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that road crews
were doing a good
job of managing
the trafc. No, its
just backed up all
the time.
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town, said
he thought
construction
crews were doing
very well at managing
trafc on Chancellors Run Road. When asked if he
thought there were backups on the road, he said,
sure, but I expect it.
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Nuclear Power Plant on May 1, 2008, said we have a
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County government
ofces will be closed on
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, in
observance of Columbus
Day. Ofces will reopen on
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
All senior activity cen-
ters and the Vivian Ripple
Adult Day Program and the
three St. Marys County li-
braries also will be closed
on Columbus Day, Monday,
Oct. 12, 2009, and there will
also be no Meals On Wheels
delivery. (However, the sol-
id waste/recycling program,
landll, six convenience
centers and the St. Marys
Transit System will be oper-
ating normal business hours
on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009.)
Public schools will also
be closed Monday.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The rst of ve new trafc signals on the
Chancellors Run Road expansion project will
begin operating this week, said a State Highway
Administration spokeswoman, while the project
continues to move ahead on schedule for comple-
tion later next year.
The new signal at Amber Drive will begin
ashing on Friday and give motorists about 72
hours to get used to it being there, said Kellie Boul-
ware, public information ofcer for the highway
administration.
On Monday the light will begin regular op-
erations, she said.
The other trafc signals will be stationed at
Military Lane, Buck Hewitt Road at Norris Road,
Pegg Road and Horse Head Road at Chancellors
Run Regional Park.
The project is on schedule, its about 60 per-
cent complete, Boulware told The County Times
Tuesday. Things are progressing pretty well.
Right now construction crews are busy grad-
ing and paving the new southbound lanes of the
Chancellors Run Road expansion and will contin-
ue grading of land and water line work throughout
the winter, Boulware said.
Actual resurfacing of roadways must stop
during the colder months, since asphalt would not
set properly during the colder temperatures, she
said.
Crews will also continue work on a sound
barrier to protect homes from increased trafc
noise at Heards Estates.
The expansion project has been one of the
most highly anticipated in the county for
several years.
With trafc ows increasing during
rush hour along Route 235 and Route 5 and
Great Mills Road, Chancellors Runs abil-
ity to serve as a connector road was dimin-
ished signicantly by trafc jams and dan-
gerous road conditions, ofcials have said.
The total cost of the project is bud-
geted at $55 million, according to state highway
gures.
County Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-
Great Mills) said that the project has moved ahead
with far less hassle than he had thought possible.
They were required to keep the trafc mov-
ing and theyve done that, Raley said. Ive had
maybe two complaints they really have done a
nice job.
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By Virginia Terhune
Staff Writer
Right now, some veterans need to travel
one to three hours to Washington or Baltimore
to access medical care, a trip of one to three
hours which some veterans cannot do because
they dont have access to transportation.
To help solve that problem, the Tri-
County Council for Southern Maryland in
Hughesville recommends expanding the ex-
isting outpatient clinic at the Charlotte Hall
Veterans Home in St. Marys County.
The recommendation is part of a nal
report released by the Veterans Regional Ad-
visory Committee chaired by Commissioner
Tom Mattingly of St. Marys County.
Since 2000, the clinics enrollment from
the three counties has grown from about 1,000
enrollees to more than 3,000, according to the
report. Last year, 562 veterans enrolled from
Calvert, 1,151 from St. Marys and 1,663 from
Charles counties.
The Charlotte Hall Home serves older
veterans, but it also has a small outpatient cen-
ter, which has not been able to keep up with the
need for services. The rise in demand, limited
medical staff, and delays of 30 to 45 days to
get Veterans Administration private practice
mental care, justify expanding the center, ac-
cording to ofcials who applied for a Veterans
Administration grant earlier this year.
The grant application for $2 million over
two years was denied, and the report rec-
ommends applying again during the second
round of funding.
Its not clear to me how successful we
will be in that effort, but when it comes to ser-
vices for our vets, it is important to try to get
the adequate resources they deserve, and if
we have to go back a third time, we will, said
state Del. Tony ODonnell, who represents
parts of St. Marys and Calvert counties and
serves on the advisory committee.
In the meantime the network will contin-
ue to work with private providers, including
hospitals and the Naval Air Station Patuxent
River, to provide services, according to the
report. Law enforcement agencies are already
training rst-responders in how to best help
veterans with post traumatic stress syndrome
or a traumatic brain injury.
There are 39,000 veterans living in
Southern Maryland more than 12,000 in St.
Marys County and nearly 10,000 in Calvert
County, according to the report.
To view the document and summary,
visit www.tccsmd.org.
Vets Need Expanded Clinic
in Charlotte Hall
Government
Ofces,
Libraries
Close for
Columbus Day
Trafc Light on Chancellors Run Road Starts Friday
The new trafc signal at Amber Drive on Chancellors Run Road will begin operation Friday and is the rst of ve to be
installed before the roads expansion project ends next year.
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Todays Newsmaker In Brief
On reaction to higher nation-
wide unemployment gures
Its not news to us because

people are still coming to us.
Ella May Russell, Director of

Department of Social Services
On combating panhandling
in the Lexington Park area
The watchword is
zero tolerance.
Robin Finnacom, Director

of the Community
Development Corporation
Randy Guy
Running for: Commissioner President
Party: Republican
Address: Clements
Age: 62
Past or current elected positions:
Member St. Marys County Democratic
Central Committee from 1998 to 2002
Occupation: Commercial property manager, semi-retired
Reason for running: Im not happy about the spending, mainly
keeping the spending down is the thing.
Contact information: 301-769-3307
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Dan Morris
Running for: Commissioner, District 2
Party: Republican
Address: Mechanicsville
Age: 59
Past or current elected positions: None
Occupation: Transportation and security
specialist for S&W Controls
Reason for running: One reason and one
reason only; I want to freeze the taxes.
Contact information: 301-563-3603
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Ofcials with the countys hu-
man and social services providers
say that despite budget cuts from the
state, their services are in higher de-
mand than ever, and the Health De-
partment reports that it could suffer
collapse in some services if any more
cuts hit the agency.
The countys Ofce of Human
Services, which depends largely on
state grants to operate various pro-
grams, has lost $1.8 million in the last
six months, said the director, Bennett
Connelly, to the Board of County
Commissioners Tuesday.
The agency helps coordinate
assistance for county residents in
dealing with unemployment, men-
tal health, domestic violence, drug
abuse, homelessness and a whole
plethora of community needs.
Statistics offered by Connelly
bore out the heavy increase in servic-
es coupled with dwindling resources:
The number of victims expe-
riencing domestic violence problems
seeking help from the agency has
increased from 65 last year to more
than 250 this year.
The agency has identied a 39
percent increase in the number of stu-
dents in county public schools who
were homeless from last year to this
year.
Connelly suggested that the
sharp increase in people seeking do-
mestic violence help may represent
a sudden decision by some to nally
get help.
Were serving more people, but
were serving people who may not
have come forward two years ago,
Connelly said.
Connelly, who was scheduled
to retire as director this month, has
decided to stay on until sometime in
January.
Ella May Russell, director of the
Department of Social Services, said
that budget cuts have forced ofces to
close early on holidays when people
often need the most help.
This results in a backlog of cases
once the holidays are over, Russell
said.
The fact that they have had no
new staff hired on at the agency in
eight years did not help matters, she
said.
Weve been in a hiring freeze
since 2001 at the state level,
Russell explained, adding that
since then the agency has actu-
ally lost 36 positions.
Russell said that the caseload in
some departments of her agency have
increased by more than 240 percent.
We adjust every moment of
everyday but this is starting to take a
toll, she told commissioners.
Dr. William Icenhower, head of
the health department, told much the
same story.
His ofce has recently been hit
with 12 layoffs of employees and is
still busy administrating the seasonal
u vaccination program as well as for
swine u.
The group over there is taking it
in stride, and theyre working as hard
as they ever have, but theyre worried
about where were going from here,
Icenhower said.
He said that demand for health
services is increasing but that over
the past three years, 31 positions have
been lost through attrition or layoffs.
In two years the agency has lost
$1.1 million in funding, Icenhower
said.
Losses in nurses and other health
staff would have detrimental effects
on public health, department ofcials
said, and there are fears that the envi-
ronmental health section of the agen-
cy could lose more employees.
That section has already lost 12
employees, said its section head Da-
ryl Calvano.
Any further cuts would mean
partial loss of services in food inspec-
tion, perk tests for construction lots,
testing for bacteria at public beaches
and approval of building permits, he
said.
If we lose 33 percent of our
workforce, we could potentially be at
the point of collapse for environmen-
tal health services, Calvano said.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Aggressive panhandlers and people drinking in
public continue to be a problem in the Lexington Park
community, but traditional arrests and nes seem to be
having little effect, says Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron.
Up to this point patrol ofcers have been ar-
resting panhandlers and public drinkers and levying
nes in an effort to clean up the quality of life in the
neighborhoods.
But Cameron said that while he intends to keep up
a strong enforcement initiative against such nuisances,
he also said that once the offenders are released from
only a brief detention, they often go right back to the
same behavior, just in different areas.
The answer isnt simple anymore, Cameron told
The County Times. We just cant band-aid the problem
anymore by just making arrests.
Cameron said that some kind of cooperative solu-
tion was needed between business owners, local social
service providers and police to stop the problem for
good.
Robin Finnacom, head of the countys Community
Development Corp., said that human services agencies
like Walden Sierra and county social services could
help to provide job placement assistance or even sub-
stance abuse help for those who are caught panhandling
or drinking in public.
We are going to convene a working group to deal
with this, Finnacom said, but she added that some of
the hardcore offenders who chose the lifestyle would
have to be made unwelcome through continual and ag-
gressive enforcement.
Well have to make this an onion-biting area for
pan handling, Finnacom said. It has to be throughout
the Lexington Park area.
Tina Garrison, proprietor at Hair in the Square
salon at St. Marys Square Shopping Center, said that
only now are police starting to take the panhandling and
public drinking problem seriously.
The police just now started doing something, Gar-
rison told The County Times. Im calling everyday.
Garrison said that the problem is compounded
by the local homeless population that often takes up
residence in the woods behind her business as well as
others. They come out during the day and often loiter
around businesses
Some who already have had no trespassing warn-
ings levied against them continue to come to the shop-
ping center, she said, disrupting businesses and keeping
potential customers away.
Its a very aggravating situation, Garrison said.
We had to get security guards for the shopping center.
To the average customer they just dont want to come
into the shopping center.
While Garrison said that most of the vagrancy in
the area, not just conned to the shopping center, was
mostly harmless, most customers remained cautious.
The majority of them are harmless, but the aver-
age person doesnt know what theyre going to do, she
said.
Cameron, though, disputed the case that most of
the offenders were homeless.
No, theyre not, they chose this lifestyle, he said.
Human Services, Health Department Paint
Dire Pictures After Budget Cuts
Sheriff: More Solutions Needed
For Panhandling Problem
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Leonardtown ofcials say they arent
planning to constrain the size or scope of the
Veterans Day Parade set for Nov. 11 along
Washington Street ending in the town square
because the State Highway Administration
has assured them that the main thoroughfare
will be ready for their use.
But Mayor J. Harry Norris said he is still
concerned, since the streetscape project has
been fraught with delays and missteps.
I have some trepidation, Norris told
The County Times. Theyve not made a lot
of their schedules.
Ofcials with state highways conrmed
that they should have the work done soon.
The Veterans Day Parade is one of the
major events in the county for the year as
well as the town, with veterans, clubs, school
marching bands, service organizations and
ofcials all marching in the parade.
For almost 20 years the parade has been
held in the town with various parts being
staged on smaller streets and converging onto
Washington Street into the town square.
Town ofcials estimate that in 2008
there were at least 2,000 participants in the
parade with another 3,000 lining the streets
as spectators.
Norris said that with the sheer size of the
parade, the completion of the streetscape proj-
ect on Washington Street was critical.
We wouldnt be able to stage it much
less take it down Washington Street, Norris
said, adding that the workspace was too clut-
tered at present. Wed have to cut the size of
the parade back and were not looking to do
that now.
Weve been assured by SHA that theyll
have Washington Street completed, Norris
said. Were going to hold them to that.
State highway ofcials have said that the
original deadline to nish the $3.7 million
project by the end of this year would not hold
and would have to wait until later next year.
The rst major problem discovered of
the project was that sidewalks laid down
earlier this year were not compliant with the
Americans with Disabilities Act and had to
be redone.
There have been other delays with the
project including the striking and downing of
a utility pole on Fenwick Street that had to be
repaired also.
Businesses have complained that the
streetscape project has driven customers away
and disrupted the atmosphere of the town.
The Veterans Day Parade, with its sol-
emn and dignied tone, was one of the key
aspects of keeping that atmosphere.
To me the parade exemplies what the
town is all about, Norris said. Lets hope
theyre [SHA] capable of doing what they say.
Mayor: Washington Street Project
Should Finish by Vets Parade
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The leadership of the St.
Marys River Watershed As-
sociation has voted to try to
clean up the county river to the
point where it can be removed
from the federal governments
list of polluted rivers.
But it will be a task easier
said than done to get the river
off of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agencys 303 (d) list,
said the groups Executive Di-
rector Bob Lewis.
The rivers polluted,
thats what it means, Lewis
said of the moniker. Its not
going to be easy; its going to
be very difcult.
Lewis said, however, that
the river is in better shape than most on the list
and most in Maryland; many other rivers have
pathogens and heavy metals in their waters that
are harder to clean out.
The main problems for the St. Marys River,
which drains south from Lexington Park area
into the Potomac River, are sediments and nitro-
gen, which come from rainfall runoff, he said.
Its general, its from a lot of different plac-
es, Lewis said, adding that much of it seems to
come from the Lexington Park Development
District, some of which lacks the proper storm
water management facilities to lter out the rain
water.
The rst step in the long process before
the group can even start a cleanup is to nish
their watershed restoration action strategy. They
asked for county support earlier this year, but
failed to gain it.
Then they would need to meet the federal
criteria for getting grants to
upgrade the storm water man-
agement systems that need
work.
But the group will need
to convince the state to put
its support behind them rst,
Lewis said.
If the group is success-
ful in getting the federal grant
money and state support, then
they can go about getting ap-
provals for the storm water
upgrades on public lands, but
they would have to convince
private property owners to get
on board.
Sue Veith, environmental
planner for the county and a
member of the associations board, said that oth-
er measures would include encouraging home
builders and others to keep more trees as part of
their developments and lay down more pervious
surfaces than concrete to allow ltration of rain
water.
There is a time factor for cleaning up the
St. Marys River, Veith said, but as long as the
county maintained some kind of cleanup plan,
the federal authorities would likely not hand
down any punishments, such as development
moratoriums.
As long as the jurisdiction is making a
good faith effort to make changes, those sanc-
tions shouldnt occur, Veith said.
Watershed Group to Undertake Ambitious
Agenda for the St. Marys River
The County Times
ANNAPOLIS (AP) - Maryland
businesses will pay at least three times
the current rates for unemployment in-
surance taxes next year.
Department of Labor, Licensing
and Regulation Secretary Thomas Per-
ez said Thursday a drastic drop in the
states unemployment fund means the
amount employers pay will increase to
the highest level allowed.
The funds balance fell from nearly
$900 million a year ago to $341 million
last month, while the unemployment
rate grew from 4.5 percent a year ago to
7.2 percent in August.
Minimum rates in 2010 will be
$187 per employee, up from $51 an
employee in 2009. About 60 percent
of employers pay the minimum, but
rates vary depending on the number
of unemployment claims against the
employer.
The highest rate a business owner
could pay per employee in 2010 would
be $1,147.50.
By James B. Hale
Capital News Service
ANNAPOLIS - Megan Brubaker dove
into the Choptank River in Cambridge for
the ChesapeakeMan Ultra Distance Tri-
athlon last month, well aware of the high
levels of pollution in the bay, but with no
concerns for her health.
Unlike Brubaker, some Maryland res-
idents are terried at the prospect of swim-
ming in the Chesapeake Bay. But scientists
and regular bay swimmers assure there are
little to no negative side effects of taking a
dip in the water -- as long as you do it at the
right time.
In most cases, [the Maryland De-
partment of the Environment] suggests
you dont swim (for) 48 hours after a heavy
rainfall, said Heath Kelsey, a scientist with
the University of Maryland Center for En-
vironmental Science. Otherwise, there are
no concerns, he said.
But the consequences of swim-
ming during that 48-hour window can be
dire, according to a report released by the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation in July. The
Bad Water report warns of several harmful
bacteria in the bay, including an especially
dangerous variety called Vibrio, which can
infect the skin, blood and intestines, often
through open wounds.
Cases of Vibrio infections in Maryland
have been on the rise, from 18 in 2001 to 33
in 2008, according to the report. Infections
have resulted in 22 deaths in that time.
Bacteria can rapidly multiply af-
ter heavy rainstorms that run off into the
bay from farms and city streets, bringing
harmful chemicals and other pollutants,
said Kelsey. He said
the sicknesses and
deaths are rare oc-
currences and people
are not usually susceptible to harm.
I guess its like anything. When
youre outside there are some things that
harm you, said Kelsey. I dont see this as
prohibitive of swimming.
If any of the triathletes had a concern
about the water, they certainly didnt let it
stop them from racing. Competition was
erce, and aside from a few jellysh, said
Brubaker, there werent any problems.
She has been in lakes, ponds and rivers
across the country and a few have scared
her off, she said. The Chesapeake Bay is
certainly not one of them.
I didnt feel it was particularly gross
and dirty by any stretch, Brubaker said.
Yeah it smells like gross sh, but what
body of water doesnt?
By Bobby McMahon
Capital News Service
ANNAPOLIS - Marylands housing industry has
seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Probably.
According to recent gures and industry experts,
the states real estate and homebuilding industries have
hit bottom and begun a slow climb back up.
BRAC-related jobs and a better-than-average eco-
nomic outlook could mean a faster recovery than expect-
ed, but concerns remain about the expiring rst-time
home buyer tax credit and other problems in the indus-
try, all of which put continued growth in doubt.
Housing sales in the state have more than doubled
since January (2,209 to 4,838), according to gures from
the Maryland Association of Realtors, which show that
sales in July were higher than any month since August
2007. The number of homes on the market, roughly
44,000 last month, has also been decreasing, a posi-
tive sign showing homes being sold and moving off the
market.
Steve Meszaros, the president of the Maryland As-
sociation of Realtors and a regional coordinator for Long
and Foster, attributes these positive signs in part to the
federal rst-time home buyer tax credit.
Its been a big help, Meszaros said. He estimates
that about 30 percent of homebuyers are making use of
the credit, which was included in the federal stimulus
package and offers up to $8,000 for rst time buyers who
purchase a home as their primary residence.
Across the country, more than 1.4 million people
have received the credit. Ted Koebel, a professor of urban
planning at Virginia Tech, called the tax credits contri-
bution to the housing recovery rather exceptional.
In most recoveries, its more the pent-up demand
from people who are moving up in the market than rst-
time buyers that fuel a recovery, Koebel said. For rst-
time buyers, the $8,000 credit has been enough of an
incentive if somebody is straddling the fence.
The tax credit is set to expire on Dec. 1, causing
concern that its end could put the brakes on the positive
gains in the housing market. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.,
has introduced a bill that would extend the credit another
six months.
If the extension doesnt pass, Meszaros and others
said that it would negatively affect home sales by taking
away a major incentive to buy a home.
Even though home numbers have gone north these
past few months, many in the industry still see a great
deal of uncertainty ahead. Michael Owings, the presi-
dent of the Homebuilders Association of Maryland, is
concerned that qualied buyers are still unable to get
credit from a bank.
We feel like were putting some real qualied buy-
ers in front of lenders and theyre getting spit out the
back door with a big no, Owings said at a meeting of
the state Board of Revenue Estimates last month.
But even with credit, appraisals and other issues
looming over the industry, Owings thinks the state will
recover sooner than most, thanks to lower-than-average
unemployment and a stronger economic outlook.
A large piece of that recovery will also be driven by
the 60,000 new jobs coming to the state in 2011 because
of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process,
said Owings. A 2006 state report estimated that roughly
28,000 new homeowners and renters would move to
Maryland, and while updated numbers (a new report
will be released in December) could show that the re-
cession has driven the number down, ofcials expressed
condence the inux would be signicant.
ANNAPOLIS (AP) - The
Maryland Transportation Au-
thority is being asked to ter-
minate the legislative branchs
free E-ZPass program.
House Speaker Michael
Busch and Senate President
Mike Miller asked ofcials to
terminate the program that al-
lowed scores of lawmakers to
avoid paying for the electronic
toll-collection service. Law-
makers would still be eligible
to seek reimbursement for
tolls.
The authority imposed a
$1.50-a-month fee on E-ZPass
customers and began charging
$21 for the transponders start-
ing in July.
About 15,000 government
employees and ofcials in the
state have the free accounts.
It is unclear how much the
move would save, but an au-
thority spokeswoman says the
137 nonrevenue transponders
issued to state senators and
delegates in scal year 2008
recorded 2,300 transactions.
BALTIMORE (AP) - A
judge has denied a motion to
dismiss two perjury counts
against Baltimore Mayor
Sheila Dixon.
The decision makes it
more likely that Dixon will
face two trials.
Dixon, a Democrat, is
accused of lying about lav-
ish gifts from her former
boyfriend, a real-estate de-
veloper. Shes also charged
with theft for allegedly steal-
ing gifts cards intended for
needy families. She faces
trial on the theft charges in
November.
Dixons lawyers argued
that the perjury charges
should be thrown out be-
cause prosecutors improperly
used her legislative acts as
evidence against her. But the
judge ruled that prosecutors
did not violate Dixons leg-
islative immunity by merely
presenting evidence that she
attended meetings with de-
veloper Ronald Lipscomb.
BRAC May
Boost Housing
Recovery
Its OK to Swim in the Bay - Sometimes
Unemployment
Taxes to Triple
For Employers
Lawmakers Lose
Free E-ZPasses
Perjury Counts Against
Baltimore Mayor Will Stand
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Farm Deal Sparks Debate Over Tax Dollars
Governor, Senator Putting
$8 Billion Private Sector
Investment at Risk
The Somerville Showroom & Gerber are presenting the New industry
standard of Green Products for the bath and kitchen. Dont miss seeing
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Local and regional companies, vendors and experts will be on
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that homeowners can use to save precious environmental re-
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Presented by the Board of County Commissioners for St. Marys County
St. Marys County
Plumbing & Fuel Gas Board
Is pleased to present the
2nd Annual Going Green & Code Update Expo
Thursday, October 15, 2009
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center
(Dohrman Room)
24005 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650
Not having seen the political sign you men-
tioned, I have to rely on what you said in your
editorial. Hayden Farm Deal Stinks speaks to
the actions of the County Commissioners, not
the Hayden family. I agree that you cannot fault
the Haydens for taking an overly generous of-
fer. Most would.
As you pointed out, ... the commissioners
were scally irresponsible with taxpayer dollars
. That, to me, was what Commissioner Jar-
boe has been pointing out ever since this deal
was consummated, paying over $1 million more
than any appraisal! He has consistently acted in
the taxpayers interest during his three terms as
St. Marys County Commissioner. He has been
a true steward of our tax dollars while the rest
have followed other agendas.
Senators Cardin and Mikulski and Repre-
sentative Hoyer have followed the usual Con-
gressional policy of Ill vote for your pork if
you vote for mine. This year it has really gotten
out of hand, as we now have a decit so huge that
it may never be paid off. Make you think twice
about buying savings bonds doesnt it? Adding
insult to injury, they are now getting ready to in-
crease it further by adding over 30 million more
people to the health care rolls. They could take
lessons from Commissioner Jarboe on sound
scal policies and responsiveness to the needs
of constituents.
To me, actions speak louder than words.
Regardless of the content of some sign, Com-
missioner Jarboe has consistently acted and vot-
ed for open government, responsible leadership
and sound scal decisions. Hes got my vote.

Glenn H. Weder
Hollywood, Md.
Nuclear power plants remain the sub-
ject of debate in our nation today. While
most agree they are a clean, reliable source
of energy, there are many who still question
the safety of these plants. There is also con-
siderable concern surrounding the safe stor-
age of nuclear waste that comes from these
plants.
Nuclear power reactors have been oper-
ating since 1942 and are now in existence in
31 countries. Adding them all together, they
have a combined 12,000 years of safe opera-
tions. During this long period of operations
there have been two major accidents.
In 1979, here in the United States there
was a meltdown at the Three Mile Island
Plant in Pennsylvania. Radiation was con-
tained at this event and there were no adverse
health or environmental consequences.
In 1986, in Ukraine a steam explosion
at the Chernobyl plant caused the destruc-
tion of a reactor, killing 31 people, causing
signicant health and environmental conse-
quences. As many as 56 are now believed to
have died as a result of this incident.
While both of these incidents are wor-
risome, the safety record of the industry
given the large number of plants and hours
of operations is extremely good. Addition-
ally, while there is no long range storage so-
lution in this country yet for the waste from
these plants, storage in ceramic vaults at the
nuclear plant site has proven to be safe and
reliable.
The U.S. Department of Energy has
extensively studied safety concerns sur-
rounding nuclear plants, including terrorism
attacks, and concluded that these facilities
are largely safe and that an attack is more
likely to cause economic harm than health
or environmental harm.
Today the United States gets 19% of its
electricity needs from clean nuclear power.
France gets 78% of its electricity from nu-
clear power.
There are currently two nuclear reac-
tors in operation at Calvert Cliffs in Calvert
County. Constellation Energy, which owns
the plant, would like to partner with a French
rm to build a third reactor at Calvert Cliffs.
The project would be an economic boom to
the Southern Maryland region. There is a
huge windfall of taxes for the state of Mary-
land as well.
This project is important for Southern
Maryland because our economy is woefully
dependent upon the public sector. Private
sector diversication has been an ongoing
concern. Additionally, we need the clean
energy.
Marylands Governor, Martin OMalley
has decided to risk losing this private sec-
tor investment in Maryland by issuing de-
mands upon Constellation that appear more
political than economic based. During his
campaign against former Governor Bob
Ehrlich, OMalley promised if elected he
would forestall electricity rate increases for
Baltimore Gas & Electric (BG&E) custom-
ers. BG&E is a subsidiary of Constellation.
As Ehrlich knew at the time, OMalley was
promising something he could not deliver,
and once elected he quickly gave way to the
BG&E rate increases. Now OMalley wants
revenge.
OMalley is obviously willing to give
away his re-election support in Calvert and
St. Marys Counties, none of his demands
would benet us. Almost every elected of-
cial in Calvert and St. Marys has expressed
their concerns about possibly losing the
third reactor because of onerous demands
by the governor except for one, Senator Roy
Dyson.
Dyson has failed to show any leader-
ship in this area at all. While the entire
Southern Maryland delegation, including
those from Charles County have been ac-
tively seeking to secure this $8 billion dollar
investment in Southern Maryland, Dyson is
staying on the sidelines. Calvert Cliffs is in
Dysons district.
Dyson was OMalleys big supporter
here in Southern Maryland in his race
against Ehrlich in 2006. Despite Ehrlichs
strong support for Southern Maryland, Dy-
son worked tirelessly to have him defeated,
including fabricating a claim that Ehrlich had
arranged a secret land deal involving prop-
erty on Indian Bridge Road in St. Marys
County. Dyson claimed the Ehrlich admin-
istration was entering into a sweetheart deal
with a developer. Ehrlich was simply nal-
izing an arrangement that had been worked
out under former Governor Glendening and
the Board of Public Works, an arrangement
which Dyson never opposed under Glen-
dening. The only change Ehrlich made in
the deal was to assure that at least 200 acres
would be donated to St. Marys County for
future schools. All remaining development
rights were to be retired under a federal gov-
ernment program. No other development
was to take place at the site.
Dyson was successful in helping
OMalley win. St. Marys citizens were
rewarded with the largest tax increase in
the history of Maryland and were forced to
spend more than $5 million on a school site
in Leonardtown, and we still need a high
school site which could cost as much as an-
other $4 million.
It would be inexcusable to let politics
cost the citizens of Southern Maryland
again.
The County Times
Where Memories Are Made
Parlett Family to Host Final Farm Life Festival
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
Catherine Kitty Parlett prac-
tically blushed as she spoke of her
seven children, 21 grandchildren,
four great-grandchildren and her cat,
Woodley, but had to laugh as she re-
called how the pet had come into her
life.
It was right after [my husband]
John died, she said, two of my
granddaughters gave me a cat. And
I was practically in tears, and one of
them said I dont think she wants the
cat, and I love cats, but it was just
something else to take care of. That
was the whole nine yards, she said.
Catherine has taken care of
Woodley, her closest condant, as
she has taken care of her husbands
legacy, and residents and visitors may
even see the tabby trolling about the
grounds of the Parlett Family Farm
in Charlotte Hall, where the 12th
annual Farm-Life Festival will take
place this weekend.
This will
be the nal year for the festival. Since
her husband, John Parlett Sr.s death,
Catherine said the event had lost its
appeal for her, and at her age it had
become a burden, though she said
she would still miss it.
The question remains over what
will happen to the familys thousands
of farm-related antiques and equip-
ment, whether they will be donated
to institutions like the Smithsonian
or auctioned off to independent buy-
ers. As of yet no nal decision has
been made over what to do with the
culmination of the whirlwind life and
career of the late John K. Parlett, Sr.,
who died four years ago.
John Parlett, Sr. was a life-long
St. Marys County resident and at-
tended Charlotte Hall Military Acad-
emy, later fashioning his life as a
farmer, businessman and politician,
serving as a St. Marys County Com-
missioner from 1974 to 1978, and as
a member of the Maryland House of
Delegates from 1981 to 1986.
What he became most known
for though was founding the
John K. Parlett Farm-Life
Museum of Southern
Maryland, which
sponsors the an-
nual Southern
Ma r yl a n d
Farm-Life
Fe s t i va l
for the
be nef i t
of the St.
Ma r ys
Count y
Chr i st -
mas in
A p r i l
program.
H e
was in poli-
tics for some
time, and then
when he came
home he decided
he wanted to do some-
thing, so we started antiqu-
ing, but prior to that we did have a
few things, said Catherine, walking
across the 153-acre property to show
off the various buildings which com-
prise about 60,000 square feet of an-
tique collections comprising the his-
tory of American farming.
Catherine said that the collection
had grown over the years as friends
had regularly spotted items for the
family at various places across the
country.
Wed always get people calling
and saying, Ive found something
John would really like, she said, so
theyd bring it in or he would.
This is probably one of my
favorites, the country store. His
granddaddy had a country store in
Mechanicsville. He sold groceries
and stuff like that, she said, moving
along counters lined with tobacco
tins, cookie cutters, decorative hens,
ornate cash registers and wooden
butter presses.
Another family favorite is Trac-
tor Heaven, a space holding roughly
50 John Deere Tractors dating back
to the early 1920s, some worth as
much as $100,000.
Catherine said the family has
tried to get John Deere ofcials to
come to the farm to look at their col-
lection, but to no avail.
Weve invited them here any
number of times but weve never
heard a word, said Catherine, al-
most sadly.
In other buildings are thousands
of items like glass mouse traps, seed
cleaners, hammer collections, saw
collections, anvil collections, wash-
boards, sleds, plows, buggies, road
graders and other pieces of equip-
ment, all set up to dazzle the eye and
tickle the senses with nostalgia.
And such is the Parlett fam-
ily farm, where every square inch of
space is covered in history, from the
old paper farm set with cardboard
cutouts of equipment and animals
displayed in glass cases, to the great
warehouses peppered with antique
washing machines, plows and trac-
tors, spools and sewing machines.
Adding more air to the property are
the walls of each building lined with
posters and signs for farming equip-
ment and foodstuffs, harkening back
to bygone eras.
And in almost every room is
at least one bench where visitors
can cool their heals, painted with
the farms enduring slogan, Where
memories are made.
The 12th Annual Farm-Life Fes-
tival will be held on Saturday, Oct.
10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday,
Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Parlett family farm at 38250 New
Market Turner Road in Charlotte
Hall.
Admission is $7 for adults and
$3 for students. Children under 6 will
be admitted free. All proceeds will
go to benet the St. Marys County
Christmas in April program. For
more information and a schedule of
events, go to www.farmlifefestival.
com.
andreashiell@countytimes.net
In the Country Store exhibit Catherine Par-
lett holds up a wooden butter print (also
called a butter press or a butter stamp)
which molds portions of butter with decora-
tive designs.
Photo By Andrea Shiell
Photo from
www.farmlifefestival.com
Catherine cleans off a portion of a very large, hand-carved display in one of the familys
farming exhibits, which will be open to the public this weekend.
Catherine next to a portrait of her late husband, John K. Parlett, Sr., who founded the
Farm-Life Museum of Southern Maryland.
The County Times
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Money
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Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters mt.
Graphic artists have until a deadline of Fri-
day, Oct. 23, to submit designs to be considered
for the cover of the 2010 edition of the Technol-
ogy Handbook for St. Marys County.
The county Department of Economic and
Community Development is currently prepar-
ing the 2010 edition of the handbook, a directory
of more than 200 local defense contractors and
other technology companies.
The Technology Handbook has received
acclaim as a critical resource by the government
and the listed companies, said county Commis-
sioner President Jack Russell in a press release.
We are proud to partner with The Patuxent
Partnership to produce this guide as a tool for
our countys business and as a promotional item
to promote our county to the rest of the country
and throughout the world.
The Partnership, a nonprot based in Lex-
ington Park, will once again be sponsoring the
contest with a $500 prize for the winner.
The focus of The Patuxent Partnership is
the diversication of the technology business
base, said Bonnie Green, executive director.
One of the contributions we are pleased to make
every year is the opportunity to select the most
compelling technology-relevant cover art for a
directory that is both sought after and well-used
by so many.
Graphic artists,
technical artists and il-
lustrators are invited to
log on to The Patuxent
Partnership Web site,
www.paxpartnership.
org, click on the Calendar tab,
go to October and select Oct. 23
(the deadline) to read and down-
load the contest rules and entry
form.
Artists must reside or be
employed in St. Marys County.
All entries, including two
full-size prints of the artwork
and the electronic les, must
be delivered to Cynthia Della-
Gatta, Economic Development
Coordinator, St. Marys County
Department of Economic and
Community Development, PO
Box 653, 23115 Leonard Hall Drive, Leonardtown, MD
20650 by 4 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2009.
All questions about the Cover Contest and the
Technology Handbook should be directed to her at 301-
475-4200 x1408 or by e-mailing cynthia.dellagatta@st-
marysmd.com.
Entries will not be returned and all submissions will
become the property of the St. Marys County Depart-
ment of Economic & Community Development and The
Patuxent Partnership.
Any technology-focused businesses in St. Marys
County currently not in the 2009 edition of the handbook
that would like to be included should also contact Della-
Gatta. If your company was included in the 2009 edition,
you will be notied about renewing your listing.
Win A Prize for Technology
Handbook Design
Cover of the 2009 Technology Handbook
The St. Marys Square Merchants Association will host a Fall
Festival on the Square on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 1-5 p.m. at the
St. Marys Square Shopping Center, 21600 Great Mills Road, Lex-
ington Park.
Featured will be snacks for kids, trick or treating, pumpkins,
games, and much more.
Spaces available for crafters, vendors, produce, and new items
only. Spaces are $15. No yard sale items at this event.
Please call Tina Garrison at 240-577-0955 for details regard-
ing space rental, and to reserve your space.
Chesapeake Pet Resort & Day Spa, in Hollywood, recently
welcomed Michelle Rivera to its staff of certied pet groomers and
stylists. Michelle earned her certication from the Nash Academy
of Animal Studies, based in Lexington, Ky., and has many years of
professional grooming experience.
Michelle operated her own grooming Salon in North Carolina
for more than 10 years before moving to this area with her husband
who is now stationed here.
The business also recently announced staff certications for
Donna Beers, Diana Hill, Chelsea Kahn-Deere and Ashley Tenny-
son, who completed their Red Cross Pet Safety and CPR certica-
tions in June at the PAX River location of the Southern Maryland
Red Cross.
Diana Hill also recently completed her certication as a pet
care technician through the Pet Care Services Association.
For more information about Chesapeake Pet Resort & Day Spa,
go to www.chessiepets.com.
Chesapeake Pet
Welcomes New Groomer
St. Marys Square Seeking
Vendors for Fall Festival
The County Times
The Southern Maryland Chapter of the Mil-
itary Ofcers Association of
America (MOAA) will host a catered pic-
nic lunch for new or prospective members from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Beach
House at NAS Patuxent River. The Beach House
is located about four miles from Gate 2 on the
Cedar Point Road.
Active duty, retired, Reserve and National
Guard ofcers are encouraged to attend this
event. The luncheon will be free for prospective
members and their guests, but reservations are
requested.
Please call (410) 257-0439, (410) 326-0486,
(301) 475-3694 or e-mail at rotorhead99@
md.metrocast.net by Wednesday, Oct. 14. Chil-
dren are invited.
MOAA is the fourth largest veterans orga-
nization in the country and the nations largest
military service organization.
Membership is open to active duty, retired
and former ofcers of all of the uniformed ser-
vices, including the Reserves and National
Guard. Membership is also open to the widows
and widowers of deceased ofcers.
MOAA is dedicated to preserving the earned
entitlements of all members of the uniformed
services, as well as their families and survivors,
and to promoting a strong national defense.
New members will receive a free member-
ship in the chapter for the rest of the year. If they
are not already members of the national MOAA,
active duty ofcers will receive a free one-year
membership in the national organization. Re-
tired ofcers will receive a two-year membership
for the price of one.
October 24th 10am - 4pm
Join Today for Only $4.00!!!
29020 Three Notch Rd. 301-884-8096 Visit Us Online at worldgym.somd.com
No Membership
Fees Until 2010!
Navy personnel will be attending at least
two events this month as part of a Navy-wide
celebration of the U.S. Navys 234th birthday.
One event will be the Navy Ball, which
traditionally involves the cutting of a birthday
cake by the oldest and youngest members pres-
ent. This year it will be held at the Hollywood
Firehouse on Friday evening, Oct. 16, from 6
to 11 p.m.
This years ball will feature performances
by the U.S. Armys Fife and Drum Corps, the
U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard and Calvert High
Schools NJROTC Drill Team.
Speakers include Retired Rear Admiral
Gus Eggert of the Patuxent River Naval Air
Museum Association giving a historical per-
spective of milestones in Pax Rivers test and
evaluation mission; Pax River Health Clinic
Corpsman HM2 Benjamin Steele giving a sail-
ors perspective of an assignment in the Horn
of Africa; and NAVAIR Commander Vice Ad-
miral David Venlet introducing the new Navy
recruiting video called The Calling.
Uniform will be Dinner Dress Blues with
Mess Dress optional, civilian equivalent.
A buffet dinner is included in the ticket
price, and seating is limited.
Ticket prices are as follows:
$50 for O-6, GS-15 and contractors;
$45 for E-9, O-4, O-5, CWO-4, CWO-5, GS-
13 and GS-14;
$40 for E-7, E-8, O-1 through O-3, CWO-2,
CWO-3, and GS-6 through 12;
$25 for E-6;
$20 for E-4, E-5, GS-4 and GS-5; and
$15 E-1 through E-3 and GS-1 through GS-3.
To buy tickets, call your command Navy
Ball Representative or Chief Marlon Joseph at
301-342-1095.
Cake at Charlotte Hall
The other event will take place earlier in
the day and is being organized by The Patuxent
River Supply Corps Association, which for the
fourth year in a row will celebrate the Navys
birthday at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home.
The hours will be between 10:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. PAXSCA is
asking all available
active-duty Navy
men and women at
Pax River and sur-
rounding bases to join
them at the Veterans
Home no later than
10:30 a.m.
The celebration
will include a cere-
monial cake provided
by PAXSCA, a cer-
emonial color guard
and the playing of the
National Anthem.
Military person-
nel are asked only
for their presence in
uniform (uniform of
the day is acceptable)
and for help in assist-
ing the veterans in
getting to the hall for
the celebration and in
serving the cake, as
well as for spending
some time visiting
with the veterans.
Spouses and area
civilians who have
served are also wel-
come to attend.
For more in-
formation or to RSVP, contact Lt. Cmdr. Bill
Benham at 301-757-6813 (e-mail william.ben-
ham@navy.mil) or Lt. Cmdr. Bob McMaster
at 301-757-7157 (e-mail robert.mcmaster@
navy.mil).
Continental Navy
Although sailors will be celebrating the
Navys birthday locally on Oct. 16, the ofcial
birthday date is Oct. 13, when the Continental
Navy in 1775 authorized the procurement, t-
ting out, manning, and dispatch of two armed
vessels to cruise in search of munitions ships
supplying the British Army in America.
The legislation also established a Naval
Committee to supervise the work. All togeth-
er, the Continental Navy numbered some 50
ships over the course of the war, with approxi-
mately 20 warships active at its maximum
strength.
After the American War for Indepen-
dence, Congress sold the surviving ships of
the Continental Navy and released the seamen
and ofcers.
The Constitution of the United States,
ratied in 1789, empowered Congress to pro-
vide and maintain a navy.
Acting on this authority, Congress or-
dered the construction and manning of six
frigates in 1794, and the War Department ad-
ministered naval affairs from that year until
Congress established the Department of the
Navy on April 30, 1798.
In 1972, Chief of Naval Operations Admi-
ral Elmo R. Zumwalt authorized recognition
of Oct. 13 as the Navys birthday. The Navy
Birthday is intended as an internal activity for
members of the active forces and reserves, as
well as retirees, and dependents.
Since 1972 each CNO has encouraged
a Navy-wide celebration of this occasion to
enhance a greater appreciation of our Navy
heritage, and to provide a positive inuence
toward pride and professionalism in the naval
service.
Navy Personnel Assemble
To Cut the Cakes
Naval Air Station Commanding Ofcer Capt. Andy Macyko, left, looks on as Corps-
man HN Nicholas Emerson, 20, and Command chaplain Cmdr. David Mudd, 57,
cut the birthday cake during last years Navy Ball. The cake is traditionally cut by the
oldest and youngest sailors present.
Photo Courtesy of Naval Air Station
Military Ofcers Invited
To Join Association
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
will host the Small Business Aviation Technol-
ogy Conference on Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. 28 and 29, at the Southern Maryland
Higher Education Center in California.
The focus of this years conference is
How to do Business with NAVAIR. Gov-
ernment presenters will explain both the
fundamentals and intricacies of government
contracting.
This conference is designed to address
the basic how-tos for new small businesses,
said Emily Harman, associate director of NA-
VAIRs Ofce of Small Business Programs,
along with providing insights into specic
programs and policies, such as Seaport-e and
ethics and conicts of interest.
The two-day conference will also include
a presentation on NAVAIRs long range acqui-
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The cost per person is $45, which also
includes continental breakfast and lunch both
days and a reception on Oct. 28. To register, go
to the Patuxent Partnership Web site at www.
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Lillian Mary Boham, 83
Lillian Mary Boham, 83, of
California, MD died October 5 2009
at University of Maryland Medical
Center. Born July 29, 1926 in Am-
bridge, PA she was the daughter of
the late Nicola George and Jose-
phine Beatrice Cuda Rossi. A full
obituary will appear at a later date.
Condolences to the family may be
made to www.mgfh.com. Arrange-
ments provided by the Mattingley-
Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
Robin Carol Briscoe, 44
Robin Carol Briscoe, 44, of
California, MD died October 4,
2009 at Johns Hopkins University
Bayview Center, Baltimore, MD.
Born December 24, 1964 in
Leonardtown, MD, she was the
daughter of Carolyn Mason Bris-
coe of California, MD and the late
Robert Vincent Briscoe.
After graduating from Leon-
ardtown High School, Robin went
to work for the CIA in Washing-
ton, DC. After leaving the CIA,
she worked at St. Marys College
of Maryland for a couple of years
and took classes while there. She
joined the Tri County Council as
Ride Share Coordinator where
she worked for 20 years until her
death.
Robin was a joy to be around
and was always able to make you
laugh. She enjoyed crafts she did
decorations for a couple of family
weddings. She loved shopping and
was always able to nd a bargain.
Everyone who knew Robin knew
how much she loved to talk.
In addition to her mother, Rob-
in is survived by her son Kyle L.
Briscoe of California, MD, siblings;
Connie Bond of California, MD,
Vivian Jordan (Alfred) of Drayden,
MD, Rodney Briscoe of California,
MD, Marty Mason of Baltimore,
MD and Bobby Roach of Valley
Lee, MD, twin grandchildren; Der-
ron T. Briscoe and Kyleigh V. Bris-
coe of Calvert County and a host of
loving relatives and friends.
Family will receive friends
on Friday, October 9, 2009 from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. Marks UAME
Church, Happyland Road, Valley
Lee, MD, where a Funeral Service
will be conducted at 11 a.m. Rev.
Dr. Rudy C. Brooks will ofciate.
Interment will follow in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Robert
Morgan, Jarvis Carter, Arthur
Miller, Dwight Giles, Morris Fen-
wick and Elmer Jordan. Honorary
pallbearer will be Alfred Jordan.
Condolences to the family may
be made at www.brinseldfuneral.
com.
Arrangements provided by
the Brinseld Funeral Home, P.A.,
Leonardtown, MD.
Cheri Lee
Mayor-Farrell, 32
Cheri Lee Mayor-Farrell, 32,
of Brunswick County, NC, former-
ly of St. Marys County, MD died
September 12, 2009 in Wilming-
ton, NC.
Born March 23, 1977 in San
Luis Obispo, CA, she was the
daughter of Barbara Gatton and
step-daughter of Kim Gatton of
Brunswick County, NC and the late
Richard D. Mayor.
In addition to her mother and
step-father she is survived by her
children; Dustin J., Amber N. and
Aiden C., sister of Tina Dillow and
Christopher Mayor, nance Chris-
topher Adams, grandparents; Rob-
ert Purdy and the late Antoinette
Purdy, Regina Dodge and Richard
Mayor, great-granddaughter of
Frances Garner also survived by
many aunts, uncles and nieces.
Cheri enjoyed spending time at
the beach with her children, shing
and many outdoor activities. She
was a self employed Dump Truck
driver and was about to become a
School Bus Driver for Brunswick
County, NC.
Inurnment will take place on
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 1
p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church
Cemetery, St. Marys City, MD with
Reverend John A. Ball ofciating.
Memorial Contributions may
be made to The ALS Association
Development Department, 27001
Agoura Rd., Calabasas Hills, CA
91301.
Gertrude Loraine
Hall, 77
Gertrude Loraine Hall, 77,
of Bushwood, MD died October 1,
2009 at St. Marys Nursing Center.
Born January 31, 1932 she was the
daughter of the late George Albert
and Anne Gertrude Lacey. She was
the loving wife of the late John Wil-
liam Hall, Jr. whom she married on
December 28, 1950 at Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, Bushwood, MD
and who preceded her in death on
February 1, 2002.
She is survived by her chil-
dren; John W. Hall III and his wife
Debbie of Bushwood, MD, Charles
H. Hall of Reston, VA, Dale A.
Hall and his wife Patty of Holly-
wood, MD, Sandra M. Beall and
her husband George E. Beall, Jr. of
Avenue, MD, Beverly A. Gardiner
and her husband Eddie of Chaptico,
MD and Glady M. Hall of Bush-
wood, MD, her daughter-in-law
Brenda Hall of Coltons Point, MD,
her 22 grandchildren; Jane Alvey,
Josh Hall, Justin Hall, Jesse Hall,
Charles Hall, Jr., Nathen Hall, Jon-
athan Hall, DJ Hall, Jessica Hall,
Heather Hall, David Brooks, Sher-
rie M. Hall, Laura J. Wright, Rob-
ert Hall, Frankie Hall, Ryan Bar-
bara, Sara Barker, Margaret Oliver,
George E. Beall III, Dawn R. Delli-
gatti, Paul Gardiner and Josh Flem-
ing as well as 11 great-grandchil-
dren; Jennifer Alvey, Jessica Alvey,
Lilian Hall, Jonathan Hall, Hunter
Wright, Evan Hall, Ava Hall, Rea-
gan Barker, Skylar Barker, Ashby
Oliver, Erica Oliver, David Brooks
and Dillon Brooks. She is also sur-
vived by her siblings; Mary Helen
Seymore, J. Steven Lacey and his
wife Louise, Jim Ed Lacey and
Frankie Lacey and his wife Bar-
bara J. She was preceded in death
by her son R. Kenny Boots Hall
and her siblings; Joe Lacey (Mil-
dred), Elizabeth Puddin Huse-
man (Ross), George Elbert Dink
Lacey (Phillis), Eleanor Nootsie,
Thomas L. Lacey (Lorraine), Wil-
liam Lacey (Barbara) and Robert V.
Bobby Lacey.
Loraine was a graduate of
Margaret Brent High School Class
of 1951 and was employed as a
Nursing-Transport Technician for
St. Marys Hospital for 35 years,
retiring in December 1993. She
belonged to the American Legion
Auxiliary #221, Avenue, MD and
was a member of Sacred Heart
Catholic Church. Her hobbies were
saying the rosary, playing cards and
spending time with her family.
The family received friends on
Sunday, October 4, 2009 from 2:00
5:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gar-
diner Funeral Home, Leonardtown,
MD where prayers were said at 3:00
PM with ALA prayers to follow. A
Mass of Christian Burial was cele-
brated on Monday, October 5, 2009
in Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Bushwood, MD at 10:30 AM with
Fr. Francis Early ofciating. Inter-
ment followed in the church ceme-
tery. Pallbearers were her grandsons
Josh Hall, Justin Hall, Nathen Hall,
DJ Hall, Robert Hall and George
Earl Beall III. Honorary pallbear-
ers were her grandsons Jesse Hall,
Jonathan Hall, Josh Fleming and
David Brooks.
Contributions may be left to
the 7th District Volunteer Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 7, Avenue, MD
20609. Condolences to the family
may be left at www.mgfh.com. Ar-
rangements provided by the Mat-
tingley-Gardiner Funeral Home,
P.A.
Curtis Andrew
Leymeister, 47
Curtis Andrew Leymeister, 47,
of Hollywood, MD died October
5, 2009 in Hollywood, MD. Born
February 10, 1962 in Clinton, MD
he was the son of Harry Albert and
Phyllis Ann Wathen Leymeister.
A full obituary will appear at a
later date. Condolences to the fam-
ily may be made to www.mgfh.
com. Arrangements provided by
the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, P.A.
Brian, it has been one year since you have been
called to heaven. Oh how we cried the day you left us
and when we gathered around your grave to grieve.
Thanks to many friends and loving family we are able
to go on with life. We know that you are looking down
on us with a smile. We love and miss you everyday.
Mom, Dad and Family
Brian Patrick Abell
May 20, 1972 October 8, 2008
Paul A. Lloyd, 67
Paul A. Lloyd, 67, of Park Hall,
MD died September 29, 2009 in
Washington DC.
He was born April 11, 1942 in
Providence, RI to the late Leo Patrick
Lloyd and Rita (Dawson) Lloyd.
He moved to Saint Marys
County in 1973. He had served in
the Air Force and in Civil Service in
RI before moving to MD, where he
continued his career with the Civil
Service. After serving in the Civil
Service for 42 years he retired from
Department of Defense. He then
worked for AmeriCorps Vista of
SMARTCO, and later served there
as a volunteer. He was a member of
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of The ELKS, Knights of Columbus,
and Boy Scouts merit badge coun-
selor. He was an avid camper.
He is survived by his wife,
Sherry Gee Lloyd, children, Brian
Lloyd (Mary Beth), Cheri Williams
(Kevin), Daniel Lloyd, and William
Lloyd, grandchildren, Kacey, Han-
na, Haley, and Cameron Lloyd, Sam-
uel and Nickolas Williams, brother,
Richard Lloyd (Lynn), sister, Patri-
cia Soderlund, (Bruce-deceased).
He and Sherry also fostered many
children in St. Marys County over
the years. In addition to his parents
he was preceded in death by his son,
Patrick M. Lloyd (Marti).
Family received friends on
Friday, October 2, 2009 from 5:00
p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Brinseld
Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood
Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Prayers were recited at 7:00 p.m. A
Memorial Mass was held on Satur-
day, October 3, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic
Church, 22375 Three Notch Road,
Lexington Park, MD 20653.
Memorial contributions may
be made to St. Michaels School, c/
o MSGR. John B. Peacock Memo-
rial Fund, P.O. Box 429, Ridge, MD
20680.
com.
Arrangements by the Brinseld Fu-
neral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Erin Rochelle Norris, 11
Erin Rochelle Norris, 11, of Lus-
by, MD passed away September 29,
2009 in Childrens Hospital, Wash-
ington, DC.
Born August 6, 1998 in Leonard-
town, MD to Dawn Marie Norris and
Ernest I. Norris, Jr. She is survived
by her mother, father, her sister Ra-
chel Marie Norris, her brother Joshua
Shane Norris, and many family and
friends.
Erin was a very special treasure
from the day she was born and brought
much happiness and joy to her family
and friends. She loved everyone and
would quickly give smiles, hugs, and
kisses. It seemed that love just owed
out of her and people were immedi-
ately drawn to her sweet spirit. She
cared for people very much and it
would upset her if someone was sick
or hurt so she would pray for them to
be healed. She loved workbooks and
markers, bubbles, butteries, hum-
mingbirds, and spending time with
her friends, especially her classmates
and neighbors. But her best friend
who she enjoyed the most was her
big sister, Rachel. They were buddies
and Erin enjoyed their special times
together.
Family received friends on Fri-
day, October 2, 2009 from 5:00 p.m.
until 8:00 p.m. in the Patuxent River
Assembly of God, 45020 Patuxent
Beach Road, California, MD 20619.
Prayers were recited at 6:30 p.m. A
Funeral Service was held on Saturday,
October 3, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. with
Pastor Lanny Clark ofciating. Inter-
ment followed in Charles Memorial
Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.
Serving as pallbearers were
Brandon Elliott, Robert Elliott, Joey
Burch, Jeff Mayor, Carl Butler and
Joe Caruso.
Contributions may be made
to the Solomons Volunteer Rescue
Squad & Fire Department, P.O. Box
189, Solomons, MD 20688 or Victory
Junction Gang Camp, 4500 Adams
Way, Randleman, NC 27317.
com.
Arrangements by the Brinseld Fu-
neral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Eleanor Virginia Payne,
68
Eleanor Virginia Payne 68,
of Mathias, WV and formerly of St.
Marys County, MD died October 4
2009 at her residence. Born Septem-
ber 9, 1941 in Baltimore, MD she
was the daughter of Martin Leonard
and Cora Elizabeth Morgan Pilker-
ton. A full obituary will appear at a
later date. Condolences to the family
may be made to www.mgfh.com. Ar-
rangements provided by the Matting-
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
Catherine Marie Read-
mond, 71
Catherine Marie Readmond, 71,
of Hollywood, MD died October 2,
2009 at St. Marys Hospital.
Born March 8, 1938 in Leonar-
dtown, MD, she was the daughter of
the late Charles Aubrey Graves and
Mary Frances (Alvey) Graves.
Catherine was a loving wife and
mother who spent her entire adult life
caring for her family and home.
She is survived by her husband
Joseph Bumsie Lee Readmond,
whom she married on November 17,
1954 in St. Aloysius Catholic Church,
Leonardtown, MD.
Catherine is also survived by her
children; Janice Haggerty (Richard),
Timothy Readmond, Sheila Marie
Readmond (Ronald Otis Wood),
and Jason Keith Readmond all of
Hollywood, MD,two grandchildren;
Joseph Haggerty (Mandi) of Lusby,
MD and Kellie Haggerty of Holly-
wood, MD,three great-grandchildren;
Raegan Haggerty, Ryleigh Haggerty,
and Tori Pernell, and one sister; Au-
drey Higgs of Hollywood, MD. She
was preceded in death by two sisters;
Margaret Goldsborough and Helene
Laschalt.
Family received friends for
Catherines Life Celebration on Tues-
day, October 6, 2009 from 5:00 p.m.
until 8:00 p.m. in the Brinseld Fu-
neral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road,
Leonardtown, MD 20650. Prayers
were recited at 7:00 p.m. A Mass of
Christian Burial was held on Wednes-
day, October 7, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
at St. John Francis Regis Catholic
Church, Hollywood, MD with Rev.
Keith Woods presiding. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joe Haggerty,
Wayne Goldsborough, Michael Re-
admond, David Readmond, Robbie
Tippett, and Phil Wallace. Honorary
pallbearers were Kellie Haggerty and
Mandi Haggerty.
In lieu of owers, memorial con-
tributions may be made to the Ameri-
can Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216,
Glenn Allen, VA 23058-5216.
com. Arrangements by the Brinseld
Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown,
MD.
Sean Demetrius Yates, Jr.,
infant
Sean Demetrius Yates, Jr., in-
fant, of Hollywood, MD died October
2, 2009 at St. Marys Hospital.
Born October 2, 2009, he was
the son of Sean Demetrius Yates, Sr.
and Tania Aileen Aldridge.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by his sisters; Tyreana J.
Broome and Ashanti Aldridge, broth-
ers; Khalil Yates and Kareem Harris,
grandparents; Sylvia M. Love and
Cue Aldridge and Thomas and Ag-
nes Somerville, aunts; Mykea Price,
Latoya Herbert, Kneeca Somerville,
Jewel Brown, Jackie Butler, Marteeco
Barnes, uncles; Thomas Somerville,
Jermaine Barnes, Terrence Harris
and cousin, Knari Smith. He was
preceded in death by an aunt; Kating
Yates.
All services were private.
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Selection Still Pending
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Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
All students at St. Marys County
Public Schools have been coming home
with forms for their parents to ll out for
what is called Impact Aid, and many
students are being promised incentives to
bring the forms back by the Oct. 19 dead-
line, at which time they may be rewarded
with pizza parties or movie days in the
classroom.
But why are these forms so
important?
The simple answer is that they will
impact how much federal assistance the
school system receives in the next year.
Impact Aid began in 1950 (and was
later drafted into law in 1965) when Con-
gress began providing nancial assistance
to school districts with concentrations of
students living on Indian lands, military
bases, low-income housing projects or
other federal properties, or students who
have parents in the military or who are em-
ployed on eligible federal properties.
Such school districts that are impact-
ed tend to face special challenges, such as
the lack of revenue from property taxes,
which would not be collected for federal
properties where such families live and
work. The money is provided as general
aid from the U.S. Department of Education
to the school districts for expenses rang-
ing from teacher salaries to purchasing
textbooks.
Last year, out of $180 million in the
St. Marys County Public schools budget,
$1.8 million was received in Impact Aid
funds, said Brooke Fallon, school liaison
ofcer for NAS Patuxent River. So its not
a huge portion, but it still is almost $2 mil-
lion which is a substantial amount.
Locally, Naval Air Station Patuxent
River and Webster Field are federal prop-
erties with more than 20,000 employees,
the majority of which have children attend-
ing public schools, but there are different
categories of Impact Aid. Certain amounts
are given for active duty members living
on military bases, Department of Defense
contractors working on federal land with
children in public schools and families that
live on Indian reservations are only a few
of the categories, but Fallon said it was im-
portant for everyone to ll out the forms,
regardless of whether or not they t into
one of these categories, because the forms
would ensure that the school system had up
to date information on each student.
Fallon said that the amount of aid re-
ceived has increased over the years as the
base and its numbers of employees has ex-
panded, but the aid has been only partially
funded for the last several years.
Because of the economy and its
been this way for years Impact Aid is
only funded at 60 percent, said Fallon.
The amount of money actually given isnt
as much as promised, so its that much
more important for people to ll out their
forms accurately because every penny and
every dollar does count.
For more information on the Depart-
ment of Educations Impact Aid program
go to www.ed.gov. For more information
on how to ll out the forms parents may
contact their childs school, the Depart-
ment of Student Services at 301-475-5511,
or Brooke Fallon at 301-757-1875.
Ofcials at St. Marys College stat-
ed during their Board of Trustees meet-
ing held on Oct. 3 that there is still no
nal selection for the next president of
the college.
Ofcials had earlier said they
would announce at the meeting a new
president to succeed Maggie OBrien,
who is stepping down to oversee a pro-
gram for the college in England.
The Board of Trustees has nar-
rowed their selections to four nalists:
Katherine Conway-Turner, James Bac-
chus, Mary Ann Baenninger and Jo-
seph Bruno.
During the previous two weeks, the
nalists visited the campus to meet with
students, faculty, community members
and board of trustees members, each
bringing with him or her a different set
of skills and talents.
Molly Mahoney, secretary of the
Board of Trustees at St. Marys College
said that there was no specic holdup in
the selection process.
Its just a process, she said. We
didnt make a decision yet, but a nal
selection is expected within a month.
John Dalton, of Daltons Orchard and Apiaries; St. Marys College of Maryland dean of students Laura Bayless; and Master
of Arts in Teaching student Rachel Clement and Katie Mazzocco discuss chickens from his farm behind him and the fresh
eggs he provides the college every day as part of the colleges Eat Local Challenge held last week.
Eat Local Challenge
Impact Aid
Forms Due Soon
Cathy Allen, vice chairman of the Board of Educa-
tion of St. Marys County, has been named president of the
Maryland Association of Boards of Education.
I am honored to have the opportunity to lead the
Maryland Association of Boards of Education and to join the
many individuals from St. Marys County Public Schools
working at the state level on behalf of children, said Allen
in a press release.
Allen has served on numerous MABE committees
over the years, both within the organization and at the state
level, and has served on MABEs board of directors for the
past four years. Her term as president of MABE will be for
one year.
Founded in 1957, MABE is a private, nonprot orga-
nization to which all school boards in the state voluntarily
belong.
The organization spon-
sors in-service activities for
board members through an
annual conference, orienta-
tion programs for new board
members, and workshops on
key topics. Its board of direc-
tors holds regular informal
meetings with the state Board
of Education. MABE repre-
sents the school board point of
view with the Maryland Gen-
eral Assembly and the United
States Congress
through its
l egi sl at i ve
commit t ee
and federal
r e l a t i o n s
network.
Politically-charged members of the St.
Marys College of Maryland community learned
to lobby their elected ofcials recently when
more than 20 students, faculty and staff partici-
pated in a Center for the Study of Democracy-
sponsored workshop designed to train political
activists to successfully achieve their goals and
communicate their messages to community
leaders, elected ofcials, and other inuential
people and organizations.
Participants listened to lectures and worked
in small groups to role play meetings and events
in an effort to prepare them for real-world politi-
cal planning.
The Center tries to provide students with
opportunities to learn more about civic issues
and to be more engaged citizens, said Michael
Cain, director of the Center for the Study of
Democracy, in a press release. This was one
of the many opportunities the Center provides
students to reach out to their communities and
government.
The workshop gave me a good idea of how
to practically use grassroots organizing to har-
ness and build citizens power and effect posi-
tive changes in areas like social justice and sus-
tainable initiatives, said sustainability fellow
Shane Hall.
Provost Larry Vote, acting president at
SMCM, commented, This workshop is one of
the ways the Center tires to promote civic en-
gagement and get students thinking about how
they can make a difference Social responsi-
bility, participatory citizenship and civic duties,
these are commitments we take seriously here at
St. Marys College.
Allen Named
President of MABE
SMCM Students Learn to Lobby
Cathy
Allen
Emily Saari and Harry Moderiog present their ctional organizational chart to the group during Debating for
Democracy on the Road at St. Marys College of Maryland.
Submitted Photo
Submitted Photo
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Two Charged in Cola Machine
Theft, Destruction
On Oct. 2, 2009, a lookout was broadcast for a Ford
Explorer with Virginia registration. The occupants of the
vehicle were allegedly just involved in a break in and theft
from a Coca Cola machine located at Performance Custom
Motorcycle in Mechanicsville. Deputy Campbell observed
and stopped the suspect vehicle. Investigation and probable
cause search revealed a crowbar in the vehicle. The cola
machine had been pried open. The occupants of the vehicle
were identied as Wayne Edward Brengle 37, of Waldorf
and Scott Christopher Beal, 36, of Waldorf. Brengle and
Beal were arrested and charged with theft and destruction of
property. A short time later a second cola machine at Ridge-
ll Service Center in Mechanicsville was also discovered to
have been broken into. The investigation revealed Brengle
and Beal were also allegedly involved in this destruction
of property and theft. Brengle and Beal were additionally
charged with theft under $100, destruction of property over
$500 and destruction of property scheme.
Woman Accused of Home
Improvement Store Theft
On Oct. 2, 2009, Deputy M. Green responded to Lowes
Home Center in California, for a report of a theft. Investigation
revealed Joanna Louise Gibson, 21, of Fairfax, Va., entered
Lowes, removed items from the store shelves and allegedly
placed them into her purse. Gibson allegedly walked past all
points of payment and exited the store without paying for the
items. As a Lowes loss prevention ofcer attempted to catch
up with Gibson after she exited Lowes, he witnessed Gibson
enter Michaels Arts & Crafts. Gibson allegedly removed
items from the shelves from Michaels Arts and Crafts, placed
them into her purse and exited the store without paying for
the item. Gibson was stopped by the loss prevention ofcer
outside of Michaels Arts and Crafts. Gibson was arrested and
charged with two counts of theft under $100.
Man Charged With Slapping
Victim in Wal-mart
On Oct. 3, 2009, deputies responded to the Wal-Mart
store in California for a report of an assault. Investigation re-
vealed Christopher Van Harlow, 58, of Lexington Park was
engaged in a verbal dispute with the victim, which escalated
into a physical assault when Harlow allegedly slapped the
victim in the face. Harlow was arrested and charged with
second-degree assault.
CDS Violation / Trespassing
On Oct. 1, 2009 at 11:46 p.m. deputies responded to
Hulas Bar in California for the report of an intoxicated
subject refusing to leave the establishment. Upon the depu-
ties arrival, contact was made with Charles A. Bowman
Jr., 47, of Hollywood who was instructed to leave the estab-
lishment. Bowman allegedly continued to refuse to leave
and was placed under arrest. A search incident to arrest
was conducted and Bowman was found in possession of
suspected marijuana laced with PCP, cocaine and alleged
CDS paraphernalia. Bowman was charged with possession
of marijuana, two counts of CDS possession not mari-
juana, possession of CDS paraphernalia, trespassing and
incarcerated in the detention center.
Theft over $1,000
On Oct. 1, 2009 at 9:02 p.m. Cpl. E. Johnson initiated
a vehicle stop on a vehicle towing a trailer with no registra-
tion displayed in Clements, and a subsequent check of the
trailer vehicle identication number revealed the trailer had
been stolen in North Carolina. The operator of the vehicle,
Brice L. Smith, 31, of Conway, S.C., was placed under ar-
rest, charged with theft over $1,000 and incarcerated in the
detention center pending an appearance before the District
Court Commissioner.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The last of 15 defendants in a major drug distribution case
that sprang up in St. Marys County back in 2006 will spend the
next 17 years behind bars for his role in the cocaine-selling ring.
U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Telvon Taylor,
32, of Lexington Park to federal prison Monday for conspiracy to
distribute and possess cocaine, according to U.S. Attorney Rod
Rosensteins ofce.
Taylors guilty plea shows that from September of 2005
through March of 2006 he was able to get cocaine and marijuana
from several sources, including Kevin Dyson, a member of the
ring, along with conspirators Edwin Johnson Jr., Tavoy Somer-
ville, Terrence Brooks, William Barnes and others would convert
the cocaine to crack cocaine through a cooking process and then
sold the product to customers.
Prosecutors stated that between two to three-and-a-half kilo-
grams of that distribution were attributable to Taylor.
Local authorities have said that other conspirators in the
ring, like Wendell Ford and Dyson, were major drug trafcking
powers in the county and that the distribution ring, which had
its center here, stretched all the way into New Jersey and North
Carolina.
Recently local and federal authorities announced another
major series of drug arrests this year that took place throughout
Southern Maryland and netted 12 suspects, seven of whom were
from St. Marys County.
In that case federal authorities are seeking the seizure of
about $1.5 million in assets plus property.
That case has also resulted in the forfeiture of about $230,000
in cash as well as rearms, jewelry and vehicles.
Federal authorities say that there have been 45 arrests in the
past several years stemming from drug investigations in South-
ern Maryland.
Final Defendant in Three-Year Drug
Investigation Sentenced
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Local police have nished their investigation of an incident
that occurred Sunday night on the outskirts of Leonardtown
where a man who was trying to kill himself set himself on re,
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron told The County Times.
Its apparent it was an attempted suicide, Cameron said,
who could not provide a motive for the mans actions.
Cameron said the victim had doused himself in gasoline be-
fore he set himself on re.
Emergency response of-
cials with the county reported
that the incident occurred at
about 10 p.m. Oct. 4 on Hol-
lywood Leonardtown Road.
An employee at the
McKays grocery store said
they saw the man engulfed in
ames from the neck down
about 50 yards from their
parking lot as they had closed
up business for the evening.
We were at my truck
talking and I heard a noise,
like a holler, so we looked
up towards where he was. I
thought it was just some trash
someone had set on re and
thrown out in the street, said
Lee Renick. I saw something,
like an arm move and I said,
My God I think thats a per-
son on re
Renick said the co-work-
er she was talking to rushed
forward and called 911, while
at the same time to young men
who were driving past the
scene came to a screeching
halt, hopped out of their car
and began to put out the re
with their shirts.
They are the ones who
saved that boys life, Renick
said. If they hadnt shown up,
he would have died.
Renick said that only the
mans head and face had not
been set directly ablaze.
He was engulfed in
ames from his neck down,
she said. His clothes were
completely burned off of
him.
Ambulances from the
Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad arrived to transport the
victim, who was later own out by helicopter for treatment, of-
cials have said.
Police ofcials say that there are no charges pending against
the man, who is alive but in serious condition.
Renick said watching the incident was traumatic.
I was pretty shaken up; it was not pretty, she said. Its not
something I would want to see again.
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Witness Recounts Mans Burning
The County Times
OnThe
Cover
By Sean Rice and Guy Leonard
Staff Writers
Leaders in Southern Maryland
say it would be a sad day for Mary-
land if the deal to build a third reactor
at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
fell through.
Many local Republicans and
Democrats alike are accusing Gov.
Martin OMalley of playing politics
with the multi-billion dollar merger
deal between Calvert Cliffs owner
Constellation Energy Group and
lectricit de France (EDF).
The state Public Service Com-
mission has scheduled additional
hearings next week on Oct. 14 and
possibly Oct. 15 in Baltimore.
With the question of playing
politics aside, local ofcials say ne-
gotiations that would only benet
customers of Baltimore Gas & Elec-
tric (a subsidiary of Constellation
serving central Maryland) are ignor-
ing the rest of the state.
Delegate
John Wood,
a Democrat
who represents
northern St.
Marys County
(Dist.29 A),
said that the
current situa-
tion smacked
of political
gamesmanship
on the part of
the administration.
Wood said that several years
ago OMalleys campaign pledge to
not allow excessive electricity rates
desired by Constellation Energy and
others failed, and that now he might
be seeking retribution.
I dont know if hes playing a
game. He may want to make them
bleed a little bit because Constella-
tion didnt do what he wanted two or
three years ago, Wood said. You
know how politics is.
Other than the rst theory,
Wood said, he could not make much
sense of OMalleys demands.
I dont know where hes com-
ing from, Wood said. Theres no
question in anyones mind [the new
reactor is] needed. A third reactor
wont do anything but help.
Ofcials have said a third reac-
tor would not only aid in production
of more energy that an ever growing
state needs to avoid expected short-
ages, but it would also give the state
an instant cash infusion of $130 mil-
lion in business related taxes.
In June, OMalley proposed a
settlement that would require BGE
Maryland residential customers to
receive a one-time credit of 10 per-
cent of an average annual bill by the
end of 2009.
In a June 17 statement, he gave
his reasons for the hearings, saying
that BG&E customers need to be
protected in the merger.
We know that BG&E is a cash
cow for Constellation Energy. We
know that BG&E pays more than
half of all dividends paid into Con-
stellation Energy and has a huge im-
pact on Constellations bottom line,
OMalley said in the statement.
We also know that Constel-
lation Energy has had a tumultuous
history over these last few years. Last
year, because of their own nancial
mistakes, not ours, Constellation
lost 80 percent of its stock value and
was just hours
away from
bankruptcy.
Del. John
Bohanan, a
Democrat who
r e p r e s e n t s
southern St.
Marys County
(Dist.29B), said
that he believed
the project
would eventu-
ally happen but that the decision had
to be made soon.
I have expressed to the gover-
nor we dont what to see the project
derailed in any way and we need
to move forward, Bohanan said.
I have full condence well get it
done.
Calvert County growing
impatient
The Board of Commission-
ers in Calvert County, on the other
hand, are starting to lose condence
in OMalleys ability to get the job
done.
The commissioners authored a
letter last week accused OMalley of
trying to torpedo the project with
his demands.
OMalleys myopic focus on
BGE ratepayers is curious, the com-
missioners letter states. In 2008
his administration squeezed $187
million in customer rebates from
the utility, yet he continues to sound
the alarm on further risks that the
joint venture holds for BGE custom-
ers. The governor neglects to point
out that BGE rates are the same or
lower than other Maryland utilities
rates and that BGE ratepayers were
among the last in the state to transi-
tion from frozen and articially re-
duced rates.
Utilities other than BG&E also
buy power from Constellation, but no
rebates have been proposed for them,
say critics.
What has [OMalley] done
for rate relief for the customers of
Pepco, or the customers of Allegany
Power, or the
customers of
S M E C O ?
asked Del-
egate Tony
ODonnell, a
Republican and
minority leader
in the Mary-
land House of
Delegates who
represents parts
of Calvert and
St. Marys counties (Dist. 29C).
What, he doesnt care about
the rest of the state? Hes willing to
jeopardize a potentially $10 billion
new nuclear power plant for a small
benet, for small part of the state, its
ridiculous.
ODonnell said the Public Ser-
vice Commission has already per-
formed its due diligence on the
project, after an 18-month review of
the new reactor proposal,
What the governor is now do-
ing is, to me, highly unprofessional,
where he is trying to ratchet money
out of Constellation, he said. Un-
fortunately, most Southern Mary-
landers would get none of that ben-
et, only Baltimore Gas and Electric
ratepayers. To me thats ridiculous
and it borders on extortion.
Although Calvert County will
benet the most from the construc-
tion of a third reactor, St. Marys and
Charles counties will also gain from
the promise of 4,000 short-term and
400 long-term jobs.
St. Marys chief economic de-
velopment ofcer, Bob Schaller, said
that the county still has high hopes of
getting some of the 4,000 construc-
tion jobs that would be needed to
build the new reactor.
Were looking to be part of that,
its another source of employment,
Schaller said. Anywhere from 35
percent of the employees at Calvert
Cliffs are from this county.
The expansion is also a chance
for the region to become a leader in
the development of new technology.
Your talking about the rst
new reactor built in the last 20 to 25
years, you could be at the forefront
of that technology and if we get
into a political ght, someone else is
going to get that reactor and well be
out in left eld wondering what we
did wrong, said
Todd Morgan, president of the
Southern Maryland Navy Alliance.
Its almost a no-brainer.
Charles County weighs in
Elected ofcials in Charles
County also say theres a lot at stake
for the region.
Delegate Sally Jameson, a Demo-
crat representing Charles County and
chairwoman of
the Southern
Maryland Del-
egation (Dist.
28), agreed
with ODonnell
about the
OMalleys re-
bate proposal.
There are
a lot of differ-
ent utilities that purchase power from
Constellation. Im not going to agree
with the fact that its fair for one group
of rate payers to perhaps receive a re-
bate, versus not considering all of the
people, she said.
Aside from the windfall of tax
revenues, the state would also receive
added benets, such as Maryland be-
coming a leader in the U.S. in the eld
of nuclear technology.
We may very well end up being
the rst area to build a new nuclear
reactor in decades, therefore that is
going to generate a lot of interest in
Maryland, she said. I certainly dont
want Maryland to be known as a state
where we make it difcult for corpo-
rations to get here.
With so much at stake, politics
should not get in the way, said Gary
Hodge, a Democrat on the Charles
County Board of Commissioners who
is also chairman of the Tri-County
Council for Southern Maryland based
in Hughesville.
We need our administration
in Annapolis to be paying attention
to Southern Maryland. I realize that
in Maryland there are four or
ve jurisdictions that typically elect
governors. But I denitely want the
administration to pay attention to
the economic priorities of Southern
Maryland, he said.
I dont want anything to jeopar-
dize the expansion of the plant, said
Hodge. I think its unfortunate that
projects of this magnitude and com-
plexity get entangled in bureaucratic
turf wars I think it would be a real
setback for the community here to not
have this go forward.
seanrice@countytimes.net
Expansion of Calvert Nuclear Reactor in Jeopardy?
By Sean Rice
Staff Writer
The Maryland Public Ser-
vice Commission has extended
its hearings on the nancial ef-
fects of the proposed merger be-
tween lectricit de France (EDF)
and Constellation Energy Group,
owner of the Calvert Cliffs Nucle-
ar Power Plant.
The additional hearings
are set for Wednesday, Oct. 14,
and if needed Thursday, Oct. 15,
in the Commissions 16 Floor
Hearing Room, William Donald
Schaefer Tower, 6 St. Paul Street,
Baltimore.
Constellation has already
received a Certicate of Public
Convenience and Necessity from
the state to build a third nuclear
reactor at Calvert Cliffs, a project
that supporters say would bring
hundreds of millions of dollars
in tax revenues, including an im-
mediate $130 million in taxes
from the merger; 4,000 short-term
construction jobs and upwards of
400 permanent jobs at the plant in
Lusby.
But, ofcials for the compa-
nies involved have said plans for
the third reactor would be jeop-
ardized if the merger does not go
through. The merger would trans-
fer nearly $4.5 billion, or 49.99
percent, of Constellations nuclear
assets to EDF.
Gov. Martin OMalley called
for the PSC hearings on the merg-
er deal to make sure Baltimore
Gas & Electric customers are not
harmed by the deal.
The PSC is reviewing how
the merger would affect BGE cus-
tomers, a subsidiary of Constella-
tion, and whether the deal would
serve the public interest.
In June, OMalley proposed
a settlement that would require
BGE Maryland residential cus-
tomers to receive a one-time credit
of 10 percent of an average annual
bill by the end of 2009.
Since last week the Public
Service Commission has ex-
tended hearings regarding the
merger; State Attorney General
Douglas Gansler has stated that
both companies revealed the nal
terms of the merger deal after the
evidentiary hearings were ending
in September.
Filings with the commission
by Constellation and BG&E op-
posing further hearings state that
there have been some changes in
the nal terms of the deal but that
it does not affect the nearly $130
million in tax revenue the merger
would bring to the state.
seanrice@countytimes.net
Hearings About
Calvert Cliffs To
Continue
Delegate John Wood
Del. John Bohanan
Delegate Tony ODonnell
Delegate Sally Jameson
Photo By Frank Marquart
The Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Calvert County owned by Constellation Energy
Group overlooks the Chesapeake Bay.
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An installation of ofcers was recently
held at the American Legion Post and Auxil-
iary Unit 255 in Ridge.
Past Department Commander Gail Mur-
dock installed the following ofcers for the
administrative year 2009-2010: Commander
Skip Disharoon; First Vice Commander Lin-
dy McKay; Second Vice Commander Terry
Morton; Adjutant John Matthews; Chaplain
Terry Morton; Service Ofcer Chuck My-
ers; Finance Ofcer Jim Yeatman; Sgt at
Arms Chris Dorosz, and Executive Commit-
tee: Neil Roberts, Francis Smith, Sean Tibbs
and Charlie Tennyson.
Commander Disharoon presented the
following awards for outstanding service to
the Post: Legionnaire of the Year Lindy
McKay and the Post Commanders Award -
Mike and Elaine Stone; Honorary Life Mem-
bership Neal Roberts.
American Legion Auxiliary, South-
ern Maryland District President Rox-
anne Berry installed the following unit
ofcers: President Ann Thomas, Vice
President Ethel McKay; Secretary
Audrey Pratt; Treasurer Flora Norris;
Chaplain Wendy Morton; Historian Brenda
Bassford; Sgt. at Arms Sherry Pope; Execu-
tive Committee Anita Birdine, Evelyn Turner
and Bobbie Bell-Ocfemia.
Unit President Thomas announced the unit
had received 11 Certicates of Award at the
annual state convention in Ocean City, Md., for
its outstanding work on the various programs
for the veterans, children and community.
Delegates attending the convention were: Post
Skip Disharoon and Terry Morton, and from
the Unit Ann Thomas, Audrey Pratt, Shirley
McKay, Sherry Pope and Wendy Morton.
Persons interested in joining the American
Legion, Auxiliary or Sons of the American Le-
gion should come to the post home located on
Route 5 in Ridge to check their eligibility and/
or join The Legion Family. Meetings are held
the rst Thursday of each month Post at
6:30 p.m. and Unit at 7:30 p.m.
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Question
Interview
Jane Nau, 62, is part owner of Colleens Dream
consignment shop in downtown Leonardtown,
having moved here 12 years ago from Arlington,
Va., to open her business with her sister, Caro-
line Cullison. Together they deal in vintage and
designer clothes, shoes and handbags right in
Leonardtowns central business district.
CT: Why did you decide to open your business in
St. Marys County?
JN: We knew that the Navy had moved out of
Crystal City and we knew this county was going
to grow, and we wanted to open a business, so
this is where we did it.
CT: Whats the most unusual item youve ever
sold for someone?
JN: Well, we used to do a lot of antiques and
collectible things, and we had things that
we couldnt identify we had a consigner that
brought us a lot of primitive things like coat racks
and spice grinders and things like that, but I re-
ally cant think of the most unusual. Some of the
clothes have been really crazy like some of the
mens leisure suits, the polyester ones with the
big collars. They were ugly then and theyre ugly
now. But people buy them for 70s parties.
CT: Whats the best thing about running your
business here?
JN: The best part is weve met some of the nic-
est people and weve made some really good
friends, and its fun when we rst opened, we
werent very busy and the town was pretty quiet,
and wed have people that would actually come
in for hours talking to us.
Interviewing: Jane Nau
Ridge Post Unit 255
Holds Joint Installation
Post Commander Skip Disharoon and Unit President Ann Thomas.
Submitted Photo
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By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
When we think of the Revolutionary War,
our attention is focused on the soldiers. Little
attention has been paid to the seamen. Two of
them were Josiah and James Biscoe, sons of
Joseph Biscoe and Mary
Ann Dunbar.
On August 10,
1832, Josiah Biscoe, Pri-
vateer, age 73, applied
for a pension and said
that in 1777 he enlisted
under Capt. John Horn
Abell and served until
1783.
I was in a skir-
mish between a part
of our company and
a British schooner at
Kittys Point on Smiths
Creek in St. Marys Co.
when the British schoo-
ner sent off her boat to
burn a small American
schooner then lying in
Smiths Creek bound
for the West Indies, our
detachment commenced
ring on the boat and
obliged her to return to the schooner. Soon
after, the schooner was run up near to the
American schooner and sent her boat under
the re of her guns and burnt the American
Schooner called Kitty. The (British) schooner
then returned to the mouth of Smiths Creek
and joined a British Brig then lying thereA
few days after, a small American sloop, in at-
tempting to get into Smiths Creek, ran ashore
on Grays Neck. Our company was ordered to
go and guard the sloop. When we approached
the sloop, we found she was too far off for our
musket shot to protect her. The same Brig and
schooner, the following night, got the sloop off
the shoal and carried her off.
In the year 1778, I went on board the sloop
of war Buckskin then at Baltimore bound
on a cruise, but soon after the government
changed her course to a voyage to France, and
I left her and slipped on board the schooner
Harford, bound to the island of Hispanola,
where we were embargoed for 11 weeks. On
our return home, we took a British sloop called
The Trewpene.
In 1779, Josiah was aboard the Harlequin
when it was captured by the British on its way
home from Santo Domingo. The crew was
transported to the British prison ship Jersey
where Josiah remained six months. Surpris-
ingly, Josiah only mentioned the Jersey in pass-
ing. Being imprisoned aboard this ship was a
death sentence. Anchored in the East River in
New York, the prisoners called it The Hell.
Silence was a stranger to our dark
abode. There were continual noises during the
night. The groans of the sick and the dying; the
curses poured out by the weary and exhausted
upon our inhuman keepers; the restlessness
caused by the suffocating heat and the con-
ned and poisonous air, mingled with the wild
and incoherent ravings of delirium, were the
sounds which, every night, were raised around
us in all directions.
Frequently the dying, in the last mortal
throes of dissolution, would throw themselves
across their sick comrades, who, unable to
remove the lifeless bodies, were compelled to
wait until morning before they could be freed
from the horrid burden. Dysentery, small-pox,
yellow fever, and the recklessness of despair,
soon lled the hulk with lth of the most dis-
gusting character.
Few prisoners escaped and not many were
exchanged, for their conditions were such that
commanding ofcers hesitated to exchange
healthy British prisoners in ne condition for
the wasted, worn-out, human wrecks from the
prison ships
Josiah continued From New York I sailed
in a cartel to Hampton in Virginia. From
Hampton I traveled home partly by land and
partly by water. Within 10 days after my re-
turn home, I joined my former company for the
period of about six months, then went to Balti-
more, slipped on board the (letter of marque)
Capt. Miners in our passage down the Bay, fell
in with a British ship of 32 guns which forced
us into the cherry stones on the eastern shore.
The ship sent her boats to take us out when an
engagement ensued between our crew and the
boats in which we lost one man and which ter-
minated in taking our vessel. Josiah had been
captured for the second time!
Our crew were all made prisoners of
war and sent to Little York in Virginia and
detained there two or three months until the
surrender of Lord Cornwallis. On that occa-
sion, I saw the British ag hauled down and
the American ag hoisted on the ag staff in
Little York.
After the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, I
returned home and again joined my company
and performed militia service in guarding the
shores of the Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay from the depredations of the British ves-
sels who frequently plundered the people living
near the shores until the peace in 1783.
Josiah died May 29, 1845 and is buried at
St. Gabriels Manor in Scotland. His tombstone
is in pieces, one of which is shown in the pic-
ture above.
Next week: James Biscoe
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The County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature!
To submit art or entertainment announcements, or band information for our entertainment section, e-mail andreashiell@countytimes.net.
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
The crowd started thickening at
Big Dogs Paradise in Mechanicsville
as the members of Full Steam were set-
ting up their equipment, and Veronica
Lancaster (lead vocals, bass), laughed
as her eyes moved over a table in front
of the pool tables being set up for a
bachelor and bachelorette party, lined
with lewd lollipops and party favors.
As her band mates continued set-
ting up, she launched into an animated
retelling of how she met her husband
and rhythm guitarist, Frank, who also
sings with her.
I was in a karaoke bar in Waldorf
I heard him singing and I went up
and talked to the DJ, who we ended up
later being a very good friend of ours.
And I asked, Oh my god, who is he?
I was acting like a 12-year-old girl,
she said, so we started talking and
we started singing together, starting a
band called Hot Ice with their current
keyboard player, Bobby Thomas, and
drummer Jerry Thomas.
They ended up quitting, and
we said we wanted to still keep go-
ing and do something, so we put our
band together, and its just funny how
the years went by and we all ended up
back together, said Veronica.
Doug Hillgren rounds out the
group on lead guitar, commuting from
Harpers Ferry, W. Va., to rehearse
and play with the
band. He sports ve
guitars including a Les
Paul and an emerald green Gibson SG
Supreme.
People always ask me why I
carry so many guitars with me, and I
tell them its because I dont want to
get caught having to do these funky
tuning changes in between songs, he
said, grinning as he plucked a string on
his Fender Telecaster, which he keeps
tuned down to drop-C for only one
song.
The bands repertoire is diverse,
however, with a song list running the
gamut between rock, R&B, punk,
heavy metal and funk, among other
things.
Weve always tried to do a va-
riety of stuff, like party stuff. We love
rock and roll but we like to dance. Its
kind of a formula but you want to make
sure people are dancing and having a
good time, said Veronica, and if we
mix it up and do a variety I feel like we
can reach a little bit of everybody.
Veronica laughed as she explained
that her tastes in music also bled be-
tween genres, explaining that she had
been into heavy metal as a teenager
before becoming obsessed with coun-
try music and winning a song writing
competition in her early 20s with a
country tune titled Mr. Maybe.
Im a little bit of a weirdo with
what I like in music, like if you looked
at my playlist on my iPod youd prob-
ably just laugh your head off, she said,
adding that she was listening to Britta-
ny Spears, Chevelle, and playing Love
Will Keep Us Together by Captain &
Tennille before getting to the bar.
With the latest permutation of
their group nally taking shape in the
last year, both Veronica and Frank said
that their plans to record a CD, which
would include a lot of Veronicas origi-
nal songs, had always been derailed by
bigger priorities, but they are hopeful
that theyll end up in a studio before
long.
In the meantime they have no
problem aunting their stage presence
as they perform. Veronica is a com-
manding lead vocalist (whose talents
are made all the better by her ability
to sing Pretenders covers without try-
ing to sound like Chrissie Hynde, a
big plus in this reviewers book), and
Dougs guitar solos seem to have a
way of making people jump from their
seats, like the bachelorette and her
girlfriends who toasted the air as the
band played.
Full Steam will be playing next at
Martinis Lounge in White Plains on
Oct. 9, and on Oct. 10 at Hotel Charles
in Hughesville with The Worx.
For more information, visit
their Web site at http://fullsteam-
band.tripod.com/ or www.myspace.
com/fullsteamband.
andreashiell@countytimes.net
Next Play is Over the River
and Trough the Woods
The Newtowne Players announce open auditions
for the upcoming production of Over the River and
Through the Woods by Joe DiPietro.
The show offers parts for two sets of Italian immi-
grant grandparents (two men and two women), a young
man, and a young woman who plays a potential love
interest. People interested in helping with the technical
and support crew are also welcome.
The play, a comedy about real life issues with an
Italian slant, will be directed by Thom Esposito and Lisa
Gregory and will be performed Jan. 22 through Feb. 7,
2010.
The male lead is in his late 20s/early 30s, as is his
female love interest. The two sets of grandparents range
in age from their late 70s to early 80s. One of the grand-
fathers will need to speak with an Italian accent or bro-
ken English.
The play is about Nick, a single Italian-American
guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to
Florida, but that doesnt mean his family isnt still in
New Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of grandparents
every Sunday for dinner. This is routine, until he has
to tell them hes been offered a dream job. The job hes
been waiting for marketing executive would take
him away from his beloved but annoying grandparents.
When Nick tells them, the news doesnt sit so well. Thus
begins a series of schemes to keep Nick around. How
could he betray his familys love to move to Seattle for a
job, wonder his grandparents? Well, Frank, Aida, Nun-
zio and Emma do their level best to keep him in New
Jersey, and that includes bringing the lovely and single
Caitlin OHare to dinner as bait.
Auditions will be held Oct. 12 and 15 at 7 p.m. at
Three Notch Theatre at 21744 South Coral Drive in Lex-
ington Park. Callbacks, if necessary, will be Oct. 17 at
11 a.m. Auditions will be readings from the script. No
prepared material is necessary. Doors will open 30 min-
utes before auditions and scripts will be available. If you
have questions or cannot make these times but wish to
work either on stage or backstage for this production,
please call Esposito at 240-298-1037.
For more information about volunteer opportuni-
ties or other upcoming programs, please visit www.
newtowneplayers.org.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meat-
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Pandorum; R, 108 min
Surrogates; PG-13, 89 min
Tyler Perrys I Can Do Bad
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Full Steam
The Worx
Thursday, Oct. 8
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
CJs Backroom (Lusby) 5 p.m.
Dave Norris
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 6 p.m.
Karaoke on Demand
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
9:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 9
Donovans Irish Pub (California)
5 p.m.
Dave Norris
nia) 6 p.m.
Bent Nickel
Mechanicsville Moose Lodge 8
p.m.
Comedian - Eddie Ifft
St. Marys College (St. Marys
Hall) 8 p.m.
Escape the Armada (CD Re-
lease Party)
Hulas Bungalow (California) 8 p.m.
DJ Mango
Heavy Hitters (Charlotte Hall) 9
p.m.
Karaoke
Club 911 (Mechanicsville) 9 p.m.
Roadhouse Band
Apehangers (Bel Alton) 9 p.m.*
Karaoke on Demand
9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10
Captain John
nia) 5:30 p.m.
Bent Nickel
Andersons Bar (Avenue) 8 p.m.
Beretta Jane
Hulas Bungalow (California) 8 p.m.
Gretchen Richie
Caf des Artistes (Leonardown)
8:15 p.m.
Brushre
VFW Post 10081 (Bel Alton) 8:45
p.m.
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Apehangers (Bel Alton) 9 p.m.*
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Blue Dog Saloon (Port Tobacco)
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Heavy Hitters (Charlotte Hall) 9
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DJ Steadyrockin
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The Worx with
Full Steam
Hotel Charles
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Karaoke w/ DJ Tommy T &
DJ T
Applebees (California) 9 p.m.
Legend
Calypso Bay (Deale) 9 p.m.
No Green JellyBeenz
Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanics-
ville) 9 p.m.
The Wanderers
Cryers Back Road Inn (Leonard-
town) 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 11
Country Memories Band
Farm Life Festival at Green Manor
Farm (Charlotte Hall) 12:30 p.m.
Jay Armsworthy & Eastern
Tradition with Audie Blaylock &
Redline
American Legion Post 238
(Hughesville) - 2 p.m.
Jefferson Presents Concert Se-
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and Doug DJ Jordan
Nekadesh Farm (Coltons Point)
3 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 13
nia) 6 p.m.
Karaoke on Demand
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Captain John
nia) 5:30 p.m.
R&B Line Dancing
House of Dance (Hollywood) 5:30 p.m.
Special Olympics No Limit
HoldEm Tourney
Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three
Notch Rd (Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Open Blues Jam
Beach Cove Restaurant (Chesa-
peake Beach) 8 p.m.
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The deadline to mail in pay-
ment for tickets for the Bluegrass
For Hospice Music Festival is fast
approaching. The festival will be
held at the Flat Iron Farm on Flat
Iron Road in Great Mills on Sat-
urday, Oct. 24, but the deadline to
mail in for tickets is Oct. 10.
Several local bluegrass bands
will be playing, including David
Norris, Recent Addition, Jack Tip-
pett Band, Zekiah Swamp Cats,
Bubby Abell & Spoon Creek, Jay
Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition,
Joey Tippett & the California Ram-
blers, and Charlie Thompson &
Bottom County Bluegrass. There
will also be a guest star appearance
by Rounder Recording Artist Dan-
ny Paisley & the Southern Grass
from Pennsylvania. There will also
be vendors, 50/50 rafes, silent auc-
tions and an arts and crafts fair.
Nonperishable food items will
also be collected that day to help
replenish the Southern Maryland
Food Bank.
All proceeds from the show
will go to raise funds for the new
Hospice House opening up in Cal-
laway, which will provide end-of-
life services for terminally ill pa-
tients and their families.
Tickets are $15 in advance
and $20 at the door. For advanced
tickets make your tax-deductible
contribution payable to Hospice of
St. Marys. Please provide in the
memo section of the check, Blue-
grass for Hospice and mail along
with a self-addressed stamped en-
velope to: P.O. Box 741, California,
MD 20619.
For more information, call
301-737-3004.
Mail-in Ticket
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On The Menu
Healthy Bites By MICHELLE LOCKE
Associated Press Writer
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) If
youre still using plain old vanilla
marshmallows at your campre
or in your cocoa, youre out of
touch.
The next generation of
marshmallow lovers is amping
the avor of their puffy con-
fections, taking their smores
to new heights with tricks like
slicing and stufng them. And
the marshmallow industry is
taking notice.
Long a xture in the bak-
ing aisle, marshmallows have been
making their way back to candy land
lately, thanks in large part to swirled,
avored, stuffed and otherwise jazzed up
versions intended to appeal to consumers ever on
the prowl for new tastes.
Like chocolate with your marshmallow? Consider the chocolate-driz-
zled marshmallows called Zebras launched last year by Doumak Inc., the
Chicago area-based maker of Campre brand marshmallows.
I gotta tell you, people are going bananas over it, says Mark
Schuessler, vice president of sales and marketing for Doumak.
Prefer your chocolate or jelly on the inside? Try Keith Basketts
creation, stuffed marshmallows that he modestly declares the best thing
that ever happened to the marshmallow.
Retail marshmallow sales (excluding Walmart) totaled about $146
million in 2008, up from $141 million the year before, according to market
research rm Information Resources Inc.
Thats a fraction of the billions spent on chocolate, but there are op-
portunities because were back to looking at marshmallows less as a baking
ingredient and more as a treat, says Bernard Pacyniak, editor-in-chief of
Candy Industry, a Deereld, Ill.-based trade magazine.
Baskett says his stuffed puffs, sold under the GudFud label, were in-
spired by mochi, a Japanese rice cake often stuffed with a lling such as
sweetened red bean paste.
Baskett, who has loved marshmallows since the early days of being
around campres, decided to make the concept a little ufer, then stuffed
them with chocolate or grape, orange or strawberry jelly.
Launched in 2007, the stuffed marshmallows are sold in brightly dec-
orated packaging that combines Japanese-style graphics each product
has a different face and Germanic type. There are umlauts over the us
in GudFud.
Reaction to GudFud seems to depend on how mad you are for marsh-
mallows says candy blogger Rosa Li of Rochester, N.Y., who tried out some
samples on her friends.
I thought they were OK, she said. For a lot of my friends that I
shared with, some of them loved them and most of them didnt seem to
think that highly of them. But the ones that liked them really liked them.
According to candy lore, marshmallows date back to ancient Egypt
with a sweet made from the sap of the mallow plant yes, it grows in
marshes that was deemed t for pharaohs.
This was not like they were selling it out on the street corner; this was
a real delicacy, says Schuessler.
In the 19th century, French confectioners took the sap and whipped
it with other ingredients, making a ufer version. Eventually, gelatin re-
placed mallow root sap, though the name endured.
The foodie movement also has brought a renewed interest in home-
made marshmallows and gourmet versions.
Ann Hickey-Williams, president of Sherman Oaks-based Plush Puffs
Gourmet Marshmallows, sees the marshmallows rise as part of a general
interest in revisiting and reinventing comfort food classics.
Adding a gourmet touch, like the caramel swirl and chocolate chipetta
versions sold by Plush Puffs, catches the consumer eye, she says. They go,
Huh, look what somebody did with marshmallows.
Even that down-home delight, the smore, has gone upscale. Recchuiti
Confections in San Francisco sells a kit featuring handmade vanilla bean
marshmallows and a bittersweet 85 percent chocolate bar.
The origin of smores (as in some more, please) arent clear, but the
rst known recipe for the treat came in a 1927 publication Tramping and
Trailing with the Girl Scouts, says Michelle Tompkins, spokeswoman for
the Girl Scouts of the USA.
It was the beginning of gooey, chocaolatey history.
Marshmallows bring joy and happiness to everyone, Tompkins says.
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When fat is cut from recipes, avor can follow. Thats when spices
become the key to making lighter foods taste great. And if you want to
get the most out of your spices, its best to follow a few simple tips.
Whenever possible, buy whole spices, says Raghavan Iyer, author
of ``660 Curries. Spices get their avor from the oils inside. Once the
spices are ground, the oils lose potency, which means freshly ground
peppercorns pack more avor than
pepper purchased already ground.
Whole spices also are a better
value. Stored in airtight, glass con-
tainers away from heat, says Iyer,
whole spices will stay fresh for at least
a year. Ground spices last for only a
few months.
Buy spices from the bulk section
of a natural food store so that you can
buy only what you need for a short pe-
riod. That helps ensure your supply is
always fresh. Prices for bulk also tend
to be lower than for packaged.
For grinding whole spices, a
mortar and pestle are nice, but an in-
expensive electric coffee grinder is
faster and more convenient.
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Fact
un All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
**Just a note about last weeks article and
the bit on black walnuts. The nuts had their re-
venge. Immediately after nishing my column, I
went outside to nd a two-inch sunburst-shaped
crack in my windshield with a greenish smudge
on the surface. The next incident could have
been a lot more serious. My husband turned
his ankle and fell after stepping on one of the
nuts. Unfortunately, this was while he was car-
rying in wine we brought home from the wine
festival. Two of the bottles
broke, but my husband is o.k.
No, my rst thought was not for
the wine. **
Ive heard: There she
is with that camera again. or
Mommy, do you have to take
a picture? Yes, I do. Its a le-
gitimate disease with Moth-
ers. You see them everywhere,
Mothers making their children
stand with the costumed ani-
mal, taking pictures of faces
covered in spaghetti or cake,
taking bathtub or potty pic-
tures. How else do you con-
tinue to embarrass your kids
well into their twenties, even
older? Well, let me rephrase
that quickly, because my sons
will say I have found constant,
innumerable ways over the
years. My standard reply is,
Someday, you will appreciate
this. I am on a mission for posterity.
Flipping through the photo albums re-
cently, I felt the same feelings that my kids feel.
Why did my Mother take sooo many pictures of
me? I remember asking her the same question
of Do you have to take another picture? I look
at my own baby and toddler photos where my
Mother always got pictures of me with my hair
in pin curls, or asleep on my grandparents tur-
quoise throw rug with my butt up in the air. The
best picture (or worst) is when I was in my yel-
low phase in 65. There is a photo where I am
in a bright yellow dress with yellow leggings
and yellow ducky glasses, almost as bad as the
bright yellow, and neon polka-dotted outt on
my 7th birthday. I really liked that outt.
Of course, most teen photos are me with a
scowl on my face. This a normal look for teen-
agers when anywhere near a parent. There are
more pictures of my high school and college
years, and then POOF! I had children. There are
no more pictures of me, thank goodness thats
when we turn into our Mothers. Our
lives then focus on our angels and ev-
ery little thing they do is worthy of a
timeless photo. My Mother would say of-
ten, Make sure you are in some of the pictures
with them. But that rarely happens. I dont look
good in photos. I am constantly surprised when
I see a picture of myself. I always think, wow, I
thought I looked a little better than that.
I dont take as many photos now as I used
to, but I like to have a record on lm of as many
events as possible. Now, instead of taking thou-
sands of pictures of my children, I take thou-
sands of pictures of our church functions al-
ways trying to snap the perfect shot. Sometimes
to my subjects embarrassment. Some things
never change. Though there is another amateur
photographer at church, and she knows who she
is, that is on a mission to take the most embar-
rassing photos of me. I guess its only fair.
Im still not sure if digital cameras are the
greatest invention. Maybe I dont know how
to use them to their full advantage is the more
likely answer. By the time I push down the but-
ton to take the picture the subject has already
moved. How can you get the perfect shot? I try
to get pictures of Tidbit, our dog, and they are
mostly a blurry mess. The result is normally a
full screen image of a large wet nose one inch
from the camera. Is it my camera, or do other
amateur photographers encounter this problem
too? Must be me. Sounds like a camera class in
my future.
My sons occasionally pull out the photo al-
bums when coming over. They are both really
beginning to take an interest in the family his-
tory. It is especially interesting when they start
to see family resemblances spanning over 140
years from the Kentucky coal miners on my Fa-
thers side to the Hungarian immigrants on my
Mothers side. That is when my heart warms,
and I am so glad I did take all those pictures
years ago. Your mind sometimes remembers
the past a certain way, but the photo shows the
reality. My favorite picture will always be of
my Mother and her brother and sister at Coney
Island in the 30s. My Mother is in the middle
holding a stuffed animal she had won, and her
siblings are staring at the toy with obvious looks
of jealousy and anger. My Mother thought they
were both happy she won the toy, but the eyes
hold the truth.
Someday soon, when my sons start having
kids, they will carry on the family photo tradi-
tion, but until then I still have to nd ways to
catch them off guard. Its my legacy.
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to: shelbys.
wanderings@yahoo.com.
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By Theresa Morr
Contributing Writer
Meet one of the worlds most un-
usual creatures. Its part mammal,
part reptile, and part bird. Way back
in 1798, prominent English naturalists
thought the creature unusual, too. They
came away bewildered after examin-
ing a specimen of the strange looking
critter. They concluded the oddball
was a fake, something cobbled-up by a
clever prankster who stitched the bill of
a duck and a beavers tail to the body
of an otter. Well, it turned out those
early naturalists were wrong. The so-
called cobbled-up creature happened to
be the real deal. It was the platypus, a
funny looking little animal dating back
to 130 million years ago
and Australias wacky
wonder.
Recently, a team
of scientists at the Ge-
nome Sequencing Cen-
ter (GCS) at Washington
University in St. Louis
unraveled the entire ge-
netic code of the platy-
pus and were astonished
at their ndings: The
strange creature has
genes for laying eggs
(one of two egg-lay-
ing mammals found on
earth the other is the
echidna); genes for mak-
ing milk; and even genes
for producing snake-like
venom, which comes
from the males rear
ankle spurs. The platy-
pus is the worlds only
furred mammal that makes venom,
and its chemical make-up is much like
other snake venoms.
Richard Wilson, director of the
GCS said, Its such a wacky organ-
ism, when speaking about the genome
ndings. As we learn more about
things like platypuses, we also learn
more about ourselves and where we
came from and how we work. Accord-
ing to Wilson, the platypuses genetic
code has 2.2 billion molecular letters
of DNA. Thats about two-thirds as
many as the human genome and con-
tains 18,500 genes, about the same as
humans.
These semi-aquatic mammals hang
out along streams, rivers, and freshwa-
ter lakes of eastern Australia. When
swimming, they use their webbed fore-
feet as paddles and their broad tail as a
rudder. The platypus is 12 18 inches
long (add another 5 inches or so for the
tail). Males weigh around ve pounds
and females, around two pounds. They
have dense waterproof coats, brown on
the outside, yellowish on the underside;
and a bluish-gray rubbery duck-like
bill that contains sensitive electro-re-
ceptors. These receptors turn the bill
into a super underwater food nder
since it detects currents in the water
made by small prey, such as insects,
larvae, shrimps, and worms. The sub-
merged platypus scoops up the meal
and stores it in its cheek pouches, and
when ready to come to the surface, the
food is transferred to the mouth where
its ground up by special built-in grind-
ing pads. Pretty cool dining experi-
ence, huh?
Mamma platypus lays up to three
soft leathery eggs, similar to a reptiles.
The eggs hatch in about ten days and
the youngsters, called puggles, look
like little lima beans. They feed on
milk oozing from patches on the un-
derside of the mothers body.
In case you wondered, the platypus
gets its unusual name from the Greek
word platys, meaning broad; and
pous, meaning foot, referring to the
animals webbed feet. Like many wild
animals, the platypus is threatened by
loss of habitat due to land clearing and
water pollution. This curious creatures
life span is about 10 to 15 years. For
more information and some really cool
platypus pictures, check out www.lear-
nanimals.com/platypus/platypus-pic-
tures.php. Comments to Kikusan2@
verizon.net.
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CLUES ACROSS
1. Greater in number
5. Fr. Airbus mfg. Co.
9. Droop
12. Large horned wild goat
13. White (French)
15. ____llion: uprising
16. College army
17. Swampy plantation inlet
18. Telephone inventor
19. Point midway between E
and SE
20. _______ and ruined
22. Payment (abbr.)
25. Invests in little enterprises
26. Podetiums
28. Drive obliquely, as of a
nail
29. Adult male sheep
32. Long tailed rodent
33. Apia is the capital
35. RN organization
36. ___ Dhabi, Arabian
capital
37. Regretful
39. Tibetan gazelle
40. 1961 Heston movie El
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41. Nests of pheasants
43. Pinna
44. Point midway between NE
and E
45. Fish eggs
46. Atrophy
48. Porkers
49. Potato state (abbr.)
50. Defaming remark
54. The cry made by sheep
57. Swiss river
58. A fencing sword
62. Almemar
64. Grave
65. Saunter
66. Lumbus
67. Former CIA
68. Being of slender build
69. Destinies
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1. Russian orbital station
2. Double-reed instrument
3. In a way, drenches
4. Demur
5. The outward ow of the
tide
6. An insect wing
7. Pillow Talk actress
Doris
8. Sean White glider
9. Try and locate
10. Competent
11. To deprive
14. Radioactivity unit
15. Corpuscle count (abbr.)
21. Atomic #89
23. More (Spanish)
24. Afternoon receptions
25. Building oors
26. Oral polio vaccine
27. Short solo composition
29. Finger millet
30. Dwarf buffaloes
31. Picassos mistress
32. Competition of speed
34. Embroiders initials
38. Abominable snowman
42. Not happy
45. _____: Grossenhain Ger.
District
47. Muddled speach
48. Palladium
50. Figure skater Yuka
51. A country in SE Asia
52. Military weapons
53. Bird beak
55. Longest division of geo-
logical time
56. Among
59. Where wine ferments
(abbr.)
60. ___ Lilly, drug company
61. Radioactivity unit
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Apple Festival Returns to Chaptico
Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Chap-
tico will host its second annual Apple Festival
on Sunday, Oct. 11, from noon to 5 p.m.
Make your favorite apple recipe in a dis-
posable dish and enter it (along with the writ-
ten recipe) by 1:30 for the contest at 2 p.m. Tro-
phies will be awarded for rst place in each cat-
egory and a prize for second place. The recipes
will be included in the parish cookbook next
spring.
Apples will be for sale, along with apple
pie, cake and donuts and also apple butter,
as well at hot dogs, hamburgers, BBQ, chili,
chicken nuggets, French fries, cole slaw and
drinks.
There will also be 25 crafters and ven-
dors, fall produce sales, a free straw maze, face
painting, kids craft table, pumpkin painting,
scarecrow making, bingo, apple knick knack
table, live music and an apple cider press demo
with free samples.
Admission is free; organizers hope that
visitors will contribute nonperishable items to
the churchs food bank. Part of the festival pro-
ceeds will go to The St. Vincent de Paul Soci-
ety to also help stock the pantry.
For more information, contact Brenda
Russell at rsbrssll@aol.com or at 301-373-2709,
or call Ginger Quade at 301-884-5655 or Shir-
ley Mattingly at 301-884-5973.
Some of the bounty displayed last year at the Our Lady of the Wayside Apple Festival in Chaptico
included apples and pumpkins. This years festival will be held Sunday, Oct. 11.
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Ghosts of
Sotterley Tours
Sotterly Plantation in Hollywood
will be offering a dramatic production
centered around the War of 1812 on
Oct. 15, 16 and 17 between 7 p.m. and
10:30 p.m. Walking tours run every 10
minutes.
The cost is $13 per person and reser-
vations are required; Sotterley members
may come on Thursday night, Oct. 15,
for $10. Group rates are also available.
The year is 1812 and the war is on.
Shots ring out both far and near, and the
trees glow a burning orange. Is there no-
where safe? Deception abounds during
the dramatic production; those you meet
along the way are not as they appear.
This years script, written by Mor-
riah Cell and James LePore, has twists
of intrigue and shock factor as never
before. Under the direction of Dawna
Diaz and the technical wizardry of Ming
Diaz, the entire creative team offers a
seemingly real-to-life (and death) expo-
sure to Sotterley Plantation during this
volatile time in history.
Weather permitting, guests are in-
vited to take the chill off by a roaring
bonre and refreshments are available
for purchase. To reserve a space, call
301-373-2280 or visit www.sotterley.
org for details.
Volunteers with the
Thomas J. Shryock No. 223
Masonic Lodge in Hollywood provided 254
free identication kits for children at the St. Marys
County Fair on Sept. 24-27. It was the rst time the kits
had been provided in St. Marys County as part of a na-
tional program coordinated by the Masons. The kits include
identifying information for police in case a child is lost or
abducted. Volunteers will also be at the 2009 St. Marys
County Sheriffs Ofce and Maryland State Police
Open House on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sheriffs Ofce
in Leonardtown.
Members of the RopeN Wran-
glers 4-H Club participated in
the 2009 Maryland 4-H Small-
bore Rie Match in Marriotts-
ville, Md., on Sept. 12, 2009.
Pictured are members Zach
Zyla, Jason Fore, Tyler Led-
man, John Fore, JC Trossbach,
Shelby Sasscer, Charlie Sass-
cer, Cady Bryan, Becky Zyla &
David Howell.
Submitted Photo
Photo by Bernabe Pelingon
2009 Maryland 4-H
Smallbore Rifle Match
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L ibrary
Items
Libraries close Monday
All three libraries will be closed
Monday, Oct. 12, in observance of Co-
lumbus Day.
Mo Willems works celebrated
Stories, themed snacks, a play,
games and crafts based on Mo Wil-
lems works and his loveable char-
acters are planned at the childrens
program, Stories with the Pigeon, to
be held Saturday, Oct. 10, at Leonar-
dtown at 2 p.m. and at Charlotte Hall
on Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. Registration is
requested.

Children can solve Who Done It?
Mystery
Children ages 7 to 12 can explore
the science of forensics while solving
a fun Who done it? mystery at a sci-
ence program scheduled on Oct. 16 at
2 p.m. at Lexington Park. Registration
is required for this free program.
Free family movie matinee
A Walt Disney movie about Ala-
dar, an orphaned dinosaur adopted by
lemurs and their journey to nd sanc-
tuary together, will be shown on Oct.
16 at 2 p.m. at Leonardtown. It is rated
PG. Leonardtown also has a family
game night planned on Oct. 29 from
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm. Snacks will be
provided at both programs.
Teens can Read Beyond Reality
Teens can check out Coraline, a
book and graphic novel by Neil Gail-
man, and then celebrate Teen Read
Week by watching the movie, discuss-
ing the book and lm, and then craft-
ing weird other selves at the Read-
ing Beyond Reality program on Oct.
22. Charlotte Halls will be at 5 p.m.
and Leonardtown and Lexington
Parks will start at 5:30 pm. Registra-
tion is required.
PowerPoint and Excel classes
offered
Charlotte Hall will conduct an
introductory class to Excel on Oct. 23
at 10 a.m., Leonardtown an Introduc-
tion to PowerPoint class on Oct. 26 at
2 p.m. and Lexington Park Introduc-
tion to Genealogy on Oct. 27 at 5:30
p.m. Basic computer knowledge is
required for these classes. Lexington
Park offers basic computer classes.
All classes are free but registration is
required.
Accokeek Foundation to present
play
In conjunction with the One
Maryland One Book state-wide read,
the library has partnered with Historic
Sotterley to bring Grandpa Joe and
the Drinking Gourd, a play about
the role of music in the Underground
Railroad presented by members of the
Accokeek Foundations Museum The-
ater. The free performance will be on
Sunday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. in the Barn
at Historic Sotterley. Janice Walthour
will read excerpts from Song Yet
Sung by James McBride. Tours of the
slave cabin will follow the program.
Thursday, Oct. 8
Wing Night
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5
p.m.
Yoga with Your Journal: The
Hidden Language of Hatha Yoga
Joy Lane Healing Center (Holly-
wood) 5:30 p.m.
This class is an intuitive, re-
ective approach to Hatha Yoga
that unites body, mind and speech
by blending movement with reec-
tion and journaling. Contact Marin
Goldstein at 301-373-2522 or e-mail
info@joylanehealingcenter.net, to
register or for additional informa-
tion. Class size is limited to 10 par-
ticipants. Cost for each full series is
$12 per week.
Progressive Salsa Level 1
House of Dance (Hollywood) 6
p.m.
Drop-in students are welcome
during the rst two weeks of class
(Oct. 1 and 8). Bring proof of somd.
com advertisement and pay only $10
at the door (good for one time use
only). For more information, contact
House of Dance at 301-373-6330.
Register online at www.thehouseof-
dance.org.
Friday, Oct. 9
Leonardtown High School Class
of 1989 Reunion
Old Towne Pub (Leonardtown) 4
p.m.
Ten-year reunion with an alum-
ni mixer, happy hour, homecoming
parade and homecoming game.
Geocaching Course (Recreation
and Parks Fall Leisure Program)
Chancellors Run Regional Park
Computer Lab 6:30 p.m.
Geocaching is a high-tech,
treasure-hunting hobby using GPS
satellites to hide and seek containers
called geocaches. This four-part
introductory course will cover the
history of geocaching, using GPS
receivers, types of geocaches and
their contents, how to nd and/or set
your own geocaches, using the Inter-
net sites to learn about geocaches or
post yours, and the role travel bugs
and geo-coins play in geocaching.
Participants must provide their own
GPS receiver units; however several
units are available for loan. Please
reserve these prior to class. For more
information, call Robert Hicks at
301-862-3808.
HoldEm
Center for Life Enrichment (25089
Three Notch Rd) 7 p.m.
FOP-7 Poker Leader Board
Challenge
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 7 p.m.
Comedian - Eddie Ifft
St. Marys College (St. Marys Hall)
8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10
Community Yard Sale
Golden Beach/Patuxent Knolls
Civic Association 7:30 a.m. Ball-
eld behind Golden Beach Fire-
house, off Golden Beach Road. 10 x
10 spaces available for rent for $10.
Proceeds to be used towards costs
of reworks display for next year.
For information, call Harry Grant at
301-884-2093.
Point Lookout Prisoners of War
Memorial Service
Confederate Cemetery (Point Look-
out) 10 a.m.
The Captain Vincent Camalier
Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans
along with the Point Lookout Prison-
er of War Association are conducting
a memorial service to honor the more
than 4,000 prisoners buried at the
Confederate cemetery. The service
will include Color Guards, re-enac-
tors and guest speakers. After the
service the Confederate Memorial
Park next to the cemetery will open
for an all day event of celebration,
living history, food and more speak-
ers. Contact Rob Long at rke.long@
comcast.net for more information.
Annual Autumn Auction
Kings Christian Academy (Calla-
way) 10 a.m.
Auctioned items include fur-
niture, artwork, household items
gently used or new as well as
time-share vacations, gift certicates
of all kinds you name I, they might
have it. Wonderful food is always
made available, not to mention the
spellbinding cadence from the pro-
fessional auctioneers. Everyone is
welcome. For more information, call
301-994-3080.
Southern Maryland Farm Life
Festival
Green Manor Farm (Charlotte Hall)
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
See 60,000 square feet of indoor
farm life exhibits, demonstrations,
antique tractors, engine shows, mu-
sic, crafts, childrens activities and
great food. Celebrate 375 event. Ad-
mission. HC. 301-290-1621.
Leonardtown High School Class
of 1989 Reunion
Woodlands Grill (Wildewood) 6 p.m.
Drinks 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m.,
dancing 8 p.m. $45 per person (ad-
vance ticket sales). Cash bar. If you
have questions, e-mail petiteone@
md.metrocast.net.
Contra Dance
St. Andrews Church Parish Hall
(California) 7 p.m.
Live calling and live music
provided by the Southern Maryland
Open Band.
Casual instruction starts at 7
p.m, and the evening will conclude
with an ice cream social. Please wear
soft sole, non-scuff shoes. Admission
for the dance and ice cream social
is $6 for SMTMD members and $8
for nonmembers. Both couples and
singles are welcome. For more infor-
mation and/or directions, visit www.
smtmd.org or call 301-769-4762.
Sunday, Oct. 11
Alzheimers Assoc. Candlelight
Rally
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Caregivers, family members
and friends are invited to honor
and celebrate te lives of those who
have lost their lives or are currently
dealing with Alzheimers disease.
The Southern Maryland event is
the third in a series of rallies being
held throughout the region to raise
awareness of the disease. For more
information or to RSVP, call the as-
sociation ofce in La Plata at 301-
934-5856 or e-mail Dorothy.Flynn@
alz.org, or go to www.alz.org/nca.
Southern Maryland Farm Life
Festival
Green Manor Farm (Charlotte Hall)
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Talk about White House
Renovation
Sotterley Plantation (Hollywood)
3 p.m. in the Barn
Dennis Freemyer, Deputy Di-
rector of the Executive Residence and
Deputy Chief Usher of The White
House, will give a talk, A Living
Icon: Renovation and Restora-
tion of The White House. He
will discuss restoration, renova-
tion, redecoration and remedial
maintenance of Americas most
famous residence. Free admis-
sion. For more information,
visit www.sotterley.org.
Texas HoldEm
Tournament
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 2 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 12
SMAWL Low Cost Rabies
Clinic
St. Marys County Fairgrounds
(Leonardtown) 6 p.m.
$10 per shot. All dogs must
be on a leash or in a carrier. Dogs
with aggressive tendencies are to
be muzzled/remain in owners
vehicle. All cats/ferrets must be
in carriers. Animals must be at
least 16 weeks old. Three-year
vaccinations require a current
rabies certicate. Tags cannot be
accepted. Horses $10 per shot.
Horses do not have to leave trail-
ers to receive the vaccination.
No Limit Texas HoldEm
Bounty Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge
7 p.m.
Class: Intro to Meditation &
Energy Healing
Joy Lane Healing Center (Hol-
lywood) 7 p.m.
Cost for 4 classes is $90.
This is a prerequisite course for
the upcoming Living from the
Heart class offered in Novem-
ber. Call 301-373-2522 or e-mail
info@joylanehealingcenter.
net to register or for additional
information.
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Nature Time at Greenwell
Greenwell State Park (Hollywood)
10 a.m.
This weeks theme is Flights
of Fancy. Participants are welcome
to pack their own picnic lunch and
explore the park on their own after
the program. Pre-registration (no
later than 24 hours in advance) is
required via e-mail to lpranzo@
greenwellfoundation.org or by
calling the Greenwell Foundation
ofce at 301-373-9775.
St. Marys County Chapter of
ABATE
Toots Bar (Hollywood) 7:30
p.m.
St. Marys County Chapter of
ABATE (A Brotherhood Against
Totalitarian Enactments) meets on
the second Tuesday of every month
at 7:30 p.m. in Toots Bar in Holly-
wood. All motorcyclists and other
interested parties are invited to at-
tend. For more information, call
301-481-5622 or e-mail ABATE.
SoMd.Events@gmail.com.
Wednesday, Oct. 14
R&B Line Dancing
House of Dance (Hollywood) 5:30 p.m.
SMAWL Public Meeting
Garvey Center (41780 Baldridge St.,
Leonardtown) 7 p.m.
The public forum follows im-
mediately after the SMAWL Board
meeting which ends at 7 p.m. All of
those interested in animal welfare
are invited to attend. Call 301-373-
5659 for more information.
Hollywood Auxiliary Member
Meeting
Hollywood Vol. Rescue Squad 7 p.m.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Hollywood Volunteer Res-
cue Squad Auxiliary will be held on
Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at the
Rescue Squad building on Route 235
in Hollywood. Anyone wishing to
become a member of the Auxiliary
is encouraged to attend. We need
members! For more information, call
240-298-7956.
HoldEm Tourney
Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three
Notch Rd (Hollywood) 7 p.m.
The County Times
Just Us Survives Bud Light
Advances to Womens Softball Finals
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Savings
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS After a one-game slum-
ber on Sunday afternoon, Just Us bats woke up
just in time to advance to the St. Marys County
womens softball nals. A 15-run third inning
was the difference as the defending league
champions cruised past Bud Light 25-6 Monday
night, winning their semi-nal series two games
to one and advancing to the league champion-
ship series against Southern Insulation.
I think Sundays loss was a wake-up call
for the girls, said Just Us manager Lamont Sax-
on. Ive got to give Bud Light credit, they gave
us a butt-whipping that let the girls know that
anybody can beat you on any given day.
Sundays 6-3 loss evened the series at one
game apiece, thanks a sterling pitching effort
by Amber Stewart (who surrendered only three
runs and 11 hits) and timely hitting by Bud Light
(who nished the season 25-8 overall).
Just Us is a hard hitting team, Bud Light
co-manager Louis Stewart said Sunday after-
noon. Our pitcher was outstanding at control-
ling their bats.
With the Just Us bats silent, Bud Light led
4-2 in the bottom of the fth when Just Us elect-
ed to intentionally walk shortstop Denise Butler.
Second baseman Kristine Mattingly came up
next and socked a two-run single into right eld
that gave Bud enough insurance to stay alive an-
other day.
Just Us (28-3 in 2009) wasted little time
Monday night in asserting themselves at the
plate, jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the rst two
innings. After Bud Light scored four runs in the
top of the third, the bottom half of the inning
turned into a Just Us hit parade. Fanta Grays
two-run double that just missed going over the
fence opened up the oodgates, as 20 batters
came to the plate in the frame, compiling 15
runs on 14 hits and earned Just Us a shot at de-
fending their league crown.
We just let them swing hard and be ag-
gressive, Saxon said of the scoring outburst.
Softballs a funny game, you can score 15 runs
in one inning and somebody can score 15 on
you in the next. You have to keep hitting the ball
hard.
Saxon hopes to keep his team focused on
the task at hand as they take on Southern, a team
that handed Just Us one of their two regular sea-
son losses back in July.
Theyve got to take
it one game at a time,
he says. You cant think
about what you did last
year. Theyve got to be
better this year.
chri sst evens @count y-
times.net
Seahawk Women Zip
Past Gallaudet
WASHINGTON The St. Marys
College of Maryland womens soccer
team notched its fth win of the sea-
son Monday night as eight different Se-
ahawks found the back of the net in the
10-2 Capital Athletic Conference victory
over host Gallaudet University.
St. Marys (5-6, 3-1 CAC) tallied
nine goals in the rst half for a 9-1 ad-
vantage at halftime and then added its
nal goal in the 54th minute for the 10-2
nal.
Freshman midelder Tori Eskay
(Damascus, Md./Urbana) led all scorers
with ve points on two goals, including
the game-winner, and an assist. This
weeks CAC Womens Soccer Player of
the Week, senior midelder Sophia Es-
parza (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery
Blair) also scored twice on the night and
now leads the team with seven goals and
17 points.
Sophomore forward Bridget Mc-
Govern (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip
Reg.) and freshman midelder Kim La-
Barge (Gambrills, Md./South River) each
registered a goal and two assists, while
freshman midelder Carly Harmon (Da-
visburg, Mich./Holly) chipped in a pair
of helpers.
The Seahawks outshot Gallaudet, 30
to 16, for the match, including 26 to 3 in
the rst half. St. Marys edged the home
team, 2 to 1, in corner kicks.
The Bison (3-7-1, 0-4 CAC) avoided
the shutout with a goal in each half as for-
wards Shaquana McDonough (Pembroke,
Mass./The Learning Center for the Deaf)
and Virginia Keeler (Ann Arbor, Mich./
Michigan School for the Deaf) teamed up
for both goals. McDonough and Keeler
each nished with a goal and an assist.
Freshman goalkeeper Grace Koplow
(Ellicott City, Md./Wilde Lake) recorded
her third win of the season behind just
only one save and no goals against in
23:32, while sophomore Lacey Johnson
(Leonardtown, Md./Patuxent) returned
to goal after being sidelined with a bro-
ken nose since September 16. Johnson
notched six stops and allowed both goals
in her return for the Seahawks.
Freshman goalie Kara Gulvas
(Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) yielded
six goals and came up with nine saves in
29:14, while junior Casey McCullough
(Oceanside, Calif./California School for
the Deaf-Fremont) came off the bench to
make ve stops and give up four goals in
60:46.
Story Courtesy of the St. Marys College
Department of Sports Information
The County Times
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
BUDDS CREEK Mike Corbin of Win-
chester, Va., the 2009 Winchester Speedway
pure stock champion, capped off his stellar sea-
son winning the 18th annual Southern Mary-
land Nationals last Saturday night at the Po-
tomac speedway. The $2000 win was not only
his rst-ever at Potomac, but made him the 14th
different driver to score a victory in Potomacs
marquee event on the schedule.
Walt Homberg and Mike Corbin brought
the eld down to the initial waving of the green
ag. Corbin wasted little time, as he would
blast into the race lead by the completion of the
events rst circuit. Despite the repeated chal-
lenges by eventual runner-up Walt Homberg,
who pulled alongside Corbin on several occa-
sions, Corbin was not to be denied, as he would
eventually lead all 35 laps to post the biggest
win of his career.
This is amazing, Corbin said from vic-
tory lane. This has been a great weekend, I just
cant believe how everything came together to-
night were just fortunate to be here.
Walt Homberg was the only serious chal-
lenge Corbin had to face the entire night. This
is Walts home track, and hes really fast down
here, Corbin said. He ran me really clean and
I have to thank the entire team for a great sea-
son, this is a big win for us and it really hasnt
sunk in yet.
13th-starting Troy Kassiris would take
third, Mike Reynolds had a nice run taking
fourth and Scotty Nelson would complete the
top ve. In Fridays qualifying, Kyle Nelson
set fast time over the 40-car eld with a time of
18.591. Heats went to John Sellner, Chuck Bow-
ie, Homberg and Reynolds with twin consola-
tions going to Mike Rose and Eric Johnson.
Derrick Quade of Mechanicsville defend-
ed his Nationals win from 2008 with a convinc-
ing win in the Limited Late Model divisions
30-lap main event. Quade wrestled the top spot
from Steven Axtell Jr. on lap six and then would
have to repel the repeated advances from for-
mer track champion Sommey Lacey to post his
second Potomac feature win of the season.
The track was great tonight, Quade said.
I knew that was Sommey back there, but I
knew hed run me clean, and I cant thank the
whole team enough we need this win real bad.
Dale Hollidge would take third, Ste-
vie Long was fourth and Jonathon DeHaven
rounded out the top-ve. Heats for the 26 cars
on hand went to Kyle Lear, Steven Axtell Jr.
and Quade.
In the 35-lap four-cylinder, event Richard
Gwizdale made it a clean sweep of the weekend
as he set fast time in time trials on Friday, won
his heat and the dash, and would then lead all 35
laps of the race to post his second feature win of
the season. Track champion Greg Gunter was
second, Mark Digges was third, Jimmy Meek
took fourth and Tommy Whitt completed the
top ve.
Other winners over the weekend included
Brett Hamilton who scored his third win of the
season in the 25-lap modied headliner, Jimmy
Randall who collected his rst-career win in
the 25-lap hobby stock main and Kyle Vantas-
sel, who annexed win number ve in the 50-lap
strictly stock feature.
Street Stock Feature Finish
1. Mike Corbin 2. Walt Homberg 3. Troy
Kassiris 4. Mike Reynolds 5. Scotty Nelson 6.
Eric Johnson 7. Sam Archer 8. Dave Stouffer
Jr. 9. Craig Tankersley 10. Michael Carter
11. Chris Nelson 12. Joey Carter 13. Mike
Rose 14. Kevin Cooke 15. Ricky Edmonds
16. James Gray 17. John Sellner 18. Brian
Kerns 19. Kyle Nelson 20. David Kaiser 21.
Donnie Smith 22. Jimmy Jessmer 23. Ste-
phen Quade 24. Chuck Bowie 25. Kurt Zim-
merman DNQ- Josh Williams, Paul Quattro,
Dale Smith, Ray Priest, Charles Wyant, Walt
Lemmon, Teddy Dickson, Ben Oliver, Dale
Reamy, Randy Zechman, Rick Stouffer,
Greg Breeden, Scott Gray, Scott Wilson.
Limited Late Model Feature Finish
1. Derrick Quade 2. Sommey Lacey 3.
Dale Hollidge 4. Stevie Long 5. Jonathon
DeHaven 6. Roland Mann 7. Paul Cursey 8.
Brandon Long 9. Ed Pope 10. Jimmy Rich-
ards 11. Leon Lloyd 12. Tommy Wagner Jr.
13. Richard Harrison 14. Roy Skaggs 15. Dan
Zechman 16. Tim Shelton 17. Bruce Kane 18.
Kyle Lear 19. Scott Merryman 20. Walter
Crouch 21. Chris Stacy 22. Barry Lear Sr.
23. Steven Axtell Jr. 24. Moe Harden 25. CJ
Brown 26. Mike Latham (DNS)
Corbin Superb In Potomacs
Southern Maryland Nationals
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
It was quite an emotional weekend for
Jimmy Randall at the Potomac speedway. The
hobby stocks were part of the season ending
Southern Maryland nationals last weekend
competing in a 25-lap event. To some, that
might just sound like another event on a busy
schedule of races, However, it was quite differ-
ent for Randall of Pasadena, Md.
Midway through the season, Randall
purchased the hobby stock that carried Kyle
Nelson to 22 feature wins and one track title
and decided to call Potomac home on Friday
nights.
Several strong runs throughout the season
gave Randall the condence he knew he had a
car that was capable of winning. Randalls wait
would end on Saturday night. Randall took the
lead early in the 25-lap main and would go on
to post his rst-ever feature win, not only at
Potomac, but anywhere in over two decades of
trying.
This is unbelievable, an absolutely over-
whelmed Randall sai. Ive been in this game
for a long time. Weve raced street stocks, late
models, thundercars you name it, and tonight
we were nally able to win a race, this is a night
Ill never forget.
Randall was quick to praise those who
aided in his winning run.
All the guys who help work on this car, I
couldnt do it without them, and especially my
wife, shes been beside me since day one.
Randalls win was truly the feel-good
story of the race weekend at Potomac. It was a
special moment indeed for Jimmy Randall and
hopefully this will be the rst of many more
trips to victory lane to come next season.
Jimmy Randalls 20-Year Wait is Over
The County Times
Thurs., Oct. 8
Boys Soccer
Patuxent
at Leonardtown, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey
Good Counsel
at St. Marys Ryken, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Leonardtown
at Patuxent, 6 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Bishop McNamara
at St. Marys
Ryken, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Great Mills
at Chopticon, 6 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Patuxent, 6 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 9
Boys Soccer
Gonzaga
Field Hockey
St. Marys Ryken
at the Bullis School,
4:15 p.m.
Chopticon
at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Football
Chopticon at Northern, 7 p.m.
Great Mills at Patuxent, 7 p.m.
La Plata
Liberty Christian
Academy vs. St. Marys
Ryken at
Lancaster Park, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken
at Holy Cross, 4 p.m.
Great Mills
Volleyball
St. Marys Ryken
at Holy Cross, 5:30 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 12
Boys Soccer
La Plata
Tues., Oct. 13
Boys Soccer
Good Counsel
at St. Marys Ryken, 3:30 p.m.
Thomas Stone
Great Mills at Northern, 6 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Lackey, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken at Good
Counsel, 5:30 p.m.
Northern at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Lackey
Girls Tennis
St. Marys Ryken
at Holy Cross, 4 p.m.
Field Hockey
Great Mills at Northern, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Northern at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 14
Cross Country
Chopticon/Thomas Stone
at Patuxent, 4:30 p.m.
Great Mills/La Plata
at North Point, 4:30 p.m.
Leonardtown/Northern/Cal-
vert at Lackey, 4:30 p.m.
Field Hockey
Thomas Stone
Leonardtown
at Lackey, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Thomas Stone
Lackey
St. Johns
10/08-14/2009
Fact
un It was once against the law to have
a pet dog in a city in Iceland.
All high school, recreational and youth league
coaches, if you would like the scores, statistics
and standings from your respective games and
leagues to be published, contact Chris Stevens at
301-373-4125 or at chrisstevens@countytimes.net
SPECIAL NOTE:
By Ronald N. Guy Jr.
Contributing Writer
When searching for an
article topic thats (hopefully)
worthy of a read, I let a hand-
ful of ideas marinate in my
meager mind before launching
into what youll surely agree is
cant-miss prose (despite the
collective eye-roll from the
audience, the writer continues
undaunted).
During the marination
phase this week, I learned of
the death of the lady who in-
spired The Beatles song Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds.
Combine this with my recent
habit of humming a certain
Beatles song during the melan-
choly press conferences of two
NFL players and I had Beatles
on the brain.
Hey sports guy (or so
you think), the reader here
we appreciate the update on the
Fab Four and your psychologi-
cal instability, but could you
spit out some sports already?
Oh, right sorry but the
mop-topped boys did in fact
provide my distracted, Gen-
X, Atari mind much needed
direction this week. Youll see
I think.
In this young NFL season,
nothing has bothered me more
than the uninspired and un-
characteristically joyless play
of Skins running back Clinton
Portis and (psst, who does he
play for now? Oh yeah) Buf-
falo Bills wide receiver Terrell
Owens. Among their peers,
Portis and Owens have been
on the NFLs short list of great
talents, producers and enter-
tainers (who can forget Portis
costumes and Owens Sharpie-
gate and popcorn?).
This season though, both
have been plagued by nagging
injuries, performed very ordi-
narily and most telling, have
played with a level of emotion
more Eeyore than Tigger. Por-
tis seems a shell of his once ex-
plosive self and Owens literally
drops half the passes thrown
his way. At this point, despite
all their accomplishments, nei-
ther player has become what
could have been or what at
one time seemed certain to
be. The question that begs an
answer is why?
The obvious, and I think
accurate, answer is neither re-
alized when they had it best.
Owens, who apparently be-
lieves his purpose in life is to
torment his quarterback, has
worn out his welcome in three
cities.
San Francisco jettisoned
him after he questioned the
talents and sexual orientation
of quarterback Jeff Garcia. In
Philadelphia, where he truly
could have been one of the best
ever, he was cut after challeng-
ing Donovan McNabbs lead-
ership and heart. Most recently
Dallas divorced him after he
feuded with Tony Romo and
allegedly brawled with Romos
favorite receiver Jason Witten.
Meanwhile, Portis burst on
to the NFL landscape with two
historically productive seasons
with the Denver Broncos. He
was the perfect t in Denvers
vaunted running scheme and
appeared poised for a Hall of
Fame career. After his second
season, while still under his
meager rookie deal, Portis
sought a new contract. Denver
balked and instead traded him
to Washington.
While in D.C., Portis has
been pretty good, but short of
Denver-great. At age 28 (twi-
light for NFL running backs)
and after ve seasons within
a limited offense and a power
rushing attack ill-suited for
his skills, the explosive perfor-
mances we saw in Denver are
a thing of the past. And what
appeared to be a Hall of Fame
career will likely fall short of a
bust in Canton, Ohio.
In ones professional ca-
reer there are times when op-
portunity for more money,
accolades, etc. presents itself.
The opportunity cost of pur-
suing more is often bidding
adieu to the bird in the bush.
Owens, for his insatiable need
of attention and fame, and
Portis, for a big payday, opted
out of ideal situations for pro-
fessional achievement. Now,
given their demeanors and
the knowledge that their best
days are behind them, hind-
sight appears to have triggered
some regret. There seems to
be unspoken resignation from
both that they, to some extent,
traded their NFL legacies for
more.
Pursuing ones happiness
is a respectable, fundamental
endeavor; but pursuing hap-
piness through more fame
and fortune often proves a
frivolous proposition. I dont
know if Owens or Portis are
fans of The Beatles, but both
would likely acknowledge the
sage advice in McCartneys
words, I dont care too much
for money, money cant buy
me love. Did I mention I hum
a certain Beatles songs during
press conferences?
Send comments to rguy-
joon@yahoo.com.
BLEACHERS
A View From The
Football, The Fab Four And The Pursuit Of Happiness
The County Times
The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball has an-
nounced its 2009 Postseason All-Star team, and two Southern
Maryland Blue Crabs are among the honored. Shortstop Travis
Garcia, and outelder James Shanks have been named to the
all-league squad. The league has also announced its choices for
Ballpark of The Year, General Manager, Manager, and Pitch-
er of The Year, and the 2009 Atlantic League Most Valuable
Player.
2009 was truly a remarkable year for Travis Garcia, as
he was a key component in the Blue Crabs rst half Liberty
Division Championship. At the seasons mid-way point, his
contract was purchased from Southern Maryland by the Se-
attle Mariners, and he nished the Double-A Southern League
season with the West Ten-
nessee Diamond Jaxx, play-
ing in 44 games at shortstop
and third base socking four
homers with 22 RBI. At the
request of Garcia, he was
granted the opportunity to
return to Southern Maryland
for the nal month of the At-
lantic League regular season
and playoffs. In 79 games
total with the Blue Crabs,
the eight-year pro batted an
excellent.353 with 16 home
runs, 63 RBI, 19 doubles and
a triple.
Upon being named the At-
lantic Leagues top shortstop,
Garcia expressed his apprecia-
tion to Southern Maryland and
his excitement about the future
of his career.
Hopefully I can move up
with the Mariners, but I always know I have a place to play
here in Southern Maryland, remarked Garcia following the
Blue Crabs defeat in four games to the Somerset Patriots in this
years Atlantic League Championship Series.
In addition to Garcias impressive exploits was leftelder
James Shanks, who enjoyed a career year in 2009. A season
ago Shanks appeared in 82 games with Southern Maryland,
and took his game to the next level in 2009. Shanks appeared
in all but eight Blue Crabs games this season, batting .293 with
17 home runs and 93 RBI, which tied him for third overall in
the Atlantic League. His home run and RBI totals were both
career highs in his 11th pro season. His 132 games played were
also his professional high.
Earlier this season, Shanks acknowledged how close the
Blue Crabs clubhouse has become, and how it played into his
eagerness to return to Southern Maryland.
Even though were all over the place, a lot of these guys in
here talk in the offseason, and we talk about goals and wanting
to win a championship, said Shanks at the seasons beginning.
This is really the only place in this league I wanted to play.
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Blue Crabs Season Ends as Patriots
Claim Atlantic League Title
The thrilling second season of South-
ern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball came to
an end Sunday evening, as the Somerset Pa-
triots captured their fth Atlantic League
Championship in the circuits 12th season
of play. With an 11-1 victory over Southern
Maryland, Somerset closed out the ALPB
Championship Series in four games, be-
coming the rst Atlantic League team to
win back-to-back titles. For the Patriots, it
was their eighth appearance in the Cham-
pionship Series, adding to their champion-
ships from 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2008. For
the Blue Crabs, their rst playoff appear-
ance after a 79-61 season ended in disap-
pointment after winning their rst post-
season series in franchise history in ve
games over the Long Island Ducks in the
divisional round.
The Crabs bats would be held silent
most of the afternoon by Somerset right-
handed starter Jason Standridge, a veteran
of parts of seven Major League seasons.
Standridge tossed a complete game, allow-
ing just ve hits and an earned run, with six
walks and seven strikeouts. He pitched out
of a jam in the bottom of the rst inning, al-
lowing a leadoff single to John Ramistella,
who later scored on a bases loaded walk
to 12-year Major League veteran Michael
Tucker, Standridges third walk of the in-
ning. The righty would settle down from
there however, walking just three more bat-
ters in the nal eight innings. When Stan-
dridge allowed a single to Mike Just with
one out in the second, he would not allow
another hit until the ninth, when Octavio
Martinez, Cesar Nicolas and Jeremy Owens
loaded the bases with three consecutive sin-
gles. A Lance Burkhart pop-out to second
and a 6-4-3 double play ball off the bat of
Just ended the Blue Crabs 09 season how-
ever, capping a gritty outing by Standridge
pitching his team to a championship.
Blue Crabs starter and nine-year Major
League veteran John Halama unfortunately
could not replicate his prior dominating
regular season and postseason success.
Halama, who was 8-1 with a 1.96 ERA in
10 regular season starts with the Blue Crabs
before joining the Atlanta Braves organiza-
tion in Triple-A, was also 2-0
with a 0.57 ERA against
the Long Island
Ducks in the di-
visional playoff
round. On this day
though, the lefty
took the loss last-
ing just four and
two-thirds in-
nings, allowing
seven hits, six
runs four of
which were
earned, with
a season high
ve walks to
go with ve
strikeouts.
The Patriots
quickly erased the
Blue Crabs 1-0 rst inning lead with four
runs in the second off Halama, highlighted
by an Elliott Ayala RBI single and a pair of
bases loaded walks to Noah Hall and Jason
Belcher. With the bases loaded once again
in the fth, Mike Rodriguez lined a single
into centereld plating two more runs. A
four-run seventh for Somerset extended the
lead to 10-1. In the eighth, the Pats tacked
on their nal run with a Jeff Nettles lead-
off solo home run to left eld. Nettles, the
Patriots cleanup batter and third baseman,
was named the Atlantic League Champion-
ship Series Most Valuable Player. He also
h o m-
ered in Saturday nights Game 4, a two-run
shot to left which tied the game 5-5 en route
to the Patriots 8-6 victory. For the series,
Nettles batted .375 with three home runs,
six RBI and seven runs scored. He becomes
the rst player in Atlantic League history
to win multiple Championship Series MVP
awards.
The Blue Crabs players, coaching staff
and front ofce would like to extend our
sincere thanks to the thousands of fans who
helped us through such a successful 2009
season. We wish everyone a great fall and
winter, and well see you right back here
at Regency Furniture Stadium in the
Spring of
2010!
Shanks and Garcia
Earn Postseason Honors
Thurs., Oct. 1
Game One
Somerset 8, Southern Maryland 2
Fri., Oct. 2
Game Two
Southern Maryland 10, Somerset 4
Sat., Oct. 3
Game Three
Sun., Oct. 4
Game Four
Somerset Patriots win series 3 games to 1
Atlantic
League
Championship
Series
James Shanks
Travis Garcia
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Wed., Sept. 30
Boys Cross Country
Chopticon 26, Calvert 30
Chopticon 18, Westlake 37
Great Mills 16, Westlake 39
Great Mills 16, Calvert 36
Great Mills 25, Chopticon 32
Leonardtown 16, McDonough 39
Leonardtown 15, Patuxent 50
Girls Cross Country
Chopticon 21, Calvert 34
Calvert 25, Great Mills 33
Calvert 17, Chopticon 44
Great Mills 22, Chopticon 33
Leonardtown 15, Patuxent 50
Field Hockey
Chopticon 4, La Plata 3 (Double Overtime)
Patuxent 3, Leonardtown 0
St. Johns 1, St. Marys Ryken 0 (Penalty Strokes)
Volleyball
La Plata 3, Chopticon 1
Thurs., Oct 1
Boys Soccer
Northern 6, Chopticon 0
Patuxent 4, Great Mills 1
Girls Soccer
Volleyball
Patuxent 3, Great Mills 1
Good Counsel 3, St. Marys Ryken 0
Fri, Oct. 2
Field Hockey
Chopticon 3, Northern 2 (penalty strokes)
Football
McDonough 35, Chopticon 14
Lackey 34, Great Mills 25
Westlake 42, Leonardtown 7
Girls Soccer
Bishop OConnell 5, St. Marys Ryken 0
Volleyball
Paul VI 3, St. Marys Ryken 0
Sat., Oct. 3
Boys Soccer
Northern 2, St. Marys Ryken 1 (Overtime)
Field Hockey
St. Marys Ryken 3, The Calverton School 0
Mon., Oct. 5
Field Hockey
Chopticon 8, North Point 4
Leonardtown 3, Huntingtown 0
Tues., Oct. 6
Volleyball
Great Mills 3, Lackey 0
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
MORGANZA After their last two games both went
beyond regulation, the Chopticon eld hockey team wasted
little time in keeping their winning streak alive. Led by se-
nior Linzy Martins three goals, the Braves (6-1 overall and
in Southern Maryland Athletic Conference play) outlasted
North Point 8-4 Monday afternoon, running their current
winning streak to six games (the Braves played Calvert
Wednesday night, too late for inclusion in this edition of
the County Times.).
Offensively, it was there, but it wasnt a balanced
game, said Chopticon head coach Anne Vallandingham.
North Point played hard, they never gave up or backed
down.
The Braves, who won a double overtime game against
La Plata last Wednesday and edged Northern on penalty
strokes Friday, never trailed as a ve-goal rst half, con-
cluding with Martins score off of a corner with one second
to go in the half, kept North Point at arms length.
Any win is a good win, said Martin, who scored her
third goal three minutes and 58 seconds into the second
half. It was intense. They score on us, we have to return
one. Martin was one of ve different Chopticon players
(Sarah Jenkins, Jordan Grifth twice Devhana Steffe and
Nikki Downs) to rattle the cage.
We have a big week ahead, so it feels good to win,
said Steffe, who had a goal and assist on the afternoon.
Steffe explains that a tight-knit family atmosphere is one
reason for the Braves success this season. Were one
big family, we hang out together, were having a sleepover
Thursday night, she said. Its why weve been doing re-
ally well.
Another key to Chopticons solid play is a sweet incen-
Martins Hat Trick Extends Braves
Win Streak To Six
Briscoe Comes up Aces
as Hornets Blank Lackey
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS First year head
coach Deedra Earl is pretty condent
whenever senior server Brittany Bris-
coe takes the ball for the Great Mills
volleyball team.
Br i t -
tany has excel-
lent placement and
her serves are really on
target, Earl said after
Briscoe helped the Hor-
nets sweep Lackey three
sets to zero Tuesday
night. Those are her
strengths, absolutely.
My goal is to
hit the ball pretty
hard and never let the
negative get to me,
Briscoe explains of her serving style.
I made one mistake, but I think we
did pretty well.
Courtesy of Briscoes booming
right hand, the Hornets (4-5 overall,
3-4 in Southern Maryland Athletic
Conference play) jumped out to an
8-0 lead in the rst set, on their way
to winning 25-15. The Hornets domi-
nated the second set 25-12 and strug-
gled before coming back to defeat the
Chargers 25-20 in the third set to com-
plete the sweep.
With the regular season halfway
over, Earl is very pleased with the im-
provements the team has made so far
and has her sights set on a good show-
ing in the Class 4A East Regionals,
which begin in about three weeks.
There has been exponential
growth, they learn a new skill and
they master it, Earl says. The best
thing I can say is that they are taking
control of their game, and were work-
ing towards a strong regionals.
Weve had our ups and downs,
its like being on a rocky ship, Bris-
coe adds. Were going to have more
ups than downs now.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
tive. Whenever a player or the team accomplishes
a goal or a mission, a parent will bake brownies
for the team. The brownies provide just a bit of
inspiration for the team to do well.
These brownies are so good, Martin said.
Caramel with chocolate and walnuts, they just
melt in your mouth. So good.
I dont like walnuts too much, Steffe adds,
but they are really good. As for what the Braves
have to do to get their desired tasty treats?
We cant tell everybody the secret, Steffe
said coyly.
If thats what it takes for a win, Vallanding-
ham said with a smile, Ill go with it.
Brittany Briscoe
prepares to serve
during Great Mills
3-0 win over Lackey
in SMAC volleyball
action Tuesday night.
Photo By
Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Sarah Jenkins of Chopticon is chased by
North Points Meagan Hasson during the
Braves 8-4 win Monday afternoon.
The Braves Erin Wetzel gains control of the ball.
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Rugby
Rugby Rules
There are 15 players per team on the eld with
one referee. A match is played in two continuous 40-
minute halves, with injury time included. Seven sub-
stitutions are allowed per match, and once a player
exits the match, the player cannot return except if a
blood injury forced him our her out of action.
The scoring methods are as follows:
A putdown (similar to a touchdown in
a football, where a player must cross the
line with the ball, is worth ve points. The
point after kick is worth two points. Teams
can also pick up points for major penalties,
which are worth three points. Drop kicks
from anywhere on the eld that split the
goal posts are worth three points as well.
The uniform consists of little to no
padding, with the padding allowed to be
only a quarter of an inch thick. Shirts,
shorts, socks and cleats are necessary to
play rugby.
There are several seasons in which
rugby teams play:
The Matrix season, which occurs in
the fall with nine to 10 matches per season.
The teams with the most points will have
an opportunity to play in the US Rugby
Association playoffs.
The spring season, which is also
known as friendly season. Teams get to
together on their own accord and schedule
exhibition matches to stay in shape and
have fun.
The summer rugby season, which is
made up mostly of regional and national
tournaments.
Origin
The game was believed to have been
founded at Rugby University in England
two centuries ago, hence its name. It even-
tually made its way across the Atlantic
Ocean and has been a very popular sport
with colleges and military for years.
Rugby also had a hand in the inven-
tion of the game of basketball. Dr. James
Naismith, a physical education instruc-
tor at the Springeld, Mass. YMCA,
wanted to create an activity that would
keep his rugby team in shape during the
off-season.
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
HOLLYWOOD Most weekend afternoons on a small patch of
dirt and grass near the end of Clarkes Landing Road, you more than
likely will nd a group of men and women battling in separate
games for possession of a ball and the precious few points that
come with getting that ball across the lines.
The kicker (pardon the pun) is that this very physi-
cal sport is not football rugby, the forefather to the game
of American football is still played at various levels across
the United States, including in St. Marys County by the Pax
River Rugby Club.
Its a lot of camaraderie that comes with being a rugby
player, said Pax River co-captain Brian Fox Hamlet. We
have a lot of military personnel and contractors on the team,
so we stress team unity.
Hamlet, a Leonardtown native now living in Lexington
Park, played football at Leonardtown High School and for a
year at Frostburg State University before the game fell out
of favor with him. In the spring of 1996, Justin Thomson, a
high school classmate of Hamlets, sparked Hamlets interest
in rugby and neither has looked back since.
I gured if he can play, so can I, Hamlet says.
Pax River Rugby was founded in 1990 by Larry Don-
moyer, who still coaches Pax River as well the St. Marys Col-
lege Mens Rugby team. There is also a womens league and
youth league that stages play throughout most of the year.
Their home eld is known as a pitch and their pitch is
located behind the Burchoil near the end of Clarkes Landing
Road, and Hamlet is grateful that the owner of the property has al-
lowed his team to play there.
Mr. Clarke said, You guys need it, you can use it. He has gra-
ciously allowed us to play on his property and we really appreciate
it, he said. Its nice to have a pitch we can call home.
Aside from the physical nature of the game (You
will be in some kind of shape at some point, Hamlet
said with a laugh), the social aspect of rugby is interest-
ing in that most players, who are professionals that are
on travel, can practice with a local team in the town they
are visiting.
We welcome anybody who wants to run with us,
Hamlet said. Its not unusual for a guy to call a team and
say, Hey Ill be in town, can I practice with you guys?
Also, rugby carries a unique characteristic that gives
clues to its British origin the visiting team is welcome
for a post-game get-together and the host team supplies
food and beverages.
Its one of the few sports I know of where you can
pound on each other all day and then have a social gath-
ering about it afterwards, Hamlet said.
More information about the Pax River Rugby teams,
including schedules and contact information, is avail-
able at http://www.paxrugby.com.
More information on the St. Marys College mens
and womens rugby teams can be found at http://www.
smcm.edu/students/clubs.html.
Rugby Proves To Be Unique Sport
David Beckman throws the ball in.
Jacob Allen of Pax River dashes down eld with the ball dur-
ing Saturday afternoons match with Winchester, Va.
Pax Rivers A.J. Holland is taken down by a Winchester player.
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By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
The Leonardtown
Raiders had a spirited week
of practice after gaining
their rst victory of the
season last week against
Thomas Stone. Westlake
was coming off their rst
loss of the season in a battle
of undefeated teams with
Huntingtown.
In a conversation with
Raiders Coach Anthony
Pratley, he commented that
his team had an uphill
battle ahead and knew that
Westlake would come in
mad and red up after their
loss At their homecoming
game, Westlake took con-
trol of this game from the
start in a 42-7 win over the
Raiders.
The rst quarter start-
ed for the Wolverines with
a spectacular 91-yard touch-
down run by Tony Hale.
Courtney Jarvis caught
a 23-yard scoring pass from
quarterback Chris Istvan.
After a safety, Desmond
Betts had a three-yard TD
run in the second quarter.
Steven Koudossou grabbed
a 49-yard pass from Istvan
to end the rst half scoring.
Hale led all rushers
with 111 yards on six carries
and Istvan completed six of
his 11 pass attempts for 263
yard with three touchdown
passes.
The ofcials had a
running clock the entire
second half to keep the
scoring down as Leonard-
town scored rst in the third
quarter on a 41-yard run by
Marquez Allen. Westlake nished their scoring
on a 38-yard TD pass from Istvan to Dominic
Draughn, giving Westlake a very balanced attack
as their six touchdowns were scored by six differ-
ent players.
Leonardtown QB Drew Wysocki felt the con-
stant pressure by the Wolverines defense getting
sacked ve times and only completing three of his
11 passes for 59 yards and one interception. Dar-
ren Reed was the rushing leader for the Raiders
with 77 yards rushing on six carries. He also had a
good defensive game
leading the Raid-
ers in tackles with 6
stops. Coach Pratleys
Pistol-Spread of-
fense was attacked in
a recent article by a
national publication, but Pratley is a believer in
this offense and knows if given time, this offense
will be successful here at Leonardtown.
His players will have the opportunity to
show this success over the next few weeks with
a Homecoming battle tomorrow night against La
Plata (1-4) and next weeks Thursday night battle
at much improved Great Mills Hornets Stadium.
Both games start at 7 p.m.
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High School Football
Westlake Too Much
for Leonardtown
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS Bill Grifth be-
lieved his Great Mills football team played
well against Southern Maryland Athletic
Conference powerhouse Lackey for the
entire game. The scoreboard just wasnt in
the Hornets favor.
I think we took it to them for
four quarters, Grifth said after the
Chargers rallied from an 11-point de-
cit to spoil Great Mills homecoming
party with a 34-25 win Friday night.
Things just happen.
The Hornets (3-2 on the season,
1-2 in conference play) scored three
touchdowns in a span of eight minutes
and 23 seconds between the third and
fourth quarters to open up a 25-14 lead
and put the Chargers on the ropes.
Great Mills is a very good foot-
ball team, said Lackey head coach
Doug Lamb. Theyre a class 4A
school with three wins, so we knew
this was going to be a physical game.
We cant take anybody lightly.
Great Mills trailed 14-7 at halftime
before they started their run. Jonathan
James second touch-
down of the night,
a three-yard run to
the left side, brought
them to within 14-13.
After Lackey failed
to move the ball,
senior quarterback
Brian Jenner con-
nected with Michael
Johnson on a three-
yard pass to give the
Hornets a 19-14 lead
with 20 seconds re-
maining in the third.
Lackey was
forced to punt a min-
ute into the fourth
quarter. As Herman Bowman went to
kick, Will Anderson and Marcus Johnson
both smacked the ball back to the Lackey
three-yard line. Basil Moye outraced the
Chargers for the ball and the touchdown to
give the Hornets an 11-point lead.
Lackey responded with their own
three-touchdown burst, with Brandon
Pickerals 17-yard oater to Marquis Smith
with 3:48 to play account-
ing for the score that put
Lackey (3-2 overall, 2-2
SMAC) ahead to stay.
Grifth, who took
the blame for the Char-
gers comeback, pre-
ferred to maintain a posi-
tive outlook in spite of a
crushing loss.
I told our guys,
You showed that you
can play with anybody in
this conference, he said.
Everybody knows now
when you play us, you
better be ready to play 48
minutes of football.
chrisstevens@county-
times.net
Lackey Rallies
Past Hornets in
Heartbreaker
Lackey 34, Great Mills 25
1 2 3 4 Final
Lackey (3-2) 6 8 0 20 34
Great Mills (3-2) 0 7 12 6 25
Lackey Bowman 3 run (kick failed)
Great Mills James 50 run (Alleyne kick)
Lackey Chesley 17 run (Bowman run)
Great Mills James 3 run (kick failed)
Great Mills Johnson 3 pass from Jenner (pass failed)
Great Mills Moye 3 blocked punt return (pass failed)
Lackey Chesley 2 run (pass failed)
Lackey Smith 17 pass from Pickerall (run failed)
Lackey Burns 7 run (Chesley run)
Great Mills Brian Jenner takes off with
three Westlake players giving chase.
Lackeys Herman Bowman is wrapped up by the
Hornets Aaron Wilkerson.
Westlake 42, Leonardtown 7
1 2 3 4 Final
Leonardtown (1-4) 0 0 7 0 7
Westlake (4-1) 14 21 7 0 42
Westlake Hale 91 run (Han kick)
Westlake Jarvis 23 pass from Istvan (Han kick)
Westalke Safety, Augilliard tackled ball carrier in end zone
Westlake Betts 3 run (kick failed)
Westlake Koudossou 49 pass from Istvan (kick failed)
Leonardtown Allen 41 run (Phifer kick)
Westlake Draughn 38 pass from Istvan (Han kick)
Martez Allen scored the
lone touchdown as Leon-
ardtown fell to Westlake
42-7 Friday night.
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McDonough 35, Chopticon 14
1 2 3 4 Final
McDonough (3-2) 14 7 0 14 35
Chopticon (0-5) 0 7 7 0 14
McDonough Wilkenson 1 run (Wilkenson kick)
McDonough Joseph 40 pass from Campbell (Wilkenson kick)
McDonough Bentley 17 pass from Campbell (Wilkenson kick)
Chopticon Robeson 25 pass from Douglas (Palmer kick)
Chopticon Robeson 11 pass from Douglas (Palmer kick)
McDonough Joseph 45 run (Wilkenson kick)
McDonough Barksdale 16 pass from Campbell (Wilkenson kick)
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High School Football
Knights Ready to Rumble
With Liberty Christian
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
Bob Harmon and Mike
Vosburgh know whos com-
ing to St. Marys County
this Friday night. That
doesnt mean that they, or
the St. Marys Ryken foot-
ball is intimidated. Were
playing a really good team
this week, Harmon said of
Liberty Christian Academy
(Lynchburg, Va.), who will
battle the Knights at Lan-
caster Park at 7 p.m. tomor-
row night. Im excited and
our players are excited for
the challenge.
The Knights (2-3 in
2009) were off last week fol-
lowing a 27-0 victory over
Sidwell Friends on Septem-
ber 25, giving them ample
time to prepare for the Bull-
dogs, who have won 80 of
their last 82 games.
To be the best, youve got play the best, Harmon
said. In the next few years, youre going to see some of
the best football teams in the country here in St. Marys
County and Im excited about it.
A key to the Knights success has been the defense.
Led by Vosburgh, the defensive coordinator, Ryken is al-
lowing an average of 16 points per game and has recorded
two shutouts, as well as limiting powerful Paul VI to just
14 on September 4.
In 24 years of coaching, Ive learned theres no
magic scheme in football, its teaching the fundamentals
and having the kids to execute it, Vosburgh says. We
want them running and hitting, and I tell them to play like
their hair is on re. Theyve done that.
Vosburgh credited his defensive line, one of the fast-
est in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, with
the turn-around.
Devin Mackey has heart and desire and has been a
tremendous addition to our football team, Vosburgh said
Derrick Farrell and Joe Webb have played well all year.
Once the D-line takes over, were in pretty good shape.
A change in attitude has served the Knights well also.
Last year, they didnt believe they could win and their
performance showed, Vosburgh said of the Knights rst
varsity year. This year, they believe they can win. Its a
process, and now they believe in themselves.
Vosburgh hopes his defensive line will limit the Bull-
dogs running attack tomorrow, forcing Liberty Christian
into a passing game. We want to stop the run, because
once you do that, then they become one-dimensional and
you have a chance to shut them down, he says.
Im very fortunate to have Coach Vosburgh, Har-
mon says. The defense starts with him, he a good teacher
and a good football coach.
For the offenses part, Harmon hopes to get the run-
ning game in gear, especially with junior Marlowe Wood
healthy.
We want to get Marlowe and Hunter Wilson the
ball, grind it out and play WCAC football, Harmon said.
Bob Harmon believes the St. Marys Ryken football team will challenge national power
Liberty Christian Academy tomorrow at Lancaster Park.
Rams Spoil Chopticon Homecoming
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
Excitement was in the air in
Morganza as the Chopticon Braves
were ready for their homecoming
matchup against McDonough. Af-
ter starting the season with games
against Westlake, Gwynn Park,
Huntingtown and North Point, the
Braves were hoping to have an easi-
er matchup. However, Rams Coach
Luke Ethington was prepared with
his version of the Pistol Spread Of-
fense and the second game after
injuries to his outstanding starting
quarterback, Byron Campbell. The
large homecoming crowd went home
disappointed after McDonough took
the victory by a 35-14 count.
The Rams jumped out to a 21-0
lead on a one-yard TD run by Earl
Wilkenson, and two touchdown
passes by Campbell to Derrek Jo-
seph of 40 yards and the other for 17
yards to Ed Bentley.
The Braves, after missing two
opportunities in the red zone, showed
some ght with Senior wide receiver
Brian Robeson pulling in two scoring
passes from sophomore quarterback
Cody Douglas of 25 and 11 yards that
brought the Braves within one touch-
down in the third quarter.
Robeson was lling in for the
Braves leading receiver Josh Gray,
who was out with an injury. Chop-
ticon continued to have opportuni-
ties inside the red zone, but could
not convert on four of them after
making the game close. Douglas
nished 14 of 35 passing for 220
yards, two interceptions and a lost
fumble. Robeson nished the game
with four catches for 97 yards. Mc
Donough scored twice in the fourth
quarter on a 45-yard run straight up
the middle of the Braves defense
and Davario Barksdale caught a 16-
yard TD from Campbell.
The Rams pistol-spread was
able to move the ball very effec-
tively against the Braves. Campbell
nished the game 14 of 21 for 225
yards passing and three TDs.
Joseph nished the game with
108 yards rushing on eight carries
and 61 yards receiving.
The Chopticon running backs
were only able to rush for 21 yards
on 12 carries as star RB Aaron
Makle only carried the ball once.
QB Douglas had 60 yards rushing,
mostly scrambling from the con-
stant McDonough pressure.
On the defensive end Bam
Wroble led the Braves with 11 tack-
les and 4 assists.
Chopticon heads across the
bridge to Calvert County for the
next two weeks, playing at Northern
(2-3) tomorrow night and at Calvert
(3-2) Thursday October 15.
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The Braves Terhan Watson hauls down McDonoughs Derrick Joseph.
Chopticons Willie Adams deects a pass intended for Justin Brooks of
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Health, Human Services
Ofces in Dire Shape
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RISING FOR RUGBY
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Services Needed
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Rams Spoil Chopticons
Homecoming
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