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By Sean RiceStaff Writer

Thomas F. McKay an-nounced his plan Tuesday to seek re-election to the posi-tion he held four years ago, President of the St. Mary’s County Board of Commis-sioners. McKay served from 2002 to 2006 as commission-er president.

“In this tough economy people are looking for people who can get the job done without spending more and more money,” McKay said in an interview Wednesday. “People are reaching out to proven leaders who under-

stand the challenges being faced by businesses, small and large, and by the citizens of Maryland as they struggle to make ends meet.”

McKay said he intends to restore the former record of respon-sible government to St. Mary’s County and provide a model for how a county should operate in a tough economy with dwindling county resources.

“My true desire is to make this a better environment for busi-nesses to do business, for jobs to grow, for people’s salaries to grow and for government to provide the necessary services – but not overreach and be all things for all people,” McKay said. “I feel obligated to do my part to make sure that we don’t leave our children with a lower quality of life and a higher burden than what we’ve enjoyed.”

Deciding to run was a tough choice, McKay said, but he was en-couraged by the hundreds of people who urged him to file.

“Quite frankly I’ve had literally 500 to 1,000 people that have personally asked me to do this … and that isn’t the only thing that com-pelled me, but it has given me confidence,” McKay said. “I’ve been debating this over the last several months, finally my wife and family and I concluded that it is just too important not to do.

“I’m concerned, like many, many folks out here, that the over-spending of individuals and government has created an overreach leav-ing people concerned about our future and the future burden that we’re going to leave our children,” he said.

McKay said his record during his term as commissioner president is exemplary in terms of reducing the size of the government, control-ling spending, reducing taxes and prioritizing government.

“I want to get back in there and continue some of the good things we started and correct some of the things that have happened that I think have been misguided over the last four years,’ he said.

Some of those initiatives that have gotten off track include educa-tion being moved to the back burner, and high-dollar projects such as a new county jail, McKay said.

“When I took office in 2002 we were the second-worst funded county in the state for per-pupil funding in our schools. We put to-gether a program, The Bridge to Excellence, that had that funding level improving at a very rapid pace,” he said. “When I left office we have moved from 23rd in the state to somewhere around 15th or 16th in the state, and in the four years since I’ve left we’ve dropped straight to last place.”

“This whole concept of doubling the size of our jail. I really think that is something that this community really needs to step back from for a minute and take a deep breath and really ask ourselves: ‘Are we really doing the right thing on this?’”

McKay said he plans to run a smart campaign based on issues and policy, and has set a self-imposed cap on campaign contributions at $250 per person or business.

“In these economic times, I’d rather see those businesses give pay increases rather than spending thousands on donations.”

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County Times Publisher Seeks Re-election as Commissioner President

Thomas F. McKay

Thomas F. Mckay, with wife Laschelle McKay, files paperwork at the St. Mary’s County Board of Elections to join the race for county com-missioner president.


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Crime In Colony Square Community A Perpetual ProblemBy Guy LeonardStaff Writer

County government and law enforcement officials are taking more notice of the problems being reported from the Colony Square neighborhood in Lexington Park.

Residents there say that certain residents in the commu-nity as well as people from outside the neighborhood make it

nearly unlivable as crime is rampant, trash piles up and po-lice are in and out of the community trying to control the situation with too few resources.

One resident, who spoke with The County Times on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from within the community, said that the neighborhood has had

crime problems for years and they are only getting worse.

The resident said that many of the problems stem from residents living there in homes on

housing subsidies. Some of these residents are unemployed, they say, and do little to maintain

the community.“They move one Section 8 family out

and they move another one in,” the resident said, adding that when a family moves in

sometimes many more move in who are not supposed to live there.

Moreover violence in one form or another is a near every day oc-

currence that has spread through-out the entire community.

“It’s getting worse,” the resident said. “We’ve had

guys fighting outside with knives, we’ve

had gun shots.“Every road

has problems.”A n d

those community streets have been divided up by local gang factions, the resident said, and they defend their territory from outsiders.

Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said that police officers have found local gang activity in the neighborhood and he confirmed much of the complaints coming from there.

“We have investigations going on right now,” Cameron said. “We have officers in coming in and out of there all the time.

“There’s some local gang activity going on there and we’ve seen a pattern of escalating violence or the potential for it.”

Cameron said that from June 15 of 2009 to the same time this year there have been a total of 277 calls for service of vary-ing sorts in the community with 54 of them being backed up by ongoing criminal investigation reports and they run the gamut of offenses.

Cameron said that there have been 11 assaults for varying degrees, one assault on a police officer, four emergency evalua-tions, three domestic assaults, three child abuse investigations, an armed robbery and a sex offense investigation.

He also reported that there have been at least eight prop-erty thefts, one car theft, three threat complaints and seven complaints of vandalism.

Police are actively seeking 11 people for warrant service who call the community home, Cameron said.

Drug activity continues to plague the community, Cam-eron said, and police enforcement will begin to focus on stem-ming the tide of violators coming from outside the neighbor-hood but the community’s help would be have to be a part of that effort.

So far, government projects to improve the area have not yielded the fruit officials had expected.

“We’re going to try to put some more [police] resources in there,” said Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great Mills). “It was a hope that once we built the new fire station, the new library and renovated the elementary school that would ad-dress some of the longstanding issues there but that hasn’t hap-pened yet.”

Raley said he believed those revitalization efforts could still help.

Cameron said the job of cleaning up the neighborhood would be a challenging one.

“We need a very focused and dedicated effort and that’s difficult… we have very limited resources.

“And it’s tough to do when you have [property] owners living outside the community.”

Cameron said that fear and intimidation were also hampering efforts to get the community to speak out

about problems there and the resident agreed.They said that large groups of people often

gather in the street at varying times of the day, blocking traffic, creating disturbanc-

es and engaging in public drinking.“It’s horrible,” the resident said.

“My tax money is paying for them to stay there… they don’t care if

anyone has to work.“Some weeks I never get

any sleep. Most of the time I’m afraid to go out at night.”

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By Diane Burr and Guy LeonardStaff Writers

George Owings, of Dunkirk, has said his departure from the governor’s race and the Democratic primary is due to ma-jor surgery that requires a strict recovery period, but political observers say that his leaving the race will likely have little impact between the incumbent Martin O’Malley and former GOP governor Robert Ehrlich.

“It’s something I didn’t want to do, and I held off as long as I could,” said Owings. “Now it goes against common sense to try to continue.”

On Jan. 6, Owings announced he was taking on O’Malley. Ehrlich’s announcement to run against his Democratic rival followed shortly after.

The former Calvert County Delegate (D-27B) and for-mer state Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs admits his candidacy was a long shot and that he was ‘taking on the machine.’ He says his campaign was always “under the radar,” but believes he was making gains.

Michael Cain, political science professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, said that Owings’ candidacy was in-triguing but did not have the energy to make a significant challenge.

“He had high hopes he had a chance, especially if he got a good running mate and some money,” Cain told The County Times. “He just didn’t have the political clout in the state any-more. He used to.”

On the morning of May 25, just three days after a fund-raiser at the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department, Owings underwent surgery at Baltimore/Washington Medical Center for a serious emergency procedure.

“Fifteen years ago, I was watching TV with my mother and heard a pop. Her aortic aneurism burst, and she could not be saved. Doctors told me it was hereditary and I found out that I had one. I’ve had it checked every six months ever since finding out.”

“If it’s five centimeters or greater, doctors get concerned. For four years, mine was holding at 4.71 centimeters. Dur-ing the campaign, my doctor said it grew at an alarming rate - more in three months than in three years. They told me I had no choice but to have the surgery, and quickly. “ Owings said.

Following the surgery, he must avoid strenuous activity to include driving and he can not lift more than five pounds.

“I’m 65 years old. If I had won, I’d have been 69 at the end of my first term. I just don’t see trying to run again in four years when I’m that old.”

Owings does not think, however, that he will never make a return to politics.

“Depending on who ends up in the Governor’s house af-ter this election, sure, I’d consider going back to Annapolis. I’ll always stay focused on vets’ issues and involved in the community and environmental issues. I’m always open to suggestions. I’ll just go from here.”

Cain said that, though Owings has dropped out of the governor’s race, his political future could still be tied to any potential success of Ehrlich’s, since both have attempted po-litical comebacks and Owings is two years farther out than Ehrlich after his 2006 defeat.

If Ehrlich wins, it could signal an opening for someone like Owings in Annapolis.

“It’s tough to come back after so many years,” Cain said.

George Owings Quits Governor Bid Amid Health Concerns

Police respond to a disturbance in the Colony Square neighborhood. Residents complaining of crime problems there say it’s one of many.

On the diverse field of candidates seeking office this year.

“It’s a very heated year for politics this year. There’s a lot of energy

and a lot of participation.”

David Willenborg, chairman of the St. Mary’s County Republican

Central Committee

“It’s constant … always every day, but it’s the price

you’ve got to pay if you want to win this race.”

Charles Lollar, Republican candidate for Congress,

talking about his campaigning schedule.


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By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed cap on the amount of phosphorous and nitrogen that can make its way into the Chesapeake Bay each year as the first step in the agency’s sweeping effort to clean up the troubled body of water.

The plan will limit the amount of the two nutrients that can come from each of the six states that make up the Ches-apeake Bay watershed, information from the EPA states, which includes 64,000 square miles.

The proposed limits include no more than 187.4 mil-lion pounds of nitrogen and 12.5 million pounds of phos-phorous each year from the combined watershed.

“Restoring the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries will not be easy,” said Shawn M. Garvin, regional administra-tor for the EPA. “While we all realize that every jurisdic-tion in within the watershed will have to make very diffi-cult choices to reduce pollution, we also recognize that we must collectively accelerate our efforts if we are going to restore this national treasure as part of our legacy for future generations.”

Dawn Stolzfus, spokeswoman for the Maryland De-partment of the Environment, said that the guidelines the federal government wants to impose were close to what the state expected; the state was in a good position to fulfill those goals because of stringent new measures regarding waste water treatment plant upgrades, animal feed opera-tions and storm water management systems.

“We’ve got some things underway but we’re going to have to do more,” Stolzfus said.

The state is already working on the first phase of a watershed restoration plan that is due to the federal govern-ment by Sept. 1.

Individual counties and jurisdictions will have to have similar plans by November of 2011, she said.

Most of the work to meet these goals, Stolzfus said, about 60 percent, must be completed by 2017 by the federal mandate.

The total load for both phosphorus and nitrogen, ac-cording to EPA information, in the Patuxent River basin is a little more than 3 million pounds in a year.

For the Potomac River basin’s portion from Maryland the count is a little more than 16 million pounds of both nutrients.

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By Andrea ShiellStaff Writer

As the July 6 filing deadline for the 2010 primaries drew closer, many candidates took time during the 4th of July holiday weekend to connect with voters and campaign while they celebrated.

At St. Mary’s College during their “Summon the Heroes” program on July 2, Republican Congressional candidate Charles Lollar could be seen talking with voters for much of the evening, and he told The County Times that his holiday weekend would

be full of campaign events.“I have two events tomorrow,

three events on the fourth, and then two more events on the fifth,” he said. “I’ve got to speak at Severn Church on the 4th to about 2,000 peo-ple there. I’m going to be in the pa-rade in Anne Arundel County, then the festival in La Plata, and I’ve got to be at a couple of picnics in Charles County, so it’s very busy for me.”

Republican Collins Bailey, who is also running against Rep. Steny Hoyer for Maryland’s 5th dis-trict, said his holiday weekend had been centered on church and family

activities.In an email to The

County Times, he said that the 4th was his 22-year-old son’s birthday, and that he would be going to Chelten-ham Youth Facility for Bible studies, followed by a stint of preaching at Camp Springs Community Church in Clin-ton. Bailey said that the rest of his holiday was spent be-tween his mother-in-law’s house and Benjamin Stoddert Middle School in Waldorf, where he attended a public fireworks display with his family.

Congressional incum-bent Steny Hoyer made ap-pearances at the River Con-cert Series on Friday, attend-ed the Herrington Harbor In-dependence Day Celebration on Saturday, and on Monday had a series of meetings in St. Mary’s where he talked with veterans, seniors, business owners and others.

Susan Gaztañaga, who is running for Governor on the Libertarian ticket in the general election, spent Sunday morning riding in the Dundalk Heri-tage Parade, where she said the Lib-ertarian party has been represented for the last several years. Gaztañaga also campaigned at the Sowebo Arts Festival in Baltimore on May 30, and the Baltimore Gay Pride Festival on June 19 and 20, and said she will be campaigning from booths at numer-ous other festivals as they come up, in-cluding Hamilton, Essex, Chesapeake Pride and Fells Point.

Gaztañaga told The County Times that she and her running mate, Doug McNeil, will be at the Washing-ton County Federation of Sports Clubs on July 27, and she plans to go to Gar-rett County for their fair on August 13-14.

Gubernatorial candidate J.P. Cu-sick, from Hollywood, said he spent

his weekend campaigning online instead of in per-son, participating in sev-eral community forums through somd.com and

other sites where he communicates with voters.

“On July 3rd the Hollywood firehouse had a fireworks display … I was able to view the higher blast from my front yard in Hollywood,” he said, “and that was fun. On the 4th I watched the celebration on the Wash-ington Mall on PBS.”

Campaigning activities are ex-pected to increase as the July 6 filing deadline passes and those running for office strive to increase their presence with the public, but face-time has be-come a rule of thumb for many on the trail already, as was evident when Lol-lar commented on the dizzying pace of campaigning, and his hopes that his public appearances would help him win votes this November.

“It’s constant … always every day, but it’s the price you’ve got to pay if you want to win this race,” he said.

Candidates Take Advantage of Holiday Crowds for Campaigning


As the filing deadline for the 2010 gubernatorial elections passed Tuesday night, there were still a few surprises in store.

The race for the presidency of the Board of County Commis-sioners expanded as the former office holder Thomas F. McKay filed to reclaim that seat.

McKay faces Kenneth Booth of Great Mills and Randy Guy of Clements in the GOP primary race.

Booth filed a year ago while Guy has campaigned with a slate of candidates headed by incumbent Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe.

Current Commissioner President Francis Jack Russell (D-St. George Island) stands alone in the Democratic primary.

David Willenborg, chairman of the county’s Republican Cen-tral Committee, said the group was neutral in the primary races but noted that McKay’s entry would generate much interest.

McKay served from 2002 to 2006 as commissioner president but left that seat to run a campaign against Sen. Roy P. Dyson which was unsuccessful.

“I don’t think anybody can debate his qualifications for the task,” Willenborg said. “He’ll raise the bar in the debate for everybody.”

Michael Cain, professor of political science at St. Mary’s Col-lege of Maryland said that McKay’s name recognition was an im-portant advantage in the race against others in the GOP primary.

“He has to be seen as a very strong candidate,” Cain said. “But both McKay and Russell have wide name recognition in the

county.”Also, the race for county treasurer, which has been uncon-

tested for several cycles found a new candidate in current County Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-Great Mills).

Raley, who is term limited as a commissioner, said that he would try to modernize the county treasurer’s office to make it more user friendly to the public.

“I see an office that needs a jumpstart,” Raley told The Coun-ty Times Tuesday. “It has not come to the forefront with regards to technology.”

Raley said that the office should make on-line services avail-able to county residents and he also said that the actual property tax bills sent out each year by the office were sometimes confusing to the average citizen and could be clairified.

The long-time incumbent treasurer Jannette Norris said that she was surprised by Raley’s late filing as he had not talked to her about his bid.

Norris said she had worked with Raley in their respective po-sitions for 12 years and had never heard any complaints regarding any lack of technology at the treasurer’s office.

“He’s never mentioned anything to me about technology in the office or about the readability of the tax bill,” Norris said.

She added that the county’s information technology depart-ment had advised her that going on-line with the office’s current software system was not possible.

Norris said she did not want to incur the expense of switching to a new software system.

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Steve Waugh, Maryland State Senate candidate, speaks with visitors at the River Concert Series Independence Day Week-end at St. Mary’s College.

Candidate for Congress Charles Lollar talks to poten-tial constituents.


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My name is Ralph Jaffe. I am a political science teacher.

When I first started teaching in 1964 I told my students that Maryland was one of the most corrupt states in the Union. Fast forward to 2010 - nothing has changed.

This is why I am now a candidate for gov-ernor in the September 2010 Democratic pri-mary. I want to put a stop to the moral bank-ruptcy in Maryland politics and replace it with a new word, ETHICS.

My platform is based on 5 principles.

#1 - I will not accept campaign contribu-tions because they are disguised bribes.

#2 - I will have no dealings with paid pro-fessional lobbyists.

#3 - I will serve one term only. This way I’m not in the campaign for power, fame, or personal wealth, but rather I want to be a good public servant.

#4 - I will tell the truth all of the time, not

some of the time.

#5 - I will serve free. I will set aside the $150,000 annual salary of the governor for the purpose of trying to hire a combination of three teachers, firefighters and/or police officers.

These 5 principles must be adhered to if we are ever going to get true, ethical politicians. I am not a politician; rather, I am a teacher. Electing me as the next governor in the state of Maryland would mark a major step in the movement to compel future politicians to com-ply with the above stated principles.

Yes - this s a peaceful revolution to get rid of money and corruption out of politics. I’m asking you to join this movement and make this goal a reality. Please call me at 410-764-2409 and help bring about true, ethical reform in our political system.

Ralph Jaffe, Democratic candidate for GovernorPikesville

Let’s Restore Ethics to Politics

The curly haired, handsome six-year-old kindergarten child swaggered up to the teach-er’s desk.

“Hi, Miss Conklin,” he said. “May I have a condom, please? I have a heavy date in those bushes behind the school during recess.”

Miss Conklin opened her desk drawer and withdrew a handful of condoms. “Would you like these Trojans or one of these new Atlas styles?” she asked the boy.

When you read the above lines, I would not be surprised if you thought the words were not only crude, but not something to print in a family newspaper. Imagine MY surprise when I learned that Massachusetts schools are hand-ing out condoms to children from kindergar-ten through high school! And that is a FACT! I personally heard it on the news. It’s been re-ported in several media forms. Check it out on Snopes.

People, we live in a sick society. When are we going to wake up and start doing something about it?

In Dearborn, Michigan, police arrested Christian missionaries who stood on public streets, outside of Muslim areas and attempted to hand out Christian tracts. I watched this take place. They weren’t allowed to do that within FIVE BLOCKS of the Muslim area! Are we now under Sharia law? When will we be re-quired to face East and prostrate ourselves five times a day?

I’m not anti-Jew, anti-Muslim, anti-Chris-tian, or anti-anything EXCEPT those who are ANTI-FREEDOM, ANTI-CONSTITUTION, and ANTI-AMERICAN! For those people, no matter what their station in life or government, I say I am ANTI-THEM.

As a nation we are heading down a very rocky road toward the edge of a cliff. If we don’t wake up soon and take charge of our world, we can only look in the mirror to see who did it to us.

James H. HilbertMechanicsville, MD

We Live In a Sick World

MetCom Enacts Water RestrictionsThe Metropolitan Commission has an-

nounced Level 1 one water restrictions ef-fective July 12 for the communities of Cedar Cove, Forrest Farms, Leonardtown Farms, Villages at Leonardtown, Wicomico Shores and Wilderness Run.

The restrictions are a result of heavy in-creases in water usage in these communities

brought on by the intense heat and draught conditions.

The restrictions include limiting the amount of water used for outdoor irrigation and cleaning chores.

Violation of these restrictions is punish-able by a fine and possibly termination of water service.

Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn recently told the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he did not know who the 23 percent of Americans were who trusted Congress, referring to a poll.

I wonder what the numbers are for the Maryland General Assembly, whose members are incredibly adept at pushing tough decisions to future years and blaming others for their own poor choices.

One of the funniest attempts--by members to deflect attention from themselves was a task force created in 2008 to recommend steps to improve “financial literacy” among the state’s school children to prevent a repeat of the housing collapse and ensuing financial crisis.

As a result of the report, Maryland school children will be required to take financial literacy courses starting in 2011, according to a recent announcement of the State Board of Education. While the curriculum may benefit students and their families, they are not the ones who have been underfunding pensions for state workers for almost a decade and issuing debt to pay for road and other projects that were supposed to be paid for in cash.

Leadership is so in denial about the pension issue that House Speaker Michael Busch has not yet chosen people to sit on yet another task force created by the General Assembly in the most recent session to analyze ways to improve the system.

Worse, as one retiring legislator, Del. Murray Levy, D-28, told The Gazette, “I don’t know what this group is going to come up with that we haven’t already discussed.”

Students were also not the ones who passed a massive boost to state spending on public edu-cation in 2002 known as Thornton with no way to fund it and hikes to teacher pensions in 2006 with no way to pay for those either. And students did not promise that huge across the board tax hikes passed in 2007 would solve the “structural deficit” permanently and then say more taxes will be necessary to balance the budget two years later. (The structural deficit is the difference between what the state spends each year and what it collects in revenue.)

To remedy the situation, legislators should require of themselves the same things they rec-ommended to students. Economists from the University of Maryland should develop a curricu-lum for legislators that can be studied online when they are not in session to give them a basic understanding of budgets, accounting, taxes, supply and demand, statistics and incentives, with regular tests they must pass. The curriculum could also include a reading list, updated yearly.

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff’s “This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Finan-cial Folly,” a road map for understanding how debt and financial crises develop, would be a great summer pick. Legislators would also have the benefit of being able to ask Reinhart, a professor at the University of Maryland, to speak to them.

While a better understanding of economics may not prevent poor decisions, it will make legislators more aware of how their laws will impact residents and more accountable for their mistakes. If it is so important for students to know how to balance a checkbook, how much more essential is it for those charged with stewarding taxpayers’ scarce resources to understand state finances?

Marta Mossburg is a senior fellow at the Maryland Public Policy Institute. [email protected].

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It has been more than three months since two men armed with pistols en-tered the Bank of America in Lexington Park and robbed it in the early morning hours of March 24 but local detectives are still looking for clues in an effort to apprehend the suspects.

The Bureau of Criminal Investi-gations reports that law enforcement is now offering up to a $20,000 reward for information leading to the appre-hension and eventual conviction of the perpetrators.

Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said that detectives are continuing to pursue leads in the case but did not want to re-veal the extent of the investigation.

“I can’t talk about what they have or don’t have,” Cameron told The Coun-ty Times. “We don’t want to tip off the guys who did it.”

Detective say that they want to talk with anyone who was in the vicinity of the bank at the time of the robbery or who may have more information regard-ing the heist or suspects involved.

The first suspect was a black male, 20 to 30 years old and standing at 5 feet, 11 inches and weighing about 200 pounds. He was wearing a light colored hooded sweatshirt.

The second suspect, police reports state, is also a black male, about 20 or 30 years old, standing about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds.

The second suspect was wearing a green flight suit during the time of the robbery.

Surveillance photos from the bank show that both suspects concealed their identities during the robbery.

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State Fire Marshal investigators say that at least three out of four house fires that took place in the space of a week were accidental, but a fourth on Golden Beach Road is still un-der scrutiny.

Deputy Chief Fire Marshal Duane Svites told The County Times that the four fires that occurred from June 30 through July 3 were unusual for the summer season, though none appeared to be crimes.

“This is a busy time for fires but they’re usually outside,” Svites said.

The fires so far have been attributed to ei-ther electrical failures, blazes that started in a vehicle or from improperly discarded smoking material.

Despite Maryland’s recently passed law that allows only fire safe cigarettes to be sold here, there were still ways to get cigarettes that did not meet the safety requirements.

“The flaw is … it doesn’t stop people from buying cigarettes in Virginia or on the [Patux-ent River Naval Air Station],” Svites said. “So there are still cigarettes out there that aren’t safe.”

Svites said that the center of a cigarette’s flame can reach incredibly high levels of heat.

“When it’s cherry red it could reach up to 1,200 degrees,” Svites said. “Put it in an ash-tray don’t flick it.”

The first fire took place June 30 on St. John’s Road in Hollywood and took 25 fire-fighters only about 10 minutes to control, ac-cording to fire marshal reports, and caused about $40,000 worth in damages.

On June 2, the house fire on Woodland Acres Road in California caused two adults to have to be treated for minor smoke inhalation, reports stated, and took 35 firefighters 15 min-utes to control the blaze.

The damage was estimated at about $60,000.

Just one day later two house fires oc-curred in Mechanicsville, one on Waterview Drive and the other on Golden Beach Road only about four-and-a-half hours apart.

Both fire took 40 firefighters 40 minutes to control, fire marshal reports stated.

The damage from both fires combined was estimated at $190,000.

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Detectives with the county’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations are seeking two sex offenders while having arresting a third for

allegedly failing to register.

A c c o r d i n g to police reports, detectives are still searching for Jo-seph Dee Medlin, 48, of Leonard-town for alleg-edly absconding from his recorded residence.

D e t e c t i v e s sought and re-

ceived a warrant for Medlin’s arrest Tuesday, though they state that his location is still unknown.

Detectives de-scribe Medlin as a child sex offender.

On that same day detectives were also able to get a warrant to

arrest Douglas R. Wilson, Jr., 32, for an alleged failure to register as a sex offender.

D e t e c t i v e s were able to con-tact Wilson by phone, who stated he was in Balti-more. Detectives are still seeking Wilson.

D e t e c t i v e s also arrested Keith Leonard Mackall, 47, of Great Mills July 5 and charged him with failing to register as a sex offender. Mack-all was later released on his own recogni-zance by a District Court commissioner, police reports stated, and later registered Wednesday.

Detectives are asking anyone with in-formation regarding sex offenders in the community to call Cpl. William Raddatz of the Sex Offender Registry unit at 301-475-4200 on extension 1958.

Callers can also make anonymous tips at 301-475-3333 or via text message at “TIP239” with an added message to “CRIMES”

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The Young Professionals Initiative of St. Mary’s County will hold its next Gen-eral Body Meeting at 6 p.m. July 15.

The topic of the meeting is “Summer Fun in St. Mary’s County,” and will in-clude discussion of great events going on throughout St. Mary’s County this sum-mer. All are welcome to attend.

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Hollywood-based technology company Smartronix has been awarded a federal con-tract to modernize the Treasury.gov Web site and revamp two supporting sites: FinancialSta-bility.gov and MakingHomeAffordable.gov

Smartronix stated in a press release that the company is bringing together a team to complete the projects; including industry ex-perts in SharePoint, Cloud hosting and security, Web design, transparency, open government data, social collaboration, and emerging Web technologies.

The company said this same “team” (Smartronix, Synteractive, TMP Government, and KPMG, with close collaboration from Amazon Web Services) was responsible for the building Recovery.gov 2.0—the portal for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

In 2009, Smartronix was named prime contractor to update the Recovery.gov Web site, which tracks how and where $787 billion in federal stimulus money is being spent.

The contract was potentially valued at $18 million over five years.

The company has not released the dollar value of the recent Trea-sury.gov modernization project during the recent announcement.

the Recovery.gov Web site.

Media reports circu-lated claiming the price tag was exorbitant and the company was awarded the deal because of the thou-sands of dollars company executives have donated to Congressman Steny Hoyer during the last decade.

The Washington Examiner reported that Smartronix’s top officers donated $19,000 to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer since 1999.

Hoyer’s spokesperson has called the al-legations ludicrous; stating that the contract was competitively bid and the congressman has nothing to do with the selection process.

The new design for Treasury.gov will sup-port the communications and publishing re-quirements of Treasury, support the strategic initiatives of Treasury, and enable transparency and increased access to Treasury resources and assets, a press release states.

“Our goal is to help transform communica-tions and collaboration across the Department of the Treasury and establish Treasury.gov, Fi-nancialStability.gov, and MakingHomeAfford-able.gov as the absolute leaders in Government 2.0 innovation,” said Smartronix Chief Tech-nology Officer Robert Groat.

“With support from leading technology vendors such as Amazon Web Services, Mi-crosoft, and Akamai, Team Smartronix will be leveraging proven expertise in Web develop-ment, SharePoint 2010, and the AWS platform to successfully execute the program,” Groat said. “We look forward to working closely with Treasury to implement their vision.”

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Sabre Systems, Inc., a professional Infor-mation Technology and engineering services company with a local office in Lexington Park, was recently awarded a new delivery order un-der the its existing Census Bureau’s Research & Development 2014 contract.

Under this contract, Sabre will develop new techniques for improving the Census Bu-reau’s Master Address File (MAF) by utilizing data mining software.

The MAF, which contains more than 140 million home and business addresses, is essen-tial to conducting both the decennial Census of population and the ongoing surveys that use the MAF. Thus, it is critical that the MAF be accurate and up-to-date. This Time and Ma-terials delivery order will be performed at the Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland.

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Robert W. Askey, of Askey, Askey & Associates, and Dave Messersmith, Survivor Consulting, LLC, representing Raley, Watts & O’Neill, provided information regarding occupational fraud and fiduciary liability to a group at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center on June 17.

The two-hour speaking engagement informed employers about the risks involved with occupational fraud by employees.

Robert Askey, CPA a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA) detailed the rea-sons why employees steal, how they perpetrate their thefts, and the warning signs of a potential ongoing fraud. Sharing local ex-amples of how employee dishonesty and fraud affect our busi-nesses, Askey explained what employers can do to minimize the exposure to a potentially devastating fraud in their business.

“Small businesses generally have inadequate internal con-trols over assets such as cash. Owners place far too much trust in individual employees to be honest and ethical in these very difficult times,” said Askey. “Current economic conditions cou-pled with simple greed and man’s need for financial survival re-quire that employers be aware of potential employee thefts and embezzlements.”

Messersmith identified the risk and the proper insurance available to help protect your business against the consequences of employee dishonesty and fraud. Raley, Watts & O’Neill made the explanation of how to insure your business from the financial losses caused by employee fraud clear and easily understandable.

Each participant received a fraud prevention checklist de-signed to help identify potential areas of risk for employee dis-honesty and fraud within their businesses.

“The information provided was very timely and is what all business owners must know and pay close attention to,” said Ray Dodson, Chief Financial Officer at Tidewater Dental. “Indiffer-ence to the possibility of employee fraud can easily result in sig-nificant loss to the business.”

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The agriculture division of the St. Mary’s County De-partment of Economic and Community Development (DECD) hosted an open house at the Loveville Produce Auction on Wednesday morning in an effort to entice local restaurants and markets to take advantage of locally grown produce.

As a precursor to the Buy Local Challenge (July 17-25) and the Savor St. Mary’s Restaurant Week (July 25-Aug. 8), the open house at Loveville was aimed at introducing local restaurants to buying fresh local produce.

“We trying to get local restaurants and stores to come and learn how to buy local, and not just here from the auction, but from other local farmers as well,” said Donna Sasscer, manager of the DECD’s agriculture and seafood division. “Earlier in the day we had a couple restaurants come in and we explained to them how to buy from the auction.”

The events are part of a push for buying lo-cal, and the Savor St. Mary’s initiative involves not only persuading locals to buy local, and also to persuade local businesses to buy local.

“We’re trying to get the restaurants and markets to have another way to come and buy lo-cal,” Sasscer said. “It’s not just these two weeks than you need to go to a restaurant and buy local. We want people to say ‘hey, it was easy enough to buy here at the auction, or at Friendly Hall Farm, let me keep doing that’.”

Sasscer said David McKay, CEO of McK-ay’s Fine Foods, who was at the auction Wednes-day morning, is a “role model” for supporting local farmers.

“He buys from the local community, puts it back in his local stores and it gives people the opportunity to find locally-grown produce,”

Sasscer said.McKay, who was busy placing bids on watermelons, pep-

pers and tomatoes, said occasionally there is some good deals to be had … “But in most cases we feel we’re doing more of a service to our community, and giving our customers what they want.”

“We been supporting this Loveville produce market since it opened, about seven years ago,” McKay said. “As far as I know we’re the only supermarket in the area that really buys local, local produce … when we say local produce, our pro-duce is coming from St. Mary’s and lower Charles County.”

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David McKay, CEO of McKay’s Fine Foods places a bid on locally grown green pep-pers Wednesday at the Loveville Produce Auction.


Mary Butler, 81

On the evening of June 26, 2010, a wonderful life sud-denly came to an end. A very s p e c i a l and much loved per-son, Mary “ E r n e l l ” Butler, 81

of Mechanicsville, MD departed this life and went home to be with the Lord. Ernell was born in Holly-wood, MD on May 23, 1929. Ernell was the third child of the late William and Leona Nolan. She was baptized at St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church as a child. Ernell was raised with her siblings on Samson’s Harbor Farm in Mechanicsville, MD, where many of life’s foundational lessons were learned through the simplicity of farm life. She was educated in the St. Mary’s County Public School System, and graduated from Ban-neker High School in 1946.

On 7/17/47, Ernell married the late James Joseph Butler, Jr., and her life’s journey as a wife and excep-tional mother began. From that union twelve children were born. Their lives together began in Hollywood, but the family soon relocated to the Oakville area, which became the lifetime fam-ily home. Ernell assisted many fami-lies throughout her working career. They include The Krush’s, Senator Duff, Colonel Sanford, The Freres, as well as the Maryland State Police. Ernell had a heart of service. She would make regular visits to many sick and shut-in friends, and would go to the nursing home to help lift their spirits. She never allowed race to be a barrier against relationships with people.

It is well known that Ernell loved a variety of music genres, and that she could be found listening to and singing at any given time. This included jazz, blues and pop. But, gospel music became her favorite. With her very strong alto voice, she would never hesitate to share songs of comfort and encouragement with others. Two of her favorite hymns were How Great Thou Art and Pre-cious Lord. Throughout her life’s challenges and celebrations, Ernell developed a personal relationship with God and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. Her faith truly became the source of joy and peace. Ernell was a long-time, ac-tive member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. There, she made herself known to all, and was willing to as-sist whenever and wherever needed. She was a long-standing member of the choir and the Ladies of Sodality of the church.

Ernell had a love for baseball, which began at an early age, when she and her father would sit and “watch the radio”, as the announcers called the game. Her favorite team was the Baltimore Orioles, and she would sit for hours at the television coaching

and cheering them on, even during their many slumps. At the end of the season, she would comment, “Those boys have got to do better next year!” She also enjoyed traveling, and her travels include cities throughout the continental United States and the Ca-ribbean Islands.

Her family was of great impor-tance to her, and brought her much joy. With the passing of her mother, Ernell became the matriarch of the family, a position she wore well. She was well respected by all. Everyone looked forward to family gatherings at her home for holidays and summer cookouts because they knew they were guaranteed lively fun, laugh-ter, hospitality, and a smorgasbord of food that would delight their taste buds and leave them walking away from the table wanting more, but re-alizing that there was not room for another bite. She embraced friends of her family members as her own, and they would routinely become part of her gatherings.

Ernell leaves to cherish her memory, her children: Michael, Shir-ley, Jerry, Deborah, Josephine, Ethel, James, Cindy, Bill and Stephanie; Daughter-in-law, Deborah Butler, fu-ture daughter-in-law, Romaine Smith; Son-in-laws - Jay Watts and Steven Adams; Grandchildren - Gregory, Carla, Ernest, Lisa, Christina, Brock, Melissa, and Antoine; Great-Grand-children – Channing, Brian, Andrew, Sierra, Zachary, Brice, Brandon and Aleiha; Siblings – Veronica Jacob, Henrietta Johnson, Angela Green, Steven Nolan, Doris Bunyon, (Cous-in/Sister) Florence Nolan; Brothers-in-laws – Earl Jacob, Arthur Green, and Jerry Bunyon; Sisters-in-laws – Shirley Nolan and Gertrude Nolan; a special former Daughter-in-law, Sheila Butler; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Her sons Xavier, and James J. Butler, III, daughter-in-law, Loretta, son-in-law, Casey, and three siblings, Ethel, Wil-liam, Jr. and Alphonso preceded her in death.

Family received friends on Fri-day, July 2, 2010 in the Brinsfield Fu-neral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Prayers were recited. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 29119 Point Lookout Road, Morganza, MD 20660. Interment followed in Queen of Peace Cem-etery, Helen, MD.

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

Mary Long, 91

M a r y L a v o n i a Long, 91, of Waldorf, MD and for-merly from Mechanics-ville, MD, died June 27, 2010 at her son’s home in Seaford, DE. Born October 3,

1918 in Avenue, MD she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Ida Marie Cheseldine Oliver. She was the loving wife of the late James Aaron Long whom she married in 1938 in Mechanicsville, MD, and he preceded her in death on July 21, 1998. She is survived by her chil-dren Raymond A. Long (Joyce) of Seaford, DE, and Robert A. Long (Cathy) of La Plata, MD. Mary is also survived by her brother Stan-ley Long of Mechanicsville, MD as well as four grandchildren; Dawn L Talley, Terry L. Simmons, James R. Long, Kelly E. Long and three great-grand children; Ryan S. Talley, Stephanie M. Simmons and Jacob R. Simmons. She was preceded in death by her siblings Claude Long, Charles Long, Peter Long, Johnny Long, El-eanor Long, Rae Hill, Eddie Long, Sammy Long, and Philip Long.

She worked as a Cafeteria Work-er for the Prince George’s County Board of Education.

The family received friends on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD, where prayers were said. A Mass of Christian buri-al was celebrated on Thursday, July 1, 2010, in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Mechanicsville, MD with Fr. Peter Alliata officiat-ing. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, in Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers were Vernie Long, Frank Long, George Coppage, Ron-nie Talley, Ryan Talley and Joe John-son. Contributions in memory of Mary Lavonia Long be made to Vitas Hospice 100 Commerce Dr, Christi-ana Corp. Center # 302, Newark, DE 19713. To send a condolence to the family please visit our website at www.mgfh.com.

Catherine Mattingly, 58

Cath-e r i n e “ C a t h y ” Ann Mat-tingly, 58 of Hol-l y w o o d , MD died on July 1, 2010 at her home sur-rounded by family and f r i e n d s . Born Sep-

tember 8, 1951 in La Plata, MD she was the daughter of James (Jimmie) Canter, Sr. and the late Marianne M. Canter.

She graduated from La Plata High School in 1969. Cathy worked for the Federal Government as a Management Analyst for 38 years retiring June 1, 2009.

She is survived by her loving husband The Honorable Charles “Jenks” Mattingly, III who Cathy married on June 18th, 1977; her son Charles “CJ” Mattingly, IV; daugh-ter Kimberly Guy (Brad) and step daughter Bonnie Mattingly; her sis-ters Mary Beth Gawthrop (Ed), Teri Lou Burch (Joe), and Tina Norris (Mark); her brother Philip “Buster” Canter (Barbara).; along with several

nieces and nephews. She is also sur-vived by her grandchildren Zachary Guy and Abigail Mattingly as well as a step-grandson Steven Dittmer. She had a special place in her heart for three dear friends, Debbie Fairfax, Phyllis Greer and Ashley Merwin. She was preceded in death by her brother James “Butch” Canter, Jr.

Her hobbies included Longab-erger Baskets, playing bingo, quilt-ing, and family vacations to Ocean City and Disney World, but most of all spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and her two puppies Pepper and Cyann.

The family received friends on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD, where prayers were said. A Mass of Chris-tian burial will be celebrated on Thursday, July 8, 2010, in St. John’s Catholic Church, Hollywood, MD at 10 a.m. with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Buster Canter, Mark Nor-ris, Josh Norris, Joe Burch, Chris Mattingly, and Ed Greer. Honorary Pallbearers will be her nieces and nephews, Chrissy Beuchert, Connie Wood, Harry Canter, Kenny Canter, Veronica Norris, Jordon Burch, Trev-or Burch, and Jake Canter.

Memorial contributions can be made to the scholarship fund c/o Community Bank of Tri-County for Zachary Guy and Abigail Mat-tingly, Account # 932430415, 25395 Point Lookout Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650, Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650 and St. John’s Building fund 43950 St. John’s Road, Hollywood, MD 20636. To send a condolence to the family please visit our website at www.mgfh.com.

Melanie Johnston, 51

Melanie Gay Johnston, 51 of California, MD died July 2, 2010 at St. Mary’s Hospital.

Born November 19, 1958 in Salt Lake City, UT, she was the daughter of Robert and Marilyn Woodward.

Melanie was a secretary for St. Mary’s County Government, Public Works Department, retiring in 2008 after 20 years of service.

Melanie is survived by her husband, Tom Johnston of Califor-nia, MD, son; Michael Johnston of California, MD, step-sons; Edwin Johnston of St. Helen, OR and Randy Johnston of Dermune, ID, and sister; Laurie Klein of Midland, MI, also survived by seven grandchildren.

Services will be private.Condolences to the family may

be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com

Joseph Neill, Jr., 75

Joseph “Howard” Neill, Jr., 75 of Hollywood, MD passed away on June 26, 2010 at his residence.

Born June 1, 1935 in Baltimore, MD he was the son of the late Marga-ret L. and Joseph H. Neill, Sr.

Howard was a Waterman, he enjoyed crossbow hunting. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose,

Patuxent, MD lodge and a member of the Wild-life Heritage Division.

Howard is survived by his daugh-ter’s; Patricia (David) Gat-ton, of Me-chanicsville,

MD, Debra (Jeff) Hudson of Califor-nia, MD and Christy (Vanessa John-son) Neill of Lexington Park, MD, siblings; John (Joan) Neill of Me-chanicsville, MD, Lavern Huggins of Hollywood, MD, Dorothy (Phillip) Spencer of Mechanicsville, MD, and Mickey (Diane) Neill of Hollywood, MD, sister-in-law; Margaret Neill, also survived by 4 grandchildren; Dawn Gatton, Shawna Hale, Haley, and Travis Boswell. In addition to his parents Howard was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Neill, sister; Patricia Neill, brothers; Billy Neill, and Charles Neill, and brother-in-law; Bob Huggins.

The family received friends on Thursday, July 1, 2010 in the Brins-field Funeral Home, P.A., Leonar-dtown, MD A Funeral Service was conducted, Friday, July 2, 2010 in the Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in St. George Episcopal Cemetery, Valley Lee, MD

Pallbearers were; David Abell, James Abell, Woody Hill, Kirk Fones, Bernie Weeks and Joe P. Dorsey. Honorary pallbearers were; Timmy Neill, David Neill, Mark Ful-ton, Joey Spencer, Charlie Neill and Schaffer Dorsey.

In lieu of flowers Memorial Contributions may be made to Hos-pice House of St. Mary’s, Inc., P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650

Harry Potter, 77

H a r r y Edward Pot-ter, 77 of Val-ley Lee, MD died June 25, 2010 at his home.

B o r n May 21, 1933 in New Cas-tle, PA, he was the son of the late

Cecil and Blanche Potter.Harry moved to the area in

1972 as a Food Service Manager at St. Mary’s College. After leaving the college, he operated the Ceramic Shoppe in Callaway where he en-joyed meeting people and making many, many friends. He was a mem-ber of the Lexington Park Method-ist Church where he spent countless hours as a member of the choir and helping out with any special events.

Recently, he enjoyed volunteer-ing at the St. Mary’s Hospital Gift Shop where he spent most of his time “conversing” while Barbara handled the gift shop duties. Harry enjoyed playing cards with his friends, watch-ing football and golf with family and


Continuedin general being in the company of others. He loved family and friends and knew no strangers.

Harry is survived by his wife Barbara, who he married on March 3, 1956, son DuWayne, (Terri) Potter, of Leonardtown, MD, daughter, Wendy (Keith) Leimbach of El Reno, OK, and sister, Donna (Duane) McFarland of New Castle, PA. Harry also leaves behind 7 grandchildren, David, Ste-ven, Rebecca and Rachel Potter of Leonardtown, MD, Kerri, Katy and Karin Leimbach of El Reno, OK. In addition to his parents, was preceded in death by a brother, Gerald and a son, Dwight Potter.

Family received for Harry’s Life Celebration on Thursday, July 1, 2010 in the Lexington Park United Methodist Church, where a Funeral Service was conducted on Friday, July 2, 2010. Interment followed in Ebenezer Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers Memorial con-tributions may be made to the Second District Vol. Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1, Valley Lee, MD 20692 and/or St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary, P.O. Box 527, Leonardtown, MD 20650

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

Patrick Riley, Sr., 61

Patrick “Pat” Kelly Riley, Sr. 61, of Great Mills, MD, died June 26,

2010 at St. Mary’s Hos-pital. Born September 14, 1948 in Pit tsburgh, PA he was the son of the late Wil-liam Joseph and Eleanor Rose Kelly Riley of

Pittsburgh, PA.Patrick leaves behind his beloved

wife of 39 years, Joan Whitten Riley, whom he married on March 17, 1971 at the Church of the Assumption in Bellevue, PA.

Patrick is survived by his chil-dren Patrick Kelly Riley, Jr. of New Kensington, PA and Coleen Marie Riley Cutchember of Leonardtown, MD, his son-in-law Myron John Cutchember of Leonardtown, MD, and his two grandsons, Donovan Riley Cutchember and Patrick Kelly Cutchember of Leonardtown, MD. Siblings: Rose Marie Matela Riley of Bellevue, PA, Elaine Kostishack of Boston, MA, Linda Brown of Bel-levue, PA, Grace Brown of Bellevue, PA, William Riley of Pittsburgh, PA, and James Riley of Middletown, NY. He also leaves behind numerous brothers and sisters-in law, nieces, nephews, and cousins. He is prede-ceased by his nephew, William Riley originally of Middletown, NY.

Patrick grew up on the North Side of Pittsburgh and graduated from North Hills High School in 1966. After 14 years of service to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and as a leader of the Independent State Store Union (ISSU), he chose to return to college. At age 39, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pittsburgh in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business and German. Patrick began his ca-reer with the Department of the Navy on February 13, 1989 as an intern in the Contract Specialist Program at the Naval Air Development Center in Warminster, PA.

Patrick retired after more than 20 years of service as a Contract Specialist with the Department of the Navy, serving most of his time at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Pax River, MD. He also enjoyed as-signments in St. Inigoes, MD, Rota, Spain, and Mayport, Florida. Dur-ing his service, he received several recognition awards, service awards, and made countless friends as he was a dedicated worker with an un-matched sense of humor.

Patrick was an avid reader, pri-marily of non-fiction books, and he enjoyed traveling, astronomy, electri-cal circuitry, compasses, and physi-cal fitness. His favorite movies were Becket, And Justice for All, The God-father, Rocky, Casino, and Goodfel-las. He was happiest when spending time with his wife and children, and

most especially, his grandsons.Visitation for his Maryland

friends, co-workers, and extended family was on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, at Brinsfield Funeral Home in Leonardtown, MD.

A second day of visitation was on Friday, July 2, 2010, at O’Brien’s Funeral Home in Pittsburgh, PA. A Mass of Christian Burial was cel-ebrated on Saturday, July 3, 2010 at the Church of the Assumption in Bel-levue, PA with Fr. Ricky Thompson officiating. Interment followed at the Christ the Redeemer / North Side Catholic Cemetery.

Contributions in memory of Patrick can be made to Habitat for Humanity, 121 Habitat St, Americus, GA 31709 (You may earmark dona-tions for St. Mary’s County, MD or Pittsburgh, PA)

Mary Travers, 60

M a r y “A n n e t t e ” A n g e n e t Travers, 60, of Lexing-ton Park, St. Mary’s County, MD, died July 2, 2010 in Anne Arun-del Medical Center, An-

napolis, MD. Born January 27, 1950 in Drayden, MD. Annette was the daughter of the late George L. and Frances L. Morgan Travers.

She was the lifelong partner of James R. Dyson, Jr. She is also sur-vived by her son Stanley R. Travers of Lexington Park, MD as well as her siblings; George T. Travers of Great Mills, MD, Frances E. Morgan, Julia L. Wood and Mary A. Morgan all of Lexington Park, MD, James C. Mor-gan of Ridge, MD and Eric M. Mor-gan of Solomon’s, MD as well as two Grandchildren. Annette is preceded in death by her daughter Lisa M. Travers and her siblings; Mavis M. Travers, Marion R. House, Steven-son T. Morgan, Calvin Morgan and Leundus Morgan.

She was a lifelong county resi-dent where she attended St. Mary’s County public schools and became a Program Assistant for the Patuxent River Naval Air Station’s Child De-velopment Center where she worked for over twenty years before retiring in 2006.

The family will receive friends on Friday, July 9, 2010 from 10 – 11 a.m. in St. Mark UAME Church, Valley Lee, MD, where services will be held at 11 a.m. with Rev. Ro-vonzo Brown officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be James H. Bryan, James E. Kelly, Jr., Lorne A. Whalen, Johnnie L. Brooks, Sr., Christopher C. Roach, Sr. and Marvin D. Whalen. Honorary Pallbearers are Pete House, Jr., Laverne V. Roach, George F. Travers and Allen E. Miles To send a condolence to the family please visit our website at www.mgfh.com. Ar-rangements provided by the Matting-ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

Donna Yager, 56

D o n n a M. Yager, 56 of Leonar-dtown, MD passed away on July 1, 2010 at her residence.

B o r n S e p t e mb e r 21, 1953 in Elyria, Ohio, she was the

daughter of Louise Kruder of Mt. Gilead, Oh and Frank Kuenzer of Pas Christian, MS.

Donna attended Mt. Gilead High School in Ohio, graduating in 1971. On February 15, 1974, Don-na married Charles (Cork) Yager in Marion, OH. Cork rejoined the Navy in 1975 and later retired after 20 years of service in 1990. They thoroughly enjoyed their duty sites, which included Oahu, Hawaii, Mil-lington, TN, Guam and Patuxent River, MD. They were stationed in Patuxent River, MD in 1984 and have made it their home since, first in Lex-ington Park and later, Leonardtown, MD. They still keep in contact with so many wonderful people they met along the way during their military career.

Donna worked as a financial an-alyst for Defense Contractor EMA/SAIC since 1992. Prior to that, she was employed for seven years by Tra-cor, now known as BAE.

In addition to her parents Donna is survived by her husband; Charles (Cork) Yager, sons; Cory E. (Lisa) Yager and Shaun M. (Amber) Yager, grandsons; Connor E. and Blake J. Yager, siblings; Diana (Bob) Clouse of Columbus, OH, Steve (Linda) Kuenzer, of Mt. Gilead, OH, Roger (Kim) Kuenzer of Mt. Gilead, OH. Donna was preceded in death by her stepfather, George Kruder and moth-er-in-law, Joann Bush.

Her greatest joy was her family. She was blessed with two sons and two grandsons, who absolutely filled her life with love and beauty.

She enjoyed reading, crochet-ing, cooking, gardening and spend-ing time with friends. Donna at-tended 1st Saints Community Church in Leonardtown, MD.

A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.

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The Board of Education approved the purchase and installation of three modular units from the school system’s cooperative purchasing agreement between the Baltimore County School System and Modular Genius, the vendor who has agreed to supply the units for Leonardtown, Dynard and Lettie Marshall Dent elementary schools.

The question remains over whether the new units, which each measure 24 by 64 feet and contain two classrooms, will be enough to tide each school over as the schools edge closer to their projected capacities.

Chief Operating Officer Brad Clements told The County Times that all three schools are suffering seat shortages, with enrollment expected to increase in the next few years. With relocatables, Leonardtown Elementary is expecting a 34-seat shortage next year, said Clements, adding that Dynard is currently 49 seats short, and Lettie Marshall Dent is expect-ing an 89-seat shortage in the next year.

These numbers are based on the county’s 10-year projections of school capacity, which includes relocatables and aims to have fewer than 25 students in each class at the elemen-tary school level.

The completion date for the installation of the new relocatables, which will cost $375,394 with a construction contingency fund of $25,000, is set for Fall 2010, and in the mean-time Clements said that installation shouldn’t affect classroom instruction.

“The schools will use science labs for ex-tra classroom space in the meantime,” he said, “so we don’t want it to affect instructional pro-grams, so we’ll take spaces like the science lab … for the two-month period at the beginning of the year.”

Clements said he didn’t consider the school system’s reliance on relocatables as a negative, but that St. Mary’s County had suffered the least of the state’s overcrowding problems in the classroom.

“I think we’re in much better shape than some counties … we have relocatables for two reasons. One is capacity… and we also have them for programs, because we staff at a lower rate than the state,” he said, going on to say that the school system is only now getting to the point where capacity projections can support a new school.

And while some may see relocatables as a negative, “they do allow us to have smaller class sizes,” said Clements, “and as long as you’re in a growing community, they’ll be there.”

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Outgoing student board member Emily Hall was recognized during the Board of Education’s June 30 meeting for her service as the student member of the Board of Education of St. Mary’s County. As a 2010 graduate of Chop-ticon High School, Emily plans to attend Frostburg State University in the fall, and her goal is to return to SMCPS as a teacher. Here she is picture with Board of Education Chairman Bill Mattingly immediately following the recognition. (Submitted Photo)

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The school system received funding for the HVAC systemic renovations at Oakville El-ementary School in both FY 2009 and FY 2010, and for Greenview Knolls Elementary School in FY 2010, but both projects have increased in cost since the funding was first approved, due in part to the added headache of asbestos removal, which is projected to cost over $1.5 million for both schools.

At Oakville Elementary School, the scope of work has changed due to the amount of as-bestos removal and the oil tanks needing to be removed due to testing, increasing the cost by approximately $700,000. At Greenview Knolls, increased asbestos removal and the requirement of fire sprinklers for the entire building have pushed costs up by $1 million.

When the State funded the Oakville project in FY 2009, the school system did not receive lo-cal design funding in FY 2009, so the project was delayed one year. The increased scope of work as well as the delay in local design funding did not allow the project to be placed under contract by the required May 30 deadline, so the FY 2009 State portion of the funding was reverted. If the project were to go forward this past spring, the

school system would have needed $1.4 million in local funding to award the contract.

Reverting the Oakville project, however, opens it up for reintroduction as part of the school system’s Capital Improvements program for FY 2012, at which point the state will con-tribute 75 percent of the cost, and reverting reno-vations at Greenview Knolls Elementary School until 2013 will give the school system the same advantage.

Chief Operating Officer Brad Clements told The County Times that the State’s fiscal cri-sis has thankfully had little impact on Capital Improvements projects in St. Mary’s County, and he feels confident that the reverted requests will be approved, partly because the funding re-quests are comparatively modest.

“Back in the 1990s when we were renovat-ing our high schools, we got as much as $13 to $18 million from the State,” he said, adding that the school system is only asking for $73,000 from the State to complete limited renovations at Leonardtown Middle School.

“I think we’ll be able to receive the funding for the projects we’re asking for, which is about one million to 1.5 million,” he said, “in more recent years we’ve gotten five or six million a year.”

Planning approval for the County’s new el-ementary school is expected to take precedence over extensive renovations projects, but Clem-ents said that he expects renovations at Oakville Elementary to be approved by December, with bidding in January and February and asbestos removal occurring over the summer months. The same process would be followed at Green-view Knolls the following year.

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Mia McCaslin of Port Tobacco submitted the winning essay in the annual Women & Math essay contest sponsored by the College of Southern Maryland’s mathematics, physics and engineering division.

“I have always been interested in math and I am cur-rently enrolled in algebra two honors class and plan on tak-ing pre-calculus and trigonometry next year,” said high school sophomore McCaslin.

“The goal of the essay contest is to get young girls to interact with professional women in the STEM fields, in or-der to learn about the challenges and how to pursue careers in those related fields,” said Sandra Poinsett, CSM professor of mathematics.

For her essay, McCaslin interviewed Adrianne Cooper, a computer and flight test engineer with NAVAIR.

The essay contest is part of the college’s ongoing efforts to promote the fields of science, technology, engineering and math and to encourage young women to enter these fields. McCaslin was awarded a $250 gift card.

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Superintendent of Schools Michael Mar-tirano, announces the administrative appoint-ment made by the Board of Education at its meeting of June 30.

The Board appointed Mr. Jeffrey DiRenzo to the position of principal at Me-chanicsville Elementary School. He replac-es Ms. Barbara Feeney who retired. Mr. DiRenzo most recently served as an assistant principal at Greenview Knolls Elementary School. His experience also includes serving as an assistant principal at Lexington Park El-

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Dennis Brady, Jr., chief of the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, said that despite the huge crowd and traffic and parking diffi-culties that come with their fireworks display that filled in the for the cancelled Freedom Fest event usually held at the county fair grounds in Leonardtown, his company is already planning for next year.

The county cancelled the much-attended Freedom Fest for this year and officials are not sure when the county will be able to afford to pay for the event.

For now, it looks as if the Hollywood volunteer fire house will serve as the county’s main celebration spot for the 4th of July.

The fireworks show was well received, Brady said, but the vol-

unteers and police would have to prepare much more for next year’s event.

“Parking was definitely a challenge,” Brady told The County Times. “I don’t know how many people showed up but I would say at least 10,000.”

By 6:55 p.m. July 3, the day of the actual celebration, the firehouse’s spacious parking lot was “chocked full,” Brady said and overflow park-ing just across the street in an open field filled up by about 8:30 p.m.

Both spaces filled up far ahead of what was expected, Brady said, and visitors soon took to parking along the sides of Route 235.

“It left me speechless,” Brady said. “I’ve never seen this many people together in Hollywood.”

The land for overflow parking is privately owned, Brady said, and is up for sale. If sold it could compound parking problems in anticipa-

tion of next year’s event.“So that’s not a guarantee

every year,” Brady said.Commissioner President

Francis Jack Russell (D-St. George Island) said that the county would look at re-opening Freedom Fest in the coming year but much would depend on the strength of the local and state economies.

“It’s good to see them step up and do some fireworks,” Russell said of the Hollywood volunteers. “We [the commis-sioner board] had a lot of dis-cussion about Freedom Fest… I wouldn’t say we’re canceling it forever.”

Russell would not rule out the possibility of a small fee levied by the county to offset the costs of a renewed Freedom Fest, but that would have to be a decision made by the commissioner board.

County figures show that the entire cost of Freedom Fest last year was $17,315, with $3,600 of that coming from

grant funds. Just under $14,000 came from the county.The fireworks were the most expensive part, costing $10,000,

while sound and lighting for entertainment came in a distant second at $1,800.

Brady said that the cost of the fireworks display this year would probably come in at about the same cost, but fees they collected for a concurrent car show, concessions and money from corporate sponsor-ship would help defray the cost.

Spectators said they liked the event.Harold Berg, 36, a truck equipment manufacturer from Leonar-

dtown who grew up in St. Mary’s County, said he’d had no problems navigating the crowds or traffic after Saturday night’s event at the Hol-lywood firehouse.

“I’d say it was excellent. The one thing that was very smart and well done from the fire department was that they let the band play until about 11 p.m. after the fireworks, so instead of having a mad rush to get every-one out after the fireworks, I’d say at least 150 people stayed afterwards to hear the band. It was very smart, cause then you didn’t have everyone trying to leave at once. As far as traffic, it was very smooth. The direc-tions from the fire department and the volunteers were very smooth. It looked like it was bottlenecked on the other side of 235 where they had parked in the field, but with that amount of cars, I guess that was bound to happen. We stayed around the cars and it was very smooth going out … we had no complaints at all with traffic when we were leaving.”

Sgt. Jerry Johnson, the sheriff’s deputy who was in charge of traf-fic and pedestrian control that night, said that despite the heat and the alcohol consumption at the event, the mood was friendly and civil with no fights or reports of unrest.

“We had nothing like that,” Johnson said, whose main concern for any similar events like this in the future is ensuring that pedestrians are safe when crossing Route 235.

Deputies have controlled pedestrians crossing Route 5 in Leonar-dtown for years, he said, but making the Route 235 crossing safe was more challenging because of the greater volume and speed of the cars there.

More careful planning was needed, he said, in anticipation of next year’s fireworks display.

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Parking spaces at the event quickly filled up and motorists had to park on Route 235’s shoulders to get into the celebration.

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June 28, 2010Wade Steve Harris, Jr., 40

Mechanicsville, MDDawn Michelle Hamann 43 Mechanicsville, MD

Dimitri Danl Pizano Weide 27 Oglesby, IL

Christine Elizabeth Blu-teau 36 Lexington Park,

MD

Diego Heredia Motas 27 Madrid, Spain

Lauren Elizabeth Wilde 25 Madrid, Spain

June 30, 2010Anthony Romale Johnson

38 Mechanicsville, MDKimberly Lynn Butler 34

Mechanicsville, MD

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Newsmakers

St. Mary’s Native Competing in Miss Maryland USA


Chelsea Long, 21, from Valley Lee, smiled as she sipped her coffee outside the Coffee Quarter at San Souci Plaza, nodding toward an al-most-empty parking lot as she explained what brought her back to St. Mary’s County af-ter studying in California.

“I went to school for two years in California. I went to Golden State Baptist College, and I was doing two years of secretarial study. Then I moved back here because I wanted to do theater,” she said, “and I decided that sec-retarial work and teaching re-ally isn’t for me.”

Since coming home, Chelsea said she’s been look-ing for acting opportunities, but in the meantime one has already landed in her lap, and

she’ll be competing in the Miss Maryland USA pageant this fall.

“It’s my first time in a pageant in a while. When I was a baby I did pageants. My mom put me in them, and I won runner up at St. Mary’s County Fair when I was like one year old … and then a pageant called Star Span-gled Teen, I won for my age group and I got the photoge-nic award, so my last pageant was probably when I was four years old,” she explained, go-

ing on to comment on how the competitions had fos-tered her self-confidence at that age.

Being onstage is nothing new for Chelsea, as she’s been studying drama and playing roles with the Newtowne Play-ers, most recently acting in their January production of “Over the River and Through the Woods,” and it was while searching for other acting opportunities that Chelsea said she stumbled upon the pageant.

“I was researching audi-tions for local theater or local film projects, and that’s how I found Miss Maryland,” she said, “so I applied online and they had someone contact me for the phone interview.”

Miss Maryland USA will feature young women from

across the state of Maryland, all vying for the chance to compete in the national Miss USA pageant, which is a Don-ald Trump and NBC Univer-sal joint venture operating in the same system as Miss Universe –not to be confused with Miss America, a separate pageant/scholarship program which operates with a “plat-form concept” and requires a talent showcase as well as the beauty contest.

The Miss Maryland USA pageant will be held October

29-31 at the North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda. The first rounds will consist of preliminary in-terviews for each contestant, which are judged by a panel on Saturday, followed by group judging in the swimsuit and evening gown categories. Contestants then have a danc-ing number before the final contestants are announced on Sunday, followed by another round of swimsuit and eve-ning gown judging.

And after that will come the ever-dreaded stage inter-view question, which Chelsea said could cover any number of topics.

“I’ve started Googling things to find out what ques-tions that they ask contestants, and trying to get more infor-mation, but I’m not stressing about it that much yet,” said Chelsea, adding later that she plans to get a pageant coach to help her prepare for the competition.

And the payoff could be considerable, she said. The winner of the Miss Maryland USA pageant in 2009 took home an official crown and banner, an engraved trophy, $3,000 in cash prizes, gift cer-tificates, scholarships, clothes, jewelry, and a complete train-ing and makeover package to go with representing the state of Maryland at the national Miss USA competition, which this year will be telecast live on NBC Universal from the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas.

It seems like a lot of pres-sure, but Chelsea said she’s gotten past the initial jitters and she’s looking forward to getting back onstage.

“I guess going up there you just have to have confi-dence,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what you wear or what you say, really, you just have to have confidence and be-lieve in your answers.”

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Matthews Wins Best of Show

Hollywood Vol. Fire Department not only hosted the biggest fireworks display in St. Mary’s County this year, but also paved the way for the 155 cars, trucks and bikes that were registered for the 2nd Annual Car, Truck and Bike show on Saturday, which included everything from Harley David-son custom cycles to antique fire trucks.

More than 40 trophies were given out for the day’s top picks, which were judged by a guest panel that included Hollywood Volunteer firefight-ers and friends of the department, and the Best of Show went to John Mat-thews (pictured above) for his 1966 Chevy Chevelle SS.

Matthews, who drove to Hollywood on Saturday from Accokeek to register in the show, said he was surprised to win the award, but proud to earn the bragging rights.

“It was my first time, and I came down late,” he said, going on to say that he wouldn’t be staying for the fireworks show. “Believe it or not, I’ve got to go home and get my family so we can go out and celebrate tonight,” he said.

The St. Mary’s County Relay For Life was held at Leonardtown High School on June 12, 2010. There were 97 teams in total, and we are proud to announce that Fit-ness And More of Hollywood, MD, came in once again as the Top Fundraising Team. The FAM team of 38 women raised a total of $18,816 out of the total of $260,181 in St. Mary’s County.

The top individual fundraiser is also part of the FAM team. Team Captain Brenda Tominack personally raised

$5,874 this year. The FAM team also had several members join the Relay Grand Club – those individuals who person-ally raise at least $1000. Team members Brenda Tominack, Helen Pearson, Sarah Sizemore, Judy Fulir, and Terri Ver-bic-Boggs all made the 2010 Club.

For more information about Relay For Life in our county, please contact the 2011 event chair, Kristy Wil-hite, at [email protected], or go to www.StMarys-Relay.org.

American Cancer Society Announces Top 2010 Relay Teams


CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORYCATHOLIC

PRESBYTERIAN

BAHA’I FAITH“Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship”

Discussions every 3rd Friday, 7:30 pm301-884-8764 • 1-800-22-UNITE

or www.bahai.org

CATHOLIC

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HUGHESVILLE BAPTIST CHURCHA member of the Southern Baptist Convention

8505 Leonardtown Road, Hughesville, MD 20637301-884-8645 or 301-274-3627

Pastor Keith CorrickAssociate Pastor Kevin Cullins

• Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am• Sunday School (all ages) 9:15 am• Sunday Evening Worship & Bible Study 6:00 pm• Wednesday Discipleship Classes 7:00 pm (Adults, youth & Children)

BAPTIST CHURCH

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Going the Distance

…Making a DifferenceGolden Beach Rd. Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 • 301-884-8503

Robert W. Kyner, Pastor

Sunday School 10:00 amWorship Service 11:00 amSunday Evening 7:00 pmWed. Prayer & Bible Study 7:00 pm

An Independent Baptist Church and Academy

Virgil Mass: 4:30 pm SaturdaySunday: 8:00 amWeekday (M-F): 7:30 amConfessions: 3-4 pm Saturday

St. Cecelia Church47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429

St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 301-862-4600

St. John’sUnited Episcopal

North Sandgates Rd.(1/4 Mile in, on the left) Mechanicsville

Traditional 1928 PrayerbookServices 10:00 am Sunday

Father Joseph H. Dobson, Jr., RectorFather John Ayres, Assistanthttp://www.StJohnsUEC.org

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GRACE CHAPEL

(Meeting at Mechanicsville Elementary School)Pastor Carl Snyder

Worship Service: 10:00 amPhone: 301-884-3504 • Website:

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Patuxent Presbyterian ChurchCalifornia, Maryland

301-863-2033Rev Michael R. Jones, Senior Pastor

1 miles South of Thomas Johnson Bridge on Rt. 4

Sunday Morning Worship Services:8:30 am & 11:00 am

Sunday School 9:45 am

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E-mail: [email protected]

UNITED METHODIST

Offering worship and serving opportunities at…

First Friendship campus – Ridge9:00 am Traditional worshipc

St George Island campus – Piney Point9:45 am Children and Adult Sunday School11:00 am Traditional worship

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Sunday School: 10 A.M.Sunday Services: 11 A.M. & 6 P.M.Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer: 7 P.M.

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The Newtowne Players announce open auditions for the upcoming production of Rumors, a comedy by Neil Simon. There are parts for five men and five women of all ages. People interested in helping with the technical and support crew are also welcome. The show runs Sept. 24 through Oct. 10.

Rumors features four couples gathered at the home of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. The party never begins because the host has shot himself in the head (it’s only a flesh wound), and his wife is missing. His lawyer’s cover-up gets progressively more dif-ficult to sustain as the other guests arrive and

nobody can remember who has been told what about whom. Hilarity abounds as the couples get more and more crazed.

Auditions will be held July 6 and 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the lobby of Three Notch Theatre on 21744 South Coral Drive in Lexington Park. Auditions will be readings from the script; no prepared material is necessary. If you cannot make these times but wish to work either on-stage or backstage for this production, contact Director Dawn Weber at 240-577-1933.

For more information about volunteer opportunities or other upcoming programs, please visit www.newtowneplayers.org.

Auditions Announced for Neil Simon’s Rumors

• Flumpa® and Friends Live performs July 12

The next Professional Performance will be an interactive musical science adventure performed by Flumpa® on July 12. Charlotte Hall’s performance will be at 10 a.m. at White Marsh Elementary School, Leonardtown’s at 12:30 p.m. at Leonardtown Elementary and Lexington Park’s at 3 p.m. at the library. The Board of Library Trustees is sponsoring this performer.

• Children to explore early life on the Potomac

St. Clements Island Museum staff will present a hands-on program for children ages 5-12 on July 15 at Charlotte Hall at 10 a.m., at Leonardtown at 12:30 p.m., and at Lexington Park at 3 p.m. They will explore the impor-tance of the Potomac River to earlier residents. Registration is required.

• Free teen programs offered

Teens ages 12 and older can register for a drawing class at Lexington Park from 10 a.m. to 11:30 on either July 10 or July 24. The class is taught by John Busby.

Launching rockets, sinking subs and making impossible objects float are only a part of the fun activities planned at Splashdown Science, a hands-on program for teens offered July 13 at 1 p.m. at Leonardtown, July 21 at 2 p.m. at Charlotte Hall and July 22 at 2 p.m. at Lexington Park. Old clothes are recommend-

ed. Registration is required.Computer programs are also offered for

teens to learn advance techniques of photo ed-iting or to compete online in Battleship tour-naments for prizes. Times and dates of these programs are listed on the library’s website.

• Quilters invited to teaQuilters are invited to an afternoon tea

with Diane Fenwick of Olde Towne Stitchery and fellow quilters on July 16 at 2:30 p.m. at Leonardtown. They will also learn about The Heart of Maryland Libraries Quilt, which will be on display at Leonardtown from July 7 through July 30.

• Branson Missouri performer portrays Mark Twain

Dave Ehlert, a favorite at Branson, MO will perform his award-winning portrayal of Mark Twain at Lexington Park on July 21 at 7 p.m. Filled with timeless humor and comedy, the performance will take a look at life through the eyes of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. The performance is free.

• LEGOs and storytimes combined

Children can create beach “stuff” with LEGOs while listening to a beach story at Charlotte Hall on July 14 and Leonardtown on July 21. Both start at 2 p.m. LEGOs are provided. Children are asked not to bring their own LEGOs.

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Leonardtown will be landing on the map on Friday, July 9, when Fox 5 D.C. features the town on their morning show as part of their Hometowns Series, which airs on Fridays through-out the month of July. Crews will set up at Leonardtown Wharf from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and there will be a roaming reporter collecting comments from the crowd. If you are planning to be in Leonardtown that morning, it is suggested that you tape or TIVO Fox’s morning broadcast on Friday for a chance to see yourself on television!

For more information on Fox 5’s Hometowns series, go to www.myfoxdc.com/subindex/mornings/hometowns.

Fox 5 Coming to Leonardtown


Thursday, July 8• $40 Hold’Em TournamentDonovan’s Pub (California) – 7 p.m.

Friday, July 9• 6th Annual St. Mary’s County National Lawn Mower Racing TournamentBowles Farm (Clements) – 5 p.m.

Racers from across the country will com-pete in the St. Mary’s County National Lawn Mower Races. Other activities for the whole family are included. Gates open at 5 p.m. on Friday, and 2 p.m. on Saturday. Admission. For more information call 301-475-2139 or visit www.bowlesfarms.com.

• FOP Texas Hold’Em TournamentFOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) – 7 p.m.

• New Song Coffee House & ConcertChurch of the Nazarene (Leonardtown) – 7 p.m.

Live worship music will be presented by The Itzel Family (www.billandkarenitzel.com). A good will love offering will be received.

• River Concert Series: A Grand Night of SingingSt. Mary’s College (Historic St. Mary’s City) – 7 p.m.

The Chesapeake Orchestra and Larry Vote, guest conductor, welcome Michelle Johnson (soprano), Olivia Vote (mezzo-sopra-no) and Brian Majors (baritone) for an evening of Opera Aria Highlights. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 240-895-4107 or visit www.rivercon-certseries.com.

Saturday, July 10• Yard & Homemade Bake SaleSt Francis Xavier Parish Hall (Compton) – 7 a.m.

On Newtown Neck Rd., fresh homemade baked goods and community yard sale.

• Free Community Yoga PracticeLeonardtown Wharf – 7:30 a.m.

The community is invited to participate in free morning yoga from 7:30 - 8:30 am, weather permitting. Yoga practice will be held either waterside at the Leonardtown pier, or in the Leonardtown Square. Participants should bring their own yoga mat, water bottle, hand towel, and a canned food item for donation. For more information contact Pat at 301-373-8850.

• Multi-Family Yard SaleLeonard Hall Junior Naval Academy (Leonar-dtown) – 8 a.m.

Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy is hosting a huge yard sale on school grounds. This is a multi-family yard sale with many items such as books, bikes, game systems and games, housewares, children’s toys, etc. The school is located at 41740 Baldridge St. in Leonardtown. Visit the website for more infor-mation at www.lhjna.com.

• 1st Annual Unity in the Community DayChancellors Run Regional Park (Great Mills) – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sponsored by Tree of Life Christian De-liverance Ministries (T.O.L.C.D.M.), the event will include free health screenings, basketball tournaments, children’s games, door prizes and more. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, go to www.treeoflifecdm.org or call 301-737-1310.

• Point Lookout Lighthouse Open HousePoint Lookout Lighthouse (Scotland) – 10 a.m.

The Point Lookout Lighthouse will be open to visitors from 10 am until 2 pm. Do-cents from the Point Lookout Lighthouse Pres-ervation Society will be on hand to answer questions. No charge to enter the lighthouse, but standard park entrance fees apply: $5 per person in-state, $6 per person for out-of-state. Donations greatly appreciated, and all funds go toward restoring the lighthouse to the 1927 time period. For additional information, please visit our website at www.PLLPS.org, or email [email protected].

• Second Hope Rescue Pet AdoptionsPetco (California) – 11 a.m.

For more information, call 240-925-0628 or email [email protected]. To see available animals, visit www.SecondHo-peRescue.org.

• Potomac Jazz & Seafood FestivalSt. Clement’s Island Museum (Colton’s Point) – 1 p.m.

Music by Matt Marshak, Plunky & One-ness and Jackie Joyner. Vendors will be there to offer food and drinks. Tickets are $50 per person by advance sale only. Only 800 tick-ets are available. All sales are final. No cool-ers, pets or large umbrellas allowed. Ticket price includes free parking, admission to the museum and an optional boat excursion to St. Clement’s Island from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by calling the St. Clement’ Island Museum at 301-769-2222 or going to the website at www.stmarysmd.com/recreate/museums.

• Special Olympics No Limit Cash GameBennett Bldg.-24930 Old Three Notch Rd (Hollywood) – 4 p.m.

For more information call 240-577-0240 or 240-286-7964.

• Texas Hold’Em Vegas NightLeonardtown Vol. Fire Department – 6 p.m.

For more information contact Kevin Mat-tingly at 301-475-9178, or go to http://www.lvfd1.org.

• St. Mary’s River Concert Series – On LocationLeonardtown Square – 7 p.m.

The River Concert Series Brass Ensemble will perform on the Square in Leonardtown. Please note that the concert scheduled for Sat-urday, July 17 has been cancelled. For more information, go to www.news.leonardtown.somd.com.

Sunday, July 11• All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast2nd District Vol. Fire Department/Rescue Squad (Lexington Park) – 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Adults are $8.00; children between the ages of 6 thru 12 are $4.00; children 5 and under are free. Sponsored by the 2nd District VFD & RS Auxiliary. For more information, call 301-994-9999.

• Benefit DanceMechanicsville Firehouse – 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Dance to benefit Wayne Baird, who is currently battling cancer. Event will include a fried chicken dinner, hot dogs, burgers and fries for sale, a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle. Live music by the Wanderers. Admission $10.

• FOP Texas Hold’Em TournamentFOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) – 2 p.m.

• “Put a Cork in Cancer” Wine Tasting EventGuenther’s Fine Wine and Spirits (Leonard-town) – 2 p.m.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will be hosting “Put a Cork in Cancer” with an afternoon of wine, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction. For tickets and more information, visit www.acscan.org/mdwinetasting or contact Elaine Koogler in Calvert County at 410-610-0846, or Sue Lyddon-Hayes in St. Mary’s County at 301-475-0329.

• Texas Hold’Em Big GamePark Bingo Hall (California) – 2:30 p.m.

For more information or to register, email [email protected] or call 301-643-5573. No e-mail on the day of the event.

• $35 No Limit Hold’EmBennett Bldg.-24930 Old Three Notch Rd (Hollywood) – 7 p.m.

Chance to win $5,000. For more informa-tion call 240-577-0240 or 240-286-7964.

Monday, July 12• Patuxent Partnership Briefing: Adm. Gary RougheadSouthern Maryland Higher Education Center (California) – 8 a.m.

The Patuxent Partnership invites its Mem-bers and the Regional Community to a brief-ing with Special Guest Speaker, Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center, Building 2, Center Hall, 44219 Airport Road, California, MD. For more information or to register, go to www.paxpartnership.org/index.cfm?action=CL2&Entry=179.

• Environmental Awareness Week – Vaca-tion Bible SchoolFirst Missionary Baptist Church (Lexington Park) – 5:30 p.m.

Located at 47359 Lincoln Ave., Lexington Park. For ages 3 and up, all welcome to join in Bible-based discussions, crafts and other activities. Call 301-863-8388 to register or for more information.

• Low-Cost Rabies ClinicSt. Mary’s County Fairgrounds (Leonard-town) – 6 p.m.

Vaccines are $10 each. Open from 6-8pm. All crated or leashed animals welcomed (or our vet will come to your car to vaccinate your pet). For more information go to www.SMAWL.org.

• Mega Sports CampLiving Word Community Church (Mechanic-sville) – 6 p.m.

Located at 39371 Harpers Corner Rd., for children entertain grades 1-5, July 12-16 from 6 to 9 p.m. Participants can choose basketball or baseball. Space is limited. For more informa-tion go to lwccmech.org or call 301-884-0167.

• Newtowne Players’ Open Auditions: RumorsThree Notch Theater (Lexington Park) – 7 p.m.

The Newtowne Players announce open auditions for the upcoming production of Ru-mors, a comedy by Neil Simon. There are parts for five men and five women of all ages. The show runs Sept. 24 through Oct. 10. Audi-tions will readings from the script; no prepared material is necessary. If you cannot make these times but wish to work either onstage or backstage for this production, contact Direc-tor Dawn Weber at 240-577-1933. For more information about volunteer opportunities or

other upcoming programs, please visit www.newtowneplayers.org.

• No Limit Texas Hold’Em “Bounty” TournamentSt. Mary’s County Elks Lodge (California) – 7 p.m.

For more information call the Lodge at 301-863-7800, or Linda at 240-925-5697.

• Hold’Em Tournament – No RakeDonovan’s Pub (California) – 7:30 p.m.

For more information call Barry at 443-486-3319, or email [email protected].

Tuesday, July 13• Mega Sports CampLiving Word Community Church (Mechanic-sville) – 6 p.m.

Located at 39371 Harpers Corner Rd., for children entertain grades 1-5, July 12-16 from 6 to 9 p.m. Participants can choose basketball or baseball. Space is limited. For more informa-tion go to lwccmech.org or call 301-884-0167.

• CSM Twilight Performance Series: Fitzmaurice BandCollege of Southern Maryland (Leonardtown campus) – 6:45 p.m.

Part of CSM’s Twilight Performance Se-ries, the band plays original compositions in-fluenced by a variety of musical genres such as country, folk and jazz. Each week the series features a different performance on each cam-pus. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on, no alcoholic beverages permitted. The concert is free. For more information, call 301-934-7828, 240-725-5499, 443-550-6199, or 301-870-2309, Ext. 7828 - or visit www.csmd.edu/Arts.



Wednesday, July 14• Home-Based Business RoundtableSouthern Maryland Higher Education Center (California) – 9:30 a.m.

The St. Mary’s County Department of Economic & Community Development pres-ents a home-based business Roundtable Meet-ing. The Agenda includes a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from Askey Askey & Asso-ciates discussing best accounting practices for home-based businesses. The event is free but you must RSVP by calling Cheri Noffsinger at 301-475-4200 ext. 1400, or by emailing [email protected].

• Nature Time at GreenwellGreenwell State Park (Hollywood) – 10 a.m.

Pre-registration (no later than 24 hours in advance) is required via email - [email protected] - or by calling the Greenwell Foundation office at 301-373-9775.

• Mega Sports CampLiving Word Community Church (Mechanic-sville) – 6 p.m.

Located at 39371 Harpers Corner Rd., for children entertain grades 1-5, July 12-16 from 6 to 9 p.m. Participants can choose basketball or baseball. Space is limited. For more informa-tion, go to lwccmech.org or call 301-884-0167.




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TEXAS HOLD’EM/LAS VEGAS NIGHT

At Leonardtown Fire HouseSaturday, July 10, 2010

1st Place Winner $1,500.00Top 9 Players Will Be a Winner

2nd Place: $750 • 3rd Place: $375 • 4th Place: $225 • 5th Place: $200

6th Place: $175 • 7th Place: $150 • 8th Place: $125 • 9th Place: $100

$60 Entry Fee Limited to 100 People (Prize Money May Be Adjusted If Less Than 100 People)

Includes Entry Fee for Las Vegas Night

Must be 21 to enter

Roulette, Black Jack, Caribbean Stud, Over/Under, Big 6, Vegas Wheel

Admission $10.00

Food, Sodas, Beer And Cash Bar Will Be AvailableFor Any Information Contact Kevin Mattingly

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Las Vegas Night at 7:30 PM

Texas Hold ”em” at 6:00 PM


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Going On For family and community events, see our calendar in the community section on page 24.

In Entertainment

The County Times is always looking for more local talent to feature! To submit art or band information for our entertainment section,

e-mail [email protected].

Twilight Concert Series Goes ‘Beyond Boundaries’

We post nightlife events happening in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties. To submit an event for our calendar, email [email protected]. Deadline for submissions is Monday by 5 p.m.


Tuesday night saw the kick-off event for the Twilight Concert Series at the College of South-ern Maryland, which this year promises to take audience members “Beyond Boundaries,” a fit-ting theme considering the opening Chautauqua

performances at each campus, fea-turing scholars playing Thurgood Marshall, Freder-ick Law Olmsted and Sacagawea, historical charac-ters that broke the mold with their civic and social contributions.

“The idea is to bring a pro-gram that is both educational and

entertaining to communities around Maryland, and the College of Southern Maryland is one of those,” said Lisa Keir, of the Maryland Humani-ties Council, describing this year’s historical characters as “fence jumpers” and “boundary busters.”

Keith Hight, Assistant Professor and The-ater Technical Director for CSM’s Communi-cations, Arts and Humanities division, said he was excited to sign on for his first year with the Twilight Series, and he was especially encour-aged to see the Chautauqua performances open-ing the series.

“I just call it the history channel that moves, but I’m really excited. We even have our students do a living history for class, so I’m hoping they’ll be able to come to these perfor-mances and see that I wasn’t crazy for asking them to do a living history themselves,” said Hight, laughing.

Nkeshi Free, CSM’s Community Relations Coordinator, carried on the boundary-busting theme as she described this year’s musical per-formers, each of which represent a unique mar-riage of cultures and songwriting styles.

“Next week we have The Fitzmaurice Band, and they’re just a really cool band,” she said, going on to add that they’ve recently been selected as a possible opening act for Bon Jovi’s up-coming tour.

Maria Fitzmau-rice and her twin sister Sarah started the band in Bowie with fellow musi-cians Brandon Snel-lings, Mike Simms and Aaron Malone, combining influ-ences from bluegrass and country to jazz, clas-sical, international folk and classic rock. They’ll be performing next Tuesday, July 13 at CSM’s Leonardtown campus, on July 14 at the La Plata

Campus, and on July 15 at the Prince Frederick Campus.

Performing July 20-22 is Terence McArdle and Big Trouble, a band from D.C. that have evolved from a harmonica-dominated Chicago blues band into a hybrid act including heavy doses of R&B, swing, be-bop and rockabilly. Since forming in 1992, the members of Big Trouble have played with several well-known acts including James Cotton, Little Jimmy King, Smokey Wilson, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Johnny Rawls and Bobby Radcliff.

Rounding out this year’s Twilight Concert Series from July 27-29 will be Alegria, a Latin jazz trio headed by guitarist Peter Richardson, formerly a student at the Duke Ellington School of the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Joining Richardson are Bob Bowen, a freelance electric and acoustic bass player who boasts a Music Business degree from Radford Univer-sity (where he studied with Ed Mikenas), and drummer Drex Weaver, a graduate of the Berk-lee College of Music in Boston.

“The whole point is to not be limited,” said Free as she described this year’s series, centering on individuals and groups that consistently bend the odds as well as the ears, busting boundaries as they go.

The Twilight Concert Se-ries will feature performanc-es at the College of Southern Maryland on Tuesdays at the Leonardtown campus, Wednesdays at the La Plata Campus, and Thursdays at the Prince Frederick campus,

with shows beginning around 6:45 p.m. All con-certs are free and open to the public. For more information, go to www.csmd.edu/arts.

Thursday, July 8• Fair Warning Irish Pub BandCJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 5 p.m.

• Dave NorrisDB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

• DJ McNa$tyBig Dogs Paradise (Mechan-icsville) – 8 p.m.

• Thirsty Thursdays KaraokeCadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m.

• Ladies DJ Dance NightHula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m.

• Open Mic NightCadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 8 p.m.

Friday, July 9• Dave NorrisDB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

• Fair Warning Irish Pub BandDonovan’s Pub (California) – 5 p.m.

• Randy Richie (jazz piano)Café des Artistes (Leonard-town) – 6:30 p.m.*

• Dylan GalvinRuddy Duck Brewery (Solo-mons) – 7 p.m.

• DJ/Line DancingHotel Charles (Hughesville) – 7:30 p.m.

• Country Music Jam SessionSt. Mary’s Landing (Char-lotte Hall) – 8 p.m.

• Ladies DJ Dance NightHula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m.

• Wolfs Music: Lisa Lim & Over the LimitMurphy’s Pub (Bryans Road) – 8 p.m.

• Bent NickelJake & Al’s (Lusby) – 9 p.m.

• KaraokeClub 911 (Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m.

• Poison WhiskeyVera’s White Sands Beach Club (Lusby) – 9 p.m.

• Roadhouse BandApehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 9 p.m.

• Locked-n-LoadedMemories (Waldorf) – 9:30 p.m.

• After Hours Lounge (Live Music/DJ)Chef’s American Bistro (California) – 10 p.m.

Saturday, July 10• Sloe Jim w/ Mike RiedelGilligan’s Pier (Newburg) – 3 p.m.

• ShallowDeepFar East Beach Concierge Camping (Piney Point) – 4 p.m.

• Dylan GalvinIsaac’s Restaurant & Pub – Holiday Inn (Solomons) – 5 p.m.

• Fair Warning Irish Pub BandDB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

• Randy Richie (jazz piano)Café des Artistes (Leonard-town) – 6:30 p.m.*

• Dave & KevinRuddy Duck Brewery (Solo-mons) – 7 p.m.

• Karaoke NightOCI Pub (Piney Point) – 8 p.m.

• Loose KannonCJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 8 p.m.

• The Not So Modern Jazz QuartetWestlawn Inn (North Beach) – 8 p.m.

• DJ MangoLexington Lounge (Lexing-ton Park) – 9 p.m.

• Karaoke w/ DJ Tommy T & DJ TApplebee’s (California) – 9 p.m.

• Miles From CleverCryer’s Back Road Inn (Leonardtown) – 9 p.m.

• No Green JellyBeenzGilligan’s Pier (Newburg) – 9 p.m.

• One LouderVera’s White Sands Beach Club (Lusby) – 9 p.m.

• Sam GrowApehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 9 p.m.

• Three SixtyScuttlebutt Restaurant & Ma-rina (Cobb Island) – 9 p.m.

• After Hours Lounge (Live Music/DJ)Chef’s American Bistro (California) – 10 p.m.

Sunday, July 11• Gary Rue with Fred MunsendgoSt. Mary’s County Yacht-ing Center/Campground (Drayden) – 2 p.m.

• Kashmere (Led Zeppelin tribute)Gilligan’s Pier (Newburg) – 3 p.m.

• Too Many MikesToot’s Bar (Hollywood) – 3 p.m.

• Zekiah Swamp CatsApehanger’s Bar (Bel Alton) – 3 p.m.

• Country Music Jam SessionSt. Mary’s Landing (Char-lotte Hall) – 4 p.m.

Monday, July 12• Mason SebastianDB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

• Open Mic NightScott’s II (Welcome) – 7 p.m.

Tuesday, July 13• Fair Warning Irish Pub BandDB McMillan’s (California) – 5 p.m.

• Anthony RyanRuddy Duck Brewery (Solo-mons) – 7 p.m.

• Open Mic NightMartini’s Lounge (White Plains) – 9 p.m.*

Wednesday, July 14• Fair Warning Irish Pub BandCJ’s Back Room (Lusby) – 5 p.m.

• Captain JohnDB McMillan’s (California) – 5:30 p.m.

• Karaoke with DJ HarryBig Dogs Paradise (Mechan-icsville) – 7 p.m.

• Sloe JimGilligan’s Pier (Newburg) – 7 p.m.

• Karaoke NightSt. Mary’s Landing (Char-lotte Hall) – 7:30 p.m.

• Open Mic NightHula’s Bungalow (California) – 8 p.m.

• Wolf’s Blues JamBeach Cove Restaurant (Chesapeake Beach) – 8 p.m.

*CALL TO CONFIRM

Terence McArdle and Big Trouble

Alegria

The Fitzmaurice Band


By Shelby OppermannContributing Writer

“Yes”, for Cathy, and anyone else who re-members, I did cry at the fireworks display at Hol-lywood Fire House last Saturday. Thanks for the pre-display tissue too, Cathy. The fireworks were truly magnificent! The fireworks operators re-ally surprised us all with the first group they shot off, and after that they just amazed the crowd. The ending was the best I’d ever seen with lots of cascading bursting streams of light twisting and turning in the dark sky. Thank you to Hol-lywood Fire Department for the great evening of firework excitement, music with No Green Jelly Beenz, and good old carnival food.

Last Sunday we went to visit friends in Ash-burn, Virginia. On the way home we thought let’s stop in either Old Town Alexandria or the National Harbor to watch the fireworks in D.C. We could barely see those since all of Alexan-dria’s waterfront has beautiful large trees which block vision in that direction. Then, all of sud-den, we saw the crowds moving eastward, and we followed. The National Harbor fireworks display on the shore of Prince Georges County was just beginning. It was a great fireworks display with an ending of the most colorful fireworks you’ve ever seen – all sorts of yellows, pinks, greens, and blues looking like exploding chrysanthe-mums. If you haven’t been to the National Harbor yet, you should go and just walk around. It is a completely planned community with hotels, and residential and shopping areas all within a fairly compact area.

During the harbor fireworks, my husband looked over at me to see if I was crying again, but I was only moist in the eyes. He said, “You must have to be right under them to cry.” I replied, that “Yes it must be the percussion that both scares and amazes me.” But then I remembered the thought that came to me at the Hollywood fire-works – what made me cry more this time than any other. I wondered how the same noise – the thunderous percussion at a fireworks display that

can bring oohs and aahs to people, can also bring fright and panic to our troops or people in a state of war. Context really does make all the differ-ence. And it is also the pride in our country. That is what I feel every year. How everyone all over the country is having this beautiful display of American pride at pretty much the same time. It makes me wonder how terrorists or spies can’t be moved by seeing this – and think wow, America does have so much beauty, simple values, and unity within diversity. How can anyone not think this country is great on the most basic level even with it’s flaws.

But it was a great 4th of July weekend. The weather was beautiful. Fresh, dry air. Well, most of the air was fresh, except for the two and a half additional hours we unexpectedly had to stay in the Old Town parking garage. This would only happen to us, and it was unfortunate that quite a few hundred people had to also be delayed with us. The automatic ticket payment system and the gate malfunctioned, so no one could leave. Tem-pers flared and horns blared, with one poor at-tendant (when he was finally found) trying to run back and forth getting things to work. Too much carbon monoxide in a 100 degree parking garage is not good for anyone’s moods. We couldn’t even get out of our parking space, so we just walked back around the corner to King Street, sat on a stoop and people watched. You can make the best time of anything for very little or no money. It was eleven by this time, and the second wave of revelers were hitting the streets so there was plenty to watch. We finally got home after 1 a.m.; eyes red, and feeling tired.

But you know what? We will do it all over again next July 4th, minor problems and all, be-cause the feeling of gratitude and pride in our country is strong and will be forever.

To each new day’s amazing adventure, Shelby

Please send comments or ideas to: [email protected].

of an Aimless Mind

Wanderings

By Linda RenoContributing Writer

If you had lived 200 years ago and wanted to learn a trade, you wouldn’t have gone to a specialized school as is done today. Your parents would have ap-

prenticed you to someone whose trade you wanted to learn, or you could have appren-ticed yourself. Then again, it wasn’t always a matter of choice. Remember that women didn’t have careers and if your father died leaving little or no estate, your mother may not have had the means to support you so an apprenticeship could be an option. Unfortu-

nately, there were also children who had lost both parents. As such, they generally had no means of support so they were put to work. Children of all ages were apprenticed, rang-ing in age from two to 19.

Boys generally served to the age of 21. Girls were generally freed at the age of 16. The terms of the apprenticeship demanded strict obedience to the master. There would be no visiting taverns or places of gambling, playing cards or dice, fornication, getting married, or drinking and swearing. The master generally agreed to train the appren-tice, provide a limited amount of schooling, and at the end of the time served to provide a suit of clothing and perhaps a few dollars.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll explore the lives of some of these young

A Journey Through TimeA Journey Through TimeThe Chronicle

Still Crying, but Proud

people.January 10, 1809: Elizabeth Campbell,

widow, bound her son, John Campbell “who will be 18 on July 1 next” as an apprentice to Edward Fellows to learn the “art, trade, and mystery of a Blacksmith.” John was to serve until July 1, 1812 when he would arrive at the age of 21.

John presumably completed his ap-prenticeship, served during the War of 1812, and then at the age of 33 married Elizabeth Greenwell. Elizabeth was deceased prior to 1824 when he married second, Ann H. Greenwell. John died April 23, 1832 in Leonardtown, leaving his widow Ann and three children. In 1855, Ann applied for a pension based on John’s service during the war.

December 8, 1809: John Mackall, Jr. and M. W. Simmonds, Justices of the Peace, bind Bennet Cooper, an orphan, with the consent of his mother, to William Jones, pi-lot*. Bennet was 17 years old on May 19 last

and will serve until the age of 21.This particular apprenticeship was most

likely a matter of choice vs. need. Frances (Egerton) Cooper, Bennet’s mother, owned both land and slaves. The will of Frances Cooper dated June 30, 1817 devised $100 to her daughter, Elizabeth Lydaman and all of her land to her sons, Bennet and Philip Cooper. Bennet also received a Negro boy named Raphael while Philip received a Ne-gro girl named Henny.

Bennet Cooper also served during the War of 1812. He moved to Baltimore where he married Ann Sables in 1822 and he was still there at the time of the 1830 census. He probably became a part of the core group of St. Mary’s County men would form the nu-cleus of what would later become the Mary-land Pilots Association.

*Pilots were responsible for steering ships into or out of harbors or through cer-tain difficult waters.

Photo Courtesy of Helen Carroll Beavers Patterson

Book Review“Furious Love” by Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger

By Terri SchlichenmeyerContributing Writer

Purely from a geologist’s view-point, it isn’t much. Basically, it’s just a rock somebody pulled from the dirt.

But if someone of-fered you one of those rocks, you wouldn’t turn it down. You’d gladly wear it on your finger, your earlobe, or your throat - although you’d probably call it a diamond or an emerald or a sap-phire. Still, it’s a rock. A little something plucked from the Earth just for you, you’re welcome.

When Elizabeth Tay-lor was married to Rich-ard Burton, she collected those expensive rocks and “played” with them. In the new book “Furi-ous Love” by Sam Kash-ner & Nancy Schoenberger, you’ll read about the box office bombs and boons, the baubles, and the battles.

Elizabeth Taylor didn’t think much of Richard Burton the first time she met him while at a pool party in 1953. Al-ready into her second marriage, she was just 21 and a genuine Hollywood diva.

He was 28, recently “plucked from the London stage”, and drunk.

Nine years later, they met again on the set of the epic movie, Cleopatra. She was then on Marriage Number Four to Eddie Fisher; he had wed to a solid hometown Welsh girl. But “Dick and Liz” (a nickname they hated) were fire together. He stood up to her and wasn’t afraid to insult her. She had a bawdy side that delighted him.

Their affair started quietly – until the paparazzi caught on. After sneaking around for awhile, they openly flaunted their passion in front of photographers. Richard’s wife refused to grant him a divorce. Elizabeth tried to commit suicide.

He called the whole thing Le Scandale.

In 1964, Richard Burton married Elizabeth Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher and afterward, released a simple state-ment that said “Elizabeth Burton and I

are very happy.” But it wasn’t Happily

Ever After.Richard and Eliza-

beth both loved to drink, fight, and make up. He draped her in expensive, famous jewels. They fought over who was “more Jewish”. They shared a blended and be-loved brood of children, but could never have a child together. Her career overshadowed his, then vice versa. They fought, divorced, reconciled and remarried, fought and di-vorced again, and almost reconciled a third time.

Instead, she married other men (plural). He married another woman.

When Richard Burton died, his new wife asked Elizabeth Taylor to stay home.

Remember the guilty, furtive plea-sure of poking through a pile of your grandma’s old TV and Movie Screen magazines? Yep, “Furious Love” is that kind of fun.

Authors Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger dug deep for the dirt on “DickandLiz”, Hollywood’s most beloved, most vilified, most-married couple, to present a snarky love story that seems tame now but was gasp-wor-thy then. I think that’s why I loved this book: it took me back to a relatively in-nocent time when a Hollywood affair was an honest-to-goodness scandal wor-thy of Vatican comment and Congress condemnation.

If you’re looking for some old-school gossip to pass the summertime, you’ll find this book to be irresistible. For you, “Furious Love” is a true gem.

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Forward to Hometown RaceBy Chris StevensStaff Writer

Even if he’s been racing on the United States Lawnmower Racing Association circuit for five years now, Jason Brown still gets nervous ev-ery time he races at Bowles’ Farms.

“I have a lot more butterflies here than any other place,” Brown said as he prepares for this weekend’s sixth annual St. Mary’s County Lawnmower race. “I wouldn’t want to disappoint and it’s more reward-ing when you do well here.”

Brown is the defending SP and BP class champion at Bowles and cur-rently ranks at the top of the USLMRA SP points race.

“Jason and the 003 racing team bring a lot of excite-ment to the track,” said Ronnie Mat-tingly of the 7th Dis-trict Rescue Squad, which works with Bowles’ Farms to put on the race each year. “They’ve got-ten very good over the years and they can win here now. And they have.”

Brown, a 1995 graduate of Chopti-con High School and a life long resident of the 7th District area, began his lawnmow-er racing career strictly by chance.

“Five years ago, a couple of local business guys bought a racing mower, and I became the driver,” Brown simply explained.

After prior experience racing go-karts and ATVs, Brown says racing a vehicle that’s more or less used for laid back purposes is tough.

“It’s a different animal than go-karts and ATVs because lawnmowers aren’t made to do the stuff that we do,” he says.

Although all of the USLMRA’s racers take these events very seriously, they still know how to have fun together on and off the track as they travel across the country.

“None of us are getting paid – we all have to go back to work Monday,” says Brown, who works for Verizon. “It’s a major stress relief just going to the races and we all get along.”

Brown first broke through at Bowles’ with

two SP class wins in 2008 and repeated the same feat last year, along with a BP win on the second day of racing. He recalls one of last year’s wins with considerable excitement.

“There’s a race where we jump on the mower and start it up. I burned the starter up so much I almost couldn’t get it started,” he said. “I was almost a lap down, but I came back to win it with no cautions. That was pret-ty wild.”

Brown looks forward to coming home to Bowles’ every year for the good times and the home-track advantage.

“This is usually my turnaround race where I get on the right track. This is where I’ve had my biggest wins,” he said. “To know everybody in the stands, to have your own fans cheering for you is pretty awesome.”

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Thurs., July 8

Men’s Over 40 League (All games start at 6 p.m.)

Tri-County Aire vs. All Star Utility at Fenwick Field

Anderson’s Bar vs. Seabreeze at Tippett’s Field

Hole in the wall vs. Park Sunoco at Knight Life

Captain Sam’s vs. Hobos at Back Road Inn

Rita B’s vs. Clements at Anderson’s Bar

Men’s Slowpitch LeagueBack Road Inn vs. VFW2632 at

Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m.Pax Bombers vs. The Green

Door/Cullison’s at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m.

Grid iron Grill vs. Hi Octane at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m.

Budweiser vs. Chaney’s at The Brass Rail, 8 p.m.

Fri., July 9

Young Men’s LeagueGary Gray Athletics vs. Dew Drop Inn at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m.

Seabreeze/BRI at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m.

Flash Point vs. Cryers at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m.

Mon., July 12

Women’s LeagueMix It Up at Captain Sam’s,

6:30 p.m.Southern vs. Somerville Insurance

at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m.Xtreme at Anderson’s Bar,

6:30 p.m.Southern Maryland Physical

Therapy vs. Bella Salon

at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m.Knockouts vs. Chesapeake Cus-

tom Embroidery at The Brass Rail, 8 p.m.

Women’s Over 30 LeagueHole in the wall vs. Rosebuds at

Tippett’s FieldRaley’s vs. Hurricane’s

at 7th District ParkMoose Lodge at Back Road InnCaptain Sam’s vs. Ryce Electric

at Moose Lodge

Tues., July 13

Men’s Slowpitch LeagueBookkeeping By Blanche vs. Bud-weiser at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m.

Chaney’s vs. Grid Iron Grill at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m.VFW2632 vs. Pax Bombers

at Pax River, 6:30 p.m.American Legion vs. Green

Door/Cullison’s at The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m.

Hi Octane at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m.

Wed., July 14

Women’s LeagueMix It Up vs. ABC Liquors

at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m.Chesapeake Custom

Embroidery vs. Xtreme at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m.

Somerville Insurance at Moose Lodge, 6:30 p.m.

Bud Light vs. Southern Maryland Physical Therapy

at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30 p.m.Captain Sam’s vs. Bella Salon at

The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m.Anderson’s Bar

at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL SCHEDULE

ST. M

ARY’S COUNTY

Men’s Slowpitch League

1. Hi Octane 17-52. BRI 16-53 Chaney’s 16-84. Green Door 9-105. Grid Iron Grill 8-146. Pax Bombers 7-147. Budweiser 6-138. American Legion 6-149. Bookkeeping By Blanche 4-1810. VFW 2632 3-14

Young Men’s League

1. Seabreeze/BRI/Moose Lodge 14-02. Gary Gray’s Athletics 15-23. Cryers 12-34. Dew Drop inn 13-65. Quade’s Shockers 10-86. Flash Point 4-137. Captain Sam’s 3-16

Women’s League

Division 11. Somerville Insurance 9-12. Bud Light 9-23. Southern 7-44. Mix It Up 8-65. CCE 6-6

Division 21. Captain Sam’s 7-32. Back Road Inn 7-63. Anderson’s Bar 6-64. Bella Salon 5-85. Southern Maryland Physical Therapy 4-8

Division 31. Knockouts 6-62. ABC Liquors 5-53. Moose Lodge 3-84. Xtreme 0-13

St. Mary’s County Softball Standings (For games through the week ending Sunday, July 4)

Jason Brown of Clements is the defending SP and BP class champion of the St. Mary’s County Lawnmower Races. He looks to defend his titles this weekend at Bowles’ Farms.



Hollidge Explodes in Firecracker 30 for First-Ever Potomac Late Model Win

By Doug WatsonPotomac Speedway

BUDDS CREEK – Mechanicsville’s Dale Hollidge, the 2008 Hagerstown speedway pure stock champion, scored big Friday night at Po-tomac Speedway as he captured his first-career Late Model feature win at the Southern Maryland oval.

Kyle Hardy and Matt Quade, both winners at the track this season, brought the field down to the initial green flag of the event. Quade darted into the race lead with Hardy in tow. Third start-ing Jamie Lathroum then slid into second on the second lap and began to apply pressure to Quade. Meanwhile, Hollidge, who started fifth, reached third by the sixth lap and then disposed of Lath-roum to take second by lap seven. Hollidge would then hound Quade for the next twelve circuits be-fore he would make what would be the winning pass on lap-nineteen. Despite the repeated chal-lenges by eventual runner-up Jamie Lathroum, Hollidge would lead the remaining laps to post the win in his Mastersbilt No. 0.

“I never thought we’d get one down here,” Hollidge said. “I have to thank my mom and dad and all my sponsors for getting me here tonight.”

As the race wound down, Hollidge knew Lathroum was in second. “Yeah, I knew Jamie was back there,” he said. “He’s really good down here but I knew if I stayed on the bottom He’d have a hard time passing up on the top and our car was really good on the bottom tonight.”

Matt Quade held on for third, 10th-start-ing Daryl Hills was fourth and current LM point leader David Williams rebounded from an early race spin to complete the top five. The heat race went to Jamie Lathroum.

Defending track champion Tommy Wagner,

Jr. became the eighth different winner in nine events run for the Limited Late Models this sea-son. Wagner drew the pole for the feature and made the most of his good fortune as he would lead every lap of the non-stop event. “I can’t thank my car owners Scott and Patty Thompson enough,” Wagner said. “They put their heart and soul into this car and I was glad to finally be able to get a win for them.”

Sixth-starting Kyle Lear came on late to collect second, Paul Cursey was third, current point leader Derrick Quade was fourth and PJ Hatcher rounded out the top five. Heats went to Cursey and Quade.

In other action, Troy Kassiris scored his second win of the season in a thrilling last turn, last lap pass of Kyle Nelson in the 16-lap Street Stock feature and Larry Fuchs copped his fourth feature win of the season in the 20-lap Strictly Stock main.

Late Model Feature Results (30 laps)

1.Dale Hollidge 2. Jamie Lathroum 3. Matt Quade 4. Daryl Hills 5. David Williams 6. Kyle Hardy 7. Jeff Pilkerton 8. Bobby Beard 9. Ro-land Mann 10. Deane Guy

Limited Late Model Feature Finish (20 laps)

1. Tommy Wagner Jr. 2. Kyle Lear 3. Paul Cursey 4. Derrick Quade 5. PJ Hatcher 6. Ben Bowie 7. Sommey Lacey 8. Kenny Moreland 9. Terry Flaherty 10. Chuck Cox 11. Pat Wood 12. Alan Canter 13. Bruce Kane 14. Dave Adams (DNS)

Over 250,000 Southern Marylanders can’t be wrong!

By Chris StevensStaff Writer

Bowles’ Farms in Clements is set to host the sixth annual St. Mary’s County Lawnmower Races this weekend, with a crowd expected to be close to the more than 5,000 people that attended last year’s festivities.

The focus for this year’s race was to draw more racers from all corners of the United States and according to Tommy Bowles, who oversees the farm and operation of the track, they were able to do just that.

“We’ve got races coming in from Michi-gan, Ohio, Tennessee and Florida,” Bowles said. “They’re coming a good ways to race here.”

The races will begin Friday afternoon and continue Saturday night at 7 p.m., and in be-tween, there will be all sorts of fun events for families to enjoy, including a horse pull on Satur-day afternoon, along with pony rides and a kid-die tractor pull.

“It’s an event for the entire family,” Bowles said. “With the economy being the way it is, peo-ple are looking to stay closer to home, and we get a lot of local people coming in. It’s a good cheap night out for the entire family.”

The price of admission is eight dollars, with children eight years old and under getting in for free.

All proceeds from the weekend’s events benefit both the 7th District Optimist Club and the 7th District Rescue Squad, who also help Bowles’ Farms put the entire weekend together. Ronnie Mattingly, who represents the 7th Dis-trict Rescue Squad, has had little trouble get-ting sponsors for this event because of the great reputation it has in Southern Maryland – and beyond.

“We’ve actually increased sponsorship to $20,000, the most we’ve ever had,” Mattingly says. “When local businesses and other busi-nesses step up the way they have, you know you’ve got some special going on here.”

Mattingly also says the local crowd helps give the event a wholesome, hometown feel. “You know a lot of people when you walk through the crowds here,” he says.

Jason Brown, a resident of Clements and defending St. Mary’s Racing Champion in the BP and SP classes, says the track and atmo-sphere is unlike anything else on the United States Lawnmower Racing Association tour.

“Bobby Cleveland told me last year he’d never seen anything like Bowles,” Brown said. “When he was going around the turns, he no-ticed the crowd doing the wave. He’d never seen any other crowd do that. It’s the best crowd and atmosphere anyone’s ever been around.”

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Sixth Annual Lawnmower Race Kicks off Friday


USTA Tennis Senior

LeaguesSt Mary’s County USTA

Tennis League is looking for Captains and 3.0 & 3.5 rated players for senior men, women and mixed doubles teams. Sea-son runs from June-August. Must be a USTA member and have reached fifty (50) years of age prior to, or during, the 2010 calendar year. Contact Mai-Liem Slade if interested, [email protected] or 301-481-2305.

Tennis Social

DoublesSocial Doubles for Adults is

held twice weekly and consists of informal doubles matches, put together by the site coordinator, based on that day’s attendance. All who show up will get to play.

• 5 P.M. Sundays at Leon-ardtown High School, May 27th through August. Contact Cris Sigler at 410-326-6383 or [email protected].

• 5 P.M. Thursdays at Great Mills High School, June 6th through September. Contact Bob Stratton at 443-926-2070 or [email protected].

The league fee is $25 for the Leonardtown site and $30 for the Great Mills site. Fees include court costs and balls. No regis-tration is required.

Southern Maryland USTA sanctioned Juniors Tennis Tour-nament 2010 – July 21-25th at St. Mary’s College – inaugural tennis event! Point of contact, Derek Sabedra, 410-610-4300 or email [email protected] or you can register at www.tennisl-ink.usta.com/tournaments. The tournament identification num-ber is 302761310. Registration is currently ongoing.

St. Mary’s College Tennis Clinics for beginners, interme-diate, and advanced junior play-ers will be held for two weeks. July 26th-July 29th from 6:00-to 8:00pm and August 2nd to Au-gust 5th, 6:00-8:00. Point of Con-tact, Derek Sabedra, 410-610-4300 or email [email protected]. Instructor: Giac Tran.

By Chris StevensStaff Writer

“I know you guys have waited for my decision on this matter for almost three years now, and I won’t keep you waiting any longer.

After care-ful consideration, weighing my options and figuring out my best chance to win (and make the most money) I’ve decided to sign with…”

That’s when we’ll know where LeBron James will play basketball next season and not a moment before. The headliner of the vaunted National Bas-ketball Association free agent class of 2010 has held summer headlines hos-tage with the posturing of where he will go, how much money will he make and what that means for what promises to be an interesting season coming up.

It’s only been one week since teams could begin negotiating with players, but many basketball fans have had their fill of the meetings, the rumors and the speculation and the rumors that have dominated everywhere from ESPN to blogsites. Hopefully, we will have a res-olution shortly so that we can all move on with our lives. In the meantime, we have to review the foolishness as it’s happened, because some of the news has been just too silly, too ridiculous to pass up on.

LeBron James is the ringleader of this free agent class, and with good rea-son. At just 25 years of age, the 6’8, 250-pound James is a frightening combina-tion of athleticism and power – think Magic Johnson’s court skills with Karl Malone’s freakishly cut body. When James decided not to take a maximum contract from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007 and opted instead for a three-year deal, it began a chain reaction of posturing, player movement and sal-ary cap calculation unlike anything the NBA has ever seen.

The New York Knicks, who are long removed from championship con-tention, began cleaning house, trading and releasing players they could have enough salary cap space to woo LeBron to the city that never sleeps. The Knicks have enlisted everyone from Mayor Mi-

chael Bloomberg to James’ close friend Jay-Z to entice him to sign and play ball in the Metro New York area.

The Miami Heat (who have a star they’d like to keep in Dwyane Wade), the New Jersey Nets and the Chicago Bulls have also emerged as possible places James could end up.

Wade is just playing the field, but his opting out is to get an even bigger contract from the Heat, which is where he has maintained he plans to continue and finish his career. There had been ru-mors that James and Wade would team up in Miami, not only making for may-be basketball’s best duo since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, but break-ing ground for most hip-hop parties and random hook-ups at an NBA game.

And what of Chris Bosh, the third wheel of sorts on this tro? Well, the ca-sual fan probably doesn’t know much about Mr. Bosh, so allow me to educate. He has spent the first seven years of his career, toiling in poverty for the NBA’s Siberian franchise, the Toronto Raptors. Every bit of 6’10 and 230 pounds, Bosh is a gifted perimeter scorer who can re-bound, play passable defense and would be a great complimentary piece for any contending team looking to go to the next level. Is he worth 20 million dollars a season? Doubtful. Major money sure, but he’s not a max player, and would be better served teaming up with Dwyane Wade as was being reported by various ESPN sources Wednesday morning.

Bosh is probably the key to all of this movement. Wherever he goes, James and Wade would be most likely to follow. So with Bosh and Wade com-mitting to the Miami Heat, all that’s left is LeBron James.

James has a one-hour special sched-uled for tonight on ESPN where all the advertising dollars will go the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and finally, we will have a decision from the most sought-after free agent in professional sports history.

If it all seems silly, a one-hour spe-cial for a 30-second statement, you’re right. However, LeBron James has prov-en to be an exceptional talent with a flair for the dramatic. His next career move promises to be no different, as he plans to alter the NBA landscape with a stroke of the pen.

Questions? Comments? Com-plaints? Send ‘em all to Chris at [email protected].

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Agent Foolishness Needs To End…NOW

TennisFootball Officials Camp Seeks Participants

The Washington District Football Officials Association (wdfoa.org) begins training classes July 12 for anyone interest-ed in becoming a high school football official. If interested, call Chris Kates 410-926-2448 or Jack Kravitz 301-607-6511.

Sabres Seek Midget-Level Players

The Southern Maryland Sabres Hockey Club announces the formation of a Midget-level recreational hockey team for the 2010-2011 season.

The Midget team includes players born in years 1992 through 1995. The rec hockey season begins in October and continues through February 2011 with an end-of-season tourna-ment in early March. The team will play in the Capital Corridor Hockey League (CCHL).

Cost: $ 800.00 includes 18 practices, 8 home games at the Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf (with 8 reciprocating games), monthly skills clinics and the end-of season CCHL tournament. (USA Hockey insurance & jerseys not included.)

Register online @ www.somdsabres.org.Please contact Jaime Cantlon, Sabres Rec Program Direc-

tor at: [email protected]

Registration is also available online for all Sabres recre-ational hockey teams:

USA Hockey 2010-2011 age groups:Atoms 2004-2005Mites 2002-2003

Squirts 2000-2001PeeWee 1998-1999Bantam 1996-1997Midget 1992-1995

Golf Outing To Benefit Sabres Hockey Team Capital Welding Annual Golf Outing will be Wednesday

July 13 at Swan Point Yacht & Country Club in Issue, MD.The Southern Maryland Sabres hockey club will receive

50% of proceeds from this tournament and all of the Sabres’ proceeds will go to ice cost for the Little Stars Program. This program had 95 new players last season.

Registration begins at 8 am, followed by a putting contest at 8:45 and the tournament begins with a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start. The Format of golf is Captain’s Choice and fee is $125 per golfer.

There will be a continental breakfast, refreshments and dinner included with donation. Prizes for first, second and third place teams as well as closest to the pin and longest drive con-tests. Many door prices will be available as well.

Registration information and tee sponsor forms available at www.somdsabres.org

For more information email Sabres President Joe Bowling at [email protected].

Soccer Goalkeep-ing Camps Accepting

Registrations Gretton Goalkeeping will offer its 8th Annual Summer

Goalkeeper Soccer Camp Series beginning the week of June 21st through the week of August 16th. Various locations offered in the Southern Maryland Area. Camps run 4 days each week at various hours of the day. All ages and skill levels welcome! Field player training offered as well by separate field player in-structor. For questions or to reserve your spot, please call 301-643-8992 or email [email protected].

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Angler AnglerThe Ordinary

By Keith McGuireContributing Writer

So here I go on another angling ad-venture on the Chesapeake, armed with reputation, the right tackle, the right bait and the right c o m p a n y . I’ve checked the weather, winds, tides

and currents, and planned the trip to coincide with the absolute best conditions. My fishing partner has done his part to make sure that I have adequate ice, drinks, gas and food. I’ve scanned fishing reports in local print media, the Internet, and e-mails from my friends. Ba-sically, I’m now ready to catch, clean and eat fish. I am absolutely filled with optimism!

But on this particular adventure, the fish have a different idea and the “Ordinary” in my column title takes center stage. The wind is blowing harder than it was forecast and it’s coming from a different direction. The tidal currents are weak. The fish aren’t where they’re supposed to be. My fish finder is show-ing a blank screen. Undaunted and knowing that things are seldom perfect, I bait the right Blue Crabs

Blue Crabs Earn Second Playoff Trip, Clinch Liberty Division First Half Title

I’d Like to Phone a Friend’

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs clinched a Liberty Division playoff spot for the second straight year on Friday night, defeating the Camden Riversharks 7-1 at Regency Furni-ture Stadium before a crowd of 4,078. Connor Robertson (4-2) threw seven scoreless innings for the win, while Camden right-hander Travis Chick allowed four runs in 4.1 innings to drop to 4-3 on the season. It was a pitcher’s duel through three, but the Blue Crabs broke the game wide open in the middle innings.

The Crabs went ahead 1-0 in the fourth when third baseman Patrick Osborn led off with a double, and subsequently scored on first baseman Eric Crozier’s RBI single. Then with one out in the inning, the Riversharks turned to left hand pitcher Eddy Camacho to keep the game close. Camacho could not deliver though, as the Blue Crabs roughed him up in the fifth.

Catcher Christian Lopez singled to begin

the inning and two batters later centerfielder Jeremy Owens drew a walk. Then designated hitter Matt Craig crushed his ninth homer of the season, a three run bomb into deep right field. It also extended Craig’s hitting streak to a team-best 18 games. The Blue Crabs added two more in the sixth to make it 6-0 on shortstop Travis Garcia’s two run shot into left-centerfield, scor-ing leftfielder Jason Lane. It was Garcia’s 10th homer of the year. The Riversharks scored their lone run in the eighth on second baseman Teur-is Olivares’s RBI single. RHP Jim Ed Warden pitched the ninth, and ended the game with a strike out to clinch a playoff berth for the Blue Crabs.

The Blue Crabs will begin the second half of the season tonight with a four game set at Camden before beginning their second half home schedule with a three game set against the Lancaster Barnstormers on Tuesday, July 13.

Blue Crabs a big hit in All Star Game

Casey Benjamin led off the Atlantic League All-Star game with a home run and Travis Garcia and Matt Craig also drove in runs as the Liberty Division defeated the Freedom Division 7-1 in Long Island, NY Tuesday night.

Benjamin took York pitcher Jesus Sanchez deep over the right field wall to give the Liberty Division the lead from the start. Garcia and Craig singled home runners in the second and fifth inning to give Randy Leek the victory. Bridgeport’s Steve Moss, with a two-run home run, was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. Blue Crabs Man-ager Butch Hobson was the winning skipper.

Sp rtstackle with the right bait and encourage my doubting fishing partner to do the same. We get a bite or two from fish too small to take the hook but big enough to steal the bait. We are falsely encouraged. We bait-up again and catch one or two of the bait stealers and use them for bait. Nothing else happens. What went wrong? Where did the fish go that were here the last time? What about all of those reports? What should I do now? “Well Regis, I would like to phone a friend!”

I picked up the phone and called a Charter Captain friend of mine. He was on the water and was bailing fish across the bay. He said the fish had moved and encouraged me to head in his direction, which I did. I got there, saw him fishing, and moved nearby, but not too close to crowd his action or scare the fish. That saved the day! We caught and later cleaned and ate fish!

One of the best ways to learn how to fish any area is to take a few charters, or fish with a couple of the local guides. The most important aspect of fishing in any region is the “how” to catch them. The “where” to catch them is only important when you apply what you’ve learned. I have taken many charters and fished with sev-eral guides. The advice I can give you is to be a good learner and client for the trip. You don’t need to steal the coordinates of where they go if you learn their methods. Get their phone num-bers, recommend their services to others and repeat your business if your means allow. Make a friend! Understand that they will have good days and bad days like everyone else. The next

time you’re out and find lots of fish in a particu-lar location give one of them a call and tell them where you are. They just may be there for you when you need to “…phone a friend!”

Fishing continues to be good, and will only get better in the coming weeks. Big croakers are still abundant and hard to pass up. Although it is a late and slow start for flounder, people are beginning to find them at Cornfield Harbor and the Eastern Shore channel edges. Acres of breaking rockfish and bluefish can be found on the Bay in the early mornings and late evenings. White perch are attacking small spinner baits in the shallows. Life is good!

Have you got a current fish picture and a story of a great catch? If so, send an email to [email protected].

Keith has been a recreational angler on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for over 50 years; he fishes weekly from his small boat during the season, and spends his free time supporting local conservation organizations.

Atlantic League First Half Standings

Liberty DivisionSouthern Maryland 41-29 X

Camden 39-31Bridgeport 36-34Long Island 36-34

Freedom DivisionYork 40-30 X

Somerset 36-34 Lancaster 31-39 Newark 21-49

X- Clinched First Half Divi-sion Championship


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Leonardtown graduate Taelar Errington became the first Raider girls’ lacrosse player to col-lect All-American honors, earn first-team midfielder honors from the USLacrosse.org.

Errington scored 41 goals and handed out 15 assists for a total of 56 points, as she helped the Raiders win their fifth straight Southern Maryland Athletic Conference championship as well as an unbeaten regular season. Errington, who also earned first-team SMAC honors, will attend the University of Maryland-Baltimore County this fall and play lacrosse in the spring.

Errington also made USLacrosse.org’s Academic All-America team as well as teammates Katelyn Blondino, Lauren Donovan, Claire Tiffany and Molly Nantz.

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Leonardtown Girls Make Lacrosse All-America Teams

Photo Courtesy of Leonardtownlax.comClaire Tiffany

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