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Do you believe the county’s recent de-
cision to add a limited amount of paid
paramedics to support volunteers will
lead to more paid rescue services?
“I believe it would, because
of economic growth,” said
Andrew James Steinfeld,
18, from Hollywood. “We
have villas on 235 and there
are more and more people
coming into the county. As
we have a larger population
we’re going to need a sta-
ble fre department, stable
police department … all
the things that are required
to keep people in line and
keep people healthy.”
“I think probably
we’re going to see
more paid services
replace the vol-
unteer system.
There just isn’t
as much activity
with the found-
ing families that
there used to be,”
said Joshua Wright-
son, 50, from Leonar-
dtown. “We’re going to
have to go to at least a partly
paid system. When you look at numbers in the Leon-
ardtown and Lexington Park area, it’s grown greater in
the last ten years than it’s ever been, so that will prob-
ably necessitate more paid positions.”
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The St. Mary’s County Planning Commis-
sion will hold a second public hearing as part of
the county’s six-year review of its Comprehen-
sive Plan on Monday, July 13, at Chopticon High
School beginning at 6:30 p.m.
About two dozen people spoke at the frst
hearing on June 22 in Lexington Park.
The Comprehensive Plan guides growth and
development of land and services in the county.
Once adopted, probably by the end of 2009, it
will serve as a guide for future zoning changes.
The draft plan is posted to the county’s Web
site at www.stmarysmd.com. Click on Land Use
and Growth Management under the Services
box, then click on Public Hearing documents.
Print copies are available for review at
the three county libraries (www.stmalib.org)
and at the county’s Public Information Offce
on the third foor of the Potomac Building in
Leonardtown.
CDs of the plan and print copies can be ob-
tained at the Land Use and Growth anagement
Department in the Patuxent Building on the
Governmental Center campus.
After accepting public comment, the Plan-
ning Commission may modify the plan prior to
transmitting it to the Board of County Commis-
sioners for a hearing to be held later this year be-
fore fnal approval.
The July 13 hearing will be videotaped and
broadcast several times on County Government
Channel 95 in July. Check the county’s Web site
for a schedule or call the Public Information Of-
fce at 301-475-4200, x1340.
Comprehensive Plan
Hearing Set for Monday
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most trips of less than 50 minutes!
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The state Critical Area Commission, which
oversees development along shorelines, was ex-
pected to vote Wednesday on a county zoning or-
dinance that allows wind turbines for electricity
production by residents.
Results of that vote were not available by
press time but an offcial with the county’s De-
partment of Land Use and Growth Management
said that the agency has been furnishing permits
in the meantime to residents who want to build
turbines within the required 100-foot buffer zone
along shorelines.
This is despite the state’s Critical Area Com-
mission’s ruling three months ago that placed a
90-day hold on the building of the turbines there
over concerns of clearing trees and erosion.
Harry Knight, the county’s land use permit
coordinator, said that the county has followed all
the current Critical Area guidelines for the per-
mitting of the turbines and that the Critical Area
Commission did not have any objections to the
county’s passing a text amendment to allow them
here earlier this year.
“We’ve been permitting them,” Knight told
The County Times. “I think we’re trusting that
the Critical Area Commission will come to the
conclusion we thought they’d already come to.
“We have not frozen our process.”
The state has not placed any injunctions as
a result of the permits, Knight said.
Two turbines have been approved so far, he
said.
Richard Johnson, of Valley Lee, was the
frst person in the county to get his permit for a
wind turbine, and he got it just before the state
commission put a hold on all turbine construc-
tion in the county.
Commissioner President Francis Jack Rus-
sell (D-St. George’s Island), who is the county’s
elected representative on the Critical Area Com-
mission in Annapolis, said that Wednesday’s
meeting of the commission should resolve the
situation.
“It’s taken longer than we’ve wanted … but
we’re probably coming to the end of it”, Russell
said.
The commission’s move three months ago
caused considerable consternation among county
leaders and those who wanted the wind turbines
on their property in the critical areas.
They were frustrated over the state’s appar-
ent push for clean, low impact sources of energy
being abated by bureaucratic forces that they
believed were dictating to the county what to do
with its own land.
Johnson said he plans to put up his wind
turbine, whether the state wants him to or not.
“I have a permit in hand that says I can
build,” Johnson, a local defense contractor said.
“If they try something I could probably sue
them.”
Critical Area Commission To Decide On Wind Turbine Ordinance
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The ADF Community Outreach Founda-
tion, which until now had been running bingo
operations in the ADF Bingo hall in Mechan-
icsville, plans to appeal a judge’s decision sup-
porting the denial of its application for a bingo
license.
“I’m really angry, and I’m disappointed,”
said Alice Gaskin, foundation president, at a
press conference Wednesday in Mechanicsville
following the Monday court ruling.
“What they denied was not my application,
but Sharon Modlin’s application from June of
2008,” she said.
The foundation leases space from Modlin,
owner of the ADF Bingo hall, a separate entity
which is currently under federal investigation.
Without an approved bingo license, the founda-
tion can no longer use the hall.
Gaskin said that she took over the running
of the foundation in 2008 and applied for a bingo
license then.
“They have yet to deny me my application
from Oct. 20, 2008, nor have they informed me
as to why,” she said.
Proceeds from the games help support
local charities. From 2004 to 2008 Catholic
schools received $5 million in proceeds from
bingo, and Shop With A Cop received $112,119
from bingo, Gaskin said.
“We’re not a bunch of thieving women try-
ing to rip these schools and these charities off,”
she said.
Bingo Group Plans To Appeal
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Arthur Shepherd

Running For: Commissioner, District 2
Party: Democrat
Address: Leonardtown
Age: 53
Past or current elected positions: None
Occupation: County Department of Recreation and Parks, recre
ation division manager
Reasons for Running: “It’s a good opportunity to provide some
leadership. We need strong leaders to manage growth yet maintain the quality of life in St.
Mary’s County. We have a lot of challenges ahead of us.”
Contact Information: Home 301-997-1741
Kenneth “Kenny” Dement

Running For: Commissioner, District 1
Party: Republican
Address: Tall Timbers
Age: 74
Past or current elected positions: Two terms District 1
commissioner; Democratic Central Committee (1970-1986)
Occupation: Retired school bus driver and trainer
Reasons for Running: “I’m not running against anyone, I’m
running for the job. I’m a people’s commissioner and I would like to
continue another four years. I continue to be honest, to listen, use common sense and make con-
servative decisions, and I continue to represent St. Mary’s County, the citizens and all parties.”
Contact Information: Offce 301-475-4200 ext. 1353; Home 301-994-0361; Cell 240-298-
1665.
Richard Johnson

Running For: Commissioner, District 1
Party: Republican
Address: Valley Lee
Age: 46
Past or current elected positions: None
Occupation: Electrical engineer with defense contractor
Reasons for Running: “I plan to bring back fscal responsibility
to government We are all feeling the fscal pinch of this economy
and adjusting our lives at home, so why doesn’t our local govern-
ment? I want to lower the tax burden on the good people of Saint Mary’s. Tax and spend is an easy
thing to do but is not the answer.”
Contact Information: Cell 240-538-6536
Kenneth F. Boothe

Running For: At large for president of Board of County
Commissioners
Party: Republican
Address: Great Mills
Age: 64
Past or current elected positions: None
Occupation: Farmer
Reasons for Running: “I’m concerned about the rural character
of the county. I feel as though our rural character has been diminished
by the activities of our county commissioners (not protecting property rights and liberties).”
Contact Information: Home 301-994-1142; Cell 301-247-0608
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After 28 years representing Maryland
in Congress, Rep. Steny Hoyer, told the Lex-
ington Park Rotary Club on Monday that the
days of Congress’ reckless spending with no
thought to the future are over.
“Let me say something politicians don’t
like to say: It was easy for a long period of
time. I’ve been in Congress since 1981, and for
most of those years, we bought but didn’t pay,
and everybody loved it,” Hoyer said. “Just like
your credit card. You go into the store take out
your credit card, getting something you really
like and putting it on the charge account. The
problem is somebody’s got to pay it at some
point in time.”
Hoyer said the country is at a “critical
time, fscally,” and President Barack Obama
took over at one of the toughest times in the
nation’s history.
“We’re going to pay for whatever we do,
we’re not going to borrow money,” Hoyer said
of Obama’s new health care plans. “Or I’m not
going to support it.”
“In the long run we’re going to save mon-
ey with our health care plan,” he said. “In the
short run that may not be the case.”
Before the Rotary Club’s weekly meeting
wrapped up, members presented Hoyer with
the Paul Harris Fellowship Award, and said
$1,000 will be donated in his name to the Ro-
tary Foundation.
Hoyer: Fun Times in Congress Are Over
The 2010 gubernatorial races offcially started
Monday – the frst day to fle – with four candidates
fling to run for county commissioner in St. Mary’s
County. Other candidates have a year to fle before
the primary on Sept. 14, 2010, and the general elec-
tion on Nov. 2, 2010.
Four Candidates File
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The Mattaponi Bow and Black Powder
Club, a group of state certifed hunter safety in-
structors , says it wants a chance to manage 85
acres of land at the Elms property near Damer-
on after state Department of Natural Resources
Secretary John Griffn told county offcials
recently that his agency was not interested in
overseeing hunting there.
Steve Riley, a pro-hunting member of the
Elms Advisory Committee, which oversees
the use of 476 acres the county leases from the
state, said that the group had the ability to man-
age the site effectively.
“Now we’ve got people who have the cre-
dentials,” Riley said. “They really want to do
this.”
Brian Malpasso, spokesman for the group,
said that they were ready for the task and had
handled land leases before.
“We’re just a group of hunter safety in-
structors,” said Malpasso. “We’ve done leas-
es… we have a fawless record, there’s never
been a problem.”
Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great
Mills) said that the county, schools and hunters
had worked out a compromise, only to be dis-
missed by the state.
He said the private group’s proposal had
merit.
“We need to explore that possibility,” Raley
said. “I was very, very disappointed with Secre-
tary Griffn’s turning down the compromise.
“I’m just totally frustrated. They just blew
us off.”
The controversy surrounding the Elms
property started earlier this year when hunters
came forward complaining that the Elms Ad-
visory Committee, with the aid of the public
school system and the Department of Natu-
ral Resources, had expanded the safety zone
around the environmental center, which hosts
several thousand children a year, to effectively
push sportsmen off the property.
County commissioners were disturbed by
the events taking place at the site because they
were to have the fnal word on land usage since
they were leasing the property.
They directed county staff to work with the
school system to come up with a compromise,
which resulted in a proposed 85-acre tract far
away from the environmental center run by the
school system that only allowed bow hunting.
The only catch was that DNR offcials
would have to agree to manage the hunting,
which they recently declined to do.
Still, advocates like Riley continued to
press the issue and began looking for groups
who would step in for DNR.
Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-
Golden Beach), who had proposed that about
200 acres be set aside for hunters there, said he
would back a proposal for bringing on a private
group.
“At least there was a volunteer group out
there,” Jarboe said, who added he would sup-
port Raley in the matter. “Maybe we can get a
third vote.”
Hunter Safety Instructors Want
To Manage Elms Land
Hoyer speaking Monday at the Lexington Park Rotary Club meeting.
Photo by Sean Rice
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Officials with the county’s economic develop-
ment and land use planning departments will make a
presentation to the Leonardtown town council Mon-
day about the projected growth that is set to hit the
two main development districts in the county, one of
them being the Leonardtown area.
The presentation is designed to start a dialogue
about how the town and county can better work to-
gether to manage growth, said Bob Schaller, director
of the county’s Department of Economic and Com-
munity Development.
“They don’t have a lot of space, so they need to
think about where to put things,” said Schaller Tues-
day about Leonardtown. “Their challenge is where
to grow and how to grow.”
Schaller said that Leonardtown’s downtown de-
velopment has been a bona fide success story and
that managing future success was critical to the rest
of the county, since the waterfront town was quickly
becoming a main attraction for tourists.
“It’s increasingly becoming the draw for the
county, outside of jobs, as a neat downtown,”
Schaller said.
Maryland Department of Planning projections
for 2005-2010 show that St. Mary’s County will have
the fastest growing labor force in the state, Schaller
said, and the county is behind only Kent County in
overall rate of growth.
The bulk of that is due to the presence of
the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River.
“Those jobs are coming and bring-
ing population,” Schaller said, which
means the county will have to bring
in extra retail stores to support
that.
Schaller said that big box re-
tailers would likely not be the
best fit for Leonardtown, but
instead businesses that match
its motif, including specialty
shops such as bakeries.
Town Administrator
Laschelle McKay said that
the town is already involved
in updating its own compre-
hensive development plans,
much the same as the coun-
ty, and that some of what the
county would be suggesting
is already taking place.
But the county’s infor-
mation would be of keen in-
terest to town government,
she said.
“I think there’s going to
be a lot of dialogue on Mon-
day,” McKay said.
Town, County May Coordinate More
Closely On Development
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Town Mayor J. Harry Norris said that the major issues confronting Leon-
ardtown are planning and land-use issues, especially since the county and state
are predicting growth in the area over the next several years.
The town is four to fve months away from adopting its own comprehensive
plan on land use, Norris said, and the county is already seeking to work more close-
ly with how retail and population growth will change the small town.
The key to the town’s success so far, Norris said, has been its adherence to the
state’s Smart Growth principles espoused about 15 years ago by then Gov. Parris N.
Glendening.
Those precepts eschew sprawl and seek to make communities and places of
work more tightly knit.
“It’s live where you work,” Norris said, adding that the town’s compact nature
lent itself to the Smart Growth precepts. “I think the town is better prepared for that
kind of growth.”
But the town still faces the challenge of commercial sprawl on its two main
roads, Route 5 and Hollywood Leonardtown Road, Norris said.
Still, Norris said, planners from the state have always been cooperative with
the town and never forceful, though some politicians regionally are worried that the
state has taken too many steps to control growth in counties and towns.
“That’s never affected us,” Norris said. “They’ve never over run us; they’ve
never told us what to do.”
Mayor Says Town
Keeping With Smart
Growth Principles
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BALTIMORE (AP) - The polluted waters of
the Chesapeake Bay are harboring bacteria that’s
posing an increasing health risk to humans, a bay
watchdog group warned Tuesday in a report that
criticizes federal environmental regulators.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation noted in-
creases in Virginia and Maryland of the number
of infections from the saltwater bacteria known
as Vibrio, some varieties of which can cause life-
threatening skin and blood infections and intestinal
illnesses.
The report faulted the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency for failing to clean up the bay as re-
quired under the federal Clean Water Act.
“The thought that you can’t swim in the Ches-
apeake Bay because you may contract a disease or
a bacterial infection, that’s outrageous, especially
if the laws aren’t being enforced,” foundation presi-
dent William C. Baker said.
President Barack Obama called the Chesa-
peake “a national treasure” in a May executive
order that put the federal government in charge of
cleanup efforts that previously were led by states.
Jeffrey Lape, director of the EPA’s Chesa-
peake Bay Program, did not dispute that the agency
has fallen short of its cleanup goals.
“We’re on clear record of acknowledging that
much more needs to be done to restore the bay,”
Lape said. “I think we’re trending in the right
direction. We just still have some challenges to
address.”
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation report also
noted that Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia
issued 76 no-swimming advisories and beach clo-
sures last year because of unhealthy bacteria levels,
typically after signifcant rainfall.
Health offcials in Virginia reported 30 infec-
tions from Vibrio bacteria last year, up from 12 in
1999, the report said. Reported cases also rose in
Maryland, but a change in reporting requirements
may have contributed to the increase.
Rising water temperatures and nutrient pollu-
tion are fueling algae blooms that allow bacteria to
thrive in the bay, according to scientists quoted in
the report.
Watermen have long been aware of the dan-
gers posed by bacteria, but in recent years, swim-
mers and casual boaters have also suffered serious
infections, the report found.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation interviewed
a boater from Newport News, Va., who was hospi-
talized last year after contracting a Vibrio infection
from a small cut on his thumb. A retired printer
was hospitalized in 2005 and was “on the verge of
death” after a cut on his leg became infected while
swimming in Maryland’s Severn River with his
grandson, according to the report.
“The thought that it could happen to a grand-
father or someone coming into casual contact,
playing with their kids, was surprising to us,” Bak-
er said. “I think it’s going to be surprising to a lot
of people.”
Lape said the bay is no less safe to humans
now than it was a decade or two ago, although he
acknowledged that the EPA and other agencies
have made little progress on reducing pollution
from stormwater. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
should be applauded for bringing concerns about
water quality to the public’s attention, he said.
“This report provides very good anecdotal ex-
amples of the serious concerns that can be caused
by water quality,” Lape said.
Report: Bay Spawning More
Dangerous Bacteria
ANNAPOLIS (AP) - A former Baltimore
County political science teacher plans to run for
governor.
Ralph Jaffe says he will fle as a candidate
on Tuesday and run on a platform of ``getting
money out of politics’’ while bringing ethics to
government.
The 67-year-old Pikesville resident de-
scribes himself as a conservative Democrat who
feels “the less government we have, the better off
we are.”
The Baltimore native is a 1959 graduate of
Forest Park High School and earned a bachelor’s
degree at the University of Maryland, College
Park. He taught in the Baltimore County public
schools from 1964 to 1972 and later taught at
Baltimore-area private schools.
Jaffe says if he’s elected, he would serve
only one term.
Former Teacher Plans Run For Governor
GREENBELT (AP) - The bankrupt owner
of Rosecroft Raceway is suing the Maryland
Jockey Club, the Maryland Thoroughbred
Horsemen’s Association and 15 other defendants
for $20 million.
The suit fled Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy
Court claims that the defendants are interfering
with Rosecroft’s simulcast agreements with out-
of-state tracks.
Rosecroft was a harness racing track before
it stopped live racing last year. Now, simulcast
betting is the only form of gambling revenue for
the Fort Washington track.
Rosecroft struck a deal with the defendants
in 2006 to simulcast races from tracks owned by
Louisville, Ky.-based Churchill Downs Inc. and
Ontario-based Magna Entertainment Corp. But
the racing commission voted this spring to shut
off Rosecroft’s simulcast signals because Clover-
leaf refused to pay a $5.9 million annual rights
fee to the Maryland Jockey Club.
Rosecroft Owner Sues Over Simulcast Deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maryland Gov.
Martin O’Malley says the state should prob-
ably “respect” the rights granted by same-sex
marriages in other states.
Speaking on WTOP’s “Ask the Gover-
nor” program Monday, O’Malley, a Demo-
crat, said it would be diffcult to deny rights
granted by a government.
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F.
Gansler is looking into whether the state can
recognize same-sex marriages performed in
other states. His offce plans to issue an opin-
ion in the coming weeks.
O’Malley is waiting for that opinion. “If
the law allows that, then that’s what we will
do,” he said.
O’Malley: We Should Honor Other States’
Same-Sex Marriages
Thursday, July 9, 2009 8
The County Times
To The Editor:
No One Is Beyond God’s Salvation
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The St. Mary’s County Community Development Corporation, Inc., as a sub-recipient to
the Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, announces its intention to submit an
application for Maryland’s State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2010 Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Program. A public hearing to discuss the application will be held on Thursday, July 16 at
6:00 p.m. in the 2nd foor multi-purpose room of The Gateways located at 21155 Lexwood Drive,
Lexington Park, Maryland. All interested citizens and agency representatives are encouraged to
attend to express their views regarding community development needs in St. Mary's County, and
to review a draft of the application for the Besche Mobil Station Acquisition Project.
Citizens will be furnished with information including but not limited to:
• the amount of CDBG funds expected to be made available for the current fscal year;
• the range of activities that may be undertaken with CDBG funds;
• the estimated amount of the CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will
meet the national objective of beneft to low and moderate income persons; and
• proposed CDBG activities likely to result in displacement if applicable and the unit
of general local government's anti-displacement and relocation plans required under 24 CFR
42.325.
The Maryland Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is a federally
sponsored program designed to assist units of general local government with activities directed
toward neighborhood and housing revitalization, economic development, and improved com-
munity facilities and services.
Maryland's CDBG Program is administered by the Department of Housing and Community
Development (DHCD), in close cooperation with the Department of Business and Economic
Development (DBED).
The Maryland CDBG Program refects the State's economic and community development
priorities and provides public funds for activities which meet one of the following national objec-
tives, in accordance with the Housing Community Development Act of 1974, as amended:
1. give maximum feasible priority to activities which will beneft low and moderate in-
come persons and households having an income equal to or less than the Section 8 lower income
limits established by HUD;
2. aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight;
3. meet other community development needs of an urgent nature, or that are an immedi-
ate threat to community health and welfare.
The State of Maryland's allocation of federal funds for the State fscal year 2009 is estimated
to be $7,932,564.
Public transportation is available through the County’s STS bus system services. Efforts
will be made to accommodate the disabled and non-English speaking residents with 5 days’ ad-
vance notice to Toni Harris at 240-725-5786 or the Maryland Relay Service at: 1-800-735-2258
(V/TTY). The Gateways is fully accessible.

State Senator Roy Dyson recently sent a letter to the St. Mary’s County Commis-
sioners asking them to relocate the county’s voting machines to a storage facility closer
to his offce. The county’s voting machines were at one time stored at the Leonardtown
Library in a room that was used as a fring range while occupied by the National Guard.
As the library has continued to grow over the years, the machines were relocated to an-
other county owned building to allow the library to capture additional space.
Dyson would now like to see the stored machines moved from a space which the
taxpayers currently own to a space which the taxpayers would lease at approximately
$120,000 per year. Dyson has no recommendation for what the vacant taxpayer owned
space would be used for.
The taxpayers of St. Mary’s County own a signifcant amount of property and build-
ings, some fully utilized, others not so much. In 2005 a new Carver Elementary School
was constructed on Great Mills Road to replace the existing Carver Elementary School
which was located across the road from Patuxent River Naval Air Base, on Route 235
between the base main gate and gate 3, the south gate. The existing school, while in good
repair and updated, was located in the Navy’s fight zone for planes coming into PAX
River. The county in its ongoing efforts to protect the air space for PAX River decided
to relocate Carver to a new facility outside the fight zone.
The primary concern was not so much the safety of the children because the Navy
has a superior record when it comes to the safety of the community. The concern was for
the noise from the jets fying low above the school as they were coming in to land at the
base. Classes were often interrupted and students were distracted from their studies.
When the existing school was vacated the taxpayers were left with a good facility
that would no longer be used for its original purpose. The County Commissioners who
were in offce at the time decided to utilize the space for a variety of purposes. The for-
mer school had a large gym and associated areas which the commissioners decided to
utilize to provide the community with a much needed indoor recreational facility. Much
of the facility was turned over to Recreation and Parks to use for sports programs as well
as other community services such as Boys and Girls Club, senior activities and other
programs.
The commissioners also planned to locate a sheriff’s department substation to re-
place space the county was leasing in the St. Mary’s Square Shopping Center. The bal-
ance of space in the former school was used to provide storage for the county’s archives
and the county’s voting machines.
Dyson, in his reasoning for wanting the taxpayers to ante up $120,000 a year for stor-
age space they don’t need cites an “unsafe neighborhood”. While we strongly disagree
with Dyson’s characterization of the neighborhood adjacent to PAX River Naval Base,
we are left wondering why Dyson is so concerned about the safety of stored machines
yet has never raised concern about the safety of children attending school at Carver, or
children, adults, seniors, mothers and families who daily visit the former school for com-
munity activities. Protect the machines, damn the children and their families.
Additionally, what has Dyson done in his political career that extends for the past 30
years to rid the area of what he perceives as an unsafe neighborhood? You would think
that if Dyson believes there exists such a danger to our community he would clean it up,
especially since the neighborhood sits adjacent to our primary employer, the lifeline to
our community.
Dyson has acquired a spend, spend, spend mentality from his many years in An-
napolis where they never seem to have enough of your money. His liberal voting record
over the past several years has earned him high marks from the liberal tax and spend
socialist group called “Progressive Maryland”. With a rating of 83% out of 100% Dyson
is only eclipsed locally by his brother-in-law Delegate John Bohanan who scored 92%.
Even the liberal Senator from Charles County, Thomas Middleton scored less liberal
than Dyson at 65%.
And this is uncharted territory for Dyson, rarely does he offer a policy initiative,
rarely does Dyson bring ideas to the table. Dyson has made a career staying under the
radar until ideas are vented and public reaction is in. Then he takes credit for things
people seem to like and blames others for things people don’t seem to like. Not long ago,
a former Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee was asked if he could name
one thing that Dyson has done for St. Mary’s County. After much thought the former
Chairman stated one thing, Dyson had called a local judge on his behalf to get him off on
a traffc violation. St. Mary’s was certainly better off with the Chairman driving around
breaking the law.
While the county may be in need of leadership we suggest Dyson might be better to
stick with what got him here, it has worked well, for him.
Dyson Steps Out Of Comfort Zone, Recklessly
Tragically and sadly, the week of June 21,
2009, marked the deaths of Ed McMahon, Farrah
Fawcett, nine Washington Metro passengers and
Michael Jackson.
The media had this to say regarding their
passing.
On the “O’Reilly Factor,” when discuss-
ing the passing of the longtime entertainer, the
astoundingly witty and comedic Dennis Miller
quipped that he (Miller) didn’t know who was sit-
ting at the right hand of the Father but that they’d
better move or vacate as the big guy’s now on the
scene.
After Fawcett succumbed to the ravages of
cancer, Ryan O’Neal said of the star’s demise –
she’s now become one of Heaven’s angels.
At the scene of the horrifc wreck of two
Washington Metro trains was a man of the cloth,
who obviously overwhelmed with concern and
grief was desirous to assist as best as possible.
During an on- camera interview concerning
those whose lives were tragically and unexpect-
edly snuffed out, he said he had prayed for their
souls.
The untimely loss of America’s King of Pop
elicited the following remarks and call for a mo-
ment of silence on the foor of the Capitol from
an Illinois representative and son of a world re-
nown Baptist minister: “If there is a God – and I
believe there is – and that God distributes grace
and mercy and talent to all of his children, on
Aug. 29, 1958, he visited Gary, Ind., and touched
a young man with an abundance of his blessings.
With that gift, that young man, would touch and
change the world.”
Our Holy Bible declares that the eternal state
of all human beings is entirely dependent upon
God Almighty. It is solely based upon how an in-
dividual responds to The Creator’s Plan of Salva-
tion; the Plan wrought in His only begotten Son,
Jesus Christ, The Lord. It is not a church plan, a
denomination plan, a religious plan, nor the plan
of some famous man, but rather a most gracious
offer of forgiveness of all sin(s) via His perfect
plan while one is yet in this life.
By God’s Grace, may each of us choose to
accept his free gift of eternal salvation by posi-
tively responding to the Good News of the Gos-
pel of Jesus Christ. God’s offer is yet available to
you and me, and no man or woman, boy or girl is
beyond salvation. No one is too bad to receive it
and no one so good as to not need it. May each of
us be acutely aware that we are but one heartbeat
from eternity and thus be mindful to repent and
receive Christ today.
“For the time will come when they will not
endure sound Doctrine; but after their own lusts
shall they heap to themselves teachers, having
itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears
from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” –
II Timothy 4, vs. 3-4.
Chester M. Seaborn Jr.
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In 1966, John Philip Greenwell, Jr. (1895
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Southern Maryland estate. Mr. Greenwell was
a true visionary. Long before the Americans
with Disabilities Act, when many individuals
with disabilities were institutionalized, he en-
visioned a place where people with disabilities
could come and experience the beauty of na-
ture and the joy of outdoor recreation, just like
anyone else. He donated his land to the state
of Maryland on the condition that everything
in the park be accessible and inclusive.
The state later purchased and an-
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property. Today, the park is man-
aged in partnership with the Green-
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more than two miles of public ac-
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abundant fora and fauna. The Foundation
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special events. Greenwell is also home to
historic Rosedale Manor, a fully-equipped
17-bed lodge, and a pavilion with grills and
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As stewards of Mr. Greenwell’s vision,
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removing the physical, mental, and philo-
sophical barriers so that everyone can
truly participate, not just attend.
Greenwell is not a place for people
with disabilities. It is a place where
a person’s disability is simply part
of who they are.
Greenwell State Park was
featured last week in the County
Times as the third site visited by
“Flat Sneaks”, the St. Mary’s County Li-
brary’s summer reading mascot, as part of the
“Where’s Flat Sneaks?” contest. The weekly
contest is sponsored by The County Times
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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.
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enth annual Business Awards Luncheon.
• Alexander Chiropractic Center: Bea-
con Award
The award is presented to a business with
fewer than 15 employees that has demonstrated
growth through quality service while building
a reputation of community involvement and
professionalism.
Following his 1997 graduation as a Doc-
tor of Chiropractic, Daniel Alexander began
his professional career. Financial institutions
were reluctant to provide the necessary capi-
tal, but with the help of family and friends, the
frst Alexander Chiropractic offce opened in
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2001 he opened a second offce on Three Notch
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The vision of this business is to have a
wellness center that treats conditions from
severe trauma to everyday wellness and pre-
ventative care. The goal is to have people look
at health from a holistic wellness aspect rather
than waiting until a problem is severe.
• Community Bank of Tri-County:
Lighthouse Award
The award recognizes a company for its
entrepreneurial spirit, growth, professional-
ism and commitment to the community. Based
in Waldorf, the bank 10 branches in Southern
Maryland and employs 135 people.
It was founded in1950 by Leo Middle-
ton, an accountant in Charles County, who
joined with other business leaders and opened
Tri-County Building and Loan in Waldorf.
(The current president and CEO is Michael
Middleton.)
In 1959 the bank converted to a mutual
thrift, became FDIC insured and changed its
name to Tri-County Federal Savings & Loan.
In 1961 it opened its frst stand-alone
branch in Leonardtown, and opened the Lex-
ington Park branch 11 years later. The bank
went public in 1986 and changed its name
to Tri-County Federal Savings Bank. The
Dunkirk Branch opened in 1991, followed by
La Plata, Bryans Road and St. Patrick’s; Prince
Frederick was added in 2005, and Lusby and
the new Leonardtown offce opened in 2008.
The current name of Community Bank
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1997 to convert to a state-chartered Federal
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Clarifcation
A story about St. Mary’s Square in the July 2 edition of the County Times incorrectly stated
the source of funds for water and sewer improvements in the area. The improvements are being
fnanced through the State of Maryland, the Board of County Commissioners and METCOM.
The Community Development Corporation has been instrumental in securing the state and coun-
ty’s commitment to fnance the improvements as part of its charge to implement a strategic plan
for the revitalization of the core area of Lexington Park.
The St. Mary’s Hospital Marketing
and Public Relations Department recently
won three awards for its smoke-free mar-
keting and development materials.
The department won a gold award
under the special events category for its
smoke-free marketing materials – “We’re
Smoke-Free Because We CARE” – in the
2009 National Aster Awards. The hospi-
tal also won a gold award under the pro-
fessional recruitment category for its de-
velopment materials. The Aster Awards
program is an elite competition recogniz-
ing the nation’s most talented health care
marketing professionals for outstanding
excellence in advertising.
“I’m so proud of this marketing team
and the quality materials they create,” said
Holly Meyer, director of the Marketing and
Public Relations Department. “Commu-
nication to our employees, physicians, pa-
tients and community is better understood
and received when the writing and design
is clear, expressive and appealing.”
The smoke-free campaign also won
a merit award in the 26th Annual Health-
care Marketing Advertising Awards Com-
petition in the special events category
from Healthcare Marketing Report. More
than 3,600 entries were received in this
year’s competition. This health care ad-
vertising awards competition is the old-
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The awards are sponsored by Healthcare
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covering all aspects of health care mar-
keting, advertising and strategic business
development.
The Marketing and Public Relations
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after spending 48 hours in the Alaskan mountains learning how to navigate through the rugged terrain and sur-
vive the frigid conditions. The 28-day cold-weather training course taught in Kodiak is part of a yearlong process
to become a U.S. Navy SEAL.
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By Virginia Terhune
Staff Writer
Navy SEALs still do what they did when
they frst started doing underwater demolition
during World War II and became known as frog-
men. Early in the Iraq war, they moved in at
night and secured oil platforms without a lot of
publicity about it.
“If that had not happened and they allowed
the sabotage of those platforms, there would
have been unbelievable economic and envi-
ronmental disaster,” said former Navy captain
Steve Gilmore at a breakfast briefng hosted by
the Patuxent Partnership at the Southern Mary-
land Higher Education Center in California
Wednesday.
Gilmore, who few in from San Diego where
the SEALs are based, is currently executive as-
sistant to the commander of the Navy Special
Warfare Command.
However, the SEALs’ mission is changing
as the nation’s military shifts its focus from direct
military action in the fght against terrorism to
working more with local people to forge allianc-
es and build schools and other infrastructure.
“That’s changing as the fght changes,” said
fellow speaker Dan’l Steward, a former SEAL
commanding offcer who currently works in
strategic planning for Navy Special Warfare an-
ticipating future challenges.
What if, for example, the global networks
of terrorists, drug dealers and human traffckers
joined forces?
Or, what will the shorelines of oceans and
rivers look like decades from now in an ear of
global warming and rising seas, and how would
the changes affect landing operations, espe-
cially when 80 percent of the world’s population
lives within 200 miles of the ocean?
A relatively small force, the SEALS total
about 2,400 people, not including about 1,200
reservists. It takes two years to train a SEAL,
and the force recruist about 250 young men a
year.
At any one time, two of eight teams are de-
ployed somewhere in the world, Gilmore said.
The SEALs also need intelligence techni-
cians and support people, and as part of devel-
oping more awareness of other cultures, they
are also enlisting help from foreign language
speakers.
Gilmore said more about the SEALs can
be found in an article titled “Inside Special Ops:
Naval Special Warfare Adaptable to the Fight,”
in the July issue of Proceedings published by
the U.S. Naval Institute.
Based in Lexington Park, the Patuxent
Partnership is an economic development group
that includes many of the defense contractors
working with Patuxent Naval Air Station Patux-
ent River.
On Aug. 19 the group is hosting a talk
about acquisition reform. For more information,
go to www.paxpartnership.org.

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Robert Michael Bennett, 44
Robert Michael Bennett,
44, of Abell, MD, passed away
on July 4, 2009 at St. Mary’s
Hospital.
Born December 20, 1964
in Cheverly, MD, he was the
son of Hubert “Ben” Bennett
of Abell, MD and the late
Lydia Faunce Bennett.
He was a graduate of
Chopticon High School and
was a skilled brick mason.
Rob was a free spirit and en-
joyed life to the fullest, and
will be greatly missed by all.
In addition to his father,
Rob is survived by his brother
Jeffrey Bennett and his wife
Stephanie of California, MD;
a nephew and niece Evan and
Kyleigh, and his son Chris
Kemp of Leonardtown, MD.
Family will receive
friends for Rob’s Life Cel-
ebration on Friday, July 10,
2009 from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00
PM at the Brinsfield Funeral
Home in Leonardtown, MD.
Memorial Contributions
may be made to the Seventh
District Rescue Squad, P.O.
Box 7, Avenue, MD 20609.
Condolences to the fam-
ily may be made at www.
brinsfieldfuneral.com. Ar-
rangements by the Brinsfield
Funeral Home, P.A., Leonar-
dtown, MD.
Margaret Ann (Ramsey)
Cole, 67
Margaret Ann (Ramsey)
Cole, 67 of Prince Frederick,
MD passed away on Sunday,
June 28, 2009 at Calvert Me-
morial Hospital. She was born
and raised in Calvert County.
Margaret was a wonder-
ful and caring fiancé, wife,
mother, sister and friend and
she will be missed dearly. She
was preceded in death by her
husband Richard (Dick) Cole
and sister Betty Cochrane.
She is survived by her
Fiancé Ralph Buckmaster,
sons William (Billy) Cole
wife Belinda, Walter (Ray)
Cole wife Annette, John
Wayne Cole wife Kristy and
daughter-in-law Susan Cole,
grandchildren Christopher,
Mikayla, Tori, Brianna and
John Jr., Brother Mansfield
(James) Gott of Florida, Mary
Stinnett of Huntingtown and
Shirley May Smith of Prince
Frederick and many nieces
and nephews.
The family received
friends at Rausch Funeral
Home 4405 Broomes Is-
land Road Port Republic on
Wednesday July 1, 2009 from
6 to 8 PM where services
were held at 11:00. Interment
followed at Emmanuel United
Methodist Church, 1250 Em-
manuel Church Road Hun-
tingtown, Md. Memorial con-
tributions may be made to the
ICU Unit at Calvert Memorial
Hospital.
Joseph Lenox “JL” Dean,
71
Joseph Lenox “JL” Dean,
71, of Clements, MD died on
July 5, 2009 at his residence.
Born October 8, 1937 in Dy-
nard, MD, he was the son of
the late James Levi and Agnes
Loretta Hall Dean. He was
the loving husband of Shirley
Ann Dean whom he married
in 1960 at Immaculate Con-
ception Church in Mechan-
icsville, MD. He is survived
by his children; Donna D.
Cooper of Lusby, MD and
Joseph Michael Dean of Me-
chanicsville, MD as well as
his siblings Sue Gibson (Jim)
of Bushwood, MD, Sylvia
Lacey of Chaptico, MD and
Bert Dean (Carole) of Bush-
wood, MD and his grand-
children; Jessica M. Nelson
(Scotty), Dean P. Cooper, Jo-
seph M. Dean II and Victoria
M. Dean. He was preceded in
death by his brother Aloysius
Dean. A lifelong resident of
St. Mary’s County, Lenox at-
tended St. Mary’s Academy
and worked in the automobile
industry as a service manager
for 25 years (Guy Chevrolet
in Clements, Barnes Chevro-
let in La Plata and Standard
Pontiac in College Park). He
became the owner/manager
of JL’s Shell in Clements, MD
from 1982 until he retired in
December of 1999. He loved
the stock market, Redskins,
NASCAR, working crossword
puzzles, surfing the web on
his laptop computer and Sun-
day dinners with his children
and grandchildren.
The family received
friends on Wednesday, July
8, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 PM
in the Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home, Leonardtown,
MD where prayers were said
at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Chris-
tian Burial will be celebrated
on Thursday, July 9, 2009 at
10:00 AM in Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, Bushwood,
MD with Fr. Timothy Baer of-
ficiating. Interment will fol-
low in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dean P.
Cooper, Michael Dean II, Ja-
mie Dean, J.D. Lacey, Alan
Dean and Bobby Anderson.
Contributions may be made to
7
th
District Volunteer Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 7, Avenue,
MD 20609 and/or Hospice
of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625,
Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Condolences to the family
may be made to www.mgf h.
com. Arrangements provided
by the Mattingley-Gardiner
Funeral Home, P.A.
Joseph “Fatman” William
Harris, 61
Joseph “Fatman” Wil-
liam Harris, 61, was called to
eternal rest on Thursday, July
2, 2009 at his home in Oxon
Hill, MD, after battling with
an aneurysm that paralyzed
his whole body. God saw fit
that he wasn’t ready for Joseph
and extended his life several
more months to a point where
Joseph was able to walk, talk
and return to work.
“Fatman” was born Janu-
ary 21, 1948 in Leonardtown,
MD to Eugene Harris and
Annette Ford. “Fatman” re-
ceived his education through
the public school system. He
was drafted into the Army
where he specialized in artil-
lery. After serving his coun-
try, he was employed by the
United States Government lo-
cated at Patuxent River Naval
Air Station where he worked
in communications. Several
years later his career change
carried him to the Pentagon
where he would serve his last
years.
“Fatman” enjoyed base-
ball, fishing, singing, playing
cards and playing horseshoes
whenever he could with his
relatives and friends. He was
one of the Ridge Cardinals
softball pitchers. He just en-
joyed himself no matter where
he was. Most people were un-
aware that Joseph attended
DJ school and was well on his
way to following his passion
until he received a letter
from Uncle Sam and the first
word was “Greetings”.
Joseph was preceded in
death by his parents; Annette
Ford and Eugene Harris and
one brother, Lloyd Ford, Jr.
He leaves to cherish his
memories, son Joseph W.
Harris, Jr., grandson; Joseph
Thomas Harris both of Lex-
ington Park, MD, brother;
Thomas E. Chase, (Mary
“Vivian”) of Waldorf, MD,
sisters; Maxine Giles of Up-
per Marlboro, MD and Ernes-
tine Henderson of St. Inigoes,
MD, a special niece Vantoria
Johns (Brian) and a host of
relatives and friends.
Family received friends
on Wednesday, July 8, 2009
from 8:30am to 10:00am at St.
Peter Claver Catholic Church,
St. Inigoes, MD, where a
Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated at 10:00am with
Father Timothy Baer offici-
ating. Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brins-
fieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements provided by
the Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Joseph Donald “Donnie”
Hayden, Jr. 71
Joseph Donald “Donnie”
Hayden, Jr. 71 of Valley Lee,
MD, died June 30, 2009 at St.
Mary’s Hospital, surrounded
by his family.
Born January 11, 1938 in
Great Mills, he was the son
of the late Joseph Donald
Hayden, Sr. and Catherine
Rosalie Hayden.
He is survived by his
wife of 45 years, Nancy Ma-
rie Hayden. He was the fa-
ther of four children; Donna
M. Roenigk, (Kevin), Laura
A. Hewitt, (Paul), Michael A.
Hayden, (Daria) and David A.
Hayden, (Teresa) all of Valley
Lee, MD. He was the grand-
father of nine; Justin Hayden,
(Misti), Kyle, Tyler and Don-
ald J. Hayden, Amanda and
Jason Hayden and Paul, Jo-
sephine and Joshua Hewitt,
step-grandfather of Lee
Grimes, (Crystal), Sherri Wat-
kins, (DJ) and Donna Grimes.
He was the step-great-grand-
father of Kylie and Morgan
Watkins, also survived by his
sister, Mary Rose Flaherty,
(William).
He was a lifelong resident
of St. Mary’s County, he loved
farming and doing carpentry
work. He was an excellent
craftsman. He loved being on
his tractor working his farm,
he also enjoyed cutting grass
with his grandson Jason at St.
George Catholic Church. He
could always come up with an
ingenious and unique solution
to any problem. He loved his
wife and family very much
and took pride in his grand-
children. He taught his chil-
dren and grandchildren to
have faith in God and to work
hard. He was a very kind and
caring person and was always
willing to lend a hand.
Family received friends
for Donnie’s Life Celebration
on Thursday, July 2, 2009
from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at
St. George Catholic Church,
Valley Lee, MD where prayers
were recited at 7:00 p.m. A
Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated on Friday, July
3, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. in St.
George Catholic Church, with
Father Mark Irvine officiat-
ing. Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Kevin
Roenigk, Paul Hewitt, Justin
Hayden, Tyler Hayden, Don-
ald James Hayden and Jason
Hayden. Honorary pallbear-
ers will be; Gary Joy and
Mark Flaherty.
Memorial contributions
Thursday, July 9, 2009 14
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may be made to St. George
Catholic Church building
fund, P.O. Box 9, Valley Lee,
MD 20692.
Martha E. Herbert, 87
Martha Elizabeth “Ju-
lia or Sister” Herbert, 87 of
Leonardtown, MD died July
4, 2009 at St. Mary’s Hospi-
tal. Born March 2, 1922, in
Laurel Grove, MD she was the
daughter of the late Ernest and
Dolly Roseanna Gray Mor-
gan. She was the loving wife
of the late Howard Leo Her-
bert, Sr., whom she married
on March 28, 1937 in St. Jo-
seph Church, Morganza, MD.
She is survived by her chil-
dren Julia Margaret Lawrence
of Hollywood, MD, Thelma
Alvey of Charlotte Hall, MD,
Thomas Herbert of Charles
County, MD, James Herbert
of Charlotte Hall, MD, Doro-
thy Bonner of Charlotte Hall,
MD, Ernest Herbert of Mor-
ganza, MD, Joyce Solomon
of Garrett County, MD, Judy
Oliver of Charles County,
MD, Emma Williams of Hol-
lywood, MD, Joseph L. Her-
bert of Charlotte Hall, MD,
Mary Cofffey of VA, Louis
Herbert of Mechanicsville,
MD, Dale & Donna Herbert
of Mechanicsville, MD, Bes-
sie Ingram of Charles County,
MD, Martha Bonnie of Hol-
lywood, MD and her adopted
daughter Elizabeth Pilkerton
of Western, MD as well as
77 grandchildren, 165 great-
grandchildren and 17 great-
great-grandchildren. She is
also survived by her siblings
Elmer Morgan of Baltimore,
MD, Herman Morgan of Lau-
rel Grove, MD, Bunny Morgan
of Laurel Grove, MD, Ikey
Morgan of KY, Joe Morgan
of Prince George County, MD
and Anna Morgan of Mechan-
icsville, MD. She was pre-
ceded in death by her children
Howard M., Leo, Rosalee, Ha-
zel, Anthony and Howard Jr.
and her brother Bill Morgan.
Martha was a lifelong resident
of St. Mary’s County. The
family will receive friends
on Thursday, July 9, 2009
from 5:00 -8:00 PM in the
Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, Leonardtown, MD
where prayers will be said at
7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrated on
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 10:00
AM in St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church, Morganza, MD. In-
terment will follow in Charles
Memorial Gardens, Leonard-
town, MD. Pallbearers will be
Lewis Herbert, Dale Herbert,
Patrick Herbert, Lewis Oli-
ver, John Cusic, Kenny Her-
bert and James Herbert. Con-
dolences to the family may be
left at www.mgf h.com. Ar-
rangements provided by the
Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, P
Brian Francis McHugh, 58
Brian Francis McHugh,
58, of Valley Lee, MD died
July 1, 2009 at his residence.
Born August 4, 1950 in
Brooklyn, NY, he was the son
of the late Francis McHugh and
Margaret (White) McHugh.
Brian is survived by
his wife, Deborah (Szucs)
McHugh, son, Colin McHugh
of Towson, MD, and sisters,
Ann M. Raiten (Phil) and
Lucy L. Maldonado both of
Brooklyn, NY.
Family received friends
for Brian’s Life Celebration
on Saturday, July 4, 2009 from
1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. in
the Brinsfield Funeral Home,
22955 Hollywood Road,
Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Interment was private.
A full obituary will ap-
pear at a later date.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Second
District Volunteer Fire De-
partment or Rescue Squad,
P.O. Box 1, Valley Lee, MD
20692.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brins-
fieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the
Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Pearl Mary Moran, 71
Pearl Mary Moran, 71, of
Great Mills, MD passed away
on June 28, 2009 at Washing-
ton Hospital Center in Wash-
ington, DC.
She was born in Lon-
donderry, Northern Ireland
on October 16, 1937 as Pearl
Mary O’Kane. Pearl mar-
ried Florant O. Moran (USN
retired) on January 21, 1956
in Aldershot, England. They
moved to the United States
where she was a caring, lov-
ing wife and mother. She was
employed at Burch Oil Com-
pany for thirty one years and
was a very loyal and dedicat-
ed employee. She loved her
co-workers, working in the
gas booth in Mechanicsville,
MD, and enjoyed greeting her
many customers with a smile
and a “Good Morning”! She
also enjoyed watching old
movies and sitcoms, whether
they brought tears to her eyes
or laughter to her heart.
She is survived by her
husband, Florant O. Moran
of Hollywood, MD, and sons,
Steven F. Moran and wife
Jeannie of Hollywood, MD,
and Gerald E. Moran and fi-
ancé Mindy Rorabacher of
Valley Lee, MD.
Family received friends
for a Life Celebration on Fri-
day, July 3, 2009 from 10:00
a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Im-
maculate Heart of Mary
Church, 22375 Three Notch
Road, Lexington Park, MD
20653. A Memorial Mass was
celebrated at 11:00 a.m.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Second
District Volunteer Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 1, Valley
Lee, MD 20692.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brins-
fieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the
Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Rebecca Lee Pounds, 50
Rebecca Lee Pounds, 50,
of Leonardtown, MD died
July 6, 2009 at St. Mary’s
Hospital.
Born July 6, 1959 in
St. Petersburg, FL, she was
the daughter of Billye Mc-
Gaharn and the late Joseph
Hardy. In addition to her
mother, Rebecca is also sur-
vived by her husband; James
David Pounds, her children;
Katelynn Beavers, Lauren R.
Gould, and Leanna N. Pounds
all of Leonardtown, MD and
sister; Lisa A. Stein of Leon-
ardtown, MD.
A full obituary will ap-
pear at a later date.
Family will receive
friends for Rebecca’s Life
Celebration on Thursday, July
9, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. until
8:00 p.m. in the Brinsfield
Funeral Home, 22955 Hol-
lywood Road, Leonardtown,
MD 20650. Prayers will be
recited at 7:00 p.m. A Funeral
Service will be conducted on
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 11:00
a.m. in the Brinsfield Funer-
al Home. Interment will be
private.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brins-
fieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the
Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Continued
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The shoreline improvement project at St.
Mary’s College includes a new boat ramp, a new
pier with a wave screen for erosion protection, a
pier for launching rowing shells, additional beach
sand and stone groin, and establishment of living
shoreline areas.
During construction, there will be restric-
tions on parking in the boat yard and access to the
construction area. Project completion is estimat-
ed for late September.
Work Under Way at
River Center
Students from the James A. Forrest Career &
Tech Center placed near the top in three categories
at the 45
th
Annual National Leadership and Skills
Conference in Kansas City, Mo., in June.
Taylor Sargent and Adam Sickle won fourth
place for audio-radio production, Matt Spalding
won ffth place for aviation maintenance technol-
ogy, and Brandon Coleman won a gold medal for
medical terminology.
Maryland’s SkillsUSA delegation challenged
5,400 other student champions from all 50 states,
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands and
brought home 23 medals after competing in 83
career and technical competitions.
Maryland students in Electronics Technol-
ogy, Employment Application Process, Medical
Terminology and Promotional Bulletin Board are
offcially among the best in the nation, returning
with gold medals.
Silver medals were awarded to students in
Chapter Display, Criminal Justice, Customer Ser-
vice, Electronics Application, Industrial Motor
Control and Occupational Health and Safety.
Bronze medals were awarded in Major Ap-
pliance Technology, Medical Math, Prepared
Speech, Web Design and Welding Fabrication.
Students Take
Home Medals from
SkillsUSA
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
Schools in St. Mary’s County will be get-
ting upgraded security cameras and keyless
access control systems for staff members, fol-
lowing a Board of Education vote Wednesday
to approve the award of an indefnite quantity
contract for the design and installation of access
control systems at the county’s schools and ad-
ministrative offces.
Michael Wyant, supervisor of Safety and
Security for the school system, said that AccesSe-
curity, Inc., located in Leesburg, Va., emerged as
the top ranked frm, with an extensive history
of projects including work for Loudoun County
Public Schools, Washington National Cathedral
and the United States Postal Service.
“We have come such a long way, and this
really is the fnal major piece as we begin to
move forward to really be able to say that our
schools are as secure as we can make them,”
Wyant said.
In addition to the completion of security
vestibules and the installation of new security
cameras at the high schools, as well as Evergreen
Elementary that will open this fall, “the most
logical and most important step is having elec-
tronic locks installed on our doors … doors that
are unintentionally, and sometimes intentionally
propped open or left open are our most vulner-
able areas,” he said.
The requests for proposals were prepared
jointly by the departments of safety and security,
design and construction, and maintenance to so-
licit services for the design, installation, and im-
plementation of the new system, which is to be
designed to operate with the school system’s ex-
isting badge equipment and database, allowing
for keyless entries using card readers at selected
entries. The cards themselves can be deactivated
if lost or stolen.
“There’s a lot that people can do with this
once we begin this project,” said Wyant, explain-
ing that network security cameras can be tied to
the keyless entry system to turn on when people
enter any of the buildings.
The system will also be able to track the
comings and goings of authorized personnel.
Evergreen Elementary School, three high
schools, and the administrative buildings will
be the frst to receive the keyless entry systems.
Other schools will be added to the system incre-
mentally as funding permits. Board members
did not discuss the overall cost of the program.
In the meantime, Wyant said that the instal-
lation of new digital security cameras at each of
the three area high schools is well under way.
Cameras are also being installed for the exterior
and interior of Evergreen Elementary School,
complete with data storage systems, high reso-
lution image quality and motion activation
settings.
“Right now they’re doing the installation at
Chopticon High School, and they’re scheduled
for consecutive weeks … they’re doing Chop-
ticon this week, they’re doing Great Mills the
following week and Leonardtown after that,” he
said.
Schools Updating Security, Access Control
A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half
an ounce is used to start the average automobile!
Caleigh Franz was selected as Outstanding AAA School Safety Patroller for St. Mary’s County
Public Schools by the AAA Mid-Atlantic Foundation for Safety & Education. Caleigh was pre-
sented the AAA Gold Badge Award when she was recognized for her actions in maintaining a
safe and orderly environment on her school bus during a student’s medical emergency while in
transit home.
Photo by Zina McGowen-Thomas
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
The Board of Education took time on Wednesday to welcome the
frst student liaison offcer for Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Brooke
Fallon.
Fallon has been hired by the military to act as a contact person be-
tween the military base and the county school system to help students in
military families with all matters concerning their education.
“This position has never existed before at [Pax River NAS]. The other
services, Army and Air Force, started out this program ... basically what I
will do is help students in transition to the area, and out of the area,” said
Fallon at the meeting, adding that she would also help counsel students
whose parents had been deployed.
“Often times the students may not express that they’re having is-
sues, but academically they begin to have issues when their parents are
deployed,” she said.
Fallon said that she would be advising parents on public, private and
home-schooling educational plans as well as acting as a mediator between
guidance counselors and teachers in order to facilitate a smoother transi-
tion for students, a position that she said would afford children in mili-
tary families a level of consistency and stability that few have previously
enjoyed.
“Originally, I’m a Navy brat, so I’ve moved all kinds of places and
lived all kinds of places, but I can say I’ve lived in St. Mary’s County fve
different times in my life … and I was in 13 different schools between kin-
dergarten and high school,” she said after addressing the board.
“The military community really wants civilians to understand the
kind of lifestyle we have. On average, every 2.9 years a military child has
to change schools, and they have to undergo about nine different changes
of schools in their educational lifetime,” said Fallon, adding that such fre-
quent changes often disrupt the quality of education that military children
receive, and can even impeded their ability to graduate on time.
Fallon, who has taught foreign languages at Leonardtown High
School for the last three years, said she accepted her new position three
weeks ago and will begin working with students in the area this fall.
“We’re going to be helping consumers of educa-
tion,” said Fallon. “We have very intelligent people mov-
ing to this area that are consumers of education and I
want to help them fgure out which school to send their
children to and show them what St. Mary’s County Pub-
lic Schools have to offer.”
“I’m paid by the federal government, but I repre-
sent both of you,” she added.
Fallon to Serve as First Student Liaison Offcer
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
Among the 939 students who graduated from St.
Mary’s County Public Schools three years ago, 48.8 per-
cent (473) went on to enroll in Maryland colleges and
universities, which is above the state average, according
to the Student Outcome and Achievement Report.
The report, developed by the Maryland Higher
Education Commission, measured the frst-year college
performance of students who enrolled at a Maryland
public or independent two- or four-year college or uni-
versity during the 2006-2007 academic year.
SOAR includes data for mathematics, English, and
reading.
County students scored above the state average
in other areas as well, with only 18 percent needing
mathematics remediation in college, compared with the
state average of 32 percent. Eleven percent of students
needed English remediation, and only 7 percent needed
reading remediation in their frst year of college.
Eighty-one percent of county students received a
C or better in their frst core mathematics course in col-
lege, and 87 percent earned a C or better in their frst
college English course.
County students earned an average cumulative
GPA of 2.74 in core subjects, as compared with the state
average of 2.61.
The data on high school experiences was self-re-
ported through SAT and ACT questionnaires, and did
not include Maryland high school graduates who en-
rolled in college in another state.
“It’s a very limited number of students in this, but
it’s helpful for us to look at how our students are com-
paring,” said Charles Ridgell, director of curriculum
and instruction for the school system, at a school board
meeting Wednesday. “It certainly gives us a sense of
how our initiatives in respect to advanced placement en-
rollment are working.”
“I think this report today is very important,” said
Superintendent Michael Martirano, who added that he
would like to see more tracking of student performance
after graduation in the future.
“This information foats out there with a lot of ran-
domness … this gives us some valid, tangible informa-
tion about it,” he said.
Report Shows Student
Performance After Graduation
Thursday, July 9, 2009 16
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Police: Woman Made Death Threats With Knife
On June 29, 2009, deputies responded to a residence on Laurel Glen Road in California for a
report of a disturbance involving a knife. When deputies arrived at the residence, they observed Ta-
Shika Lynn Mobley, 18, of California, standing in the living room holding a knife and crying. Mob-
ley was ordered to put the knife down and she complied. Deputies secured the knife and removed
Mobley from the residence. The investigation revealed Mobley was involved in a verbal dispute
with the victim, which escalated into verbal threats made by Mobley towards the victim. The verbal
threats escalated into a physical assault when Mobley retrieved a knife, allegedly advanced towards
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Staff Writer
Investigators with the county’s Bureau
of Criminal Investigations have three sus-
pects in custody whom they say broke into
an apartment in Ridge Sunday and beat the
two occupants, stealing nearly $2,000 from
one of them.
James Perry Bond, 18, and Nicholas
Walter Bond, 20, both of no fxed address,
along with Garry
Wayne Mor-
ris, 20, of Great
Mills, broke into
the apartment of
Damon Wayne
Cutchember and
assaulted him
while he was
sleeping on a
couch in the liv-
ing room, accord-
ing to police press
releases.
The three
suspects used
metal poles in
the assault and
beat Cutchember
so badly that he
sustained mul-
tiple lacerations,
a broken tooth
and a broken
jaw with two
fractures, police
alleged in charg-
ing documents
fled in county
District Court.
When the
second victim,
Michelle Kath-
leen Dare who
was sleeping on
another couch in
the apartment,
tried to help
Cutchember, she sustained an injury to her
arm, according to charging documents.
Capt. Rick Burris, commander of the
criminal investigative unit, said that the
victims and the suspects were familiar with
each other.
“They knew each other simply by being
in the area a lot,” Burris told The County
Times. “It appears the motive was robbery.
They took quite a bit from him, but it’s not
clear whether they knew he had it or not.”
Charging documents alleged
that the three suspects took the
money from Cutchmeber’s pants
pockets as they were beating him.
The three suspects did not
bother to disguise themselves, Bur-
ris said.
James Perry Bond and Garry
Wayne Morris each turned them-
selves in July 5, the same day as
the incident, while Nicholas Walter
Bond turned himself in Monday to
investigators.
Each man faces charges of
armed robbery, frst and second de-
gree assault, burglary and theft.
Three In Custody For Ridge
Home Invasion
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A Leonardtown man remains incarcer-
ated at the county detention center for al-
legedly setting fre to his estranged wife’s
shed in Leonardtown, while simultaneous-
ly violating an ex parte order by coming
into contact with her.
Kent Richard Luppino, 45, allegedly
set fre to his estranged wife’s shed July 2
after trespassing onto her property.
Melissa Luppino arrived at her Med-
ley’s Neck Road home and found her shed
completely engulfed in fames with her
husband standing in front of it, according
to charging documents fled against Lup-
pino in county District Court.
When she asked him what he was do-
ing, Kent Luppino allegedly replied he was
“getting rid of the bugs inside,” charging
documents stated.
Police reports state that he was also
trying to extinguish the fames with a gar-
den hose.
Melissa Luppino called both the po-
lice and fre departments while her hus-
band ran off, charging documents stated.
Police caught Kent Luppino a short
distance away from the blaze, whereup-
on he waived his rights and claimed that
while he was using the lawn mower, the
engine backfred and caused the blaze, ac-
cording to charging documents.
Investigators found a cigarette lighter
and pack of matches on Luppino, with one
of them having been used, charging docu-
ments stated.
A further search of Luppino turned
up four tablets of a prescription drug he
did not have a doctor’s authorization for,
police reports state.
Luppino was charged with violation
of a protective order, second degree ma-
licious burning and possession of contra-
band in the detention facility.
Luppino is also serving probation for
pleading guilty to second degree assault
in a 2007 case.
No Bond For Man Accused Of Arson
James Bond
Nicholas Bond
Garry Morris
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
St. Mary’s County deputies and state
troopers arrested a man Tuesday for alleg-
edly attempting to rob the CVS Pharmacy
on Rue Purchase and taking the wallet of
another victim in the store’s parking lot.
According to police reports, Jason
Lawrence Yeatts, 32 of Leonardtown en-
tered the store at about 5p.m., claimed to
have a handgun and demanded money
from the cashier but left suddenly with-
out any cash.
Yeatts then allegedly accosted anoth-
er victim in the parking lot, told them had
a gun and took their wallet.
He then f led in a green Ford Explor-
er, which police stopped minutes later on
north-bound Route 235, whereupon Yeatts
was arrested without further incident.
Police found no handgun in Yeatts’
possession but they found the victim’s
wallet and suspected controlled danger-
ous substance paraphernalia they say be-
longed to him.
Yeatts was charged with two counts
of robbery, two counts of second degree
assault, theft and possession of a con-
trolled dangerous substance.
Man Arrested For Attempted Heist,
Robbery At Pharmacy
Thursday, July 9, 2009 18
The County Times
On The
Cover
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Walter B. Dorsey, former state senator and veteran county
state’s attorney, can remember when his father Philip Dorsey, who
later became a Circuit Court judge, ran against Alan Coad for the
state senate seat in 1934 and lost by some 500 or 600 votes.
His father, undeterred by defeat, went on to win a delegate’s
seat in 1936 and supported a bill that called for public support
of transportation of parochial school students which eventually
passed and still holds force in the county today.
Coad initially killed the bill in the state senate, Dorsey said,
and that cost Coad support for his next senate bid, allowing Dors-
ey’s father to get elected in 1938.
It was the beginning of what some have called the “Dorsey
Machine” of local politics when his father got that senate seat, a
position of considerable power, he said.
Dorsey, 81, freely uses the term, though he doesn’t like it.
“Everybody’s referred to it as the ‘Dorsey Machine,’ which
implies corruption,” he said. “The only thing I can say is that
my father tried to help a lot of people personally and get people
jobs.”
Dorsey’s father was instrumental in getting state jobs for
people in the county in the era of the Great Depression through
road projects, he said, and in a county of only about 18,000 peo-
ple, those 40 or 50 jobs mattered.
Even though he was just a young boy when his father was
rising in power, Dorsey said his life was steeped in politics at an
early age.
He remembered being strongly in support of his father’s po-
litical efforts back then.
“I knew a lot of the old timers when I was young,” Dorsey
said. “All the politicians would come by my father’s house.”
Often the only conversations he had of note with his father,
who had also served as a state’s attorney, were political ones, he
said.
Relationships Mattered
In the era of his father, and in his own rise to the state senate
in 1958 (where he served one term) and later serving 20 years
intermittently as the county’s chief prosecutor until 1999, politics
was a far different affair in the Democrat-dominated feld than it
is today, he said.
“Politics in those days was controlled by big families and
county store owners,” Dorsey said. “Farmers were indebted to the
store owners, and that’s where they congregated, too.”
Such places were where political decisions and support were
made, he said.
Back then, Dorsey said, political futures were made or bro-
ken by close interpersonal relationships; candidates had to con-
stantly cultivate individual votes with a healthy dose of favors.
Now all the candidates have to do to win is to get in the good
graces of voting blocks, very different from the factionalism rife
in the Democratic party decades ago, he said.
“All they have to do is get support from an organization; they
don’t have to care about the individual,” Dorsey said.
In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s Dorsey had a thriving motor
tort practice that allowed him to do a lot of pro bono work.
“I’d come into the offce on a Monday and there’d be about
15 or 20 people waiting to see me,” Dorsey said. “I represented so
many people for no fee, they appreciated it.
“I’ve probably represented 40,000 people, I’m sure.”
Media Battles
In the mid-1950s he was just a 25-year-old state’s attorney,
having been elected in 1954. During those days, he had his battles
with the local media who opposed his prosecutorial style, he said,
which included not prosecuting certain motor vehicle cases and
one high profle death in which an African American man un-
knowingly backed over and killed a small child left behind his
vehicle.
Dorsey said he indicted the then-publisher of The Enter-
prise, Charlie Molitor, in 1956 for “inciting the public… and for
destroying confdence in the judicial system.”
The judge ruled against his indictment, he said.
The local media continued its opposition to him while he
was in the senate, he said, though he said he pushed for key in-
frastructure, education and transportation improvements for the
county and region that helped them be built decades later.
“In the senate I would consider myself a fscal conservative
and a moderate on social issues,” Dorsey said.
He went on to serve as an Assistant Attorney General in the
Tawes administration in the 1960s after bowing out of the 1962
senate race, and he failed in a second run at the senate in 1966.
‘Epitome of Power’
John Hanson Briscoe, former delegate, speaker of the house
and judge, was a key rival of Dorsey’s in 1962.
He said that the Dorsey political organization, which his re-
form coalition opposed, was the epitome of political power.
“They were so well organized, they controlled 40 to 50 per-
cent of the vote,” Briscoe said of the group to which his friend and
rival belonged. “It was felt that the Dorsey organization had run
the gamut and people wanted change.”
J. Frank Raley won the 1962 senate race, he said, and Bris-
coe followed in with a seat in the house.
Before the “new leadership” wave hit, the county political
factions formed along family lines that included families like the
Mattinglys, Raleys, Briscoes and Lokers all opposed the Dorsey
organization, Briscoe said, but they were all too busy quarreling
with each other to depose the chief Dorsey faction, proving the
vaunted Dorsey knack for political acumen.
Briscoe said Dorsey was a tough and highly skilled adver-
sary, but both men respected each other immensely.
“He absolutely ate, slept and drank politics,” Briscoe said of
Dorsey. “He’s one of the best.”
Dorsey says that he’s been out of the political scene now for
quite a while and dabbles little in politics anymore, though some
still seek his counsel in that arena, he said.
Tenacious Prosecutor
After Dorsey left the Tawes administration, he went back
to his private practice, where he earned a reputation not only as
the man to talk to about politics but as a tenacious and skilled
litigator.
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron remembered when he was
just a young deputy with the agency and had to face the grueling
cross-examination of Dorsey during a drunk driving case.
“The roughest time I ever had on the stand was when he was
a defense attorney,” Cameron said of Dorsey. “I was glad when he
became a state’s attorney.
“He’s a brilliant guy, the cases I saw him prosecute were
amazing.
“He’s regarded that way everywhere you go.”
As state’s attorney from 1983 until 1999, Dorsey continued to
cement his reputation in the county’s political and legal annals.
Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Stamm, cut his teeth under
Dorsey’s administration of the offce.
“He gave me my frst start as a prosecutor,” Stamm said. “He
was a great mentor.”
Dorsey would often seek the advice of his juniors on tough
cases, Stamm said, to round out his preparations.
“His door was always open but he would often come and talk
to you,” Stamm said. “He was an incredible litigator.”
For Dorsey, Politics Is In The Blood
Walter B. Dorsey
Dorsey and politicial rival John Hanson Briscoe
Thursday, July 9, 2009 19
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Must-Know Shopping Facts
With so many available options for hardwood flooring,
today’s environmentally responsible consumer wants accurate
information to simplify the process of selecting a new hard-
wood floor.
“Be a knowledgeable consumer,” says the American Hard-
wood Information Center, www.HardwoodInfo.com, “and get
the facts about U.S. hardwoods. They’re ‘green,’ exceptionally
beautiful and can last a lifetime.” Shop with confidence! These
hardwood facts will guide you in making the right hardwood
flooring choice.
• A solid hardwood floor will provide decades of extraor-
dinary beauty, durable service and flexibility. It may initially
cost a little more, but remember that solid hardwood flooring
can be refinished for excessive wear or changing tastes.
• Hardwood floors are non-toxic and trap no allergens.
Simple maintenance -- dust mopping, sweeping or vacuuming
-- will keep them looking great and allergen-free.
• U.S. hardwoods are truly sustainable. A recent US Forest
Service report verified that the volume of hardwood timberland
in American forests is almost double that of 50 years ago.
• U.S. hardwoods are an all-natural, carbon-negative ma-
terial. They have no emissions for methane, nitrogen oxides
and other particulate matter and they’re homegrown, further
minimizing their carbon footprint.
• When considering a particular hardwood, pay attention
to its hardness rating. Consider Oak, Maple, Cherry and Ash
for high traffic areas.
Which One?
Pre-finished solid hardwood flooring is already
sanded and sealed with at least four coats of ultra-
violet-cured urethane resin by the manufacturer. It
offers consistent quality, quicker installation and
immediate gratification, meaning you can walk on
it as soon as it is laid. Time and money saved during
the installation typically offset the initial higher material cost.
Unfinished solid hardwood flooring must be sanded and
sealed on-site. While it offers more color choices, it requires
extensive preparation. The sanding process is messy; significant
drying time is needed after each sealing application often requir-
ing up to five days for completion. While the initial material cost
is lower, remember the additional finishing cost.
Engineered flooring, consisting of a plywood base that’s
covered with a 1/16- to 1/8-inch thick layer of wood, works well
in bathrooms and basements where light moisture might be a con-
cern. It’s almost always pre-finished. However, because the top
layer is so thin, it can’t be sanded more than one to three times.
The less expensive choices cannot be sanded at all due to the very
thin top layer.
Don’t be Misled by Lookalikes
The least expensive flooring option is laminate. It looks like
wood, but it’s really a printed paper affixed to a wood-chip base
or high-density fiberboard, covered with a clear surface layer. Re-
member, it’s not hardwood. Scratches or dings can’t be repaired.
Bamboo flooring is being called hardwood. It’s not. It’s a
grass typically grown in tropical regions of the world. To make
it into flooring, it must be glued together under tremendous pres-
sures. Glue content can range from three to 20 percent, and of-
ten contains urea formaldehyde, a probable human carcinogen.
Flooring manufacturers approximate it lasting 30 years. Unlike
hardwood, it’s not carbon negative and because it’s typically
manufactured in Southeast Asia, shipment to U.S. shores in-
creases its carbon footprint significantly.
Tropical woods, not native to the U.S., are being renamed
and falsely marketed as favorite hardwoods. Be careful. Brazilian
Cherry is jatoba and Chilean Cherry is lenga. Neither is Cherry.
Tasmanian Oak and Australian Heritage Oak are really euca-
lyptus and Malaysian Oak is rubber wood. When in doubt, visit
www.HardwoodInfo.com to review the U.S. hardwood Species
Guide.
As you contemplate your home improvement projects, make
choices based on fact. For flooring, furniture, mouldings, mill-
work and cabinetry that will last, choose U.S. hardwood, nature’s
quintessential “green” material.
For additional information about U.S. hardwoods, visit the
American Hardwood Information Center at www.Hardwood-
Info.com.
Current design trends favor the natural variety in coloration and char-
acter marks as seen in this Chatham sunkissed ash floor by Columbia.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 21
Dining on the Water
Specializing in Maryland Wines
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 22
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Help for Allergy Sufferers
Do you suffer from seasonal allergies? If so, you are in
good company – more than 50 million Americans suffer from
allergies each year, according to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention.
Help is here! The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma
and Immunology suggests the following tips during pollen and
mold season:
• Close your windows at night to avoid pollen and mold
blowing inside your home. Use air conditioning instead to dry
and cool the air. The same holds true for car windows.
• Pollen is usually emitted between 5-10 a.m., so mini-
mize your early morning activities, if possible.
• Stay inside when the pollen count or humidity is high
and on windy days.
• Schedule your vacation during the height of pollen sea-
son. More pollen-free areas include beaches and oceans.
• Avoid mowing the lawn, being around freshly cut grass
and raking leaves. These activities stir up pollen and mold.
• Do not hang sheets or clothing out to dry because pol-
lens and molds may collect in them.
• Do not grow too many, or over water, indoor plants if
you are allergic to mold. Wet soil encourages mold growth.
St. Mary’s Hospital has two board-certified allergists and
immunologists on staff – Dr. Pradeep Simlote and Dr. Kan-
narkat P. Verghese. These doctors focus on the function of the
human immune system and the diagnosis and treatment of al-
lergic disorders. To contact the hospital’s Medical Staff Office,
call 301-475-6088.
Dining out has become a national pastime. Whether you enjoy
breakfast, lunch or dinner out on the town, the adage of “what passes
through the lips, turns up on the hips” is becoming a growing problem.
Most fast food restaurants and sit-down convenience restaurants offer
a bevy of foods that tip the scales in terms of calorie, fat and sodium
content. But there still are ways to dine healthy when eating out. You
just have to be more cautious in your selections.
Here are some meal options you may want to consider in lieu of
unhealthy, albeit tasty, options on the menu.
Fast Food
Fast food is convenient and delicious to many. However, it is noto-
rious for boasting high fat and sodium contents. Consider these health-
ier selections.
1. Subway®: This sandwich chain has been making waves for years with their healthy “Eat
Fresh” menu selections. There are many options on the menu that come in at reasonable calorie
counts and fat grams of 10 or less. New is the Tuscan Chicken Melt with 370 calories and 9 grams
of fat.
2. Taco Bell®: The popular southwestern food chain offers items that can be healthier, provid-
ed you skip some of the condiments (think guacamole and sour cream). Try two Ranchera Chicken
Soft Tacos for only 340 calories and 8 grams of fat.
3. Wendy’s®: If you’re hitting this burger chain, you can look to their value menu for a cup of
chilli and a baked potato with sour cream and chives, which will only set you back 10 grams of fat
and 370 calories. At burger restaurants, you can also shave off fat and calories by selecting a “Jr.”
sized burger instead of the unhealthy packaged meal options. Those junior burgers are much more
in line with the appropriate serving size than the “adult” meals.
4. McDonald’s®: McDonald’s may be revamping their healthy options for children. However,
adults are still limited to a few options. Apart from a salad (skip the high-fat dressing) another op-
tion could be the premium grilled chicken sandwich at 420 calories and 10 grams of fat.
5. Burger King®: When dining out at Burger King, one of the healthier options is the Tend-
ergrill Chicken Sandwich (minus the mayo), which is 380 calories and 7 grams of fat. -courtesy of
Zagat’s second fast food survey results
Slow-Food Restaurant Chains
Taking the family out for a meal or enjoying a night out with friends? Restaurant chains in the
area are popular choices for a night of fun and good food. However, they could be offering you more
than you bargained for in terms of fat and calories. Look for the “smart menu” or “dining light”
areas of the menu for healthier options.
1. Applebees®: Look to Applebees’ “Weight Watchers(R) Menu” for healthy meal options
that offer caloric and fat breakdowns, as well as conversion to the “points” system of the popular
weight loss plan. You can enjoy Garlic Herb Chicken, for example, for 370 calories and 6 grams
of fat.
2. T.G.I. Friday’s®: The chain’s “Right Portion, Right Price” menu paved the way for smaller
portions at lower prices. They also have a “Better for You” section of the menu with meals that
contain no more than 500 calories and 10 grams of fat per serving.
3. Chili’s®: Look to Chili’s “Guiltless Grill” menu section for healthy options, like Guiltless
Grilled Salmon at 480 calories and 14 grams of fat, most of which come from the important omega
fatty acids of the fish.
4. Outback Steakhouse®: The Outback has been known for high-fat items, such as its Bloo-
min’ Onion and Kookaburra Wings. However, new to the
menu are “Healthy Weight Loss,” “Heart-Healthy Diet,”
and “High Protein, Low Carbohydrate” choices. A visit
to the restaurant’s Web site offers suggestions on how to
make the chain’s regular menu items healthier by asking
for garnishes to be removed or to have the food cooked
without butter.
5. Ruby Tuesday’s®: This chain has a lot of calo-
rie-laden foods (even the Ruby Minis have 1,122 calo-
ries), but a visit to the salad bar could be a much healthier
option, provided you choose a low-calorie dressing.
6. The Cheesecake Factory®: Large portions, a
novel-sized menu and delicious desserts can make this
popular restaurant the downfall of many individuals.
A new menu selection, Weight Management Grilled
Chicken(TM), is a better option.
If you take the time to do a little research and page
through the menus of area restaurant chains and fast
food establishments you can find healthier options that
are better for the waistline and overall health.
Healthier Options
at Popular
Restaurant Chains
With beach season in full swing, many men and women are trying to put their best
body forward to appeal to others. However, according to a February 2009 survey from the
American Dental Association and Crest(R) and Oral B(R) the smile outranks eyes, hair
and the body as the most attractive physical feature on a
person. Therefore, taking care of your teeth and smile is
essential.
Men and women differ when it comes to taking care
of their teeth and gums. A nationwide survey of 1,000
Americans ages 18 and older found 86 percent of women
brush their teeth twice or more a day, yet only 66 percent
of men do so.
The survey also found that women say they change
their toothbrush or power toothbrush head every 3 to 4
months on average, yet men hang on to theirs an aver-
age of 5 months. The ADA recommends replacing tooth-
brushes every 3 to 4 months or when the bristles become
frayed since frayed and worn bristles decrease cleaning
effectiveness.
Most people need to do a better job of flossing their
teeth. Only half of those surveyed (49 percent) say they
floss their teeth once a day or more often. And 1 out of
3 people surveyed think a little blood in the sink after
brushing their teeth is normal, yet it’s not -- it could signal
gum disease or another health problem.
Oral health is an important part of overall health. Regular dental check-ups are im-
portant not only to diagnose and treat gum disease and tooth decay, but also because some
diseases or medical conditions, such as oral cancer, have symptoms that can appear in the
mouth.
Growing research indicates there may be an association between oral health and seri-
ous health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, underscoring the impor-
tance of good oral hygiene habits.
“We need to constantly get the word out how important it is to stay on top of your oral
health,” says Dr. Ada Cooper, an ADA consumer advisor and practicing dentist in New
York City. “Brushing twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, flossing daily, eating a balanced
diet, and visiting your dentist regularly can help keep your smile healthy.”
For more information on oral health, visit the American Dental Association’s Web site
at: www.ada.org.
Oral Health Habits to
Maintain a Beautiful Smile
Forget hair, eyes and body ... a recent survey found that people consider the smile the most
attractive feature in a person.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 23
By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
Kenelm Cheseldine, Jr. (1640-1708) was
born at the manor of Braunston, Northamp-
shire, England and was the second son of
Rev. Kenelm Cheseldine and his wife,
Grace Dryden. As a younger son,
he would have had no hopes of
inheriting the family property
and therefore decided to seek
his fortune in Maryland. His
success probably exceeded
his own expectations hav-
ing served in several high
government offices and ac-
quiring large quantities of
land through his marriage
to Mary, daughter of Thomas
Gerard and Susanna Snow.
Kenelm Cheseldine, Jr. and
Mary Gerard had four children:
Mary (1678-aft. 1711) who married
first, James Hayes and second, George
Forbes; Susanna (1680-1730) who married
Thomas Truman Greenfield; Kenelm III
(1683-1717) who married Mary Brown (wid-
ow of William Phippard); and Dryden (1687-
1760) who married first, Henry Peregrine
Jowles and second, John Forbes.
Kenelm Cheseldine III (1683-1718) died
at the young age of 34 leaving behind three
sons, all under the age of six, i.e., Kenelm
Cheseldine IV, Cyrenius and Calistus.
Kenelm’s will dated January 24, 1717/1718
named his wife Mary as executor and his
brothers-in-law, Thomas Truman Greenfield
and Henry Peregrine Jowles as guardians to
his minor sons. Kenelm III died in the spring
of 1718 and shortly after his death the buz-
zards began circling. His sisters and their
husbands threw Mary and her babies off of
the property, claiming it as theirs, alleging
that Kenelm and Mary had never been legal-
ly married. (At that time illegitimate children
could not inherit).
In 1719 Mary attempted to regain the
property. A number of her neighbors were
summoned to testify:
John Greaves [Graves] testified that
while he was constable he had gone to ar-
rest Mary Phippard because she had recently
borne an illegitimate child. Kenelm met him
at the door and warned him “from taking her
away at his perrill for that he would give his
oath that there was not any such person as
Mary Phippard,” Kenelm told Graves that
Mary was his wife and therefore the child
was legitimate.
Sarah Turner, the midwife who had
delivered the three children of Kenelm and
Mary Cheseldine testified that they were man
and wife because “the said Cheseldine par-
ticularly was at the birth of the second and
seemed very fond of the child and (Mary)...
Cheseldyne called her his wife and took care
of her as such and owned the children.”
Thomas Bolt [Boult] said that he had
gone to the Cheseldine home and found
Kenelm “walking in his Hall with one of the
Children he had by (Mary) in his arms and
in discourse about a certain Mr. Donaldson
who had been at the house but a small time
before and was angry about (Mary’s)...giving
the said Donaldson’s child Indian bread in
boiled milk...Cheseldyne sayd that he thought
his wife knew what was best for children for
says his own Children eat
the same.”
Benjamin Reeder
testified that he had asked
John Coode, one of Che-
seldine’s kinsmen, where
Kenelm and Mary were
married and Coode had assured him that
they had been married in private. Reeder had
then believed that they were, and he testified
that “afterwards...Cheseldyne came with her
publicly to church and helped her off and on
her horse and shewed her the respect due a
wife.”
On December 14, 1740 Kenelm IV, now
27 years old sued to recover the property his
father left to him. In his complaint he said
that shortly after his father’s death Greenfield
and Jowles “forcibly took possession of the
lands that had been devised to him; sold tim-
ber, and took all the rents and profits thereof
without rendering any account whatever, or
paying anything for the same; or allowing
anything for the support and education of the
plaintiff.”
The defendants again countered saying
that Kenelm IV wasn’t entitled to the land
because he was illegitimate; that Kenelm III
and Mary had falsely provided names of a
priest and several parsons who denied having
solemnized a marriage between the two; and
that prior to his death, Kenelm III had said
“he had intended to marry her, but thanked
God he had not done so, swore he never
would, and turned her out of his house, with
the plaintiff in her arms; and declared, about
five months before his death, she was not his
wife.”
The case dragged on for five long years,
but this time it went to a jury who found in
Kenelm’s favor and ordered the defendants to
pay damages for the period of 1718 to 1739.
In May 1748, Kenelm was awarded damages
of 125,000 pounds of tobacco (a huge amount
for the time).
The name of Kenelm has been carried
through the Cheseldine family since before
1600 until today and I expect it will continue
long beyond our lifetime. A family name that
is honored and treasured—good for you!
Columnist Linda Reno
is a historian and genealogist
specializing in Southern
Maryland history. Mrs. Reno is a
member of the St. Mary’s County
Historical Society, St. Mary’s 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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By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
Theodore Roosevelt once de-
scribed Chautauqua (pronounced
“sha-‘taw’-kwa”), the theatrical edu-
cation movement that sprung from
New York and then spread with
traveling performances of music and
theater through rural America in the
1920s, as “the most American thing
in America,.”
This year’s free Twilight Per-
formance Series, presented by
the College of Southern
Maryland, kicked off
with a gracious nod
to the movement,
and the rest of
the series prom-
ises to be both
educational and
entertaining.
The 2009
pe r f or ma nc e
series kicked off
at CSM’s Leon-
ardtown campus on
Tuesday night with
its very own Chau-
tauqua-style perfor-
mance, the first of its kind for the campus
featuring actors offering portrayals of fa-
mous historical figures complete with props,
costumes, mannerisms, and accents. This
year’s theme being “Rights and Reform-
ers,” Tuesday night’s show featured David
Fenimore, a professor of English from the
University of Nevada, playing folk legend
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie.
In addition to the theatrics, F.J. Talley,
vice president and dean at the Leonardtown
campus,said this year’s concert series would
feature an eclectic line-up of musicians.
“We’ll have reggae, a jazz band and also
a Celtic group coming in for the last week in
July, so it’s a little different than what we’ve
had in the past but we always try to vary it
every year,” he said.
Talley said that college officials were
expecting between 1,000 to 1,500 visitors
during the course of this concert season,
which will be the third for the college.
All concerts will be free and open to
the public. Guests are encouraged to bring
lawn chairs for seating, and refreshments
will be sold nightly at each concert. Perfor-
mances will be held at CSM’s Leonardtown
campus on Tuesdays, the La Plata campus
on Wednesdays and the Prince Frederick
campus on Thursdays. All shows start at
6:30 p.m.
This year’s schedule is as follows:
July 14-16: Unity Reggae Band
This Baltimore-based band has been
playing together for nearly two decades,
with an extensive collection of original
works and cover songs, as well as four album
releases and three national tours. They’ve
also shared the stage with well-known reg-
gae artists The Wailers, Yellowman and
Eek-A-Mouse.
July 21-23: The Joshua Walker Jazz Trio
This group will perform a variety of
jazz styles as well as original compositions
by Walker, a jazz guitarist and composer who
studied at Virginia Commonwealth Univer-
sity before pursuing postgraduate studies at
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins
University. Joshua’s first album, ‘Inertia’,
features his compositions performed by his
working quartet of the last two years.
July 28-30: Darcy Nair with Chelle Fulk
and Craig Williams Celtic Trio
Specializing in hammer dulcimer and
mandolin, Nair has performed as a soloist
and with a variety of folk groups with a rep-
ertoire including historic and modern music
from Ireland, Scotland, Great Britain and
Wales.
For more information on CSM’s Twi-
light Performance Series, call 301-934-
7861 or go to www.csm.edu/FineArts.
• Bruno; R, 88 min
• Harry Potter and
the Half-Blood
Prince; PG, 153
min; Starts Tues,
July 14th
• The Hangover
R, 96 min
• Ice Age: Dawn of
the Dinosaurs; PG,
87 min
• The Proposal
PG-13, 108 min
• Public Enemies
R, 143 min
• The Taking of
Pelham 1 2 3
R, 121 min
• The Tale of Des-
pereaux; G, 87 min
• Transformers:
Revenge of the
Fallen
PG-13, 150 min
• Year One
PG-13, 100 min
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Movie Review:
‘Te Hangover’
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
It’s true. Some guys really can’t handle Vegas, and
anyone who has ever woken up in a pile of drool next to
a live chicken in a trashed hotel suit with a tiger in its
master bathroom and a baby in the coat closet would
already know this movie is perfect proof of the dangers
of overindulgence.
Such is the scene in this summer’s highest grossing
comedy (so far) “The Hangover,” but where previous
“guy movies” have traditionally been little more than
fart jokes and sex humor gone cliché, this film towers
stylishly above the genre to make it truly funny in more
ways than one.
In fact, if there were an “almost soiled myself” best
comedy category at the Oscars, then this would defi-
nitely be a contender.
Justin Bartha plays Doug, an average joe who is
about to marry his sweetheart and is taking her broth-
er Alan with him on an overnight trip to Las Vegas
with groomsmen Phil (Bradley Cooper) and Stu (Ed
Helms).
No sooner than the foursome hit their first bottle
than the whole night disintegrates into a blurry blank
patch on each of their memories, and they all wake up
with the worst hangovers of their lives and absolutely no
recollection of the night before.
Oh, and the groom is missing.
Really, director Todd Phillips could have eas-
ily called this movie “The Aftermath” and it would
have made sense. The characters have to collect clues
throughout the movie while they fight off an angry na-
ked Asian in their trunk (Ken Jeong, “Role Models”),
try to return Mike Tyson’s tiger (yes, Tyson is in this
movie, playing a novelty role), and find their groom to
get him home in time for his wedding.
Alan, played by burger-joint comedian turned ac-
tor Zach Galifianakis, gives the film’s standout perfor-
mance, playing a socially awkward soon-to-be brother-
in-law. He’s your typical fat slob, complete with a court
order barring him from coming within 200 feet of a
school. But rather than being brash and obnoxious, he
manifests his weirdness quietly, giving a performance
quite different, but still on par with, Jim Belushi’s
breakout role in “Animal House.”
It’s no surprise here that he’s beautifully backed by
co-stars Bradley Cooper (“Failure to Launch”) and the
scene-stealing Ed Helms (“The Office”).
The thing that is sure to endear this film to movie-
goers is that the story does not – and cannot – rest on the
shoulders of just one of its cast members. If this movie
had starred Will Farrell or Jim Carey, it may have been
mildly amusing but a tragic waste of the rest of its cast.
Each character has their own eccentric quirks which
combine to help them sort out their predicament, and
it’s well delivered with their amazing onscreen chemis-
try. This movie could even qualify as a character study
if it weren’t so busy making you roll in the aisles.
There’s no shortage of low-brow humor here, but
this is still a “guy movie” that can appeal to all types of
audiences, even the skeptical girlfriend you bring with
you to the movie. So there’s no excuse to miss it … un-
less of course you’re too hung over to make it to the
theater.
(A Warner Bros. Release; Rated R for pervasive
language, sexual content including nudity, and some
drug material; Run time 100 minutes. Three and a
half stars out of four.)
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Thursday, July 9
• Slingin’ Mud Pottery Camp and Inter-
mediate Wheel Throwing.
Annmarie Garden – 9 a.m.
• Drop-In Salsa
House of Dance (Hollywood) – 6 p.m.
• Twilight Mile Open Track Night
Patuxent High School (Lusby) – 6 p.m.
• Ladies Night
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonardtown) – 7
p.m.
• Archaeology Speaker Series: Douglas
Owsley
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum – 7 p.m.
• UpStroke
Chef’s American Bistro – 7 p.m.
• Ladies Night
Spicers (Owings) – 7 p.m.
• Ladies Night
Hulas Bungalow – 8 p.m.
• Karaoke
Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m.
Friday, July 10
• Eagle Scout Golf Tournament
Chesapeake Hills (Lusby) – 8 a.m.
• Farm Safety Day
Progressive Farmer magazine’s Farm and
Family Safety Day for children will be held
at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds from
8:30 a.m. till 3 p.m. featuring basic first aid,
farm equipment and tractor safety, hand tool
safety, wildlife safety and fire safety. The
camp is traditionally for ages 6-13, but health
screenings in the Health Connections van
will be available to adults also. Progressive
Farmer supplies a free T-shirt for each child
and conducts annual training workshops for
event directors. The advance registration fee
is $5 per child ($7 after July 10) or $15 per
family. A hot dog/ peanut butter and jelly
lunch is provided along with servings of lo-
cal produce. Call 301-475-4484 to register
or volunteer to help, or register by going to
ww.stmarys.umd.edu.
• Fry Night
VFW Post 2632 (California) – 5:30 p.m.
• Special Olympics No Limit Tournament
Center for Life Enrichment (Hollywood) – 7 p.m.
• La Plata Summer Concert Series – The
Wise Guys
La Plata Town Hall – 7 p.m.
• Limit 7 Card Stud High
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) – 7 p.m.
• DJ Harry
Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 8 p.m.
• 4 Friends
Chef’s American Bistro – 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 11
• History of Science Fiction Movies
CSM is hosting lectures about the history of sci-
ence fiction/fantasy movies from Fritz Lang’s
“Metropolis” (1927) to “Close Encounters of
the Third Kind” (1977) and J.J. Abrams’ new
“Star Trek” film. They will be held Saturdays
on July 11, 18, and 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at
the Waldorf Higher Education Center. Tuition
is $10, fees are $42. Registration required. For
more information call Vickie Grow, 301-934-
7652 or e-mail [email protected].
• Point Lookout Lighthouse Open House
Lighthouse @ Point Lookout State Park – 10 a.m.
• Sharkfest at CMM
Calvert Marine Museum – 10 a.m.
• St. Michael’s First Annual Car Show
St. Michael’s Catholic School – 10 a.m.
• Beginner/Advanced Hip Hop Workshop
House of Dance (Hollywood) – 2 p.m. and
3:30 p.m.
• Potomac Jazz & Seafood Festival
St. Clement’s Island Museum – 4 p.m.
• River Riders Kayak Trip
Greenwell State Park – 6 p.m.
• Saturday Evening Concerts
Leonardtown is hosting free Saturday eve-
ning concerts. The first concert on July 11
features a Bluegrass band, the Rusty Spurs,
and July 18 concert will feature the River
Concert Series Brass Quintet. Both concerts
begin at 7 p.m. on the Leonardtown Square.
Invite your friends, and order dinner from
one of Leonardtown’s fine restaurants. Bring
a chair or blanket, and sit back and relax. For
more information, call 301 475-9791.
• Captain John
D. B. McMillan’s Pub and Grill (Wildewood
Shopping Center) – 7 p.m.
• Bent Nickel
Anderson’s Bar (Avenue) – 8 p.m.
• La Plata Screen on the Green – “Hotel for
Dogs”
La Plata Town Hall Lawn – 8:30 p.m.
• Francis Bridge
Chef’s American Bistro – 8:30 p.m.
• Wicked Jezebells
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonardtown) – 9 p.m.
• Karaoke
Applebee’s (California) – 9 p.m.
• Shallow Deep
Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m.
• DJ Karaoke
Spicers (Owings) – 9 p.m.
Sunday, July 12
• All You Can Eat Breakfast
Breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m., Valley Lee Fire
House, Valley Lee. Cost is $8
adults, $4 children ages 5-12, free for chil-
dren under 5. Sponsored and prepared by
the 2nd District Fire Dept. & Rescue Squad
Auxiliary.
• Big Dogs Pet Adoption
Second Hope Rescue, a nonprofit animal
rescue group, will have a Big Dogs pet adop-
tion event on Sunday July 12 from 1-4 p.m.
at Pepper’s Pet Pantry in Solomons. For more
information, call Second Hope Rescue at
(240) 925-0628. Pepper’s Pet Pantry is locat-
ed at 13858 Solomons Island Road in Solo-
mons. Look for the bright yellow Pet Adop-
tions Today banner. Call (410) 326-4006 for
additional information.
• Bead MANIA: Beaded Cabochon
Necklace
Annmarie Garden – 9 a.m.
• One Way Mo’
The Ruddy Duck (Solomons) – 11 a.m.
• Brain Freeze Sundays
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonardtown) – 12
noon
• Potomac Jazz & Seafood Festival
St. Clements Island Museum – 4 p.m.
• Karaoke
St. Mary’s Landing – 5:30 p.m.
Monday, July 13
• Margarita Mondays
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonardtown) – 12
noon
• SMAWL Low Cost Rabies Clinic
St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds – 6 p.m.
• No Limit Texas Hold’Em “Bounty”
Tournament
St. Mary’s County Elk’s Lodge – 7 p.m.
Tuesday, July 14
• Go Big! Go Bold! Mural Camp
Annmarie Garden – 9 a.m.
• $1 Beer Night
Spicers (Owings) – 3 p.m. – 8 p.m.
• Karaoke
Chef’s American Bistro – 7 p.m.
• Karaoke
Cadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15
• Wednesday Night Cruise
Arby’s Restaurant Lot – 5 p.m.
• Karaoke
St. Mary’s Landing – 5:30 p.m.
• Captain John
D. B. McMillan’s Pub and Grill (Wildewood
Shopping Center) – 6 p.m.
• Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em
Tourney
Bennett Building (24930 Old Three Notch
Rd, Hollywood) – 7 p.m.
• No Limit Texas Hold’Em
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) – 7 p.m.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 26
Cuisine
& More
Cuisine
Healthy Bites
Eating Locally Doesn’t
Have to Be a Production
On The Vine
Ecco Domani Italian Wines
www.eccodomani.com
Ecco Domani, which means “here’s tomorrow” is a statement about this
contemporary wines allure. Style. Elegance. Sophistication. All that modern
Italy has to offer is captured in this easy-to-drink, well-balanced wine that
focuses on the best qualities of the fruit and the regions in which they are
grown.
Since Ecco Domani’s debut in 1996, it has become the leading premium
Imported brand in the United States. Ecco Domani features Pinot Grigio,
Merlot, Chianti, Chardonnay/Pinot Grigio and Cabernet/Merlot.
Pinot Grigio is a delicate wine with a clear, straw yellow color and a
tropical fruit note that gives it an exotic apple and pineapple aroma and flavor.
Ecco Domani Merlot displays a deep red color and ruby-red reflections. This
is a soft, modern red with aromas of well-ripened blackberries and notes of
spice and cherry. Ecco Domani Merlot pairs well with poultry and grilled
meats as well as tomato based pasta dishes. Sangiovese is the main grape
component of Chianti, one of Italy’s best known wines. Ecco Chianti is a
clear, ruby-red color with a bouquet of cherries entwined with spicy, pep-
pery notes. The fresh, well-structured character of this wine makes it a
perfect complement to all types of pasta, hors d’oeuvres and red or white
meats. The Chardonnay/Pinot Grigio combines these two varietals into a
clean wine in the style of Northeastern Italy characterized by ripe fruit fla-
vors and crisp acidity. Boasting floral and citrus fruit aromas with flavors
of apple, pear, peach and tropical fruit. The Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot
blend is soft with aromas of spice and ripe berry from the Cabernet and the
well-ripened blackberry fruit of the Merlot. This wine pairs nicely with a
wide range of foods including poultry and grilled meats.
Ecco Domani can be found locally for as low as $10 a bottle. Capture
a taste of Italy for yourself with a bottle of Ecco Domani wine.
On The Menu
Tips on consuming
more locally produced foods:
• Join a community supported agriculture farm, where you can
buy food directly from a farmer.
• Cook one meal a week using local and seasonal ingredients.
• Shop at local farmers markets.
• Eat at restaurants that serve locally produced foods.
• Grow your own.
Simple Green Bean and Tomato
Salad from the Garden
Alice Waters suggests using multiple varieties of cherry tomatoes and beans. They are easy to grow and
taste and look great in this simple salad tossed with vinaigrette.
GREEN BEAN AND CHERRY TOMATO SALAD
Start to finish: 30 minutes (15 minutes active)
Servings: 4
1/2 pound green beans, ends trimmed
1 small shallot, diced
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 pound cherry tomatoes, halved
6 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the
green beans and cook until just tender, about 3 to 4 min-
utes. Drain and set aside on a towel or plate to cool.
In a large bowl, stir together the shallot, vinegar, salt
and pepper. Set aside for 15 minutes, then whisk in the olive
oil.
Add the cherry tomatoes and toss. Add the bean and basil,
then toss again. Adjust seasoning.
(Recipe from Alice Waters’ “The Art of Simple Food,”
Clarkson Potter, 2007)
Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest
whole number): 168 calories; 127 calories from fat; 14 g fat (2 g saturated;
0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 7 g carbohydrate; 1 g protein; 2 g fiber;
150 mg sodium.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 27
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
What a perfect 4th of July we had this
year, no rainouts or heat waves. We went to our
friends’ house that had a magnificent fireworks
display and great food. I was marveling at the
6-foot grill most of the night. I kept looking to
see if it had a sink somewhere inside it too. This
was also the first year I didn’t cry at a fireworks
display – I started to, but somehow stopped my-
self. Normally I do. But, I also cry at parades
or stirring music, movies, or when friends say
something really nice to me, or… well, never
mind.
I really love the type of firework that af-
ter it makes the big boom and shoots out the
red or blue large stars then all these hundreds
of sparkly, twinkley stars come raining down
all around. The white twinkles seemed to hit
a point in my field of vision where they turned
into neon greenish-yellow twinkles. Then I real-
ized those were the lightning bugs getting into
the spirit of things.
Which leads me to a heated debate, one
that I have heard much about in this last month
or so – the difference between lightning bugs
and fireflies. In fact, it seemed that everyone
of an
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Mind
was talking about lightning bugs and fireflies
this year. Either they couldn’t wait to see them,
or they, too, were wondering what the difference
was. My spell checker keeps correcting me – I
always want to add in an “e” to lightning”, then I
remembered a friend had sent mean e-mail back
on June 3rd where she did the same thing, “The
lightening bugs are out! I’m soooooooooooo ex-
cited about that!” I think I must add the “e” in my
speech as well.
One person swears that there is a difference;
that lightning bugs are larger. I was believing
that, because even the name firefly sounds small-
er. Though I grew up calling them lightning bugs,
I couldn’t think of Tinkerbell as a lightning bug,
She was too cute and sweet. She is a firefly, which
sounds more fairy-like to me. Is any of this im-
portant? Yes, anything that changes long-stand-
ing childhood beliefs is important.
I did some exhaustive research, both online
and (gasp) in two dictionaries. You remember,
those things that are heavy and that you hold in
your hands. The Webster’s dictionary only has a
definition for firefly: “Any of a various noctur-
nal beetle…characteristically having luminous
abdominal organs that produce a flashing light.”
The definition for lightning bug is: “see firefly”.
They are one and the same! HA! The definitions
online were basically the same, though more de-
tailed, and explained that the terminology chang-
es regionally.
I also looked up glowworm, thinking of that
old Mills Brothers song my Father loved, wonder-
ing if that might be another regional term. Glow
worms, are indeed different. They are “The lu-
minous larva or wingless, grub like female of a
firefly, especially the European species.” I know
that my fellow contributing writer, Theresa Morr,
who writes “Creature Feature” probably has, or
could explain all this better.
I asked my friend Chris the other night, as
we watched all the lightning bugs at the ball field,
if she ever caught lightning bugs in a jar. She did.
I wanted to again that night, but it probably would
have looked strange for two grown woman to run
around with mason jars with little slits cut in the
lids. Maybe not. I bet all those guys on the ball
teams would secretly be wishing they were little
boys again. Wait a minute, they still are.
Speaking of my husband, last week, after
a ball game he woke me up yelling about some-
thing. I believe it was softball related. Well, once
I was awake, I looked up and asked what is that?
There was a blinking neon glow above the ceil-
ing fan. He told me to go back to sleep. Well of
course I couldn’t. He had just worked on the light
earlier and received quite a good jolt of electricity.
I thought I had turned off both switches, o.k?
So I thought there was a short. After about
ten minutes I heard a little laugh. He had started
to watch the light too, and finally grumbling, got
up and checked it. You all already know what it
was, we had an idea, but we were a little groggy.
When he turned on the fan, the poor little light-
ning bug fell on the bed, and I put it outside. Then
he said are you happy, go to sleep.
No I wasn’t. I worried about the lightning
bug all night after that; about it having to leave
the safe haven it found on top of our fan, and told
my husband so. But, I didn’t cry.
To each new night’s adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to: shelbys.
[email protected].
Chesapeake Orchestra
Jeffrey Silberschlag,
music director
River
Concert
Series
2009
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open at 5 PM for picnicking
or purchasing food from
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Larry Vote
July 10
An Evening of Rodgers and
Hammerstein
This week join guest conductor Larry Vote
and singing stars Diane Atherton,
Olivia Vote, Steve Cramer, and Bob
McDonald for an evening of Rodgers
and Hammerstein music.
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Diane Atherton
July 11 ALL THAT JAZZ
Don Stapleson, jazz trio
Vincenzo’s at Calvert Marina
ON LOCATION
Rusty Spurs,
bluegrass band
On the Square in
Leonardtown • 7 PM
July 15 AT THE MOVIES
“Music of the Heart”
Cole Cinema, Campus Center
7 PM
Nathaniel Silberschlag,
French Horn
Cole Cinema, Campus Center • 9 PM
Wanderings
The Lights of Summer
Book Review
c.2009, Harmony Books $27.00 / $33.00 Canada 326 pages, includes index
“Magnificent Desolation”
by Buzz Aldrin with Ken Abraham
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Contributing Writer
Imagine that you went to work one day
and changed the world.
Becoming a celebrity, you knew, was
inevitable but you didn’t fully anticipate the
extent: parades, TV appearances, crowds of
fans intent on touching your
sleeve. Meals interrupted by
paparazzi. Privacy and quiet,
a memory.
And while your family
wasn’t exactly thrilled with
this attention and it got pretty
tiresome, one thing bothered
you more than anything. It
was a question you couldn’t
stop asking yourself.
What do I do next?
In the new book “Mag-
nificent Desolation” by Buzz
Aldrin (with Ken Abraham),
you’ll read an account of the
first historic moon landing
and its effect on the life of the
second man on the moon.
Forty years ago this July,
much of the entire world was mesmerized by
what they saw on TV. From a short ladder at-
tached to a spider-like capsule, two men, one
after the other, stepped onto the moon. Neil
Armstrong, because he was closer to the door,
was first to set foot on the lunar surface. Buzz
Aldrin, who outranked Armstrong but sat far-
thest from the module’s opening, went next.
This was, Aldrin remembers, a very sci-
entific journey. Though their mission was to
collect specimens from the moon’s surface,
Aldrin says he wanted to experiment further
but frivolity wasn’t the reason for being in
space. That lack of opportunity bothered him
for many years to come.
The moonwalk made Aldrin, Arm-
strong and fellow astronaut Michael Collins
instantly, wildly famous. After a month-long
quarantine, the three were whisked away for
celebratory parades, meetings with heads of
state, and visits abroad. The frenzy appears,
in this book, to have boggled Aldrin’s mind.
But once the adoration died down, Al-
drin began to ask himself, “What next?”
NASA “pretty much closed the door…” and
a job at the USAF Test Pilot
School didn’t work out. His
small salary from the gov-
ernment wasn’t enough to
live on and Aldrin “dabbled”
with inventions based on his
space walk. Soon, he fell into
a deep depression and began
drinking. His first wife left
him and a second marriage
didn’t last long.
Finally, with the help of
friends and the “love of [my]
life”, Aldrin pulled himself
out of the black space he’d
fallen into.
For millions of kids and
former kids, being an astro-
naut always sounds so excit-
ing. But before you run out
and get fitted for a flight suit, read this eye-
opening book first.
Author Buzz Aldrin doesn’t brag about
his place in history, but he has a few com-
plaints about it. He’s open about his past and
his problems, and he takes responsibility.
He discusses his efforts for space tourism
and more exploratory ideas for the future of
NASA. And he bluntly (and quite angrily)
addresses conspiracy theorists who think the
whole moon landing was a sham.
If you, too, were glued to the TV on that
night forty years ago, or if you always wanted
to do a real moonwalk, read this book. For
historians and astronaut wannabe’s, “Mag-
nificent Desolation” is out of this world.
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6. Ancient Greek coin
10. Doctors’ group
13. Homer’s epic poem
14. Left Bank resident
16. Kitchen appliances
18. Ambulance personnel
19. Counterbalance container
20. Cuckooes
21. MN 55051
22. Point midway between N
and NE
23. Attires
24. Rows rising
27. Volcanic craters
29. Bard or lyricist
30. Swine
32. Invests in little enterprises
33. Uncovers
35. Ac____: entree
36. Helps little firms
37. An open skin infection
38. Blind gut (pl.)
39. Make certain of something
41. Anxieties
43. What we breathe
44. Canadian law enforcers
45. Prefix for outside
46. Swiss river
47. Don’t know when yet
50. Shower spray deterrent
53. A short and amusing opera
54. Expressed pleasure
55. Myriameter
56. “Smile Please” author Jean
57. Regretful
CLUES DOWN
1. Bog down
2. ____entary: basic
3. Rock cleft
4. Household god (Roman)
5. Newspaper chiefs
6. Dramas set to music
7. Naked
8. ___l: spoken
9. Long tedious lists
10. More aired
11. The bay state (abbr.)
12. Article
15. 14 line verse form
17. Clerical clothing
21. Designer Jacobs
23. Belonging to Cronus’
mother
24. Foot appendage
25. Fencing swords
26. Phonograph record
27. Manuscripts (abbr.)
28. Swedish rock group
29. Pakistani rupee
31. Young women’s
association
33. One who receives a loan
34. They ___
35. Nag and object
37. Wooer
38. Camcorders
40. Algonquian chief
41. Noisy quarrel
42. Beige
45. Catch sight of
46. Showily imitative of artists
47. Himalayan goat
48. Casket stand
49. Griffith, Rooney
51. Kiss hit “B___”
52. a.k.a. Dao
53. Sacred Hindu syllable
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 31
ewsmakers
Operation Iraqi Golf Balls Sending Sporting Supplies to Soldiers
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
One can just imagine the miles and miles
of desert stretching like an ocean in Iraq,
where U.S. troops are still roughing out their
tours without most of the conveniences or
pleasures they have at home. But a few South-
ern Marylanders are trying to give the troops
a little more to do in their off hours.
DeeJay Gude, part owner of South-
ern Maryland online (www.somd.com), has
launched a new campaign with partner David
Noss to send golf balls to troops stationed
in Iraq, a mission that has grown out of the
launch of Web site’s new Internet radio sta-
tion (www.radiosomd.fm), which is gaining
popularity with troops from the area stationed
overseas.
“David had been working with some lo-
cal guys stationed in Iraq to open a streaming
port so they could listen to our radio station
over there,” wrote Gude in an e-mail. “Mike
Davis, a [Department of Defense] contrac-
tor who works with soldiers of all ranks and
nationalities in Iraq and is from St. Mary’s
County, mentioned that several of the camps
had set up a driving range for R&R and were
having a hard time getting golf balls. He
asked if we could round up some used balls
and send them over … so that’s how Opera-
tion Iraqi Golf Balls came into being.”
“The guys in Iraq contacted me directly
to ask if we could help them round up the
balls. I had worked with them before trying
get something in place so they could listen
to radiosomd.fm while in Iraq,” wrote Noss
in an e-mail about the collection. “They said
they use somd.com all the time to stay in
touch with their home. One guy actually e-
mailed in a shout out to his wife on our first
day of broadcasting, June 1,” he added.
After Noss pitched the idea to DeeJay
Gude, she said she started working with lo-
cal sponsors to set up drop off locations. Gude
said that the station would be collecting as
many golf balls as they could get their hands
on from private donors, golf clubs and other
businesses through the end of July.
Gude said that the project has a personal
feel for her, because her son, Sgt. Doug Gor-
don, is an Iraqi vet, as is his wife, Jessica.
“My son is indeed an Iraq vet and did a
tour in Afghanistan as well – both as military
and DoD contractor. He’s done two tours in
Iraq, one in Afghanistan. And his wife, my
daughter-in-law, has done an Iraq tour as
well,” she wrote.
“The balls will actually be shipped to
several different camps, and our intention is to
send them enough balls that they won’t have
to worry about running out for a long time,”
she explained. “What started out as a few
golf balls has snowballed into a much bigger
project because everyone thought it was such
a terrific idea, and they want to get involved.”
Gude added that several local businesses
have expressed interest in helping pay for
shipping costs, though only one business has
confirmed its pledge so far. The biggest force
behind the project has been the individuals on
the Web site’s forums.
“People in our forums are really getting
involved with this, from putting out boxes to
helping with shipping … it’s really become a
Southern Maryland Online community proj-
ect. If you go to the Life in Southern Mary-
land forum at http://forums.somd.com/life-
southern-maryland/, the top two threads are
about the golf ball collection,” she wrote.
In the meantime drop boxes have already
been set up at Pepper’s Pet Pantry in Solo-
mons, Leonardtown Ford at both the new and
used dealership locations, and all Cedar Point
Federal Credit Union locations in St. Mary’s
including the one at Pax River. Boxes will be
collected on July 31 for shipping.
For more information go to the Southern
Maryland Online forums, Life In Southern
Maryland Section at http://forums.somd.com,
call 301-863-2567 or e-mail [email protected].
The Sand Trap
The County Times
Thursday, July 9, 2009 32
By Monica Meinert
Contributing Writer

The county’s annual Freedom Fest fireworks show that took
place Saturday July 4 at the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds has
been a long-standing tradition for citizens of the county; the free-
to-the-public event has received funding from the St. Mary’s
County Government since 1990.
However, the county budget recently passed for fiscal year
2010 no longer includes funds for a display, and there are no plans
for any sort of county-led fundraising endeavor.
“This is what you do in the county for the Fourth of July,” said
Christi Summerday, 19, of Breton Bay, who attended the event.
Summerday, like many others, was disappointed to learn that
this could be the final year for fireworks in Leonardtown. “It’s
sad,” she said. “This is how we’ve always celebrated.”
This year, Freedom Fest cost the county $16,750, with $10,000
used to purchase fireworks. The county’s Public Information Of-
fice cited the current economic situation for the bud-
get cuts that are likely to change what for many has
been an annual pastime.
The county’s funding cuts have been finalized,
but all hope may not be lost for a fireworks display
next year. Although the county cannot fund the
event, there is still the potential for a private fund-
raising campaign, said county Public Information
Officer Karen Everett.
“If citizens want to take on the initiative,” Ever-
ett said, summing up the situation, “the county gov-
ernment is all ears.”
News that this year’s Freedom Fest could be the
county’s last for a while did not keep the crowd from
enjoying the show. Early birds could be seen setting
up chairs and blankets as early as six o’clock, more
than three hours before the fireworks were scheduled
to begin.
The event, which started by the county as an
alcohol-free way to celebrate the Fourth of July hol-
iday, provided entertainment for all ages through-
out the evening.
Taking the stage at various locations were several local
bands that played a wide variety of music, ranging from hard rock
to country to ZZ Top covers. The pavilion stage was occupied
throughout the night by a number of different acts, including local
dance groups and a reptile show for younger audiences.
Arts and crafts were on display for purchase in one of the
commercial buildings, and a lawn mower mini-pull was held on
the Route 5 side of the fairgrounds. The multitude of booths lin-
ing the main street offered a wide selection of beverages and food,
such as the ever-popular crowd favorite: the funnel cake.
Visiting from Florida, Rita Nelson – a first timer at Freedom
Fest – said she was impressed by all that the event had to offer.
Accompanying Nelson was her young grandson, Mannix. “He’s
looking forward to the fireworks!” said Nelson, smiling.
The display itself did not disappoint, attracting its usual
crowd that spilled across Route 5 to the Leonardtown Middle and
High School parking lots. The show began around 9:30 p.m. and
concluded a half hour later to the sound of cheers and whistles
from onlookers.
Community
Congratulations to MaryLou
Watson, St. Mary’s Hospital’s vice
president for nursing, for winning
the Nursing Spectrum Excellence
Award in the category of advancing
and leading the profession. Watson
was honored at the Nursing Excel-
lence Gala on June 9 in Greenbelt,
Md. As a regional winner, she is
now eligible for the National Nurse
of the Year Awards.
“Any leader who is good in their
role as a leader is only there because
of the quality of the people who
are right beside that leader,” Wat-
son said. “At St. Mary’s, we have
not only a solid and strong nurse
director team, but we also have
many staff nurses who give more
than 100 percent each day they are
here. It is the team that is the win-
ner in this award.”
This national program recog-
nizes the extraordinary contribu-
tions nurses make to their patients,
colleagues and the nursing profes-
sion. Nominees include manag-
ers, educators, advanced practice
nurses, staff nurses and others from
Maryland, Virginia and Washing-
ton, D.C.
Elizabeth Schaeffer, the hos-
pital’s director of nursing resourc-
es, and Janet Evans, director of the
Women’s Health & Family Birthing
Center, nominated Watson. Schaef-
fer wrote in a nomination letter,
“This nominee’s accomplishments
are many and are the evidence of
her management and teambuild-
ing skills…St. Mary’s Hospital is a
growing community/rural hospital,
and this nominee is keeping her team
on the cutting edge of technology
and in the forefront of the nursing
profession.”
During Watson’s time at the
hospital, she has helped design and
implement an electronic medical
records system – in fact, St. Mary’s
Hospital is part of only an estimated
1.5 percent of U.S. hospitals with a
comprehensive electronic medical
records system, according to the New
England Journal of Medicine. She
has also helped implement medica-
tion scanning/barcoding at patients’
bedsides for added safety and helped
renovate and expand the Emergency
Department and the number of inpa-
tient beds. She has been instrumental
in maintaining the control of nursing
turnover to be less than 1.5 percent.
Watson has worked at St. Mary’s
Hospital since November 2006,
where she directs nursing services
throughout the hospital and estab-
lishes quality standards for nursing
care, treatment and services. Wat-
son joined St. Mary’s from Southern
Maryland Hospital, where she served
as the Vice President of Patient Care
Services and the Chief Nursing Of-
ficer. Prior to that, she held the same
title at Montgomery General Hospi-
tal. Watson received her nursing de-
gree from the University of Maryland
School of Nursing and her Master of
Administrative Sciences from The
Johns Hopkins University.
No Money for Freedom Fest Fireworks
HVFD Introduces
First Fireworks
Wade Abell takes a
shine to one of the
cars in the Hollywood
Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment’s car show on
Saturday July 4 prior
to the department’s
first public fireworks
display. The car show,
which charged admis-
sion, helped offset the
cost of the free display.
Erin Drumheller
was chosen
Fire Prevention
Girl at the
Hollywood
Volunteer Fire
Departments
car show and
fireworks dis-
play on
July 4.
Hospital Vice President Wins Regional Award
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Monica Meinert
At the face painting booth at Freedom Fest, three-
year-old Xavior Redd waits for his Spiderman design
to be finished.
Photo By Shannon Ivanchev
Fireworks light up the skies over the St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds
Saturday in celebration of Independence Day.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 33
L ibrary Items
• Story Lady Visits
Glenda Fields, the Story Lady,
will delight children with her high-
energy show of storytelling and magic
at the next free Professional Perfor-
mance on Monday July 13. Charlotte
Hall’s performance will be at 10 a.m.
at White Marsh Elementary School,
Leonardtown’s at 12:30 p.m. at Father
Andrew White School, and Lexing-
ton Park’s at 3 p.m. at Lexington Park
Library. The performances are for all
ages and funded by a grant from St.
Mary’s County Arts Council and the
Target Corporation.

• Free workshops for teens
Workshops about making simple
arcade games using Gamemaker and
creating simple animation for e-mail
messages will be offered on July 11
and July 15 at Leonardtown. Leon-
ardtown will also offer a workshop
on using Scratch software to create a
computer game on July 21. Discover
U Children’s Museum is sponsoring
these free workshops conducted by
Deb Daniel. Registration is required.
Contact library for times.
Teens can register for a free
workshop on drawing Manga con-
ducted by John Busby on July 25 at
Leonardtown at 2 p.m. and July 29 at
Charlotte Hall at 5 p.m. Teens are in-
vited to Teen Gaming Fun on July 9
at 1 p.m. at Lexington Park, July 21 at
Charlotte Hall at 5:30 p.m. and July 24
at Leonardtown at 2 p.m. Snacks will
be provided.

• Free Harry Potter movie
All three branches, in celebration
of the new Harry Potter movie, will
have a free showing of “Harry Potter
and the Order of Phoenix.” Lexington
Park’s will be July 15 at 4 p.m., Char-
lotte Hall’s on July 16 at 2 p.m. and
Leonardtown’s on July 16 at 5 p.m.
Snacks will be provided. The movie is
rated PG-13.

• Indentured servant tells story
Children ages 5 and older can
travel back in time and meet “Goody
Norman,” an indentured servant who
will talk about her journey at sea on
July 16 at 10 a.m. at Charlotte Hall,
12:30 p.m. at Leonardtown and at
3 p.m. at Lexington Park. This free
Celebrate 375! program is presented
by St. Clement’s Island Museum staff.
Those attending can try on colonial
outfits, play games and take home a
goody bag. Registration is required.
• Families invited to gaming nights
Family members and gamers can
challenge each other to Wii and board
games on July 22 at Lexington Park
at 6 p.m., on July 23 at 5:30 p.m. at
Leonardtown and on July 30 at 5:30
p.m. at Charlotte Hall. Snacks will be
provided.
• Opening Reception scheduled
for local artist
The public is invited to meet
Rose Beitzell and view her pyrography
art display entitled Feathers Burning
on July 9 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the
Lexington Park Library Art Gallery.
Beitzell uses burning tools to create
images and the texture, then acrylics
to impart the color. Her artwork is on
display through Aug. 15.
The St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary is hosting its
annual golf tournament on Sept. 15, 2009 at the Breton
Bay Golf and Country Club in Leonardtown. Don’t
miss out on a delightful afternoon of golf to raise mon-
ey for new equipment in the Emergency Department at
St. Mary’s Hospital.
Golfers can participate for $75 each, which will
include a round of golf, snacks and beverages through-
out the day as well as a delicious barbecue donated
from Bear Creek Open Pit BBQ. Cash prizes will be
awarded for first, second and third place teams along
with competitions for men’s and women’s longest drive
and closest-to-the-pin.
Last year’s golf tournament raised $15,422 to go
toward a mobile EKG machine for the hospital’s Emer-
gency Department. This year’s goal is to purchase a
bariatric stretcher or a fluoro trauma stretcher for the
Emergency Department.
Sponsorship opportunities exist at various levels;
it’s a great way for recognition. For details about the
golf outing, sponsorship opportunities, or to register
your foursome or business for a day of golf, please e-
mail Kay Owens at [email protected]. Get
ready to tee off for a good cause!
The Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department’s annual carnival will be held July 16-19 and again July 23-27
beginning 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 boy’s
& 2 girl’s) will be given away to ages 12 and under each night (must be present to win). A Treasure Chest cash
prize will be raffled the last night of the carnival.
“Hi, my name is Princess and I’m a very sweet approxi-
mately three year old female Black Labrador Retriever/
German Shepherd Dog mix. I would be a PERFECT family
dog. I have a wonderfully loving personality and I adore
people! I get along with other dogs both large and small
and I’m currently living with children in my foster home. I
haven’t shown much interest in the older family cat. Now
I’m looking for someone to give me the furever home I
deserve! I’m up to date on all vaccinations, spayed, house
trained, crate trained and identifcation micro chipped.
For more information, please contact Second Hope
Rescue at [email protected] or call 240-925-
0628. Please Adopt, Don’t Shop!”
Walter “Sam” Hill, left, receives a pin and a let-
ter of congratulations for his 50 years of service
to Lions International from Jim Hodges, outgoing
president of the Hollywood Lions Club
Walter “Sam” Hill was recently recognized for 50 years
of service to Lions International by Jim Hodges, outgoing
president of the Hollywood Lions Club. The recognition took
place June 25 at the St Mary’s Nursing Center where Sam is
recuperating from heart surgery.
After returning from World War II, Hill went to school,
worked for four years at the Naval Research Lab in Washing-
ton, and then opened his own plumbing business in Beltsville,
Md. Subsequently, Hill joined the College Park Lions Club.
Loving the social and charitable opportunities provided by
Lionism, he transferred his Lions’ membership to the Holly-
wood Club following his retirement in 1987.
Hodges presented Hill with a 50-year pin and a letter
of congratulations from Albert Brandel, international presi-
dent of Lions Clubs International. Patrick Montgomery, the
incoming president of the Hollywood Lions Club, could not
attend the presentation due to previously scheduled travel
arrangements.
Lions Honor Hill
Hospital to Host Annual
Golf Tournament
Local Produce for Cedar Lane Residents
Farmer C.A. Goddard and Cedar
Lane resident Peggy Dixon.
Photo By Janice Pruett
Local farmer C.A. Goddard loaded up
his truck and brought his farm stand to Ce-
dar Lane Apartments on June 24, giving the
residents the opportunity to buy fresh and
local produce.
“This is a wonderful example of how
we bring the outside community to our
residents at Cedar Lane,” said Cedar Lane
Service Coordinator Laurie Stone, who ar-
ranged the weekly market for residents. “It
provides a ‘taste of summer,’ especially for
those residents who otherwise would not be
able to visit a farmer’s market.”
“I was very pleased to buy fresh corn
on the cob that was just picked that morn-
ing,” said resident Peggy Dixon.
Although a little disappointed that most
things were sold by the time she arrived,
resident Lina Smith said, “It was really good
to have the market here.”
Cedar Lane Apart-
ments is a senior living
community that serves
the elderly and disabled.
It is located at 22680 Ce-
dar Lane Court, Leonar-
dtown, MD 20650; 301-
475-8966; www.cedarla-
neapts.com.
Hollywood Volunteer Fire
Department Annual Carnival
The County Times
Thursday, July 9, 2009 34
Bare Sizzles In Potomac’s Firecracker 40
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
Budds Creek – Booper Bare of
Rockbridge Baths, Va., scored his sec-
ond win in a row and third of the season
in last Friday night’s Firecracker 40 at
the Potomac speedway.
Daryl Hills and Matt Quade
brought the field down to the initial
waving of the green flag. Third-starting
Bare got the jump at the start and would
take the race lead by the completion of
the first circuit.
Bare’s only challenge during the
event came from runner-up Jamie
Lathroum as the duo would slug it out
over the entire 40-lap distance. Bare’s
mastery in lapped traffic proved to be
the turning point in the event as Lath-
roum got close to Bare on several oc-
casions, but Bare repelled the advances
and drove off to his division-leading,
49th-career Potomac late-model fea-
ture win.
“When we won last week, we went
with softer tires for the feature and the
car faded a little toward the end,” Bare
said. “Tonight we went with a harder
tire and the car worked really well on
the bottom of the track.”
Bare was quick to praise those
who aided in his winning run.
“I have to thank Rocket chassis,
Malcuit racing engines and Hoosier
tires and all the guys on the crew,” he
said. “Without them we wouldn’t be
here right now.”
Twelfth-starting Kyle Lear col-
lected third, Scott Cross had a nice run
taking fourth and Rick Hulson grabbed
his second top-five in a row as he was
fifth at the checker. Heats for the 24
cars on hand went to Matt Quade, Da-
ryl Hills and Jamie Lathroum.
Walt Homberg was triumphant
for the second time this season as he
posted the win in the 16-lap street stock
feature. Homberg took the lead from
Kurt Zimmerman on lap 2 and would
then hold the advances of Troy Kassiris
to preserve the win. Barry Williams Jr.
came from 18th to finish third, point
leader Kyle Nelson was fourth and Kurt
Zimmerman hung on for fifth. Heats
for the 18-car field went to Zimmerman
and Eric Johnson.
In other action Will Nelson scored
his first-career feature win in the 15-lap
hobby stock event, and current point
leader James Marshall rolled to win
number four in the 20-lap modified
headliner.
Late models 40 laps
1. Booper Bare 2. Jamie Lathroum 3. Kyle Lear 4.
Scott Cross 5. Rick Hulson 6. Roland Mann 7. Jeff Pilk-
erton 8. Dale Hollidge 9. Harold Dorsey Jr. 10. David Wil-
liams 11. Bryan Bernheisel 12. Paul Cursey 13. Louie Lit-
tlepage 14. Kenny Geer 15. Chris Cromer 16. Kirk Ryan
17. Eddie Drury 18. Pat Wood 19. Tim Murphy 20. Daryl
Hills 21. Tommy Wagner Jr. 22. Matt Quade 23. Ray Kable
Jr. 24. Deane Guy
Street stocks 16 laps
1. Walt Homberg 2. Troy Kassiris 3. Barry Williams
Jr. 4. Kyle Nelson 5. Kurt Zimmerman 6. Ben Bowie 7. Eric
Johnson 8. Craig Tankersley 9. Donnie Smith 10. Stephen
Quade 11. Kevin Cooke 12. Dale Reamy 13. Scott Wilson
14. Phil Lange 15. Barry Williams Sr. 16. Country Prince
17. Jarrett Collinson (DNS) 18. Corey Hanson (DNS).
Skate Series Returns to
St. Mary’s County in August
The Mid-Atlantic Skating Series, now in its seventh season of action, will
return for its yearly meet in St. Mary’s 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.
Ryken Seeks Head Coaches
For Three Sports
St. Mary’s Ryken High School seeks qualified applicants for the posi-
tions of Head Varsity Girls Soccer Coach, Head Girls Tennis Coach and Head
Baseball Coach for the 2009-10 school year. These are part-time positions but
teaching positions are also available. If interested contact Mike Vosburgh, ath-
letic director, at 301-373-4199 or [email protected].
Gretton
Goalkeeping
Camps
Gretton Goalkeeping is offering
its Goalkeeper Soccer Camp Series
through the week of August 17 at vari-
ous locations in southern Maryland.
Camps run Monday through Thurs-
day; al ages and skill levels welcome.
For more information, call (301) 643-
8992 or e-mail grettongoalkeeping@
gmail.com.
Silver Stars
Recruiting
Pax River Silver Stars will be put-
ting together a 5th/6th grade girls AAU
basketball team to play in the fall and
next spring/summer. Also, tryouts for
the 14U/9th grade fall league team will
be coming up in August. Anyone inter-
ested in AAU girls basketball, contact
Savannah Webb, director of Pax River
Silver Stars, at [email protected], 301-
737-1792, or 301-247-3152. The Web
site is: http://www.eteamz.com/paxriv-
ersilverstars/index.cfm.
Tennis
Doubles
Social Doubles are held twice
weekly and consist of informal doubles
matches put together by the site coor-
dinator based on that day’s attendance.
No official registration is required.
• 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 official registration is
required.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 35
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Back Road Bats Too Tough For Knockouts
Softball Standings
Games Through Mon., July 6
Women’s League Standings
Division I

Wins Losses Games Back
1. Just Us 14 0 0
2. CCE 15 1 0.5
3. Bud Light 13 1 1
4. Southern 11 3 3
Division II

Wins Losses Games Back
1. Knight Life 8 5 0
2. Anderson’s 9 6 0.5
3. Back Road 8 6 0.5
4. Capt. Sam’s 6 7 2
5. Simms 6 8 2.5
6. DDI 4 9 4.5
Division III

Wins Losses Games Back
1. Xtreme 3 11 0
2. Coors Light 1 10 0.5
3. Knockouts 1 13 2
4. Moose 0 15 3.5
Young Men’s Standings

Wins Losses Games Back
2. Team Moose 13 2 0
1. AC Moose 12 2 0.5
3. Cryers 10 5 2.5
4. Dew Drop 12 6 3
5. Shockers 9 6 3.5
6. Straight Cut 9 6 3.5
7. Big Dogs 6 9 6.5
8. Raley’s 7 11 8
9. Knott’s 6 12 9
10. Liberty 3 13 11
11. Jeff Rocks 2 16 13
Men’s Slow-Pitch Standings

Wins Losses Games Back
1. Budweiser 15 2 0
2. Chaney’s 16 3 0.5
3. Back Road 16 5 1.5
4. Pax Bombers 15 7 3
5. Wentworth 9 12 8.5
6. Eagles’ Nest 4 16 13
7. Book By Blanche 3 18 1
8. VFW 2632 1 20 16.5
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEONARDTOWN – After jumping out a 10-0 lead after one
inning of play, Back Road Inn scuffled and battled their way to a
16-6 victory over the Knockouts Monday evening in a St. Mary’s
County Women’s Softball League game.
“After the first inning, we continued to hit the ball well,” said
BRI manager Jeff Gass, “but they just made the plays they had to
make defensively. I don’t want to take any credit away from them,
they are a good team. They’re the future of our league.”
Meanwhile, the present belonged to Back Road (8-6 overall)
as leftfielder Trish Guy started and ended the scoring with a two-
run single in her first turn at bat and another RBI single that put
Back Road ahead 10-0 going into the second inning.
It looked as though Back Road Inn would cruise but the
Knockouts, a first-year Division III team, battled back with a four-
run third inning and limited Back
Road to just six runs over their fi-
nal five times at the plate.
“It’s been a learning experi-
ence,” said Knockouts manager
Mike Derby. “We have a lot of
talent this year, but they’re fresh
out of high school and used to fast-
pitch. We have to get them up to
speed on slow-pitch. We’re very
good defensively, but offensively
it’s a different game.”
The Knockouts (1-13) started
the top half of the third with three
consecutive hits and got on the
board when Haley Pool worked a
walk from Back Road Inn pitcher
Wendy Gibson. After a Ashley
Owens sacrifice fly, Amy Derby
connected on a two-run single to
close the gap to 10-4.
“It has been a struggle, but they don’t give up, they hang in
there,” Mike Derby said. “When we play D-III teams, which isn’t
too often, we do well. I think if we had a little more exposure
against D-III teams, it would help us.”
Because each team has to play every team in the league twice
regardless of division, it makes it tough for a team like the Knock-
outs to get on equal ground right away, but Gass doesn’t think
they’re too far off.
“I think they learned something from playing us, and we
learned something from playing them,” he said. “I see them
knocking off a D-II team before the season’s over.”
As for his team, with the regular season winding down, Gass
is confident that Back Road can make some noise in the playoffs.
“We’re right where we want to be,” he says. “Come playoff
time, it’s about what team is the hottest and we’re pretty hot right
now.”
Back Road Inn’s Wendy Gibson sends a pitch towards home plate.
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart Photo By
Frank Marquart
JoAnn Russell of Back Road Inn takes a swing.
Back Road Inn’s Kelli Gass reaches second safely as The Knock-
outs’ Niki Brooks awaits the throw.
The Knockouts’ Haley Pool just misses a line drive in Monday night’s wom-
en’s softball game at Back Road Inn.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 36
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Men’s 40-Over League
Hobos vs. Hole-In-The-Wall at Tippet’s Field
Clements vs. Tri-County Aire at Back Road Inn
Capt. Sam’s vs. Anderson’s at Anderson’s Bar
Seabreeze vs. Mom & Pop’s at Fenwick Field
Rita B’s vs. Nationwide at Knight Life
Men’s Slow-Pitch League
Wentworth vs. Bombers at Pax River, 6:30 p.m.
Chaney’s vs. Budweiser at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m.
VFW 2632 vs. Back Road Inn at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m.
Eagles’ Nest vs.Bookkeeping By Blanche at Chancellor’s Run
Park, 6:30 p.m.
Fri., July 10
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Jeff Rocks vs. Team Moose at Moose Lodge, 6:30 p.m.
AC Moose vs. Liberty O.S. at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m.
Raley’s Softball vs. Cryer’s at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m.
Straight Cuts vs. Knott’s Construction
at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m.
Big Dogs vs. Dew Drop Inn
at Chancellor’s Run Park, 6:30 p.m.
Sat., July 11
Premier League
All-Star Game, 3 p.m.
Young Men’s League
Knott’s Construction vs. Raley’s Softball
at Back Road Inn, 4 p.m.
Shockers vs. Big Dogs at Anderson’s Bar, 6 p.m.
Knott’s Construction vs. Dew Drop Inn
at Chancellor’s Run Park, 6 p.m.
Sun., July 12
Young Men’s League
Cryer’s vs. Shockers at Captain Sam’s, 6 p.m.
Team Moose vs. Straight Cuts at Moose Lodge, 6 p.m.
Knott’s Construction vs. Jeff Rocks at Anderson’s Bar, 6 p.m.
Dew Drop Inn vs. Libery O.S. at The Brass Rail, 6 p.m.
AC Moose vs. Raley’s Softball at Back Road Inn, 6 p.m.
Mon., July 13
Women’s League
Dew Drop Inn/Two Point Construction /P.J’s Autobody/Bryan
Jones Paint vs. Southern at 7th District Park, 6:30 p.m.
Back Road Inn vs. Moose Lodge at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30 p.m.
Coors Light vs. Simms at The Brass Rail, 6:30
Simms vs. Coors Light at 7th District Park, 8 p.m.
Women’s Over-30 League
Hole-in-the-Wall vs. Captain Sam’s at Captain Sam’s
S&J Heating vs. Back Road Inn at Back Road Inn
Raley’s Softball vs. Rosebuds at Tippett’s Field
Moose Lodge vs. Ryce Electric at Moose Lodge
Tues., July 14
Men’s Slow-Pitch League
Budweiser vs. Bombers at Pax River, 6:30 p.m.
Bookkeeping By Blanche vs. VFW2632
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Back Road Inn vs. Wentworth at the Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m.
Eagles’ Nest vs. Chaney’s at the Brass Rail, 8 p.m.
Wed., July 15
Women’s League
Southern vs. Coors Light
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Simms vs. Knockouts
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Anderson’s Bar vs. Xtreme at Chancellor’s Run Park, 6:30 p.m.
Knight Life vs. Moose Lodge at Moose Lodge, 6:30 p.m.
Captain Sam’s vs. Just Us at Chancellor’s Run Park, 6:30 p.m.
Bud Light vs. Dew Drop Inn/Two Pt Construction /
P.J’s Autobody/Bryan Jones Paint at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m.
Back Road Inn vs. Chesapeake Custom Embroidery
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Come Around
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
Fans of the Baltimore Orioles and
Washington Nationals may be flying the
colors of their teams proudly, but they also
seem to think that neither team will turn
it around and both Beltway baseball clubs
will be destined to bring up the rear in their
respective divisions for years to come.
I say to those fans, “Take heart” – it
will get better sooner rather than later.
How do I know? Easy – I’m a Philadelphia
Phillies fan.
When I fell in love with baseball and
watching the hometown Phils in the sum-
mer of 1989, it was a sad story. Veterans
Stadium by then was already the Cabrini-
Green of American sports stadiums at that
time, and there wasn’t much to cheer about
after that. Even the 1993 National League
champion Phillies, whom I like to call the
“Original Idiots,” ended their season on a
sour note (if I ever see Joe Carter in the
streets, it’s going to be a misunderstanding
… of course I’m kidding), and went right
back to the bottom of the barrel.
However, with Scott Rolen’s rookie-
of-the-year campaign in 1997, things be-
gan changing for the better. Then-Gen-
eral Manager Ed Wade drafted and signed
Jimmy Rollins, Pat Burrell Ryan Howard
and Chase Utley along with grabbing Jim
Thome from the Cleveland Indians, and of
course it all came together last season for
the franchise’s first World Series title since
1980.
While the Orioles haven’t won or been
to the World Series since destroying the
Phils in 1983, and the Nats having never
been there (even in their past life as the
Montreal Expos), history doesn’t seem to
be on their side. However, to quote Mark
McGwire, “We’re not here to talk about
the past.” The O’s and Nats have bright
futures ahead of them that will take just a
bit of tweaking.
The Orioles have a certified star in
centerfield in Adam Jones, the Orioles’
lone All-Star representative. They also
have capable bats in right fielder Nick
Markakis and kamikaze second baseman
Brian Roberts, and a young pitching staff
that will only get better with time. The O’s
pure and perennial misfortune is that
they share the same division with the
New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox
and last year’s American League Pen-
nant winners, the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Orioles could use a solid veteran
starting pitcher (as a Phils fan, I must
warn you: Adam Eaton is NOT the
answer) and another bat or two and
they’ll be good to go.
As for the Nats, they’ve already
started retooling (yes, again, I know)
by sending Lastings Milledge to Pitts-
burgh for Nyjer Morgan, effectively
an outfielder-for-outfielder trade.
While Milledge is a solid hitter and
pretty good fielder, his attitude and
stubbornness proved to be a headache
for Nats management, so they shipped
him to the Steel City for Morgan, an
absolute terror on the base paths and
a competent fielder. While his bat
does leave a lot to be desired, the one-
two punch of Adam Dunn and Elijah
Dukes (another guy with problems
who seems to be straightening up) can
more than make up for Morgan’s of-
fensive deficiencies. The Nats are in
a division with good teams with the
ability to self-destruct at any time,
so they don’t have as tough a hill to
climb as the O’s, but they do have
some work to do.
In short, it looks bad now, but
it won’t stay bad forever. So support
your teams, cheer them on, demand
more from your owners and manage-
ment, and you too can have a cham-
pionship team. Trust me, I’ve seen it
happen.
Comments, questions, com-
plaints? Send ‘em all to Chris at
[email protected].
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By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
For parents who are looking for their el-
ementary school-aged children to get the best
instruction in their sports of choice, County
Sports Coordinator Kenny Sothoron believes
he has assembled the best staff possible.
“We have a great staff of camp counsel-
ors, assistant directions, directors, the whole
bit,” Sothoron says about the sports camps that
begin Monday at various locations around St.
Mary’s County.
“We have people that are not only good
teachers of their sports, but they work well
with kids, and that’s our main focus – to make
sure the kids have fun.”
Camps offering instruction in everything
from cheerleading to volleyball will kick off
Monday with a group of respected coaches
and athletes lined up.
“Parents would want to send their kids
away to these college camps, but we’ve got
more bang for their buck down here,” Sotho-
ron says.
The boys basketball camp will be led by
Chopticon boys’ hoops coach Terry Mumau,
along with counselors such as CHS alum Jon-
athan Pease, who played collegiate basketball
at Towson University.
Girls’ basketball will be led by Tara
Everly of St. Mary’s Ryken and counselors
will include Erin Leddy, a second-team All
Washington Catholic Athletic Conference se-
lection this past spring. Also, Jay Sothoron, a
former St. Mary’s Ryken assistant and current
Wheeling Jesuit University men’s lacrosse
coach, will be in charge of the boys’ lacrosse
camp.
The fees for all camps (they vary from
sport to sport) remain the same as last sum-
mer’s costs, and there has been minimal
dropoff in enrollment despite the current state
of the economy.
Sothoron looks forward to this time of
year because it gives him a chance to get out
of the office and garner feedback from the
parents who enroll their kids in the camp.
“I get to spend the first Monday of the
camps talking to parents and hearing what
they have to say, how they think we can im-
prove and what we can do better,” he says.
Registration for the camps is still open.
For more information, call Kenny Sothoron at
301-475-4200, ext. 1830.
Sports Camps
Begin Monday
The County Times
Thursday, July 9, 2009 38
Blue Crabs’ Garcia Picked Up
By Mariners Organization
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs
shortstop Travis Garcia’s contract was
purchased by the Seattle
Mariners effective July 8.
He is the second position
player and sixth Blue Crab
to be signed by a Major
League organization this
season.
Garcia, who was
selected to the Atlantic
League’s All-Star Game
as the starting shortstop for
the Liberty Division, de-
parts Southern Maryland
as the team leader in games
played (66), batting aver-
age (.338), hits (91) and doubles (17). On
the Atlantic League leader board, Garcia
leads the league in hits, his average stands
third overall, his 53 RBI place him second
on the circuit behind teammate James
Shanks, and he leaves in the league’s top
five in homers, slugging percentage, and
extra base hits. Garcia put together a hit
streak of 17 games from May 23 through
June 10, a Blue Crabs 2009 season high.
Last season Garcia hit .309 in 19
games with Southern Maryland, total-
ing three home runs and
20 RBI, after joining the
club at the conclusion of
the Frontier League sea-
son, where he played for
the Chillicothe Paints in
Ohio. A 21st round selec-
tion by the New York Mets
in 2003 out of Iona College,
the Bronx, New York na-
tive has played the game
professionally for six and a
half seasons.
Garcia joins the im-
pressive list of Blue Crabs
players to head for Major League orga-
nizations this season. Pitchers Matt De-
Salvo (Tampa Bay Rays), Jim Ed Warden
(New York Mets), John Halama (Atlanta
Braves) and Kenny Baugh (Houston As-
tros) departed for Major League organi-
zations earlier this year. First baseman
Eric Crozier (Baltimore Orioles) was
the first position player this season to be
picked up.
Sp rts
LIBERTY DIVISION W L PCT GB STREAK LAST 10
Southern Maryland 40 28 .588 L 3 5- 5
Long Island 37 31 .544 3.0 W 3 7- 3
Camden 32 36 .471 8.0 W 2 5- 5
Bridgeport 32 37 .464 8.5 L 1 7- 3
FREEDOM DIVISION W L PCT GB STREAK LAST 10
Somerset 43 26 .623 W 1 5- 5
Newark 34 35 .493 9.0 L 2 2- 8
Lancaster 32 36 .471 10.5 W 2 4- 6
York 24 45 .348 19.0 L 2 5- 5
Atlantic Baseball League Standings
(For games through Tuesday, July 7th)
Barnstormers Rally to Hand
Blue Crabs Another Loss
The Blue Crabs came into Tuesday
night’s game against Lancaster with redemp-
tion on their minds after blowing a five-run
lead in Monday’s series-opening loss at Re-
gency Furniture Stadium. At the hands of
Lancaster, it was déjà vu all over again for
the Crabs as they blew a six-run lead.
Southern Maryland scored first with
three runs in the second. However, Lancaster
responded with four runs in the top of the
third. The one-run lead was all Lancaster
could manage early and it did not last long.
Keith Ramsey made his first start and
appearance for the Blue Crabs this season
after re-signing with the team earlier in the
week. Ramsey pitched five innings, striking
out two and giving up four runs on six hits in
the no decision.
The Crabs responded in the bottom of
the third, scoring three runs as the first three
batters of the inning reached base. The Blue
Crabs added three more runs in the fifth in-
ning and one in the sixth inning to expand the
lead to 10-4.
However, Lancaster stormed back with
one, two and four runs respectively in the
seventh, eighth and ninth innings to take
a 12-10 lead. Antonio Alfonseca held on in
the ninth, picking up his second save for the
Barnstormers.
Ricardo Gomez (2-1) picked up the win
in relief. Matt Hensley (4-2) blew the save
and picked up the loss, allowing 5 runs in the
ninth-inning save situation.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 39
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Norris Rallies
Bookkeeping For Win
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS – In a rare defensive
showdown, Bookkeeping by Blanche had
just enough offense to pull out a rare win.
Brandon Norris’ RBI double in the top of the
seventh was the difference as BBB pulled out
a 6-4 victory over Eagles’ Nest in a Men’s
Slow-Pitch softball game Tuesday night.
“We’ve lost a lot of these low-scoring
games this season,” said BBB manager Allie
Babcock. “It’s nice to win one of these.”
On the other side, Eagles’ Nest co-man-
ager and left centerfielder Sam Cooper could
only lament the lost opportunities his team
had on offense.
“We were able to rally, but they got a
couple of hits and we just couldn’t get it to-
gether to come back on them,” said Cooper.
“We haven’t been able to put any hits together
and score runs the last few games.”
Bookkeeping jumped out to a 4-0 lead
in the first five innings, but four runs in the
bottom parts of the four and sixth innings,
tied the game. First baseman Steven Hawks
socked a two-run triple into right center,
scoring Ryan Sapp and Trey Pulliam to close
the gap to 4-3. The next batter up, Dragon
Pulliam scored Hawks on a single to tie the
game at four.
Norris, the starting pitcher for Book-
keeping, took the lead back for this team
in the top part of the seventh. After Robbie
Hayden hit a one-out double off of Chris Pul-
liam, Norris followed with a double of his
own, scoring Hayden easily for what turned
out to be the winning run.
“Just put the bat on the ball,” Norris said
of his thoughts coming to the plate.
Jeff Talley singled home Norris for some
insurance and BBB held on for the win.
“I’m proud of the guys due to the fact
that they were some mistakes made, but
we were able to overcome those mistakes
and get the runs necessary to win,” Bab-
cock said.
Norris is confident that BBB can
make some noise in the playoffs, which begin
in a little more than a month’s time.
“Everybody’s got a chance in this
thing,” Norris said. “We can compete with
anybody.”
Cooper feels the same way about Ea-
gles’ Nest’s chances, once they start to swing
the bats better.
“If we start to hit, we should be okay in
the first round or so,” he says.
Photo By Chris Stevens
Photo By
Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Trey Pulliam of Eagles’ Nest hauls in a fly ball
during Tuesday night’s Men’s Slow-Pitch game.
Kyle Shepard of Bookkeeping By Blanche
makes a juggling catch in foul territory.
Bookkeeping by Blanche’s Kevin Skelly connects
on an RBI single in the top of the second inning
Tuesday night.
County Students Do
Well After Graduation
THURSDAY
July 9, 2009
Photo By Frank Marquart
SLIDING INTO VICTORY
Story Page 5
Sports Camps
Getting Under Way
Hoyer: Tough Decisions
Face Congress
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