2015-11-19 St. Mary's County Times

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IN EDUCATIONCounty SAT

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IN LOCALDaniel Carney Chosen To Fill Vacant School Board Seat

IN LOCALMetroCast Channel 10 Going Off the Air

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Thursday, November 19, 2015The County Times2FEATURE STORY

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Commissioners, MetCom Look To Kent Island For Solutions

By Guy LeonardStaff Writer

Members of the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, the Metropolitan Commission (MetCom) board and the Maryland Department of the Environ-ment are planning a trip to Kent Island this Friday to examine how Queen Anne County’s $53.1 million project to expand sewer to southern Kent Island could provide answers for failing sep-tic systems in the St. Clements Shores community here.

While the costs for homes on Kent Island were projected to be high to ob-tain a hookup to the new sewer service — about $14,500 — the bill to existing homeowners is being phased in over a 20-year period with a monthly service charge of $100.

Commissioners here have been trying for weeks to convince MetCom to allow more homes in the St. Clements Shores community — about eight or nine prop-erties — to hook up to the local water and sewerage treatment plant.

MetCom has balked at the request, however, since they were worried that extra properties would overtax the 100,000 gallons per day capacity at the plant, result in the release of untreated pollutants and bring heavy fines down from the state.

The parties discussed the issue again at a joint meeting Tuesday morning.

Scott Bundy, recently-hired executive director of MetCom, said one of the is-sues the state had was that St. Clements Shores needed to be designated an of-ficial service area.

This would speed the process to allow for more growth there, he said and en-able the expansion of the plant.

Commissioner Mike Hewitt said

he favored the idea of incrementally charging property owners for hookups, which can cost in the tens of thousands of dollars up front and are only set to go higher according to MetCom’s own estimates.

“They’re getting ugly in the next few years,” said MetCom Commissioner Mike Mummaugh.

“It’s reasonable for someone to pay for this over a 30 year period,” Hewitt said.

Both Hewitt and Commissioner Tom Jarboe said the increasing price of sewer and water hookups was detering existing businesses from expanding or relocating here.

Small businesses were especially af-fected, Hewitt said.

“The big boxes can afford it, but the smaller guys can’t.”

Commissioners also said they con-tinue to receive E-mails from constitu-ents about MetCom’s new rate structure for paying for everyday water use, with many complaining that instead of their rates dropping they were increasing.

“Sometimes they’re going up from $80 dollars to $200 or $300,” Hewitt said.

Bundy said that MetCom had re-ceived messages from customers that they were pleased with the results.

At their regular meeting county com-missioners said they would continue to address the concerns over the new rate structure. One of the main issues was trying to get more customers to hook up to MetCom to lower rates overall.

“We’re hearing it loud and clear,” said Commissioner Todd Morgan.

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MetroCast Channel 10 Going

Off the AirBy Sarah MillerStaff Writer

Hosts on MetroCast Channel 10 were informed on Nov. 16 that their shows were cancelled effective immediately, according to an anonymous source.

MetroCast Channel 10 as a whole is

soon to go off the air. As of press time, the County Times had not received the official press release indicating Metro-Cast’s future plans.

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Thursday, November 19, 2015The County Times6

Carney Will Fill Vacant School Board Seat

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The county delegation to Annapolis had issue with some of the bills presented by the Commissioners of St. Mary’s County and held off committing to presenting them to the full state legislature for consideration until they had more time to review their potential impact.

Del. Anthony O’Donnell, senior mem-ber of the delegation, said the proposal for term limits on school board members could have the affect of “forced decimation of experience.”

Commissioner John O’Connor, who pro-posed the measure, said that “every elected office should have term limits.”

“You’re not getting new life blood and new ideas.”

Another of O’Connor’s proposals, to allow golf carts on county roads for neighborhoods like Golden Beach, got some pushback from O’Donnell eventhough he said the proposal was popular and “had merit.”

He said there was much interest in camp-ers at sites like Point Lookout State Park to be allowed to use golf carts and similar vehicles.

“There are still a lot of questions about this,” O’Donnell said. “Sometimes these ideas are not ready for primetime.”

O’Donnell had more serious warnings over a commissioner proposal to strengthen the penalties for revealing information from a commissioners’ executive session.

Commissioner President Randy Guy said there had been recent leaks from the com-missioner board about executive sessions and there needed to be a more effective redress.

O’Donnell said if a commissioner were so charged and, under the proposed law, faced misdemeanor punishment for a disclosure, that commissioner would certainly retain le-gal counsel to defend themselves.

“Now there’s going to be some public re-cord,” O’Donnell said.

County Attorney George Sparling said a judge could be petitioned to provide a protec-

tive order to seal those records of an execu-tive session but O’Donnell said nothing was certain.

“They may seek one but they may not get one,” O’Donnell said.

Moreover, such a punitive measure could simply be used by one politician to wreck the career of another with wild or false accusa-tions, he said.

“Some future board may use this to com-mit political shenanigans against eachother,” O’Donnell said. “This could be a process that paralyzes government.”

O’Donnell and Del. Matt Morgan also questioned the need for the county sheriff’s agency to seek the right to collective bargain-ing, though O’Connor and police representa-tives there Tuesday night said it would help forstall attrition within the agency’s ranks.

O’Connor said collective bargaining would provide a set of work rules and a “stable plat-form to negotiate from” for law officers.

He said the average career of an officer in an collective bargaining agency was nine to 10 years, but in St. Mary’s County it was only three to five years.

He said the cost of training new officers to replace those who left has so far amounted to $8.7 million.

Morgan argued, though, that collective bargaining “takes away form the [elected sheriff’s] agenda and the power to implement their vision.”

Det. Cpl. William Raddatz said that the current system meant that commissioners could strip away time to retire without warn-ing and they have done so.

“It’s not working right now,” Raddatz said. “We’ve lost about 10 percent of our agency.”

He said Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron was doing a good job but he might not always be sheriff.

“It’s about a set of work rules,” Raddatz said. “Right now a guy who owns a farmers market could be elected sheriff with no law enforcement background.”

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Commissioners, Delegates At Odds Over Some Proposed Bills


After hearing from 34 applicants the Com-missioners of St. Mary’s County chose for-mer county school’s finance chief Daniel Car-ney to fill the vacant school board seat left by Marilyn Crosby.

The vote was unanimous.Carney, who lives in Leonardtown, said he

was looking to be sworn in quickly and would be attending the next school board meeting regardless.

“I was quite pleased and honored to be cho-sen from all those candidates,” Carney said.

“I want to jump right in and get up to speed on the budgeting process.”

Carney said he also wanted to be briefed on the current status of employment negotiations with administrators and teachers.

The recent test scores on the PARCC as-sessment also concerned him.

“I want to take a look behind the numbers to see why they’re going in the wrong di-rection,” Carney said, adding that while the school system’s graduation rate was impres-sive he wanted to ensure they had plans to keep it that way.

A recently enact-ed state law meant that students who wanted to drop out of high school had to wait until they were 17 and then 18 by the following year, he said, which meant that more students may stay on who would not graduate.

This would depress the much-touted grad-uation rate of more than 93 percent.

Carney applied for the vacancy in part be-cause the school system struggled financially last year from a $6 million deficit attributed to poor planning of their health care costs.

Before they went into executives session Tuesday afternoon to make their decision commissioners thanked all the applicants for their enthusiasm in trying out for the baord seat.

“I’m grateful to all those who applied,” said Commissioner Mike Hewitt. “I’d like to see the same level of participation in next year’s election.”

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Daniel Carney reading with a young student.

Thursday, November 19, 2015 7The County Times Local News

By Crista DockrayStaff Writer

The national collection week has started for Operation Christmas child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenomina-tional evangelical Christian organization that provides relief and support around the world. Operation Christmas Child provides gift-filled shoeboxes that make their way to more than 150 countries and territories to kids who are victims of war-torn countries, poverty, and natural disasters.

Operation Christmas Child began in 1993 and according to Samaritan’s Purse fact sheet, they have sent more than 124 million shoeboxes since their inception. They collect from the over 4,000 drop-off sites they have in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. They also collect in Australia, Fin-land, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Canada, Spain and the U.K. Last year Op-eration Christmas Child sent 10.5 million shoeboxes according to the Lexington Park Baptist Church Relay Center Coordinator, Lynda Turing. This year they hope to col-lect 11 million.

Last year St. Mary’s County collected 2622 shoeboxes. The goal for this year is 2800. Since opening on Monday, Turing has collected 550 shoeboxes.

If you would like to help make the goals, St. Mary’s County has two drop-off loca-tions, the Lexington Park location at the Lexington Park Baptist Church, which is in

their seventh year with Operation Christ-mas Child and the Leonardtown location at the Leonardtown Baptist Church which just started only a couple of years ago.

Individuals, groups, and organizations can donate shoeboxes to the cause. The process starts with an average sized shoe-box, wrapped or unwrapped, and then the donator will choose between a boy or a girl within the three age groups available, 2 to 4, 5 to 9, and 10 to 14.

They are asked to fill the shoebox with one big item like a toy or a soccer ball and then fill the rest of the shoebox with hy-giene items, school or home supplies, cloth-ing, shoes, and smaller toys or games. They only items prohibited are liquids, perish-ables, and war toys. The donator can then drop off the shoebox at their local relay center during the national collection week between Nov. 16 and Nov. 23. For a $7 do-nation they can receive a tracking label for the shoebox and find out in what country the box ended its journey.

You may also pack and donate a shoebox online.

Operation Christmas Child is a great way to share hope and love with children said Turing, adding that every year the need is greater. The impact that you can make with one shoebox is amazing she said.

Lexington Park Baptist Church is locat-ed at 46855 S Shangri-La Dr. in Lexington Park. Their hours are Thursday, Nov. 19, 1 to 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, 3 to 6 p.m.,

Saturday, Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to noon, Sunday, Nov. 22, 12:30 to 5 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 23, 9 to 11 a.m.

Leonardtown Baptist Church is located at 23520 Hollywood Rd. in Leonardtown. Their hours are Thursday, Nov. 19, 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, 9 to 11 a.m., Satur-

day, Nov. 21, 9 to 11 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 22, 1 to 3 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 23, 9 to 11 a.m.

For more information or to donate on-line, visit www.samaritanspurse.org.

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Photos provided by Lynda Turing

Operation Christmas Child in Full Swing

Thursday, November 19, 2015The County Times8 Local News

Historic St. Francis Xavier Church of Compton, Md. will host their 28th Olde Fashion Christmas Bazaar on Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.The winning ticket for our annual quilt raffle will be drawn. This year’s quilt features stars made with rich colored fabrics. Shop our local artists’ hand-made items and stay for lunch.

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Olde Fashion Christmas Bazaar

By Crista Dockray Staff Writer

St. John’s School in Hollywood held their 15th Annual Veteran’s Day Pro-gram last Wednes-day, Nov. 11.

Every year the school invites veter-ans from the local community in order to honor them for their service. Around 50 veterans were in attendance this year surrounded by students, faculty, and family members in the Monsignor Har-ris Center, the school’s gymnasium.

The program began at 1 p.m. and start-ed with the Presentation of Colors for the Maryland flag, the American Flag, flags from all branches of the military, and the POW flag. Throughout the ceremony, ev-ery class sang a song devoted to the vet-erans and the United States. In between songs, students would come up and say a few kind words towards the veterans. Prayers were said throughout, candles and a crucifix were brought down the aisle, and a priest gave the veterans a blessing. At the end of the ceremony, eighth grade students folded up the American flag and placed it on the stage.

Afterwards, the school was very hap-py to be presented a proclamation from

the Governor’s office. Although Gov-ernor Hogan was not able to attend, he sent Gloria Larman from the Maryland Veterans Home Commission to give the proclamation, and Mark Hendricks the administrator for the Maryland Veter-ans Trust Fund. The school also pre-sented Hendricks with a check for the Veterans Trust Fund with an undisclosed amount. The students raised the money through tag day, in which they were able to pay money to get out of wearing their uniform for a day. The program ended around 2:30 p.m.

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15th Annual Veteran’s Day Program

Photos provided by St. John’s School

Thursday, November 19, 2015 9The County Times Local News

Southern Maryland Electric Coop-erative (SMECO) employees held two fund raising events and recently donated $41,322 to three local shelters. Funds will be donated to Safe Harbor in Cal-vert County; Lifestyles of Maryland, Martha’s Place Transitional Home, in Charles County; and Wrapping Arms ’Round Many (WARM) in St. Mary’s County. Each organization received $13,774. SMECO employees raised the money through the SMECO 75 Bike Ride held in June and the SMECO An-nual Charity Golf Outing in October. The events are supported by a group of volunteers, vendors, and the SMECO executive team. The Co-op selects a dif-ferent organization each year to benefit from the fundraising events.

Richard Jarboe, SMECO supply chain director, described SMECO’s involve-ment with the golf fundraising event: “Many co-op employees volunteer for local organizations, but this is an event that we can work together on. We join our colleagues, contribute time and funds, enjoy the event, and support the local community. We are grateful for the support we receive from SMECO’s sup-ply chain partners who make the charity golf tournament a success. We have held the charity golf event for 12 years and have given more than $120,000 to local groups.”

“SMECO and its employees continue to be active contributors to those in need in our community. This contribution will provide much needed shelter for women and children in the county who would not have had anywhere else to lay their heads. This donation will essential-ly provide over 800 bed nights as well as case management services to help these families get on their feet,” said Sandy Washington, Executive Director of Life-styles of Maryland in Charles County. She added, “We are honored that the co-op selected us as one of the recipients for this year, allowing us to serve these individuals who are trying to overcome so many barriers. Many of our clients are working, but they can’t afford hous-ing. We allow them to stay up to a year. While they are here, we help them estab-lish bank accounts, develop their skills, and find more permanent housing. These are women who are trying to help them-selves, keep their children in school, and implement life-changing practices to improve the quality of life for them-selves and their children.”

Safe Harbor in Calvert County pro-vides shelter for abused women and chil-dren. Together with the Calvert County Health Department, they provide food, safety, counseling, medical services, and compassion to those seeking refuge. “We rely on the hard work and generos-ity of the community to keep our shelter running and our women safe from emi-nent danger at the hands of their abusers. This tremendous donation will allow us to continue to keep our residents secure and provide them with the necessary services to assist them in their healing process,” said Cindy Dunn, shelter man-ager. “We support individuals for up to nine months, and we provide transporta-

tion along with other resources to help them get back on their feet.”

“The St. Mary’s County WARM pro-gram gratefully accepts this generous donation from SMECO and its employ-ees,” said Maria Scott, WARM chair-person. WARM is a sheltering program provided by the faith community and partners in St. Mary’s County. WARM relies on over 1,100 volunteers from the community through the season to en-sure its success. “We essentially provide a dry and safe place out of the elements for adult men and women to sleep during the cold months of November through March,” Scott explained. “Since WARM is a complete volunteer program and does not have any consistent grants or routine funding, this considerable dona-tion from SMECO is significant to our organization. It will help provide sup-plies, cover expenses and potentially en-hance the program in ways we have not been able to in the past, due to limited funding.”

Scott added, “Community partners such as SMECO, the Three Oaks Cen-ter; Walden Sierra; the St. Mary’s Coun-ty Department of Social Services; the St. Mary’s County Sherriff’s office and Detention Center, the Mission, and Med-star St. Mary’s Hospital have embraced the WARM program in significant ways and we are extremely thankful for this support. We commend the SMECO em-ployees for their efforts to make such a lasting impact on their community.”

SMECO hosted its fourth annual bike ride on Saturday, June 6. Natalie Cot-ton, SMECO’s community and public affairs director, added, “Our annual bike ride receives great support from the Oxon Hill Bike Club and local bicycle enthusiasts.” Participants can choose among three bike routes of 29, 47, and 75 miles that start at the co-op’s head-quarters in Hughesville and go as far as Colton’s Point in St. Mary’s County. Cotton added, “We are especially grate-ful to business partners who participate by donating resources to help make the SMECO 75 Bike Ride a successful fun-draiser. Major contributors include ICF International, Penn Line, Infor, J.M. Tennyson Construction, Origin, Ad-ams, Jenkins and Cheatham, CGI, Cigna Health, iFactor Consulting, New River Electrical Corporation, Oracle Utili-ties, ProForma Johnston and Associates, Prudential, Stantec, The Meltzer Group, Barbara Ives, Booth and Associates, Cerner, EnergyHub, Good Earth Natural Foods, Integrand Information Systems, M.D. Henry Company, Manis Can-ning and Associates, Opower, Utilitec, and VFP, and we thank them for their contributions.”

Cotton added, “We are already plan-ning our fifth annual bike ride for June 4, 2016. Next year, our contributions will go to Operation: Tohidu.” According to the Melwood.org website, Operation: Tohidu is a seven-day holistic retreat designed for wounded veterans and ac-tive duty military to help them overcome obstacles to their recovery and support their successful reintegration into their homes and communities. “Tohidu” is a

Cherokee word meaning peace of mind, body, and spirit. Melwood’s Operation: Tohidu is an experiential rehabilitation program that focuses on confidence-building, outdoor activities, and group discussion in a relaxed, positive envi-ronment using proven techniques for the self-management of symptoms, stress-ors, and responses.

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From left, SMECO representatives Austin J. Slater, Jr., President and CEO, Natalie Cotton, community and public affairs director, and Tonya Lee, supply chain buyer. Representing St. Mary’s County’s Wrapping Arms ’Round Many (WARM) are Maria Scott, chairperson, and Patrice Campbell, program manager for the Three Oaks Center.

From left, SMECO representatives Austin J. Slater, Jr., President and CEO, Natalie Cotton, community and public affairs director, and Tonya Lee, supply chain buyer. Representing Safe Harbor in Calvert County are David Gale, director, and Cindy Dunn, shelter manager.

From left, SMECO representatives Austin J. Slater, Jr., President and CEO, Natalie Cotton, community and public affairs director, and Tonya Lee, supply chain buyer. Representing Lifestyles of Maryland in Charles County are Sandy Washington, executive director, and Margaret Payne, community services manager.


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In the next few days we will witness the loss of a county institution and a foundation of Southern Maryland culture and ethos. Lenny’s restaurant will close on Friday, Nov.13. Danny Rebarchick’s restaurant is being forced closed by many factors, and BRAC is one major factor. Another even larger reason has been the effects of sequestration on the local hotels and restaurants. The Belvedere hotel was one of the first victims, followed by Sleep Inn, which Danny also owned. Many local restaurants have had similar is-sues (major short term reduction of customers). The county

has been in a rapid growth mode for several years now. This has not gone unnoticed by the large hotel, restaurant chains, and big box stores. Sequestration has resulted in severely limiting travel both into an out of the area. The in-flux of new hotels and restaurants into the area was started well before sequestration and resulted in too much sup-ply to support the diminished demand. The big guys can weather the storm, but the locals can’t. We now have all the amenities of most medium to large cities in our county, which unfortunately, also includes traffic.

My wife and I moved here in 1997 with the NAVAIR relocation and we have enjoyed Lenny’s Sunday brunches on at least a monthly basis and got to know Danny and his wife, Robin. They have donated time, treasure, and tal-ents in helping us in our work with our Iraq/Afghanistan wounded veterans. They have donated food to our trips to Walter Reed Military Hospital, food for our golf tourna-ments, and warrior cookouts. Danny donated rooms for the injured vets when they came down for fishing trips, as well as donated food for their outings.

The bridge to Solomons, as well as Rt 4 and Rt 235 be-coming 4 lane highways was the onset of the exodus of “progress” to this southern rural community. It’s a shame that this progress is also eliminating a major part of the Southern Maryland culture, rich history and long running establishments like Lenny’s. We hope this is a reminder to support our local small businesses.

Closing this restaurant is sad for us, and all of our com-munity. Danny, Robin, and their team will be missed as well as their generosity to all in this county. God bless them in their new ventures.

Ted Harwood, CAPT USN (Ret) and Nancy Harwood, Marine MomHollywood, MD

In February, 1983 I had a house fire. I lost everything I owned. The local Salva-tion Army helped me out. As a way of paying them back, I purchased 11 turkeys and fixings and took them out needy families in St. Mary’s County. Since then the pro-gram has grown exponen-tially. Last year we gave out 2,500 turkey baskets. I need your help. If you would like to donate food, you can drop it off at Mike’s Bikes. The food will be used in the baskests and also in local food pantries. Money dona-tions are used to buy turkeys, canned goods, and potatoes. You can help putting the bas-kets together and delivering the baskets. We can work together to give every needy family in St. Mary’s County a good Christmas dinner. A twenty dollar donation will feed one family and you can be a part of a meaningful ed-dort to extend a hand to all of our neighbors. Together, everyone in our County can have a nice Christmas.

Since 1983 volunteers de-liver donated Turkey Bas-kets for SoMD needy fami-lies at Christmas: one whole turkey, cans of corn, green

beans, cranberry sauce, and a bag of potatoes.

To Donate: Mail check made out to Mike’s Food Fund, 21310 Great Mills Rd., Suite C, Lexington Park, Md. 20653.

To Receive a Basket: Contact Human Services in Leonardtown to be placed on the list.

To Volunteer to Deliver Baskets:

Week One: Come to Zion United Methodist Church, 235 South of Gate 2 at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 14 to Friday, Dec. 18. Directions call 301-863-5161.

Week Two: Come to The Mission on Great Mills Road at 5 p.m. on Saturday through Thursday Decem-ber 19 to 24. Directions call 240-587-0517.

Thank you and Happy Holidays from Mike.

Mike’s Bikes (Mike Schwartz)21310 Great Mills Rd., Suite CLexington Park, Md. 20653

2015 Message From Mike,

Lenny’s Restaurant

Thursday, November 19, 2015 11The County Times Letters to the Editor

Sandie JohnsonProud Owner

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The Great Seal of the State of Mary-land contains two figures symbolizing our beloved state’s founding and boun-tiful natural resources; the land and the waters. These two figures, a symbolic farmer and a fisherman, remain as rel-evant today in our state’s collective iden-tity and political discourse as they were hundreds of years ago. Agriculture is understood to be many different things historically, socially, economically, en-vironmentally as well as recreationally and commercially. Most of us broadly view agriculture as the land-based rais-ing of crops and livestock, plants and an-imals, for consumption and other benefi-cial use. In a general sense, aquaculture is no different with the unique exception being that aquaculture predominantly occurs on the water instead of the land. Maryland state law formally defines aquaculture as both an agricultural and fisheries management activity. This definition is most clearly illuminated as our state’s policy makers, along with our federal and local partners, grapple with ways to sustain both our traditional land based farming and the productive health of our states fisheries in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. These policy chal-lenges, by their very nature, shall and must cause new and innovative ways to keep our farmers and our fisherman as productive and viable as ever while help-ing to create a sustainable environment for ourselves and future generations. One aspect of aquaculture, oyster farm-ing, is emerging as another potentially important policy initiative to help main-tain both the environment and com-mercial activities compatible with our state’s best long-term interests. Restor-ing the oyster population to Chesapeake Bay to the maximum extent possible is universally accepted both scientifically

and politically as an important strategy of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Great efforts and resources have been brought to bear to make this happen. Maryland has made great strides over the last 15 years or so to establish an oyster farm-ing industry in our state as a part of this effort. We have substantially reformed our state’s leasing laws on Chesapeake Bay and streamlined our governance, oversight, and permitting processes for oyster farming. This gives us another manageable tool in helping to reduce and remove detrimental nutrients from the Bay and its tributaries while simul-taneously creating jobs, revenue, and commerce. These recent efforts have received broad bi-partisan support now through at least four different Gover-nor’s Administrations (Glendenning, Ehrlich, O’Malley and Hogan). They have also received strong bipartisan support in the legislature. Many areas of the country are now looking at Mary-land as the word spreads to other states, and even internationally, regarding what we are doing on these matters right here on Chesapeake Bay. Now here’s the kicker. Oyster aquaculture, as an ac-cepted and vibrant sector of our agri-culture industry in Maryland, holds the promise of having our symbolic farmer and fisherman reach metaphorically across our state’s Great Seal and shake hands in a gesture of mutual support and helpfulness. As oyster farms help clean the waters, the natural fisheries have an environment to be vibrant, healthy, and productive for our traditional watermen. Oyster farms also can offer the land based farmer assistance from a nutri-ent uptake and sequestration perspec-tive. The plowman and the waterman supporting each other to thrive and feed our state and nation. That should aid

our environment by unleashing private market forces while doing so in a man-ner that is sustainable for the long haul. Oh, did we mention this may also tend to reduce the burden of taxpayers and consumers in the future who are also paying to help clean the Bay. The nutri-ent removal capabilities of an oyster are well documented. One three inch oyster is estimated to pump 50 gallons of water a day, removing algae entrained nitrogen and phosphorous as part of its feeding and growth processes. Science is now able to quantify to a relatively high de-gree of certainty the amount of nutrients that are removed from the environment through the biological digestive and growth processes of oysters. The federal EPA has now expressed some interest in the development of best management practices (BMP’s) by the Chesapeake Bay Program through an expert panel currently proceeding under the auspices of the Oyster Recovery Program. This panel’s charge is to evaluate the scien-tific efficacy and recommendations for developing a useable and viable nutri-ent credit trading system in the Chesa-peake Bay watershed, specifically using oysters. Depending on the outcome of this evaluation, the ramifications for agriculture, oyster aquaculture, and the commercial seafood industry are poten-tially very large. To that end, we will be submitting cross-filed legislation in the upcoming session of the Maryland General Assembly to add two represen-tatives to the Aquaculture Coordinating Council - one from the MD Farm Bureau (MFB) and one from the Oyster Recov-ery Program (ORP). This Coordinating Council is our state’s policy oversight entity for aquaculture matters. We, as state legislators, are both representatives on this Council on behalf of the Senate

and House of Delegates. There are also representatives of the Departments of Ag, Natural Resources, Environment, Health, and Commerce. Additionally, there are representatives of the Univer-sity of Maryland Cooperative Exten-sion, aquaculture academic research, and the Center for Environmental Ser-vices (UMCES). Traditional watermen and aquaculture watermen also serve on the Council. The council was created in statute in 2005. We both believe very strongly that these efforts are important in so many regards and to so many dif-ferent interests, not the least of which are the traditional farmers and fisher-men working in and on our treasured en-vironmental resources of land and water. Our hope is that the farming community and the commercial seafood industry will embrace these developments as be-ing in their own best interests. We are hopeful that you will join us in support of this most important work. Aquacul-ture is agriculture and fisheries manage-ment, and that is a good thing! Delegate Tony O’Donnell, Senator Kathy Klaus-meier (R) Calvert/St. Mary’s, (D) Bal-timore County Senator Klausmeier has been a member of the Maryland General Assembly since 1995 representing Balti-more County. Delegate O’Donnell has been a member of the Maryland General Assembly since 1995 representing Cal-vert and St. Mary’s Counties.

Anthony O’DonnellLusby, Maryland

Aquaculture is Farming and Fishing - And That Is a Good Thing

On Oct. 10, Helpful Hooves Equine Therapy, Inc., a non-profit 501C3 cor-poration, held its 9th annual fundraising barn dance. Our mission is to improve the lives of persons with disabilities through social gatherings, picnics, and parties that involve horses and horse re-lated activities.

We serve a population of special needs adults which as grown in number from 15 to over 50. We offer our parties at no cost to our participants and rely solely on the donations of our generous business community along with friends and family to support our activities. Our primary annual expenses are liability insurance, as well as, the upkeep of 3 horses and party supplies, food, piz-zas, soda, and prizes for many events. The October Barn Dance is our primary source for raising these funds.

We would like to thank the following businesses and families for their gener-ous support, A&M Glass, Angel Sys-tems, Rocco Aiello. The Battaglia fam-ily, Bernard and Shirley Bailey, S.M. Bailey, Beverly Bailey, Marcia and Rey Bald, Blazer Enterprises , Minor Buck-ler, Sharon and Andy Brown, Natalie Chapman, Sue Chappelear, Dave and Donna Chewning, Frank Chewning, Colony Builders, Mary B Cheseldine, , Rush and Mary Cox Marilyn Crosby, Billy and Joyce Cusic,Carolyn Davis,

Linda and Ford Dean, Dan and Deb-bie Dixon, Phil Dorsey, Joe Drury Kay Duvall, Bonnie Elward, Tom and Anne Emery, , Marilyn Ferguson, William Fitzgerald, Carl and Kathy Franzen, Chris and Susan Gass, Robert Gib-son, Al and Sue Gough, Jane and Jack Green, The Greenery, GTMR Inc., Katie and Jamie Guy, Guy Auto Parts, Irva-nette Hall, Carol Ann Hall, Mike and Elaine Hewitt, Tom and Anne Hodges, Jim Hodges , Hollywood Lions Club, Mike Hutson, Mary and Larry Hyatt, Dan Ichniowski, Tom and Shannon Jarboe Janet and Michael Johnson, Dr. Amit Khanna, Steve and Karen King, Robert and Inky Kopel, Susan Kreck-man, , Ladies Auxiliary #2632, LaPlata Farm and Home Supply, Little Silences Rest, Charlie Mattingly , Bill Mattingly, , Ron Merkle, Garner Morgan, George Morgan Todd Morgan, , Morris Point Enterprises, ,Heidi Norris, Ronnie Nor-ris, Diane Pogue, Dan Raley, Brad and Donna Reeves Phil Riehl, Maryann Rymer, Bill Schmalgemeyer, Art and Linda Shepherd Jack and Carol Shriver, Nick Shriver, Rusty Shriver, Ronald Smith, Bob and Linda Taylor , Renee Thomas, Tidewater Dental, Frank and Jean Toth, Cory Trossbach, Lea Weaver, Kathleen Werner, Joan Wilson, Curtis and Jackie Wilson, John and Barbara Wood, James and Beverly Wood, Rob-

ert and Kathleen Wright, Jason Wright.A very special thanks is in order for

the businesses and crafters who donated to our silent auction Apple Basket An-tiques, Andy and Sharon Brown The Lighthouse Restaurant, The Greenery, Chris and Maryann Chewning Towne Florist, Pickers Paradise, and Mary Hyatt.

I would like to thank the businesses and persons who worked with us to make this event so special: Thompson’s Seafood who caters the event, the 7th District Optimists who operates the bar, Father Anthony for blessing the evening

Finally, I would like to thank Andrea and Ron Stump, Susan and Gary Adri-ani, Jessie St.Clair, Joe St.Clair, Chris and Maryann Chewning Mary B Che-seldine, Don Cropp and Jawana Broadus all who have spent many many hours donating their time and energy all year long to our monthly parties, making them a great success. We couldn’t do it without you.

President of Helpful Hooves Sheral A. St.ClairEquine Therapy, Inc.Avenue, Md.

A Special Thanks To Our Community

Thursday, November 19, 2015The County Times12 Cops & Courts

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A man found guilty of conspiring with oth-ers to burglarize several convenience stores here in St. Mary’s and Calvert counties by using the smash-and-grab method was sen-tenced to five years in prison last week.

The Judge originally sentenced 19-year-old Kevin Proctor to 20 years in prison but suspended his incarceration to just five years behind bars.

According to Assistant State’s Attorney Buffy Giddens Proctor and other accom-plices would use a heavy object to smash out the storefronts of businesses that sold lottery tickets and take whole dispensers of scratch

off cards.They would steal the dispensers, Giddens

said, and then scratch of scores of the tickets to find cards with winning combinations.

“Then they would go to another gas station and turn them in,” Giddens said.

Proctor and his conspirators made off with about $15,000 worth in lottery tickets, she said, but their winnings did not reach that level.

“What they won wasn’t worth nearly what they stole,” Giddens said.

She said that Proctor and his accomplices hit five separate locations and were successful in stealing lottery tickets at four of them.

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One of two defendants charged in the re-cent armed robbery of the CVS Pharmacy in Leonardtown was arraigned in county Circuit Court last week and will stay in the county’s detention center on a no-bond status, Judge Michael J. Stamm ruled.

Trevone Demone Butler, 25, has been de-scribed by law enforcement officers investi-gating the case as the driver of the escape ve-hicle used by his accomplice who entered the

pharmacy at the intersection of Point Lookout and Maypole roads Oct. 28, brandished a handgun and made off with money and other valuables.

Witnesses to the crime say they saw the al-leged robber, later identified as suspect Quan-taz Lamar Shields,28, of Prince George’s County, flee the scene and run towards a car that had been driving back and forth on May-pole Road.

The perpetrator entered the vehicle and it sped away, according to court documents.

Police later found the vehicle in the area of

Route 235 and Jones Wharf Road, with Butler as the driver.

They saw in plain view, according to charg-ing papers, items of dark clothing and a Hal-loween mask, much like those used in the rob-bery police said.

Butler was arrested and eventually admit-ted to being in the area of the robbery when it occurred and had provided transportation to the perpetrator.

“He futher acknowledged communicating with the robbery suspect during the robbery… and observed the suspect in possession of a

black bag containing items stolen from CVS.”Police said a search and seizure warrant

operation executed on the vehicle found other items that linked Butler to other armed rob-bery investigations in St. Mary’s County.

Butler was already on probation for a previ-ous assault conviction for which he has sen-tenced to 18 months local incarceration but only served 27 days.

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Burglary – Unknown suspect(s) forced entry into a residence and stole property on the 27000 block of Erin Drive in Mechanic-sville. CASE# 67021-15

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Thursday, November 19, 2015 13The County Times ObituariesFeature Story


Leonardtown Mayor Dan Burris has led the town along with the town council for the past three-and-a-half years and despite the added weight of responsibility his passion for the town’s well being has not abated.

In fact, it seems to have grown.He sees opportunities as well as challeng-

es to the town’s future and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

It’s the give and take of progress.“It’s an exciting time to be mayor,” Burris

said. “I don’t care where you are if you’re not growing, you’re withering on the vine.”

And Leonardtown has been growing de-spite several tough budget years.

New businesses have either started there or are soon to open and the town has ex-panded its borders with the annexations of the Wathen and Wilkinson properties closer to Hollywood.

The Leonard’s Grant community contin-ues to grow as does Clark’s Rest on Route 5 and the town is currently deep into a two-year project to upgrade the town’s waste

water treatment plant’s ability to extrude ni-trogen and phosphorous before its released back into local waters.

It’s an expensive process that won’t actu-ally add any capacity to the town’s plant, but Burris said the town has enough capac-ity to ensure that developments like Clark’s Rest can continue to expand at the rate of 37 houses per year.

“That’s certainly put strain on the staff,” Burris said. “We’ve got a lot going on in town but we’ve been able to do all of this without raising taxes.”

Avoiding taxes was a considerable achievement given that for several years un-der former Governor Martin O’Malley high-way improvement funds were almost com-pletely cut to counties and municipalities to balance badly overspent state budgets.

Like many others, Leonardtown’s high-way improvement budget was cut by 95 percent.

“It went down to 5 percent of normal, so we had to use reserves to maintain the roads,” Burris said. “A small town needs to take care of its infrastructure.”

But things have not always gone so

smoothly.The mayor was caught between a majori-

ty of the county commissioners who wanted a new library located on the Hayden prop-erty and a divided town council who wanted at base to ensure the library deal did not evaporate.

Burris was adamant that it be located downtown but the commissioners chose the Hayden property.

Burris, who was on the receiving end of some rancor in the debate, took it in stride.

“The good news is we’re getting a new li-brary in Leonardtown,” Burris said.

Moreover, there are still some holes in the downtown as far as businesses are con-cerned that Burris would like to see filled, including the vacant PNC Bank building and a space at the Leonardtown Wharf that both Burris and the council would like to see filled with a high-end seafood restaurant.

“We’re adding new businesses but some of them are still struggling,” Burris said.

Still with the town’s newly won arts and entertainment designation from the state tourism has picked up and Burris said there was a lot of hope.

“The A and E district is helping tourism and it’s seemed like since summer broke the evenings have been very busy around town,” he said.

Burris’ predecessor J. Harry “Chip” Nor-ris said Burris has been effective in getting things done that had long been in the plan-ning stages.

“Dan Burris has done an excellent job,” Norris said. “Very few people see the day to day operations of the town.

“It’s a lot of every day work to keep the town moving.”

Burris’ career in town politics is long. Before being elected mayor he served on the town council twice, once going back as far as 1986, and also on the town’s planning commission.

And with him all the way has been his wife Donna; she said there was virtually no political rest for her husband when he took the mayor’s seat.

“Danny was elected on a Tuesday and on that Thursday I took the call for him saying that the trash hadn’t been picked up,” Donna said. “You just jump right into it.”

Even though no one elected her to any of-fice, she often finds herself involved in re-laying messages to her husband about town residents’ concerns.

“People talk to me because I tend to have his ear,” Donna said. “But I’ve learned to keep my mouth shut.”

Donna said she doesn’t relish the chal-lenges her husband’s office presents and that she doesn’t have his even-handed temper-ment the job demands.

“He will drive through town just to see the town and businesses are doing alright,” Donna said. “When it snows he’s the first one up to make sure the roads are OK.

“He’s enraptured with this town.”The Burris family isn’t much for cinema

but the mayor says his favorite movie is “It’s A Wonderful Life” and watches it every Christmas Eve.

He said the movie reminds him of living in Leonardtown.

“It’s sappy but it’s true,” Donna said.

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Mayor of Leonardtown Has Deep Roots There

Photos by Frank Marquart

“We’ve got a lot going on in town

but we’ve been able to do all of

this without raising taxes.”


The County Times runs complimentary obituaries as submitted by funeral homes and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to

[email protected] after noon on Mondays may run in the following week’s edition.

Richard Wallace Burton, 80

Born in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 10, 1935, he was the son of Edith and Wallace Burton. Rich-ard passed away on Nov. 7. He attended Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. received simple vows with the Trinitarian Fathers, Hyattsville, Md. and in 1957 entered Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary Emmittsburg, Md. Monsignor Burton was ordained at the Cathedral of St. Matthew Washington, D.C. on May 18, 1963.

The vigil was held on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at St. Anthony of Padua Parish. Mass of Christian Burial was offered on Wednesday, Nov. 11 and was celebrated by Cardinal Wuerl Archbishop of Wash-ington. Interment was at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Bladensburg, Md. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Anthony’s Catholic School, 3400 12th Street NE Washington, D.C. 20017.

Joshua Darnell Smith, 32

Joshua Darnell Smith, 32 of Waldorf, Md. passed away on Nov. 7. Visitation was at 9 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov.

14 at First Missionary Baptist Church, 46370 Pegg Lane, Lexington Park. Interment followed at First Mission-ary Baptist Church Cemetery, 21075 Hermanville Rd., Lexington Park. Ar-rangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home.

Albert (“Al”) Melvin Johnson, Jr., 59

Albert (“Al”) Melvin Johnson, Jr., of Mechanicsville, Md., left this world Sunday, Nov. 8 after a long illness. He was 59.

Born June 13, 1956 in Washington, D.C., Al was the loving companion of 22 years to Carolyn “Suzy” Bland and father figure to Richard (Scar-lett) Bland of Mechanicsville, Md. and Tammy (Sonny) Woods of Wood-bridge, Va. Al is also survived by five grandchildren, five great-grandchil-dren, a sister, Sharon (Charlie) Ham-mett and brother James Smith. He is predeceased by his parents, Katherine Thompson and Albert Johnson Sr., brother Robert Smith, and grandson Kevin Woods.

Al enjoyed fishing and shooting pool. He had a gentle spirit and a smile to offer to everyone he met. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Capt. Robert “Bob” Lamar Combs, 83

Capt. Robert “Bob” Lamar Combs, USN, Ret., 82, of Mechanic-sville, Md. formerly of Jacksonville, Fla. passed away on Nov. 13 in Char-lotte Hall, Md. Born Dec. 5, 1932 in Jasper Fla., he was the son of the late Hazel L. Hammock Combs and Lacy Edward Combs.

Bob is survived by his loving wife Ann Bond Combs whom he married on May 15, 1981in NAS Patuxent Riv-er Chapel.

Also survived by his children; Mi-chael S. Combs of Aurora, Colo. and Robert A. Combs of Sausalito, Ca., siblings; Claudell Edward Combs of Middleburg, Fla., John Joel Combs of Maclenny, Fla., in addition to his par-ents, Bob was preceded in death by his siblings; Elizabeth Kirkland Dobson, Patricia Kirkland Ladin and Charles Edward Kirkland.

Bob graduated from Andrew Jack-son High school in 1951, and from Southeastern Louisiana College in 1955 earning his Bachelor’s Degree, he entered the U.S. Navy on Nov. 9, 1955 and retired on Jan. 1, 1983 after 30 years of service, he was Vice Presi-dent of Mantech retiring in 1997 after 14 years. Bob belonged to the Veter-

ans of Helen and Brenton Bay Golf and Country Club, he enjoyed golfing and grass cutting. The family received friends on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. with prayers recited at 7 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, Md. A Funeral Service was held on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. in the Funeral Home cha-pel with Father Keith Woods officiat-ing. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, Md. Pallbearers were; Dallis Hill, A. Ford Connelly, Richard Curry, Steve Wil-son, Will Phillips and Ford Connel-ly. Honorary pallbearers were; Dave Swift, Frank Sowell, Larry Trader, Larry Mills, William Dixon and Paul Lombardi. Contributions may be made to Health Share of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 1208, Leonardtown, Md. 20650 Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650 or Mechan-icsville Vol. Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 15, Mechanicsville, Md. 20659.

Robin Ann Bassford, 50

Robin Ann Bassford, 50 of Mechan-icsville, Md. passed away surrounded by her children and family at Chesa-peake Shores Nursing Home, Great Mills, Md.

Robin was born March 20, 1965 in La Plata, Md., the youngest daughter of the late Mary Emily (Burch ) and

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HughesvilleHughesville Post Office

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Senior CenterSt Mary’s HospitalBoard Of Ed Office

St Mary’s Nursing Center Ledo’s

Leonardtown GrillExxon

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SunocoBurchmart

Leonardtown Post OfficeYe Olde Towne Café

PNC Bank Printing Press Courthouse

Town Cleaners Newtown Village Community

Cedar Lane Apartments Leonardtown Library

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Fairfield InnHome 2 Suites

IHOP Comfort Inn

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Coles TravelLexington Park Library

Family DollarSt. Mary’s Lighting

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LovevilleThird Base

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MechanicsvilleThompson’s Seafood

Wawa MechanicsvilleSt. Mary’s Landing

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Berts

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St. Inigoes Post OfficeRod n Reel

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Tall TimbersDent Store

Tall Timbers Post Office

Valley LeeValley Lee Post Office

Betty Russell’s


Walter Edward Bassford. Robin is survived by her daughter

Tammy Campbell (“G”) of Lexing-ton Park, Md.; son Robert Bassford (Jessie) of Mechanicsville, Md.; four grandchildren Nathaniel, Chloe, Callie and Cammie; siblings Walter Bassford (Veronica) of Mechanicsville, Md., Dian Aeschlimann (Larry) of West Virginia, Edith Woodall (Mike) of Hughesville, Md., Brenda Simpson (Fox) of Waldorf, Md.; caregivers Sh-eroline and Mark Fletcher, along with her nieces and nephews and cousins.

Robin grew up in Hughesville, Md., attending St. Mary’s Catholic School, John Hanson Middle School, and Thomas Stone High School. Although Robin did not graduate from Thomas Stone High School, she returned to night school and received her GED. Robin was so proud of herself and so were her children and family. Robin was employed at Moreland’s County Store. Robin enjoyed gardening with a love for flowers, sewing, and needle-point. Robin enjoyed racing her race car a Potomac Speedway and MIR. She also enjoyed NASCAR, Jeff Gor-don being her favorite driver. She en-joyed her dogs Gandoff, Arwin, and Titan. Pink was her favorite color.

In lieu of flowers memorial dona-tions can be made to Hospice of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650.

Family welcomed friends on Sun-day, Nov. 1 for a life celebration at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. followed by a service at 1 p.m., at Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A., 30195 Three Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall, Md.

Irwin George Decker, 90

Irwin George Decker (aka Dick) passed away Nov. 11 after a six week determined struggle to recuperate from a mas-sive stroke.

Dick was born April 16, 1925 in Kingston, N.Y. to Ida Brown Decker and Chester Andrew Decker. He grew up in Hurley, N.Y. on Theilpape Mountain where he lived and worked on their small mountain farm.

At the onset of World War II he joined the Navy at 17, where he served first on-board a destroyer, then was transferred to the S15 submarine (commissioned in 1919) where he then served as a signal-man in the South Pacific.

After his discharge he was married and moved to Maryland in 1949 and be-gan his career as a police officer with the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police. During these years he first walked a beat at the 5th precinct, then transitioned to recruiting for the Capitol Police and was stationed at the US Capitol until his re-tirement in 1972.

After this retirement, he returned to the New York Mountains where he and his wife built their retirement home and

office for his new position as Chief of Police for the Township of Hurley. In March of 1990 after nearly 20 years sup-porting justice in Hurley, he retired again.

As his senior years unfolded he and his wife moved south again to Maryland where he purchased a home in the coun-try, raised a golden lab and thoroughly enjoyed boating and crabbing on the lo-cal rivers as well as dining at their fa-vorite restaurants. These days afforded them many cherished years with sons and grandchildren. They also enjoyed travels up and down the east coast visiting small historic towns.

His last year was spent at Spring Vil-lage Assisted Living, and final weeks af-ter suffering a stroke were spent at Hos-pice House of St. Mary’s in Callaway, Md.

He is survived by his sons Edward Rob-ert (Diane), and David Richard (Sandy), grandchildren Kelly Lehman (Shawn), Audrey Cramer (Rocky), Jessica Long (Jason), Victoria Fowler (Dan), Linda Greenshields (Eric), Rebecca Decker (Terry), and Douglas Decker (Erin), seven great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. He was predeceased by his wife Florence Irene, and his brother Ed-ward Decker.

Graveside services will be held on Thursday Nov. 19 at 12 noon at Rest Ha-ven Memorial Gardens in Frederick, Md.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu-tions may be made to Hospice House of St. Mary’s, PO Box 625, Leonardtown, Md. 20650. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Fu-neral Home, P.A.

Richard Larry Gaston, 70

Richard Larry Gaston, 70, of California, Md. died on Nov. 12 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leon-ardtown, Md., surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on March 4, 1945 in Reading, Pa. to the late Elvin Gaston and Helen Virginia Sharp Gaston.

In February 1965, Rich proudly en-listed in the United States Navy and dedi-cated over 20 years of service before his retirement as a Chief in October 1984. On March 3, 1967 he married his beloved wife, Patricia “Annie” Gaston in Mil-lington, Tenn. Together they celebrated over 48 wonderful years of marriage. Af-ter retiring from the Navy he worked for several contractors including DynCorp as an Aviation Storekeeper. Rich and Annie enjoyed traveling, especially along the East Coast. They have taken many trips, including to Tennessee, Alaska, Canada, New Jersey, and to visit his sister in Read-ing, Pa. They also enjoyed camping trips in their RV. He was an avid shopper and especially loved to purchase jewelry. Oth-er hobbies included showing his mustang at car shows and playing card games on the computer. Rich was very charitable, and loved to help others. He volunteered often for various fundraising activities.

However, his greatest love was for his family, especially his beloved wife. He was a member of the Mustang Club, Cruising Southern Maryland Club, Blue Crabs Camping Club, and the American Legion Post 221.

In addition to his beloved wife, Rich is also survived by his children, Cheryl Walker (Scott) of Anchorage, Ala. and Richard “Larry” Gaston of California, Md.; his siblings, Kay V. Lis of Read-ing, Pa. and Bruce Gaston (Gerry) of Reading, Pa.; his granddaughter, Han-

nah Walker of Anchorage, Ala.; and many extended family and friends. In addition to his parents, he is also pre-ceded in death by his brother, Robert Paul Gaston and his granddaughter, Jessica Walker.

All services will be held at a later date. Condolences may be made to www.brinsfieldfuneral.com. Arrange-ments by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, Md.

ObituariesThe County Times runs complimentary obituaries as submitted by funeral homes

and readers. We run them in the order we receive them. Any submissions that come to [email protected] after noon on Mondays may run in the following week’s edition.

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Thursday, November 19, 2015 19The County Times Education


The St. Mary’s County School Sys-tem has announced that its latest batch of SAT test scores are overall better than the state and national average.

The average test scores for the 612 county students who took the test was 1,546 points out of a possible 2,400, ac-cording to school system figures.

That number totals out to 48.9 percent of seniors taking the test for the class of 2015.

Seniors at Great Mills High School scored a landmark achievement, accord-ing to the school system since for the first time in 10 years they achieved an aggre-gate score of more than 1,500 points on the test.

Their average score was 1,507, which was 11.6 points above their scores taken in 2014.

The scoring is based on three sepa-rate areas of the scholastic aptitude test, mathematics, reading and writing.

Chopticon High School students scored an aggregate of 1,504 points and there three separate scores were above state averages and above national averag-es for critical reading and mathematics.

Leonardtown High School had the highest achievement level of all three county high schools with an aggregate score of 1,595 points.

According to the school system there performance was also above national and state averages as well.

The county has seen a steady increase in the taking of the college gateway test since 2009 up until 2013 when it dropped to 583 from 615.

The number rose again in 2014 to 636 before dropping off again this year.

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LADIES NIGHT5th Annual

Friday, November 20th

4 – 7 p.m.Make a wish list for that special

someone to use at our 22nd Annual Men’s Night

Friday, December 4th

4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Don’t Forget! Layaway Now for ChristmasNEW MERHANDISE ARRIVING DAILY

SHOP EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS TO GET A GREAT SELECTION!

The St. Mary’s County Library is pleased to announce a special program, ‘JAMuary,’ made possible through a Curiosity Creates Grant for over $4,500, designed to support creative programming. The Curiosity Cre-ates Grant was awarded from the Associa-tion for Library Services to Children (ALSC) through a generous donation from Disney. Over 400 libraries from around the United States applied for the grant, and 79 awards were made.

‘JAMuary’ will include multiple programs through January 2016 for all ages. Through the grant, the St. Mary’s County Library will be purchasing 20 ukuleles for participants to use throughout the programming.

On Saturday, Jan. 9, two programs will be held called “Please to Meet Uke!” These beginner classes for the ukulele will be for children ages 6 to 10 years old from 10 a.m. to noon at the Leonardtown Library and for ages 11 to 14 years from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Charlotte Hall Library. No music experi-ence? No problem! Musician Nani Lowery will have you strumming in no time. (Uku-leles provided, Free! Registration required.)

On Saturday, Jan. 16, two “Song Writing Workshops” will be held at the Lexington Park Library for two age groups: ages 6 to 10 years old will be held from 10 a.m. to noon led by music educator Nathan Earley, and ages 11 to 14 years old will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. led by author and musician Mary Amato. Both song writing experts will guide participants through the process of express-ing themselves through music. No experi-ence needed. Instruments for the class will be provided by the library. (Free! Registra-tion required.)

As a culminating event, two “Family Jam and Open Mic” programs will be held for ev-eryone! Sing and strum along to some of your favorite songs at our all ages celebration of music. Bring an instrument, or play one pro-vided by the library. No registration required. Lexington Park Library will host the Family Jam on Friday, Jan. 15 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Charlotte Hall Library will host on

Saturday, Jan. 23 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.Michael Blackwell, Director of St. Mary’s

County Library said “This prestigious grant is a testimony to the creativity of our staff who consistently fulfill the library’s tradi-tional mission of connecting people with resources in innovative ways. This program will allow young people to learn about music and explore their creativity while bringing St. Mary’s families even closer together for a fun time.”

For more information about the musicians, authors and presenters that are partners to present this programming, please see the following:

Nani Lowery a self-taught ukulele player, has been playing the ukulele for over 40 years. Due to her mellow style and laid back strum, Nani encourages students to relax and enjoy playing the ukulele.

Nani also leads the Monthly Maryland Ukulele Jam that meets in Gaithersburg and the Litz Ukulele Club at the Victor Litz Mu-sic Center. You can find more information about Nani by following her on Twitter (@hakipuunani) or on youtube (Hakipuunani1).

Nathan Earley is a local Southern Mary-land performer, music writer and teacher, of-fering a variety of performances, private les-sons and more. For more information about Nathan visit his website: natebone.webs.com/

Mary Amato is an award-winning chil-dren’s and YA book author, poet, playwright and songwriter. Her books have been trans-lated into foreign languages, optioned for television, produced onstage, and have won the children’s choice awards in Ohio, Minne-sota, Utah, and Arizona. She teaches popular workshops on writing and the creative pro-cess around the country. For more informa-tion about Mary Amato, visit her website: www.maryamato.com/

A special thanks to Island Music Company in La Plata for providing the 20 ukuleles the St. Mary’s County Library is purchasing with grant funds.

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St. Mary’s County Library Awarded

Curiosity Creates Grant

Thursday, November 19, 2015The County Times20 In Our Community

LIBRARY ITEMSShop local, shop Leonardtown!

Small Business SaturdayNovember 28th

11 am - 4 pm

StrollingCarolers

Santa and Mrs. Claus

Shopping local keeps your money here in your community

Support your local small retailer this holiday season starting with Small Business Saturday

November 28th from 11am-4 pm

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By Ellen LewisContributing Writer

For the past few weeks, I’ve been sharing with you all the benefits of shopping at small local businesses. You’ve probably seen the television ads as well, encourag-ing you to shop in small, locally-owned businesses on Small Business Saturday, November 28. Please mark your calendars and come to Leonardtown to shop that day.

Unlike Christmas on the Square, Small Business Saturday is about shopping. There will be a fun and festive feel in the air with decorations, Santa and Mrs. Claus, and specials in each business, but it’s about your purchases. Small Business Saturday is about letting the small busi-nesses in town know that you value them by choosing to spend your money with them instead of at big box stores. Shop-ping small is a pleasant experience. You’ll enjoy visiting the shops, chatting with the owners, and selecting special and interest-ing gifts sure to please everyone on your holiday list. Bring your list - find unique gifts!

Locally-owned businesses are a huge

economic driver. Multiple studies by Civic Economics, and other research or-ganizations show that locally-owned inde-pendent businesses and restaurants return twice as much per dollar of revenue to our local economy than chain stores and res-taurants. Those figures represent not only the money that comes back to us through tax and payroll expenditures, but the “re-expenditures” that local businesses and their employees make in the community. It’s a proven fact that supporting local businesses with local dollars can generate powerful returns in our community.

A successful small town stands strong on three key components - the elected leadership, the local businesses, and the broader community. Here in Leonard-town, we have a wonderful collaboration - our Mayor, Town Council members, and Town Administration; the Leonardtown Business Association, with its various committees and events, like First Friday; and you, the community for which Leon-ardtown exists. We are excited about the upcoming holiday season, especially our first Small Business Saturday, and we hope you will come and support the busi-nesses and your town with your patronage.

Come Shop In Leonardtown Next Week On Small Business Saturday

All St. Mary’s County Library Branches Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

All three branches of the St. Mary’s County Library will be closing early at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26 and Friday, Nov. 27 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. All branches will be open regular business hours on Saturday, Nov. 28.

Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Re-lease Party

Lexington Park Library is holding a “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” Release Party on Thursday, Nov. 19 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Be the Mockingjay and lead the rebels to victory over President Snow and the Capitol. Participate in a res-cue mission to save Peeta, design your strategy for defeating Snow, take part in a trivia challenge, and more. All ages! Free.

Teen Steampunk!

Leonardtown branch will hold a Teen Steampunk event on Monday, Nov. 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. Get your goggles and top hats, it’s time for a marvelously phantas-magorical steampunk adventure. Create a steampunk related craft that is sure to astound your friends. Bonus points for coming in costume!

St. Maries Musica Holiday PerformanceCharlotte Hall Library will host St.

Maries Minstrels for a holiday program on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. Feel the joy-ful spirit of the December holidays with St. Maries Musica. Some familiar carols will include the opportunity for the audience to sing-a-long! Free and open to the public.

Minecraft Mania

Leonardtown branch will hold a drop-in Minecraft Mania program on Friday, Dec. 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. Share strategies with other Minecrafters, explore new terrain, gather raw materials and create amazing structures. No registration!

Button Making Craft

Charlotte Hall branch will hold a button making craft activity on Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 2 to 3 p.m. Use the library’s button-making machines to make cool accesso-ries. All supplies provided, all ages!

Handmade at your Library: Wreaths and Paper Bows

Lexington Park branch will hold a craft program for beginner and experienced do-it-yourselfers on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 2 to 3 p.m. All instructions and ma-terials are provided, you bring the creativ-ity! This month make wreaths and paper bows. Adults only program. Registration required.

Our November Coastal Arts Market Showcase is fitting for an American Vet-eran, Hans Boecher.

After serving 24 years in the military Hans retired in 1992, Hans had an inter-est in woodwork so he started experi-menting with furniture, painted wood, lighthouses, windmills, etc. He said he was reading a magazine about wood one day and ran across an article about intar-sia. Intarsia is a thirteenth-century Italian art form consisting of mosaic pictures in wood. I decided to try my hand at this art form and before long I was hooked. In the beginning, it was more a hobby. I made various pieces of intarsia and gave them away to family and friends. After a while, I began receiving phone calls from people who had seen my work and the idea began to form that I could possibly sell my product. In 1998, I embarked on the art and craft show market and the rest is history!

I use hard and soft wood (i.e. walnut, mahogany, cherry, pine, beech, holly, ash – to name a few) and exotic wood from Africa and South America. Some pictures have over 300 pieces. Each piece is carefully cut with a scroll saw and then sanded which gives the item a 3-dimen-sional effect. An outline of the project is cut using plywood and the various pieces are glued together and then sprayed with 3 coats of polyurethane.

Most of my Intarsia pieces have an animal, nautical or wildlife theme. I have also expanded my craft to include a ships wheel table with an intarsia theme. I also

make a wooden banks, pens and lately I’ve included a line of military-themed plaques. I do accept custom orders.

When you come out to the Coastal Arts Market you will see Hans, as one of the Coastal Art Market Business Partners Hans is always the first person to arrive in the park on third Saturdays. Whenever there’s something to be done Hans lends a hand without saying a word, he’s there for everyone.

We salute you Hans Boecher as an American Vet for your years of service and we thank you for your dedicated ef-forts in building the Coastal Arts Market.

Press Release

Coastal Arts Market


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16560 Three Notch Road • Ridge, Md • 301-872-5454

November 22 11:30 A.M. To 4 P.M.

All You Can Eat $25

Featuring: Ladies of Charity Bake Sale,

Quilt & Basket Raffles, Christmas Room

And Many Vendors!


Thursday, November 19, 2015 23The County Times Business

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By Skylar BroomeContributing Writer

Toss aside any preconceived notions of antique furniture belonging in a grandmother’s house – The Vintage Source in Compton, Md. offers a new outlook. Started 12 years ago by Michelle Radez, old and beat up furniture is transformed into “us-able, beautiful and affordable furniture,” through a lengthy process of repairing damages, stripping, repainting, degreasing, sanding, cleaning, etc.

“I started alone,” says owner Michelle Radez. “But I met people doing the same thing I did. The store wouldn’t have made it this long without that community.” At the time of its founding, she also explained, she was almost married and unable to af-ford furniture – leading her to begin fixing up her own. “Many mistakes were made, but I learned from each one. After my first auction, I was hooked.”

Now Radez finds lines of 50 to 70 people out-side her store on anticipated weekends. Thanks to a strong following, the opening of the store is viewed as a family event within the community. Buying a customized secondhand piece almost guarantees that no one will have the same look as you have in your home, Radez commented.

The Vintage Source’s Holiday Open House is this weekend, Nov. 21 and 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The store will also be open on the second weekend of December from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A vintage flea mar-ket is held three times a year. For more information, visit www.thevintagesource.net.

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The Vintage Source

By Crista DockrayStaff Writer

Blue Wind Gourmet is now offering Peet’s Coffee and Tea.

What was once their beer room is now a small café, complete with a full menu of Peet’s Coffee and Tea drinks as well as Peet’s products like coffee mugs, coffee beans and grinds, tea, and syrups.

Owner Dana Rebarchick decided that Blue Wind Gourmet needed something else. Already selling local wines and craft beers, she decided it was appropri-ate to get into the coffee market because it completed what they had to offer. She chose to sell Peet’s Coffee because it fit their image of fresh, local, and gourmet. Peet’s Coffee is a sustainable company that is committed sustainability from “source to cup.” They roast, “100 percent of our coffees in the first LEED Gold cer-tified roasting facility in the nation.”

Along with their coffees they are sell-

ing the healthy side of breakfast sand-wiches, like Brie and apple sandwich, on their homemade bagels and croissants. They also make their own pastries and cookies and offer oatmeal.

Blue Wind Gourmet has recently ex-tended their morning hours and now opens at 6 a.m., serving breakfast until around 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Blue Wind Gourmet also offers online ordering, which are ready for pickup in 20 minutes. On their website you can or-der your coffee and any menu item you prefer and have it waiting for you when you arrive.

Blue Wind Gourmet is located at 22803 Gunston Dr. in Lexington Park. For more information, visit www.bluewindgour-met.com or call 301-737-2714.

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Blue Wind Gourmet Now Selling Peet’s Coffee

Photos by Crista Dockray

Thursday, November 19, 2015The County Times24To submit your event listing to go in our Community Calendar, please email [email protected] with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.Community Calendar

Month Long

“After Image”Yellow Door Art Studios (22795 Wash-ington St., Leonardtown)

See local photographer Bernard Mathus’ work in the community art gallery titled “After Image.” Works will be on view from Nov. 6 to Nov. 29. with an opening reception for the art-ist on first Friday, Nov. 6. from 5 to 8 p.m. Also, the first Friday open studio runs the same night with a Card Mak-ing Workshop with Renee Dennison (drop-in fee $10.) For more informa-tion, call 240-925-1888.

Kathleen Ball – PaintingsLexington Park Library (21677 FDR Blvd., Lexington Park)

The exhibit runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 12. This exhibit offers a sample of Kathleen’s recent works, many plein aire, from travels in the New England coast, Ireland and Iceland as well as local scenes and portrait studio work at the Art League. In creating, she first mentally and emotionally tries to cap-ture the essence of the scene or the individual - the light, the color, the form - and work to convey this spirit as she complete the image.

Karen Vaughn – PaintingsCommunity Bank of the Chesapeake Gallery Space (30165 Three Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall)

Community Bank of the Chesa-peake is featuring paintings by Karen Vaughn. This show runs through Nov. 30.

Angel Wings and ThingsSt. Michael’s Church (16560 Three Notch Rd., Ridge)

Angel Wings and Things Thrift Store will be open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., except holiday week-ends. We feature a great selection of clothing, baby goods, home goods, sports equipment, and furniture, all very reasonably priced. Donations are accepted between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Weekly specials are posted in the store. We look forward to having you visit us! For any questions, please contact Marti Lloyd

at St. Michael’s School, at 301-872-5454.

Thursday, Nov. 19

Laser Therapy Open HouseSouthern Maryland Anne Penman La-ser Therapy (22530 Washington St., Leonardtown)- 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Southern Maryland Anne Penman Laser Therapy is holding an Open House on Thursday, to support the Great American Smokeout Day. Events include: laser demo and information on Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss and Stress Management; mini-educa-tion sessions with Sergina Rodriguez, of Sergina Skin Care, of Barefoot Well-ness; Stacy Green Holistic, a Certified Nutrition Consultant, also of Barefoot Wellness; Carol Boehm, MSN, FNP-BC, Family Practice, Young Living Essential Oils; Melaney Wood, LMT currently located in Wildewood; and also, sharing her therapy skills through music, Donna Bennett, Clinical Social Worker/Therapist/Life Coach – all in

all, a definite event NOT to miss. All will share their unique services and products, and discounted gift cer-tificates will be available that night for your Christmas gift list. Refresh-ments and door prizes will be offered. See more information on the Maryland link at www.annepenmanlasertherapy.com.

Grocery AuctionMother Catherine Academy (38833

Chaptico Rd., Helen)- 6 p.m.Folks had so much fun at the last

grocery auction, as well as getting some great deals, we have decided to have another one! Our food provider will be loaded with a large variety of items and will be offering some great deals! Remember, no two auctions are the same. If you did not get what you needed/wanted from previous auc-tions be sure to come to this one. We never know what’s coming off the truck next! We never know ahead of time what we are getting, but expect any-thing that could be found in a grocery store such as candies, snacks, so-das, frozen meats, frozen vegetables, frozen pizza, can goods, dry goods, cleaning supplies, dairy products, or just about anything else in between. Auctions of this type will have a lot of “pass outs”. This means that the larger the crowd the better because the dis-tributor can move more product and a better price. So pass the word to your neighbor and friends. Be sure to your cooler! Better yet, bring several cool-ers! Payment will be cash or check. School cafeteria will be serving food. We expect the auction to run about three to four hours. For more informa-tion contact: Mother Catherine Acad-emy at 301-884-3165, Brian Russell (Russell Brothers Farm) at 301-475-1633, OR Ronnie Farrell(Auctioneer) at 301-904-3402.

Friday, Nov. 20AuctionImmaculate Conception Church Hall (28297 Old Village Ave., Mechanics-ville)- 6 p.m.

Live auction, Country Store, bake table, raffles, food table, basket table, and Christmas table, and lots of fun and excitement. Quilts, furniture, an-tiques, picnic tables, gift sets, dinners, sports memorabilia, collectibles, Af-ghans, rockers, and many other items made and donated by the parish com-munity. Auctioneer will be A.J. Bussler. Food (stuffed ham sandwiches, fried chicken, hot dogs, potato salad, and vegetable crab soup) and drinks avail-able. See donated items on www.auc-tionzip.com. Click on 20659, Search, click on Nov. 20, then IC Auction. View Photo Gallery for pictures, which will be constantly updated. Visa and M/C accepted. For information, contact Evelyn Arnold 301-884-4567, Rectory 301-884-3123.

Saturday, Nov. 21

Contra DanceChrist Episcopal Church Parish Hall (37497 Zach Fowler Rd., Chaptico)- 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Contra is a traditional American style of social dance and is a huge amount of fun (and exercise) for the whole fam-

ily! If you’ve ever danced a Virginia Reel or been to a Square Dance, you have a good idea how much fun it can be. If you haven’t, it’s about time you tried it! Beginners are encouraged to arrive at 7 to get some instruction in the vari-ous dances. Admission is $10 for non-SMTMD members; $6 for members (band members are free.) No special clothing is required! You need to be comfortable, to move freely. There will be an ice cream social following the

dance. For more information and di-rections go to www.smtmd.org.

Make Bird Feeders to Take Home Guild Craft Shop (26005 Point Lookout Rd., Leonardtown)- 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Chip Whipkey, from Wild Birds Un-limited, will be doing a presentation about local wildlife in Southern Mary-land at the Craft Guild Shop on Sat-urday, November 21, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. He will also show children how to make bird feeders and how to care for birds in the winter time. The children can take their feeders home for their own birds. These feeders are made out of items available at home, so they can continue to feed the birds all winter. For more informa-tion, please call the Craft Guild Shop at 301-997-1644. This is a free event.

Indoor Flea MarketSaint Mary’s County Fairgrounds – 8 a.m. to noon

St. Mary’s County Fair Association is having an indoor Flea Market. All vendors and Crafters are welcome. An 8x10 space with one table may be rented for $25. For information or to reserve a space you must call 301-475-9543.

Olde Fashion Christmas BazaarSt. Francis Xavier Church (21370

Newtowne Neck Rd., Leonardtown) 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come and enjoy our Christmas Bazaar.

Sunday, Nov. 22

Chesapeake Community Chorus PracticeNorth Beach Union Church (8912 Chesapeake Ave., North Beach)- 4 to 6 p.m.

The Chesapeake Community Cho-rus, an all-volunteer chorus that raises funds for local charities, is looking to add singers to the chorus. No audi-tions required. Contact Larry Brown, Director, at 301-855-7477 or email him at [email protected].

Fall Craft FairHollywood Volunteer Fire Department Social Hall (24801 Three Notch Rd., Hollywood)- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Free parking and admission is free. The Ladies Auxiliary will have lunch items for sale that will include stuffed ham sandwiches, homemade soup, barbecue sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs and French fries. There will also be stuffed ham for sale by the pound and baked goods for sale. For more information, contact Leone Gatton at 301-373-2221.

Monday, Nov. 23

Writing TalkLeonardtown Library Meeting Room (23250 Hollywood Rd., Leonardtown)- 7 p.m.

The St. Mary’s County Chapter of The Maryland Writers’ Association is sponsoring a talk entitled “A Recipe for Writing Success” by cookbook author Ellynne B. Davis. Join us and you will learn how to write a recipe for a cook-book, your memoir, or to add spice to your fiction and nonfiction titles.

Tuesday, Nov. 24

Drop-in Computer CodingCalvert Library Prince Frederick (850 Costley Way)- 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Have fun learning the languages of computers. It’s fun, It’s easy. Younger children will need the help of an adult. For more information, call 410-535-0291 or 301-855-1862.

Wednesday, Nov. 25

Bird Feeder WorkshopCalvert Marine Museum (14200 Solo-mons Island Rd., Solomons)- sessions at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.

Make a bird feeder using recycled materials and get messy making a birdseed stuffed pinecone. For chil-dren age 5 – 10. Register at the admis-sions desk the day of the workshop. Space is limited; $4 per child due at time of registration.

Thursday, Nov. 26

Thanksgiving DinnerChurch of the Ascension (21641 Great Mills Rd., Lexington Park)- noon to 3 p.m.

The dinner is free and all you need to bring are your friends and/or a good appetite. Everyone

is welcome. We’re serving a tradi-tional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, etc. And, of course, what would Thanksgiving be without dessert! Call the Church office at 301-863-8551 for more information.

Project ECHO’s 4th Annual Turkey Trot The Arc of Southern Maryland (355 W Dares Beach Rd., Prince Frederick) - Registration 6 a.m. Race at 7 a.m.

Project ECHO is the homeless shel-ter of Calvert County that serves men, women and children. Residents stay rent-free in a safe, sober, substance-free environment for up to 90 days while they work toward stabilizing their lives. Last year ECHO provided more than 13,000 bed nights and nearly 24,000 hot meals to members of our community. Every Thanksgiving we hold a benefit called the Turkey Trot. The Turkey Trot is a 5k run/walk that is a fun, family-friendly event. This year will be our 4th annual 5k and we kindly ask that you help us notify the community. To register go to www.5kturkeytrot.vp-web.com.

Friday, Nov. 27

Hearth and HomeVisitor Center (18751 Hogaboom Ln., St. Mary’s City)- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Give your post-Thanksgiving kitch-en a break and experience what and how the colonists prepared food in the


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

St. Cecilia Church47950 Mattapany Rd, PO Box 429

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HUGHESVILLE BAPTIST CHURCHA member of the Southern Baptist Convention

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

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Rev. Sheldon Reese, PastorSunday Worship 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.Sunday School for all ages 9:45 a.m.All of our services are traditional.

Child care is provided.Sunday Evening Youth Group

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301-373-2500

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Greetings from the Bible Temple Church family in Mechanicsville Maryland.

Here at Bible Temple, we believe that in this life it is important to have strong and

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Address: 29050 New Market Village Road, Mechanicsville, MD 20659

Website: www.bibletemplechurch.orgPhone number: 301-374-9110

Leadership: Pastor Joseph and First Lady Marilyn Young

Sunday School for all ages: 9:00AMSunday Morning Worship: 9:45AM

Bible Study: Wednesdays at 7:30PM

Through these relationships, we develop the characteristics of love, understanding and forgiveness; the true heart of Christ.

“ Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3).

Church ScheduleSunday Morning Worship 10 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m.Friday Men Perfecting Men 7 p.m

21800 N. Shangri-La, Dr. #8PO Box 1260Lexington Park, MD 20653301-866-5772Pastor James L. Bell, Sr.

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St. George Church: Saturday, 5:00 p.m. • Sunday, 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m.

St. Francis Xavier Chapel: Saturday, 7:00 p.m. (Memorial Day-Labor Day)

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American Heritage Girls 1st & 3rd Thursday • 6:30 P.M.

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“olden days.” This hearth and home event is a lively exploration of 17th-century foodways focusing on most things venison. We invite you to watch demonstrations in various methods of venison cooking and preservation while discovering the 17th-century ver-sions of a refrigerator, stove, and food processor. All activities are included in general admission to the museum: $10 adult, $9 for senior, $6 for children ages 6 to 18, and free for those 5 years and younger and Friends members. Bring a non-perishable food item for the Southern Maryland Food Bank and enjoy a $1 discount. For more infor-mation, contact 240-895-4990, 800-SMC-1634, or [email protected].

Saturday, Nov. 28

Hearth and HomeVisitor Center (18751 Hogaboom Ln., St. Mary’s City)- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Give your post-Thanksgiving kitch-en a break and experience what and how the colonists prepared food in the “olden days.” This hearth and home event is a lively exploration of 17th-century foodways focusing on most things venison. We invite you to watch demonstrations in various methods of venison cooking and preservation while discovering the 17th-century ver-sions of a refrigerator, stove, and food processor. All activities are included in general admission to the museum: $10 adult, $9 for senior, $6 for children ages 6 to 18, and free for those 5 years and younger and Friends members. Bring a non-perishable food item for the Southern Maryland Food Bank and enjoy a $1 discount. For more infor-

mation, contact 240-895-4990, 800-SMC-1634, or [email protected].

Small Business SaturdayCalvert Marine Museum (14200 Sol-

omons Island Rd., Solomons)- 10:15 a.m. to 4:45 a.m.

Bring friends and shop in the Muse-um Store for everyone on your holiday list today! Mention “Small Business Saturday” at check-out and receive 20% off of your purchase. For more in-formation, call 410-326-2750.

Sunday, Nov. 29

Annual Holiday BazaarSt. Mary’s Fairgrounds (Fairgrounds Rd., Leonardtown)- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Crafters, vendors, homemade items, gifts, and more!

Winter WonderlandBay District Vol. Fire Department- 5:30 p.m.

Fun for beginning of the holidays.... Santa, crafts, lighting the tree and more.

We are located next to the Lexington Park library. Everyone welcome.

Monday, Nov.30

On Pins & NeedlesCalvert Library Twin Beaches Branch (3819 Harbor Rd. # 200, Chesapeake Beach)- 1 to 4 p.m.

Bring your quilting, needlework, knitting, crocheting, or other project for an afternoon of conversation and shared creativity. For more informa-tion, call 410-257-2411.

Summerseat Farm’s Annual Christmas Open House

Saturday, December 5, 2015 11:00 to 2:00 p.m.

at the historic Summerseat Farm House, beautifully decorated for the Christmas season.

Enjoy holiday cookies and cider, visits with Santa,

photos with Santa, Christmas music, Christmas craft room for the kids, hay rides, visits with the farm animals

$5.00 per family

For information, call 301-373-6607/301-373-5858 or email [email protected]. Summerseat Farm, Inc ▪ 26655 Three Notch Rd ▪ Mechanicsville MD ▪ 20659


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The Calvert 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].

Please submit calendar listings by noon on the Tuesday prior to our Thursday publication.

Good Old-Fashioned Dance Party

An Evening Of Fun With Bumper Jacksons On Nov. 20

Alexander Ln., Solomons) - 9 a.m.

Sunday, Nov. 22

Build Your Own Bloody MaryRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell)

Hand Dancing and Line Dancing SocialHouse of Dance (24620 Three Notch Rd., Hollywood) - 5 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 23

Pizza and Pint NightRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell) - 4 to 7 p.m.

Team TriviaRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell) - 7 p.m.

Happy HourRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell) - 3 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 24

Burger and PintRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell) - 4 to 7 p.m.

Team FeudRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell) - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Zumba Gold-ToningSunderland Elementary School (150 C Jones Rd., Sunderland) - 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 25

Mixed BusinessRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell) - 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 19

Mike DamronRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell) - 7:30 p.m.

CSM Main Stage Theatre: “Oliver!”College of Southern Maryland La Plata Campus, Fine Arts Building (8730 Mitchell Rd., La Plata) - 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 20

Friday Night BingoNewburg Vol. Rescue Squad and Fire Department (12245 Rock Point Rd., Newburg) - 5:30 p.m.

DJ DaveRuddy Duck (13200 Dowell Rd., Dowell) - 8 p.m.

CSM Main Stage Theatre: “Oliver!”College of Southern Maryland La Pla-ta Campus, Fine Arts Building (8730 Mitchell Rd., La Plata) - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 21

The Not So Modern Jazz Quartet - Music of the 20s, 30s, and 40sThe Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesa-peake Ave., North Beach) - 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Texas Holdem and Cash GamesJulie Rogers Studio of Dance (4120 Old Town Rd., Huntingtown) - 7 p.m.

19th Annual Thanksgiving 5k/Pre-diction Run 5k and Fun WalkSt. Mary’s City - 9 a.m.

Our Lady Star of the Sea Christ-mas BazaarOur Lady Star of the Sea School (90

Everyone is invited to join the party with Bumper Jacksons on Friday, Novem-ber 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Harms Gallery. Tickets are $10 each online at www.bit.ly//MaritimeConcerts; $15 at the door (cash or check). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with beer, wine, and water available for sale.

Back by popular demand after last year’s sold out show! Bumper Jacksons is deeply rooted in their love for jazz, blues, swing, and old-time country. Acclaimed as the region’s “Best Traditional Folk Band” at the 2013 Washington Area Music Awards, Bumper Jacksons are playfully creative with their originals and unafraid to scrap together new sounds from the forgotten late 70s. They perform traditional sounds of America, heart-wrenching and youth-ful, and always in the spirit of raw adven-

ture. The group released their newest album “Too Big World” in July 2015. Hear it now at http://bumperjacksons.bandcamp.com/

The young talent is Jess Eliot Myhre (clarinet, vocals and washboard), Chris Ousley (guitar, vocals), Alex Lacquement (bass, harmony vocals), Dan Cohan (suit-case percussion, snare), Dave Hadley (pedal steel), and Brian Priebe (trombone, harmo-ny vocals).

Mark your calendar for the last show of the 2015 Maritime Performance Series for Friday, December 18 as EVA performs The Turning of the Year. The Maritime Perfor-mance Series is sponsored in part by Holi-day Inn Solomons.

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By Linda RenoContributing Writer

I always tell people who are begin-ning to trace their family trees “If you can’t stand a little bit of dirt, you need to leave it alone.” I should also add that it’s highly unlikely you have Indian blood or that your ancestors arrived on the Ark and Dove. But most importantly, make sure you get it right!

If you are new to this and think that you can go to Ancestry.com and get the answers to all of your questions, you are living in a fool’s paradise. Many folks have posted their family trees and while some of the information is correct, most of it is not and to add insult to injury, you will see that others have copied the same erroneous information over and over again.

Then there have been cases where

people have actually falsified informa-tion to enable them to join the DAR, Society of the Ark and Dove, etc. One of these involves the Briscoe family. If you are a Briscoe descendant (as I am), you are descended from Philip Briscoe (1645-1724). He was NOT the son of the supposed Dr. John Briscoe who was personally invited by Lord Baltimore to come to Maryland on the Ark or Dove. There was no Dr. John Briscoe and there was no invitation.

During the 1930s members of the Briscoe family living in West Virginia had this so-called letter in their posses-sion, but when it was tested (parchment and ink), it was debunked. Further, the records of John Biscoe (1609-1667) were used by this family to “prove” their the-ory that there was a Dr. John Briscoe. That doesn’t work either.

Then we have the Green family. For many years, members of that family

had gained membership into the Soci-ety of the Ark and Dove as they claimed to have descended from James Green, son of Robert Green (son of Governor Thomas Green). Yes, they were de-scended from a James Green who died in Prince George’s County in 1734, but not THE James Green.

James Green, son of Robert Green and Mary Boarman, and grandson of Governor Thomas Green, died in St. Mary’s County in 1721. He married Ag-nes Thomas, daughter of William and Catherine ____Thomas. They had no children. After James Green died Agnes married William Cutler.

The will of Mary (Boarman) Green of St. Mary’s County dated May 12, 1716 devised to her sons Thomas and James,

“Guyther’s Purchase” as now divided between them; if they die without issue, their share to pass to their widows dur-ing widowhood and then to grandson, Thomas Squires [then under the age of 18] and his heirs…

James Green died by June 10, 1721 when his widow Agnes Green filed ad-ministration accounts on his estate. On August 5, 1723 Agnes, now listed as the wife of William Cutler, filed another account showing Thomas Squires as a legatee.

Briscoe descendants and descendants of James Green of Prince George’s County are no longer eligible for mem-bership in the Society of the Ark and Dove.

Fact or Fallacy, Pt I

St. Mary’s Department of AgingPrograms and Activities

Loffler Senior Activity Center 301-737-5670, ext. 1658Garvey Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4200, ext. 1050

Northern Senior Activity Center, 301-475-4002, ext. 13101

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

Department of Aging & Human Services Offices to Close for Thanksgiving Holiday

The offices of the Department of Aging & Human Services and the senior activity centers will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26 & 27 in observance of Thanksgiving.

Advanced Decorative Painting Series

The Northern Senior Activ-ity Center will offer an advanced decorative painting series on Mondays (4 classes) from 1:30-4:30 p.m. during the winter sea-son. Class dates are to be deter-mined. Learn to paint a beauti-ful winter scene with a revolving Santa and his reindeer riding over a stone cottage to music! The class series costs $45 and includes the custom cut wood, music box, paint, and original pattern packet. Payment is due at signup and an additional supply list will be provided. Some loaner paint brushes may be available upon request. Prior decorative painting experience is required. There are only a few spots left for this class! For more information

or to inquire about the supply list, please call 301-475-4002, opt. 1/ext. 3103.

Live Christmas Perfor-mance at Northern

The Charles County Show Troupe will perform “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on Mon-day, Nov. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the Northern Senior Activity Center. Come enjoy this classic holiday story along with singing, dancing, and talent galore. The show is free and is sure to be a lot of fun. Don’t forget to sign up for lunch by noon on Wednesday, Nov. 25. After the show enjoy a hamburger with natural cheese, lettuce, to-mato, and onion with condiments on a deli roll along with orange and pineapple salad, apricots, and low-sodium V8 juice. To sign up for the show and to sign up for lunch, call 301-475-4002, opt. 1/ext. 3101.

Gift Donations Needed for Christmas Gift Bingo

Every year the Loffler Senior Activity Center hosts a special day of Bingo in which Christmas shopping items are the prizes. We have a full house of 50 players

signed up and are now looking for donations of gifts for our prize table. Donations should be new items, not shopworn or expired foodstuffs, but items suitable for gift-giving. They should not be gift-wrapped. Donations can be dropped off at the Loffler Senior Activity Center, Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. now through Dec. 15. Thank you for thinking of us. If you have questions, call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

November Art Changes at Loffler

There are some schedule changes for art classes at Loffler Senior Activity Center for Novem-ber. Normally scheduled Open Studio class will not take place on Nov. 20. However, students are welcome to join the Tuesday classes this month at 10 a.m. and paint on paper, wood and ceram-ic for some fun holiday décor. For questions call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658.

Zentangle MeetupZentangle is an easy to learn

method of creating beautiful im-ages from repetitive patterns. It is a fascinating new art form that

is fun and relaxing. It increases focus and creativity. This group meets at the Garvey Senior Activ-ity Center on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 10:00 a.m. and is for those famil-iar with Zentangle, curious about Zentangle, and who want to prac-tice Zentangle in a positive, sup-portive atmosphere with people of like minds. Each month we will show and tell what we’ve been working on (this is a no judgment zone) and tangle together (bring your materials and a project to work on). To learn more or to sign up, call 301-475-4200, ext. 1050.

Hanging Felt SnowmanOn the day before Thanksgiv-

ing, try your hand at making a sweet snowman to hang from your door knob. This project is offered at the Loffler Senior Activ-ity Center on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. The cost is just $1 and covers all the supplies needed to complete one snowman. There is some simple sewing and stitch-ing involved. Call 301-737-5670, ext. 1658 or stop by the recep-tion desk by Nov. 20. Class size is limited.


Our names our Flint and Ridge. We are brothers. We were born approximately Sep-tember 1, 2015 into a feral colony. When we were first trapped, we were so scared and we were not very friendly but with patience and love we have become sooooo friendly. We love to run over to our foster mom and lay on top of her if she watches TV. We have instant purr motors. We cost $125 each.

We are combo tested for aids and feline leukemia, neutered, microchipped, de-wormed and we will receive three distemper vaccines. You can meet us at the Petco in California on most Saturdays and Sundays between 11 and 3. We are sort of the Last of the Mohicans.

Feral Cat Rescue has been trying to trap our mom for over a year. They have taken in so many of her litters and found inside only homes for them. They finally caught her and she was spayed, vaccinated for rabies and dewormed. She is happily living at her outside colony where someone feeds her and the other cats every day. This is called Trap/ Neuter / Return/ Maintain. It is known as TNRM. Feral Cat Rescue is al-ways looking for foster families to help socialize kittens and take in domestic adults to find inside only homes. Would you be a foster? Would you adopt us or one of us?

Check out their website at www.feralcatrescuemd.org for applications and infor-mation. We are so adorable and would love you for our forever.

WanderingsAimless Mind

Anniversary Week

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By Shelby OppermanContributing Writer

This wedding anniversary on the Nov. 17 was our 14th. So far so good. As we do with our birthdays which oc-cur in the same week, we like to have an anniversary week and celebrate a few times. We learned ten years ago about celebrating as long and lovingly as we could, after I nearly lost my hus-band to a massive heart attack just a few days after our fourth anniversa-ry. We make our time together count when we of course aren’t aggravating each other with annoying little habits. :)

Normally, it has been me who plans our anniversary, but this year my husband said he had a plan. I thought about not going to the crafternoon scheduled on our anniversary that my friend Barbara lovingly sets up for a large group of diverse women at the Northern Senior Center. But my hus-band said, “No, go ahead, we should be fine on the time.” Though he would not tell me what the plan was. It used to be when I could walk fine and for hours, we would head to Old Town Alexandria or National Harbor or even Waldorf. Many of our anniver-saries have been spent in Old Town; I love how all the trees are decorated in party lights all up and down King Street. And there is always so much to do and see there – pretty much all on one long street.

So, as I left for the crafternoon, I wondered what excitement awaited for the evening. But learning a new craft would be first. The fun plan for yesterday was painting silk scarves using Sharpie markers and alcohol. The videos that Barbara suggested we watch were beautiful. It all looked easy enough for me to do as well. As a note, if you haven’t availed yourself of the Northern Senior Center’s craft room you should check it out. I know Barbara has a clay group that meets also. I ended up being quite a bit late for the class and thought I might just watch, but I ended up starting on a scarf anyway. I picked a design with fairly quick strokes: a stylized rose pattern in purple and lime green. Luckily I had an entire gallon poly bag filled with all sorts of Sharpies just waiting for a project like this. It took less time than I thought to create the pattern, then a new friend I met named Angie went outside with me to spray down the scarf with alcohol, and then both of us held a long end and fluttered the scarf so it would dry

quicker. If you hang it on a clothes-line to quickly, the pattern will leave drip lines. The alcohol makes the pat-tern soften and spread and makes the scarf look like a beautiful watercolor design and very professional. Now all I have to do is iron the scarf so it will be heat set, wash it, and then wear it. I think I have just the place to wear it this weekend.

When I arrived home, my husband was ready to head out. I changed and he told me we were going to eat at The Lighthouse on Solomon’s Island and then go to see the new James Bond movie, Spectre. The new James Bond film!!! My husband had me at that. He didn’t even need to take me to dinner…just Bond, James Bond was enough. Dinner was nice and relaxing at the Lighthouse, and since we left the house about 4:30, we had time to enjoy a lingering glass of wine with peanut butter/chocolate pie. I was ready now for the movie. This would be the first time either one of us had been to the new Lexington Exchange Movie Theater. It’s a really nice the-ater. I love how they not only have central bathrooms, but bathrooms on each wing. You don’t miss as much of the movie that way if you have to slip out.

I have always loved James Bond movies since I was little. I know every movie, every song, have read all of Ian Fleming’s books. Yes, I am a Bond Girl…don’t I wish. Spectre started out with action and really never let up un-til the end. I had read some reviews that said the plot was weak, or the movie went on too long, but I disagree. The movie was fantastic, with all the gadgets, suaveness, and action that a true Bond aficionado loves. I felt like I was back in the Sean Connery days of Bond. Pierce Brosnan had made a comment to the effect that the movie would be better off with more reality. I don’t want reality – I have watched the awful news on TV all week. I want a movie where the villains are captured or contained in spectacular ways, and that the world is a safe place again. Maybe that is just what we need… more James Bond.

To each new day’s adventure, Shelby

Please send your comments or ideas to: [email protected] find me on facebook: Shelby Oppermann

Book Review

By Terri SchlichenmeyerContributing Writer

“Use your head!”That’s what your parents, grandpar-

ents, even your teacher says all the time. Use your head. Think things through. Don’t stop looking for the solution be-cause you’re close to an understanding – even if, as in the new book “Gargoyle Hall: An Araminta Spookie Adven-ture” by Angie Sage, you have to go somewhere else to find it.

Like any good detective, Araminta Spookie loved a mystery. She and her sidekick-best-friend, Wanda Wizzard, were really talented at solving them, and that was a great thing, because Spookie House was positively filled with mysteries!

First of all, Araminta’s Uncle Drac wasn’t sleeping with his bats, which was a mystery. And then he told the girls that they couldn’t go into the Bat Tur-ret, which was another mystery. And then there was the mystery of why Aunt Tabby and Great-Aunt Emilene were planning on sending Araminta away to boarding school.

That was the saddest mystery of all be-cause Araminta didn’t want to go. Sure, she’d been the cause of a little trouble… but was it really that bad?

Great-Aunt Emilene must’ve thought so, because it wasn’t long before Aramin-ta was on the steps of Miss Gargoyle’s Academy for Girls, right in front of Miss Gargoyle herself! As round as she was tall, Miss Gargoyle was waiting for Ara-minta, accompanied by two skinny, iden-tical girls who both looked like vultures.

Araminta was not happy, but what else could she do except try to figure out the mystery of why she was there? Uncle Drac hinted that it wasn’t her fault. Sir Horace the Ghost said he would come quick, if she needed him. Even Wanda, who’d quietly stowed away in Araminta’s trunk (along with one of Uncle Drac’s little baby bats), was at the Academy for support but things just weren’t adding up.

Who were the Vulture Girls, and why were they so weird? Was it safe to trust the blocky woman called Matron? Why was Miss Gargoyle locked in her room at night? And the biggest mystery of all: what was The Beast that howled all night in the hallways?

Like any good detective, Araminta had to know!

It took me awhile to figure out a lot of things in this book. I couldn’t quite get a bead on the characters, how they related to one another or even why. Eventually, it hit me that, though there’s nothing on the front cover or inside flap to indicate as much, “Gargoyle Hall” is the latest in a series.

That’s important to know because au-thor Angie Sage’s gently spooky tale is cute, but it’ll be much better if readers have the full story. Once they do, 8-to-11-year-olds who are prone to night-mares but still crave a few mysterious chills should be able to handle Araminta Spookie quite easily.

My advice would be to start your child at the beginning with a couple of the ear-lier books, to get the gist of the story be-fore tackling this one. If you don’t, read-ers of “Gargoyle Hall” might be in over their heads.

“Gargoyle Hall: An Araminta Spookie Adventure” by Angie Sagec.2015, Bloomsbury Children’s Book$16.99 / $18.99 Canada • 216 pages

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