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Do you think bingo should be allowed
to continue at the ADF Bingo Hall in
Mechanicsville?
Justina Hardin from
Piney Point said she
would like to see
bingo continue as well
because the money
thats won probably
goes to schools and
charities in the county.
As long as the money
goes to a worthy
cause, then its ok,
she said, smiling as
she pointed to her
Pomeranian named
King Kong. He agrees
with me, by the way,
she added, laughing.
Sure I do, said
Fuad Suleiman,
a professor at St.
Marys College
of Maryland. Im
against public
gambling in gen-
eral though. If the
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sors it, Im against
it, but if the money
is for charity, then
Im for it.
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The county will close sections of the Mechanicsville
Road this fall to replace a crossing over Chaptico Creek.
The project, due to start in September or October,
could take two months or longer depending on weather
conditions.
John Groger, deputy director of the countys De-
partment of Public Works and Transportation, said that
the project was to improve the safety of the bridge.
Its one of our most fooded roads, Groger said.
Its really unacceptable from a safety standpoint.
Mechanicsville Road runs over the Chaptico Creek
watershed, and during heavy rains, the road often foods,
causing delays and road closures.
The replacement of the bridge actually four box
culverts with new culverts that will be more elevated
should help to eliminate the problem, according to public
works offcials.
During the construction of the new bridge, the road
will be blocked off in several sections and residents will
have to detour around the site on other roads such as Old
Village and Baptist Church roads and Routes 238 and
234.
Southbound traffc on Mechanicsville Road will
be redirected at Asher Road and northbound traffc at
Yowaiski Mill Road. Road signs will be placed to direct
motorists onto the detours.
Local traffc will still be able to get in and out of
residential areas.
Funds for the bridge replacement project include $1,
246,000 through the federal American Recovery and Re-
investment Act and $380,000 from the county.
Road To Close For Bridge
Replacement
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The funding outlook was bleak for the
2010 fscal year that started July 1, but with
county commissioners and school admin-
istrators already looking to fscal 2011, the
future seems to look downright grim.
County fnance offcials say that tax
revenues remain down and the projections
look to stay on that path as the months prog-
ress and the state works to cut an estimated
$700 million from the budget to cope with
the recession and drop in revenue.
Elaine Kramer, county chief fnancial
offcer, said that income tax revenues for
June of 2009 were nearly 10 percent lower
than the same time last year.
That translated in a drop from about
$12.4 million to about $11.3 million in a
years time, she said.
County Administrator John Savich
said that if the nationwide recession contin-
ues and future revenues continue to drop,
the county may have to consider perma-
nent cuts.
Theres no reason to be optimistic
about revenue looking forward now, Sav-
ich told commissioners and school board
members at a joint session Tuesday.
Schools Superintendent Michael Mar-
tirano said that if the state decides to foist
even half of the funding responsibility for
teacher pensions onto counties next year,
the consequences could be dire.
He said that would equate to an addi-
tional $6.5 million the school system would
have to pay.
That will decimate local school sys-
tems, Martirano said, adding that all school
systems were facing money problems. The
misery of others is quite palpable.
Fiscal 2010 has been the appetizer for
the main course of 2011 and 2012, he said.
Board of Education Chair Bill Mat-
tingly said that the use of federal stimulus
dollars and local fund balances to fund re-
curring, yearly costs was a trend that did
not bode well for the system or the county.
There was a time when wed never
use those terms, Mattingly said. And now
were doing it.
Martirano said that those kinds of
monies have been used to preserve jobs in
the system and not create new ones, since,
eventually, money for the new positions
would run out as if it were funded by grant
dollars.
To cut costs, commissioners and school
board members agreed that they needed a
study of bus routes funded by the school
system for public school students and routes
funded by the county for non-public school
students to see if the two systems could be
consolidated.
Unflled buses were often found run-
ning the same routes, offcials said.
We need a much more sophisticated
approach to [bus] routing, Savich said.
When I say consolidating I dont know
quite what that means; were looking for
effciencies.
Salvatore Raspa, school board mem-
ber, cautioned that parents concerns must
be a part of any study.
If the parents are not happy with any
of the recommendations nothings going
to fy, Raspa said.
Commissioners, Board Of Education
Members Look To Dark Funding Horizon
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The president of a foundation recently denied a bingo license to
operate the ADF bingo hall in Mechanicsville said that some charities
are seeking their own licenses to raise funds through gaming but others
maybe shying away because of a stigma surrounding the issue.
Some of them have applications in, said Alice Gaskin, president
of the ADF Community Outreach Foundation. [But others havent]
because of the negative remarks made by the Sheriffs Offce
theyve been intimidated by the Sheriffs Offce.
Gaskins organization was denied a bingo license last week when
a Circuit Court judge ruled that he would not force Sheriff Timothy K.
Cameron to provide the foundation one.
Gaskin claims that her group, which she said seeks to operate
bingo on behalf of charities in need of money, meets the criteria for a
qualifed organization.
She has said that her organization will likely seek some kind of
appeal to the court decision.
Theres no legal reason for them not to give us a bingo license,
Gaskin said.
The owner of the ADF Bingo Hall, Sharon Modlin, is the subject
of a federal investigation regarding the distribution of proceeds from
gaming machines to charities after a raid in March.
No charges have been fled against Modlin, who only rents out
the space at the hall to organizations, Gaskin said.
Gaskin said that her organizations plan was to keep 15 percent
of proceeds from gaming in the bank to maintain a balance and an
emergency fund for charities; the remaining 85 percent would be split
among any charities it has contracts with.
Cameron fatly denied any intimidation of charities on the part of
his offce and said that Gaskins plans did not meet with the require-
ments of the law when it came to distribution of proceeds or how the
operation was run.
Obviously I dont agree with that, I think thats an unfair charac-
terization, Cameron said of Gaskins intimidation claims.
Only members of the qualifed organization can take part in the
gaming, Cameron said of the current gaming law, adding that Gaskins
plan amounted to paying people to handle the charities volunteer work
for them.
You cant have a paid volunteer, theres no such thing, Cameron
said.
John K. Parlett, a local developer and representative of charities
like Christmas in April and Friends of Cedar Lane, said that charities
needed an organization like the foundation because it has the technical
expertise to run a more technologically advanced bingo operation.
Technology in general has developed far beyond the law, Parlett
told The County Times, adding that only up until last year had ADF
bingo drawn the attention of law enforcement. The way bingos been
conducted has been allowed to happen in St. Marys County with the
full knowledge of law enforcement.
Parlett said that the foundations plan could have represented a
signifcant windfall for charities.
That would easily be over $100,000 a year, Parlett said. Its a
huge amount of money to local charities.
But the split of proceeds Gaskin envisioned did not have a basis in
the law either, Cameron said.
What they want to do conficts with what the law says they must
do, Cameron said. It doesnt say 85 percent [must go to the charities],
it says all proceeds.
The law does allow for operating expenses and rental fees for the
leasing of space, Cameron said, and bingo could still go on at the ADF
hall, but only under a qualifed charitable organizations bingo license.
The thing they are [residents] most confused about is that ADF
Bingo and ADF Community Outreach Foundation, Inc. have never
held bingo licenses, Cameron said. [Bingo] can still go on today as
long as its done in accordance with the law.
Both Gaskin and Cameron said they were willing talk about the
issue to come up with a resolution, however.
Group Plans To Appeal Denial Of Bingo License
Sheriff Holds Firm On Reasons For Denial
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county offered a compromise between
hunters and the school board?
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compromise. They just blew us off.?
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Staff Writer
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron says that fed-
eral grant money through the U.S. Department
of Justice could help his agency hire as many as
10 new deputies if it can get the award and have
enough money to keep the deputies on the job for
three years.
The Board of County Commissioners unani-
mously approved Camerons request to apply for
the federal money about $2.5 million during its
regular meeting Tuesday.
The money is part of the federal govern-
ments stimulus plan to allow police offcers who
have been downsized or laid off to go back to
work.
The Sheriffs Offce has not had to cut any of
its personnel, but Cameron said that he could use
as many deputies as he could get.
Thousands of applications are coming in
from around the country, competing for about
$1.8 billion in federal funds, he told The County
Times,
Were throwing our hat in the ring, he said.
The need is great for more resources.
We could use 50 [more deputies] today, but
we dont have 50 deputies, so you use the resourc-
es the best you can.
Cameron said that he doubted he would get
enough to fund 10 more deputies for three years,
but he hoped the county would at least get part of
the funding.
If we got one or two [deputies], Id be ec-
static, Cameron said.
The county commissioners also approved a
multitude of other grant applications for the Sher-
iffs Offce, including requests for money to fund
overtime for offcers to combat domestic and dat-
ing violence and stalking as well as to keep up
with sex offender compliance checks.
Sheriffs Offce Seeks $2.5 Million For More Deputies
By Joany Nazdin
Contributing Writer
County offcials assured residents that no land would be taken
at an information meeting about the Patuxent Park revitalization
project Tuesday at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Hall in Lexington
Park.
Katherine Coates, a resident of Patuxent Park for more than 25
years, was concerned that the existing sidewalks are four feet wide,
while the new ones will be fve feet.
Where is the extra foot for the sidewalks going to come from?
Coates asked.
Coates was told that there was no danger of the project tak-
ing away from anyones yard, and that the whole project would be
performed within rights-of-way owned by the county and the Met-
ropolitan Commission.
Another Patuxent Park resident, Dee Maurer, was concerned
because her house is on a cul-de-sac, and space for construction is
very limited on her street.
I have a fence and trees and a garden which come right up to
the curb line, Maurer said. Will they plant new trees and build me
a new fence?
Maurer was assured that anything that was in the way of con-
struction would be either replanted or replaced.
Construction, which is about to begin, will be expected to last
about three to four years, and will consist of fve separate phases of
work. The project cost is estimated at $7.5 million.
After the residents deal with torn-up roads, parking closures
and intermittent sewage and water closures, the project is expected
to turn the Patuxent Park neighborhood, one of the countys oldest,
into a trendy live-where-you-work neighborhood, according to
Robin Finnacom, president and CEO of Community Development
Corporation.
The re-construction of Patuxent Park will span several years
and will cost several million dollars to complete every penny of
which will be repaid in increased property values, increased oppor-
tunities for quality workforce housing and increased neighborhood
stability and pride, she said.
The project will replace 2,125 feet of water line and 2,950 feet
of sewer line. The project will also run televised cameras from the
sewer lines to the service connector of each residence, and will let
every homeowner know by January if there is a need to repair of re-
place the portion of the sewer that is on the homeowners property.
The property owner will be responsible for the cost of the re-
pair or replacement, although there was talk of possible funds that
may be in place by that time to help pay for or defray the cost.
Roadway construction will add new and replace existing side-
walks, new storm drains, curb and gutter and new pavement. The
plan calls for several parallel-parking bays on the east side of Bunker
Hill Drive. A crosswalk with handicapped ramps will be installed at
the intersection of Midway Drive an Bunker Hill Drive.
One of the things asked of the residents is that they comply with
the parking restrictions that
will be in place during the pe-
riod of construction. No Park-
ing sings will be placed two
days prior to any work being
performed on affected streets,
hoping that everyone will relo-
cate their vehicles. Any vehicle
not removed will be towed.
Nicolet Park will be avail-
able for parking, although the
residents will still have to com-
pete with people who are visit-
ing the park for spaces.
Parking is the main concern of Jeff Roberts, Assistant Pastor of
the Living Hope Church.
We have discussed several options, because sometimes when
we have church services, the members will clog the entire street,
Roberts said. We have a bus, and are thinking of busing our mem-
bers in. Some of our people dont walk very well, like the elderly
and the handicapped, and hopefully we can work out something out
for them.
Patuxent Park is home to a church and a synagogue, both with
active and large congregations.
I am excited about what is going on, said Jennifer Kordell
who attended the meeting with her husband Edward. Better infra-
structure will make everything better. I have been waiting for this
for a very long time.
Anyone with questions may call 24 hours a day to 301-373-
5305. They may also call the Department of Public Works at 301-
863-8400, ext. 3525, or Metcom at 301-373-4733, ext. 307, during
regular business hours.
Patuxent Park About to Start
What happened to the county government
having a monthly public forum for citizens?
The public forum has just been
pushed aside. Weve only had one
or two this year, each one was like
pulling teeth to get on the agenda.
Commissioner Lawrence D.
Jarboe (R-Golden Beach)
The countys Department of Public Works and Transportation will begin replacing a two-
foot wide culvert crossing underneath Clarkes Landing Road in Hollywood starting Monday,
July 20 through Friday, July 24 between 6a.m. and 6p.m.
Residents can expect one lane of traffc to be closed in the area of the pipe crossing.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Loic and Karleen Jaffres, owners and op-
erators of the restaurant Caf des Artistes, have
noticed something ominous in the past couple
of weeks in the Leonardtown square: a dwin-
dling supply of customers.
Times are tough because of the reces-
sion, which is nothing new they say, but the
streetscape project that has been going on since
late last year to improve Washington and Fen-
wick streets also has had its side affects.
Its been a nightmare for the past two
weeks, Loic Jaffres told The County Times
on Monday regarding the parking situation
in the downtown area and just in front of his
business.
The project has taken all of this store-
front parking and the chef has had to bring in
tables, since no one wants to eat outside with
the construction.
Karleen Jaffres said that some customers
have even told her that they want to know when
the project will be fnished, because they are not
going to come back to the caf until it is.
We actually feel that some days our busi-
ness is low because we look like were closed,
thats the perception, she said. Its taken its
toll the last two weeks.
The Jaffres worry that the streetscape
project will keep visitors away from the towns
Beach Party event on Saturday Aug. 8, which
has has been one of the most lucrative events for
businesses there.
Dan Norris, president of the Leonardtown
Business Association, said the major event
should still go off without a hitch.
But he admitted that the streetscape proj-
ect did pose a problem to downtown businesses,
which have been a key to the towns revitaliza-
tion efforts.
I dont think its going to drive people
away, Norris said of the project. I know its
lasted longer than wed expected.
But Im sure it has hindered business a
little bit.
Norris said that the coming beach party,
which is only about three weeks away, has
brought between 2,500 to 4,000 visitors in the
past to the town square, with shops and eateries
reaping the benefts.
I do think theres a light at the end of the
tunnel, Norris said.
Karleen Jaffres hopes the tunnel ends
soon.
We cant wait until they get it all done,
she said.
The streetscape project had to overcome a
mishap in the early spring when crews had to
rip up newly laid sidewalk because the work did
not comply with Americans with Disabilities
Act standards.
Businesses Complain Of Streetscape
Turning Away Customers
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Because of the U.S. Navys presence,
St. Marys County is expected to continue
growing, and members of the Leonard-
town town council want to know how to
get in on the action. Could we not di-
rect some of that this way, asked council
member Bob Combs during a presentation
Monday. Do we need to do more to get a
technology park in town?
Mayor J. Harry Norris echoed the
sentiments of his colleague the next day
and said that it was an idea whose time
had come.
I think it would be a good thing,
Norris told The County Times. So many
people live here who work on the base or
for contractors, it would make sense to
have them in town.
We really do need to take a look at
the possibilities.
Data showed that less than half of the
employment county wide was due to small
businesses which are not related to the
militarys presence or to related contrac-
tors, according to Bob Schaller, director
of the countys Department of Economic
and Community Development, during a
presentation to the council Monday.
Schaller said that according to his
fgures that was the lowest percentage of
small business employment in the state,
further showcasing the countys de-
pendence on Patuxent River Naval Air
Station.
We need to foster other kinds of
work, Schaller said. We cant just keep
depending on that kind of economy.
The county is seeking greater co-
operation with Leonardtown on devel-
opment and growth issues, because the
people moving to the county will generate
more demand for retail and services in the
two development districts, Leonardtown
and Lexington Park.
Leonardtown is the smaller of the
two by far but must still help shoulder the
load since, according to county fgures, a
full 87 percent of the jurisdictions land is
in the Rural Preservation District where
growth is strictly controlled.
A full 13 percent of the countys land
mass is in either of the two development
districts.
Norris said that in the towns own de-
bate over revising a comprehensive plan
for municipal development, a question
had been raised about getting a business
or technological park in town.
But in order to prevent sprawl, Nor-
ris said, the town would have to consider
other growth models.
In order to concentrate that [over-
all] growth, we have to grow up, we cant
grow out, Norris said.
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A report from the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation says that the waters in the
bay and its watershed have become so
polluted with various forms of bacteria,
nitrates and heavy metals that residents
risk serious illness if they live in close
proximity.
The pollutants that are hurting the
aquatic system, the fish, the oyster, the
crabs, are also threatening human health,
said Kim Coble, the Maryland executive
director for the foundation.
And the evidence so far seems to
show that more people may be getting
sick from coming into close contact with
the bays waters, rife with contaminants,
Coble said.
It does seem anecdotally that the
impact is increasing, Coble said.
The reports said that as many as 17
million people could be at risk of con-
tracting blood infections, skin diseases
and intestinal illnesses from the bay and
its watershed from what is known as vi-
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Incidents of infection from this
pathogen increased over the past year, ac-
cording to the report.
Cyanobacteria, another problem bac-
teria in the bay, can cause liver disease,
skin rashes, nausea and vomiting, accord-
ing to the report.
Cryptosporidium, another serious
pathogen, has been responsible for mul-
tiple beach closings over the past year, the
report stated.
St. Marys County has not closed any
beaches, according to public information
officials, but the report has them con-
cerned over the quality of water at beach-
es, especially after heavy rains, which
can increase run off of fertilizers and ni-
trates that increase algae blooms that in
turn can increase harmful bacteria.
The testing is on-going, said coun-
ty spokeswoman Karen Everett of beach
water quality.
Public beaches in Calvert County are
still open for swimming and other activi-
ties with acceptable water quality, while
the site at Lake Lariat in Lusby has a wa-
ter advisory in place, according to the
Calvert health department.
Del. John Wood, who represents the
northern part of St. Marys County, said
that the saga of restoring the bay has been
a long one and progress has been steady
if slow.
But the funds to help the bays health
have not always been spent wisely, Wood
said.
Seven years ago the state legislature
passed what was known as a f lush tax
of about $30 per household that was de-
signed to pay for upgrades to waste water
treatment plants, but the expenditures are
now going elsewhere, he said.
Now were taking some of that mon-
ey and using it for other things, I think
thats wrong, Wood said.
But, Wood said he could not remem-
ber a report that painted such a dire pic-
ture of the bay.
Sometimes it concerns me about the
comments the foundation makes, Wood
said. Sometimes it sounds like a scare
tactic.
This is the first time Ive ever heard
someone saying its this bad.
And funds are key to the bays res-
toration; the Chesapeake Bay Commis-
sion, which helps oversee the clean up
efforts cooperatively between Maryland,
Virginia, Pennsylvania and the federal
government, has placed the price tag at
a full clean up at $19 billion almost six
years ago.
Coble said that despite the apparent
deterioration of the bay overall, there
have been some signs of hope, namely
the increase in some areas of underwater
grasses that help shield infant crab popu-
lation and the subsequent rise, after a sea-
son of heavy restrictions, of the female
crab population.
Also, she said, state governments
have made agreements with the federal
Environmental Protection Agency to take
action to prevent pollution in the bay,
such as fewer impervious surfaces, more
cover crops to help filter rain water run-
off and cutbacks in nutrient loads over
two year periods instead of longer term
agreements that can fall by the wayside
politically.
That really has raised the level of
accountability, Coble said. If given half
a chance the bay can recover; its an in-
credibly resilient ecosystem.
Bay Waters Could Be Toxic
For Watershed Residents
BALTIMORE (AP) - Constellation Energy Group is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit
accusing Maryland regulators of overstepping their authority as they investigate Constellations
proposal to sell half its nuclear operations to a French utility.
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals fling Monday comes after a Baltimore judge ruled
that it is premature for Constellation to challenge a continuing review process under the Mary-
land Public Service Commission.
The PSC is looking into whether the $4.5 billion deal with Electrcite de France is in the
public interest. The PSC doesnt regulate Constellation, but regulates its Baltimore Gas and
Electric utility subsidiary.
A spokeswoman for the state attorney general says that offce would fght the appeal.
Constellation Asks Court
to Let Suit Continue
The County Times
To The Editor:
Editorial:
The Hard Bargain Players of Accokeek, Md.,
have often been referred to as the best kept secret
in Southern Prince George County. It is time to
let the cat out of the bag and be a secret no longer.
In fact, we want to shout, dance and spread the
word that there on the grounds of the Alice Fer-
guson Foundation, a vibrant theatre company ex-
ists. We invite you to become part of this group of
live theatre enthusiasts. For more than a decade
the Hard Bargain Players have been producing
plays at a naturally occurring amphitheater in the
woods of the Hard Bargain Farm. We believe we
have now got it just right. We want you, our com-
munity, to be the fnal judge.
When selecting plays, we do our best to pro-
duce those pieces which are off the well beat-
en path. We generally shy away from plays that
community theater companies produce season
after season, unless our unique space allows us
to bring something extra special to an often per-
formed play.
Several years ago, we produced John Stein-
becks Of Mice and Men. In our space, the
fauna of the Hard Bargain woods became the cat-
tails along the creek bed, the stage was a bunk-
house for migrant farm hands. We choose plays
with sparse sets that challenge our actors to make
the playwrights words breathe and that leave our
patrons talking about it long after the evening of
theater has passed.
Every now and then we do a play intended to
amuse. On occasion we will do a play with adult
situations or adult language. While it is never
our intent to offend anyone, we fnd that some
of todays most interesting playwrights (for ex-
ample, David Mamet, Stephen Adly Guirgis) use
language that is not acceptable to everyone. In
choosing a season, we make sure to offer some-
thing acceptable to all. We believe we have met
our goal for the 2009 season.
In May we opened with Neil Simons The
Good Doctor. This is one of those plays that
amuse and allow one to laugh at lifes absurdi-
ties. Director Melissa Gilpin brought together
a production team that made the entire evening
one where the troubles of the day were able to be
cast aside. On Aug. 7, we begin a three-week run
of Jesus Hopped The ATrain by Stephen Adly
Guirgis (directed by St. Marys County resident
David M. Thomas), a powerful drama set in the
protective custody wing of Rikers Island, a prison
in New York. Can what has been discarded ever
be replaced? Is forgiveness or understanding al-
lowed for those who go against well established
social mores? This play does contain adult lan-
guage and situations.
We close our season with Brian Friels
Translations, (directed by St. Marys County
resident Miss Bell), one of the most beautiful love
stories Ive read in years. Love between a man
and a woman is explored, but even more mov-
ing is the love for a heritage, love of a people,
love of a way of life, love for ones language. Set
in 19th century Ireland, this play will touch the
heart. The play runs for three consecutive Friday
and Saturday evenings (8 p.m.) beginning Oct. 9,
2009.
To give even further incentive to the public,
we are able to offer high quality live theater for
less than the cost of a movie. Adult tickets sell
for only $10. Seniors (you decide), students and
members of the Alice Ferguson Foundation are
charged only $8 per ticket. Light refreshments
are served during intermission. Performances
are outdoors, so dress in your most comfortable
jeans and T-shirt. If you think you might enjoy
being a part of our company, we welcome you.
For the rest of you, we ask that you give us a
chance. See one or more of our shows. Experi-
ence the magic of Theatre in the Woods at Hard
Bargain Farm. For more information, directions
and pictures of past productions, please visit our
Web site at www.hbplayers.org. We are looking
forward to meeting you.

David M. Thomas,
Managing Artistic Director
Hard Bargain Players
Accokeek, Md.
A Secret No More
I was so shocked to hear a politician tell the
truth, and it came out of his own mouth, accord-
ing to the County Times July 9 edition , pg. 5,
Hoyer-Fun Times in Congress Are Over. Con-
gressman Hoyer was quoted as saying, Let me
say something politicians dont like to say: It was
easy for a long period of time. Ive been in Con-
gress since 1981, and for most of those years, we
bought but didnt pay, and everybody loved it.
He even is quoted as saying that the
country is at a critical time fscally.
Congressman Hoyer, did you ever think you
might be part of the blame that this country is in
a critical time fscally? Words coming from
your own mouth saying you and our Congress-
men bought but didnt pay can Americans do
that? Heck NO. Many Americans are losing
their homes, vehicles, and jobs because of our
elected career politicians have taught corporate
America how to play the game that Congress
has been playing for most of the years since
1981. Spend big, give big bonuses, live the life
of corporate giant CEOs and when all fails,
call on the American tax payers to bail you out.
You, along with the rest of the career politicians
in Washington, should be ashamed of yourself.
I hope all who are reading this remember these
statements from your own mouth when they go
to fll out that ballot, and I hope this letter will
get national attention as it is a national matter.
Career politicians should be given the boot. We
Americans who keep electing the same ones to
run our corrupted government need to take a
stand and not bow down to this type of leader-
ship. Lets stop letting money be the power to
run our society. Lets give the honest, hardwork-
ing candidates a chance and a vote, even though
they dont have as many signs, workers and ad-
vertisements. Much money going to the wrong
people got us in the mess we are in today, so
lets let the ones with less money get us out of it.

Jimmy Hayden
Leonardtown, MD
From The Horses Mouth
Rep. Steny Hoyer recently addressed the
Lexington Park Rotary Club. He said, Ive
been in Congress since 1981 and for most of
those years, we bought but didnt pay.
At last, our representative admits that for 28
years he has been part of the problem of reck-
less spending by Congress. He later said that
now, Were going to pay for whatever we do.
Basically, after supporting nearly $1 trillion in
bailouts and stimulus spending (funded by print-
ing worthless paper money), he now wants to
tax us into outer space to pay for more and big-
ger government. How long will we in Southern
Maryland support this tax tax, spend spend
Democrat?
Michael Hammett
Leonardtown, Md.
No More Spending
St. Marys County is beyond question a
unique place. As most of the nation is spin-
ning downward amidst a troubled and tum-
bling economy, our community has been
largely stable overall. Most people in our
county are government employees or work
as professionals in government support-
ing industries. In fact, in Maryland, only
Montgomery County is more reliant on gov-
ernment for jobs than is St. Marys County.
Still we need to be aware that there are many
businesses and families in our community
who are suffering much the same as our
nation.
The nations unemployment rate is now
near 10%. The rate of those who are actu-
ally not working or working temporary jobs
that are insuffcient for them to meet the long
term minimum living level is now over 20%.
By March 2010 the nations unemployment
numbers will reach close to 15%. The cur-
rent policies of the federal government will
lead to infation rates which most people
under the age of 40 have never seen in their
lifetime. More layoffs will follow and gov-
ernment spending for social programs will
reach record levels that economists would
have never thought possible.
Without a change in our nations public
policy agenda, the road of hardship, even for
our government employees, will eventually
lead to St. Marys. With the private sector
confronted with higher energy costs, higher
health care costs and higher taxes, busi-
ness profts will diminish and government
revenues will fall even more rapidly. Our
government, with its enormous debt and
our adherence to global governance, espe-
cially when it comes to a new world order,
combined with skyrocketing social welfare
costs, will be pressured into believing that
a smaller, less resourceful military will not
only allow a shift from military spending to
social welfare, but will also speak to Ameri-
cas willingness to sacrifce our strength for
the good of the world.
Obvious to everyone except for a few
left-wing ideologues is the fact that the eco-
nomic stimulus passed by Congress is not
working. All it has accomplished is to pre-
serve the budgets of state and local govern-
ments, which will result in state and local
tax increases in two years and build a larger
federal government safety net.
Our Congressman, Steny Hoyer is as
much responsible for the public policy de-
bacle as anyone. And while Hoyer comes
home and talks a good talk, he continues to
lead this nation down a path of fscal irre-
sponsibility. Hoyer and the Democrats took
control of Congress three years ago. This is
not George Bushs economy, this is Hoyers
economy. Under Hoyers reign our nations
debt has grown more than in all the previous
330+ years prior combined.
Recently Hoyer admitted to out of con-
trol spending and not having a plan to pay
for it. Last fall before the Presidential elec-
tion, Hoyer told The County Times that if
elected Obama and the Democrats would
balance the federal budget. Just recently,
talking about Obamas health plan Hoyer
said, were going to pay for whatever we
do, were not going to borrow money. Of
course Hoyer pays for things with your mon-
ey not his and in non-politician terms,
Hoyer is talking about tax increases, Yet
another public policy blunder to drive our
economy further in the hole.
We need change, and this time we need
change we can all believe in, and we need
Hoyer to lead this change.
We start with a New Stimulus to re-
place that which is failing. The new stimu-
lus should do at least fve things:
Reduce corporate tax rates so that
America is competitive with other coun-
tries. Businesses would be encouraged to
invest more in this country rather than other
countries where business tax rates can be as
much as 70% lower. Business creating jobs
rather than government will improve the
productivity of our nation, creating value for
the American dollar.
Eliminate capital gains tax so that
more dollars are once again invested into the
private sector, working to grow industry not
government.
Provide inexpensive and obtainable
funds for small businesses to invest in their
business. Small business can add millions
of jobs in a short time while unleashing the
spirit of the entrepreneur.
Reduce by at least 50% the amount of
Social Security and Medicare tax that both
employees and employers pay for at least
one and up to two years. This will imme-
diately increase the cash that both families
and businesses have available to spend. We
wont have to spend 18 million dollars on
fancy web sites to track how government is
spending the money. Instead Americans will
be spending the money on what is important
to them and their family.
Recover all unspent funds from both
the TARP Act and the Recovery Act. As
much as $700 million should be available
to replace the social security and Medicare
funds that would be lost while the nations
economy is recovering.
By putting more money in the hands
of businesses and taxpayers and less in the
hands of government, our nation will quick-
ly lead the world in economic recovery, and
we will once again be the economic model
that is best to invest in. By protecting our
nations energy, and protecting our nations
economy, we can also protect our nations
military.
Hoyer Should Lead Change We All Could Believe In
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The Three Notch Trail is one of many trails
throughout the United States built on former
rail lines. The recreational trail is being con-
structed along the twenty eight-mile, County
owned railroad right-of-way which runs south
from Hughesville, in Charles County, to Lex-
ington Park and the Patuxent River Naval Air
Station. The trail is a non-motorized pedestrian,
bicycle and equestrian trail.
Phase I of the trail opened in 2006 and be-
gins at Route 236 in New Market and proceeds
approximately one mile north to the Northern
County Senior Center in Charlotte Hall. Phase
II of the trail opened in 2008 and begins at the
Northern Senior Center and runs about two
miles north to Deborah Drive, in Charles Coun-
ty. Other parts of the trail are in the planning
stages and some are currently underway. The
portion from Laurel Grove to New Market is
planned for 2011, if funding permits.
The Southern Maryland Railroad
Company was established in1868, with
the intent of constructing a rail way to
connect Point Lookout to Washing-
ton, D.C. By 1876, the company went
bankrupt without having run a single
train. The rival Washington City and
Point Lookout Railroad took over the
project and in 1881, the frst train ran from
Charlotte Hall to Mechanicsville. Twenty-one
more miles had been built and ffty more miles
had been graded by 1884. The line was extended
in the early 1940s by the U. S. Navy which used
it to haul materials to the site where construc-
tion of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station was
underway. The line was eventually offered for
sale, and in 1970, St. Marys County purchased
the right of way and removed the tracks.
Today, the few miles of completed trail
connects the Charlotte Hall Library, the St.
Marys County Farmers Market, the Charlotte
Hall Veterans Home, the St. Marys County
Welcome Center and the Northern Senior
Center, and links the villages of New Mar-
ket and Charlotte Hall. It is used by
Amish buggies, walkers, joggers
and clyclists.
Eventually, the Three Notch
Trail will become part of the Na-
tional Park Services Potomac Heri-
tage Trail System that will extend
from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to
Point Lookout.
The Three Notch Trail was featured last
week in the County Times as the fourth site
visited by Flat Sneaks, the St. Marys County
Librarys summer reading mascot, as part of
the Wheres Flat Sneaks? contest. The week-
ly contest is sponsored by The County Times
and produced by the library as part of the Cel-
ebrate 375! campaign. Flat Sneaks will visit
eight local sites throughout the summer with
weekly clues to his whereabouts published in
the County Times. Children ages 5 through 12
may participate in the contest. See page 31 for
contest details.
The Three Notch Trail
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The Delmarva Foundation for Medical
Care, the Medicare quality improvement or-
ganization for Maryland, recently announced
that St. Marys Hospital has again received the
2009 Delmarva Foundation Excellence Award
for Quality Improvement.
Based in Leonardtown, the hospital also
won in 2004 and 2008 and is one of only two
facilities in Maryland to receive this award
thus far this year, according to a hospital press
release.
I am so proud of the entire hospital and
all of our physicians and employees, who have
worked so hard to reach this goal, said St.
Marys Hospital president and CEO Christine
Wray in the release. It takes a great team,
working together, to achieve this award.
The award recognizes individual hos-
pitals performance improvement in the four
national inpatient clinical areas acute myo-
cardial infarction, heart failure, surgical care
improvement and pneumonia.
To receive the award, hospitals must meet
or exceed the following criteria and require-
ments: improved individual performance
measure rate to 90 percent or above on the 11
required measures and sustained the improve-
ment for at least three consecutive quarters.
The data used to achieve this award is
publicly reported and available on Web sites,
including Hospital Compare and the Mary-
land Health Care Commissions Web site, more
commonly known as the Maryland Hospital
Report Card.
St. Marys Hospital is proud to present
the community with this regional award as evi-
dence of our commitment to excellence for a
second year in a row, said hospital Vice Presi-
dent Joan Gelrud. We believe we owe every
patient a safe and successful experience at St.
Marys Hospital. By having external agencies
evaluate us against rigorous criteria and recog-
nize our great outcomes, we are able to demon-
strate to our community that we are a leader in
health care so potential patients can have conf-
dence in the care we provide.
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Residents of Maryland, and beyond, are in-
vited to support their local farmers and help boost
their health and the planets health by pledging to
eat at least one item from a local farm every day
during Buy Local Week from July 18-24.
The campaign is designed to boost local
farm economies and educate consumers about
the importance of farms.
Participants are encouraged to shop at
farms, farm stands, farmers markets and gro-
cers that offer locally grown food and wine, and
dine at restaurants that include local farm food
and wine in their menus.
Many markets, restaurants and businesses
are planning special activities for the Buy Local
Week, beginning with a kickoff cookout [on July
16] by Gov. OMalley, which has become an an-
nual event. said Christine Bergmark, executive
director of the Southern Maryland Agricultural
Development Commission in Hughesville.
The campaigns Web site, www.buy-local-
challenge.com, has added a running tally of how
many are taking the 2009 Challenge, and a per-
sonalized certifcate for those who pledge.
This year, for the frst time, people outside
Maryland are invited to take the challenge also.
The Web site includes a separate, interactive
sub-site (dubbed the BLC Online Community)
designed to host user-generated content.
This adjunct site allows users from any-
where in the country to create sub-groups spe-
cifc to their region, to upload information about
BLC events, submit photos, tips or recipes, or to
chat or generally interact with other users across
the country.
Participants can also download free re-
source material including offcial BLC logo fles,
fiers and generic press releases, setting the stage
for a cohesive nationwide annual observance of
Buy Local Challenge Week throughout the U.S.
For more information, call the Southern
Maryland Agricultural Development Com-
mission at 301-274-1922; email cbergmark@
somarylandsogood.com; or visit www.somary-
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The St. Marys County Division of Tour-
ism awarded its summer Trunk of Treasures
to Sandra Burroughs of Mechanicsville. The
drawing was held on June 30, and Ms. Bur-
roughs name was drawn from all of the en-
tries with the correct answers to the weekly
clues on Maryland375.com and the entries
submitted at the St. Marys County Welcome
Center in Charlotte Hall.
The giveaway drawing is part of the cam-
paign to promote Marylands 375th birthday.
A graduate of Chopticon High School,
Burroughs works as a fnancial program ana-
lyst at Webster Field in St. Inigoes. She and her
husband Glen are involved with the St. Marys
Animal Welfare League and Ms. Burroughs is
a board member of that organization.
Valued at more than $2,250, the Trunk
of Treasures included a sunset lighthouse
cruise from Fish the Bay Charters & Tours,
an overnight stay at River Creek Lodge on St.
George Island, dinner at Summerseat Farm
in Mechanicsville, a fshing trip with Captain
Gregs Charters located in Ridge, an overnight
stay at La Quinta Inn & Suites in Lexington
Park, Mach Combat fight trainer sessions at
the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, a peck
of oysters from Circle C Oyster Ranch in Scot-
land, a Morgan Jones pitcher from Historic St.
Marys City, an Edwin Talley print from His-
toric Sotterley Plantation, a unique art clutch
from Candys Clutches available at Herons
Way Gallery in Leonardtown, the Land of
Pleasant Living Maryland banner fag cre-
ated by Mary Lou Troutman from the Glass
Garden Shoppe in Park Hall, the Best of St.
Marys book of photographs by Joe Dunn
available at Bay Books in California, a porce-
lain bisque Snowbabies collectible and a gift
certifcate from Cecils Country Store in Great
Mills, a signed poster and tote bag from the
St. Marys College of Maryland River Concert
Series and gift certifcate from the Southern
Maryland Artisans Center in Leonardtown.
For more information about St. Marys
Countys Celebrate 375 campaign, call 301-
475-4200 ext.1404 or visit www.Maryland375.
com.
Mechanicsville Woman
Wins Trunk of Treasures
Buy Local Week Starts Saturday
Smartronix Inc., a Hollywood-based technol-
ogy frm, has come under fre in the national media
after it was awarded a contract was last week, po-
tentially valued at $18 million, to redesign the U.S.
government Recovery.gov Web site.
Reports are circulating that claim the price
tag is exorbitant and the company was awarded the
deal because of the thousands of dollars company
executives have donated to Congressman Steny
Hoyer during the last decade.
The Washington Examiner reported that
Smartronixs top offcers donated $19,000 to House
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer since 1999.
Hoyers spokesperson has called the allega-
tions ludicrous; stating that the contract was com-
petitively bid and the congressman has nothing to
do with the selection process.
Smartronix says its honored to have been
chosen, and the task is highly complex with an
aggressive deadline. The company issued a three-
page statement about the deal on its Web site: smar-
tronix.com
Tech-savvy experts tell us that there really
are no websites out there that would merit this kind
of cost - including sites for major retailers or bank-
ing websites, Grover Norquist, president of Amer-
icans for Tax Reform said in a statement.
Smartronix, Hoyer Under Fire for Web Site Deal
Sandra Burroughs of Mechanicsville, center, won the Trunk of Treasures containing certifcates valued at more
than $2,250 from local businesses. With her is her husband Glen and Historic St. Marys interpreter Alice
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Contributing Writer
The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in Lexington Park
hosted a book talk by author Craig Nelson Tuesday, where the
author promoted his new book on the Apollo Space Program.
Nelsons book Rocket Men gives a complete history of
the Apollo 11 mission, including little known anecdotes from
astronauts and engineers.
During his talk, the author shared several of these anec-
dotes as he took his audience through the mission the frst to
land a man on the moon which celebrates its 40
th
anniversary
this month.
Attending the talk was Rick Nelson (no relation to the au-
thor), a retired offcer of the Navy, who says that his childhood
memories of the lunar landing were part of what drew him to
the talk.
It was extraordinary, he said, as he recalled watching the
historic event from his familys TV on a base in Japan.
Hailing from a family of aviators, Nelson said that he and
his family, including son Ian, who also attended the talk, have
frequented the Naval Air Museum before.
The museum, located on 235 just before Gate 1 of the Patux-
ent River Naval Air Station, is preparing to expand itself in the
near future, with plans for a second building in the works. The
process, however, is proving to be a long one.
The site of the new 22,000-square-foot annex was cleared
and prepared for construction last summer, but insuffcient
funding took plans back to the drawing board. Following
the call for a redesign, 19 frms submitted new plans for
evaluation by the county.
The St. Marys County Department of Public Works
and Transportation reports that as of June 23, 2009, six
frms have been placed on a short list, with interviews
pending. The fnal decision is expected to come in Sep-
tember or October of this year.
The cost of the project is reported to be around
$5.6 million, with funds coming from the County, State,
Navy, and through grants from the Museum Associa-
tion. Once under way, construction is estimated to take
18 months to complete.
Deputy Director Tom Quinlan hopes that once built,
the annex will help the museum provide an even broader
range of displays and activities that will not only teach
about past aviation, but will also showcase the projects
being worked on next door at Pax River.
We anticipate [new displays] to be artifacts and
interpretations that depict technological disciplines used
in test and evaluation, Quinlan said. Both historically,
and on base today.
The museum is holding workshops for middle and
high school students in the coming weeks as part of the
Secret Series. On July 18, artist Hank Caruso will teach
the secrets of drawing great pictures. On Aug. 1 photog-
rapher Bill Conway will teach the secrets to taking great
photographs.
Museum Hosts Talk about Moon Landing
BALTIMORE (AP) - Lockheed Martin
Corp. is setting up a private social network for em-
ployees to use in the course of business as a means
to discuss tasks from projects to purchasing. And
though the network itself wont be open to the out-
side world, the program that supports it will be.
Company offcials are preparing next year to
launch a program - tentatively called Eureka - that
will allow workers across the defense contractors
large network of locations to connect with each
other and talk about work. Before that happens,
Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin also plans to
make the computer programming code open-
source, or available to anybody who wants to use
it and adapt it to their own purposes.
Shawn Dahlen, social media program man-
ager for Lockheed Martin, said the company was
infuenced to use open-source programming for a
number of reasons. The federal government, a ma-
jor Lockheed Martin customer, has begun using
more open-source programming recently, he said.
Also, open-source programming can be an
effcient way for a company to fnd improvements
to its programming work, Dahlen said. More peo-
ple working on a program means more opportuni-
ties to identify problems and fx them.
As we look to maintain the system long
term, we thought it would be advantageous to
open-source and crowd-source it, he said.
Dahlen repeatedly compared the Eureka in-
ternal social network to FriendFeed, a service that
compiles information from other social networks
such as MySpace, Twitter and the photo-sharing
site Flickr.
Eureka will allow about 35,000 users in the
companys information systems and global ser-
vices division to have individual profles that other
employees can view. It will also aggregate infor-
mation from the companys purchasing system,
among other tools. Through Eureka, the company
envisions people in different offces comparing
purchases to gauge their effectiveness.
The program will also connect to the Lock-
heed Martins existing Unity program that al-
lows document sharing, common online work
space and other features for collaboration.
Dahlen said social networking can be a use-
ful tool for the workplace, but sharing company
information through a public network is not al-
ways practical, given the often-sensitive nature
of Lockheed Martins work. Until recently, em-
ployees were blocked from accessing personal
accounts on Facebook and similar sites through
the companys network, but that restriction was
recently lifted.
Kathryn M. Bartol, professor of management
and organization at the Robert H. Smith School of
Business at the University of Maryland, College
Park, said she thinks internal social networking
has several benefts, from building camaraderie to
helping employees share approaches to problems.
Networking can prevent people from duplicating
labor, she said.
Dahlen said the decision to make its code
open-source did not raise security concerns. He
pointed out that the Defense Information Systems
Administration recently began using open-source
code for some applications.
Dick Nelson, chief of the personnel systems
support branch at the manpower, personnel and
security division of DISA, said the agency has
opened up its code for managing work force and
federal workfow. He said the code will be useful
for other governmental bodies and private compa-
nies that might want to use it, but will also help
the company because more people can work to
improve the code.
Lockheed Creating Internal
Networking Site
NASA photo from the moon
Artist rendering of the new Patuxent River Naval Aviation Museaum
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Francis R. Bodine, 85
Francis R.
Bodine, 85, of
Lexington Park,
MD died on July
10, 2009, peace-
fully at his home.
He is survived
by his wife Julia
Owens Bodine,
whom he mar-
ried on Novem-
ber 19, 1955 at Immaculate Heart of
Mary Catholic Church, Lexington
Park, MD and three sons; Kevin Bo-
dine, (Kelly), Dr. Ken Bodine, (Kel-
ley) and Kurt Bodine, (Beth), seven
grandchildren; Kristy, Kim, Ryan,
Christopher, Leah, Aileen and Owen
Francis Bodine, he is also survived
by his siblings; Charles Bodine of
Kane, PA and Barbara Callahan of
Phoenix, AZ.
He was a graduate of Kane High
School in Kane, PA. He received
his Bachelor of Science degree from
Bloomsburg University and a Mas-
ters Degree from the University of
Maryland. He had also done graduate
work at Washington University and
Duke University. He served in the
U.S. Army Medical Corp for three
years during WWII, after his dis-
charge he completed his college de-
gree. He came to St. Marys County
in February, 1952 and was hired as
a Math teacher at Margaret Brent
High School. In 1955 he was ap-
pointed Principal of the new 12 grade
Leonardtown School. He worked as a
school administrator until his retire-
ment in 1984. He was very beloved
by his staff and students.
He was a member of the Leon-
ardtown Lions Club since 1958 and
served as president for two different
terms. He helped organize and was
the frst chairman of the St. Marys
Crab Festival and served for many
years in that capacity. During his
retirement he served as a vendor for
Meals on Wheels for 16 years. He
was also very much involved with
the poor and elderly in our county
through his work at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Catholic Church. He
was a kind and gentle man, never
critical of anyone. He enjoyed his
family and his home in Town Creek.
He was very knowledgeable about
most sports and enjoyed golf and
baseball. His most avid interest was
reading. He was a member of the St.
Marys Historical Society and was
very loyal to St. Marys County. He
had traveled
all over Europe during his mili-
tary days and later traveled extensive-
ly with his wife in the United States.
He especially enjoyed the town of
Fredericksburg, VA and went there
frequently. We wish to give special
thanks to Dr. Leon Berube and Hos-
pice members, Barbara, Peggy and
Cindy.
Family received friends for Mr.
Bodines Life Celebration on Tues-
day, July 14, 2009 from 5 to 8 pm in
the Brinsfeld Funeral Home, P.A.,
Leonardtown, MD where prayers
were recited at 7pm. A Mass of
Christian burial was celebrated on
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 11 am in
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic
Church, Lexington Park, MD with
Father Jack Kennealy offciating.
Interment followed in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jack Hayuda,
Bob Fares, Robert Hemieleski, John
Woodburn, Pat Willinburg and Paul
Rose. Honorary pallbearers were
Jim Trent, Tom Brien, Ed Fitzgerald,
Thomas Sommerville, Ken Wible
and Ed Siemarko.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Alzheimers Association,
P.O. Box 1889, LaPlata, MD 20646
and/or St. Vincent DePaul Society
of Immaculate Heart of Mary, 22375
Three Notch Rd., Lexington Park,
MD 20653.
Condolences to the family may
be made to www.brinsfeldfuneral.
com.
Arrangements provided by the
Brinsfeld Funeral Home, P.A., Leon-
ardtown, MD.
Mr. Donald E. Carver, 70
Mr. Donald E. Carver, 70, of
Mount Dora, FL passed away Mon-
day, July 6, 2009 in Washington,
DC.
He was born in Hydro, OK on
October 14, 1938 and traveled many
places during his military career.
He settled in Abell, MD in 1976 and
remained there until 1995 when he
moved to Mount Dora, FL. He was
a retired Navy Chief, private pilot,
and avid animal lover. He was a man
who adored his family.
He is survived by his daughter,
Lucinda Rodzankas of Lexington
Park, MD; son, David of Leesburg,
FL; fve grandchildren Lea Ellis,
Shaina Carrico, and Cathrine, Bri-
anna, and Alexander Carver; and one
great-grandchild, Joseph Christopher
Ellis. He was preceded in death by
his mother, Lucille Carver, and more
recently by his wife, Fayrene S.
Carver, on November 6, 2008.
Family received friends on Sat-
urday, July 11, 2009 from 10:00 a.m.
until 12:00 p.m. in the Brinsfeld Fu-
neral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road,
Leonardtown, MD 20650. A Memo-
rial Service was conducted at 11:00
a.m. Final services and inurnment
were held at Florida National Cem-
etery in Bushnell, FL.
made in his name to the Humane So-
ciety of Lake County, 16435 McKin-
ley Road, Umatilla, FL 32784 or the
Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 339, Lexington Park,
MD 20653.
be made at www.brinsfeldfuneral.
com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfeld
Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown,
MD.
Helen Marian Finch, 84
Helen Marian Finch, 84, of Me-
chanicsville, MD died July 8, 2009,
at her home surrounded by her loving
family.
Born June 3, 1925 in Tippets,
MD she was the daughter of the late
Jesse Matthew Windsor and Annie
C. (Farrell) Windsor. She was a lov-
ing wife to the late Harry Chandler
Finch who died March 25, 1993.
She is survived by her 13 chil-
dren; daughters, Dianne Wiley (Bud)
of Lincolnton, NC, Jane Robeson
(Ken), of Mechanicsville, MD, Linda
Reamy (Mike) of Brandywine, MD,
Kathy Finch of Brandywine, MD,
Dorothy Dennis of Hollywood, MD,
Juanita Abell (Kee) of Mechanics-
ville, MD, Becky Russell (Rocky)
of Lexington Park, MD, sons; Harry
Finch, Jr. (Eileen) of Mechanicsville,
MD, David Finch (Patsy) of Charlotte
Hall, MD, Eddie Finch, Sr., (Denise),
Steve Finch, Sr., Donald Finch, Sr.,
John Finch, Sr. (Lori) all of Mechan-
icsville, MD. She is also survived
by 33 grandchildren and
29 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she
was preceded in death by her grand-
children Kevin Gardiner and Eliza-
beth George and fve sisters, Rena
Windsor, Catherine Brown, Evelyn
Estep, Estelle Kenney and Mildred
Tayman.
Family received friends for
Mrs. Finchs Life Celebration on
Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 2:00
p.m. until 6:00 p.m. in Brinsfeld Fu-
neral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road
Leonardtown, MD where prayers
were recited at 5:00 p.m. A Mass of
Christian Burial was celebrated on
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
in St. Johns Catholic Church, Holly-
wood, MD. The celebrant was Father
Ron Potts. Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were her sons; Har-
ry Finch, David Finch, Eddie Finch,
Steve Finch, Donald Finch and John
Finch.
made to St. Johns School, 43927 St.
Johns Road,
Hollywood, MD 20636 or Hos-
pice of St. Marys, P.O. Box 625,
Leonardtown, MD 20650.
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MD.
Robert Bobby Edward
Lee Forbes, Jr., 60
R o b e r t
Bobby Edward
Lee Forbes, Jr.,
60, of Mechan-
icsville, MD died
June 21, 2009
at his home of
cancer.
Born Sep-
tember 29, 1948
in Washington,
DC, he was the son of the late Robert
E. Lee Forbes, Sr. and Julia Frances
Herbert Forbes. Bobby was raised in
Aquasco, MD. He graduated from
St. Marys Notre Dame High School
in Bryantown, MD. He served in the
U.S. Army. He did a tour of duty in
Vietnam 1970-1971. He was a direct
descendant of President Thomas Jef-
ferson, the Calverts of Maryland, and
the Lees of Virginia. He retired from
Pepco/Mirant after 32 years of ser-
vice. On December 3, 1971, he mar-
ried Carolyn M. Hicks of Hughesville,
MD. Bobby loved farming, hunting,
traveling, gardening, attending fow-
ers, Saturday morning Bible Study
and playing with his grandchildren.
The love of his life was serving his
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He did
mission work in Mexico and with his
son-in-law in Moldova (former part
of USSR). He was a prayer warrior
to the end of his life. He served faith-
fully as a deacon and an usher. There
was no task that he was not willing
to do to help anyone or to serve the
Lord.
On Fathers Day at the end of
his life, his family and church family
witnessed his going home to be with
his Heavenly Father. Moments before
he passed, he was singing Amazing
Grace. As he took his last breath, he
was looking up towards heaven and
raised his hands toward Jesus.
Bobby was the loving and de-
voted husband of Carolyn Cookie
M. Hicks Forbes, father of Carolyn
Candy Farren of Leonardtown, MD
and Amy Lee Forbes of Mechanics-
ville, MD, father-in-law to Jack Jef
Farren, Jr. and future father-in-law to
Steve Wolbach. He leaves behind his
most treasured gifts, his grandchil-
dren, Jesse, Faith Annabelle, Julia
Grace, and Jacob Farren. He was the
brother of Julia Lee Forbes of Char-
lotte Hall, MD, Florence Flo K.
Lambert of Annapolis, MD, George
J. Forbes of Hughesville, MD, Clar-
ence A. Forbes and his wife Phyllis of
Port Tobacco, MD, Carter F. Forbes
and his wife Shelly of Hughesville,
MD, Henry Harry L. Forbes and
his wife Melodye of Reynolds, GA,
John Nick S. Forbes and his wife
Clare of Charlotte Hall, MD, devoted
sister-in-law, Brenda and her husband
Lee Hetrich of Bryans Road, MD,
and a host of nieces and nephews. He
was predeceased by a brother, Jesse
M. Forbes.
A celebration of his life took
place at Leonardtown Baptist Church,
Leonardtown, MD on June 25, 2009
with Pastors Mark Dooley and John
Fields offciating. He was laid to rest
at Charles Memorial Gardens, Leon-
ardtown, MD.
Pallbearers were Jef Farren,
Steve Wolbach, Gary Chappie,
Mike Wallace, Wayne Hetrich, Lee
Hetrich, George Forbes, Clarence
Forbes, Carter Forbes, Harry Forbes,
and Nick Forbes. Honorary pallbear-
ers were Steve Szepesi, Terry DeBoe,
and Billy Bowler.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Robert Forbes Memo-
rial Fund, c/o Leonardtown Baptist
Church, P.O. Box 450, Leonardtown,
MD 20650 for Disaster Relief and
World Hunger.
com.
MD.
Myrtle Tettimer Myrt
Hance, 65
Myrtle Tettimer Myrt Hance,
65, of Prince Frederick, MD passed
away on July 12, 2009 in Washing-
ton, DC. She was born on November
16, 1943 in Prince Frederick, MD
to the late Wil-
liam Andrew
Tettimer, Sr. and
Doris Woolford
Tettimer. She
was the beloved
wife of Thomas
Lloyd Hance, Jr.
whom she mar-
ried on October
6, 1969 in LaPlata, MD. Myrt gradu-
ated from Calvert High School in
1961 and went to be the Corporate
Secretary / Treasurer for Thomas L.
Hance, Inc. for over 32 years. She
was a member of the March of Dimes
and the Calvert County Cruisers and
enjoyed traveling to bird dog feld
trails with Tom and to her vacation
villa in Florida with her dear friend
Audrey.
Myrt is survived by her mother,
Doris W. Tettimer; husband, Thom-
as L. Hance, Jr.; children, Thomas
Hance, III and wife Lanita and Tracy
Hance Atherton and husband Jason,
all of Prince Frederick, MD; siblings,
Doris Ann Weems, Patricia Tettimer,
and James Tettimer, all of Port Re-
public, MD, and Thomas Tettimer
of Prince Frederick, MD; grandchil-
dren, LaToya Hance, Thomas Hance,
IV, Jacob Hance, Andrew Hance,
Troy Hance, Samuel Atherton, and
Grace Atherton. She was preceded in
death by her father and one brother
William Tettimer, Jr. Pallbearers
will be Thomas Hance, IV, Jacob
Hance, Andrew Hance, Jason Ather-
ton, Thomas Tettimer, and James
Tettimer.
The family will receive friends
on Friday, July 17, 2009 from 2-4 and
6-8 PM in the Rausch Funeral Home,
Lusby, MD. Funeral Services will
be held Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 10
AM in the funeral home chapel with
Rev. William Davis offciating. In-
terment will follow in St. Paul United
Methodist Cemetery, Lusby, MD.
In lieu of fowers the family re-
quest contributions to be made to the
American Cancer Society Calvert
County Unit, P.O. Box 752, Prince
Frederick, MD 20678.
Jean Kathryn Mertaugh,
77
Jean Kath-
ryn Mertaugh,
77, of Lexington
Park, MD died
June 6, 2009,
at Washington
Hospital Center
in Washington,
D.C.
Born June
25, 1932 in Lorain, OH, she was the
daughter of the late Floyd Ruben Garl
and Margaret Kathryn Garl.
She was a loving mother and
wife who enjoyed spending time
with family and friends. Her other
interests included old movies, boat-
ing, and reading.
She is survived by her husband,
Lawrence J. Mertaugh of Lexington
Park, MD; her daughter, Margaret
K. Cook, of Starkville, MS, sons Mi-
chael L. Mertaugh, of Easton, MD,
and Patrick D. Mertaugh, of Preston,
MD, and her grandchildren; Timo-
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was preceded in death by her half
sister, Dorothy Peterman, and her
brother Floyd Garl.
The family received friends on
Monday, July 13, from 3:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. at the Brinsfeld Funeral
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Helen Elizabeth Pilkerton,
85
Helen Eliza-
beth Liz Pilker-
ton, 85, of Ocean
View, DE, and
formerly of Lex-
ington Park, MD
died July 8, 2009
in Anne Arundel
County Medi-
cal Center. Born
October 4, 1923 in Hollywood, MD
she was the daughter of the late Da-
vid Richard and Myrtle Mae (Copsey)
Dean of Hollywood, MD. She was the
loving wife of the late John Southeron
Pilkerton whom she married on Janu-
ary 20, 1943. She is survived by her
children: Rebecca A. Frenzel of Ocean
View, DE, Wanda M. Fern of Arnold,
MD, Master Sergeant John R. Pilker-
ton of Langley Air Force Base, Hamp-
ton, VA, Joseph T. Pilkerton of West
Palm Beach, FL, Catherine R. Mar-
coux of Fall River, MA, her brother
Thomas H. Dean of Hollywood, MD,
18 grandchildren as well as 16 Great-
Grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by her husband John South-
eron Pilkerton, her Children Helen P.
Pilkerton, Thelma T. Silva, and her
siblings Chester Dean, Richard Levi
Dean, Agnes T. Guy and May Violet
Abell.
Helen was a resident of St. Marys
County until she moved to DE in 2001.
Helen was a member of the Women of
the Moose (WOTM) of College Park,
MD. She enjoyed reading, puzzles
and was a huge fan of the Baltimore
Orioles. The family received friends
on Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 2:00
5:00 PM in The Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown,
MD, where prayers were said at 3:00
PM. Funeral services were held on
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ley-Gardiner Funeral Home chapel
at 10:00 AM. Interment followed in
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dtown, MD. Pallbearers were Jeremy
Pilkerton, Shawn Pilkerton, Bradley
Pilkerton, Justin Pilkerton, Stephen
Abell and Roger Silva. Arrangements
provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home, P.A.
Lucille Elizabeth Cookie
Pilkerton, 77
Lucille Elizabeth Cookie Pilk-
erton, 77, of Mechanicsville, MD died
July 11, 2009 in Lexington Park, MD.
Born March 18, 1932 in Loveville,
MD she was the daughter of the
late Richard Lee and Agnes Lucille
Graves Buckler. She was the loving
wife of Lawrence Lenwood Pilkerton
whom she married on August 4, 1958
in St. Pauls Methodist Church, Leon-
ardtown, MD and who preceded her in
death on June 9, 2005. She is survived
by her children Lawrence Stephen
Pilkerton of Mechanicsville, MD and
Arthur Lenwood Pilkerton of La Pla-
ta, MD, her sister Margaret Chiarizia
of Annapolis, MD, fve grandchildren
and one great-grandchild. She was
preceded in death by her son Richard
Garband Dixon and her siblings; James
Stephen Buckler, Lucy Isabelle Buck-
ler, Lena Pilkerton, Wilmer Buckler,
Warren Buckler, Lawrence Buckler,
Leo Buckler, Claude Buckler, Estelle
Bellemare and Howard Buckler.
A lifelong resident of St. Marys
County, Cookie attended St. Marys
Academy. She was a secretary at St.
Marys Hospital and was also a retired
supervisor from C & P Telephone. She
loved her family, friends and coun-
try music. She belonged to the AFL
C10-Local 2300. The family received
friends on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 from
5:00 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-
Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonard-
town, MD where prayers were said at
7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial
was celebrated on Wednesday, July
15, 2009 at 10:00 AM in Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church, Me-
chanicsville, MD with Fr. Peter Alliata
offciating. Interment followed in St.
Josephs Cemetery, Morganza, MD.
Pallbearers were Roy Buckler, Harold
Buckler, Patrick Guy, Billy Roger Al-
vey, Johnny Alvey Jr. and Jeff Chedes-
ter. Honorary pallbearers were Lester
Buckler and Donald Patrick Buckler.
Contributions may be made to
Hospice of St. Marys, P.O.Box 625,
Leonardtown, MD 20650. Condolenc-
es may be left for the family at www.
mgfh.com. Arrangements provided
by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, P.A.
Rebecca Lee Pounds, 50
R e b e c c a
Lee Pounds, 50,
of Leonardtown,
MD died unex-
pectedly from
complications of
a severe asthma
attack on her 50
th

birthday, July 6,
2009 at St. Marys
Hospital.
Born July 6, 1959 in St. Peters-
burg, FL, she was the daughter of
(Billye) Agnes McGaharn and the late
Joseph Hardy. She attended the DOD
elementary school Guantanamo Bay
Naval Base Cuba, St. Johns Catholic
School Hollywood, MD, Esperanza
Middle School, and graduated from
Great Mills High School in 1977. She
also attended the College of South-
ern Maryland previously know as the
Charles County Community College.
She was employed at the Patuxent River
Naval Air Museum, Several Area Res-
taurants, and the Leonardtown Daycare
Service. She enjoyed culinary arts, trav-
eling, horse back riding, arts and crafts,
reading, writing poetry, attending
multi-cultural events, and camping at
music festivals. Her life passions were
raising her three daughters; singing,
dancing, and providing comic relief for
family and friends.
She is survived by her mother, her
husband; James David Pounds, her chil-
dren; Katelynn Beavers, Lauren Gould,
and Leanna Pounds and sister; Lisa A.
Gould Stein, brother in law Dennis W.
Stein, nieces; Brandi, Ashley, Cassidy,
and nephew; Dustin all of Leonard-
town, MD. Step Father Charles Gould
and Step Mother Barbara Gould of La
Plata, MD. Several Aunts, Uncles, and
Cousins, and her very special friends
Bellamy Hinz, Flo Slade, Jay Bird,
Sandy Rowell, Kyle Archer, Jody Ar-
cher, Paula Schafer and so many, many
more.
Family received friends for Re-
beccas Life Celebration on Thursday,
July 9, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00
p.m. in the Brinsfeld Funeral Home,
22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown,
MD 20650. Prayers were recited at 7:00
p.m. A Funeral Service was conducted
on Friday, July 10, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in
the Brinsfeld Funeral Home. Interment
was private.
Condolences to the family may be
made to www.brinsfeldfuneral.com.
MD.
Shana Leigh Baby Girl
Ridgell, 18
Shana Leigh
Baby Girl Rid-
gell, 18, of Me-
chanicsville, MD
died at Prince
Georges Shock
Trauma Center
where she suc-
cumbed to her
injuries on July 9,
2009 from a car accident.
Shana was born on January 8,
1991 in Leonardtown, MD. She was the
daughter of Albert Dusty and Hilda
Ridgell, and Amy and Paul Howell.
Shana was a graduate of the Class
of 2009 at Chopticon High School. She
was employed at Fred Parsons and As-
sociates Insurance Company in Leon-
ardtown, MD. Shanas main priority
was her family and friends. She loved
to spend time at the MIR Raceway. She
loved all types of outdoor sports, espe-
cially football. Shanas favorite animals
were pigs. Her No. 1 passion was her
1997 Chevy S-10 Truck; this was her
Baby Girl.
In addition to her parents, Shana is
survived by two brothers; Dustin Rid-
gell and Kevin Quade, Jr., and two sis-
ters; Jazmen Howell and Susie Quade,
her fanc, Robert Robby Ching, Jr.,
grandparents; Orem and Ann Ridgell,
Bill Bookie and Mary Bookwalter,
Jim and Linda Howell, and Russell and
Dottie Bonner, three great-grandpar-
ents; Betty Bookwalter, Agnes Ridgell
and Lillian Grady, aunts and uncles;
David and Crystal Bookwalter, Billy
and Willia Bookwalter, Becky Book-
walter, Danni Quade, Al and Sally Mar-
low, Kevin Howell, Jim and Eve Howell
and cousins.
Baby Girl Shana you are loved
by all and will be greatly missed.
Family received friends on
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 from 5:00
p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Brinsfeld Fu-
neral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road,
Leonardtown, MD 20650. Prayers
were recited at 7:00 p.m. A Funeral
Service will be conducted on Thurs-
day, July 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Mt.
Zion United Methodist Church, 21708
Mt. Zion Church Road, Mechanicsville,
MD 20659 with Reverend Susan Carns
offciating. Interment will follow in Sa-
cred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Bush-
wood, MD.
Serving as pallbearers will be her
family and friends; Frankie Bowles,
Chris Sampson, Adam Miedzinski,
David Thompson, Brent Spalding and
Jesse Norris.
made at any PNC Bank to the Shana
Leigh Ridgell Memorial Fund.
Condolences to the family may be
made at www.brinsfeldfuneral.com.
MD.
The County Times
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Education
Fact
un Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related
to human beings and animals than to other plants.
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
The Southern Maryland Higher Education Center in California released
its new academic catalogue, which includes at least half a dozen new degree
programs, at an open house on July 9.
One of the areas is [a masters degree] in Information Assurance from
Capitol College, and theyre actually building a doctorate program for that
there, said Cynthia Shoemaker, university programs director for the center.
Based in Laurel, the college is also offering a new Bachelor of Science
degree in Management of Technology.
Another one is information security and engineering management from
George Washington University, and that one is starting this fall, said Shoe-
maker, explaing that this years offerings were in part a response to a general
shortage of certain programs, namely those for information assurance, math
education and social work.
Towson University, for example, has added a masters degree in math
education for teachers on the middle school track, and the school is hoping
to bring in a program for secondary math teachers in the fall.
The Higher Education Center partners with universities in the Balti-
more-Washington region to offer a range of degree and professional devel-
opment programs at its building off Airport Road in California.
Representatives at the open house gave out information on the
nearly 100 programs that have already been put in place since the
center opened in 1994, as well as new programs.
Some degree programs are already in place with applications
accepted at certain times, Shoemaker said. Among them is Cath-
olic University of Americas Master of Social Work, which starts
in January and students can apply now.
Its a 60-credit masters degree. Its a very long degree,
but its very badly needed in this area, and no other institution
of higher ed is offering that, she said.
Catholic University will also be offering new bachelors
and masters degrees in nursing starting in January 2010 or the
fall of 2010, pending fnal approval.
They are working out paperwork with the state and well
have an information session before it starts, so you should just
call or e-mail the center to be on the email group for that infor-
mation session, Shoemaker said.
Shoemaker added that several other programs were still
waiting in the wings for approval to start at the center, and
that updates would be made available as the programs were
implemented.
Available now is George Washington Universitys exist-
ing doctorate in Executive Leadership in Human and Organizational Learn-
ing, which is accepting applications for classes starting in January of 2010.
Also offered at the center is the bachelor of science in aeronautical engi-
neering from the University of Maryland, which has a lot of prerequisites, so
people should inquire at the Southern Maryland Higher Ed Center for more
details on that, and one needs to be free to work in the co-op program at the
Pax base over the summer, Shoemaker said.
The Higher Education Center will hold its next open house on Novem-
ber 5.
For more information on new and existing programs at the center, call
301-737-2500 or go to www.smhec.org.
Higher Education Center Offering New Programs
The Maryland State Department
of Education will soon receive $14.4
million through a special education
grant from the U.S. Department of
Education, Offce of Special Educa-
tion Programs, as part of the educa-
tion funds provided in the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009, according to a department
press release.
State Superintendent of Schools
Nancy Grasmick made the announce-
ment on July 10 during the Autism
Summit held in Baltimore. At this
time, Maryland is the only state to re-
ceive this incentive grant, which will
create Marylands Extended Individ-
ualized Family Service Plan option.
Under Marylands existing In-
fants and Toddlers program, at age
three, a child and family are no lon-
ger eligible for early intervention
services through an Individualized
Family Service Plan. The option, ef-
fective Jan. 1, 2010, will allow fami-
lies currently receiving infants and
toddlers services to have a choice
to access services beyond age three
until the child is eligible to enter
kindergarten.
Families will be offered the op-
tion if the child has a current plan and
is determined eligible for preschool
special education and related servic-
es as a child with a disability.
School readiness is the ultimate
goal in expanding the possibilities for
children with disabilities and their
families, rasmick said. This new
grant will provide the opportunity to
incorporate the strength of our early
childhood education system, along
with the existing infants and toddlers
family center service model.
More information is available
at the Maryland State Department of
Education Web site at www.Mary-
landPublicSchools.org.
Maryland Receives
$14.4 million in
Education Stimulus
Beginning with the Fall 2009 semester, tuition
at the College of Southern Maryland will increase $2
per credit hour for residents of Calvert, Charles and St.
Marys counties.
In-county residents will now pay $100 per credit,
and the comprehensive fee will remain 23 percent of
tuition.
For a full-time student enrolled in 12 credits, the
increase in tuition will amount to $26. Tuition for oth-
er Maryland residents outside of the tri-county region
will increase to $174 per credit and for out-of-state
residents, $225 per credit.
According to Dr. Brad Gottfried, CSMs presi-
dent, an increase in county and state support moder-
ated the tuition increase. At one point, we were pro-
jecting a $5 per credit increase, but reduced it to $2 per
credit because of the support of our elected offcials,
he said.
CSMs budget is primarily supported by funding
from the state, the three counties of Southern Mary-
land and tuition and fees. The budget refects an over-
all increase of 2.7 percent over FY09.
In presenting the recommended budget to the
trustees, CSM Vice President of Student and Instruc-
tional Support Services Bill Comey noted that while
the college has taken multiple steps to contain costs,
increases in utilities and other fxed costs and decreas-
es in miscellaneous and investment income have re-
sulted in the college needing to increase tuition.
He also indicated that while support from local
county governments has remained strong, state aid
currently makes up only 21 percent of the colleges
budget. It would have been lower, and the tuition hike
higher, had not the legislature provided additional
funding to the states community colleges at the last
moment.
CSM Raises Tuition for Fall 2009
College and hospital administrators gathered
to unveil a plaque donating the College of Southern
Marylands recently renovated Francis P. Chiara-
monte, Maryland Center for Science and Technol-
ogy, dedicating the buildings atrium in honor of the
partners of the Chesapeake-Potomac Healthcare Al-
liance, which has provided $350,000 to the Maryland
Hospital Associations Who Will Care? campaign,
designating $233,000 specifcally go to CSMs initia-
tive to solve local nursing and healthcare shortages.
The college receives state funds, local funds and
tuition from students, said CSM President Bradley
Gottfried,, but it is the contribution from partnerships
that have allowed CSMs nursing program to get to
the next level. This funding will make a
profound difference, said Gottfried.
The Maryland Hospital Association
has announced the College of Southern
Maryland as among the initial grant recipi-
ents of its Who Will Care? campaign to
increase the number of nurse graduates.
With this grant, CSM will begin the Simu-
lation Enhanced Learning project to en-
hance learning with simulation scenarios
to improve retention and graduation rates.
CSM was one of 17 recipients in the
frst-round of Who Will Care? grants.
The grants will be used to provide addi-
tional operating dollars to nursing schools
to add faculty, students and clinical tech-
nology. Statewide, these initial grants will
increase the number of nurses graduating
in Maryland by 300 students and add 20 faculty po-
sitions. Successful implementation of CSMs SEL
project could result in up to 24 more graduates per
academic year.
A group of stakeholders established the Who
Will Care? campaign to double the number of nurse
graduates in Maryland due to the nursing shortage.
The initiative aims to raise $60 million in public and
private sources to graduate an additional 1,500 nurses
per year. To date, donors have pledged $15.5 million
over the next fve years.
For information on CSMs nursing and allied
health technology programs, visit http://www.csmd.
edu/healthcare/.
CSM Honors Partnership with
Healthcare Alliance
Susan Vogel, Executive Director Civista Health Foundation; Dolores
Martin, Executive Director of Chesapeake-Potomac Home Health
Agency; CSM Board of Trustees Chair James Raley; Christine Wray,
President and Chief Executive Offcer of St. Marys Hospital; Chair of
CSMs Campaign for the Next 50 Years and Besche Oil CEO Mike
Besche; Robert McWhirt, Chief Nursing Executive for Calvert Memo-
rial Hospital; CSM Board of Trustees Vice Chair Mary Maddox Krug;
CSM Foundation Chair Donald M. Parsons Jr. and CSM President Dr.
Brad Gottfried.
Kelly Patton shows Bart Ludlow informa-
tion on degree programs from the College
of Notre Dame at the Southern Maryland
Higher Education Centers open house.
The County Times
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Support Your Local Rescue Squad
The Ridge Volun-
teer Rescue Squad, lo-
cated at 16515 Three
Notch Road in Ridge, is
a 100% volunteer, non-
affliated EMS organi-
zation. Established in
1949, its members pro-
vide emergency medi-
cal services to the com-
munities of Scotland,
Ridge, Dameron, St.
James/Park Hall, His-
toric St. Marys City, St.
Inigoes, Point Lookout
State Park and the Na-
val Air Station Patuxent
River Webster Field
Annex located in St.
Inigoes.
In addition, the
squad also provides
mutual aid to neigh-
boring squads located
in Lexington Park, Val-
ley Lee, Leonardtown,
Hollywood, Avenue
and Mechanicsville.
Each day volunteers
donate their time serv-
ing their community.
On Thursday, July 23rd,
you can support these
volunteers by partici-
pating in RVRS SPIRIT
DAY while dining at Da-
mons Grill in Lexington
Park. Damons Grill will
be donating 10% of all
food sales from patrons
presenting the Spirit
Day ticket. If you forget
your ticket at home, just
let your server know
that you are supporting
RVRS.
For more informa-
tion or to learn how
to become a member,
check out their web-
site, www.ridgevrs.org
or email info@ridgevrs.
org. You can also call the
station at 301-872-5970.
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TOLL FREE: 1-800-660-3493
EMAIL: [email protected]
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Man Charged With Hindering Investigation
On July 11, 2009, Cpl. P. Handy was investigating a reported shooting near a resi-
dence on Lexington Court in Great Mills, Maryland. Handy was at the home of the re-
ported victim. As Cpl. Handy attempted to enter the residence to check for possible vic-
tims, Charles Aloysius Bowman, 46, of Great Mills allegedly attempted to prevent Handy
from entering into the residence. Bowman stepped in front of the Corporal, placed his
hand on the Corporals chest and attempted to push the Corporal back. Bowman was ar-
rested, charged with second-degree assault, and hindering.
Deputies Arrest Assault Suspects
On July 12, 2009, deputies responded to a report of an assault in progress. Investiga-
tion revealed Michael Wayne Miller, 47, of Newburg was involved in a verbal argument
with one victim, which escalated into a physical assault when Miller allegedly pushed the
victim. Miller is then alleged to have punched a second victim, who had nothing to do
with the verbal altercation, in the face. Miller was arrested and charged with two counts
of second-degree assault.
On July 12, 2009, deputies responded to La Quinta Inn located in California for a
report of an assault. Investigation revealed Micah Alann Martin, 22, of Chapman Vil-
lage, Pa., described by witnesses as very intoxicated an unruly, allegedly assaulted the
front desk clerk and his roommate. Martin is also alleged to have shattered a frst foor
window of the inn. Martin fed prior to the arrival of the deputies but was located a short
time later.
On July 12, 2009, deputies responded to a report of an assault and investigation re-
vealed Rodney Glenn Battle, Jr., 22, of California was in a verbal dispute, which escalated
into a physical assault when Battle allegedly slapped the victim and forced the victims
head into a wall. Battle was charged with second-degree assault.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A Lusby woman accused
earlier this year of making eight
separate bomb threats at the Cal-
ifornia Wal-Mart Super Store
where she was employed has
pleaded guilty to three of those
felony counts, according to the
prosecutor on the case.
Assistant States Attorney
Julie White told The County
Times that Chantel Cook, 32,
was sentenced to three, six-year
prison terms to be served con-
currently at a state Department
of Corrections facility.
Cook will serve a total of
six years in incarceration, White
said.
I think six years in the Department of
Corrections is a fair sentence, White said.
Her sentencing guidelines were four to eight
years.
White said that Cooks extensive criminal
history in Virginia helped give her a stiffer sen-
tence; Cook had a total of 15 felony convictions
there for crimes such as theft and passing bad
checks, according to White.
Thats why her guidelines were so high,
she said.
Cooks actions caused eight separate evac-
uations of employees from the store on Three
Notch Road over a nearly two-week period
in February, the turning away of hundreds of
customers and the closing
of nearby establishments.
White said that Cooks
apparent reason for calling
in the threats, some of which
were made while she was at
work, was a mundane one.
When she made her
confession she said she
didnt want to go to work,
White said.
The impact on the
community was greater
than she could have imag-
ined; it shut down the area
for seven of 10 days.
Wal-Mart employees
often stood in blustery win-
ter conditions, including sleet and snow, wait-
ing for the all-clear signal to come for them to
go back to work.
On one day the store had to perform two
evacuations due to the threats.
Law enforcement and emergency per-
sonnel had to continually search for an explo-
sive device that never materialized.
Cook will also have to pay nearly $35,000
in restitution through wage garnishment to
businesses that were affected by her actions,
White said.
Anytime she works shell be paying that
bill, White said.
Woman Pleads Guilty To Wal-Mart
Bomb Threats
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Local investigators with the Bureau of
Criminal Investigations are still looking
for answers in the case involving five men
charged with weapons violations stem-
ming from a shooting in Great Mills late
last week.
Jerell Darnel Owens, 22, of Callaway
was arrested and charged along with four
others after deputies responded to a call
for shots fired at Fox Chase Apartments at
about 2:15 a.m. July 11.
Deputies and state troopers got a vehi-
cle description after arriving on the scene
and Sheriffs Office patrol units stopped
the vehicle shortly afterwards on Chancel-
lors Run Road.
Law officers found a .380 caliber
pistol in the f loor of the car and charged
Owens; Zachary Anthony Faxon, 20, of
Lexington Park; Elvis Tyrell Frederick,
23, of Loveville; Jerry Jerome Estep, 19,
of Great Mills and Derrick Jermain Day,
24, of Leonardtown, with illegally trans-
porting a handgun in the vehicle.
Owens was also found with a pair of
brass knuckles and was charged with car-
rying a concealed weapon, police charging
documents stated. He remains incarcerat-
ed in the county detention center.
Capt. Rick Burris, commander of the
criminal investigative section, said that it
was unclear why the weapon was allegedly
discharged.
Its unclear what they were shoot-
ing at, Burris told The County Times.
Theres no witness information as to who
the actual shooter or shooters were.
The four remaining suspects have
since been released, online court docu-
ments show.
According to charging documents,
Owens and Faxon denied knowledge of
any shots being fired, while Day admitted
that a shot was fired but denied knowing
who fired the weapon out of the window.
Both Estep and Frederick declined to
answer questions from deputies, charging
documents stated.
Police Charge Five In Shooting
Investigation
Chantel Cook
D. Day E. Frederick J. Owens J. Estep Z. Faxon
The County Times
On The
Cover
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
It was a relaxed afternoon for Pastor
Raymond Schmidt, affectionately known by
parishioners as Father Ray, who recently cel-
ebrated his 25
th
anniversary with the Catholic
Church. He grinned at his pastor in residence,
Father Eamon Dignan, who celebrated his 50
th

anniversary this past month, as they walked
through the sanctuary at St. John Francis Re-
gis Church in Hollywood, the sunlight fltering
through the stained glass windows and sending
a warm glow over the empty pews.
It was a well-deserved moment of tran-
quility as they took the time to share what
brought them both to this point.
Irelands Own
I have a strong connection to the United
States, said Dignan, explaining that both of
his parents lived in Ireland before his father
came to Chicago in 1900, and his mother came
to New York in 1907. It wasnt until the two
returned to their homestead that they met and
were married, settling to raise nine children
in western Ireland, where Dignan was born in
1934 and where he recently visited to celebrate
his 50
th
anniversary with family members.
Its quite changed since my time, and Im
seeing almost the death of the village I grew
up in because of the migration of families out
of those areas, he said. We had 10 acres and
we grew potatoes, vegetables, we had some
cattle, and we had suffciency. I never remem-
ber feeling poor. We defnitely werent rich, but
I never remember having a sense of being poor,
because we were all the same and there was a
great sense of sharing. Looking back it was a
very fne way to live.
Dignan said he became attracted to the
priesthood in the late 1940s, in part because of
recruiters from the United States.
I was ordained by the Archdiocese of
Washington. There was a reason too, because
Washington split off from Baltimore in 1948
and predominantly in that area there they
needed more priests,
so they came to Ireland
looking for seminar-
ians, he said, explain-
ing what called him to
service.
I was always
kind of a dreamer, so
thats probably what
attracted me to the
priesthood, he ex-
plained, adding later
that, Its probably a
minor miracle in it-
self that I did, because
growing up on a small
farm secondary educa-
tion was quite rare, and
its just circumstances
worked out so that I
was able to go to high
school, which would
be what we would call
college in Ireland, and
then university was the
next level I was the
frst ever in my village
to graduate from high
school, so thats how
rare it was.
After develop-
ing his own passions
for history and poetry,
Dignon said he has
entire blocks of text
from Coleridges The
Rhyme of the Ancient
Mariner still banked
in his memory, ready
to spring to his lips in a
moments notice.
After spending
some time as an ath-
letic star of sorts (playing in the minor leagues
national championship for Irish football in
Dublin in the early 1950s), and six years at Ki-
erans Seminary (in Kilkenny, Ireland), Dignan
was ordained in 1959 by the Archdiocese of
Washington, serving in Washington D.C. be-
fore moving to Southern Maryland for his last
29 years before retirement.
Though he still serves as the priest in resi-
dence for St. Johns in Hollywood, Dignan said
his time in the ministry is spent aiding rather
than leading as a pastor, flling in as needed for
parishioners as he also continues to work with
missions in Uganda and the United States.

Southern Maryland
Pilgrimage

I was so thrilled when I was just ordained
in 1983, exclaimed Father Ray as he looked
out the window. We walked on a pilgrimage
from Bowie, which is where I was stationed at
the time, all the way to Coltons Point and then
we took the boat over to St. Clements Island
and celebrated mass there, he said, describ-
ing the trip as a defning
moment in his career.
It was three full
days of walking, so the
frst day we got from
Bowie to Rosaryville
and collapsed, and the
second day from Rosa-
ryville to Bryantown,
collapsed, and the third
day we went from Bry-
antown to Chaptico
and I almost died. And
the last day it was like
a Bataan death march!
We went from Chaptico
to Coltons Point, and
there was something
so magical about see-
ing and knowing what
the county looked like
as far back as 83, he
said, explaining that he
has drawn on the ex-
perience often since he
took over as pastor at St.
Johns fve years ago.
I do get it, he
said. I know how much
this countys changed.
Another defning
moment for Schmidt
was his frst call to
service.
I went to [the Uni-
versity of Virginia] in
Charlottesville, where I
got my undergraduate
in French and general
linguistics, and thats
where I discerned the
call to priesthood, he
said, explaining that his time spent studying in
the south of France had solidifed his choice.
I felt like I came back from France with a
sense of vocation it was really a tremendous
sort of almost experiential or born again expe-
rience in the context of mass on a Palm Sunday
my frst year in college, he said, but Id had
no philosophy whatsoever.
From there Schmidt said he went to the
University of Dallas, where a group of Transyl-
vanian monks tutored him in everything from
Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas, and after fn-
ishing fve years of theology and philosophy
classes he was ordained and assigned to the
Washington D.C. area.
For the last fve years he said hes still been
getting used to his busy schedule at St. Johns.
Between the time he spends doing counseling,
funerals, weddings, confessions, and his work
at St. Marys Hospital or at nursing homes to
visit and pray with the sick, Schmidt said he
relies on inspiration coming to him at odd mo-
ments when words from his readings jump off
the page for him.
In the same way that fshermen watching
a bobber will notice if theres a fsh biting at
it Im watching for that and waiting to pull
those words, he said.
Schmidts favorite projects also include
working with St. Vincent De Paul Society to
help needy families in the area with assistance
programs sponsored by the church, and do-
ing mission work with a school in Haiti, but
he also admits to having a passion for family
histories.
My only real hobby is genealogy, which
is perfect in St. Marys County because ev-
eryones fascinated about roots and church
records, he said, adding that his favorite re-
source has been the huge database kept by the
Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints,
where he orders microfches that are mailed to
local church branches from Salt Lake City.
You can fnd any name in any part of the
world but no one seems to know that its
right here at our fngertips, he said.
The Odd Couple
There may not be two more different
people in the parish, each having moved from
different worlds to converge at one place in St.
Marys County, both celebrating milestones in
their service to the community. But as differ-
ent as their paths through the priesthood have
been, Schmidt says he and Dignan fnd ways to
inspire each other.
This became oddly evident as he explained
his favorite Bible passage, 2 Corinthians 12:8:
My grace is suffcient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness.
Unlike this athletic man, he said while
pointing to Dignan and smiling, I dont have
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By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
Uriah Forrest was born about 1746
in St. Marys County and was the son of
Thomas Forrest (1710-1782) and Henrietta
Raley (1714-1791) who lived in the area now
known as Loveville. Their home was known
as Forrest Hall.
Forrest entered the American army on
January 2, 1776 as a First Lieutenant but he
eventually attained the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. On October 4, 1777, at the battle
of Battle of Germantown (Pennsylvania),
he was shot in the thigh and lost a leg as a
result. Regardless, he served another four
years, not resigning until 1781.
On October 11, 1789, at the age of 43,
Uriah Forrest married Rebecca Plater who
was then about 25 at Sotterley. Forrest
did not come from the same social circles
as the Platers, but he had undoubtedly come
to know Rebeccas father during the course
of the war and probably Mr. Plater was im-
pressed with this young man who had ac-
quitted himself very well and who was treat-
ed (and rightfully so) as a hero.
Rebecca Plater was the daughter of
George Plater III and his second wife, Eliza-
beth Rousby of Sotterley. George Plater III
graduated from the College of William and
Mary in 1752. He was a lawyer and served
as a Justice of the Peace and was also Naval
Ofcer of the Patuxent. He was a member of
the convention to form the Maryland State
Government, a delegate to the Continental
Congress, and was President of the Mary-
land convention that ratied the U.S. Con-
stitution. In 1791, he was elected the sixth
Governor of Maryland.
By the time of the 1790 census, Uriah
and his family were living in Montgom-
ery County (actually they were living in
Georgetown, a part of what would ultimately
become the District of Columbia) next door
to Benjamin Stoddert, a friend, business
partner and fellow Southern Marylander. In
1798 Stoddert was appointed rst Secretary
of the Navy.
Uriah Forrest and Benjamin Stoddert
were friends and condantes of George
Washington. When George Washington was
assigned the responsibility of selecting a
suitable site along the Potomac River for the
new nations capital, he turned to Stoddert
and Forrest, asking them to purchase key
parcels of land in the area before the formal
decision was made by the Continental Con-
gress, then meeting in Philadelphia. This
was done to preclude escalation of property
prices once the site was announced. They
would then transfer the parcels to the
government. They agreed and Presi-
dent Washingtons diary of March 29,
1791 noted that he had dined at Col.
Forrests today with the Commis-
sioner and others. The men moved
quickly as construction of the White
House began in 1792 followed by the
Capitol building in 1793.
Uriah Forrest named his home
Rosedale, but today its called the
Forrest-Marbury house. According to
several historians this is the site of one of
the United States most signicant histori-
cal events--the establishment of the federal
city of Washington, D.C. On December 31,
1992, the house became the Embassy of the
Ukraine.
Not only did Uriah Forrest and Benja-
min Stoddert assist in securing the land for
the new capital, they also loaned the govern-
ment bond money to begin construction of
the Capitol building. Another lender was
Philip B. Key (son of Dr. John Key and wife,
Cecelia Brown of St. Marys County). Uriah
Forrest is recognized as one of the found-
ers of Washington, D.C., and rightfully so.
Before all was said and done, his efforts on
behalf of the new capital caused him to lose
his personal wealth.
About 1796 Forrest had mortgaged
Rosedale to obtain loans from the state of
Maryland to bolster the new Federal Citys
economy. It didnt work and Forrest was
forced into bankruptcy in 1802. He was only
able to salvage Rosedale by having his
brother-in-law, Philip Barton Key (husband
of his wifes sister, Ann Plater) accept the
mortgage. Key in turn, granted Forrest life-
time use of Rosedale.
Uriah Forrest died July 6, 1805 still
plagued with debt. After his death, the es-
tate was almost lost again to debts and liti-
gation. In 1815, Philip Barton Key died, and
in a written statement forgave the mortgage
and returned the property to Rebecca (Plat-
er) Forrest outright.
Uriah Forrest was an inuential man
whose opinion was sought not only by George
Washington but Thomas Jefferson who cor-
responded with him and exchanged views in
a discussion about the Bill of Rights, but his
philosophical loyalty was not with Jefferson
and his states rights approach, but with
John Adams Federalist Party that favored a
strong central government.
It was Forrest who apprised the recently
inaugurated John Adams in 1797 that despite
Vice-President Jeffersons protestations of
support and friendship, that Jefferson was
seeking to undermine Adams power. It was
also Forrests blunt advice to the President
in April 1799 that salvaged the Administra-
tion from the continuing machinations of
the Hamiltonian faction.
In addition to other service, Uriah For-
rest was elected to the Maryland General
Assembly for several terms; served in the
U.S. Senate; and was Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the District of Columbia until his
death.
Rebecca (Plater) Forrest never remar-
ried and died at Rosedale September 5,
1843.
Columnist Linda Reno
is a historian and genealogist
specializing in Southern
Maryland history. Mrs. Reno is a
member of the St. Marys County
Historical Society, St. Marys County
Genealogical Society, Charles County
Genealogical Society, Maryland Historical
Society and the Maryland Genealogical
Society. She has authored many books
and articles on local history. We
hope you will enjoy these articles
and welcome your comments
and suggestions for
future subjects.
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On Saturday evening the setting sun was turn-
ing the sky pink and orange over the landscape in
Avenue when area band Bent Nickel invaded the
back room of Andersons Bar to begin setting up
for that nights performance, one in a long list of
summer shows the band will be doing in addition
to nishing its rst CD (containing about 75 per-
cent original material), which is set to be released
sometime in September.
Lead vocalist and guitarist Tim Mossberg
joined with fellow jamming buddies Sherman
Schmegelmeyer (bass guitar), Freddy Long (lead
guitar), Eddie Fuller (keyboards, vocals) and
drummer Roger Clark in 2004 to start playing
an eclectic mix of country, roots and southern
rock music, pooling from a classic list of inu-
ences ranging from Travis Tritt to The Eagles and
Lynyrd Skynyrd.
We do different things from Travis
Tritt to George Thorogood, said Moss-
berg, who said he started playing guitar
at age 8 with a Sears and Roebuck at
top I think it cost about $20 at the
time. The rst song I learned to play
was Mary Had a Little Lamb, I be-
lieve, he said, laughing and add-
ing that Skynyrds The Needle
and the Spoon remains his favor-
ite song to play.
Eddie Fuller says he goes by
Fast Eddie because he can play
a minute waltz in 38 seconds,
as is proven when he pounds out
quick solos on his keyboard during
performances. Though not his rst
instrument (he started at a young age
with guitar), he said its been the most
challenging one for him to learn.
Ive only been playing the keyboard
since 1972, he said, explaining that he had
gone into the Army and been discharged just
as the Doobie Brothers became popular, so he
joined with other former enlistees and players to
learn keyboard.
Bassist Sherman Schmegelmeyer, who
played in several different bands together with Ed-
die Fuller for nearly 40 years, rst started playing
when he was 16 years old, and said his favorite
bassist is Geddy Lee from Rush.
Lead guitarist Freddy Long said he had
passed the stage where he could pick out a favorite
guitarist to emulate, but his hard rock and metal
inuences shine through on many of his guitar so-
los, which helps give the
group its distinctive party
band avor.
Rounding out the group is Roger Clark on
drums, whom band mates said had also been
through the circuit with other members before of-
cially forming Bent Nickel in 2004.
As for the groups original tunes, Mossberg
can claim a lot of the writing credits, and he said he
draws mostly from his own life experiences grow-
ing up in Southern Maryland. After rst moving
to the area from North Carolina in 1973, Mossberg
said hes seen St. Marys County go through a lot
of changes.
The areas been built up a lot, he said.
When I was a little kid and I lived here, Holly-
wood was a one-way strip all the way to the park
with one stop light. Now look at it.
As for the bands own development, its mem-
bers seem to have built up their stage credits to the
point where one performance may be all it takes to
have you humming the Georgia Satellites on the
way home, and thats what these guys say theyre
going for.
For more information and performance dates,
go to www.myspace.com/thebentnickelband.
By David Germain
AP Movie Writer
Harry Potter has kept his fans waiting for two years, the longest school
break they have had to endure for a new movie adventure about the teen
wizard.
Its been worth the wait.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth movie in the fantasy
franchise based on J.K. Rowlings books, is the franchises best so far, blending
rich drama and easy camaraderie among the actors with the visual spectacle
that until now has been the real star of the series.
The hocus-pocus of it all nearly takes a back seat to the story and charac-
ters this time, and the lm is the better for that. It doesnt skimp on the Quid-
ditch action, sorcery duels or occult pyrotechnics, but those are simply part
of the show, not the main attraction.
Previous installments played out in a supernatural bubble bear-
ing little connection to our ordinary little Muggle world. Half-
Blood Prince brims with authentic people and honest interaction
hormonal teens bonding with great humor, heartache that will
resonate with anyone who remembers the pangs of rst love.
Drop the magic act, and Hogwarts could be any school
of self-absorbed geeks, jocks, popular kids and outcasts try-
ing to maneuver through the day. Even the class bad boy
provides insight into the behavior of bullies.
Half-Blood Prince escalates the peril for Harry
(Daniel Radcliffe) and his best pals, Hermione Granger
(Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), while
giving the threesome that rst collaborated as prepubes-
cent kids their best platform yet to show their maturing
acting chops.
David Yates, who made 2007s Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix, returns to direct, his deepen-
ing condence and comfort with the Potter realm on display
throughout.
Three distinctive directors Chris Columbus, Alfonso
Cuaron and Mike Newell made the rst four movies. Along
with Yates on No. 5, the lmmakers all brought their own touches
and baubles, but there was a sameness about the series that was
growing tiresome by Yates rst one.
This time, Yates stays true to the Rowling recipe yet infuses the lm
with a freshness and energy that makes it seem like a new start, not the stale
old chapter six it could have been.
Though the movie drags a bit toward the end, screenwriter Steve Kloves
who adapted the rst four books and returns after a one-lm hiatus gener-
ally keeps the intricate plot rolling breathlessly.
Harrys big challenge this school year is a clandestine assignment by Hog-
warts headmaster Dumbledore (Michael Gambon), who enlists his protege to
retrieve a critical memory that new Professor Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent)
possesses about young Tom Riddle, the future dark Lord Voldemort.
Academy Award winner Broadbent gives the best performance yet in a
Harry Potter ick, mingling a cock-of-the-walk amboyance with the deep
melancholy of a teacher bearing the shame of disappointment in both himself
and a star pupil gone bad.
The usual teen high jinks and crises lighten the
story with plenty of laughs. Romantic entanglements
which have gradually preoccupied Harry, Hermione,
Ron and other classmates as they stumbled into puberty
burst out like a wicked case of acne this year.
Most fans know the shocker in store involving
Dumbledore and the ominous Professor Snape (Alan
Rickman). Like their young co-stars, Gambon and
Rickman live and breathe these characters by now,
Dumbledore a towering presence of grace and nobility,
Snape a delightful cold sh whose actions reveal his ti-
ger-shark stripes.
Others among the returning favorites are Robbie
Coltrane as Harrys mountainous ally Hagrid, Maggie
Smith as prim Professor McGonagall, Julie Walters as
Ron and Ginnys genial mom, Evanna Lynch as ditzy
Luna Lovegood, and Helena Bonham Carter, whos a
wicked wonder as Bellatrix Lestrange, one of Volde-
morts ercest fanatics.
Visual-effects technology denitely have caught
up with Rowlings imagination and the lmmakers
have some rowdy fun with their splendid images.
(A Warner Bros. release; run time 153 minutes.
Three and a half stars out of four.)
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Thursday, July 9
Mural Camp and Wheel Throwing Class
Annmarie Garden 9 a.m.
Harry Potter Celebration
Charlotte Hall & Leonardtown Libraries 2
p.m.
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
CJs Back Room Bar (Lusby) 5 p.m.
BBQ Night
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5:30 p.m.
Drop-In Salsa
House of Dance (Hollywood) 6 p.m.
Twilight Mile Open Track Night
Patuxent High School (Lusby) 6 p.m.
Habitat for Humanity Night
Habitat ReStore (Hughesville) 6:30 p.m.
Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department
Annual Carnival
Hollywood VFD 7 p.m.
Lizzie & Friends
Chefs American Bistro (San Souci Plaza) 7
p.m.
Karaoke
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park) 9 p.m.
Friday, July 10
Mural Camp and Wheel Throwing Class
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
Donovans Irish Pub 5 p.m.
Sunset in the Tropics Cruise
Calvert Marine Museum 6-8 p.m.
Texas HoldEm Tournament
VFW Post 2632 (California) 7 p.m.
United Stated Naval Academy Bands
Electric Brigade
La Plata Town Hall 7 p.m.
Poker Horse Tournament
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 7 p.m.
Ragtime Musical Summerstock
Great Mills High School Auditorium 7 p.m.
Annual Carnival
River Concert Series: The Young and the
Gifted
St. Marys College 7 p.m.
Sweeny Todd (The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street)
Port Tobacco Players Theater (La Plata) 8
p.m.
4 Friends
Chefs American Bistro (San Souci Plaza)
8:30 p.m.
Karaoke
911 Bar (Mechanicsville) 9 p.m.
Karaoke
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park) 9 p.m.
Saturday, July 11
3rd Annual Crossroad Christian Church
Car Show
Crossroad Christian Church (St. Leonard) 8
a.m. 3 p.m.
The Art of the Pour: Watercolor and
Light, Ceramic Torsos
Bay District 2nd Annual Poker Run
Bay District VFD 10 a.m.
SMAWL Pet Adoptions
Petco (California) 10 a.m.
St. Marys Parish Annual Summer
Dinner
47477 Trinity Church Road (St. Marys City)
12 noon
Steak Night
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5 p.m.
Open Skate Night
Leonard Hall Recreation Center 5:30 p.m.
Greenwell Kayak Trip
Greenwell State Park (Hollywood) 6 p.m.
Comedy Night & Dinner (Featuring -
Tom Foss)
St. Marys County Elks Lodge dinner-6
p.m., show-7:30 p.m.
Astronomy Club of Southern Maryland
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum 6:30
p.m.
St. Marys River Concert Series on Loca-
tion in Leonardtown
Town Square 7 p.m.
Captain John
D.B. McMillans Pub (California) 7 p.m.
Annual Carnival
Ragtime Musical Summerstock
Great Mills High School Auditorium 7 p.m.
Street)
Port Tobacco Players Theater (La Plata) 8 p.m.
Idle Americans Open Blues Jam
Fat Boys Old Country Store (Leonardtown)
8 p.m.
Francis Bridge
Chefs American Bistro (San Souci Plaza)
8:30 p.m.
Legend
Blue Dog Saloon (La Plata) 9 p.m.
Petting Hendrix
Cryers Back Road Inn (Leonardtown) 9
p.m.
Sunday, July 12
Jewelry Art: Viking Knit Wire Bracelet
Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge
Holiday Inn (Solomons) 9 a.m.
Pet Adoptions
Peppers Pet Pantry (Solomons) 1 p.m.
Point Farm House & Garden Tour
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum 2 p.m.
NL Omaha H/L Tournament
St. Marys Elks Lodge (California) 2 p.m.
Street)
Port Tobacco Players Theater (La Plata) 3
p.m.
Karaoke
St. Marys Landing 5:30 p.m.
Annual Carnival
Monday, July 13
Cheer Camp (3-6 years old)
House of Dance (Hollywood) 9 a.m.
Piece Out! Art in Bits and Pieces, Bird
Camp
No Limit Texas HoldEm Bounty
Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge 9 a.m.
Tuesday, July 14
Nature Time at Greenwell
Greenwell State Park (Hollywood) 10 a.m.
Camp
Karaoke
Chefs American Bistro (San Souci Plaza) 7
p.m.
Karaoke
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park) 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15
Camp
Why Snooze when You Can Crooze?
Arbys Restaurant Parking Lot (Leonardtown)
5 p.m.
Captain John
D.B. McMillans Pub (California) 6 p.m.
Special Olympics No Limit HoldEm
Bennett Building (24930 Old Three Notch Rd,
Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Karaoke
St. Marys Landing 7:30 p.m.
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Cuisine
& More
Cuisine
Healthy Bites
Want a Healthy Diet?
Think Mediterranean
On The Vine
By VICTORIA BRETT
For The Associated Press
Technically a fruit, but usually prepared as a
vegetable, tomatoes are notoriously tricky to pair
with beverages.
From the bite-sized cherry tomato to the huge
Beefsteak, tomatoes offer a variety of tastes and tex-
tures. On top of that, the seed-lled red orbs the
fruits of the herbaceous tomato vine are highly
acidic and tart.
`Fresh tomatoes are a staple of lazy summer
lunches, but they prove a difcult companion to many
beverages, says Gourmet magazine food editor and
stylist Maggie Ruggiero.
While limited for drinks, tomatoes offer endless
possibilities for summer entertaining, from the juicy
tomato served with slabs of fresh mozzarella and ba-
sil to a tomato tartlet to homemade salsa.
The rub with tomatoes is you have to be mind-
ful of the acid, says David Snyder, an instructor at
the Wine School of Philadelphia.
For wine, the impulse is to go red for a marinara
sauce. If so, go for a lower acid wine such as zinfan-
del, he says. And unless you cook the sauce for at
least ve hours to reduce the acid, stay away from the
Chianti or sangiovese.
People serve the Chianti so they dont look stu-
pid. But from a food chemistry perspective, it doesnt
work and its a myth thats been pounded into our
heads, says Snyder.
For uncooked tomatoes, try a soft chardonnay or
a cabernet riesling, he says.
Ruggiero favors a simple beverage solution that
involves fresh herbs, berries or fruit.
My friend, Anne, is known for serving cold
pitchers of water with a few sprigs of whatever strikes
her fancy while in her garden various herbs (like
lovage, mint or basil) and perhaps a couple berries or
slices of fruit.
Ruggiero says her friend refers to these creative
infusions served in glass pitchers as lunch water.
They are as beautiful as they are simple, says
Ruggiero. Tasting fresh, herbaceous and clean, the
tomatoes best friend.
On The Menu
Want a good tomato?
The best bet is to go local
By MICHELE KAYAL
A good tomato seems to hold the summer sun inside. The problem is nding a good one.
The best strategy is to scope out supermarkets that offer local produce or head to the nearest farmers
market, where the selection of tomatoes is likely to be fresher and more avorful than the year-round grocer
variety.
Thats because most supermarket tomatoes have traveled cross-country or from overseas and have been
bred to withstand the journey, not to taste good when they arrive.
Everybody has their own feeling about what a tomato should be, and its usually about their own garden
variety, says Mark Toigo, a grower and chief tomato evangelist for Toigo Orchards in Shippensburg, Pa. We
really like to put our memory bank into that world.
Americans consume roughly 20 pounds of tomatoes each per year, most of that during the summer. And
if you care about avor, hope for a hot, mostly dry summer, which produces the sweetest tomatoes.
When selecting tomatoes, opt for those that are slightly soft, but not mushy. They should be free of cracks
or hard, green spots.
They should have a nice delicate feel, kind of like a babys skin, says Lawrence Davis-Hollander, author
of Tomato: A Fresh-from-the-Vine Cookbook to be released in February.
A perfectly ripe tomato will last for up to six days without spoiling, says Davis-Hollander. Others suggest
buying under-ripe tomatoes for later in the week. Place them in a paper bag, where the tomatoes natural emis-
sion of ethylene, a ripening hormone, will turn them red.
And dont forget the cardinal rule of all tomatoes: never, never, ever, ever store them in the refrigerator.
The cold will dull the avor, destroy the sugars and give the fruit a mealy texture.
The great beauty of a great tomato is that it can straddle both sweet and savory dishes. It is as tasty in
salsas, salads, pizzas and pastas as it is in sorbet, chilly summer soups or even frozen pops (in Korea, tomato
pops are a summer treat).
There are thousands of tomato varieties, each with a different avor pro-
le and different set of culinary talents. Decide how youre going to use your
tomato on a burger or for a sauce then pick the variety that best suits it.
BETTER TOGETHER:
What to drink with tomatoes
By JIM ROMANOFF
Looking for a bet-
ter way to eat? Think
Mediterranean.
Nicci Micco, a nu-
trition editor at Eatin-
gWell magazine, says
the common sense (and
delicious) Mediterranean
diet not only is packed
with healthy nutrients,
but also is great for your
waistline.
And while a trip to
the region would be nice,
following a Mediterra-
nean-style diet is easy
anywhere. Micco says
the primary guidelines
are:
Eat plenty of pro-
duce, as many as seven to
10 servings of fruits and
vegetables a day.
When possible,
substitute sh or lean
poultry for red meat.
Avoid the highest fat
meats such as sausage
and bacon.
Eat at least two meals of sh or shellsh a week.
Season foods with herbs and spices rather than salt.
Substitute whole grains for processed ones whenever you can.
Whole-grain breads, brown rice and other grains such as barley and bulgur
are avorful and lling.
Use extra-virgin olive and canola oils in-
stead of animal fats, such as butter. Both are high
in healthy fats.
The County Times
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
Last week I still had so much I wanted
to write about Summer. The weather weve
been having makes me so happy. On one of
my Mondays off, it was a nice, fairly cool day
and I cleaned house all day I must have been
happy, possibly hysterical to do that. I know
however, that we are inevitably heading for
the three Hs, and by the time you read this,
it will probably be one of those dreaded hot,
humid days. And, the house will be back to
normal. Why is it when you are a child you
dont notice the heat and humidity?
I love the sounds of Summer. Some
mornings you can hear the crescendo of cica-
das which always reminds me of childhood;
sitting under the Hickory tree reading or writ-
ing in my secret diary listening to that sound.
In another week we should really hear the ci-
cadas, since they are active in late July and
August during the dog days of Summer.
That would be the reverse of humans. The
term dog days has been used for thousands
of years due to Sirius, the dog star, being the
brightest star in the heavens besides the Sun.
According to the Old Farmers Almanac dog
of an
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days are said to last forty days, like Lent or
the great ood, beginning July 3rd and ending
August 11th. I know there have been years
where that dog has gotten a little long in the
tooth and hung on through September. The ci-
cadas just woke up. It must be getting hotter.
Other sounds we often hear are those tiny
whirring buzzing noises around you at cook-
outs or working outside yes, mid-Atlantic
mosquitoes. I wrote to a friend the other day
that my husband and I were going to have
steaks, baked potatoes, and mojitos by the re
pit. He wrote back later and asked, how were
those steaks, potatoes, and mosquitoes? He
realized later what I meant. You hear people
ask all the time, Are mosquitoes good for
anything, or are they here only to annoy us?
Mosquitoes are tasty bat, sh and frog appetiz-
ers which help to keep the food chain going.
Doesnt help does it?
And I wouldnt want to lose the frogs, be-
cause I love their sound at night. It can be deaf-
ening, especially when the pool cover is still
on and they have found a home in the standing
water. There they can happily eat baby mos-
quitoes and sing and burp most of the evening.
The frog music gets so loud at times that I can
miss whole words or sentences on a TV show.
While checking out all the various species of
frogs for my own storehouse of vast quantities
of useless trivia, I came across a very useful
word: frog spit. Im not sure, but I must have
wondered what the other term for pond scum
was at some point, and its frog spit. There is
the obvious denition of course too.
Tidbit had a bad day yesterday. Most of
you probably know that Tidbit is our cheese
tidbit colored Whippet - Redbone coonhound
mix. Tidbit came running back in the house
yelping and hopping around, desperately try-
ing to tell me something. As soon as I saw her
frantically licking at her back in several spots, I
knew what had happened.
She had aggravated the bees again. Tidbit
loves to go out by one of our large old trees and
try to catch and eat the bees. They must taste
sweet like honey. She gets stung quite a bit, but
keeps going back to play her little game year
after year. Well, the bees have brought rein-
forcements and their cousins the wasps. Tidbit
and her friendly neighbor dog and his children
got outnumbered this time. Tidbit made a wide
circle around that tree this morning.
My husband came in and asked if I heard
all the screaming and yelping outside. I thought
it was kids playing until Tidbit came ying
in. It was kind of like when he got stung by
20 bees when mowing the grass. He ran to the
front door and it was locked. He kept ringing
the doorbell. I had just gotten out of the shower
and didnt want to answer the door. All I could
see was what I thought was some crazy person
jumping up and down and falling to the ground
at my door. I thought, There is no way I am
answering that door. No, I havent heard the
end of that.
I hope that you take a moment today and
step outside to listen, smell, or really look
around you at what beauty is right before you. I
step out the back door at my shop, breathe deep
and look at the sunlight ltering down through
the leaves and I am renewed.
To each new days Summer adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to:
[email protected].
Chesapeake Orchestra
Jeffrey Silberschlag,
music director
River
Concert
Series
2009
THANKS TO OUR SERIES SPONSORS
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Concerts begin each week
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For more information, call
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Concert Sponsor Target Stores
Katie Heilman
July 17
The Young and the Gifted
Jeff Silberschlag and the Chesapeake
Orchestra welcome Maryland Youth
Symphony soloists, Katherine Heilman and
Zachary Silberschlag, plus Tchaikovskys
Symphony No. 5.
July 18 ON LOCATION
River Concert Series
Brass Quintet
On the Square in
Leonardtown 7 PM
ALL THAT JAZZ
Byx Bullock, jazz trio
Vincenzos at Calvert Marina

July 22 AT THE MOVIES
On the Town 7 PM
Cole Cinema, Campus Center
Audrey Hamilton 08
Jazz & Blues Trio 9 PM
Cole Cinema, Campus Center
Wanderings
More Summer
Creature Feature
By Theresa Morr
Contributing Writer
Whats the fastest two-legged creature
on the planet? Hint: Its a goofy looking critter
with a tiny head; bulging eyes bigger than its
brain; two sets of eyelids; a beak that makes
clomp-clomp noises; a long skinny neck; lots
of funky feathers; humongous legs with knees
that bend forward; and two tootsies on each
foot. Give up? This
totally weird dude
is the ostrich, the
worlds largest liv-
ing bird.
Lickety-split.
These nerdy bird-
ies can really hot-
foot it along, like
30 to 50 miles per
hour in 30-minute
stretches. Whew!
Just think: If you
could saddle up,
buckle up, and hold
onto Mr. Big Birds
neck, you could
bounce your way to
school and probably
get there before the
bus does. Anyway,
its a pretty cool
thought!
Adult ostrich-
es are about six to
nine feet tall; weigh
around 225 to 400
pounds; and can live up to 80 years. They are
native to Africa and like hanging out with ze-
bras, antelopes, and gnus because these hoofed
animals kick up yummy dinners, like insects,
small snakes, and rodents. But ostriches also
eat fruits and seeds.
No-y guys. Do you wonder why os-
triches cant y even though they have wings?
Well, they dont have a keel on their breastbone
like other birds. A keel is a special structure
that anchors the big muscles that move a birds
wings when it ies. So, what can ostriches
do with their wings? These guys use them as
fans during hot weather and then as blankets
when its cold. (They cover their thighs with
their wings). Its natures built-in air condition-
ing and heating system, all in one! Now, thats
pretty awesome.
Think youd like to try a scrambled os-
trich egg for breakfast? Theyre huge -- about
six to eight inches long, four to six inches
around, and normally weigh three to four
pounds each. Thats
like eating 13 chick-
en eggs! You could
invite your friends
over for breakfast,
and then use the egg-
shell as a water bowl
for your pet.
Ostrich tidbits:
* Chicks are
nearly a foot tall when
born. They grow a
foot every month
until mature in about
eight months.
* Males have
mostly black feathers
with white wing tips.
Females have grayish
brown feathers.
* These birds
have a temper, so
never get too close to
them. Those powerful
legs can injure you or
even knock a hole in
the side of a car.
* They dont bury their heads in the sand
as is commonly thought. They stretch out their
long necks on the ground when resting or when
trying to appear smaller to predators.
* Ostriches are found the world over. In
many countries, including the United States,
they are raised on farms for their meat, beauti-
ful feathers, and eggshells.
For some really cool close-ups of nerdy
birdy, surf over to www.ostrichmeats.com/
pictures.html.
Comments to [email protected].
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7. School organization
10. Moonsh
12. Geological times
14. ___tose: milk sugar
15. Marks to omit print
17. Cat lives
18. Greasy
19. Portable TV button
22. A timepiece with hands
23. A meeting of spiritualists
24. Having the same
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25. Bambi was one
26. 1st state (abbr.)
27. Atomic #86
28. Tooth caregiver
30. Yes vote
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32. 2009 losing VPs initials
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33. Furthest orbitall point
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35. Anguished
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Issued Marriage Applications for June 2009
June 1, 2009
David Jon Larson 31
Prince Frederick, Md
Kristi Marie Payne 30
Wallie Capunpun Villafuerte 45
Alexandria, Va
Helen Marie Brazell 32
Alexandria, Va
June 2, 2009
Jarred Brenden Welsh 21
Leonardtown, Md
Heather Renee Lawson 23
Leonardtown, Md
Steven Wade Gregory 37
Lexington Park, Md
Kristin Ann Jarrett 33
Lexington Park, Md
Marcellus Tyrek Wiggins 29
Callaway, Md
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Callaway, Md
June 3, 2009
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Callaway, Md
Morgan Lynn Adams 23
Callaway, Md
Aaron Leon Wickline 28
Richmond, Va
Coryn Marie Johnson 25
Richmond, Va
Patrick Michael McLaughlin 50
Piney Point, Md
Marcie Lynn Blevins 37
Piney Point, Md
David Wayne Gosnell 34
California, Md
Jennifer Lynn Small 32
California, Md
George Arthur Pingleton Jr. 37
Ridge, Md
Joan Maureen Quade 26
Ridge, Md
Jeffrey Alan Taylor 23
Bethesda, Md
Steafanie Carol Esworthy 22
Skyesville, Md
June 5, 2009
Charles Edward Copenhaver
36 Great Mills, Md
Amy Marie Vukovich 33
Great Mills, Md
Michael Joseph Wright 25
Mechanicsville, Md
Jessica Marie Stanley 27
Mechanicsville, Md
Michael Christopher Cum-
mings 30 Lexington Park, Md
Carrie Virginia Sparks 26 Lex-
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Kevin Alan Peevey 24
Roanoke, Va
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Roanoke, Va
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Callaway, Md
Renata Gabrielle Crane 26
Callaway, Md
June 9, 2009
Jaymes Joardonrell Dooley 19
San Diego, Ca
Elizabeth Ashley Jewers 19
Great Mills, Md
Zackary Forrest Wilson 24
Alexandria, Va
Katherine Elizabeth Ward 25
Alexandria, Va
June 10, 2009
Damon Seagun Forrest 46
Baltimore, Md
Jacqueline Bonita Moss 52
Great Mills, Md
Graham Michael Day 24
LaPlata, Md
Arianna Marie Hammond 26
LaPlata, Md
Matthew Jason OShields 34
Manchester, Pa
Rhonda Elaine Allen 23
Manchester, Pa
Ryan Thamber Abel 27
Columbia, Md
Ruth Sabra Spinolo 20
Columbia, Md
Jeffrey Thomas Wood 28
California, Md
Kristen Blair Brookins 26
California, Md
June 11, 2009
Jonathon Ross Pogar 25
Leonardtown, Md
Chelsea Jane Bussey 20
Leonardtown, Md
Roger Lee Beneld Jr. 38
Mechanicville, Md
Frances Helen Sanchez 31
Mechanicsville, Md
Justin Paul Mickelson 25
Lexington Park, Md
Kristen Ann Schmidt 24
Lexington Park, Md
Maynor Fernando Garcia Jr. 27
Lusby, Md
Kimberly Leighanne Figgins 20
Mechanicsville, Md
June 12, 2009
Donald Allen Campbell Jr. 35
King George, Va
Yvonne Ann Huffman 40
Great Mills, Md
Eric Johann Hiris 40 Lexington
Park, Md
Dawn Rebecca Norris 40
Lexington Park, Md
Kenneth Boyd Bloodsworth Jr.
27 Leonardtown, Md
Jessica Ann Biscoe 27
Leonardtown, Md
William Albert Stewart Jr. 39
Lexington Park, Md
Sabrina Mary Frances Wood-
land 34 Lexington Park, Md
June 15, 2009
Jonathan Patrick Buzzeo 23
LaPlata, Md
Brittany Anne Oliver 24 Leon-
ardtown, Md
Robert Frederick Gruber III 22
Jacksonville, Nc
Leslie Renee Tennyson 22
Mechanicsville, Md
Johnny Justin Hoyos 19
Lexington Park, Md
Jasmine DAnn Nevarez 18
Lexington Park, Md
Norman Francis Koerber Jr. 42
Hollywood, Md
Dori Lyn Ladriere
Hollywood, Md
Matthew Kyle Milstead 25
Halethorpe, Md
Elizabeth Marie Luginbill 25
Leonardtown, Md
Josua Rene Jette 21
Lexington Park, Md
Erin Michelle Quinn 20
Lexington Park, Md
June 16, 2009
Alton Coles Echols IV 23
Lovettsville, Va
Kaitlyn Elliott Pruitt 23
Lovettsville, Va
Carl Nicholas Ziegler 31
Baltimore, Md
Katrina Janik 30 Baltimore, Md
Lewis Philip Oliver Jr. 28
Mechanicsville, Md
Pamela Lynn Herbert 23
Mechanicsville, Md
Donato Rivera Reyes 36
Lexington Park, Md
Julie Sue Young 26 Lexington
Park, Md
June 17, 2009
Loren Dennis Grable II 22
Great Mills, Md
Stephanie Rachel Derullieux 21
California, Md
Jason Roy Warder 26
Lexington Park, Md
Theresia Marie Carrigan 20
Lexington Park, Md
Peter Kastner 38 Konigstein,
Germany
Susan Renee Hardin 37
Konigstein, Germany
June 18, 2009
Luis Alan Santana 26
Lexington Park, Md
Monica Montanez 36
Lexington Park, Md
Robert Keith Montfort Jr. 27
Mechanicsville, Md
Dana Marie Snead 25
Mechanicsville, Md
June 19, 2009
Daniel Noel Presley 28
Lexington Park, Md
Kristina Rose Keck 22
Lexington Park, Md
June 22, 2009
Daniel Drew Wenk 44
Lexington Park, Md
Donna Marie Boatright 37
Lexington Park, Md
June 23, 2009
Stephen Guy Becker 20
Mechanicsville, Md
Kristen Elsie Markley 19
Mechanicsville, Md
June 24, 2009
Derric Deshon Boone 25
Lexington Park, Md
Charmanie Elaine Leslie 25
Lexington Park, Md
Tracy Scott 44 Clinton, Md
Crystal Michelle Edmonds 28
Clinton, Md
June 25, 2009
Roger Walter Byron Jr. 46
Michelle Lee Tucker 38 Prince
Frederick, Md
June 26, 2009
Robert Walter Lada 18
Mechanicsville, Md
Jessica Marie Figgins 18
Mechanicville, Md
Michael Lee Chaney 57
Hollywood, Md
Marie Magdelina Mattei 47
Hollywood, Md
Shawn Michael Murphy 27
Indian Head, Md
Kelly Lynn Engel 27 Indian
Head, Md
William Burcher Brown Jr. 62
California, Md
Mary Ellen Eliza 46
California, Md
Justin Lowell Van Bavel 28
Waldorf, Md
Angelica Kristine Aperson 25
Waldorf, Md
Danny Keith Kaye 30
Great Mills, Md
Brenda Lee Norwood 51
Great Mills, Md
Darren John McGregor 36
Lexington Park, Md
Serna Kathleen White 32
Lexington Park, Md
David Lewis Williams 50
Lexington Park, Md
Nancy Marilyn Gould 46
Lexington Park, Md
Robert Dale Kirkwood Jr. 42
Lexington Park, Md
Jennifer Annette Kennedy 41
Lexington Park, Md
June 29, 2009
Andrew Thompson Young 25
Waldorf, Md
Victoria Rose Lehman 23
Waldorf, Md
June 30, 2009
Christopher Lee Olson 33
Great Mills, Md
Stacey Maree Orr 27
Great Mills, Md
Jason Austin Dean 30
Hollywood, Md
Irene Tsapos 34 Hollywood,
Md
Noah Mazas Hogan 33
Toronto, Ontario
Elizabeth Ama Loquisi Kelley
28 Toronto, Ontario
The County Times
ewsmakers
Love of Libraries Lead to Career
By Virginia Terhune
Staff Writer
April Pavis always loved libraries as a kid. Daughter of
a now-retired Marine, she lived in Okinawa, the Carolinas,
Florida and Louisiana before her family settled in Lusby.
One place were you can always nd a common thread
is a library, said Pavis, now 23. It was the one constant
through my childhood.
Little did she know that those childhood memories
would become the impetus of her future career.
On July 28, she will be leaving her part-time job at the
Charlotte Hall library to pursue a masters degree in library
science at the University of Maryland, College Park.
So impressed was the university with Pavis potential
that it awarded her a graduate assistantship that will cover her
tuition for the 2009-10 school year plus pay her a $18,000 sti-
pend for working 20 hours a week at the University of Mary-
land, University College library as a reference librarian.
Ill be answering basic reference questions and help-
ing people with research questions, said Pavis, who already
enjoys introducing people to data bases and other ways of re-
searching that go beyond Googling or relying on Wikipedia.
Pavis long-term goal is to become a young-adult librar-
ian, building on the work she already does in Charlotte Hall
working with teenagers ages 12 to 18 as head of the Teen
Advisory Group program.
The group meets once month to talk about books and
music, and Pavis loves working with the members.
Theyre so candid, she said. They tell you like it is.
Although sure now about what she wants to do, Pavis
wasnt always so.
After graduating ve years ago from Patuxent High
School in Calvert County (president of her class), she went
north to attend the Johnson & Wales University in Provi-
dence, R.I., with plans to study event management.
Im really into music, and I love sporting events, she
said.
But as she got deeper into the program, she learned
more about the intense competition between venues and de-
cided the eld was not something she wanted to pursue.
After returning to Maryland, she earned an associ-
ates degree from the College of Southern Maryland before
transferring to St. Marys College to earn a degree in history,
graduating last May.
While still at CSM, she had lunch one day at Lindas
Caf in Lexington Park with her dad, who encouraged
her to apply for a part-time at the Charlotte Hall library in
circulation.
He said, Just go up and do it, said Pavis, who called
about the job Tuesday, interviewed Thursday and got the job
Friday.
Within a month, she knew she wanted to become a li-
brarian. She loved libraries, she enjoyed working with pa-
trons and she especially enjoyed working with teenagers.
I fell in love with it, she said. I knew almost im-
mediately that it was something I wanted to do. I felt like it
t like a glove.
Because of that genuine interest in people and the pas-
sion she brings to her job, Pavis will be missed, said Alesha
Verdict, circulation supervisor.
Her enthusiasm knows no bounds, said Verdict,
pleased as a longtime librarian to see someone enter the eld
with such commitment.
You see that spark in her eye, someone saying I really
love the job, and I think I want to be a librarian we want
you to be a librarian, she said about Pavis.
Jennie Meeker, 16, of La Plata, left, checks out music and books with help
from April Pavis, who heads the Teen Advisory Group at the Charlotte Hall
library. Pavis is leaving her job at the end of July to earn a masters degree
in library science at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Photo by Virginia Terhune
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Giving the Nation a New Syncopation
the People Call it Ragtime!
By Monica Meinert
Contributing Writer
The rehearsal scene in the days just before
the curtain is scheduled to go up on Recre-
ation and Parks annual Summerstock produc-
tion is that of organized chaos as the cast and
crew run through lines, costumes, set changes,
and of course, the music from this years show:
Ragtime.
Based on a novel by E.L. Doctorow and set
in New York City at the turn of the 20th century,
Ragtime tells the story of three very different
groups: the rst, an upper-class family living in
the afuent town of New Rochelle; the second, a
Latvian immigrant father and his daughter; and
the third, a group of African Americans living
in Harlem.
Blending its ctional cast with historical
gures like J.P. Morgan, Harry Houdini and
Emma Goldman, the show reects the rapidly
changing and racially charged climate that swept
the nation during the era of ragtime, a type of
syncopated music that inuenced the develop-
ment of jazz.
For the cast and crew of Summerstock,
Ragtime is a signicant transition from last
years whimsical Seussical: The Musical.
Its a huge difference, said cast member
Nicole Rongione, who plays vaudeville attrac-
tion Evelyn Nesbitt in the production. Last year
we were trying to make the audience happy. This
year, were trying to teach a lesson.
Its intense, agrees director Bethany
Wallace, on the darker tone of the show.
Wallace, who has directed Summerstock
for the past four years, said that this years show
presented her with many challenges the largest
of which was learning the music.
Ragtimes complex musical score was
written by Stephen Flaherty (who, ironically
enough, also wrote the score for Seussical)
and showcases many aspects of actual ragtime
music.
Its orchestrated so carefully, Wallace
said. Its syncopated just like instruments [in
real ragtime music], different characters pop
at different times.
Despite the difculty, the cast under the
direction of Wallace and music director Stanley
Hoopengardner has clearly risen to the musi-
cal challenge, with results that are sure to leave
audiences breathless.
Im working with lots of talented people,
Wallace added, praising her cast and crew for all
their hard work.
Putting on Summerstock is no small under-
taking; the show began rehearsals in late May,
occupying its under-21 cast every weekday night
as they prepared for the scheduled two-week run
at the end of July.
The show, which is funded through tick-
ets and a grant, is an annual production put on
by the countys Department of Recreation and
Parks that entertains the public and
also enables high school and college
students under 21 to perform and
participate.
Montel Butler, a second-year
Summerstock performer, said that
for him, the most challenging part
of the production was not the music,
but discovering and connecting with
his character. Butler plays the lead
role of Coalhouse Walker, an Afri-
can-American who comes face to
face with the darkness of racism in
America.
It really humbles a person,
Butler said of his role. To go through
those struggles in your mind that
were so real for people in the past,
and then realize that you dont actu-
ally have to go through them.
The racial aspect of the show is consid-
erable, and portrays the struggles of African
Americans and immigrants to t into an Ameri-
can society during a period of domination by
whites.
Its not afraid to ask the burning ques-
tions, said Brad Mattingly, a four-year veteran
of Summerstock. But its also very patriotic. It
deals a lot with perseverance and the American
dream.
Chris Joyce, also in his fourth year with
Summerstock, plays Tateh, the Latvian immi-
grant who experiences hopes that many felt on
coming to America, and the despair that came
from the discovery that the American dream
was nearly impossible to reach.
[Tateh] comes to America because hes
heard of how great it is, but when he gets here,
he realizes its not all rainbows, Joyce said of
his character.
With its mature themes and dark tone,
Ragtime is not for the faint of heart. But Wal-
lace hopes that the show will give audiences
a chance to reect on this aspect of American
history.
I hope that the audience can see past the
abrasive stuff to the heart of whats going on,
she concluded. I hope theyre moved by the
injustice and inspired to do something about
it.
Ragtime opens on Friday July 17 at Great
Mills High School. Performance are scheduled
for July 17-18, 7 p.m.; July 19, 5 p.m.; July 23-
24, 7 p.m.; July 25, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.; July 26,
5 p.m.
Ticket prices are $14 adults; $12 senior
citizens 60 years and older; $6 children 10 and
under. Matinee prices are $10adults; $8 senior
citizens 60 years and older; $4 children 10 and
under.
Tickets will be sold at the door one hour be-
fore show time; auditorium doors open half an
hour before show time.
Advance tickets are on sale at the Recre-
ation and Parks Main Ofce, Patuxent Build-
ing, 23150 Leonard Hall Drive, in Leonard-
town. For more information, call (301) 475-
4200 ext. 1800 or go to www.co.saint-marys.
md.us/recreate/specialevents.
The cast of Ragtime rehearses the nal scene of the production.
Coalhouse Walker (Montel Butler, center) and the Harlem crowd perform the Gettin Ready Rag.
Photo By Monica Meinert
Photo By Monica Meinert
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L ibrary Items
Summer fun continues at libraries
The next free Professional Performance will be multi-cultural folk music
performed by Adam Miller on July 20. Charlotte Halls performance will be
at 10 a.m. at White Marsh Elementary School, Leonardtowns at 12:30 p.m. at
Leonard Hall Recreation Center, and Lexington Parks at 3 p.m. at Lexington
Park Library. These performances are for all ages and funded by a grant from
St. Marys County Arts Council and SMECO.
Three summer reading clubs are available for babies through teens and are
on-going through the summer. Children earn prizes and books by reading. Chil-
dren can pick up Adventure Passports and explore county sites to earn a free ice
cream coupon and a chance for Sally Walkers book, Written in Bone. Chil-
dren can also look for Flat Sneaks in this newspaper and guess where he visited
this week for a chance at a drawing for a book.

Indentured servant to tell about journey
Children ages 5 and older can travel back in time and meet Goody Nor-
man, an indentured servant who will tell about her journey at sea today at 10
a.m. at Charlotte Hall, 12:30 p.m. at Leonardtown and at 3 p.m. at Lexington
Park. This special Celebrate 375! program is presented by St. Clements Island
Museum staff. Those attending can try on colonial outts, play games, and take
home a goody bag. Registration is required for this free program.
Libraries celebrate the release of new Harry Potter movie
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix will be shown in celebration of
the release of the new Harry Potter movie at Charlotte Hall today at 2 p.m. and
at Leonardtown at 5 p.m. today. Snacks will be provided. This movie is rated
PG-13. There is no charge.

Teen activities scheduled
Teens can register for a workshop on July 21 at Leonardtown at 6 p.m. to
learn to use Scratch software to create a computer game. Discover U Childrens
Museum is sponsoring this free workshop conducted by Deb Daniel. Registra-
tion is required.
John Busby will conduct a free workshop on drawing Manga for teens on
July 25 at Leonardtown at 2 p.m. and July 29 at Charlotte Hall at 5 p.m. Registra-
tion is required.
Teen Gaming Fun is scheduled at Charlotte Hall on July 21 starting at 5:30
p.m. and at Leonardtown on July 24 at 2 p.m. Snacks are provided.

Families invited to gaming nights
Family members and gamers can challenge each other to Wii and other
games on July 22 at Lexington Park at 6 p.m., on July 23 at Leonardtown at 5:30
p.m. and on July 30 at Charlotte Hall at 5:30 p.m. Snacks are provided.
By Casey McClay
Contributing Writer
On Friday morning, Bob
had his head sliced open by a
John Deere tractor. Fortunately,
Bob was only a handmade safety
dummy.
In the rst activity at the an-
nual Progressive Agriculture Farm
and Family Safety Day, campers
stuffed dummies like Bob with
hay, then named and decorated
them.
Big farm equipment trag-
edies need to be prevented, says
Ben Beale, University of Mary-
lands Co-County Extension Di-
rector. So to demonstrate that, we
will actually shred their friend.
Now in its 15th year, the
event at the county fairgrounds is
held for kids in highly agricultural
and rural areas to help prevent in-
juries and deaths associated with
the industry. The hope is that they
will learn from the interactive
activities.
Coordinated by the Progres-
sive Agricultural Foundation, the
event is also supported by vari-
ous agencies, including county
economic development depart-
ment, the Farm Bureau and other
groups.
Businesses in the county also
collaborated to provide for
the event. Tennysons Fire
Extinguishers, of Lexing-
ton Park provided materi-
als for the re safety activ-
ity where kids practiced
extinguishing a re.
For the hand tool safe-
ty activity, Dysons Lum-
ber provided wood to make
bird houses.
Leonardtown reman
Robert Trossback showed
campers around a re
truck.
Its a good learn-
ing experience, he says.
The interaction helps kids
stay interested so theyll
remember the things
that weve showed them.
We want them and teach
their families what they
learned.
Activities provided
for the campers included
wearing slings for rst aid,
using a black-light to show
germs left after washing
your hands and stranger
danger, where children experi-
enced a stranger asking them to
leave.
The Farm Bureaus Womens
Committee representative, Noelle
Barns, of Leonardtown helps pre-
pare for the day.
Were here to help teach kids
about agricultural and to promote
safety in the youth, she said. We
want to give the farmers a voice in
educating todays kids.
Kids Learn About Farm Safety
Shawn Rosenbery, of Town Creek, works at
the Tool Safety station, building a birdhouse
with wood donated by Dysons Lumber in
Great Mills. The activity was part of the An-
nual Progressive Agriculture Farm Safety Day
held at the county fairgrounds on Saturday.
Photo Courtesy of Stephen McClay
Young Adventurer
Passport Program
Allyssa Muni and mother Kelly Muni of San Diego, California, stop by the Welcome
Center in Charlotte Hall as part of the St. Marys County Librarys Young Adventurer
Passport program. Alice Dougherty, an interpreter at Historic St. Marys City, was
at the center and gave mother and daughter information on Historic St. Marys City
which is a also a passport site.
The Hollywood Volunteer Fire Departments annual
carnival will be held July 16-19 and again July 23-27 be-
ginning at 7 p.m. each night. Featured will be food, rides,
and games. Unlimited rides every night for $10.00, or
tickets may be purchased separately. Free nightly prizes
(must be present to win). Also, free bicycles (2 boys & 2
girls) will be given away to ages 12 and under each night
(must be present to win). A Treasure Chest cash prize
will be rafed the last night of the carnival.
St. Marys College
Interviewing Candidates
Sources have conrmed that the ongoing search to
nd the next president of St. Marys College of Mary-
land is still under way, but the names of the candidates
will not be made public until September.
Were going to interview candidates starting at
the end of July, said selection committee chair Molly
Mahoney. Beyond that we cant say anything, because
the names of the candidates and the interviews are
condential.
The selection committee is expected to make their
recommendations for nalists to the Board of Trustees
in mid- to late August, and plans to schedule nalists
for campus meetings in September, at which time the
names of the nalists will be made public. The com-
mittee will make its nal selection in early October.
For more information on the search, go to www.
smcm.edu/presidentialsearch.
Hollywood
Volunteer Fire
Department Carnival
On Saturday, July 18, the River Concert Series Brass Quintet from St. Marys College will be performing
a variety of tunes, beginning at 7 p.m. on the Leonardtown Square. Invite friends and order dinner from one of
Leonardtowns restaurants. Bring a chair or blanket and relax. For more information, call 301 475-9791.
Depart Greenwell State Park on Saturday,
July 18 at 6 p.m. for a one-way guided kayak trip to
Clarks Landing for a relaxing evening and a crab
cake sandwich.
Greenwell will take the kayaks back to the park;
participants will work with the trip guide to carpool
back. Cost is $55 with a Greenwell kayak, $45 with
your own kayak. Crab cake sandwich dinner is in-
cluded, other food and drinks are not. Reservations
required, call 301-373-9775. Visit www.greenwell-
foundation.org for more information.
Kayak to
Clarks Landing
Free Leonardtown Concert
The County Times
Wagner Three-Peats, Lear Scores
Steel Block Bandits Feature
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
BUDDS CREEK Defending
track champion Tommy Wagner Jr.,
extended his point lead as he scored
his third feature win of the season,
and rst since April 10, in the 25-lap
limited late-model headliner at the Po-
tomac speedway.
PJ Hatcher and Terry Flaherty
brought the eld down to the waving
of the green ag. Flaherty, in his rst-
ever start at the speedway, took the
lead on lap one. PJ Hatcher would take
the top spot back at the completion
of the second circuit as third starting
Tommy Wagner Jr. was up to second
by lap two. Wagner made the winning
pass on Hatcher on lap ve and then
had to fend off the repeated challenges
of eventual runner-up Mike Latham to
preserve the win.
I cant thank my car owners Scott
and Patty Thompson enough, Wagner
said in victory lane. Weve been ght-
ing through some motor problems the
past few weeks, and weve now got
Scotts good motor back in the car and
its a horse.
Derrick Quade was third, Terry
Flaherty had a nice run taking fourth
and Stevie Long completed the top
ve. Heats for the 22 cars on hand went
to Hatcher and Bruce Kane.
The second limited late-model
event on the program was the remain-
ing 25 laps of the rain-shortened 40-
lap Steel Block Bandits feature from
May 29. Kyle Lear was scored the race
leader when the rains came, halting the
event. When the race re-started, Lear
was on a mission as he dominated the
nal 25 laps of the event to collect a
nice $2,000 payday, his fourth Po-
tomac limited late-model feature win
of the season.
What more can I say about these
MD1 Race Cars? Lear said. I wasnt
even pushing the car as hard as it
would go and once again this car just
seems to like Potomac.
Lear scored a career-high six
feature wins in 2008 and has already
matched that number by July 2009.
Yeah, we seem to be on a roll
right now, he said. The cars are
working really good, so hopefully we
can keep it going as long as we can.
Kris Looney made a late race
charge to post second, Bruce Kane
was third, Tommy Wagner Jr. scored
his second top ve of the night in
fourth and Mike Latham completed
the top ve. Heats for the event back
in May went to Kane, Lear and walker
Arthur.
In other action Kurt Zimmerman
was victorious for the third time this
season in the 16-lap street stock fea-
ture; Darrin Henderson rolled to win
number two in the 15-lap crate late
model event; Jimmy Suite took his
rst career 15-lap hobby stock feature
after apparent winner Sam Archer was
light at the scales; defending champion
Greg Gunter rolled to his fth win of
the season and 50th of his Potomac ca-
reer in the 15-lap four-cylinder main;
and John Hardisty was triumphant in
the 50-lap strictly stock contest.
Limited late models 25 laps
1. Tommy Wagner Jr. 2. Mike Latham 3. Derrick Quade
4. Terry Flaherty 5. Stevie Long 6. Sommey Lacey 7. Bruce
Kane 8. PJ Hatcher 9. Paul Cursey 10. Chuck Cox 11. Kenny
Geer 12. Ed Pope 13. Dave Adams 14. Buddy Isles 15. Mark
Jones 16. Bubby Tharpe 17. Kyle Lear 18. Kris Looney 19.
Brandon Long 20. Pat Wood 21. James Snead (DNS) 22. Tony
Buckler (DNS)
Steel Block Bandits
Series Event
(Remaining 25 laps from May 29)
1. Kyle Lear 2. Kris Looney 3. Bruce Kane 4. Tommy
Wagner Jr. 5. Mike Latham 6. Stevie Long 7. Sommey Lacey
8. PJ Hatcher 9. Paul Cursey 10. Chuck Cox 11. Mark Jones
12. Buddy Isles 13. Ed Pope 14. Bubby Tharpe 15. Derrick
Quade DNR- Chris Cromer, Walker Arthur, Jared Powell,
Brandon Long, David Puckett, Gerald Davis, Dave Adams
Social Doubles is held twice weekly, with informal doubles
matches put together by the site coordinator based on that days
attendance. All who show up will get to play.
5 p.m. Sundays at Leonardtown High School through
August.
5 p.m. Tuesdays at Great Mills High School through
September.
The league fee is $25 for the Leonardtown site, $30 for the
Great Mills site. Fees include court costs and balls. No ofcial
registration is required, just show up at the courts.
n
Slow-Pitch All-Star
Game Saturday
The St. Marys County Young Mens and Mens Slow-Pitch
softball leagues will square off in an all-star game doubleheader
Saturday July 18 at Back Road Inn, located at 22094 Newtowne
Neck Road in Leonardtown. The rst game begins at 4 p.m., with
the second scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. There will be a 50/50 rafe
as well as a dunking booth.
Pax River Silver Stars
Pax River Silver Stars is putting together a 5th/6th grade girls
AAU basketball team to play in the Fall and next Spring/Summer.
Tryouts for the 14U/9th grade Fall league team will be coming
up in August. For more information, contact Savannah Webb, di-
rector, Pax River Silver Stars, [email protected], 301-737-1792,
or 301-247-3152, or go to http://www.eteamz.com/paxriversilver-
stars/index.cfm
Gretton Goalkeeping Camps
Goalkeeper soccer camps will be offered through the week
of Aug. 17 at locations in southern Maryland. Camps run Monday
through Thursday, and all ages and skill levels are welcome. The
fee per camp is $215. For more information, call 301-643-8992 or
e-mail [email protected].
Skate Series Returns to
St. Marys County in August
The Mid-Atlantic Skating Series will hold its yearly meet
in St. Marys County on Saturday August 22, when MASS takes
over Nicolet Park in Lexington Park. All age and skills levels
are welcome. For more information, go to http://www.curtkimbel.
com.
Tennis Anyone?
Sp rts
The County Times
Those Daring Young People With Flying Machines
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
HOLLYWOOD In case anyone was won-
dering, those were not huge mosquitoes buzzing
around Greenwell State Park this past weekend.
The Patuxent Aeromodelers Club hosted an
International Miniature Aerobatic Club (IMAC)
regional event for yers of remote-controlled air-
planes, and for any locals who may be interested,
event coordinator Troy Wallace said that all are
welcome.
It seems that interest in the sport is grow-
ing to the point where we have middle school and
high school groups wanting to y planes, said
Wallace, a licensed ight instructor and retired
Marine.
It makes you learn math and science just to
get the plane up in the air, and a lot of these kids
go on to become engineers and pilots, he said.
To give an idea of how much it takes to con-
trol even a radio controlled aircraft, Wallace says
the operators spend several hours on a simulator
training their muscles and minds to handle
the aircraft, especially going against gravity.
The competitions include four scored events
(Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced and Un-
limited), as well as a free style competition,
which allows the operators to have fun with their
planes and routines, usually set to music of their
choosing.
The IMAC consists of six regions in the
United States and it even has an overseas region,
making it a true world sport.
Saturdays regional took place at Helwig
Field and featured competitors from nearby
Virginia and Delaware, as well as Connecticut,
where this years regional championship will be
held.
This is for anyone who loves airplanes and
the pressure of ying, Wallace said. Those
people ock to this kind of event.
For all of the fun that competing in radio-
controlled events provides, there also comes
responsibility, especially nancially. Beginners
can nd planes that cost between $200 and $300
to y and see if its something they enjoy.
Thats usually when people get hooked on
it, Wallace said.
If they move up from smaller planes and y-
ing to gearing up for the IMAC events, a com-
petitive plane can cost them anywhere between
$5,000 and $7,000.
That includes the plane, the engine and
maintenance, Wallace explained. Its pret-
ty much the same as maintaining a regular
airplane.
With a steep cost such as that, Wallace says
aspiring operators shouldnt be put off by the ex-
pense, especially since the planes are designed to
last a long time.
Also, yers are allowed to pursue sponsor-
ships to pay for the cost of their aircraft.
Its pretty solid technology, we inspect
them on a regular basis, and they usually dont
y them recklessly, he said.
For more information, go to the Patuxent
Aeromodelers Radio Control Club Web site at
www.paxaero.com for dates and times of events,
as well as www.mini-iac.com for more about the
national circuit.
Neil Westdorp prepares his plane for ight at Helwig Field in Hollywood on
Saturday.
Photo By Frank Marquart
Trent Schneider tests the wind during the IMAC
regional held at Helwig Field on Saturday.
George Hill gets comfortable while his plane is
ready for action in the IMAC regional hosted
by the Patuxent Aeromodeling Club.
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Dew Drop Pounces on Exhausted Liberty
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS When a softball team has played seven games
in three days, the chances of them being tired are great. Liberty Of-
ce Supplies gave their best effort Sunday evening, but ran out of gas
early as Dew Drop Inn coasted to a 29-5, six-inning victory in Young
Mens action at the Brass Rail.
We had a doubleheader Friday, four games in a tournament
Saturday and todays game, explained Liberty manager Tommy
Cobbs. We had a couple of players who werent available, and I
think everybodys softballed out right now.
Liberty took a brief lead in the bottom of the rst inning, as rst
baseman Justin Smith connected on an RBI single, scoring shortstop
Stephen DeTemple. Dew Drop came up to bat in the top of the second
and slugged their way to 12 runs on nine hits, including a two-run
home run by rst baseman Tater
Hewitt, eventually chasing start-
ing pitcher Michael Thomas.
The Dew Drop onslaught
continued as Bird Johnson add-
ed a three-run homer, winning
pitcher Benny Johnson doubled
three times and drove in three
runs and Grant Johnson added an
inside-the-park home run in the
sixth inning. Dew Drop (13-6 on
the season) also received some
help courtesy of six Liberty errors
that gave them extra chances to do
their damage.
We wanted to jump on them
right away, get some runs and
the board and get everyone in the
game, said Dew Drop manager
Tom Stone. We were able to take
advantage of them being tired and everyone hit well today.
Thirteen Dew Drop players recorded hits, while all 14 players
reached base in some form in their biggest offensive output of the
season.
Liberty scored three runs in the bottom of the fth and added
one more in the bottom of the sixth for their nal total, stopping the
game one inning short of full complete because of the run rule.
Stone hopes Sundays outburst will become a permanent part of
DDIs season as the playoffs approach quickly.
Were hoping it can carry over from here on out, Stone said.
We have the potential to keep swinging the bats like this.
For Tommy Cobbs, he and his team were ready to put Sundays
loss behind them.
Get beat today, forget about it by tomorrow, he said.
Youth Football Leagues in Turmoil
By Casey McClay, Contributing Writer
And Virginia Terhune, Staff Writer
The county Department of Recreation
and Parks may decide to assume oversight
of the countys youth football leagues sooner
rather than later following the collapse of a
pact made in May between the Pigskin and
Pax River Raiders to blend their leagues.
Both parties are now threatening to sue
each other on the eve of the season kickoff in
early August, while a new group, the South-
ern Maryland Youth Football League, also
prepares to start its rst season.
Parents, coaches and kids in the mean-
time have been peppering those involved with
questions about whats going on.
The Raiders say they will absorb most of
the 120 players who had signed up with Pig-
skin, but that may mean the kids play more
games in Calvert County, at least for this
season.
Meanwhile, the future of the three youth
football organizations and the role of the
county in their affairs remains up in the air.
Were willing to do whatever it takes to
operate the leagues, said Arthur Shepherd,
who heads the recreation division for the De-
partment of Recreation and Parks, which con-
trols the countys playing elds. Our goal is
to do it in 2010, but we can do what we have to
do to operate the league in 2009 if its neces-
sary, he said, emphasizing that any solution
would involve the coaches and volunteers who
run the leagues.
The county has been reluctant to get
deeply involved in the running of the leagues
and has turned down requests to do so before.
But those involved say the situation has dete-
riorated to the point that it plans to intercede at
some level in order to stabilize the situation.
Its incredibly complex, and its a mis-
erable situation, said Pat Murphy, director of
SMYFL, which is afliated with Universal
Sports and Academics in Waldorf.
The Raiders have reportedly said they
are for sale, and Murphy said he would talk
to his local board before talking to the Univer-
sal board Thursday night about taking control
of that league.
He said, however, that if SMYFL absorbs
the Raiders, the deal would not include the
Pigskin organization, because the new league
wants to steer clear of the dispute between
Raider leader Chris Pixton and Don Kemp,
who has been running Pigskin with his wife
Trude for more than 20 years.
The last thing we want to do is get tied
up in that mess, Murphy said.
If a deal fails to materialize and SMYFL
goes on as it is, the new league has enough
kids signed up (more than 450), access to
elds Lancaster, Dorsey and Lettie Marshall
Dent and equipment to go forward with its
rst season, he said.
Raider-Pigskin Blowup
Kemp, who owns St. Marys Sports, a
sports equipment wholesale business in Me-
chanicsville, said Pigskin at one time ahd
close to 1,200 children participating in its
football and cheerleading programs, but that
the number had dropped recently because of
the recession.
Because of disagreements with Pigskin,
Chris Pixton broke away four years ago to
form the Pax River Raiders, which plays many
of its games in Calvert County.
The Kemps kept running Pigskin, but
Kemp said he recently began looking for
someone to run it because of health problems.
He said he talked to Recreation and Parks but
they said no because of questions about equip-
ment and Pigskin debt.
Kemp said he pays off costs incurred in
one season with registration money from the
next season. This year, however, he said he
couldnt continue to the next season, leaving
Pigskin with $84,000 in bills to settle.
Kemp and Pixton announced an agree-
ment in May which Kemp said involved Pix-
ton picking up the debt in exchange for control
of Pigskin. However, attempts to work through
the details appear to have derailed.
On the evening of July 9, Pixton talked
for two hours on the Raiders Web broadcast,
saying the deal with Pigskin was null and
void, the Pigskin season had been cancelled,
that the Raider would absorb the players and
registration was now closed.
Pixton did not return a call Tuesday for
comment, but alluded during the broadcast
that he had problems getting information from
the Kemps and that they had failed to live up
to the contract.
Kemp in turn said that Pixton was not
putting in the time and work on registration,
concession and other revenue generators to
pay off the debt and that any suggestion that
he had been keeping money for himself was
untrue.
The broadcast followed an incident earli-
er in the day when Pixton said he went to pick
up sports equipment stored at Lettie Dent and
broke the lock, which resulted in a call to po-
lice. Pixton said he intended to hold the equip-
ment until he gets money back from Kemp,
which Kemp said amounted to $15,000.
New Youth
Football
League Tackles
High Costs
By Casey McClay
Contributing Writer
The Southern Maryland Youth Football
League launched its rst season Sunday morning
at Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary School. Par-
ents, kids and coaches arrived early to distribute
equipment and to weigh into their classes.
The new league started earlier this year after
coaches and parents broke off from the Pigskin
and Pax River Raiders leagues.
We got a group of coaches from the other
leagues and asked them what they would like to
see different, said league Director Pat Murphy.
We never shut down communications with the
other leagues. We want to build from them and
work with them.
The league works with local spon-
sors who agreed to help buy equipment
if SMYFL offered players a packet of
coupons at registration. The players
pay $50 for the coupons to be spent at
the businesses, and in exchange, spon-
sors supply the equipment.
Although the league initially faced
some controversy within the county,
the administration is pleased with the
turnout.
For this rst year, we are expect-
ing somewhere between 20-32 teams,
Murphy says. We have over 400, close
to 500 kids right now, and our registra-
tion is open until the end of July.
To help struggling families and
to increase its membership, the league
contacted county agencies to nd kids
who wanted to play football but could
not fully afford it.
The league accepted about 100
children, waving the entry fee. The
cost will be made up by raising money during the
season.
No kid should be turned down because of
cost, said league football commissioner Frank
Moneymaker. Its about the community here,
not the money.
Father and coach of SMYFL Kelvin Wilson,
of Lexington Park says, A lot of people cant af-
ford other leagues. We shouldnt have to worry
about the cost. Its supposed to be fun and to get
kids off the street.
Jordan McGee, of Mechanicsville tries on his gear
after weighing in for the rst year of the Southern
Maryland Youth Football League.
Photo By Stephen McClay
Michael Thomas of Liberty res a pitch to home plate.
Photo By Chris Stevens
Tater Hewitt hits a home run dur-
ing Dew Drop Inns 29-5 victory
over Liberty Ofce Supplies Sun-
day evening.
The County Times
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Softball Standings
Games Through Tues., July 14
Womens League Standings
Division I

Wins Losses Games Back
1. Just Us 15 0 0
2. CCE 15 1 0.5
3. Bud Light 14 2 1.5
4. Southern 13 3 2.5
Division II

1. Andersons 10 6 0
2. Back Road 10 6 0
3. Knight Life 9 6 0.5
4. Simms 8 9 2.5
5. Capt. Sams 6 8 3
6. DDI 5 10 4.5
Division III

1. Xtreme 3 13 0
2. Knockouts 1 14 1.5
3. Coors Light 1 15 2
4. Moose 0 17 3.5
Young Mens Standings

2. Team Moose 14 2 0
1. AC Moose 13 2 0.5
3. Cryers 13 5 2.5
4. Dew Drop 13 6 3
5. Shockers 10 7 4.5
6. Straight Cut 10 8 5
7. Big Dogs 8 10 7
8. Raleys 7 12 8.5
9. Knotts 6 13 9.5
10. Liberty 3 16 12.5
11. Jeff Rocks 3 16 12.5
Mens Slow-Pitch Standings

1. Cahneys 24 3 0
2. Budweiser 21 4 2
3. Back Road 21 6 3
4. Pax Bombers 17 10 7
5. Wentworth 12 15 12
6. Book By Blanche 5 22 19
7. Eagles Nest 4 23 20
8. VFW 2632 2 25 22
St. Marys American Loses Heartbreaker
In Big League Championship
Southern Clubs Dew Drop to Stay in Division Hunt
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
BUSHWOOD Although a Division Title is not out of
the realm of possibility for Southern Insulation, manager Paula
King prefers that her team focus on each game as it comes. We
have a great group of players that play well together; winning
the division would icing on the cake, King said after Southern
slugged their way to a 20-5 win over Dew Drop Inn in Womens
softball action at 7th District Park.
It would be nice, especially as a rst-year team, but we
dont want to get ahead of ourselves, she said.
The win kept Southern (13-3 on the season) two and a half
games behind unbeaten Just Us for rst place in Division I.
After DDI took a 5-4 lead in the top half of the third inning
on an RBI single by Krista Farmer, Southern stormed back with
an 11-run bottom half of the third inning, with eight players con-
necting on run-scoring hits.
They really are a good hitting team from top to bottom,
said DDI manager Matt Magnuson. A couple of hits and an
error started the roller coaster and thats how they got the 11
runs.
Southern ended the game by
run rule in the bottom of the fth
when Melanie Guy socked an in-
side-the-park home run and Sam
Longs pinch-hit, two-run single
provided a 15-run cushion.
When they put their bats
together, its always amazing to
watch them do that, King says.
When they string their bats to-
gether, we really look forward to
that. Its worked for us so far.
Magnuson hopes DDI,
who fell to 5-10 in the 2009 sea-
son, can rebound from this loss
quickly, but he knows it will take
some time.
Considering the age of the
team, its hard for them to know
how to erase games like this, he
said.
His goal for his team coming down the
stretch is a simple one.
To be a team, play for fun, and not let the
little things get to them, he said. That would be
a great way for us to end the season.
For Southern Insulation, King refuses to let
her team look beyond anybody.
Anybody in this league can beat a team
any given day. Ill tell them that before every
game, she said. You can never underestimate
any team.
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
BRANDYWINE In Game Two of
the District 7 Big League Softball Cham-
pionship Series at the Baden Volunteer
Fire Department, it was a matter of which
team would get the luckiest of bounces to
win. It turned out to be for the home team
as Brianna Pickeralls opposite-eld triple
scored Sarah Addison to give Waldorf a
pulsating 4-3 win in 10 innings Tuesday
night over St. Marys American and the
championship, winning the best-of-three
series two games to none.
The girls hung in there and never
gave up and thats what it took to win,
said Waldorf manager Tim Martin.
St. Marys has a great team with
great coaches and really good players. It
was a pleasure to play against them.
I had heart palpitations throughout
the game, said St. Marys manager Mon-
ty Wood. I might need to check and see
if my deodorant is still working. We had
a real good team and a group of girls who
really wanted to play.
Needing to win Game Two to force
a deciding game later in the evening,
St. Marys American struck rst, with
catcher Lauren Davis and designated hit-
ter Dyanna DeVore connecting on RBI
singles in the rst and second innings.
Waldorf bounced back in the bot-
tom half of the second when centerelder
Brianna Barnes laced a two-run double
to even the score at 2. For the next four
innings, St. Marys American pitcher Tif-
fany Kennedy and Waldorf hurler Kay-
lynn Balleau dueled on the mound, as
Kennedy struck out the side and Balleau
didnt allow a base runner in the fourth,
fth and sixth innings.
Things got interesting in the top of
the seventh. After Balleau retired Raven
Manigault and Kennedy to start the
inning, St. Marys American got a
single from Jennifer Nagy and a
walk from DeVore, turning over
the line-up for shortstop Erin
Leddy. Leddy strong-armed a
shot through the middle of the
ineld, scoring Nagy to give
St. Marys a 3-2 lead. Wal-
dorf looked primed to win the
game in the bottom of the in-
ning after Barnes led off the
frame with a triple. However,
she was thrown out at home by
Shaina Milby on a chopper down
the rst base line. The batter in that
sequence, Balleau scored the tying
run on a single by Hayley Eure and the
teams headed for extra innings.
Neither team scored until the bottom
of the 10th when Pickerall, with Addison
on rst base, sunk a low line drive un-
der Manigaults glove that gave Addison
ample time to get to home plate and win
the game.
For Wood, he hopes that this game
and series will raise the prole of the
league. Hopefully, high school age play-
ers will see the level of talent and want
to play in this league and make it better,
he said.
Photo By
Chris Stevens
Erin Leddy follows through on a swing in
the rst inning.
Tiffany Kennedy struck out six batters in St.
Marys Americans 4-3 loss to Waldorf in the
District 7 Big League championship game.
Kristina Keck of Dew Drop Inn connects on a
single.
Southerns Jessica Bowles sends a pitch to home
plate in the rst inning.
The County Times
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LIBERTY DIVISION W L PCT GB STREAK LAST 10
Long Island 3 2 .600 L 2 6- 4
Southern Maryland 2 3 .400 1.0 W 2 4- 6
Camden 1 4 .200 2.0 L 4 4- 6
Bridgeport 1 4 .200 2.0 W 1 4- 6
FREEDOM DIVISION W L PCT GB STREAK LAST 10
York 4 1 .800 L 1 6- 4
Somerset 3 2 .600 1.0 L 1 5- 5
Newark 3 2 .600 1.0 W 3 5- 5
Lancaster 3 2 .600 1.0 W 1 6- 4
Atlantic Baseball League Standings
(For games through Tuesday, July 14th)
Blue Crabs Defeat York,
Sign Major League Vet Tucker
The York Revolution lost for the rst
time in the second half, falling 3-2 to the
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs on Tuesday
evening at Sovereign Bank Stadium. The
Revs, still off to their best start ever at 4-1,
will look to even the series on Wednesday
night at 7 p.m.
Spot starter Daryl Harang allowed just
one run in ve innings, on Rich Giannottis
third inning homer, his second of the year.
Harang scattered six hits and only walked
one.
Southern Maryland extended their lead
in the seventh, however, on Pat Osborns RBI
double down the third base line, and a sac y
from Jeremy Owens.
Blue Crabs starter Joe Gannon took a
shutout into the eighth, extending his score-
less streak to 13 innings. Josh Johnson led
off the eighth with a single on the rst pitch,
however, chasing Gannon. Carl Loadenthal
then singled up the middle against reliever
Matt Schweitzer, and Keoni DeRenne sac-
riced both into scoring position. P.J. Rose
was hit by a pitch to load the bases, and Tom
Collaro drew a bases loaded walk to get the
Revs on the board at 3-1. Schweitzer came
back to strike out both Matt Rogelstad and
Jason Aspito, however, to squelch the threat.
Matt Esquivel led off the ninth with a
single against closer Matt Hensley, again
bringing the tying run to the plate. Hensley
came back to strike out both Matt Padgett and
Johnson. Esquivel stole second on the latter
of the two, and scored on another knock up
the middle by Loadenthal, but Hensley came
back to strike out the side, fanning DeRenne
to end the game.
Gannon (7-9) improves to 6-1 in his ca-
reer against York (4-0 this season), and has
allowed one or no earned runs in six of his
seven starts against the Revs.
Harang (2-8) suffered the loss, despite
lowering his ERA to 4.35. He has allowed
just one earned run in his last 13 innings of
work.
The Blue Crabs also signed 12-year Ma-
jor League Veteran Michael Tucker, and he
joined the club for this weeks series at York.
The Blue Crabs will look to the power-
hitting Tucker to help replace some of the
offensive repower they have lost recently
with the departures of star rst baseman Eric
Crozier and shortstop Travis Garcia to the
Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners or-
ganizations, respectively.
In addition to his big bat, Tucker will
also provide defensive depth to the Blue
Crabs. In his 1,417 game Major League ca-
reer, Tucker spent at least 25 games at rst
base, second base, left eld, center eld, right
eld and designated hitter. His versatility
will be crucial down the stretch for manager
Butch Hobson and Southern Maryland as the
Blue Crabs try to capture their rst-ever At-
lantic League Championship crown.
Selected 10th overall by the Kansas City
Royals in the 1992 amateur draft, Tucker
reached the Major Leagues during the 1995
season. He spent the following 11 consecu-
tive seasons in the Majors, spending time
with the Royals, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati
Reds, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants,
Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets.
For his Major League career, Tucker
amassed 4,083 at-bats, 208 doubles, 49 tri-
ples, 125 home runs, 528 RBI, and 114 sto-
len bases. Tucker also reached the playoffs
three times, twice advancing to the National
League Championship Series -- with the At-
lanta Braves (1998) and the New York Mets
(2006).
NOTE: The Blue Crabs won the Liberty Division First Half Championship, securing a
spot in the Atlantic League playoffs this fall.
Shown here with the New York Mets in 2006,
former Major Leaguer Michael Tucker has
joined the Blue Crabs.
The County Times
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BLEACHERS
A View From The
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
By Ronald N. Guy Jr.
Contributing Writer
Barring an eleventh-hour
physical setback or change of heart,
it seems Brett Favre will return to
play quarterback this season for the
Minnesota Vikings.
This, of course, would be Fa-
vres second un-retirement. Favre
rst tearfully bid adieu to the NFL
and the Green Bay Packers after the
2007 season ended a game short of a
storybook Superbowl ending.
A few months later he wanted
his job back. Green Bay wasnt
feeling nostalgic and traded Favre
to Broadway where he played last
season with the New York Jets. Af-
ter fading down the stretch, Favre
retired, again. Sucker that I was, I
believed him that time.
An unemotional Favre seemed
resigned to the fact that age and
nagging injuries had caught up with
him, as it does with every athlete.
But after cutting grass at his Mis-
sissippi home for a few months and
weeks of wink, wink denials from
his agent and the Vikings, Favre is
on the cusp of another comeback.
Interestingly, despite his entertain-
ing play and Hall of Fame resume,
the prevailing attitude of most fans
and media toward Favre, take three,
is annoyance.
Personally, I think Favres rou-
tinely overrated on most lists of
the NFLs greatest QBs. Still, the
general irritation from NFL-nation
over his irtations with another
comeback is surprising. Yes, he has
proven to be a bit of a drama-king.
Unquestionably, this country boy
from Mississippi likes the spot-
light more than anyone would have
expected or he would like to admit.
Its even reasonable to say Favre is
a little selsh, isolating, and main-
tains an inated sense of his worth
to his employer. With that dirty
laundry aired, it is understandable
that Favres act has gone from en-
tertaining (with Green Bay), to stale
(with New York), to annoying (this
offseason). But in fairness to Favre,
at a fundamental level his wafing
is nothing more than an individu-
al, facing his careers end, wres-
tling with the 500-pound gorilla:
retirement.
We all like to complain about
work. The alarm goes off too early,
too often and days end much too
late. Its a stressful grind. Blah, blah,
blah. Yet work also provides valu-
able structure, makes us feel part of
something, enhances our self-worth
and offers an opportunity to devel-
op friendships and a professional
family. (Authors Note: and when
youre rearing young kids, it can
also be an oddly relaxing respite!)
Our work becomes part of our iden-
tity and contributes to the general
rhythm of our lives, a rhythm that
helps the days, weeks and years
roll by and keeps us hanging on. So
while we like to fuss and complain,
when it comes time to walk away,
retirement is a decision thats met
with much difculty.
For most people, retirement
comes at a ripe old age, so to
speak, and post-retirement em-
ployment options (such as retired
military or civil servant catching
on with local defense contractors
or small business owner gradually
transitioning duties to generation
next) help ease the transition to life
as a full-time golfer.
Conversely, careers for pro ath-
letes are shorter (Favre retired the
rst time at age 38), the ending is
often abrupt and there simply isnt
anything to replace life as an ac-
tive professional athlete. Compli-
cating Favres decision further is
hes still wanted. Maybe Favre was
ready to hang up the cleats, but the
Vikings called with an opportunity
and a bundle of cash. The thought
of more Favre makes many fans
and media cringe. They wanted that
nal memory of him in a Packers
uniform, legacy in tact whatever
that means. So if Brett Favre decides
at age 40 to lace em up again, the
line of critics will be long. I won-
der though, in Favres shoes, could
those critics turn a deaf ear to the
Vikings call, walk away from mil-
lions and perhaps a last chance to
hear the roar of an adoring crowd? I
doubt it, and neither can Favre. And
good for him, because sooner or lat-
er his phone will stop ringing, and
when it does, his tractor and lawn
will be waiting for him.
Send your comments to rguy-
[email protected].
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