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Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph F. Stanalonis, who ran unsuccessfully for Circuit Court judge in 2012, officially switched from being a long time conservative Democrat to the Repub-lican camp Tuesday at the Board of Elections in Leonardtown.

Stanalonis said he plans to aid in the re-election campaign of State’s Attorney Richard Fritz this election cycle but plans to one day run for the office.

The assistant prosecutor said his campaign for the judgeship two years ago was hailed by many Republicans but jeered by many in the local Democrat party leadership who he said were more liberal in their attitudes to the judiciary.

“I decided I was going to change during the last election,” Stanalonis said. “It was very disheartening the way I and my family were treated… by more liberal Democrats.

“We were sort of like outcasts.”Stanalonis faced off against appointed Circuit Court Judge David W. Densford, who was

installed in the seat by Gov. Martin O’Malley after Judge C. Clarke Raley retired.The campaign was a tense one with attacks from both sides on the other; Densford pre-

vailed in the campaign to take the seat for a 15-year term.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office is provid-ing $40,000 in grants to Medstar St. Mary’s to be on the front lines of getting help to victims of domestic violence; the hospital is the ninth in the state to take part in the program that has be-come a key initiative led by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown.

Brown made the announcement at the hospital in Leonardtown Monday morning with hospital staff, elected leaders and law en-forcement in attendance.

The program provides more resources for the hospital to identify potential victims of do-mestic violence early in the cycle of violence and get them help to prevent being hurt further.

The fight against domestic violence is a personal one for Brown as his cousin was killed by an estranged boyfriend in front of po-lice who in turn shot him to death.

“Today is about domestic violence,” Brown said. “It’s a public safety issue and it’s a public health issue.”

Brown also touted bills he was helping lead through the state legislature this year to combat domestic violence including one that lowers the evidenciary requirements to get a protective order.

“In 49 states everyone else is the prepon-derance of evidence,” Brown said. “Here we have to have clear and convincing evidence.”

The grant money means that the hospital will be able to hire a domestic violence victim coordinator to administer the program and equipment such as a new camera to quickly document injuries to victims to better preserve evidence.

The greater ease of getting a protective or-der in Maryland also means that victims would be able to get state monetary assistance to bet-

ter distance themselves from an abuser they might otherwise be dependent on.

Darla Hardy, the nursing resources direc-tor at Medstar St. Mary’s said hospital staff are encountering victims more and more.

“Domestic violence cases are steadily in-creasing and it involves both sexual and physi-cal abuse,” Hardy said. “Domestic violence is not an accident.”

Sheriff Timothy Cameron said deputies are encountering the same increase but more alarmingly they are finding that victims of-ten tell police they do not want anything done about their abuse.

One reason for that may be their economic dependance on their abuser, Cameron said.

“That gives me real cause for concern,” he said.

Brown said vigilance among law enforce-ment and elected leaders has led to a 20 percent decrease in domestic violence assaults and a 32 percent decrease in the number of of women and children who have died from domestic vio-lence over the past seven years.

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Mike George, once the county sheriff’s office most celebrated deputy who developed post traumatic stress symptoms after a shoot-ing two years ago, appealed to the Board of County Commissioners to change the county’s disability retirement policy after claiming he was dismissed before given enough time to show he was not fit to return to duty.

George said he wanted to be reinstated to county employment so he could continue his recovery in order to show that he should be granted a disability retirement.

A recent report from the county’s retire-ment board showed that the county believed he could have recovered from his traumatic ex-perience given enough time and treatment but that he discontinued that treatment.

Because of that the county denied him a disability retirement because they believed his situation was one from which he could recover.

George claimed during a Tuesday night public forum at the Northern Senior Center that the time alloted for his recovery — one year — was not sufficient and that he was nev-er given an official exam to determine whether he should return to duty.

“I had to take a man’s life,” George said. “One year was not enough time to come to terms with that.”

Commissioner Dan Morris (R-Mechanic-sville) said he favored extending the one-year time frame for deputies to recover from inju-ries either mental or physical.

He said he would propose a two-year time frame of recovery to the Board of County Commissioners.

“The right thing to do was to keep him in a job where he wouldn’t have had to carry a gun and been in any stressful situations,” Mor-ris said. “I think it was wrong what happened to him.”

George served as a K-9 officer while with the sheriff’s office and complained of severe anxiety and gastrointestinal problems after the Sept. 29, 2012 shooting and was awarded temporary full disability benefits back in June of 2013 by the local worker’s compensation

commission. The incident involving Stephen R. Wy-

coff began outside the man’s home when George and Cpl. William Rishel responded to complaints of a man setting fire to things in the Sugar Maple Court neighborhood of Wilde-wood and threatening to kill people.

A melee ensued between Wycoff and George and Rishel in which Wycoff eventually began raining blows down on George; when George went for his weapon Wycoff attempted to knock the weapon away and George dis-charged his gun multiple times, killing Wycoff.

After his testimony George said the de-sire to do police work was still in his heart.

“Sure, it’s something I’d like to go back to but I know it can’t happen,” George, who was named Deputy of the Year in 2012, said.

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The commander of Patuxent River Naval Air Station told county elected lead-ers Tuesday that tests of the base’s security measures in recent months have shown the facility has good defensive measures but resources are still limited.

“We have a robust force protection posture but we have a way to go,” said Capt. Ben Shevchuk. “The threat continues.”

He noted that the massacre of civilian workers at the navy yard in Washington, D.C. by a mentally disturbed contractor with a security clearance was still fresh in the mind of the military — the most recent shooting occurred at the navy base in Nor-folk, Va. where a suspect was able to drive through security with a transportation worker credential but no official base ac-cess and wrest control of a master at arm’s weapon while he was standing guard on a destroyer at dock.

Another master at arms was killed in the struggle with the weapon the suspect took control of.

The suspect was also killed in the melee.

The navy is currently running an in-vestigation into how the suspect, who ap-parently had a criminal record for drugs and manslaughter charges, was allowed on base.

Shevchuk said the number of security personnel on base was mostly fixed be-cause of budget constraints but they con-tinued to remain vigilant.

“We’re not expecting it but we’re ex-pecting it,” Shevchuk said.

Base security personnel in conjunc-tion with tactical teams from regional sher-iff’s offices recently completed training exercises focused on dealing with intrud-ers who seek to shoot and kill base employ-ees, also known as active shooter training.

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A senior female deputy with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office who has been suspended since September of last year on allegations that, among other issues, she submitted false time sheets and overtime re-ports for hours she did not work, now plans to sue the county for what she claims is gender based discrimination and false allegations of fraudulent conduct, her legal counsel stated.

Lt. Julie Yingling, who has served with the sheriff’s office for 15 years and was pro-moted in July 2011, filed a letter noting her intention to sue the county dated March 10.

The County Times obtained a copy of the letter Wednesday; she has retained the law firm of Joseph, Greenwald and Laake in Greenbelt to represent her.

According to the notice of intent Yin-gling’s lawyers say the sheriff’s office lead-ership “illegally makes transfers and squad assignments decisions based on gender.”

Her lawyers allege that Yingling was transfered to four separate shift assignments from the time of her promotion to her sus-pension in September of last year.

“Each transfer was to benefit a male of-ficer,” her lawyer Timothy Maloney wrote. “None of these transfers were at Lt. Yin-gling’s request.”

During one of those shift assignments Yingling was home on maternity leave and when she returned in Nov. 2012, the notice claims, she was assigned to a squad on a midnight shift which necessitated atten-dance at COMPSTAT meetings.

COMPSTAT is the data system the of-fice uses to track and combat crimes.

“This regularly would result in a 17 hour day, which is extraordinarily difficult for a mother with a new baby,” the notice reads. “From November of 2012 until her administrative suspension, Lt. Yingling was assigned to Squad 1B on midnights. Clearly, this disparate treatment is further evidence of illegal discrimination in the terms of Lt. Yingling’s employment.”

When Yingling was suspended last year, the sheriff’s office claimed that be-tween November of 2012 and August 2013, she had failed to report for duty at her sched-uled work time before and after COMP-STAT meetings without prior approval to alter the work schedule, the letter reads.

Yingling denies the allegations that she fraudulently submitted timesheets; she also claims that sheriff’s office Lt. Michael Gar-diner said that “You can manage your squad anyway you deem fit, to include COMP-STAT attendance.”

She claims that Gardiner and her im-mediate supervisor Capt. Steven Hall were aware of her work schedule changes.

“To the extent these allegations relate to Lt. Yingling’s physical location, it is com-

mon for supervisors, detectives and other deputies to complete administrative paper-work in their patrol vehicles or at home,” the missive reads.

Yingling claims mistreatement was di-rected at her from Hall, who she claims is “dismissive and highly critical of women in law enforcement.”

Her notice claims that Hall often uses pejorative language in refering to female deputies.

“Captain Hall’s treatment of women is no secret as Lt. Michael Gardiner has or-dered on more than one occasion that Cap-tain Hall cease yelling comments at women from a patrol vehicle,” Yingling’s notice claims.

She further claimed that Hall attemtped to order her to attend training for which she would have had to reschedule surgery; when she asked for a copy of that order in writing Hall apparently rescinded the order and al-lowed her to get surgery.

Further, Yingling claimed that since she has been under investigation she has had her police powers revoked when male coun-terparts who had been investigated for more serious charges retained their ability to act as law enforcement officers.

Yingling’s notice claims that other male officers had been investigated for lying to internal affairs investigators, evidence tam-pering and even being the target of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investi-gation for a deputy who allegedly provided information to a drug dealer.

None of these male officers had lost their police powers during the investigation, her legal counsel claimed.

She also claims the sheriff’s office has allowed the investigation to drag on.

“To this date the sheriff’s office has not disclosed the results of its investigation to Lt. Yingling,” the notice alleges. “The six month period constitutes an unprecedented amount of time to conduct this investigation.”

Finally, the notice alleges that someone in the agency leaked confidential details of the internal investigation into Yingling’s case to the local tabloid “The Chesapeake Today” in violation of the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights.

“Despite the claims in the article, Lt. Yingling only earned $113.10 in paid over-time in 2013,” the missive claims. “The in-formation was clearly leaked by someone employed by the sheriff’s office for the pur-pose of maliciously attacking Lt. Yingling.”

Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron declined to comment on Yingling’s notice of intent to sue the county, saying the investigation into her conduct was continuing.

Maloney did not return calls seeking comment on behalf of his client.

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Have you ever wanted to save searches on the lo-cal library website? How about getting updates when new books by your favorite author are available at the library? Or maybe receiving text message reminders when materials are due at the library?

Starting on May 15, all this and more will be of-fered at all libraries throughout the tri-county area with the implementation of Polaris Library Systems region wide.

Polaris will replace the current vendor, SirsiDynix, as the integrated library system (ILS) software and support to the public libraries in Southern Maryland, according to Southern Maryland Regional Library As-sociation (SMRLA) Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator Victoria Falcon.

The ILS is “the main component of running a li-brary,” Falcon said.

The contract with SirsiDynix is up for renewal in the summer, and after hearing of some growing dis-satisfaction with the system, representatives from Charles, St. Mary’s and Calvert counties spoke to a

consultant and collaborated in an evaluation commit-tee to look at different systems, eventually settling on Polaris. Because all the Southern Maryland libraries use one common ILS, it is important for it to meet ev-eryone’s needs, Falcon said. The committee made their decision in August 2013 and the contract with Polaris was signed in November 2013.

The change is funded by SMRLA. They set aside $450,000 in the last few years in anticipation of need-ing to upgrade or replace the ILS, which is typically done every 10 to 15 years, Falcon said.

Calvert Library Director Carrie Plymire is famil-iar with Polaris, having used it at other library systems. One feature she likes is that patrons san save “whatever search you can think of” and they will receive automat-ed alerts when new items are added to their searches.

The overdrive system will be integrated into the library catalogue in the fall, Plymire said. This will make it more convenient to borrow e-books, she said.

Another perk Polaris offers is a “map it” feature. When users look up a book, they can see on a map showing which libraries have a copy on the shelves and which have a copy that is checked out in relation to the user’s current location, Plymire said.

The transition to Polaris will be from May 9 to 14 and the new ILS will be active on May 15. The online catalogue and account systems will be unavailable dur-ing the transition.

No holds can be placed between May 7 and 14. The libraries request returns be brought in before May 9 or after May 14. Renewals can only be done at a branch. Patrons must have the item and their library card for both renewals and checkouts.

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The effort to hold off a wind turbine project on the Eastern Shore passed its first test in the state senate Wednesday after it succeeded in a finance committee vote, according to Del. John Bohanan (D-29B).

The bill must now go on to the full senate; it has already passed a full house vote.

The Southern Maryland delegation to Annapolis is continuing its push to enact a one-year moratorium on the wind turbine project because they say it would severely restrict critical radar and air operations at Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

Bohanan, head of the St. Mary’s County delegation and a key force behind the moratorium said he believed

there was a good chance the moratorium would survive its first senate committee hearing but acknowledged the governor would not be happy with the proposal.

“This obviously goes against what the governor wants,” Bohanan said.

O’Malley has been a long-time proponent of clean energy through wind power but the list of political power players who are lining up to support the mora-torium is growing.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer testified Tues-day in favor of the moratorium and Senator Barabara Mikulski has also expressed concern the project could hamper military aircraft testing if it were placed on the shores of Somerset County.

The project is expected to come up with about $40 million of revenues over the 30 year life of the project

for Somerset which is obviously a major consideration for them, but the operations at the naval base put $4.5 billion into the state’s coffers each year and supports jobs across the bay, moratorium proponents say.

But from the point of view on the Eastern Shore, where unemployment is much higher and salaries low-er, the financial windfall from the project would be sig-nificant and even the state’s bureaucracy believes that a one-year moratorium could doom the project.

“While the bill places a one-year delay on con-struction, it may result in project failure if certain fed-eral incentives expire or contractual timelines are not met,” an analysis of the bill’s fiscal impact states.

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Tommy McKay: Time to Prioritize Our Transportation Needs

As folks in Southern Maryland are being burdened by increases in numerous tax-es by the state of Maryland, including higher gas taxes that will continue to escalate over the next several years, it is time that our real transportation needs be addressed.

“Traffic congestion and unsafe roads through towns such as Charlotte Hall, New Market, Mechanicsville, Leonardtown, and Clements create an undue hardship on our citizens, and risks the safety of our families,” said Tommy McKay, candidate for Maryland House of Delegates.

As Commissioner President, McKay and his board were successful in spearhead-ing major road improvements throughout the area that were critical in his board’s plan to prepare St. Mary’s for the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. Major road projects such as the Hughesville Bypass, Chancellors Run Road Expansion, com-pletion of Route 235 widening to PAX Naval Base as well as other smaller road projects were secured by the McKay board and proved vital to protecting jobs. Additionally, the McKay board adopted St. Mary’s County’s very first “Transportation Plan”.

“We simply cannot afford to ignore the problems of today in hopes that another BRAC won’t happen. Improvements to Rt. 5 thru Leonardtown as well as Charlotte Hall and New Market need to become priorities at the state and local level and moved ahead of other projects. The plan the board under my leadership adopted some seven years ago needs to be moved forward with the help of Federal, State and local re-sources.” said McKay.

As Delegate, McKay plans to utilize his experience and knowledge of transporta-tion funding processes to bring the community together along with the bureaucracy in Annapolis to assure St. Mary’s County’s transportation needs are once again made a priority at the state level.

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The St. Mary’s Board of County Com-missioners will hold public hearings to pres-ent information regarding the Recommended FY2015 Operating and Capital Budget. The hearings will also address a proposed fire tax rate increase for the Seventh District Volun-teer Fire Department, and the Constant Yield Tax Rate. The hearings and presentations will take place on Tuesday, April 15.

The hearings will take place in the Chopticon High School auditorium, located at 25390 Colton Point Road in Morganza, Md. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the pro-ceedings beginning at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend and participate. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabili-ties should be requested by contacting the Public Information Office at 301-475-4200, extension 1340.

The hearings will be televised live on St. Mary’s County Government TV 95 (SMCG TV 95) and taped for rebroadcast. Log on to www.co.saint-marys.md.us/95.asp for a schedule. The hearings will also be available for live viewing on the county’s website at www.co.saint- marys.md.us/broadcast.asp. Click on the “Live” link at the top of the page.

The evening will begin with an over-view of the FY2015 Budget, followed by the hearings in the following order:

• Tax Rate Increase for Seventh Dis-trict Volunteer Fire Department (affects only those citizens in that district)

• Constant Yield Tax Rate • FY2015 Recommended BudgetCitizens wishing to comment are re-

quired to sign in before the hearing begins. Comments will be limited to three minutes per person and five minutes for those repre-senting a group.

Written comments can be submitted at the hearing or mailed to:

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Comments must be received by April 25 for consideration during budget work ses-sions scheduled for April 28 and May 5.

The Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 can be found on the County’s web-site at www.stmarysmd.com/finance. Copies are also available for viewing at all three St. Mary’s County Libraries in Charlotte Hall, Leonardtown and Lexington Park.

The document can also be viewed at the St. Mary’s County Public Information Office inside the Chesapeake Building on the Gov-ernment Center campus, 41770 Baldridge Street, first floor, Leonardtown, Md.

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A man accused of repeatedly stab-bing his estranged girlfriend last year has agreed to take a plea to first-degree assault and carjacking in county Circuit Court, avoiding a trial on attempted first-degree murder charges and other felony counts, prosecutors said late Wednesday.

Joseph Berry, 50, was set to take his plea Thursday afternoon.

Assistant State’s Attorney Jo-seph Stanalonis said Berry’s prop-sed plea agreement calls for 37 years incarceration.

Police allege Berry brutally stabbed his victim in Loveville back in July of last year after forcing her to drive him to a parking lot that became the scene

of the crime.Local investigators say Berry, 49,

accosted the victim when she was at a business in Leonardtown, produced a knife and forced her into her car.

Both Berry and the victim had been in a relationship that had ended.

When she had driven him to the parking lot he allegedly stabbed her multiple times, police said, but she was eventually able to escape and seek help.

Berry fled taking the victim’s 2001 blue Ford Focus, according to police reports.

Berry, a lifetime sex offender regis-trant, had been convicted of second-de-gree rape from a case in Charles County back in 1988.

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ASSAULT – On March 25 Deputy Manns responded to a residence on Brook Mill Court in Great Mills for a domestic assault. The victim alleged suspect James Willie Kittrell Jr., 43, of Great Mills, strangled the victim during an argument. Deputy Manns observed fresh evidence of injury on the victim. Kittrell was placed under arrest and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center. He was charged with 2nd De-gree Assault.

ASSAULT – On March 25 Deputy Cole responded to a residence on Chaptico Road in Mechanicsville, for a domestic assault. The victim alleged suspect Michael Joseph Fischer, 47, of Mechanicsville, grabbed the victim violently and threatened the victim and other family members during an argument. Fischer was placed under arrest and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center. He was charged with 2nd De-gree Assault.

INDECENT EXPOSURE – On March 20 suspect Candace Rebecca Carroll, 23, of Park Hall, was placed under arrest by Deputy L. Johnson after Corporal W. Raddatz observed Carroll urinating in the street near a vehicle on Spring Valley Drive in Lex-ington Park. The investigation revealed Carroll had been operating the vehicle prior to stopping to urinate in the street. Carroll did not complete Standardized Field Sobriety Tests satisfactorily and was placed under arrest. She was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center and charged with Driving Under the Influence and Indecent Exposure.

THEFT – On March 23 Deputy Schultz responded to Walmart in California, for a theft. Loss Prevention personnel observed a female suspect, identified as Kathleen Marie Wagner, 29, of Lusby, conceal items of merchandise in her handbag. She then attempted to leave the store without paying. Wagner was charged with Theft Under $1,000 by criminal citation.

CHILD ABUSE – On March 23 Deputy Lawrence responded to a residence on Hol-lywood Road in Hollywood, for a reported assault. The victim alleged suspect William Henry Mattingly Jr., 36, of Hollywood, grabbed the victim repeatedly during an argu-ment. Mattingly continued to assault the victim after the victim exited the residence to get away, by grabbing the victim around the throat. Deputy Lawrence observed fresh evidence of injury on the victim. Mattingly was placed under arrest and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center. He was charged with 2nd Degree Child Abuse and 2nd Degree Assault.

ASSAULT – On March 22 Deputy McCuen responded to a residence on Elderberry Way in Lexington Park, for a reported assault. The victim alleged suspect Justin Jordan Ponticelli, 28, of Lexington Park strangled the victim by putting a towel around the vic-tim’s neck during an argument. Deputy McCuen observed fresh evidence of injury on the victim’s throat. Ponticelli was placed under arrest and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center. He was charged with 2nd Degree Assault.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT – On March 23 Deputy S. Cameron responded to a residence on Bates Road in Greta Mills for a disturbance. On deputy’s arrival, they observed a large crowd surrounding a vehicle in the driveway of the residence. The investigation revealed, suspect Pierre Antonio Butler, 37, of Lexington Park, was highly intoxicated and was refusing to exit the backseat of his father’s vehicle. Deputies then attempted to help get Butler to exit the vehicle when he became more aggressive and confrontational. Butler’s actions caused several other people to respond to the scene surrounding the deputies. Butler was subsequently placed under arrest and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center. He was charged with Disorderly Conduct, Fail to Obey Lawful Order, and Disturbing the Public Peace.

DUI/POSSESSION CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE – On March 23 Deputy Schultz stopped a 2001 Ford Taurus for a traffic violation on Chancellor’s Run Road in the area of Longfields Boulevard. The operator and sole occupant, identi-fied as Jennifer Lee Boone, 31, of Lexington Park, was subsequently placed under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol. She was transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center and a further search was conducted on her person. During the search, a straw containing suspected Xanax was recovered. Boone was charged with DUI, Pos-session Controlled Dangerous Substance – Not Marijuana, Possession Paraphernalia, and Possession CDS Place of Confinement.

SUSPECT CHARGED FOR FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT WITH HANDGUN

Lexington Park, Md. – On March 22 a victim responded to Sheriff’s Office headquar-ters and reported an assault, which occurred on March 21, 2014 in at a residence in Lexington Park. The victim alleged suspect Branden KensleyHanlin, 19, of Lexing-ton Park, grabbed the victim around the upper torso. Hanlin then retrieved a handgun from his waist band then pointed it at the victim’s face. The victim was able to slap the handgun from Hanlin’s hand and flee the residence. Deputy Lawrence observed fresh evidence of injury on the victim. Hanlin was placed under arrest and transported to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center. He was charged with 1st and 2nd Degree Assault.


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Detectives identified Tyler Shane Abell (Age 19 of Callaway, Md.) as a distributor of marijuana. Nu-merous undercover purchases of marijuana were made from Suspect Abell. After reviewing the cases with State’s Attorney Richard D. Fritz and presentation to the St. Mary’s County Grand Jury several arrest war-rants were issued for Suspect Abell for “Distribution of Marijuana”. He was originally held without bond.

A search and seizure warrant was obtained by de-tectives and executed on a Loveville, Maryland resi-dence by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Emer-gency Services Team, K-9 deputies and Support Team Members. Once inside the home a quantity of “crack” cocaine, cash and a firearm were recovered. Additional charges are pending a State’s Attorney’s Office review. Arrested for drug possession were James Thomas Somerville aka “Tim” (Age 56), Agnes Louise Dick-erson aka “Pee Wee” (Age 49) and Julie Ann Clarke (Age 46).

Kimberly Michelle White (Age 49 of Mechanics-ville) was indicted and subsequently arrested for “Ob-taining a Controlled Substance by way of a Fraudulent Prescription”.

Kevin Russell Bryant (Age 22 of Lexington Park) was identified as a distributor of marijuana by detec-tives. Undercover purchases of marijuana were made from Suspect Bryant which led to his indictment and ultimate arrest. He was originally held without bond.

DeAndre Terille Taylor (Age 24 of Bushwood, Md.) was indicted on drug charges and an arrest war-rant was issued. Suspect Taylor fled to Florida and was arrested there on the outstanding St. Mary’s County warrant. His extradition was authorized by State’s Attorney Richard D. Fritz and Suspect Taylor was re-turned to St. Mary’s and served with the warrant that included charges of “Possession of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute”.

Herbert Gaylor Niles aka “Herb” (Age 40 of Lex-ington Park) was identified by detectives as a dis-tributor of cocaine. Several undercover purchases of cocaine were made by detectives and Suspect Niles was indicted. He was charged with numerous counts of “Distribution of Cocaine”. Additional charges are pending and he was originally held without bond.

Joseph Henry Payne (Age 37 of Lexington Park) was identified as a distributor of “crack” cocaine. Detectives conducted an investigation into suspect

Payne’s alleged criminal activity and as a result ob-tained a search and seizure warrant for his home. Detectives, along with members of the Emergency Services Team and K-9 deputies, executed the search warrant and items recovered included ‘crack” cocaine, nearly $1,900 in cash and two cellular phones. Suspect Payne was arrested and additional charges are pending a review with the State’s Attorney’s Office. Notifica-tion was made to the Office of Parole and Probation of suspect Payne’s arrest as he is monitored by that office. In addition to that notification, Detective William E. Raddatz (Sex Offender Compliance Coordinator) was advised of suspect Payne’s change of address due to the fact he is a sex offender. Suspect Payne was held by the District Commissioner on a “No Bond” status.

John Edward Nunley Jr. aka “Snowman” was identified as a distributor of marijuana in the Great Mills area of Lexington Park. Due to his criminal ac-tivity in a specific neighborhood, suspect Nunley had been issued a notice not to trespass. Detectives were able to obtain a search and seizure warrant and upon executing the search warrant items recovered included a large amount of marijuana, a digital scale, packaging material and three cellular phones. Additional charges are expected and are awaiting a State’s Attorney’s Of-fice review.


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AMA Consulting in Charles County is hosting a seminar called “How to Tackle the Request for Propos-al” on April 7. This free seminar is open to any small business owner interested in growing their business by competing for contracts. Facilitated by Maria Asueli-men, Managing Partner with AMA Consulting, LLC., the event will consist of an hour presentation with 30 minutes for questions and discussion afterward. The focus of the seminar is demystifying the Request for Proposal (RFP) process.

Maria says one of the most common misconcep-tions is that every RFP opportunity is “wired”; that is, already promised to a company and not competitive.

“That’s unfortunate because they end up ignoring it altogether,” she says.

The second misconception is that the RFP process is simply too complicated for a small business owner with limited resources.

“An RFP may be 60, 70 pages, but many review-

ers are looking for a small proposal,” explains Maria. “We’re teaching them what to look at first. The state-ment of work, the instructions.” She adds that many of the pages of an RFP can be standard reference informa-tion that can be read later.

Those business owners who are not gun-shy about pulling the trigger are subject to making three common mistakes when approaching the RFP Process.

Maria cautions small business owners to pay at-tention to the three Cs of proposal preparation: staying in compliance, and presenting a compelling and com-plete proposal.

“Compliance is simply following the instructions,” she says, adding that instructions are there to give re-viewers a standardized process for reviewing propos-als. Not being in compliance can disqualify a business right away.

Another mistake businesses make is submitting a boilerplate proposal to the reviewers.

“A compelling proposal should tell them, ‘I am the best. Here are my differentiators. I’ve done it before and I can do it again on your project,’” she explains. To en-

sure a complete proposal, include any requested addi-tional documents like licenses or financial statements.

Laura Boonchaisri, Economic Development Coor-dinator for St. Mary’s County says that although there are no plans to offer the seminar in St. Mary’s County, “all three Southern Maryland counties work together to try and help all businesses, including small busi-nesses, in our region succeed.” St. Mary’s County open bids for county contracts can be found at http://www.co.saint-marys.md.us/bids/openbids.

Registration deadline for the seminar is April 4. For more information or to register, contact Lucinia Mundy at 301-885-1334 or [email protected]. For information about AMA Consulting, visit www.amaconsultonline.com.

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MedStar Orthopaedics has expanded its renowned foot and ankle program, welcoming Jacob M. Wisbeck, MD, board-certified ortho-paedic surgeon, fellowship-trained in foot and ankle surgery, to MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. Dr. Wisbeck specializes in sports-re-lated foot and ankle injuries, ankle instability, foot and ankle trauma, degenerative arthritis, flat foot deformities, and tendon disorders.

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I get it all the hoopla about the Snakehead, the un-welcome transfer to the Chesapeake Bay area that has not only DNR officials from Maryland and Virginia up in arms but, too, sportsmen worrying about their beloved stocks of perch, bass, stripers and other prize catches. This fish is easy to detest, non-indigenous, ugly, a feeder on the fishes that make up the top of the Bay’s food pyramid. Regardless of the state fish-ing license you hold, the DNRs have put out an “all hands” for anyone who catches these out-of-towners to cut off their heads, to keep them from walking to the next body of water. In addition, the DNRs preach their tastiness, you just have to get past the ugly.

But this letter is not about the Snakeheads, it is about a creature that I feel is even more of a detriment in our beloved Chesapeake Bay. Now, this creature is a celebrated fish as American as Mark Twain, a long time part of the red, white and blue culture as hamburgers and apple pie. This fish continues to be the prize catch of tens of thousands of fishermen all across this great nation. But in the Chesapeake Bay, their presence is grave. I am talking about the non-indigenous-to-the-Bay catfish.

These cats, as they can be affectionately called - yet in this case not-so-affectionately, are achieving a greater and greater presence in the Bay’s food chain. They are growing larger and larger and are ranging wider and wider. And, yet, they do not garner the same vilification, attention and catch-at-all-costs re-sponses from our DNR offices. You may ask, why should all of us pay more attention to Bay Catfish?

Consider the bloodworm. If you have ever want-ed to wet your line in any waters of the Chesapeake Bay, the number one choice of baits are these guys. Yes, the package these bloodworms come in might be from Maine or some other place hundreds of miles from here, but bloodworms are here, too, and they are vital to the health of the Bay waters. Living in the mud and marshes that has some salt, they are herbi-vores and live and thrive off of the nutrients intro-duced from trees, leaves, plants and other organisms, whatever may be in the water. Yet, these little guys are delicate, living only three to five years and, when mature, they exit their mud domains for the last time in June and July to spawn, males ejecting the neces-sary “spores” and females’ bodies rupture releasing up to 10 million eggs to become next year’s legion of Bay Cleaners and bottom-of-the-food-chain food source. Did the light bulb come on for you? Mid-summer is when the bloodworms spawn, in sync with hundreds of thousands of Spot, Croaker and other ‘bottom feeders’ come into our region to clean up on the last generation bloodworms who are now at the end of their lifecycle and are easy, ready-to-eat meals. This is where the catfish is doing the most harm.

I know the health of the Bay is a serious mat-ter and very complex. But, to me there is nothing to scratch my head over when thinking about who the real bad guy is swimming in our waters – the catfish. They dig up the bottom sediments to feed on blood-worms creating cloudy water and yes, I understand the argument regarding the loss of oysters and farm-ing run off. But, we did not have an invasive catfish when John Smith sailed clear waters of the Bay. In any matter concerning the Bay, there are many fac-tors to understand; yet, the presence of catfish is a contributing factor to cloudy water and our inability to see our white sneakers at wade-in.

Catfish eat worms, fish and shellfish of all types, fingerling perch, stripers, baby crabs, molting crabs and so on. The full impact of catfish in these waters has been and continues to be studied. Search “Cat-fish Chesapeake Bay” on any Internet machine and you will be able to read any number of efforts to fully grasp the impact of the catfish on Bay waters, but none of them mention the lowly bloodworm’s price they are having to pay. While study after study is commissioned, the bloodworms who I consider the very foundation of the Bay’s health (sans oyster) is in jeopardy.

It is time for our DNR offices to wake up and to paint a Snakehead face on the Catfish, turn them into public enemy number one. We all know Striper Diamond Jim has a nice price on his head to spur the rockfish interests bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars to the economy, but now we should consid-er Platinum Cat, a tagged catfish worth just as much, maybe more since with every catfish removed from our waters, pounds of bloodworms/crabs/fingerlings/shellfish can be saved. I know catfish are not sexy, not the top prize for fishermen, but everyone who loves the Bay should consider ways to get more catfish re-moved from these waters. Everyone should support ‘no catch and release’ for catfish, local governments and DNRs should encourage catfish catches with Snakehead-like consequences (head removal and/or human consumption), free licenses for catfish-fish-ermen, industrial harvesting of catfish meat, catfish fishing tournaments, catfish festivals, anything to get one more of these Bay predators out of the water. Just like the effort to change the name of the Snakehead to make it more plate-worthy, perhaps we should change the name of the invasive Bay Catfish, since cats are cute and cuddly and the catfish itself reeks of apple pie and lemonade anywhere in the USA - but not in the Chesapeake Bay!

Ron TuckerOn the Patuxent,

Mechanicsville, Md.

4/3/2014

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

This object of this proceeding is to secure the foreclosure of all rights of redemption in the following property sold by the Collector of Taxes for St. Mary’s County and State of Maryland to the Plaintiff in this proceeding:

First District, Property No. 01-024205, 43, 124 Sq Ft & Imps, Scotland, known as 11880 Point Lookout Rd.

The Complaint states, among other things, that the amount necessary for redemp-tion have not been paid.

It is thereupon this 25th day of March, 2014, by the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County, ORDERED that this notice be given by the insertion of a copy of this Order in some daily newspaper having general circulation in St. Mary’s County once a week for three successive weeks before the 25th of May, 2014, warning all persons interest in said properties to be and appear in this Court by the 25th day of May, 2014, and redeem these properties and answer the Complaint, or thereafter a final judgement will be rendered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the said property and vesting in the Plaintiff a fee simple title, free and clear of all encum-brances.

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Patricia Cregon PlaintiffV.Carolyn Virginia DorschBank of America, NATIM, Inc, nka PRLAP, Inc, TrusteeRegister of Wills for St. Mary's CountySt. Mary's County MarylandState of MarylandAll person that have or claim to have any interest in the property identified in the Tax Rolls of the Treasurer and Collector of State and County taxes forSt. Mary's County as follows:First District, Property No. 01-024205,43, 124 Sq Ft & Imps, Scotlandknown as 11880 Point Lookout Rd Defendants

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providing free tax preparation and electronic filing in St. Mary’s County for low-to middle-income taxpayers with special attention paid to those ages 60 and older. AARP Tax-Aide is a program of the AARP Foundation offered in conjunction with the IRS. Taxpayers do not need to be a member of AARP. Taxpayers must bring their social security cards and picture IDs (to prevent identity theft), as well as a copy of last year’s tax returns and all income and tax related information including names, social security cards, and birth dates for everyone who will be listed on the return. Call 301-884-8370, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to schedule an appointment at a site near you, or visit our walk-in site at McKay’s Shopping Center (in the old Beauty Salon) on Great Mills Road. Unfortunately we are not able to prepare tax returns involving businesses, farms, rental proper-ties, or partnerships. Additional information, including walk-in site hours, is available at: www.smctaxaide.org .


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Plans to build a regional College of Southern Maryland campus came closer to fruition at the March 27 meeting CSM Board of Trustees meeting.

During the meeting, the trustees approved spending $1,137,748.11 on 70 acres of property in Hugesville in order to build a fourth campus, in addition to

approving a contract award to Grimm + Parker Architects for the design of a new building for the Center for Trades and Energy.

The new campus is almost exactly in the middle of the tri-county area, ac-cording to CSM President Brad Gott-fried. The first program to be housed there, the Center for Trades and Energy, is currently housed in rented space, he said. The new campus will allow it to

be moved to a building the school owns when the lease is up, which will save money in the long run, Gottfired said.

In the future, Gottfried said the Health Sciences building will be re-located to the regional campus. Other departments that might be moved to the new campus are the Fine Arts Building and the athletic fields.

All three Southern Maryland coun-ties will contribute to running the facil-ity, Gottfried said.

In addition to purchasing the land for a new campus, the board welcomed a new trustee – Calvert County based Samuel Jones.

For more information, visit www.csmd.edu.

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The deadline for students to apply for the Academy programs for St. Mary’s County Public Schools is Friday, April 4. We remind students and families to ensure all parts of the application are complete, including teacher recommendations. Ap-plications and the link for recommenda-tions can be found at http://www.smcps.org/academies.

Students can apply for the following differentiated pathways:

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Academy: This rigorous and unique program of study emphasizes the core areas of mathematics and science with an infusion of technology and engineering. This program is open to students in grades 4-12. NOTE: Current STEM students transitioning from 5th to 6th or 8th to 9th will need to reapply.

Academy of Finance: This program offers students in grades 9-12 opportunities to develop professional skills, receive spe-cialized instruction in business finance and

management, and gain an awareness of the marketable skills needed to be successful in the field.

Academy of Global and Interna-tional Studies: Students in grades 9-12 participating in this program, develop un-derstanding and knowledge of world re-gions, cultures, and global/international issues.

Academy of Visual and Perform-ing Arts: This program, open to rising 9th grade students only, provides students the opportunity to understand and appreci-ate the dedication needed to find success as a performer or artist, with an emphasis on creative thinking, problem solving, and collaboration. NOTE: Due to fiscal con-straints, the academy will not be able to of-fer Dance as a program of instruction this year.

For more information contact your school counselor or the Office of the As-sistant Superintendent of Instruction at 301-475-5511, ext. 32139 or email [email protected].

Academy Application Deadline

The Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center is hosting two major events on Sat-urday, April 26.

The Criminal Justice Yard Sale, which benefits the SMCPS Shoe Fund, takes place from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Donations of items to be sold at the yard sale are being accepted at the school site. For more information, contact SGT Mickey Bailey, Criminal Justice instructor, at 301-475-0242, x28209 or at [email protected].

The annual Horticulture/FFA Plant Sale takes place from 8:00 a.m. to noon. A variety of plants will be for sale. For more information, contact Mr. Ed Carney, Horticulture instructor and FFA advisor, at 301-475-0242, x28217 or at [email protected].

Please note: These events may be recorded and presented on SMCPS Channel 96, the school system’s educational cable channel, and the internet.

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Ahead of the Board of County Com-missioner’s budget hearing, Education Asso-ciation of St. Mary’s County (EASMC) Presi-dent Anna Laughlin says the commissioners’ offer to the Board of Education for $4 million over maintenance of effort costs simply isn’t enough to fund teacher salary increases and technology requirements at the same time.

“The fact remains that our teachers are two steps behind,” says Laughlin.

Steps are salary increases earned by teachers based on previous experience. Laughlin explains that one step for the county’s eligible educators equal around $1.9 million. She says if teachers were given their two step increases, the total would near the $4 million mark, spending virtually all of the money offered by the commissioners.

Laughlin acknowledges that teachers should be paid according to their contracts, but she says she also understands that tech-nological requirements needed to remain in compliance with federal mandates such as Race to the Top take precedent.

Negotiations are ongoing, but Laughlin

says the union requests during the process have been “reasonable” and well within what the county can afford, based on in-formation presented at the commissioners’ budget work session last month.

Laughlin also calls into question the scheduling of the upcoming budget public hearing. The hearing, scheduled for April 15, take place “right in the middle of spring break,” Laughlin points out. “Almost all of the teachers will be gone. Most of the par-ents will be out of town.”

“Every year, there’s another boogey-man, another excuse. Sequestration, BRAC (Base and Realignment Closure)… they’re all excuses for not properly funding public education in the county,” says Laughlin.

The St. Mary’s County Board of Coun-ty Commissioners FY2015 Public Hear-ing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15 at Chopticon High School auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m. with proceedings starting at 6:30 p.m. Information regarding the recom-mended FY 2015 Operating and Capital Budget will be presented. The public is in-vited to participate.

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At the March 26 Board of Education Meeting, Dr. Martirano presented to the com-munity the status of make-up days due to the inclement weather experienced during this past winter season. He noted that schools have been closed twelve full days due to inclem-ent weather. The school system calendar had five inclement weather days built in and has utilized Monday, Feb. 17 (President’s Day) as one make-up day. Also, Friday, May 2, which was an additional make-up date, will be utilized leaving five as make-up days. Pursu-ant to the Maryland State Board of Education action on Tuesday, March 25 for a limited waiver process for Maryland school system calendars affected by a very active winter, Dr. Martirano asked for a waiver of the five remaining days. Based on approval from the State Superintendent of Schools for a five day waiver, the Board of Education, at their meeting of March 26, approved the Superintendent’s most current calendar adjustment plan that will supersede any calendar adjustment made at the Feb. 12 Board Meeting as follows:

• Monday, April 21 will be remain a holiday for all students and staff. *Thursday, April 17 will be a holiday for all 12 month employees to make up for the President’s Day holiday.• Friday, May 2 will be a school day for students and staff. All schools and offices will be open.• Thursday, June 12 will be the last day of school for students.• The last day for teachers is to be determined.

The Chesapeake Public Charter School calendar will be affected by the following modifications:

• Monday, April 21 will remain a holiday for all students and staff.• Friday, May 2 will be a school day for students and staff. School and office will be open.• Friday, June 13 will be the last day of school for students.• The last day for teachers is to be determined.

Our school calendar can be viewed on our website at www.smcps.org under commu-nity links. For more information, please call 301-475-5511, ext. 32178.


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The keynote speaker was Executive Vice President of TransitionGuides and author of “For the Good of the Cause: Board Building Lessons from Highly Effective Nonprofits” Don Tebbe. Dur-ing his speech, he addressed the need

for leaders in businesses, such as chief executive officers, to help ensure smooth transitions when they retire. Businesses can prepare for transitions by keeping job advertisements up to date instead of pull-ing out old, dated advertisements to find a successor.

“The first year is a critically impor-tant year,” Tebbe said, explaining that the first full year with a new leader is all about finding the new normal.

The transition process does not just affect the individual leaving the organi-

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A transition can also be an opportu-nity, Tebbe said. It can result in a fresh direction, realignment and diversity in the organization. Overall, he said the best

way to make a transition is to be prepared for the inevitability that a leader will leave the organization at some point.

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During the month of April 2014, St. Mary’s County Public Schools’ (SMCPS) Department of Safety and Security, in co-ordination with school administrators and supporting community partners, will coor-dinate festivals at all SMCPS high schools. The festivals will include activities and events designed to further educate SMCPS high school students about personal safety and avoiding high risk youth behaviors. The festival day for each high school is:

Monday, April 7: Chopticon High School, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.Wednesday, April 9: Great Mills High School, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.Friday, April 11: Leonardtown High School, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event will include two student as-semblies, demonstrations, displays, exhibits and activities. Exhibitors will provide hands on information to the students during the as-semblies and at exhibit stations in or adja-cent to the school cafeteria during scheduled lunches. This will enhance the awareness experience and provide supporting resourc-es for students. Supporting community partners participating in the event are the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, Mary-land State Police, Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department, Mechanicsville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Bay District Volunteer Fire Department, 7th District Volunteer Fire De-partment, Leonardtown Volunteer Fire De-partment, Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad, Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad, St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services and Technology, the St. Mary’s County Community Alcohol Co-alition (Med-Star/St. Mary’s Hospital), and Brinsfield Funeral Home. Assemblies, dem-onstrations, and exhibits will include:

Stop Bullying-Speak up Campaign Assembly – A student led initiative with students participating in a student assembly to increase awareness and provide informa-tion on the national campaign “Stop Bully-ing-Speak Up.” Following the student as-semblies, student leaders from each school will staff an exhibit station in or adjacent to the school cafeteria during scheduled lunches for the purpose of having other stu-

dents participate in an electronic pledge for the national campaign. Facilitator: Mr. Pe-ter Widmayer, Student Board Member and student leaders from each school’s Student Government Association (SGA).

Drug Abuse Prevention Assembly - Educational information will be presented to students by representatives from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office dur-ing student assembly. The information presented will focus on the risks and dan-gers associated with abuse of prescription medications and other drugs. Facilitator: Designated school resource officers, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office.

Mock Vehicle Crash and Emergen-cy Response Demonstration will occur in the morning at each school to focus stu-dents’ attention on the potential results of poor driving decisions. Facilitators: Vol-unteer Fire and Rescue Service, St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services and Technology, Maryland State Police, and St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office.

Alcohol Abuse Prevention Exhibit - Educational information will be present-ed to students by representatives from the St. Mary’s County Community Alcohol Coalition pertaining to the risks and dan-gers associated with the abuse of alcohol. Facilitator: Med-Star/St. Mary’s Hospital Health Connections.

Seatbelt Safety Check (Maryland Chief’s Challenge) Activities - The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland State Police will hold a seat belt check at the entrances to the three high schools to see if drivers and passengers are wearing their seatbelts at the beginning of school. Facilitators: Designated school resource officers, St. Mary’s County Sher-iff’s Office and Maryland State Police.

Volunteer Fire and Emergency Med-ical Service Recruiting Exhibit will pro-vide students with the opportunity to discuss volunteer service in our community with the fire and emergency medical services. Fa-cilitator: St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Services and Technology.

Any additional questions should be directed to F. Michael Wyant, Director of Safety and Security for SMCPS at 301-475-4256 extension 34150.

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Eleven students from the school partic-ipated in the club, and were solely respon-sible for writing and illustrating a book for submission to this national contest. Their book, The Adventures of Bob and Lucy, tells the story of two twins who meet a Ge-nie after being swept up by a tornado. The Genie offers to grant them four wishes, but is challenged by granting them the correct wishes as the twins continually interrupt each other. As a result, many crazy wishes are granted until the twins decide to take turns and not talk over one another.

Several of the students said they joined the endeavor because they are aspiring authors.

“I wanted to be in the club because I already wrote a book at my house and I like writing books,” echoed Aidan Lee.

One of the first graders, Aashka Patel, also enjoys writing and said, “I decided to be in the club because my mom told me that she would help me write books and I am al-ready up to 10 books.”

First grader Michael Johnson said he enjoyed the creative process: “My favorite part of the club was when we just started to see what the book was going to be about.” Second grader Emma Brezina, also “en-joyed drawing pictures for the book. It was fun to draw pictures that may be in the book.”

“I am very excited we were able to of-fer this unique opportunity to our students.

The chance to become a published author is priceless!” said Barstow Elementary Prin-cipal Donna House. “We offer after school enrichment clubs twice a year but this is the first writing club we have sponsored. The students were very enthusiastic and pas-sionate about their project. Many thanks to Sarah Merranko for providing the vision and follow through for this club. I am very proud of each of our authors and illustrators and I will cherish my personal copy of The Adventures of Bob and Lucy.”

The “Kids Are Authors” com-petition has occurred annually since 1986. Scholastic chooses two grand prize winners each year, one in fiction, and one in non-fiction, from tens of thousands of stu-dents nationwide. Scholastic publishes the grand prize books, which are distributed by Scholastic Book Fairs across the country.

Although the children do not re-ceive any royalties from the sales of the books, the winning school receives $5,000 in merchandise from the Scholastic Book Fairs School Resource Catalog to be award-ed to the public/private school or non-profit organization of their choice, 100 copies of their published book and a framed award certificate and gold medallion for each student.

Additionally, Scholastic chooses 25 books that are selected as honorable men-tion winners. Those winning teams re-ceive $500 in merchandise from Scholastic and student award certificates. The grand-prize winners and honorable mention win-ners will be notified by Scholastic by May 31. For information about the program, visit www.scholasticbookfairs.com.

Eleven Barstow Elementary School students participated in a school-sponsored club to write a fiction book for a national competition sponsored by Scholastic Books. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Michael Johnson, Payton Stevens, Lucia Owens, Aashka Patel, and Nikki Tjiputra. Back row, left to right: Andrew Seawell, Julia Merranko, Ben Rachic, Hayley Spicknall, Emma Brezina, and Aidan Lee.

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A new regional anthem is poised to hit the airwaves in time for Spring. “Southern Maryland Thang” is a com-pilation song written by Donovan Far-rell, featuring local musical artists Wes Ryce, Donald Quade, Lindz Owen and John Luskey.

Singer Donovan Farrell says once he decided to create a song as a nod to the culture of the county, the rest of the process was fairly straightforward.”

“I sat down one night and came up with the music,” says Donovan.

Still, as much as he liked the song, Donovan knew he needed four differ-ent quality voices to make the song complete.

“The first person I thought of was Wes,” he says. Wes Ryce, lead singer of local band No Green Jelly Beenz, sug-gested Donald Quade and Lindz Owen. Donovan says while the four of them agreed on Charles County native John Luskey, they weren’t sure if Luskey’s schedule could accommodate the proj-ect. They were thrilled when he was available.

Although Donovan, Ryce, Quade, Owen and Luskey enjoy playing togeth-er, Donovan says there are no plans to tour as a Southern Maryland supergroup.

“This was originally a one-time thing,” Donovan explains. “Schedule-wise it would be hard because we all have our bands, but if we’re asked to perform, I’m pretty sure we could make it happen.”

Donovan says when he heard his song on John Hunt & The Phoenix In-ternet radio last week, it was “amazing.”

John’s [Luskey] probably the only one who’s ever heard his song on the ra-dio before, but for the rest of us, it was pretty special,” says Donovan.

Since that first spin, the response to “Southern Maryland Thang” has been overwhelming. The Facebook

page, launched a week ago, has over 1,100 likes. Local country station 102.9 WKIK-FM has the song in rotation and J.J. Roth, a disc jockey at 98.1 out of Ocean City, Md. and fellow Southern Maryland native, is also playing it.

The music video for “Southern Maryland Thang” is currently being filmed and is scheduled to wrap in early April. The video, shot entirely by Sar-gas Media of Lexington Park, showcas-

es several Southern Maryland locations including Bowles and Vallandingham farms in St. Mary’s County, as well as North Beach boardwalk and the Port To-bacco Marina.

The official release date for the song and music video is April 11. A release party is planned for Port Tobacco Ma-rina with the band No Green Jelly Beenz headlining.

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port we are getting,” says Donovan. “We just wanted to pay tribute to our beloved Southern Maryland and we’re hoping the song and video will do just that.”

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shapes and sizes. The choreography uses mat work among other methods to target major muscle groups.

Lisa has been teaching jazz and hip-hop dance for years in St. Mary’s Coun-ty. The College Park native said she discovered Flaunt! ® while exploring a similar program. She was interested un-til a representative from other program told Lisa that needed to lose 15 pounds

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“It’s almost like karaoke,” she says. “They’ll sing along and it takes their minds off work, kids, grocery shop-ping… they can enjoy themselves and maybe bring back some good memories.”

Lisa says one major misconception about the workout is that a participant must be a fitness model or contortionist to try it. Much like yoga or Pilates, it is a low-impact workout focused on stretch-ing and deliberate movement. Lisa also addresses another misconception.

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Late winter or early spring is a great time to get a head start on the gardening season. Even if gardening season is still around the corner, completing the following projects can ensure your garden gets off on the right foot.

Clear debrisOne of the best things

you can do for your garden as winter winds down is to clear it of debris. Winter can be especially harsh on a landscape, and gar-dens left to the elements are often filled with debris once spring arrives. Dead leaves, fallen branches, rocks that surfaced during the winter frost, and even garbage that might have blown about in winter winds can all pile up in a garden over a typical win-ter. Clearing such debris likely won't take long, but it's a great first step toward restoring the garden before the time comes to plant and grow the garden once again.

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a garden thrives or struggles. Examining the soil before the season starts can help garden-ers address any issues before they plant. Ig-noring the soil until a problem arises can turn the upcoming gardening season into a lost opportunity, so test the soil to determine if it has any nutrient or mineral deficiencies. This may require the help of a professional, but if a problem arises, you might be able to adjust the acidity or alkalinity of the soil and still enjoy a successful gardening season.

Another way to examine the soil is less complex but can shed light on when would be a good time to get back to work. Reach into the soil and dig out a handful. If the soil quickly crumbles, you can start preparing for garden-ing seasoning. But if the soil is still clumped together, it needs more time to dry out before you can begin your prep work.

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[email protected] after noon on Tuesdays may run in the following week’s edition.ObituariesJanice Darlene Somerville, 56

Janice Darlene Somer-ville, 56 of Abell, Md., passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on March 19. Janice was born May 21, 1957 to Ada Armstrong and John Aloysius Carter. She was raised and adored by John F. (Tit) Carter and Dorothy (Armstrong) Carter in Av-enue, Md. She attended and graduated from the Saint Mary’s County School System. Upon graduating from Chopticon High School in 1975, Janice worked for the U.S. federal government and was employed by the General Services Administration for 16 years. She suffered from a brief illness and began working closer to home as an in-home caregiver.

Janice married the love of her life, Leonidas Somerville on Nov. 24, 1979 and out of their union three children were born: Damion (Lexington Park, Md.), Branda-lin (Jacksonville, Fla.), and Lea (Loveville, Md.). She celebrated 13 years of marriage before her husband’s untimely death.

Janice was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, daughter, sister, cousin, and friend. She loved music of all kinds and took pleasure in going to con-certs. She enjoyed cooking for her family, dancing, playing cards, laughing, joking around and talking after people. She had a sharp tongue and could never be caught off guard because she always had a snappy

remark ready. She was an avid reader of romantic

novels and could read through a 300+ page book in as few as two days. She would exchange brown paper bags full of books with her sister-in-law, Ugertha Somerville Whatley and her daughter, Brandalin and they would discuss the books in detail; agreeing and disagreeing with the outcome.

Janice experienced health issues throughout her later life and fought valiant-ly to maintain her independence.

She was preceded in death by her be-loved husband, Leonidas Somerville; par-ents, Dorothy Armstrong Carter and John F. (Tit) Carter; birth-mother, Ada “Ginny-gal” Armstrong and sister, Pamela Armstrong.

To cherish memories of Janice, she leaves her three children, three grandchil-dren, Davien, Jaylen, and Jami; a brother, Jonathan Armstrong; a sister, Lisa Arm-strong; one niece, Tiffanie Armstrong; five nephews, Jason Armstrong, Damont Barnes, Timothy Bush, Darius Armstrong, and Darien Bush. She also leaves a faithful companion, Albert Woodland and a whole host of family members and friends.

Family united with friends on Thurs-day, March 27 for visitation at 10 am until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am at Holy Angels Catholic Church, 21340 Colton Point Road, Ave., Md. Interment to follow at Queen of Peace Cemetery, Helen, Md.

The family would like to turn to you for monetary support in helping with fi-nances to bury their beloved mother. Dona-tions may be sent to Lea Somerville, P.O.

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Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Fu-neral Home, Mechanicsville, Md.

Henry Joseph Kanowicz, 86

Henry Joseph Kanow-icz, 86, was born in Sham-okin, Pa. on Jan. 13, 1928 to John Kananowicz and Johanna Jurasz. He grew up in the coal mining re-gions of Pa. He finished his public school education at Coal Township High School in Pa. in 1945. He served in the US Navy from December 1945 to October 1946 with an honorable discharge. He married Agnes Rita Las-koski on June 11, 1949. He graduated in 1951 from Mount St. Mary’s College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and then received a Master’s of Science Degree from Bucknell University in 1953. After gradu-ation he began his career in education as a math and physics teacher at Mt. Airy High School in Md. from 1951-1954 making a mere $2,400 per year. Then he became the Principal at Elmer A. Wolfe School from 1954-1959 at the age of 26. Thereafter he became the Principal at Francis Scott Key High School from 1959-1964. In 1964, St. Mary’s County Public School Systems was rapidly expanding. There was a specific need for someone to run its fiscal affairs. Mr. Kanowicz received the appointment as

Director of Business Administration. He re-tained this position from 1964 - 1979 when he was appointed Assistant Superintendent for Business and Support Services from 1979 – 1980. In 1981 he was given the title of Director of Business Operations. It was from this position that Mr. Kanowicz re-tired from the Board of Education and then moved on to Long and Foster as a part-time real-estate agent.

Henry’s favorite past times were watching University of Maryland sports and enjoying family gatherings. Henry was a loving husband to Agnes for 56 years until her death on August 1, 2005. Henry was the most compassionate, loving, generous and unprejudiced husband, father and grand-father that anyone could ever ask for. We were truly blessed.

Henry is survived by his four children, Mark (Jane) Kanowicz, Sandra (Alvin) Hancock, Glenn (Robin) Kanowicz, and Martha (Devon) Treasure; eight grandchil-dren, Jessica, Brian, Jenna, Heather, Kevin, Rachel, Lauren, and Mitchell; seven great-grandchildren, Carmen, Caleb, Makayla, Eli, Ethan, Avery and Olivia; and one sister, Sophia Yasalonis of New Cumberland, Pa.

Organizational Memberships, Honors and Awards:

Organized CCTA Federal Credit Union – 1952, Treasurer, CCTA Federal Credit Union -1952-1957, President, CCTA Federal Credit Union – 1957-1964. State Chairman, Maryland State Education As-sociation (MSTA) Credit Union Committee – 1953. MSTA Leadership Training Insti-


tute – Staff, 1954-1956. Maryland Future Farmers of America, State Farmers Degree, 1960. Who’s Who in the East, 1960 – 1970. Outstanding Educators in America, 1973. Kappa Phi Kappa – Honorary Educational Society. Monsignor Tierney Honor Soci-ety – Academic. Phi Delta Kappa – Gradu-ate Educational Society. Life Member of National Educational Association (NEA). Association of School Business Officials of MD and DC – Liaison 16 years, Finance Section Director 1973, Treasurer 1978-1979, Director 1980. The School Superin-tendents’ Association (AASA) 1964-1980. Lions’ Club – President, 1961 and 1976 – 26 year perfect attendance, Zone Chair-man, 1978. Knights of Columbus – Deputy Grand Knight – 1960. Elk – Organizing Committee and Treasurer – 1961. Mary-land Negotiating Service, 1968-1978. Divi-sion of Food and Nutrition Service of US Dept. of Agriculture, School Food Service Financial Management Handbook – Pilot System – 1972. United States Office of Ed-ucation, National Conference “Public Con-fidence and the Schools” -1979. Breton Bay – Cherry Cove Civic Association, President – 1980. Public School Superintendents’ As-sociation of Maryland – 1980. US Dept. of Agriculture, National Advisory Coun-cil on Child Nutrition, Nominated – 1980. Educational Systems Employees Board of Directors. United Teachers Profession. Honorable service in the US Armed Forces for outstanding service and loyalty to the United States of America.

Family received friends on Satur-day, March 22 from 9 to 10:45 a.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 11 a.m. at St. Aloysius Church, Leonardtown, Md. Interment followed in the Queen of Peace Cemetery, Helen, Md.

Serving as pallbearers were Mark Kanowicz, Glenn Kanowicz, Alvin Han-cock, Brian Hancock, Kevin Hancock,

Mitchell Kanowicz and Devon Treasure. Serving as honorary pallbearers were be Henry’s grandchildren and the Leonard-town Lion’s Club.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu-tions may be made to Meals on Wheels, c/o St. Mary’s County Department of Aging, P.O. Box 655, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funer-al Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.

Imogene Russell, 86

Imogene Russell, 86, of Lexington Park, Md. died March 25 at Covenant Hospice in Panama City, Fla.

Born February 24, 1928 in Tucker Hill, Va., she was the daughter of the late Ida and Randolph Thomas.

She was the wife of Emmitt Rus-sell, whom she married May 9, 1946. He preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 2001. She had worked at Sears and in the Loan Department at Maryland Bank and Trust. Imogene was a longtime resident of St. George’s Island.

Imogene is survived by her son, Richard Russell and wife, Jeannie of Panama City, Fla.; her grandson, Christo-pher Russell of Long Island, N.Y. and her brother, Carroll Thomas of Boyce, Va. In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by her daugh-ter, Donna Lee Russell and her brother, Walter Thomas.

Family received friends on Monday, March 31, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22945 Holly-wood Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650. A Funeral service was celebrated by Rever-

end Elizabeth Jackson at 12 p.m. Inter-ment followed at Charles Memorial Gar-dens in Leonardtown, Md.

Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Russell, Marty Russell, Nathan Russell, Justin Russell, Harry Gordon and Dick Osburn.

Memorial contributions may be made to Covenant Hospice, 107 West 19th Street, Panama City, Fla. 32405 and First Saints Community Church, 25550 Point Lookout Road, P.O. Box 95, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-neral Home, Pa., Leonardtown, Md.

Robert L. Hayes, 73

Robert L. (Al) Hayes, 73, of Leonardtown Md., passed away March 25 at the St. Mary’s Hospice House in Callaway, Md., surrounded by family and friends after a courageous battle with heart disease.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 18, 1940, he was the son of the late Frank Hayes, Sr., and Jeannette Hayes.

Al is survived by his beautiful and loving wife of 50 years, Elizabeth (Betty) Robison Hayes of Leonardtown, Md.; brothers Frank J. Hayes, Jr., James T. Hayes and his wife Cindy of Mich.; his nephew Al Norris of Danville, Calif.; nieces, Autumn Hayes, Robin Hayes, Julie Rombach, Patty Kline and Lorrie Schmidt of Mich.; Marlo Hayes of Tex-as; and many grand nieces and nephews in Md. and Mich.

In addition to his parents, Al is pre-deceased by his brother Richard Hayes of Mich. and niece Robin Keller, wife of Charlie Keller of Waldorf, Md.

Al was a United States Navy vet-eran, serving proudly with his brothers of Patrol Squadron 44. After his faith-ful military service, Al worked for the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship – Paul Hall Center, in Piney Point Md., as the grounds supervisor and mentor to young men, where he retired with over 29 years of dedicated service.

Al was a loving husband, a brother to his shipmates, and a caring friend to many. He loved to travel, visit his fa-vorite casino with Betty, and attend his squadron reunions. He was an avid out-doorsman, gardener and antique collec-tor. One of his favorite joys was hav-ing a good time; and no matter what the situation, he always did. Al was a true inspiration to the people he met and always had a kind word for others. He loved life and lived his to the fullest. Al will always be remembered for his dry wit, honesty, equality for all, and his strong belief in unionism.

The family received friends for Al’s Life Celebration on Sunday, March 30 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Brinsfield Funer-al Home, Pa., 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, Md. 20650 with prayers recited at 4 p.m. by Father Scott Woods. A graveside service was held on Mon-day, March 31 at 10 a.m. at the Charles Memorial Gardens, 26325 Point Look-out Road, Leonardtown, Md.

Pallbearers were his brothers of Pa-trol Squadron 44, Jeff Snavely, Richard Nevala, Robert Groat, and Roy Veach.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House of St. Mary’s, Inc., P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.

Condolences to the family can be offered at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.

Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonar-dtown, Md.

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Midnight Madness, ET Series, Swap Meet at MIRThis Friday night, April 4, Maryland International Raceway (MIR) will host the first Speed

Unlimited Midnight Madness event of the season. The Midnight Madness series is a great place to check out street legal drag racing, hang out with your friends, enjoy great food, meet new people, and cruise the pits. You can even enter your own streetcar or street bike into the event for time runs, grudge runs, or trophy racing. It’s safe, fun, affordable, and legal. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. and first round eliminations will start at 10pm for all classes. General Admission for adults is $10, and kids 11 & under are free. Race Entry Fee is only $20.

On Saturday, April 5, MIR will kick off the season with the Speed Unlimited ET series. The event will feature Top E.T., Mod E.T., Motorcycle, Jr. Dragster, and Test & Tune. Gates will open at 1 p.m. with time runs starting at 2 p.m. J/D Eliminations will start at 4pm and eliminations for all other classes start at 6pm. General Admission for adults is $15, and kids 11 & under are free.

On Sunday, April 6 MIR will host the Spring Performance Swap Meet and Test & Tune with time runs, grudge runs, testing, and tuning all day. Buy, Sell or Trade, and turn those extra parts in your garage into cash, or find the extra parts you need at a good buy. IHRA chassis certifications will also be available. The event is open to streetcars, racecars, street bikes, drag bikes, and junior dragsters. There will also be a free $1,000 to win gambler’s race held for E.T. bracket racers. Gates will open at 9 a.m. and the event will be concluded at 6pm. The gambler’s race will start at 3 p.m. General Admission for adults are $15, and kids 11 & under are free. A 15’ x 24’ Swap Meet spot is $10 plus admission. Racer entry fee is $30, and no time racer entry fee is $40. No advance reserva-tions needed, come to race watch or swap!

For more detailed information on these events call the 24-Hour Dragline Hotline at 301-884-RACE or visit us at www.mirdrag.com.

With less than a month away from the start of the regular season, the Southern Mary-land Blue Crabs are getting ready to host spring training at Regency Furniture Stadium in preparation for the 2014 season. Highlighting the Blue Crabs spring training festivities is the 2014 Crustacean Celebration Fan Fest, Community Caravan Day and four exhibition games, including two at Regency Furniture Stadium.

With Opening Day slated for Thursday, April 24 in Southern Maryland against the Bridgeport Bluefish, the 2014 Blue Crabs will convene as a team on Saturday, April 12 for the 2014 Crustacean Celebration Fan Fest from 10am-2pm, giving fans the first chance to meet to the newest Blue Crabs and interact like never before.

The team will hold its first official workout as a team on Monday, April 14 and Tues-day, April 15. On Wednesday, April 16th Blue Crabs will be out-and-about in the commu-nity during the annual “Community Caravan Day”. Players will split into groups and visit local charities and non-profits throughout the Southern Maryland Region.

The Spring Training schedule will also feature the team’s media day on Thursday, April 17, which includes an exclusive media-only 10 a.m. workout, followed by a media luncheon at 1 p.m.

Preseason play opens in a tilt against the York Revolution on Sunday, April 20 at Santander Stadium in York, Pa. The Blue Crabs will then head to Camden, NJ to take on the Camden Riversharks at 1:00pm on Monday, April 21. The Crabs return home for an exhibi-tion game against the York Revolution on Tuesday, April 22 at 1:00pm. The game will be

open to the public and admission is free. The team will finish off their preseason schedule when they take on the College of Southern Maryland at 5:00pm on Wednesday, April 23 at Regency Furniture Stadium. The gates will open for the five-inning bout at 4:00pm and admission will be accepted in the form of donations. All proceeds will benefit The College of Southern Maryland Athletic Department.

“Spring Training is almost here! It’s so important for the team to get acclimated to the area, but most importantly it’ll be exciting for the fans to get early access to the team before the actual season begins,” said Blue Crabs General Manager Patrick Day, who will enter his second season as General Manager of the Blue Crabs. “We’re hoping for great weather during this year’s spring training as well as the best turnout ever for all of our events that we’ve been working hard on during the off season!”

The Blue Crabs play 140 regular season games in the Atlantic League, considered the highest level of Minor League Baseball. Atlantic League players are “Major League ready” and in the last 16 years, over 600 players have graduated from Atlantic League clubs to Ma-jor League organizations, making the League a preferred route for experienced players to be scouted by Major League Baseball. The Blue Crabs play at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Maryland. The franchise will look to open its 7th season on Thursday, April 24. Please call 301-638-9788 or visit www.SOMDbluecrabs.com for more information and to save your seat at the ballpark today!

By Doug WatsonContributing Writer

Milton Delaware’s Robbie Emory drove a flawless race to

score his first-career Potomac Speedway feature win in last Friday night’s 20-lap Limited Late Model headliner. Wheeling his PJ1 Motorsports no.9E, Emory became the division’s 72nd different feature winner and also made himself only the third driver ever from the state of Delaware to win at Potomac.

Jeff King and Robbie Emory shared the front-row for the start of the event with King surging into the race lead as the pack raced off turn-two. King appeared poised for his first-ever Potomac fea-ture win as he lead until the half-way point in the feature. Com-ing off turn-four to complete lap-11 King slid high with a failing left front tire opening the door to Emory to slide by and grab the top-spot. Emory would go on to lead the distance, but would have to hold-off a furious late race rush by eventual runner-up Tyler Emory, to preserve the win. “This is a great way to start the sea-son.” Emory stated from Potomac’s victory lane. “The last time I was here on Potomac’s front-stretch I won a bike race when I was five years old.” Emory was quick to praise those who aided in his winning drive. “My dad built this motor over the winter, and it’s got plenty of power.” Said Emory. “I just want to thank my family and PJ1 Motorsports for all their support, were hoping for a good season this year.” King held on for third, Billy Hubbard was fourth

with 11th-starting Derrick Quade rounding out the top-five. Heats went Emory and King.

Mike Latham scored the win in the 16-lap Street Stock fea-ture. Latham, who started fourth, grabbed the lead on lap one and would lead every lap to collect his 31st career Potomac feature win. Opening day winner Darren Alvey dogged Latham the entire distance, but would settle for runner-up money. Chuck Bowie was third, Dale Reamy took fourth with Mike Raleigh completing the top-five.

Billy Crouse scored his first-career Potomac feature win in the 15-lap Hobby Stock main. Sixth-starting Crouse wrestled the race lead from John Burch on lap-four and would then hold-off 12th-starting Jerry Deason to post the breakthrough win. Burch settled for third, Greg Morgan was fourth with Jamie Sutphin rounding out the top-five.

Eastside (VA) speedway regular David Rhodes scored a flag-to-flag win in the 15-lap U-Car feature. Rhodes, who started sec-ond, took the lead on lap-one and then held off a determined Erica Bailey to post the win. Sam Raley was third, Cori French took fourth with opening day winner DJ Powell filling the front-five.

Ed Pope Sr. continued his mastery of the Strictly Stock ranks as he scored the win in the divisions 15-lap contest. This would be the fourth year in a row, that Pope would win the class opener. Pope would lead all 15-laps to post the win over JJ Silvious, John Hardesty, Paul Jones and Nabil Guffey.

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Limited late Model feature finish

1. Robbie Emory 2. Tyler Emory 3. Jeff King 4. Billy Hubbard 5. Derrick Quade 6. Brandon Long 7. Matt Tarbox 8. Sam Archer 9. Rich Marks 10. Jimmy Jesmer Jr. 11. Dale Hollidge (DNS) 12. Kyle Lear (DNS)

Street Stock feature finish

1. Mike Latham 2. Dar-ren Alvey 3. Chuck Bowie 4. Dale Reamy 5. Mike Raleigh 6. Mike Hanbury 7. Johnny Oliver 8. Troy Kassiris

Hobby Stock feature finish

1. Billy Crouse 2. Jerry Deason 3. John Burch 4. Greg Morgan 5. Jamie Sut-phin 6. Jonathon Raley 7. Will Nelson 8. Kenny Sut-

phin 9. Max Martin 10. Matthew Stewart 11. Robbie Kramer Jr. 12. Ryan Clement 13. Korey Downs 14. Buddy Dunagan (DNS)

U-Car feature finish

1. David Rhodes 2. Erica Bailey 3. Sam Raley 4. Cori French 5. DJ Powell 6. Corey Swaim 7. Jeremy Pilkerton 8. Megan Mann 9. Angel Mudd

Strictly Stock feature finish

1. Ed Pope Sr. 2. JJ Silvious 3. John Hardesty 4. Paul Jones 5. Nabil Guffey 6. Jimmy Suite 7. Johnny Hardesty 8. Ray Bucci 9. Zack Smizer 10. Ed Pope Jr. 11. Megan Emory 12. Ben Pirner 13. Darrell Battle


By Ronald N. Guy Jr.Contributing Writer

The dance began with 68 p a r t i c i p a n t s . Four are left.

My bracket is perfect. War-ren Buffet, cour-tesy his billion-dollar challenge, is sweating. I’m

starting to count my 10-figure payoff. Early retirement. New car. New home. Vacation home. Or two. Maybe three. I will shame-lessly indulge my hobbies. My mom will never work again. My dad…well…he’s a professional retiree. He hasn’t worked in years. But I’ll float him a new set of golf clubs and personalized balls branded with my adorable likeness. My palate will only know the world’s finest beer; my music col-lection will be epic. I’ll move my cousin into a guesthouse. He has no fixed address anyway, and I’ll need a wingman for my life of leisure – and he masters in leisure. And of course there would be much philan-thropy (food for the soul).

That paragraph contains more mad-ness than the tournament itself. My brack-et is trashed. The billion dollars remain in Mr. Buffet’s massive account. I remain em-ployed and the holder of a single mortgage. My mother still works; my dad is playing generic, off-the-shelf balls. My cousin con-tinues to wander and my philanthropy re-mains meager. My bracket dream is over. I’m the same guy today that I was before the tournament – not that there’s anything wrong with that. My wife would agree…I think.

The reason I didn’t find my wonder-land, get bequeathed a chocolate factory, or end up with a enough of Mr. Buffet’s money to buy a private island isn’t the re-sult of lack of knowledge or overall ability. Oh no, I have skills. The problem, one that thwarts so many brackets that coulda been contenders, was this: the occurrence of the unforeseen, the illogical and maybe even the impossible. Stephen F. Austin beat VCU – stone cold. Harvard whipped Cin-cinnati - not in a math-a-thon – on the bas-ketball court. Dayton defeated perennial powers Ohio State and Syracuse. Stanford sent Kansas home early – no ruby slippers

required. And of course, Mercer, the pride of Macon, Georgia, bounced Duke in the first round.

Upsets are part of single-elimination tournament basketball. Always have been. But David’s beating Goliath so often now, it’s fair to question if they’ve been cast cor-rectly. Upstarts – small schools from non-descript conferences - are winning regu-larly and are even making runs to the Final Four (see George Mason in 2006, Butler in 2010 and 2011, VCU in 2011 and Wichita State last year).

So what has changed? Well, a lot. Early entrants to the NBA are robbing ma-jor programs of elite talent while smaller schools with less decorated recruits build teams – real teams – over several seasons. But it’s more than that. The kids from But-ler, Dayton and Mercer, and nearly every school like them, act like they belong now. A national T.V. audience, cavernous arenas and blue blood opponents engender not a trace of intimidation, cowardice or inferi-ority. The tournament’s grand stage, the opportunity to win and to chase the sports’ greatest prize is as much theirs as it is their more ballyhooed opponent. Mercer isn’t less than Duke; Mercer equals Duke.

I watched a re-run of Rocky III re-cently. In Rocky’s first fight with Clubber Lang (Mr. T), defeat was in his eyes. He wanted no part of the hungry challenger. Of course, as Rocky so often did, he came back with vengeance and defeated Lang in the rematch. In the climatic fight Rocky de-fiantly implored Lang to hit him while pro-claiming, “you ain’t so bad…you ain’t noth-ing.” Rocky had absorbed the champ’s best punch and found him to be no greater, no stronger than he was. The kids from Mer-cer, Dayton and insert-any-instant-Cinder-ella-here, routinely compete with the same fearlessness as Philadelphia’s beloved box-ing hero. Goliath is mighty and strong, but David is a highly skilled with his slingshot.

Bill Cosby once said, “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” To see that quote in action, watch the NCAA tournament every spring. For it to show up throughout the year, it is up to us to apply the fearlessness of these young men to ev-erything we do.

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County Commissioner Todd Morgan (R-Dist. 4) throws out the first pitch.

Jaguar Nick Burch just before he’s called to bat. Photos By Kay Poiro

The Panthers (maroon) and Jaguars on the baseline prior to the first Babe Ruth league baseball game. Babe Ruth baseball is for middle school students. This is the

first time St. Mary’s County has had a middle school age baseball league.


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Maryland Hosts Open House at Fairlead Academy for Tutors, Mentors

LIBRARY ITEMSComputer classes offered for adults

Adults can register for the following free computer classes: Introduction to Word on Apr. 9 at 2 p.m. and Introduction to PowerPoint on Apr. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Lexington Park branch; Intermediate Excel on Apr. 7 at 2 p.m. and Introduction to Digital Photo Editing on Apr. 17 at 2 p.m. at the Leonardtown branch; and Introduction to Publisher on Apr. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Charlotte Hall branch.

Children’s programs planned during spring breakThe popular crafternoon program will be offered on Apr. 15 at Leonar-

dtown branch and on Apr. 16 at Charlotte Hall and Lexington Park branches. Kids, ages 4 to 12, can drop in from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and complete a spring craft. Supplies will be provided.

Lexington Park branch will hold a karaoke for kids ages 6 to 12 on Apr. 14 at 3 p.m.

Free family movies are planned at each branch. Charlotte Hall branch will show the movie about Anna who teams up with a mountaineer and his trusty reindeer to break an icy spell cast on the kingdom of Arendelle by Snow Queen Elsa on Apr. 15 at 2 p.m.

The movie about Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, who investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his arch-enemy, Pro-fessor Ratigan, will be shown at Leonardtown branch on Apr. 16 at 2:30 p.m.

On Apr. 17 at 2 p.m. Lexington Park branch will show the movie about Hop who tells the comic tale of Fred taking the Easter Bunny in after he ac-cidentally injures him only to find out the Easter Bunny is the world’s worst house guest.

Kids can sample new recipesKids ages 8 to 12 can make and sample new recipes at Kids Can Cook

program at Lexington Park branch on Apr. 8 at 4:30 p.m.

Help available for job seekersJob seekers can get job counseling and resume help, search for jobs, and

get registered with the Maryland Workforce Exchange when the Southern Maryland JobSource Mobile Career Center visits the Leonardtown branch on Apr. 11 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Leonardtown Library will also offer a free resume basics class on Apr. 23 at 5:30 p.m. Adults will learn the basics of writing a resume, the different types of resumes, and how to use the resume templates in Word 2010. Reg-istration is required.


Leadership Southern Maryland (LSM) hosts an open house at the Fairlead Academy on April 3. The event, held at 20833 Great Mills Rd., is primarily to find mentors and tutors for its 9th grade students of the school.

Rebecca Cline, Academic Dean for Fairlead Academy, says the ideal mentor has the ability to make a connection with the student, as well as commit to regular visits of “ev-ery week or so, about 30-45 minutes at a time,” says Cline. “Mentors might discuss their grades, talk about what’s going on with their classes, talk about their interests out-side of school. Some mentors even bring the student lunch sometimes.”

Cline says the need for tutors is especially great. Poten-tial tutors need not be certified teachers, but knowledgeable in the core subjects of English, Social Studies, Science and Math. They must register as a volunteer through the school

system, allowing them one-on-one access to students. The volunteer application is available on the St. Mary’s County Public Schools website.

“Unlike the mentors, our tutors don’t necessarily need to work with the same student,” Cline explains. “We do ask that they remain in contact with the teachers so lesson plans can be addressed.”

Steve Combs of Leadership Southern Maryland says the LSM-sponsored Southern Maryland Academic Re-source Team (SMART) is a perfect fit for the Fairlead Acad-emy’s need for mentors. Combs explains that the program, currently in its first year, was “devised as a way to help guide the students who don’t know what they want to do later on in life.

“Some of them needed support, direction or simple ex-posure to their post-high school options.”

In addition to providing support through SMART, Leadership Southern Maryland also plans to sponsor a Ca-reer Day at Fairlead Academy in early May.

“Local professionals will be on hand to talk to students about career options. It’s important to show students that there is a way to get from where they are to where they want to be. It comes down to decision-making and these folks could help influence these decisions.”

Combs says he and many of his classmates have been where the Fairlead students are now and “trust me, there’s no better place to invest than in the future.”

Leadership Southern Maryland is a non-profit, inde-pendent educational leadership development program de-signed to create regional leaders.

For information about the Open House, contact Re-becca Cline at (301) 863-4090. Fairlead Academy applica-tions are available at www.smcps.org. For more informa-tion about the SMART program, contact Steve Combs at [email protected].

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From My Backyard to Our Bay was first developed by the Baltimore County Soil Conservation District. From there, the booklet was given to each of the Soil Conservation Districts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed area for customization. If the 17.5 million residents who live in the watershed area of the Chesapeake Bay read this booklet, and took to heart its suggestions and best practices, the Chesapeake Bay would see a dramatic increase in health. Obtain a FREE copy of the booklet by going to the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association, smrwa.org and downloading it. The booklet is available at Wentworth Nursery in Charlotte Hall; Chicken Scratch in Park Hall; The Greenery in Hollywood; Good Earth Natural Food; and the St. Mary’s Soil Conservation District in Leonardtown.

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From my Backyard to our BayA St. Mary’s County Resident’s Guide to Improving Our Environment and Drinking Water

From My Backyard to Our Bay

A St. Mary’s County Resident’s Guide to

Improving Our Environment and Drinking Water

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Bay-Wise?Bay-Wise landscapes minimize negative impacts on our waterways by using smarter lawn management techniques and gardening practices. The University of Maryland Extension Master Gardener Bay-Wise program in St. Mary’s County offers hands-on help with managing your landscape by providing information, a site visit, and landscape certifications. Our yardstick checklist is easy to understand and follow, and our team of trained Master Gardeners can help guide you through it while offering suggestions to improve both the appearance and sustainability of your landscape.

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Rain Gardens Can HelpDuring a one-inch rainstorm, more than 750 gallons of water fall on 1,200 square feet (about half the space of ground covered by the average Ameri-can house). All of that water moves rap-idly into storm drains, saturates lawns, and heads for the Bay and its tributar-ies. Rain gardens are gaining popularity as a way to control stormwater runoff on residential properties. A rain garden is more than just a bed of pretty plants; properly sized and installed, it can col-lect and filter large quantities of water.This helps keep pollutants such as fertilizers, motor oil, and heavy metals out of our streams, and saves time and money that may otherwise be spent watering a lawn or flowers. The difference between a traditional garden and a rain garden lies underground and in the plant selection. A rain garden is positioned slightly down slope of a gut-ter in order to catch the rainwater. The ground is dug to a depth of about 6-12 inches and refilled about halfway with a mixture of topsoil and organic mate-

rial, compost, or shredded leaves and sand. If heavy clay soils are present, other techniques (such as vertical cores of gravel) may be needed. To receive more information on soils types, visit the web soil survey found at: websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/Rain gardens are generally best situ-ated in sunny locations, and the plants that thrive in them prefer full to partial sun. Plants selected for rain gardens must tolerate drought as well as peri-odic flooding. Luckily, many attractive native plants fit these requirements. A two- to three-inch layer of mulch keeps the plants moist and provides additional filtration.

Tips for Planting a Rain Garden• Pick the location: Sunny areas where

the land slopes slightly away from the house are best.

• Determine size: Measure the area of roof that will drain to the downspout. The garden should be about 20% of the size of the area to be drained.

• Keep your distance: Plant the rain garden at least 15 feet away from the house.

• Don’t fear the mosquitoes: Their lar-vae take seven to ten days to mature. A well-designed rain garden should drain in three days or less. It will also attract predators such as birds, toads, and dragonflies to keep bugs at bay.

• Choose native plants with large root systems: They are generally best suited to the rain garden environment.

Where to get help with…RAIN GARDENS & NATIVE PLANTS• Rain Gardens, a how-to manual

for homeowners, lowimpactdevelopment.org

• Adkins Arboretum, 410-634-2847, or adkinsarboretum.org

• Wentworth Nursery, Inc. 301-373-9245 or wentworthnursery.comThis is the eighth in a series of articles that Mary Ann Scott ([email protected]) has adapted from

From My Backyard to Our Bay in the hopes of increasing awareness of the powerful booklet that could do so much to help the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Look for the next article in next week’s County Times!

Environmental Issues in Your Backyard

Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative’s (SMECO’s) Board of Directors has appointed 11 members to the 2014 Nominating Committee scheduled to meet on Saturday, May 17, at the Co-op’s Executive Building in Hughesville. This committee will select a slate of candidates for the five available Board seats up for elec-tion at SMECO’s 2014 Annual Members’ Meeting. The following Board seats will be up for election: one in Calvert County, one in Charles County, one in Prince George’s County, and two in St. Mary’s County.

The 2014 Nominating Committee members follow: • Calvert County: Terence N. Gibson, Prince Frederick; and Alyce Schwallenberg, Huntingtown.• Charles County: Victor Allen, La Plata; Joseph L. Gardiner Jr., La Plata; Edward Holland III, Wal-

dorf; and William B. Young Jr., Waldorf.• Prince George’s County: Manning Clagett, Accokeek; and Ernest H. Riess, Brandywine.• St. Mary’s County: Edith M. Bell, Chaptico; George A. Brown, Loveville; and Catherine Brenda

Coates, Lexington Park. SMECO customer-members interested in being nominated should complete a Board of Directors Can-

didate Application. To obtain a candidate application, contact Lisa Oliver at 301-274-4489 or [email protected]. Completed candidate applications should be submitted or mailed to SMECO, Attention: Joseph Densford, Board Attorney, 15045 Burnt Store Road, P.O. Box 1937, Hughesville, Maryland 20637 by Friday, May 9, 2014.

In addition to nominations made by the committee, any 15 or more SMECO members acting together may make other nominations by petition by Friday, July 11, 2014. Members running by petition should also com-plete and submit a Board of Directors Candidate Application. Nominations will be posted in each SMECO office and mailed to each member with the Annual Meeting notice.

SMECO’s Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday, September 10, 2014. Absentee mail-in voting will be available to customer-members who are unable to attend the meeting. Customers may request an absentee mail-in ballot beginning July 1 by calling 1-888-440-3311 or by going to SMECO’s website at www.smeco.coop. More information will be published in the Co-op’s monthly newsletter.

Selection of the Nominating Committee members is in compliance with SMECO’s bylaws. For more in-formation regarding the committee, nominations, and qualifications of directors, refer to Article IV, Sections 4.02 and 4.03, of SMECO’s bylaws. Bylaws may be obtained from any SMECO office.

The Great Mills Swimming Pool will close for 12 days of seasonal maintenance and conversion to sum-mer operation, from May 12-23. Workers at the pool will remove the air supported dome and perform scheduled maintenance during that time. The pool will reopen for normal operating hours on May 24.

Currently the pool’s hours of operation are Monday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Sundays from 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The pool is scheduled to move to its summer sched-ule beginning June 16. Summer hours will be Monday – Saturday 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Sundays 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

For further information, please contact the pool at 301-866-6560.

Great Mills Pool to

Close for Seasonal

Maintenance


Call The County Times to Place an Engagement Announcement - It’s Free! 301-373-4125

AnnouncinIssued Marriage Applications for February 2014

FEbruAry 4, 2014

David Joseph Hockaday 51 Lexington Park, Md

Cassandra Bechas 51 Lexington Park, Md

Glenn Wilson Grimes 27 California, Md

Julie Anne Koehler 25 California, Md

FEbruAry 5, 2014

Travis Lowell Alderfer 42 Lexington Park, Md

Susan Blanche Neff 47 Tall Timbers, Md

FEbruAry 6, 2014

Kristine Renee Buckler 34 Hollywood, Md

Justin Enoch Burch Ferrall 35 Hollywood, Md

FEbruAry 7, 2014

Shawn Tyler Bowie 21 Huntingtown, Md

Alyssa Nicole Gunther 22 Lexington Park, Md

India Shamar Johnson 27 Great Mills, Md

Julian Lee Collins, Sr., 28 St. Inigoes, Md

FEbruAry 10, 2014

Dwight Dewitt Taylor, Sr., 46 Hughesville, Md

Tosha Joetta Nicholson 42 Hughesville, Md

Meghan noel Bryant 22 Mechanicsville, Md

Steven Michael Freeman 24 Mechanicsville, Md

Angel Surniece Benton 28 Prince Frederick, Md

John Richard Gregory, III., 33

Lexington Park, Md

Jason Aaron Hunter 40 Leonardtown, Md

Catherine Lynn Brant 43 Leonardtown, Md

FEbruAry 11, 2104

Coleen Nicole Buckles 20 Lexington Park, Md

Maxwell Steward Gibson 20 Lexington Park, Md

Amanda Lynne Davis 32 Fort Bragg, Nc

Alyssa Erin Howland 25 Fayettville, Nc

Martell D’Angelo Morgan 26 Piney Point, Md

Misty Ann Rice 22 Lexington Park, Md

FEbruAry 14, 2014

Stacey Rebecca Loftis 28 Great Mills, Md

Calvin Wayne Hancock 26 Great Mills, Md

Jaimie Elizabeth Achtellik 24 California, Md

Kelson Nathanail Sisk 22 California, Md

Donald Christopher Long 35 Mechanicsville, Md

Jennifer Ann Davis 39 Mechanicsville, Md

Tracie Lynn Murphy 26 St. Inigoes, Md

Clifton Gregory Smith, II., 24 Prince Frederick, Md

Matthew Kyle Connolly 20 Patuxent River, Md

Jordan Alyssa Hoy 19 Leonardtown, Md

Ian Daniel Hanson 24 Great Mills, Md

Nciole Lynn Meyershoff 24 Great Mills, Md

FEbruAry 19, 2014

Olivia May Clark 27 Mechanicsville, Md

Richard Steven Schmidt, III 25 Mechanicsville, Md

Agnes Louis Maddox 65 Park Hall, Md

John Clarence Hagens, Sr., 66 Waldorf, Md

Brandon Timothy Schoppert 22

Leonardtown, MdShannon Kate Flanagan 19

Crofton, Md

Danielle Mae Larrabee 30 Lexington Park, Md

Shawn Christopher Kellyh 33 Lexington Park, Md

Christianna Marie Wolford 26 Beaufort, Sc

Christina Lynn Talladira 20 Beaufort, Sc

Stephanie Nicole Simpson 27 Charlotte Hall, Md

Thomas Richard Smith Jr., 27 Brandywine, Md

FEbruAry 20, 2014

Matthew Kenneth Knight 28 Upper Marlboro, Md

Tiffany Lynn Cremer 28 Upper Marlboro, Md

FEbruAry 21, 2014

Charles Ralph Reifenauer 51 LaPlata, Md

Donna Gail Reaves 47 LaPlata, Md

FEbruAry 24, 2014

Kaitlin Rebecca Gibbons 26

Phoenix, MdJason Paul Glenn 30

Ayase Kanagawa, Japan

Luz Ileana Betancourt 54 Tangerine, Fl

Collette Marie Rance 49Tangerine, Fl

FEbruAry 25, 2014

Robert Michel Trahan 32 Mechanicsville, Md

Marie Louise Long 30 Mechanicsville, Md

FEbruAry 26, 2014

Debra Lynn Kane 55 Leonardtown, Md

Douglas Edward Hamilton 56 Leonardtown Md

FEbruAry 27, 2014

Stephanie Anne Miles 47 Hollywood, Md

Ronald Dwight Young 45 Hollywood, Md

Rebecca Joy Menard 19 Hollywood, Md

Michael David Johnson 20 Leonardtown, Md

FEbruAry 28, 2014

Kevin Morgan Banagan 37 Bushwood, Md

Sarah Elizabeth Gilstrap 29 Bushwood, Md

David Michael Takacs 27 Lexington Park, Md

Jennifer Ashley Shealy 25 Lexington Park, Md

Mary Roberta Walter 51 Mechanicsville, Md

Porfirio Thomas Barreras 63 Mechanicsville, Md


Living Well with Chronic Conditions is back at LofflerDo you have a chronic condition that drains you, causes you pain, anxiety, depression and fatigue? Did you know there are some simple tools you can use to help you take back your life? It’s all about self-management and you can learn how to do it. The Loffler Senior Activity Center will be offering another six-week Living Well workshop starting Apr. 24 and continuing through May 29. The classes will be held from 1-3:30 p.m. All materials will be supplied including text, relaxation cd, water and snacks. All that is required of participants is a commitment to attendance. Want to learn more? Call Shellie Graziano at 301-737-5670, ext. 1655.

Geppi’s Pop Art Museum & ‘Behind-the-Scenes Tour’ of Oriole Park at Camden YardsOn Thursday, May 1, travel to downtown Baltimore for a tour of Geppi’s Pop Art Museum and remember all your favorite toys and super heroes of the 6̀0s, `70s, & `80s. This is the perfect tour for baby boomers! Enjoy lunch at nearby Dempsey’s Res-taurant, followed by a behind-the-scenes tour of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Sorry, the Orioles are not playing a home game but you’ll be able to see and learn about the inner workings of the stadium and how it operates. Lunch is self-pay at Dempsey’s Restaurant. Bus departs from the Northern Senior Activity Cen-ter promptly at 8 a.m. and returns about 5 p.m. Bring your own travel snacks. For more information, call Alice at 301-475-4200, ext. 1063. Fee is $50, payable in advance at any of the county’s senior activity centers and includes admission, bus transpor-tation and bus driver tip. Reservations and payment must be received by Apr. 9.

George Washington’s Mt. VernonJoin us for a tour of Washington’s Mt. Vernon on Monday, Apr. 28. Bus departs from the Northern Senior Activity Center promptly at 8:15 a.m. and returns about 4:30 p.m. Enjoy viewing the 25-minute film, “We Fight to be Free.” After the movie, take part in a fabulous guided tour of George Washington’s impres-sive 21-room residence where historic interpreters will provide relevant information and showcase the interior of the mansion that is restored to its 1799 appearance. Afterwards, take a self-guided tour of the Gardens, Blacksmith Shop and various out-buildings of the estate. George Washington’s Distillery and Gristmill are nearby and will be toured after lunch. Lunch is on your own at the Food Court or the Mt. Vernon Restaurant. Con-siderable walking is involved, wear comfortable shoes. Bring your own travel snacks. For more information, call Alice at

301-475-4200, ext. 1063. Fee is $50, payable in advance at any of the county’s senior activity centers and includes admission, bus transportation and bus driver tip. Reservations and payment must be received by Apr. 9.Maryland Access Point/Aging & Disability Resource Center Open to the PublicThe Aging & Disability Resource Center also knows as the Maryland Access Point (MAP) is Making Access Possible, by providing the community a link to health and support services. MAP is a free information and referral service coordinated by the St. Mary’s County Department of Aging & Human Servic-es. It is open to the public and individuals of all income levels. Everyone is encouraged to visit or call the MAP site, including adults 50 and over, individuals 18 and older experiencing a dis-ability and caregivers of any age who may have questions or concerns about someone in need. This new initiative will be a benefit to the community because it offers a “one-stop-shop” approach. This coordination of services among agencies will ensure the care received is not only efficient, but effective. The Maryland Access Point of St. Mary’s County can help you find out about community-based services, transportation, legal ser-vices and behavioral health resources, to name a few. Schedule an appointment today by calling 301-475-4200, ext. 1057.

Representative from Steny Hoyer’s Office to VisitMaurielle H. Stewart, a constituent liaison to Congressman Steny Hoyer, will visit the Garvey Senior Activity Center on Tuesday, Apr. 15 at 10:00 a.m. to meet with area seniors to hear concerns specifically related to issues impacting seniors. Space is limited; therefore, those wishing to participate should sign up by calling 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Coping with the Challenges of Aging: Loss of Fam-ily and FriendsOn Friday, Apr. 11 at 11:00 a.m., at the Garvey Senior Activity Center and at 1 p.m. at the Northern Senior Activity Center, bereavement workers from Hospice of St. Mary’s will offer tips for coping with the deaths of others close to us as we age. For more information, call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Lyme Disease: Under Our Skin documentaryOn Thursday, Apr. 10, at 1 p.m., the Lyme discussion and support group invites the public to view the award winning documentary, Under Our Skin. It will be shown at the North-ern Senior Activity Center in its entirety, 104 minutes. The film explores one of the most controversial and fastest growing health concerns today; Lyme disease. Additional footage, inter-

views, and scenes will be shared with those who are interested. Reserve your seat by contacting the Center at 301-475-4002, ext. 1001.

Easter CelebrationCelebrate the season of spring and the Easter holiday at the Garvey Senior Activity Center on Wednesday, Apr.16 at noon. A lunch of chicken salad served on croissant with lettuce and tomato, pineapple, three bean salad and lemon meringue pie, juice/milk/tea/coffee will be served at noon. Following the meal, there will be an Easter Bonnet Contest (bring your bonnet to enter), Guess the Jelly Bean Flavor Contest, and many other Easter activities. Sign up in advance by calling, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Core and Abs Class on WednesdaysDo you want to strengthen your core muscles which may help with lower back pain and maintain posture and balance? Dave Scheible, teaches this class on Wednesdays at 2 p.m. at the Loffler Senior Activity Center. You can try it out for free and if you like it you can continue coming using a fitness card. Fitness cards are $30 and are good for 10 fitness classes of any type at any of the St. Mary’s County Senior Activity Centers. For more information call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

Massage and Reflexology available at the Loffler Senior Activity CenterTherapeutic massage and reflexology are getting a lot of good press these days but the benefits have been well-known in holistic circles since ancient times. The massage therapist at Loffler Senior Activity Center is certified in both practices and an is available on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Appoint-ments are required and must be made in advance. There are a few openings in her schedule, if you are interested in making an appointment, or wish for more information call 301-737-5670 ext. 1658.

Massages by AppointmentOn Mondays, starting at 10 a.m., therapeutic massages are of-fered at the Northern Senior Activity Center. Licensed Massage Therapist, Sherry Zollinhofer, offers half hour sessions at the rate of $25 per session. This is an excellent way to increase cir-culation and relieve tired, aching muscles. Massage therapy has been shown to increase energy, reduce stress, tension and anxi-ety. Call 301-475-4002, ext. 1001 for an appointment.

SENIOR LIVINGSt. Mary’s Department of AgingPrograms and Activities

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1652; Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 1001

Visit the Department of Aging’s website at www.stmarysmd.com/aging for the most up-to date information.

A Journey Through TimeA Journey Through TimeThe Chronicle

European Felons Deported to Colonial America

“From 1611 to 1776, more than 50,000 English and Irish felons were sentenced to deportation to American colonies over the centuries. Maryland received more than any other colony.”

In 1755 there were approximately 50 of these convicts living in St. Mary’s County, 29 males and 13 females (over 16) and 5 boys and 3 girls (under 16). They were usually sold at the port of arrival and their terms of service were either 7 or 14 years. While I can’t say with 100% certainty that the crimes they committed were extreme crimes, e.g., murder, I would have to believe they weren’t or they would have been hung in England.

Runaways were common. In 1738 Robert Yates, a planter living in St. Mary’s County, placed an advertisement in the Virginia Gazette for two of his servants, one named James Fazakerley, “a low well-set man, about 25 years of age; is pretty much marked with the small pox, has a cock eye and squints; he is a Lancashire man and speaks broad; is a miller by trade. His clothing is supposed to be tolerable good and chargeable, he being lately come into the Country. He has one light colored Fustian coat, with metal buttons, together with other old clothes, a new pair of oznabrig trousers, and a pair of strong English shoes, and is supposed to have some English money with him.”

The other servant was named William Hulse, “a lusty young man, about 20 years of age, of

a reddish complexion, with short light colored hair; he is slow both of foot and speech, and not quick of apprehension; he had on, when he went away, a strong dark colored cloth coat and jacket, lined with shelloan, very much worn, a new pair of oznabrig trousers, one or two old checked and one coarse white shirt, and a pair of strong English shoes. They went away in a large canoe, and took their sea bedding with them.”

Mr. Yates offered a reward of 45 shillings in Maryland currency or “one pistole reward, besides what the law allows.”

That same year John Heard, Abraham Barnes, Thomas Brooke, and Robert Ford, all of St. Mary’s County, came together and posted an advertisement in the Pennsylvania Gazette for “George Humphrey, an Englishman, aged about 19 years, fair complexion, and talks slow; Barnaby Higgins, an Irishman, aged about 25 years, low of stature, much pockridden; Michael Mara, an Irishman, aged about 25 years, low of stature, swarthy complexion; John Maine, an Englishman, middle aged, bred to the sea, much disfigured on the face and throat from the King’s Evil; John More, an Irishman, had a blemiss on one eye, middle aged, high stature, well set, and dexterous at the spade; and a Negro man named Peter, about 25 years old, country born, middle stature, well set, talks notably. They all made off in a boat on the Potomac River, 15 feet in the keel, with two masts and rigged after the Bermudian manner.

Thursday, April 3, 2014 32The County TimesTo submit your event listing to go in our Community Calendar,

please email [email protected] with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.

Thursday, April 3American Legion Post 221 MeetingAmerican Legion Post 221, 21690 Colton Point Road, Avenue – 8 p.m.

American Legion Post 221 invites all active duty personnel and veterans to join us for our monthly meeting on the first Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. Visit our website at www.alpost221.webs.com/ or e-mail us at [email protected]. Call Mike Barbour for more information at 301-769-4569.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Patuxent H.S. HarlequinsPatuxent High School, 12485 Southern Connector Blvd, Lusby – 6:30 p.m.

The Patuxent High School Har-lequins (Drama Department) proudly present the musical Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in the Patuxent High School Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and show begins promptly at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.phsbeauty.weebly.com.

Café des Artistes– The Music of Johnny MercerCafé des Artistes, 41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown – 6 to 9 p.m.

Come to Café des Artistes to hear the music of Johnny Mercer’. This Sa-vannah, Georgia native is one of the most beloved composer/lyricists of all time, who wrote such tunes as ‘Moon River’, ‘Autumn Leaves’, ‘Fools Rush In’, ‘Skylark’, and ‘The Days of Wine and Roses’. Gretchen is joined by Ran-dy Richie on keyboard and Bill Hones on acoustic bass. Friendly, neighbor-hood French cafe atmosphere and crit-ically-acclaimed cuisine. Reservations recommended. Call 301-997-0500 for more information.

Friday, April 4Pax River Naval Air Museum EventPatuxent River Naval Air Museum, 22156 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park – 4 p.m.

Land at the Patuxent River Na-val Air Museum after work on Friday, April 4th. We’ll be ready to serve you at 4 p.m. and the party goes on until 8 p.m. Join us for an evening with amaz-ing music provided by Billy Breslin, fantastic food and a great selection of premium beers and wine. The museum and the exhibits will be specially lit for the event courtesy of Pete Butt and Communications Facilities Co. This is a fantastic way to spend the evening with friends - make sure you bring them along! Tickets for the event can be purchased in advance of the event at the museum. You can also email [email protected] for tickets or more information. The cost of the ticket is $10 for non-members and $8 for members. Premium beer or wine by the glass will be available for $4; Coors Light is $2. If you’re already a member - great! Take advantage of your mem-bership and buy your ticket at a reduced price. If you’re not a member yet, take advantage of our reduced membership prices offered at these events. Individ-ual memberships are available for the reduced price of $35 and family mem-

berships are available for $80 at these events.

Basket Auction/Shrimp Social St. Michael’s School, 16560 Three Notch Road, Ridge – 5 p.m.

St. Michael’s School is hosting an auction of themed baskets in time for Easter giving. Doors open at 5 p.m. Fried and steamed shrimp dinners will also be sold. Place your best bid on your favorite baskets, then enjoy your din-ner. At 6 p.m. the highest bid for each basket is announced and subsequent overbids taken. Come, join the fun and support St. Michael’s School. More info: 301-872-5454.

Kids Yoga with CraftsEvolve Yoga and Wellness Studio, 23415 Three Notch Road, #2004, California – 5 p.m.

Come join us at the Evolve Yoga and Wellness Studio at 5 p.m. for a fun filled class that brings yoga and crafts together in one place. The first part of class will incorporate yoga poses, games, breathing exercises and self-calming techniques in a supportive and non-competitive atmosphere. Class ends with final resting pose which in-cludes visual imagery and relaxation exercises to quiet both the mind and body. Your child will participating in making an arts and craft project at the end of the class. No prior yoga experi-ence is necessary. A yoga mat will be provided for your child if needed. Par-ents have the options of 1) dropping their child off for their class 2) joining the 5 to 6 p.m. adult yoga class in the adjacent studio.

Opal Fine Art InvitationalOpal Fine Art Gallery and Gifts, 41625 Park Avenue, Leonardtown - 5 to 8 p.m.

Come celebrate poetry month at Fenwick Books, the Yellow Door Stu-dio, and the North End Gallery. An Opening and Reception will take at the Opal Fine Art Gallery and Gifts. Fen-wick Books will host a poetry reading from Randolph Bridgeman, the Yellow Door Studio will host a children’s po-etry event, and the North End Gallery will host “Visually Speaking”.

Saturday, April 5Point Lookout Lighthouse Open HousePoint Lookout Lighthouse, 11175 Point Lookout Road, Scotland – 10 a.m.

The Point Lookout Lighthouse Preservation Society will welcome vis-itors to the Point Lookout Lighthouse, located in the Point Lookout State Park in Scotland, Md. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. Docents from the Point Lookout Lighthouse Preservation Society will be on hand to answer your questions. No charge to enter the light-house, however standard park entrance fees apply. Donations greatly appreci-ated, and all funds go toward restoring the lighthouse to the 1927 time period. For additional information, please vis-it www.PLLPS.org or send e-mail to [email protected]. If you are interested in volunteering at the lighthouse, please e-mail us at: [email protected].

Patuxent River CleanupMyrtle Point Park, 24050 Patuxent Blvd., California – 9 a.m.

Patuxent River Cleanup will be held at Myrtle Point Park from 9 a.m. to Noon. Please, join the Friends of Myrtle Point Park in our annual cleanup effort. This winter has deposited a lot of trash at the park and a spring clean-ing is in order. Come to the park pic-nic area where we will have a sign in sheet. Here you will get your assign-ment, trash bags, and work gloves. It is advisable to wear sturdy work clothes and sturdy shoes. If you have a group interested in helping please contact us in advance by calling Bob at 410-394-1300. Additional Contact Information: Dudley Lindsley, Phone: 301-475-1858, Email: [email protected]. Volun-teer registration is required. Cospon-sored by the Friends of Myrtle Point Park and the Sierra Club Southern Maryland Group.

Career DayRestoration Free Gospel Church, 19895 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park – 1 to 4 p.m.

There will be many Professionals on hand to conduct one-on-one to inspire our young youth of ages from Elementary to High School. Point of Con-tact Darlene Johnson, dar-l e n e j o h n s o n 2 0 1 3 @ g m a i l . c o m or 240-434-1095.

Second Annual Bluegrass FestivalSt. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (42455 Fairgrounds Rd, Leonardtown) - 12 p.m. til

Mark your calendars for a day of great live Bluegrass music! The mem-bers of the Hollywood Volunteer Res-cue Squad are proud to present their Second Annual Bluegrass Festival. Artists performing include: The Blue-grass Brothers, California Ramblers, Smoke Creek Rounders, Spoon Creek and 15 String Band. The fairground gate will open at 11:00 a.m.

For more information or to make donations, please contact Barbara Wible 240-298-7443 or Brenda Pruett 240-298-5019 or 301-373-3131.

7th Annual We’re Looking for Trou-ble 5k Run/Walk and Kids Fun RunThree Notch Trail at the Charlotte Hall Northern Senior Center (29655 Char-lotte Hall Road) – 8:45 a.m.

Join us for our 7th Annual We’re Looking for Trouble 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run. Race day registration is $10 for 10 and under and $35 for 11 and up. Fun Run starts at 8:45 a.m. and 5K starts at 9 a.m. followed by family-friendly activities. All proceeds benefit the Community Mediation Center of St. Mary’s County. Visit looking4trou-ble5k.com or call 301-475-9118 for more information.

St. Mary’s American Little League Opening DayChancellor’s Run Regional Park, 21905 Chancellors Run Road, Great Mills – 10 a.m.

Opening Ceremony begins at

10 a.m. All teams will be identified; highlighted by the introduction of our State and District champions from Last year. The youngest player and oldest player will pitch the first ball to of-ficially start the Little League season in Southern Maryland. Let the games begin! For more information, contact Amy Garritano, Marketing Coordina-tor, at [email protected] or our website www.stmaryslittleleague.org.

Sunday, April 6Wedding ShowRosedale Manor (25450 Rosedale Man-or Ln, Hollywood) - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Greenwell Foundation is host-ing a Wedding Show under two large wedding tents on the grounds of his-toric Rosedale Manor. Register to win a spectacular grand prize: a FREE His-toric Manor House rental donated by the Greenwell Foundation. The Wed-ding Show at Greenwell features cake and food tastings, a live performance by the powerhouse vocal duo Lovesto-ry, a complimentary photo booth, give-aways and raffle prizes and much more.

Registration and information is available at www.greenwellfoundation.org.

4th Annual Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Event: The Men’s March To Stop Rape, Assault and Gender Violence!St. Mary’s College of Maryland Track (18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City) - 2 p.m.

Join Walden Sierra and SMCM for the 4th annual Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Event: The Men’s March To Stop Rape, Assault and Gender Violence! Registration is from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., with the first lap beginning at 2:30 p.m. Participation and registration are free. For more information or registra-tion please contact Meghan Root [email protected].

Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire De-partment Easter Egg HuntMechanicsville Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, 28165 Hills Club Road, Mechnic-sville – 1 to 3 p.m.

It’s that time of year again. Come and join the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary at their Annual Easter Egg Hunt! This event is free to the community! Every-one is welcome. There will be light re-freshments for sale.

Chuck Adler book signingFenwick Street Used Books and Music, 41655 Fenwick Street, Leonardtown – 12 to 2 p.m.

Chuck Adler will be signing copies of his book, Wizards, Aliens, and Star-ships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction at Fenwick Street Used Books and Music.

Monday, April 7“Emotional Peace” Emotions Anony-mous MeetingBeacon of Hope, 21800 N. Shangri La Drive, Millison Plaza, Lexington Park – 9 a.m.


“Emotional Peace” offers a free and open to the public Emotions Anon-ymous meeting. Anyone with a desire to be emotionally well is welcome to this 12 step program for individuals strug-gling with emotions or mental health challenges such as depression or anxi-ety. Beacon of Hope is located at 21800 N. Shangri La Drive in Millison Plaza in Lexington Park, behind Family Dol-lar and next to the Well Pet Clinic. Call 301-997-1300 x 804 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

CSM Open HouseCSM Leonardtown, Building A, Audi-torium, Room 206, 22950 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown – 5 to 7 p.m.

There will be an open house at the College of Southern Maryland. Meet CSM faculty and staff, financial aid ad-visors and academic advisors to learn about various academic programs, stu-dent life and athletics. Attend to win door prizes and giveaways. Free. 240-725-5320 or csmd.edu/Admissions/. CSM’s campuses are accessible to pa-trons with disabilities. Audio descrip-tion for the visually impaired and sign language interpretation for the hearing impaired are available with a minimum two week advanced notice. If you are interested in these services, please con-tact the academic support/ADA coordi-nator at 301-934-7614.

Tuesday, April 8Homeschool Art: Georgia on My MindAnnmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center (13480 Dowell Road, Solomons) – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Ages 7-12 Member Cost: $10; $5 sibling Nonmember Cost: $14; $5 sibling Materials Fee: all materials

included Instructor: Joanne Paskoff Join us in the artLAB as we use

recycled materials to explore various artists, cultures, styles, periods, and techniques! Homeschool workshops are lightly led and include supplemental take-home information to help contin-ue study on each topic. Recommended ages for this are 7-12, but projects can be as simple or advanced as student wishes. Parents are asked to stay on site, and even in the classroom for stu-dents younger than age 7.

This week, we will study Georgia Okeefe and make our own larger-than-life floral sculptures.

Advance registration required. Please, no walk-ins. To register, call 410-326-4640. For more information, visit www.annmariegarden.org.

Public Workshop on Cancer and Chronic Illness CareThe Medically Oriented Gym, 23123 Camden Way, California – 10 a.m.

Join us for a free workshop on Can-cer and Chronic Illness Care with Gail Wathen, Yoga Cancer Therapist, at The Medically Oriented Gym at 10 a.m. A repeat workshop will be offered at 7 p.m. on April 8 as well. Call 301-866-5444 for information and reservation confirmation.

Wednesday, April 9Lexington Park Business and Com-munity Association MeetingBay District Volunteer Fire Depart-ment 46900 S Shangri La Drive, Lex-ington Park – 6:30 p.m.

The next meeting of the Lexington Park Business and Community Asso-ciation will be held at the Bay District Fire Department. The May 3 Pride in the Park Parade will be the topic of dis-cussion. Anyone interested in the bet-terment of Lexington Park is encour-aged to attend.

Thursday, April 10European 4-in-1 Pattern Chainmail Jewelry Making ClassCaught My Eye, 22760 Washington Street, Leonardtown – 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Create your own chainmail brace-let to take home. Class is $30 (includ-ing materials). Sign up by April 6 to re-ceive $5 off. Sign up at Caught My Eye, open Thursday-Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Family NightCalvert Library Southern Branch, 13920 H. G. Trueman Road, Solomons – 7 to 8 p.m.

Bring out the family for a fantas-tic evening out with books. Each month we will explore a new title through fun filled activities and crafts. This month’s title is Waffle and Whales as we discuss Everything on a Waffle by Polly Har-vath and enjoy a waffle with fabulous toppings. Please register. 410-326-5289

Friday, April 11An Evening with Sarah VowellSt. Mary’s College of Maryland, Mi-chael P. O’Brien Athletics and Recre-ation Center, 18952 E. Fisher Rd., St. Mary’s City – 7:30 p.m.

Author, humorist, and Daily Show correspondent Sarah Vowell will deliv-er this year’s Twain Lecture on Ameri-can Humor and Culture at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. The lecture, en-titled “An Evening with Sarah Vowell,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be fol-lowed by a book signing. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Ben Click at [email protected] or 240-895-4253.

Fire Department Fish FryLeonardtown Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, 22733 Lawrence Avenue, Leonar-dtown – 5 to 7:30 p.m.

The Auxiliary of the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department is sponsor-ing a Fish Fry at the Leonardtown Fire House. Adults will cost $12, Children 3 to 10 years $5 and children under 3 are free. Menu will include fish, parsley potatoes, green beans, coleslaw, apple-sauce, cornbread, brownie and drinks. Carry-outs will be available.

Leprechaun Lilly’s Children’s Con-signment Sale St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, 42455 Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown – 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

More than 25,000 gently used children’s and maternity items will be available. Many items remaining af-ter the sale are donated to local chari-ties. Any local organization interested in receiving items from future sales can contact McConville at [email protected].

Saturday April 12St. Michael’s School Viva Las Vegas GalaRidge Volunteer Fire Department, 13820 Point Lookout Road, Ridge – 5:30 p.m.

The Viva Las Vegas Gala to ben-efit St. Michael’s School will be held at the Ridge Firehouse. Doors and the cash bar open at 5:30 p.m.. While tast-ing a delicious assortment of appetizers such as meatballs, Lil smokies, veggies/dip and cheese/crackers, you can bid on silent auction items. At 6:15 p.m., a buffet dinner of stuffed ham, fried oys-ters and roast beef begins. After dinner, DJ Coop will play tunes for dancing or listening enjoyment while you and your friends try your luck at the casi-no games. Cost for the evening is $35, which include starting “fun money” for your gambling. Silent auction win-ners will be announced at 9:30 p.m. At the end of the evening, prizes will be given to the High Rollers of the night. Tickets can be purchased online at www.saint-michaels-school.org or call 301-872-5454.

Contra DanceChrist Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 37497 Zach Fowler Rd, Chaptico – 7 p.m.

A Contra Dance, sponsored by Southern Maryland Traditional Music and Dance (SMTMD), featuring caller Kim Forry. The doors open at 7 p.m. and the dancing begins at 7:30 p.m. Contra is a traditional American style of social dance and is a huge amount of fun and exercise! If you’ve ever danced a Vir-ginia Reel or been to a Square Dance, you have a good idea how much fun it can be. If you haven’t, it’s about time you tried it! Beginners are encouraged to arrive at 7 p.m. to get some instruc-tion in the various dances. Admission is $10 for non-SMTMD members; $6 for members (band members are free). No special clothing is required. You need to be comfortable, to move freely. There will be an ice cream social following the dance. For more information and di-rections go to www.smtmd.org.

Career and College Fair and Basket-ball ShowcaseGreat Mills High School, 21130 Great Mills Road, Great Mills – 2 p.m.

April 12, Basketball 4LYFE and NAACP will partner to host a Career and College Fair, and 3rd Annual Edu-cation First, Rise to the Challenge Bas-ketball Showcase. Veteran Cup Game at 2 p.m., in honor of our Troops. High School Rising Star Game will be at 3 p.m. For more information, contact Jeff Burrell at 202-329-4233 or www.bas-ketball4lyfe.com.

St. Mary’s Easter Egg FestivalSt. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, 42455 Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown – 12 to 4 p.m.

The St. Mary’s County Easter Egg Festival at the St. Mary’s County Fair-grounds. There is a $5 participation fee. The Easter Egg Festival has become a staple of the Southern Maryland com-munity every spring and features egg hunts for all ages, photos with the Eas-ter Bunny, amusement rides, live en-tertainment, free arts and crafts, egg decorating contest, face painting, and goods and services for sale by local area vendors. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Recreation & Parks main office, open Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Net proceeds from the Easter Egg Festival along with the Scott Verbic Memorial Golf Tournament are used to fund the Recreation & Parks Scholarship Program which provides qualified individual applicants the op-portunity to participate in an activity at a 50 percent prorated amount of the registration fee. For more information please visit www.stmarysmd.com/rec-reate/easter or call 301-475-4200 ext. 1800.

Leprechaun Lilly’s Children’s Con-signment Sale St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, 42455 Fairgrounds Road, Leonardtown – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

More than 25,000 gently used children’s and maternity items will be available. Many items remaining af-ter the sale are donated to local chari-ties. Any local organization interested in receiving items from future sales can contact McConville at [email protected].

Sunday, April 13All Kinds of Recovery Sunday CircleBeacon of Hope, 21800 N. Shangri La Drive, Millison Plaza, Lexington Park – 3 to 4 p.m.

All Kinds of Recovery (AKoR) Sunday Circle is a peer group discus-sion focused on a rotating wellness top-ic. Group is free and open to any adult practicing any form of recovery related to any form of addiction, mental health challenges or traumatic experiences. Meetings are free and open to the pub-lic. Call 301-997-1300 x 804 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

Breakfast with the Easter Bunny! Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad, 23469 Rescue Lane, Hollywood – 7:30 to 11 a.m.

The Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary is sponsoring an All-You-Can Eat Breakfast. The menu will be: sausage gravy and biscuits, sausage links, bacon, scrambled eggs, fried po-tatoes, pancakes, escalloped apples, chipped beef, assorted juices, coffee, tea and hot chocolate. The cost will be: adults $10; children ages 5-12 years $5 and children under age 5 are free. Carry Outs available. For more information, call 301-904-3098 or 301-373-3131.


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The fourth annual Beer Festival will be held at Historic St. Mary’s City Museum on Saturday, June 21 from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. Rock to the music of John Luskey, The 25th Hour Band and the Justin Myles Experi-ence while you enjoy a variety of activities, including special tours of Van Sweringen’s Ordinary (one of the first taverns of the colony); a beer mak-ing demonstration and a cider making demonstration Great fun requires great food! Visitors will have the opportunity to sample local cuisine while tasting beers from craft brewers such as Ruddy Duck, Brewers Alley and The Raven.

Artisans will have select offerings for sale and fun activities for the youngsters may be found at the Kid’s Tent. This event is a fundraiser to support the education and research activities of the museum.

Run, walk, boat or drive to join us! People have been known to swim to reach our festival but it’s not required.

Admission is $20 for tasters, $10 for designated drivers and free for children ages 12 and under. Parking is free.

For more information, call Historic St Mary’s City Foundation at 240-895-4977, email [email protected] or visit our website at www.stmaryscitybeerfest.org

The Sons of the American Legion and Jay Armsworthy prepare for the final American Legion Bluegrass concert of the winter season with Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers. The show takes place on Sunday April 13 at the American Legion Post 238 in Hughesville, MD with Charlie Thompson & Bottom County Bluegrass opening the show.

From the Ohio valley, comes the return of the 2012 IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers. They play only the solid old-school bluegrass picking and harmony singing. Joe and the Ra-dio Ramblers continue the tradition by keeping the time-honored traditional bluegrass sounds front and center. They have an energetic mix of quality Bluegrass and gospel music with a professional presentation, inventive instrumental work, vocal arrangements and a good variety of tasteful, down-home humor.

Joe Mullins has enjoyed a very active career in bluegrass music for over 25 years. His recording career includes four albums on Rebel Records with his father, the highly esteemed Paul ‘Moon’ Mullins and former band, the Traditional Grass. Since the turn of the century, Joe has worked on a couple of award-winning proj-ects including the popular IBMA award winning outfit, Longview and in the process, has been honored for his banjo playing.

The professionalism and success of Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers heavily played recordings have kept them in demand with a national Audience. They have been seen by thousands of fans across the country at many national events. They have won the IBMA’s “Emerging Artist of the Year” award in 2012 and have been featured performers of the Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman in Nashville, TN in both 2011 & 2012. Joe Mullins has earned 5 IBMA Awards and 3 SPBGMA awards over the past two decades.

Opening the show at 2 p.m. will be Charlie Thompson & Bottom County Bluegrass. Southern Maryland favorites from Hollywood, Md. They always put on a great traditional Bluegrass show and as always, Troy Jones will be doing the sound.

The show will be held at the American Legion Post 238 in Hughesville, Maryland on the corner of RT 381 & RT 231 and will begin at 2 p.m. with the doors opening at Noon. Tickets for the show are $15 per person. A fried Chicken dinner will be available for sale before the show.

For more information, tickets, and directions, go to www.americanlegionbluegrass.com or call 301-737-3004. All paid tickets will be held at the door for pick up on the day of the show. Also non-perishable food donations will be accepted for the Helping Hands Food Bank in Southern Maryland.

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Open MicAnthony’s Bar and Grill (10371 Southern Maryland Boulevard, Dunkirk) – 9 p.m.

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Friday, April 11Don’t Call Me ShirleyRuddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m.

Snake BiteAnthony’s Bar and Grill (10371 Southern Maryland Boulevard, Dunkirk) – 9 p.m.

Bar DogsRuddy Duck Seafood and Alehouse (16810 Piney Point Road, Piney Point) – 8 p.m.

Tonight’s AlibiABC Lounge (22741 Three Notch Road, Cali-fornia) – 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Saturday, April 12Tonight’s AlibiThe Lounge at Bollywood (22576 Mac Arthur Boulevard, California) – 9 p.m.


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Should we allow our government to con-trol our food?

Will farmers be stripped of their right to sell their products directly to you?

Will raw meats disappear from your gro-cery store by 2015?

No those are not ridiculous questions, not if the FDA and the USDA put their plan into action.

It seems that the FDA is continuing to move full steam ahead at finding reasons to control and limit your food op-tions; primarily, to take away healthy foods and replace them with “dead” food. They managed to convince the public that raw milk was indeed bad and proceeded to remove it as an option among our food choices. It is happening again with raw meat. Raw beef, pork, and poultry are the culprit behind a majority of food-borne illness, but why?

Commercial confined animal feeding operations (CA-FOs) breed unsanitary conditions for the animals housed in this manner. They utilize massive amounts of antibiotics to help maintain these animals in confined quarters. Visit an operation and you’ll find animals covered in feces and urine, usually with no room to walk. They are often dehydrated and sickly. But instead of the FDA and USDA educating farmers how to correct this practice for the safety of consumers, they devised a different plan: create a rule that all food Americans eat be irradiated, fumigated, and cooked. Yes, the plan is by next year that all meats sold in the U.S. will be pre-cooked. These practices will take us further away from what nature intended, further away from the ability to sustain optimal health by leaving us no choice but to consume food devoid of enzymes and nutrition. Our bodies were designed to con-sume “live” food, fresh, raw foods.

If you are thinking well you’ll just buy your meat di-rectly from the farm, think again. The USDA will require all animals to be tagged with transmitters to ensure that sales directly to consumers will not happen. The final ruling on this program happened on January 9, 2013 and became ef-fective on March 11, 2013. With “tagging” already in place controlling sales of raw meat will be easy. That’s right a farm

will not be permitted to sell their products directly to you. Save the farm!I understand that we live in a fast paced world, and

thinking of where your food comes from, or how the food system operates, is probably not high on your priority list. But how much freedom of choice are you willing to surren-der? How much more damage will you allow to happen to our small independent farmers? If you like family farms, Farmer’s markets, community farming and your freedom of choice, stand up for your rights and voice your opinion. You can begin by stopping your support of CAFOs by simply not purchasing their products. By purchasing from your local farms you will strengthen the availability of your food sup-ply and your freedom of choice. The window of opportunity to turn around the FDA and USDA’s plan is now.

©2014 Debra Meszaros MXSportsNutrition.com. All rights re-served; no duplication without permission.

DISCLAIMER: When you read through the diet and lifestyle infor-mation, you must know that everything within it is for informational pur-poses only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional. I am making no attempt to prescribe any medical treatment. You should not use the information here for diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment. The products and the claims made about specific products have not been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem. Confirm the safety of any supple-ments with your M.D., N.D. or pharmacist (healthcare professional). Some information given is solely an opinion, thought and or conclusion based on experiences, trials, tests, assessments or other available sources of informa-tion. I do not make any guarantees or promises with regard to results. I may discuss substances that have not been subject to double blind clinical studies or FDA approval or regulation. You assume the responsibility for the deci-sion to take any natural remedy.

You and only you are responsible if you choose to do anything with the information you have read. You do so at your own risk. I encourage you to make your own health decisions based upon your research and in partner-ship with a qualified health care professional.

Wanderings

By Shelby OppermannContributing Writer

This has seemed to be the week or two for resuming connec-tions. Do you ever go through long periods where you can’t seem to pick up the phone to check on relatives and friends. Maybe it’s just me because I’ve never been a phone person. I don’t know why not, because once I call and we start talking and catching up, I am so happy. Facebook, of course, is wonderful for making con-nections. Just a week ago, a young woman who posted a photo of herself with a sign that described how her Mother left her at a Burger King as a baby, led to finding her Mother and the begin-nings of a relationship.

A few days ago, I decided to go on a paperwork purge in the office, and came across a note from my 5th grade teacher, Mary Margaret McGrail that she wrote me in 1992 over 20 years af-ter I was in her class. There was a phone number in the note but I was hesitant to call since it had been 22 years since receiving the note. For a time in the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s we kept in contact. I had first called her in the fall of 1988 to tell her how much she meant to me as a teacher in elementary school. 4th & 5th grade held some traumatic times for me, and Miss McGrail was this sweet-natured, calming presence in my life. The 1992 note said how much my call meant to her the night before the fall term was to start. She had been thinking of quitting teaching, and my call helped her stay on for a few more years. So with note in hand Monday morning I decided to try the number, and was delighted when Miss McGrail answered and we chatted for close to an hour about anything and everything. She sounded the same to me as she did in 1971. I am so glad I called.

A little over a week ago, I was doing my middle of the night insomniac facebook browsing and I came across one of those “Memories of…” pages. Take your pick of places, events, schools, etc. I really enjoy the memory pages, and regularly follow memo-ries of Clinton, of Capital Centre, The old Stardust, Prince Georg-es County among others. The new “memory of” page I came across this time was Ranch Club Memories. Well, along with our property from the early ‘50’s in Golden Beach, the lot across from Resurrection Cemetery in Clinton, and the lot between us and Joe’s El Rancho, my parents bought a lot in the Chesapeake Ranch Club in the early ‘70’s. The continuing thread with all these lots is that nothing was ever built on any of them. But we did enjoy the privileges of having access to beaches at two of the lots.

I was very excited to find the Ranch Club site with pictures of everything from when it was built, all the old buildings, and especially the Clubhouse where my mother played bingo, and we saw bands, and ate wonderful dinners. The other building I loved was the Bronco Club which was more of a teen club: all the fun dances I went to there. But as I scrolled further and further down through the photos I found a photo of the Prince Georges County band called “The Wonders”. Wow! My Mother used to work with the lead singer, Sarah Bennett at Berwyn Heights MVA. We used to follow them wherever they went. I even stayed at Sara’s house a few times to spend the night with her kids. It was so nice to find Sarah’s daughter Cathy on the site, and re-connect. Now we have plans to meet since she just lives in Calvert County. I told her I might have a few pictures from those days. Turns out I have an entire photo album from then. I hesitated making contact with Cathy too – but now I am looking forward to re-connecting and sharing new memories.

To each new day’s adventure, Shelby

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With the county’s first LEED-certified building already on site, and a proposed state-of-the-art design that recycles water, our project won’t take away from the Chesapeake’s wonder.

Dominion’s Cove Point project will have a very positive impact on the local economy.

Thousands of construction jobs, 75 high-paying permanent positions and tens of millions in annual

county revenue will add to what’s already been a four-decade commitment to Calvert County

and protecting the Chesapeake Bay. With the nation’s commitment to natural gas exports,

it’s nice to know that the people who live and work here will enjoy its economic benefits.

Cove Point—another great solution for Southern Maryland.

2014-04-03 The County Times

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