexual content/nudi ty; run ti me 124
mi nutes.)
No Green JellyBeenz
Rocks Hughesville
By Andrea Shiel l
Staff Wr iter
Wes Ryce, drummer and
manager for the Mechani csvi l l e
rock band, No Green Jel l yBeenz,
l aughed when asked how the col -
orf ul cover band deci ded on its
qui rky name.
Last summer I was i n
Nashvi l l e, he expl ai ned, and
the dressi ng room they gave us
had tabl es and tabl es of food,
he sai d, addi ng that the spreads
of di shes had remi nded hi m and
other members of the band of an
i nteresti ng (i f not i nfamous) cl ause i n one
of Van Hal ens touri ng contracts duri ng the
1980s.
Legend has it that Van Hal en had writ-
ten a cl ause i nto its contract speci f yi ng that
the band shoul d be suppl i ed a bowl of M& Ms
backstage, but that al l brown candi es shoul d
be removed. The famous no brown M& Ms
cl ause, mi xed with what Wes cal l ed a f ul ly
catered spread backstage at one of the bands
own shows, spawned joke af ter joke about
the f rivol ous demands that entertai ners have
made as the musi c i ndustry has conti nued to
i ndulge even thei r most ri di cul ous requests.
We real ly j ust started throwi ng out i deas
about how to make f un of famous peopl e and
the ki nds of thi ngs they do, he sai d, l i ke
what Van Hal en di d about banni ng certai n
col ors of M&Ms so someone sai d, Wel l
then, there wi l l be NO green j el l y beans! and
it stuck.
Wes sai d that the band members them-
selves tend to share some common musi cal
tastes.
For the most part, Id say most of us
are alternative or punk alternative, he sai d.
We re al l big Bl i nk-182 and New Found Gl o-
ry boys but we al ways try to do stuf f that
peopl e l i ke, he sai d.
Mauri ce Mo Money Owens (bass gui -
tar), Ri ch G-Money Guthri e (l ead guitar),
Ji mmy Epp (rhythm guitar), Wes McNasty
Ryce (drums), and vocal i st Al l en Espi nosa
have craf ted thei r stage show around a swel l -
i ng song l i st that has seen them coveri ng
everythi ng f rom AC/DC to Emi nem, and
drawi ng crowds of devoted party fans to
thei r shows i n the northern end of St. Marys
County.
Wes l aughed agai n as he expl ai ned some
of the chal l enges that he and hi s cohorts have
encountered whi l e performi ng.
We ve had multi pl e ti mes where the
power j ust went out, he sai d, addi ng that out-
ages have pl agued the band on several occa-
sions. Usual l y I l l keep pl ayi ng and i f we
can t get the power goi ng i n a few seconds or
so, then we l l stop.
Wes sai d he l ooks forward to pl ayi ng at
the bands most preval ent hot spot, the Hotel
Charl es i n Hughesvi l l e.
We perform a l ot of pl aces, but the hotel
woul d denitel y be our favorite, sai d Wes.
Whenever we re there, we al ways have a
good crowd and great energy, he sai d.
No Green Jel l yBeenz wi l l be perform-
i ng i n the party room at the Hotel Charl es
i n Hughesvi l l e on Saturday, Apri l 18, at 9
p.m. For more i nformation on show dates,
vi sit the bands web site at www.myspace.
com/nogreenjel lybeenz.
Photo cour tesy of No Green Jel l yBeenz
Rockers No Green JellyBeenz will be performing at the Ho-
tel Charles in Hughesville on Saturday, April 18.
The County Times
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Technology Fund hits
$21,644
The Technol ogy Fund, Phase Two of
the Gates Foundati on Grant, i s sti l l under-
way. To date $21,644 has been rai sed wi th
a goal of $30,000 by June 2009. Thi s f und
wi l l be used to sustai n the publ i c comput-
ers purchased wi th the Gates Grant and do-
nati ons of l ocal donors. A total of 16 new
computers have been i nstal l ed i n the l i brar-
i es. I ndi vi dual s and busi nesses i nterested
i n donati ng to thi s f und are asked to contact
Di rector Kathl een Rei f .
Randolph Br idgeman
to read at Open Mic
Poet Randol ph Bri dgeman, author of
two poetry books, South of Everywhere
and Mechani cs on Duty , and l ocal poet
Wendy Ki bl er wi l l be the openi ng readers at
a Poetry Open Mi c on Apri l 22 at Leonard-
town. Poets of any age can share a f avori te
or ori gi nal poem or come and l i sten. The
readi ng begi ns at 6:30 p.m.
Libr ar ies celebr ate Latin
Amer ican cultures at
Her itage Festival
The publ i c can expl ore the ri ch cul tures
of Lati n Ameri ca through musi c, food and
f un acti vi ti es at a Heri tage Festi val at Lex-
i ngton Park Li brary on Apri l 25 at 11 a.m.
Cantar wi l l entertai n wi th Spani sh and Por-
tuguese musi c. The festi val i s f ree and for
al l ages.

Master Gar dener s
offer gar dening help
The Master Gardeners wi l l resume thei r
drop-i n pl ant cl i ni cs f rom 11-1 on the rst
and thi rd Tuesdays at Lexi ngton Park start-
i ng Apri l 21, and the second and fourth Tues-
days at Leonardtown begi nni ng Apri l 28 and
the rst and thi rd Saturdays f rom 10 a.m. to
noon at Charl otte Hal l starti ng May 2.

Teen Movies and
Game Night planned
The l i brary s TAGs (Teen Advi sory
Groups) are sponsori ng f ree, f un events
for teens. On Apri l 30 teens can watch
the movi e, Hancock, wi th the other teens
at Leonardtown at 5:30 p.m. or pl ay Wi i at
Lexi ngton Park f rom 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. On
May 1 Transporter 3 wi l l be shown at Char-
l otte Hal l at 1 p.m. and I ndi ana Jones and the
Ki ngdom of the Crystal Skul l wi l l be shown
at Lexi ngton Park at 2 p.m. Al l three movi es
are PG-13 movi es. Snacks wi l l be provi ded
at al l the acti vi ti es.
LI BRARY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, April 16
SMCM Orchestr a
Per for ms
Beethoven, Elgar
SMCM Montgomery Hal l 7:30 p.m.
Texas Hold Em
Donovan s I ri sh Pub (Cal i forni a) 7:30
p.m.
Friday, April 17
Tiki Bar
Opening
Sol omans I sl and 5 p.m.
Texas Hold Em
VFW Post 2632 (23282 Three Notch
Rd.) 7 p.m.
Geezer
Do Dah Del i (Leonardtown) - 8 p.m.
DJ Mango
DragN I nn (Charl otte Hal l ) 9 p.m.
Saturday, April 18
Yar d Sale
The Northern Seni or Acti vi ty Cen-
ter Counci l wi l l be hol di ng a yard sal e
begi nni ng at 6:30 a.m., (rai n/shi ne) at
the Northern Seni or Acti vi ty Center
i n Charl otte Hal l . There wi l l al so be
some craf ters and vendors. Proceeds
wi l l benet the Northern Seni or Acti v-
i ty Center.
I f you have any donati ons (no
cl othes pl ease), they can be dropped
of f Fri day, Apri l 17, at the center. For
f urther i nformati on, cal l Pat Myers
301-884-8714.
Citizen Scr ap
Tire Drop-off Day
to be Held
The Ci ti zen Scrap Ti re Drop-Of f
Day wi l l be hel d at the St. Andrews
Landl l on St. Andrew s Church Road
i n Cal i forni a, Md. f rom 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Up to 10 ti res per vehi cl e (one tri p
l i mi t) wi l l be accepted. Ti res to be ac-
cepted i ncl ude both passenger and l i ght
truck ti res, as wel l as heavy truck and
agri cul tural ti res. I n addi ti on, both on-
ri m and of f-ri m ti res wi l l be accepted.
Commerci al vehi cl es and busi nesses
are prohi bi ted. Ci ti zens of St. Mary s
County may conti nue to bri ng up to ve
ol d scrap ti res per vi si t, f ree of charge,
to the St. Andrews Landl l year round.
Excessi ve l oads wi l l be assessed a fee of
$158 per ton.
Scrap ti res must be di sposed of
properl y. Ti res l l ed wi th water breed
mosqui toes, di sposal of ol d scrap ti res
can contri bute to mi ni mi zi ng the mos-
qui to popul ati on.
For more i nformati on, contact the
St. Mary s County Department of Pub-
l i c Works and Transportati on at (301)
863-8400, or vi si t our websi te at www.
co.sai nt-marys.md.us/dpw.
12th Annual Run &
Fun Walk for Hospice
Governmental Center (Leonardtown)
9 a.m.
Steak Night
VFW Post 2632 (23282 Three Notch
Rd.) 5 p.m.
Big Stack Texas
Hold Em
I zaak Wal kton Hal l (Hughesvi l l e) 7
p.m.
5th Annual Evening
for Greenwell
Be a part of the Park of Possi -
bi l i ti es at the 5th Annual Eveni ng for
Greenwel l . Enj oy l i ve musi c, danci ng,
cocktai l s and hors doeuvres at Lenny s
Banquet Room i n Cal i forni a, Md. Hel p
support the Greenwel l Foundati on s i n-
cl usi ve and accessi bl e horseback ri di ng,
summer camp, kayaki ng, and outdoor
nature programs hel d at Greenwel l State
Park.
Proceeds f rom thi s annual event
al so support Vacati ons for Vets, a re-
spi te program for wounded servi cemen
and women.
From 7 to 11 p.m. Lenny s Restau-
rant (Banquet Room) Cal i forni a, Md.
Busi ness casual dress. Cash bar Ti ckets:
$50.00 per person $90 for coupl e. Ti ck-
ets may al so be purchased at the door
for $55 per person. Ti ckets avai l abl e
onl i ne at www.greenwel l foundati on.
org.
Al l proceeds support the Greenwel l
Foundati on s i ncl usi ve and accessi bl e
horseback ri di ng, summer camp, kaya-
ki ng, and outdoor nature programs hel d
at Greenwel l State Park i n Hol l ywood,
MD. Sponsorshi ps are al so avai l abl e.
Pl ease vi si t www.greenwel l foundati on.
org for more i nformati on.
Fun & Appreciation
Night
For A Ni ght Of Fun & Appreci ati on At
Seasi de Vi ew Lounge (Ri dge, Md.) Featur-
i ng: The Soul f ul Journey Band W/ D.J. Cool
Breeze Starti ng @ 7 P.M. Buf fet- 8 P.M. Spon-
sored By: The Kni ghts Of St. Jerome Soci ety
Donati on- $10.
The Ballet Proj ect
CSM Fi ne Arts Center (La Pl ata) 8 p.m.
Nuttin Fancy Band
CJ s Back Room (Lusby) 8 p.m.
No Green JellyBeenz
& DJ Rob
Hotel Charl es (Hughesvi l l e) 9 p.m.
Sunday, April 19
All You Can Eat Breakfast
8 to 11 a.m. Val l ey Lee Fi re House Val l ey
Lee, Md. $8 Adul ts, $4 Chi l dren Ages 5-12,
Chi l dren Under 5 - Free.
Sponsored (And Prepared) By The 2nd
Di stri ct Fi re Dept. & Rescue Squad Auxi l -
i ary. For More I nf ormati on Contact: Darl ene
Johnson At 240-434-1095.
March of Dimes Walk
Leonardtown Square 9 a.m.
Souther n Mar yland
Pinewood Der by Cup
Mechani csvi l l e VFD -11 a.m.
Ear th Day Celebr ation
on the Leonar dtown
Square
12:30 - 4:30 p.m. Li ve musi c and enter-
tai nment, kayak and canoe ri des, puppet show,
f ace pai nti ng, chi l dren s craf ts, ani mal rescue
groups, conservati on i nformati on and envi -
ronmental demonstrati ons, pl ants for sal e, and
more.
Sponsored by Leonardtown Busi ness As-
soci ati on & Commi ssi oners of Leonardtown.
301-475-9791.
Bent Nickel Abates
14th Annual Blessing
of the Bikes
VFW (Cal i forni a) 1 p.m.
War d Vir ts Concer t Ser ies:
Thomas Pandol
CSM (Pri nce Frederi ck) 3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22
League of Women
Voter s Meeting
State Senator Roy Dyson wi l l be the fea-
tured speaker at the St. Mary s County League
of Women Voters meeti ng at St. Andrews
Church, Rte. 4, Cal i forni a, begi nni ng at 11:45
a.m. Senator Dyson wi l l di scuss the St. Mary s
County Water Commi ssi on Report.
Lunch wi l l be served at a cost of $12 pp.
As al ways, members of the publ i c are i nvi ted
to attend. For reservati ons, pl ease cal l (301)
373-5691.
The County Times
In 1847 near Adelaide, Australia on the banks of Jacobs
Creek, a young Bavarian immigrant named Johann Gramp
planted the Barossa Valleys rst commercial vineyard.
Johanns simple winemaking philosophy gave birth to
one of the worlds most popular brands of wine. The
philosophy, to create a wine that goes with any oc-
casion, is the foundation to Jacobs Creeks aim to
provide excellent quality and consistency in every
vintage of their wines.
Jacobs Creeks range consists of ve groups.
The Classic group is available for under $10 a bottle
and consists of a medium bodied Shiraz and a Shi-
raz Cabernet blend that go well with beef, lamb or
chicken. The full bodied Cabernet goes well with
meat and pasta. The medium bodied Cabernet Mer-
lot blend with its dark berry and chocolate avors
pairs well with pizza, pasta and cheeses, as does
the medium weight Merlot varietal. The Grenache
Shiraz boasting lots of fruity aromas pairs well with
meat, pasta and cheese. For white wine lovers, the
medium bodied Chardonnay is great with seafood,
poultry and pasta. The crisp, fresh and fruity Semi-
llon Sauvignon Blanc also pairs well with seafood,
poultry and pasta. The dry, crisp and elegant Riesling goes wonder-
fully with seafood and salads. With over 2 million glasses of Jacobs
Creek wines enjoyed around the world each day you cant go wrong
with whichever one you choose!
Today in
St. Marys County
we have many
wonderful options for
dining out. Each week we
will feature a local
restaurant and give our
readers an overview of what
they can enjoy on the menu
at each location.
Bon Apptit!
Cuisine
& More
Cuisine
Healthy Bites
From the moment you enter thi s waterf ront restaurant
i t i s very evi dent that owners Bi l l and Vi cki e Stewart take
pri de i n customer servi ce. There i s nowhere that you wi l l
nd a more accommodati ng staf f that goes out of i ts way
to make your di ni ng experi ence a posi ti ve one. Si tuated on
the Patuxent Ri ver, the vi ew f rom the di ni ng room i s f abu-
l ous. The menu of f ers a l arge sel ecti on of f abul ous seafood,
steaks, ri bs and chi cken di shes rangi ng i n pri ce f rom $15.95-
$29.95. I n-season seafood speci al s are avai l abl e at market
pri ce. For a l i ghter meal , sandwi ches, sal ads and appeti zers
are avai l abl e. A qui ck-serve l unch menu i s on hand f rom 11
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A f ul l bar i s on premi se and an extensi ve wi ne l i st of
l ocal Maryl and wi nes are served. The Waterman s Room i s a separate room of f ered for pri vate parti es.
The restaurant i s open Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday f rom 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Stop
by today to experi ence a comfortabl e, f ri endl y and casual waterf ront di ni ng experi ence.
By J.M. HI RSCH
AP Food Editor
Warm weather and a seri ous
caf fei ne habi t can make i t hard to
resi st those f ancy i ced j ava j ol ts
f rom the cof fee shop.
But shel l i ng out al l that
cash to suck down al l those cal o-
ri es can thi n your wal l et whi l e
pl umpi ng your wai stl i ne.
So I started ti nkeri ng wi th
at-home versi ons, tryi ng to come
up wi th somethi ng equal l y enti c-
i ng, l ess expensi ve and at l east a
l i ttl e heal thi er. And i f they were
f ast and easy, al l the better.
Heres what I lear ned:
Don t use regul ar i ce. As i t
mel ts, i t waters down the dri nk,
and watered down cof fee i s taste-
l ess at any temperature. I nstead,
pour brewed cof fee i nto i ce cube
trays and f reeze i t. Keep a bag of
these cubes i n the f reezer for use
whenever the mood stri kes.
Whi l e you certai nl y can brew a
pot especi al l y for thi s, i ts easy
(and economi cal) to f reeze the
remnants of each morni ngs pot.
Di tch ski m mi l k i n f avor of
f at-f ree hal f-and-hal f. Most stan-
dard ski m mi l ks l ack body and
taste. Fat-f ree hal f-and-hal f i s
remarkabl y creamy and works
wel l i n f rozen dri nks (i ncl udi ng
smoothi es).
I nvest i n avored syrups. These
are what the cof fee shops use
to j ui ce up thei r pri cey dri nks.
They come i n many avors and
are cheap. A 750-mi l l i l i ter bottl e
costs l ess than $10 and makes
about 25 servi ngs.
No espresso maker? Pi ck up a
j ar of i nstant espresso powder.
Its an easy way to add tons of
avor to an i ced cof fee dri nk.
Its al so great mi xed i nto baked
goods, such as chocol ate cakes
and browni es.
CARAMEL-
CHOCOLATE COFFEE COOLER
Star t to ni sh: 5 mi nutes Ser vi ngs: 2
1 doubl e shot espresso
1/2 cup f at-f ree hal f-and-hal f
1 cup cof fee i ce cubes
1 tabl espoon vani l l a avori ng
syrup
1 tabl espoon caramel avori ng
syrup
Whi pped cream, to top
Caramel sauce, to dri zzl e
I n a bl ender, combi ne the
espresso, hal f-and-hal f , cof fee
i ce cubes, and vani l l a and cara-
mel syrups. Puree unti l smooth,
then transfer to a tal l gl ass. Top
wi th whi pped cream and dri z-
zl e wi th caramel sauce.
Nutri ti on i nformati on per
servi ng (val ues are rounded to
the nearest whol e number): 164
cal ori es; 40 cal ori es f rom f at;
4 g f at (3 g saturated; 0 g trans
f ats); 20 mg chol esterol ; 25 g
carbohydrate; 3 g protei n; 0 g
ber; 102 mg sodi um.
Iced Coffees that are Easy
on Wallet and Waistline
On The Menu
On The Vine
t
Recipe
Star t to ni sh: 5 mi nutes
Ser vi ngs: 2
1 cup f at-f ree hal f-and-hal f
1 1/2 cups cof fee i ce cubes
3 tabl espoons chocol ate syrup
(the sort used to make chocol ate
mi l k)
1 tabl espoon sugar
Whi pped cream, to top
Zest of 1/2 orange
I n a blender, combi ne the
hal f-and-hal f, cof fee ice cubes,
chocolate syrup and sugar. Pu-
ree unti l smooth. Transfer to a
tal l glass, then top with whipped
cream. Spri nkle with orange zest
then dri zzle with chocolate syrup.
MOCHA ORANGE FREEZE
Nutr i ti on i nf or mati on per
ser vi ng (val ues ar e r ounded to
the near est whol e number): 234
cal or i es; 36 cal or i es f r om f at; 4
g f at (3 g satur ated; 0 g tr ans
f ats); 20 mg chol ester ol ; 39 g
car bohydr ate; 5 g pr otei n; 0 g
ber; 122 mg sodi um.
7320 Benedict Ave. Benedict, MD
301-274-2828
Jacobs Creek
Australian Wines
www.jacobscreek.com
The County Times
By Shelby Opper mann
Contr ibuti ng Wr iter
It sure was a beauti f ul , bl ue-sky Easter
Sunday thi s year. The ki nd I l ove where the
earl i est rays of the morni ng sun shi ne through
the purpl e, red and yel l ow cel l ophane cover-
i ng each Easter basket, gi vi ng the di ni ng room
tabl e a stai ned gl ass ef fect. I hope your Easter
day was j oyous and bri ght as wel l .
I di d, however, mi ss my mother-i n-l aws
l amb cake thi s year. We have found that you
can l eave out any manner of food, or other
types of cakes, al l ni ght, but you cannot l eave
a cake i n the shape of a l amb near Ti dbi t (our
sweet doggi e). Af ter my motheri n-l aw ac-
of an
Aimless

Mind
cused her son (my husband) of eati ng or mov-
i ng the cake, I came i nto the room and sai d I
had seen the tea towel that had been coveri ng
the cake sti l l i n the same pl ace on the tabl e.
Ti dbi t was so sl i ck that she got the cake out
f rom under the towel , ate i t and l ef t not a crumb
not even the dowel rod that hel d the head onto
the body. No more l amb cakes.
Speaki ng of food and cakes, I don t re-
al l y thi nk I eat that much. I probabl y shoul d
do some sort of exerci se I guess. But, you
know how most of the ti me we al ways thi nk
we are overwei ght (whi ch i s what I do most of
the ti me)? I have ti mes when I ve convi nced
mysel f I m i n pretty good shape and al though
not thi n, l ets say a heal thy wei ght. I l ook down
and thi nk i t l ooks OK l ooki ng strai ght down. I
thi nk, wow, I must be abl e to wear shorts thi s
year, and more sl eevel ess tops maybe even a
bathi ng sui t.
So of f I go once every year or so to try
on summer cl othes wi th buoyant hopes that
thi s wi l l be the year that everythi ng wi l l t
and I wi l l l ook good i n al l the new styl es. I
real l y don t l i ke cl othes shoppi ng I l i ke gro-
cery shoppi ng; that i s comfort and happi ness
to me. Wel l , I guess that expl ai ns everythi ng
ri ght there. I ve pi cked out my vari ous outts,
taki ng care to pi ck out happy col ors. Thi s i s a
very i mportant aspect of the experi ence for me.
I l ove yel l ow shi rts, even though I was tol d by
a l ady who di d my season col ors years ago i t
i s an awf ul col or on me. I don t even remember
what season I am.
Have you ever wondered where al l the f un
house mi rrors go f rom carni val s that go out of
busi ness? Wel l , they are i n tti ng rooms across
Ameri ca, and I know there i s one i n thi s one. I
know I can t real l y l ook l i ke thi s. I thi nk I feel
a wave i n the mi ddl e of thi s mi rror. I ve l ost
wei ght. Wasn t there an i nch of space around
my wai st i n my j eans? Let me try l ooki ng
down agai n. Not too bad. OK, back at the mi r-
ror. Good thi ng I brought those capri pants i n
here. Yes, bl ack, that l ooks better, except that
the wai st i s l oose and the hi ps are ti ght. How
about thi s tank top? As soon as my upper arm
stops wavi ng, I shoul d be abl e to tel l better. I
wi sh my mi nd woul d stop addi ng, My arm
doesn t qui t wavi ng unti l l ong af ter I ve sai d
goodbye.
Why i n the worl d di d I get a whi te tank
top, I j ust sort of bl end. I mi ght as wel l get
whi te pants as wel l , and everyone wi l l thi nk
I m i nvi si bl e. I f I was born 500 years ago, pal e
woul d have been i n I woul d have been cool
then. Touchy, touchy. I need to l eave thi s tti ng
room now. Ego and Id are i n a war, and I m i n
the mi ddl e of i t.
Wi th a heavy, exaggerated si gh, I hand
over al l the cl othes I ve tri ed on to the ki nd,
grandmotherl y cl erk at the tti ng room door.
She smi l es sweetl y, then turns and yel l s to
someone i n the back, Hey! Heres some more
summer rej ects. I n my dej ected state, I sl i nk
out wonderi ng di d she mean me or the cl othes?
Wel l , thi s was so much f un, I can t wai t to
do i t agai n i n another year, no ve, ten years.
Lucki l y, I have wonderf ul f ri ends who l et me
have al l thei r beauti f ul hand-me-downs whi ch
I am more than happy to wear.
To each new day s adventure,
Shel by
Pl ease send your comments or i deas to:
shel bys.wander i ngs@yahoo.com.
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Mirror, Mirror
Book Review
c.2009, Grand Central Publ i shi ng $25.99 / $28.99 Canada 384 pages
The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood
By Ter r i Schl ichenmeyer
Contr ibuting Wr iter
Remember when peopl e wrote l etters?
It went l i ke thi s: you spent l ots of ti me
putti ng your thoughts to paper and recreati ng
your day. When you were done, you fol ded
the paper, put i t i n an en-
vel ope wi th an address
and a stamp, tossed i t i n
the mai l box, then wai ted
forever for a repl y.
Ah, the anti ci pation.
I n the new book
Match Day by Bri an
Eul e, three medi cal stu-
dents eagerl y and ner-
vousl y anti ci pate a l etter,
al most l i ke the ol d days.
Onl y thi s l etter wi l l al ter
the course of thei r l i ves.
Every year i n
March, whi l e most of us
are hopi ng for warmer
weather, thousands of
medi cal students are
sweati ng. No matter how
l ai d-back they pretend to
be, not one of them can
stop thi nki ng about the
cul mi nati on of months
and months of travel ,
hard work and best behavi or.
On one certai n day i n March, i ts Match
Day.
Long before the i mportant day, students
vi si t hospi tal s around the country, undergoi ng
rounds of i ntervi ews and answeri ng ques-
ti ons. At the end of i ntervi ew season, the stu-
dents rank the hospi tal s at whi ch theyd most
l i ke to work. Hospi tal resi dency di rectors do
the same wi th students.
Youd al most have to be a math whi z to
understand how a computer pai rs thousands
of students wi th the hospi tal s and vi ce versa.
I n the end, though, the how doesn t matter
to the high percentage of medi cal students
who get a l etter conrmi ng resi dency at one
of thei r top choi ces. Thi s book i s about three
of them.
Rakhi Barkowski dreamed si nce she was
a l i ttl e gi rl of spendi ng her resi dency at UCSF
hospi tal s. But her husband, Scott, made a l ot
of sacri ces duri ng her years at med school .
When was accepted for a graduate program
at UCLA, Rakhi l earned that i n a high-pow-
er, dual -career marri age, sacri ces go both
ways.
Mi chel l e LaFonda
al ways wanted a f ami l y
al most as much as she
wanted to be a doctor,
but the road to radi ol ogi st
meant putti ng of f havi ng
chi l dren. Wi th the stress-
es of bei ng a resi dent, i t
al so meant aski ng hard
questi ons about personal
rel ati onshi ps.
Stephani e Chao had
a goal of bei ng a sur-
geon, but i t woul d take
ti me: years of resi dency,
fol l owed by years of fel -
l owshi p and l ong, unpre-
di ctabl e hours. Fortu-
natel y, she had an under-
standi ng boyf ri end.
Tel evi si on medi cal
dramas make i t l ook so
easy.
I n thi s del ightf ul
book, author Bri an Eul e fol l ows three doctors
f rom j ust before Match Day, through thei r rst
year of resi dency. Whi l e thi s i s an i nspi ri ng
true story, Eul e i sn t af rai d to be truthf ul : He
descri bes the angst and doubt that an i ntern
feel s, the al most-unbearabl e exhausti on, f rus-
trati on, l ack of f ami l y ti me, and the (some-
ti mes) decades of trai ni ng that a new doctor
endures. Sti l l , whi l e thi s bl untness wi l l make
some peopl e gl ad they went i nto another l i ne
of work, Eul es def tness of story and hi s hap-
py endi ng wi l l make others want to run out
and study for the MCAT.
Forget about tel evi si on. The real drama
i s here, so open thi s cover. For doctors, doc-
tor wanna-bes, or anyone who l oves a good
story, Match Day i s stri ki ng.
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Question
Interview
I nt er vi ew i ng: Ci ndy Bent l ey
Ms. Bentley is a tax preparer and has been working for Jackson Hewitt for the last ve years. As
St. Marys residents scrambled to get their returns in this year, she was kind enough to talk about
the trials and tribulations of tax preparation.
CT: What is the biggest mistake people make with their tax returns?
CB: The biggest mistake is that a lot of people believe they should be the head of the household,
(those) who are making very small incomes, because theres a child in the house. They dont un-
derstand that if theyre receiving any kind of subsidized housing, or if theyre receiving any kind of
help, then they have to claim theyre getting that. So they believe that they deserve to be in a better
ling status than they truly are.
CT: Have you all gotten a lot of questions about the new stimulus program?
CB: We get a lot of questions on it, and we stay up with it every single day to nd out whats going
on with it. The biggest one right now is were getting from Social Security a $250 lump sum added
to Social Security. A lot of people are starting to ask about that, because people that make Social
Security generally dont have to le taxes, so we dont deal with them that often, unless theres
something like the economic stimulus rebates.
CT: Do you have any advice for people doing their taxes this year?
CB: Save those receipts! Just inform yourself as to what your deductions are, and save those
receipts Theyll come in handy at some point, and if you dont need them at the end of the year,
the garbage can is always waiting.
By Andrea Shiel l
Staff Wr iter
Rebecca Kessl er, manager for
home- and communi ty-based ser-
vi ces for St. Marys County, smi l ed
as she wal ked through the Vi vi an
Ri ppl e Adul t Day Servi ces Center i n
Hol l ywood.
Kessl er sai d that she and her staf f
had been busy prepari ng for thi s week-
ends open house, whi ch wi l l be hel d
on Saturday, Apri l 18, f rom 1 to 5 p.m.
For her, thi s wi l l be a chance to hi gh-
l i ght some of the centers programs to
draw i n new parti ci pants, whi ch are
needed to hel p mai ntai n f undi ng for
programs.
We have a f ul l staf f i n here. We
have ve certi ed nurses assi stants, we
have a soci al worker, we have a seni or
ai de, she sai d, addi ng that the team al so i ncl udes regi stered nurses and acti vi ti es professi onal s, as
wel l as an army of vol unteers hel pi ng wi th the centers uni que approach to seni or care.
Everybody thats here gets medi cal supervi si on where thei r medi cati ons are admi ni stered,
i f they have some; bl ood sugars are taken i f they need them. We do a f ul l assessment every 90
days, and we do i t every 30 days here, but wi th state regul ati ons we do i t every 90, so we re
maki ng sure everybody i s i n great heal th, she sai d, l aughi ng as she added that between games,
exerci ses, horti cul ture cl asses, and other acti vi ti es, vi si tors and the centers 37 parti ci pants of ten
overl ook the medi cal servi ces of fered.
A l ot of the peopl e here are medi cal l y f rai l , and they have a l ot of needs. I f they weren t
here, theyd be home al one and probabl y si ck, or they woul d be i n a nursi ng f aci l i ty. Thi s way they
can sti l l stay wi th thei r f ami l i es and come here duri ng the day whi l e thei r f ami l y members are at
work, she sai d, addi ng that costs can be covered wi th Medi cai d or grant programs.
Kessl er sai d that bri ngi ng these detai l s to the publ i cs attenti on woul d be a great focus for the
upcomi ng open house, because enrol l ment has gone down i n recent years.
The f undi ng i s i n di rect rel ati on to the number of parti ci pants we have, so i f that number
goes down, the revenues go down, so i f we have an i ncreased number of parti ci pants, then we
have i ncreased revenue. So we re l ooki ng for parti ci pants to try and maxi mi ze thi s operati on for
the communi ty, sai d Kessl er. Its a l i ttl e gem thats hi di ng that peopl e need to know about for
thei r f ami l i es.
The center i s l ocated at
24400 Mervel l Dean Road i n
Hol l ywood. For more i nfor-
mati on, cal l 301-373-6515 or
go to www.co.sai nt-marys.
md.us/agi ng.
Ripple Center Looking for
Seniors, Hosting Open House
Photo By Andrea Shi el l
Participants gather for their morning routine at the Vivian
Ripple Adult Day Services Center in Hollywood, which
will host an open house on Saturday, April 18.
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A monkey was once tri ed and convi cted for
smoki ng a ci garette i n South Bend, I ndi ana.
Community
When John Hal l of Charl es County
Aucti ons was contacted by a Mr. Gene
Maxey, a very promi nent anti que deal -
er and reti red aucti oneer i n the area,
to hel p hi m orchestrate a rather uni que
aucti on; he j umped at the chance. Li t-
tl e di d he know how uni que thi s aucti on
was goi ng to be. Over 900 money banks
(pi ggy banks, as they are more commonl y
know), had been obsessi vel y col l ected
over the years by an avi d enthusi ast and
now John Hal l and Mr. Gene Maxey have
been commi ssi oned to sel l what i s be-
l i eved to be Southern Maryl ands l argest
money bank col l ecti on i n recent hi story;
al l of them to the highest bi dder. The auc-
ti on wi l l take pl ace on Apri l 25, 9 a.m. at
the Sl eep I nn La Pl ata, wi th on-l i ne l i ve
bi ddi ng avai l abl e through Proxi bi d.com.
Thi s extremel y l arge and uni que col -
l ecti on features many rare and hard to nd
banks. Looki ng at the col l ecti on i n i ts
enti rety gi ves peopl e a real perspecti ve of
Ameri can Hi story, f rom Vi ctori an ti mes
to the 21st century, sai d John Hal l of
Charl es County Aucti ons. There are many
i ron mechani cal banks depi cti ng scenes
f rom Ameri can fol k l aw and hi story; al so
many sti l l banks reecti ng f amous bui l d-
i ngs and i cons through the ages. Thi s
once-i n-a-l i feti me auc-
ti on wi l l gi ve peopl e a
rare opportuni ty to own
a pi ece of Ameri can hi s-
tory. Af ter doi ng ex-
tensi ve research on
the col l ecti on, Mr.
Gene Maxey sai d,
There are many
anti que banks that
I coul d not nd i n al l
of the col l ectors books I
researched.
Thi s aucti on wi l l generate a
l ot of i nterest between col l ectors
throughout Ameri ca and abroad.
Very rarel y do col l ecti ons of
thi s magni tude come up for
aucti on at one ti me. There
wi l l be l i ve on-l i ne bi ddi ng
for those that l i ve too f ar
away to attend the physi cal
aucti on, as wel l as the l i ve aucti on. Gen-
eral questi ons and seat reservati ons can be
made by contacti ng John Hal l at 301-934-
1844 or Gene Maxey at 540-710-9030. Al l
i nformati on on thi s outstandi ng aucti on
and other upcomi ng aucti ons by Charl es
County Aucti on Co. can be found at www.
charl escountyaucti ons.com.
St. Mary s County Government i s spon-
sori ng a day tri p to New York Ci ty on Sat., June
13. Enj oy the earl y summer si tes of New York
Ci ty. Pl an your own personal i ti nerary i n vi si t-
i ng Manhattan, Chi na Town, or anywhere i n
the ci ty. Take i n a show or take the ferry to
Staten I sl and.
The bus wi l l l eave f rom the Recreati on
and Parks Department i n Leonardtown at
6 a.m. and drop passengers of f i n the Ti mes
Square area and depart f rom the same l ocati on
at mi dni ght.
The tri p costs $88 per person and the reg-
i strati on deadl i ne i s May 22.
The next tri p i s a day tri p of whi te water
raf ti ng i n West Vi rgi ni a on Sat., Jul y 18.
Detai l s for these tri ps are l ocated on the
county s websi te at www.stmarysmd.com. See
the yer by l oggi ng onto the Recreati on and
Parks webpage under the Servi ces box. For
addi ti onal i nformati on, emai l or cal l Sandi e
Greene at sandi e.greene@stmarysmd.com or
301-475-4200, x1800 or 1801.
Show Me The
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friendly girl who gets along great with children
and other dogs. Im house and crate trained,
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micro chipped. For more information, please
call SECOND HOPE RESCUE at 240-925-0628 or
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PARIS
to Marry
Taylor and Ortega
Mr. and Mrs. David Taylor of Charlotte Hall announce the engagement
of their daughter, Alicia Marie, to Carlos Alberto Ortega, Jr., son of Yas-
mina Turner and Carlos Ortega, Sr. The bride-to-be is a 2002 graduate of
Chopticon High School.
She received a Bachelors
of Science degree in Lib-
eral Studies from Frostburg
State University in 2006, a
Maryland State Teaching
Certicate from the Col-
lege of Notre Dame of MD
in 2008, and is employed
by the St. Marys County
Public Schools. The groom-
to-be is a 2003 graduate of
Thomas Stone High School.
He serves in the United
States Navy and has been
to the shores of Italy, Greece,
Portugal, Spain, France,
The Seychelles, Dubai, and
Bahrain. He currently is sta-
tioned on the U.S.S. Enter-
prise in Norfolk, Virginia. A
June wedding is planned.
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Recreation Parks
By Vir ginia Terhune
Staff Wr iter
The county coul d get i ts rst di sc gol f
course as one of many i deas bei ng consi dered
to i mprove two recreati on areas i n Lexi ngton
Park known as Lexi ngton Manor and Carver
Hei ghts.
Di sc gol f i s l i ke regul ar gol f , but i ts pl ayed
wi th Fri sbee-l i ke di scs tossed i nto baskets
pl aced on pol es i nstead of cl ubs tappi ng gol f
bal l s i nto hol es.
Its si mpl e and i nexpensi ve, and i t pro-
motes wal ki ng, exerci se and at the same ti me,
some f ri endl y competi ti on, sai d Phi l l i p Rol l -
i ns, executi ve di rector of the Parks and Recre-
ati on department.
The di sc gol f proj ect, expected to cost
about $15,000, woul d be covered by f unds l ef t
over f rom pathway upgrades at adj acent Lan-
caster Park, he sai d.
The di sc gol f i dea i s i ncl uded i n a draf t
master pl an for the two areas whi ch wi l l be
di scussed at a communi ty i nput meeti ng set for
Thursday May 7 at 6 p.m. at the Carver Hei ghts
Recreati on Center of f Li ncol n Avenue.
The mai n purpose of the meeti ng wi l l be
to sol i ci t i deas f rom the publ i c for devel opi ng
the two l arge areas across Route 235 f rom the
Naval Ai r Stati on Patuxent Ri ver. The master
pl an, to be compl eted thi s summer, i s expected
to cost $16,000.
Lexi ngton Manor was the si te of Worl d
War I I housi ng that has si nce been demol i shed,
l eavi ng behi nd wooded areas and a network of
paved roads. A secti on known as the North par-
cel , total i ng 30 to 35 acres, wi l l be sol d to pri -
vate devel opers for commerci al devel opment,
Rol l i ns sai d.
The 50-acre South parcel borderi ng Route
235 wi l l be devel oped as a park for passive rec-
reation because of restri ctions requi red by the
Navys no-y zone. Proj ect i deas i ncl ude the
di sc gol f course, as wel l as wal ki ng and bi ki ng
trai l s. Rol l i ns sai d he envi sions the South parcel
as a pl ace with gardens, benches and as a pl ace
to y kites.
Al so i n the works for the South parcel are
pl ans to bui l d a pi cni c pavi l ion and convert a for-
mer house i nto bathrooms for about $120,000.
The county may al so bui l d more parki ng spaces
at the north end, but the mai n access and parki ng
wi l l be at adj acent Lancaster Park, whi ch i s al -
ready devel oped with bal l el ds and other active
recreation faci l iti es, Rol l i ns sai d.
The second focus of the master pl an i s the
Carver Heights area, the site of the former Carv-
er El ementary school now operati ng as a recre-
ation center with two bal l el ds.
The county al ready pl ans to spend about
$140,000 to bui l d a new chi l drens pl ayground
(to be ready by fal l) and new wal kways; it al so
pl ans to resurface the exi sti ng parki ng l ot and
exi sti ng basketbal l court unti l a new one i s bui lt
someti me i n the f uture.
The i dea i s to make it more usabl e, more
presentabl e, Rol l i ns sai d about the projects.
Pl ans for Carver Heights al so i ncl ude cre-
ati ng a memori al garden to mark the hi story of
Af ri can Ameri cans i n the area.
One memori al woul d honor the memory of
two Af ri can Ameri cans f rom St. Marys County
who received Medal s of Honor duri ng the Civi l
War, Rol l i ns sai d. The other woul d mark the site
of a former USO bui l di ng once used by Af ri can-
Ameri cans duri ng Word War I I that has si nce
been torn down.
Plan in Works for Lexington Manor,
Carver Heights Recreation Areas
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Cheerleading Tryouts
Coming Up
Maryl and SuperStarz Al l -Star Cheer-
l eadi ng wi l l hol d try-outs for thei r 2009-2010
competi ti ve teams at Uni que Sports Academy,
109D Post Of ce Road, Wal dorf . Try-outs
dates are May 12-14 and May 19-21 for ages
6-11, 5:45 to 7 p.m. and ages 12-18, 7 to 8 p.m.
Ages 3-5 on May 12 and 20 at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Pl ease vi si t our Web si te for more i nformati on
at www.uni quesportsacademy.com or cal l Li sa
Shaw at 240-320-7962.
St. Marys Tenni s wi l l host a f ree tenni s bl ock party thi s Saturday, Apri l 18, at Baggett Park
i n Laurel Grove. The event wi l l take pl ace f rom noon unti l 2 p.m. For more i nformati on, vi si t
www.stmarystenni s.org or cal l 301-475-5888.
Over 250,000 Southern Marylanders cant be wrong!
Tennis Block Party
This Saturday
The St. Marys County Department of
Recreati on and Parks wi l l hol d an i nforma-
ti onal meeti ng for an Adul t Ki ckbal l League
on Thurs. Apri l 30 at 7 p.m. at the Leonard
Hal l Recreati on Center i n Leonardtown. Af ter
a successf ul 2008 season, R& P anti ci pates that
there wi l l be an i ncrease of teams for thi s com-
i ng season.
The l eague i s co-ed, for ages 18 and up,
wi th a maxi mum of 20 pl ayers al l owed on a
team. Games wi l l be pl ayed on Saturday af ter-
noons at Dorsey Park i n Hol l ywood, begi nni ng
Saturday June 20. A team payment of $200 wi l l
be due on the date pl ay i s set to begi n.
For more i nformati on, cal l Kenny Sotho-
ron at 301-475-4200, ext. 1830.
Adult Kickball Meeting Set
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By Chr is Stevens
Staff Wr iter
CALI FORNI A The atmosphere was re-
l axed and si l ent, save for encouragement, bri ef
chatter and the unmi stakabl e sounds of bowl i ng
bal l s crashi ng i nto pi ns.
Af ter 30 weeks of pl ay, the Tuesday Ni ght
Mi xed Bowl i ng l eague season came a cl ose at Es-
peranza Lanes.
Sue Fourni er, the l eagues presi dent,
says that the l eagues l ai d-back ap-
proach to bowl i ng and the f un the
sport provi des are reasons for the
success of the l eague.
Its deni tel y a f ri endl y
atmosphere, we are one big
f ami l y, sai d Fourni er, i n
her thi rd year as l eague
presi dent.
Its more about f un
than i t i s averages, whi ch
range i n our l eague f rom
200 on down, because the
handi cap evens i t al l out.
Karen MacRae, the
l eague secretary and treasurer,
as wel l as the hi gh scorer on the
womens si de, feel s that the l i ght
atti tude of the parti ci pants around the
l eague make for an enj oyabl e experi ence
for anyone i nvol ved.
We real l y l i ke to mess wi th one another,
MacRae says of the f ri endl y trash-tal k that goes
on. I f someones bowl i ng great, we l l cheer them
on, i f not we l l j oke wi th them. Its hel pi ng them
out pretty much.
The l eague has parti ci pants of al l ages and
backgrounds, i ncl udi ng a f ami l y team.
Chri s Mel l i se, i n her rst year on the Mel l i se
team, known as Mamas Fami l y, says that bowl -
i ng i s a break f rom an average day-to-day routi ne
for most parti ci pants i n the l eague.
Its a way to have f un, a way out of doi ng the
normal , she expl ai ns. Theres no wrong or right
i ts al l for f un.
Her brother Josh, i n hi s thi rd season on the
team adds that We re not pl ayi ng for money or
anythi ng, i ts j ust a f un game.
Even wi th the f un phi l osophy the l eague
shares, MacRae admi ts that competi ti ve nature
takes over most ti mes, al though on an i ndi vi dual
l evel .
I n any competi ti ve sport, you want to do
wel l , she says. You real l y want to i mprove your
score and compete agai nst yoursel f , rather than
beat the person next to you.
Sp rts
Wed., Apr. 8
Basebal l
Leonardtown 6, Northern 2
Chopti con 3, Cal vert 0
Boys Lacr osse
St. Marys Ryken 13, Bi shop
I reton 6
Patuxent 18, Great Mi l l s 5
Girls Lacrosse
Bi shop I reton 21, St. Marys
Ryken 5
Softbal l
St. Marys Ryken 11, Bi shop
I reton 1
Northern 10, Leonardtown 0
Thurs., Apr. 9
Boys Lacr osse
Hunti ngtown 16, Chopti con 1
Sat., Apr. 11
Boys Lacr osse
C. Mi lton Wr ight Tour nament
Eastern Tech 13, Great Mi l l s 4
Hammond 11, Great Mi l l s 9
Nor th Har ford Tour nament
St. Marys Ryken 16, North Har-
ford 6
South Carrol l 17, St. Marys
Ryken 13
Parkvi l le Tour nament
Patterson Mi l l 10, Chopti con 7
Gi r l s Lacr osse
Karl Wolff Tour nament
Leonardtown 15, Howard Hi gh
School 5
Sof tbal l
Leonardtown Tour nament
Cal vert 2, Leonardtown 1
Mon. Apr. 13
Basebal l
Chopticon Tour nament
Chopti con 10, McDonough 0
Leonardtown 4, Westl ake 0
Championship Game
Chopti con 9, Leonardtown 2
Sof tbal l
McDonough 1, Leonardtown 0
Gr and Str and Softbal l Classic
St. Marys Ryken 5, Beaumont
(Ohi o) School for Gi rl s 0
Ryken Prepares To Break Ground
For New Athletic Complex
By Chr is Stevens
Staff Wr iter
Af ter school l ets out on Fri day May 22 at
St. Mary s Ryken Hi gh School , the students
who wi l l return to cl asses three months l ater
wi l l see some notabl e changes and addi ti ons
to thei r campus.
Pendi ng Leonardtown approval of a si te
pl an on Apri l 20, the school wi l l begi n con-
structi on on a new athl eti c compl ex that wi l l
i ncl ude St. Mary s County s rst arti ci al turf
el d. The new compl ex wi l l serve al l outdoor
sports, i ncl udi ng the Kni ghts footbal l team,
whi ch competed on the varsi ty l evel for the
rst ti me thi s past f al l .
Thi s i s a proj ect not onl y for our students,
but al so for our l ocal communi ty. We have a
l egacy of provi di ng an excel l ent, col l ege pre-
paratory educati on i n Southern Maryl and and
i t was ti me for us to address the f uture needs
of our school , sai d Ryken Presi dent Mary Joy
Hurl burt i n an e-mai l .
Our campus has been i n constant use
as a Cathol i c hi gh school si nce 1956, and we
are conti nual l y upgradi ng our physi cal pl ant
and mai ntai ni ng our 87 acres of campus. Our
i mprovement pl an hel ps us to f ul l l our mi s-
si on to provi de an excel l ent l earni ng envi -
ronment where our students devel op spi ri tu-
al l y, academi cal l y, athl eti cal l y, arti sti cal l y and
soci al l y.
The new f aci l i ti es wi l l be a si gni cant
upgrade for the school , as the current outdoor
stadi um does not have a el d l arge enough for
footbal l games or track meets.
Wi th the new bl eachers and stadi um i n
pl ace, the footbal l team wi l l have a home, af ter
pl ayi ng the enti re 2008 season on the road and
wi th the rst arti ci al turf surf ace i n a hi gh
school stadi um i n thi s county, i t wi l l be ver-
sati l e enough to accommodate most outdoor
sports such as soccer, el d hockey, l acrosse,
and track and el d.
The track and el d team wi l l benet f rom
a brand-new si x l ane, 400-meter track i n ad-
di ti on to the turf el d the other sports wi l l
enj oy.
Hurl burt says that school spi ri t and ex-
ci tement about the di recti on the school i s tak-
i ng i s at an al l -ti me hi gh now that the proj ect
has been set i nto moti on.
We sought feedback to the pl an through
an onl i ne survey and had a great response.
Many fel t the enhancements to the campus
were overdue and necessary to keep up wi th
the growi ng educati onal and physi cal needs of
our students, she sai d.
We saw an i ncrease i n thei r school spi ri t
and pri de af ter we compl eted the soccer and
basebal l el ds i n 2007. I can onl y surmi se that
thi s wi l l happen agai n.
Tuesday Night Bowling Season
Winds Down
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By
Frank Marquart
Bowling is an
individual sport that relies on
individual competitiveness, according to League
Secretary and Treasurer Karen MacRae
A bowler rolls a ball at Esperanza Lanes Tuesday
night.
Bowling balls hit the deck after a roll in Tuesday Nights Mixed
Bowling League season nale.
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Fact
un
Magei ri cophobi a i s the i ntense fear of havi ng to cook.
High School Spor ts Schedule
04/16/09-04/22/09
Thurs., Apr. 16
Basebal l
North Poi nt at Great Mi l l s, 4:30 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse
Northern at St. Marys Ryken, 4 p.m.
Great Mi l l s at Hunti ngtown, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
Hunti ngtown at Great Mi l l s, 6:30 p.m.
St. Marys Ryken at Patuxent, 6:30
p.m.
Softball
North Poi nt at Great Mi l l s, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis
Chopti con at Westl ake, 4 p.m.
Great Mi l l s at North Poi nt, 4 p.m.
Fri., Apr. 17
Basebal l
Patuxent at Chopti con, 4:30 p.m.
Calvert at Leonardtown, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
Patuxent at Chopti con, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis
Chopti con at Patuxent, 4 p.m.
Leonardtown at Calvert, 4 p.m.
Sat., Apr. 18
Girls Lacrosse
Chopti con Tournament
Track & Field
St. Marys Ryken at Best Buy Wal -
dorf Track Cl assi c, North Poi nt High
School , 9 a.m.
Mon., Apr. 20
Basebal l
St. Marys Ryken at Paul VI , 3 p.m.
Leonardtown at North Poi nt, 4:30
p.m.
Boys Lacrosse
St. Marys Ryken at St. Al bans, 4:30
p.m.
Calvert at Great Mi l l s, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
Great Mi l l s at Patuxent, 6:30 p.m.
Golf
St. Al bans at St. Marys Ryken, 3:15
p.m.
Softball
Leonardtown at North Poi nt, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis
North Poi nt at Leonardtown, 4 p.m.
Bi shop O Connel l at St. Marys
Ryken, 4 p.m.
Tues., Apr. 21
Basebal l
St. Marys Ryken at Gonzaga, 4 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse
Archbi shop Carrol l at St. Marys
Ryken, 4 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
Golf
Bi shop I reton at St. Marys Ryken,
3:15 p.m.
Softball
El i zabeth Seton at St. Marys Ryken,
3:30 p.m.
Tennis
St. Marys Ryken at St. Johns, 3:30
p.m.
Leonardtown at Lackey, 4 p.m.
Track & Field
Calvert/Patuxent at Great Mi l l s, 4
p.m.
Leonardtown at Chopti con, 4 p.m.
Wed., Apr. 22
Basebal l
North Poi nt at Chopti con, 4:30 p.m.
Leonardtown at Great Mi l l s, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
St. Marys Ryken at Paul VI , 3:30
p.m.
North Poi nt at Chopti con, 4:30 p.m.
Leonardtown at Great Mi l l s, 4:30 p.m.
Tennis
St. Marys Ryken at Paul VI , 3:30
p.m.
Chopti con at North Poi nt, 4 p.m.
Great Mi l l s at Leonardtown, 4 p.m.
SPRING
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SPORTS
DESK
Still Waiting for
Spring to Spring
By Chr is Stevens
Staff Wr iter
Whi l e I l l admi t that the gl oomy weather to
date has made thi s a l ess-than-l ovel y spri ng sea-
son for yours trul y, I can onl y i magi ne how the
high school athl etes here i n St. Marys County feel .
Thanks to the much-needed rai n the county has re-
cei ved i n spri ngs earl y goi ng, del ays and postpone-
ments wi l l force teams to schedul e and commi t to
back-to-back days wi th practi ces, games, matches
and meets i ts an unenvi abl e l i festyl e for ki ds who
are al so charged wi th the tasks of guri ng out the
Peri odi c Tabl e of the el ements and the Pythagorean
theorem. Yet and sti l l , they sol di er on towards thei r
goal s of champi onshi p gl ory, wi th nothi ng l ess than
enthusi asm and i ntensi ty. Wi th the wacky weather
forci ng the compact schedul i ng, i t wi l l be i nterest-
i ng to see how the nal month of the regul ar sea-
son wi nds down on al l f ronts. Can the St. Marys
Ryken sof tbal l team keep up i ts torri d pace and un-
beaten mark? Wi l l Chopti con basebal ls outstand-
i ng pi tchi ng staf f l i f t them to the top of the Southern
Maryl and Athl eti c Conference thi s season? Who,
i f anybody, wi l l pose a signi cant chal l enge to
the Leonardtown gi rl s l acrosse teams conference
domi nance? Stay tuned.
Good Night, Harry
The Phi l adel phi a Phi l l i es, basebal l and Amer-
i ca l ost a great man Monday af ternoon. Harry Ka-
l as, the voi ce of the Phi l l i es and NFL Fi l ms produc-
ti ons, di ed at age 73 af ter col l apsi ng at Nati onal s
Park prepari ng for the Nats home-opener wi th the
Fighti ns.
When I was a seven-year-ol d duri ng a bori ng
and rel entl ess summer of 1989, Harry the K, as he
was af fecti onatel y known i n the Del aware Val l ey,
was my i ntroducti on to the grand ol d game of base-
bal l on WPHL-17 out of Phi l l y.
Hi s smoky, I l l i noi s-reared bari tone compl e-
mented by hi s even-tempered styl e of broadcasti ng
endeared hi m to generati ons of Phi l l i es f ans. The
height of Kal as tenure as the l ead pl ay-by-pl ay man
was hi s partnershi p wi th Phi l s l egend Ri chi e Ash-
burn, whom Harry dubbed Whi tey as homage to
hi s hai r.
Whi l e Kal as narrated the dai l y struggl es and
successes of the Phi l s, Whi tey woul d spi n a yarn of
hi l ari ous tal es f rom hi s days as a pl ayer and woul d
announce bi rthdays for anyone who woul d ask. Af-
ter Ashburns death i n 1997, Harry woul d conti nue
the bi rthday tradi ti on up unti l Monday af ternoon.
Wi th hi s si gnature home-run catch phrase,
That bal l i s OUTTA HEEEEERE, Harry was
present for most of the f ranchi ses biggest mo-
ments, i ncl udi ng every si ngl e one of thi rd baseman
Mi ke Schmi dts 548 career home runs, i ncl udi ng
hi s 500th i n Apri l of 1987. That cal l i s consi dered
hi s best ever as he shared i n the unbri dl ed j oy of
Schmi dt reachi ng such a maj or mi l estone.
The most i mportant cal l , however, came l ast
October 29 when Harry bel l owed out, The Phi l a-
del phi a Phi l l i es are the 2008 Worl d Champi ons of
basebal l! When the Phi l s won thei r rst Worl d
Seri es i n 1980, the nati onal tel evi si on contract at
the ti me di d not al l ow l ocal TV or radi o to si mul -
taneousl y broadcast the games. When Brad Li dge
struck out Tampa Bays Eri c Hi nske i n Game Fi ve,
that was Harrys rst champi onshi p cal l .
More than hi s great voi ce and many years of
servi ce, Kal as wi l l be remembered for bei ng one
of the more down-to-earth, approachabl e peopl e i n
sports. He woul d try hi s best to answer al l f an mai l
and make as many appearances outsi de of work as
he coul d. He even recorded voi ce-mai l messages
for peopl e who were bol d enough to ask. He di d
i t al l wi th that genui ne warm smi l e and voi ce that
remi nds you of your grandf ather readi ng you a bed-
ti me story when you were younger. Now that voi ce
i s si l enced forever, but the memori es wi l l l i ve on for
generati ons to come. Good ni ght Harry, and thank
you.
Any comments about thi s week s Fr om The
Spor ts Desk? Contact Chr i s Stevens at chr i sste-
vens@countyti mes.net and shar e your thoughts
about thi s week s col umn.
301-373-4125
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By Chr is Stevens
Staff Wr iter
LEONARDTOWN One run was al l that was scored i n Monday af ternoons South-
ern Maryl and Athl eti c Conference sof tbal l game, and i t turned out to be the onl y run Mc-
Donough Hi gh School needed. The Rams took advantage of thei r one big i nni ng the si xth
and edged Leonardtown Hi gh 1-0 at the Rai ders sof tbal l
el d.
We had a l ot of runners on, sai d Rai ders head coach
Gl enn Larnerd, Jr. We had to get the bunts down to make
McDonough make pl ays on the bal l . Someti mes i t worked,
other ti mes i t di dn t.
The Leonardtown strategy was to
take advantage of thei r superi or speed
and qui ckness on the base paths, and wi th
j uni or Roni Peters and Rams standout Mel -
ani e Mi tchel l engaged i n a battl e of pi tch-
i ng power, both teams knew that runs were
goi ng to be hard to come by.
Its f rustrati ng as a coach because you re
tryi ng to gure out how to manuf acture a run, sai d Rams
coach Jul i e Snavel y. It took us a whi l e to get that run, but
we l l take the wi n. You have to gi ve Leonardtown credi t,
they di d a good j ob of stayi ng i n the game.
For ve f ul l i nni ngs, Peters, who struck out ni ne bat-
ters, and Mi tchel l , who was l ast seasons conference pl ay-
er of the year, threw up zeros on the scoreboard.
Mi tchel l stepped up to the pl ate i n the top of the si xth
and l ed of f wi th a seari ng doubl e i n the l ef t-centerel d gap.
Af ter Mol l y Si mpson struck out and Samantha Kruemmel
si ngl ed, rst baseman Laura Borawski drove i n Mi tchel l on
a bl oop si ngl e that fel l j ust beyond Leonardtowns drawn-
i n i nel d. The Rams (8-0 overal l and i n SMAC) hel d of f
Leonardtown (3-6 overal l , 3-5 i n conference pl ay) i n thei r
nal two turns at bat to escape wi th the wi n.
Shes the bi g bat i n that l i neup that wi l l hurt you, Larnerd
sai d of Mi tchel ls hi tti ng prowess.
As for her pi tchi ng, the Rai ders col l ected onl y two base
hi ts bunt si n-
gl es by Lauren
Bi rd and Mon-
i ca Peters al most hal f of thei r total output
agai nst the McDonough star i n the previ -
ous three years combi ned.
We ve gone somethi ng l i ke ve-for-
175 agai nst her wi th about 100 stri keouts,
Larnerd sai d.
Someti mes you re hot, other ti mes
you re goi ng to be cold, but the gi rl s have matured.
It was just a matter of pushi ng that one run across
today, and we didn t do that.
Sp rts
Softball
Raiders Come Up Short
In Pitchers Duel
Photo By Chr i s Stevens
Monica Peters of Leon-
ardtown concentrates on
a pitch during Monday
afternoons softball match-
up with McDonough.
The Raiders Lauren Byrd lays down a bunt
single in the third inning.
Roni Peters struck
out nine batters,
but the Rams came
away with a 1-0
victory at
Leonardtown
Monday
afternoon.
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St. Marys College
St. Marys City, Md. St. Marys Col -
l ege of Maryl and cl i nched the No. 2 seed and
a rst-round bye i n the 2009 Capital Athl eti c
Conference Mens Lacrosse Tournament Fri -
day af ternoon behi nd the heroi cs of sophomore
mi del der Chri s Becraf t (Rockvi l l e, Md./Good
Counsel) who red i n the game-wi nner with .2
seconds on the cl ock to upset No. 5 Sal i sbury
University, 11-10, i n f ront of a crowd of 389.
The reigni ng CAC Pl ayer of the Year, se-
nior mi del der Kyl or Berkman (Sal i sbury, Md./
Parksi de) turned the bal l over with 11 seconds
l ef t i n regul ation as Berkmans pass soared high
above the goal . With ti me wi ndi ng down, soph-
omore goal i e Pat Si mpson (Arnol d, Md./Broad-
neck) l aunched a f ul l -el d pass whi ch Becraf t
caught on the bounce to the l ef t of the goal be-
fore beati ng hi s defenseman for a one-on-one
with sophomore Ti m Swi nburn (Swarthmore,
Pa./Strath Haven).
St. Marys (7-5, 5-2 CAC) has not beaten
Sal i sbury i n over 30 years as the Seahawks l ast
wi n agai nst SU came on Apri l 5, 1977 with a
13-12 overti me deci sion. For Sal i sbury, it i s the
rst ti me si nce 2002 that the Sea Gul l s have
posted back-to-back l osses. With a rst-round
bye i n the 2009 CAC Tournament whi ch begi ns
Apri l 13, St. Marys wi l l host Mondays wi nner
of No. 6 seed University of Mary Washi ngton
at No. 3 Sal i sbury on Thursday, Apri l 16, at Se-
ahawk Stadi um i n CAC semi nal action.
Sal i sbury (11-3, 5-2 CAC) edged the Se-
ahawks, 4-3, i n the rst quarter with back-to-
back goal s f rom sophomore attackman Eri k
Krum (Manhattan Beach, Cal i f./Mi ra Costa)
and j unior mi ddi e Wi l l Pol eti s (Balti more, Md./
Loyol a Bl akeel d) i n the nal 2:31.
The home team cl ai med a 7-6 l ead at
hal f ti me as the Seahawks netted the rst three
goal s of the second period for a 6-4 l ead at 7:49
and the games second l ead change. Sal i sbury
scored two of the hal f s nal three tal l i es to stay
withi n one.
The thi rd l ead change came i n the thi rd
stanza as the vi sitors mi delders Mi ke Von
Kamecke (Wi nter Park, Fl a./Bi shop Moore)
and Shawn Zordani (Littl eton, Col o./Heritage)
gave the Sea Gul l s an 8-7 l ead headi ng i nto the
fourth.
Von Kamecke gave hi s team a two-goal
cushion j ust 35 seconds i nto the fourth quarter
before three straight St. Marys goal s, i ncl ud-
i ng two i n 17 seconds, returned the l ead to the
home team. Krum knotted the contest at 10-al l
with hi s 10th goal of the season.
Seahawk sophomore attackman Denni s
Rosson (Severna Park, Md./Severn) l ed al l scor-
ers with four goal s, whi l e j unior captai n Ryan
Al exander (Laurel , Md./Pal l otti) regi stered a
hat tri ck and Becraf t ni shed with two.
St. Marys Upsets
No. 5 Salisbury
Regionally-Ranked Salisbury
Gets by St. Marys
St. Mary s Ci ty, Md. The
Sal i sbury Uni versi ty men s ten-
ni s team, ranked seventh i n the
Atl anti c South regi on, posted a 6-
3 vi ctory over St. Mary s Col l ege
of Maryl and Monday af ternoon
i n Capi tal Athl eti c Conf erence
acti on.
Sal i sbury (11-6, 4-1 CAC)
captured No. 1 and No. 2 doubl es
but the thi rd doubl es i ght went to
the f reshman tandem of Thomas
Hoesman (El l i cott Ci ty, Md./How-
ard) and Robbi e Bourdon (Hun-
ti ngtown, Md./Hunti ngtown) who
posted an 8-3 wi n over sophomores
Matt Copel and (Lexi ngton Park,
Md./Great Mi l l s) and Mi chael Ru-
bi n (Rei sterstown, Md./Frankl i n).
The Sea Gul l s won the rst
f our si ngl es i ghts bef ore seni or
Brett Hermans (Exeter, N.H./Ex-
eter) posted a 4-6, 7-5, 10-3 tri -
umph over Copel and at No. 5
si ngl es. Juni or Kenny Nugent (Po-
comoke, Md./Pocomoke) won hi s
ei ghth strai ght match as Nugent
notched the Seahawks (11-7, 1-3
CAC) thi rd poi nt wi th a 6-4, 6-2
wi n over Rubi n at No. 6 si ngl es.
4/13/2009 at St. Marys City, Md.
(Somerset Tennis Complex)
Salisbury 6, St. Marys (Md.) 3

Si ngl es c ompet i t i on
1. Andrew Nottage (SAL) def.
Jeremy Butanis (SMC) 6-1, 6-1
2. Marcus Robinson (SAL) def. Andrew
MacLaughlin (SMC) 6-1, 6-0
3. Giorgio Athans (SAL) def. Thomas Hoesman
(SMC) 6-1, 6-3
4. Curtis Quandt (SAL) def. Sam
Barton (SMC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Brett Hermans (SMC) def. Matt
Copeland (SAL) 4-6, 7-5, 10-3
6. Kenny Nugent (SMC) def. Michael Rubin
(SAL) 6-4, 6-2

Doubl es c ompet i t i on
1. Andrew Nottage/Giorgio Athans (SAL) def.
Jeremy Butanis/Andrew MacLaughlin (SMC) 8-1
2. Marcus Robinson/Curtis Quandt (SAL) def. Kenny
Nugent/Sam Barton (SMC) 8-3
3. Thomas Hoesman/Robbie Bourdon (SMC) def.
Michael Rubin/Matt Copeland (SAL) 8-3

Mat c h Not es:
Salisbury 11-6, 4-1 CAC; Regional ranking No. 7
St. Marys (Md.) 11-7, 1-3 CAC
Order of nish: Doubles (1, 3, 2);
Singles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
T-3:30 A-40
Tennis Match Results
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