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Summertime in St. Mary’s CountyDo you plan to attend any of the shows at the River Concert Series at St. Mary’s College this summer?

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“I’m not really into classical music too much, but it’s some-

thing that I might take a girl to go see or some-

thing,” said Steve Soucoup, who works in California.

“I like to go up to D.C., you know what I mean, I went to the Gucci

Mane concert not too long ago … I’ll go see a Nat’s game or

something.”

Darling Zollinhofer: Yes, I would probably go again this year. I went to one or two of them last year, and I got to see the fireworks last year, so that was really cool.

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Southern Maryland legislators say that they are still waiting for a response from State Highway Administration and Department of Transportation staff about options for reducing traffic congestion on Route 235 and across the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge.

The project team on the bridge design started work after this year’s legislative ses-sion, said Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland Director Wayne Clark after local law makers asked for the options.

“They pressed MDOT and SHA to look into what could be done,” Clark said. “They’ve begun developing options for short term solutions.”

The expansion or rebuilding of the bridge, which links Calvert and St. Mary’s County and accommodates commuter traffic to and from the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, is the re-gion’s top transportation priority, Clark said.

Del. John Wood (D-Dist.29A) said that the delegation has received no word yet on what those traffic decongestion measures might be.

“Just tell us what you’re doing,” Wood said. “They say they’re working, they say they’re putting it together.

“Show us what you’re doing.”David Buck, spokesman for the State

Highway Administration, said that the project team would need several months to work out ideas.

“They’re just at the beginning stages of

coming up with these ideas,” Buck said.Wood said one option for relieving the

stress on Route 235 could be to open up the shoulder or another lane to allow traffic to make the turn onto Route 4 and let the rest of the traffic move along.

But that still left the traffic bottleneck problem at the bridge and across it, he said.

Traffic routinely backs up on Route 235 leading to the intersection of Route 4 in St. Mary’s, and traffic also bottlenecks at the bridge crossing along the span out to Route 4.

On the other side of the bridge, in Calvert County, traffic again stalls as cars comes off the span where traffic starts at two lanes of traffic.

Currently no money has been appropri-ated for either the engineering or the construc-tion of either a new bridge or an expansion.

Those options and others are still in the planning study stage.

The cost for engineering could be about $68 million, while the total cost of the whole project has been estimated at about $600 million.

Getting options to relieve traffic there now was critical, said House Minority Leader Del. Anthony O’Donnell (D-Dist. 29C).

“The state needs to evaluate the Thomas Johnson Bridge at Route 4 and on both sides of the bridge to mitigate traffic congestion as an interim action prior to the bridge being build,” O’Donnell said. “It won’t solve the problems permanently but they may be somewhat help-ful in managing the traffic congestion.”

Southern Maryland Reps Push For Improvements To Bridge Now


A plan designed to guide growth and de-velopment throughout St. Mary’s County is set for a public hearing on Monday, June 22, and county officials believe that as many as 300 people may show to hear that sections of the county could be rezoned following adop-tion of the plan to allow less development.

“Some people’s expectations could be reduced,” said Senior Planner Jeff Jack-man, with the Department of Land Use and Growth Management. “They could find in a year-and-a-half that there is a zone on their land that could change their prospects.”

As currently proposed, some St. Mary’s County Comprehensive Plan areas, such as eastern Hollywood, and New Market, would be rezoned as village centers rather than town centers, which could return land to the rural preservation district.

Some parts of Mechanicsville could also be taken out of the town center designation.

“We’re proposing to protect more ag-

riculture and some of the sensitive areas,” Jackman said.

Jackman said that housing develop-ments in the rural preservation district could only be built out to one house per five acres as opposed to the limited residential zoning that allows one house per acre.

Phil Shire, deputy director of the county land use agency said that 1,000 notices have been mailed to property owners who would be affected by the proposed changes in the comprehensive plan.

The plan also includes sections about water resources and the environment, eco-nomic development, housing, community facilities and transportation.

The June 22 hearing is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Depart-ment in Lexington Park. A second hearing on the plan is set for 6:30 p.m. on Mon., July 13, at Chopticon High School.

John K. Parlett, a Charlotte Hall-based developer, said that the current comprehen-sive plan could start the process of allowing town centers like Charlotte Hall to be more

Updated County Land-Use Plan Looks To Increase Rural Land By Downzoning

Public Hearing Set For Monday In Lexington Park

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The state can only afford to provide seasonal f lu vaccine for elementary school students in St. Mary’s County, according to the county health officer, leaving par-ents of middle and high school students to get the vaccine for their children on their own.

Getting as many people as possible vaccinated against the seasonal f lu is criti-cal, Dr. William Icenhower said, as he and state officials are worried that a strain might combine with a resurgent swine f lu in the fall and create a more potent disease.

The World Health Organization re-cently elevated its pandemic alert to its highest level for the swine f lu which origi-nated in Mexico and has circled the globe.

There are currently 250 confirmed cases of swine f lu in Maryland, none of them fatal, he said, and no confirmed cases have been reported in St. Mary’s County.

Icenhower said that he has developed a plan to have all public school students immunized with a vaccine against the sea-sonal f lu with the cooperation of the county schools but that that the plan will only be executed if the funds become available.

“You could get a more deadly form of the virus than both are now,” Icenhower said of the possibility of the seasonal and

the swine f lu strains mixing.So far the state has nearly 700,000

courses of Tamif lu antiviral drugs in stor-age for a resurgent swine f lu, split be-tween its own reserves and federal stocks, said David Paulson, spokesman for the state’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Icenhower said the stock of Tamif lu, for which the county commissioners re-leased funds to purchase, has not arrived yet, although it is on order. In addition, the state has not released any of the promised drugs despite the county finding an ade-quate storage space for it.

Icenhower said that the health depart-ment has purchased the Tamif lu from the lowest bidder it could find for the county’s $11,000 appropriation.

“That’ll give us maybe 134 doses, which is a drop in the bucket, but it’s bet-ter than zilch,” Icenhower said. “We can’t get it [the state supply for the county] delivered.

“They keep saying they’re going to deliver.”

Paulson said that no emergency situ-ation currently exists to warrant releasing the Tamif lu, though a plan to distribute it to county hospitals and health departments is in place if an emergency occurs.

“It’s all stored in a central, secret facility for security purposes,” Paulson said.

Health Officer Reports No State Money For Middle, High School Flu Vaccine

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Are potholes and other road maladies becoming a problem on county roads?

Our road situation in St. Mary’s County is probably as

bad as I’ve ever seen it.

Del. John Wood (D-Dist. 29A)

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St. Mary’s County has more than just its history to attract tourists. It also has its natural environment, and county officials say they are hoping to cash in on that.

The idea of using eco-tourism to bring in money to the county and diversify the economy is not a new one, said Bob Schaller, director of the county’s Depart-ment of Economic and Community Development, but it has come under renewed focus after a visit from some George Washington University students last spring.

Schaller said that the tourism industry master’s de-gree candidates came down to tour the county as part of their final project, and the student whose argument won the favor of a panel was the one who proposed market-ing some of the county’s natural resources for recreation purposes.

“We have this wonderful landscape, just being such a unique county,” Schaller said. “We have a lot of water and our culture is based on that.

“Some people might look at the shoreline for a sun-set but others look at it to get a kayak in the water.”

One of the issues hampering the county from tak-ing full advantage of the water as an eco-tourism re-source is that there is only so much public water access, Schaller said

But that may change with the state’s purchase of formerly owned Jesuit land at Kitts Point south of the Webster Field Annex and south of Compton that could provide that critical access, he said.

Another piece of the puzzle will be to advertise and brand the county as an eco- tourism destination and tie that to major events already here for bigger draws.

County Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe (R-Golden Beach) said that the county could turn in the same success as the Florida Keys in going to eco-tourism.

“Our dynamic is much the same, sur-rounded by water,” Jarboe said. “It would make a lot of sense.”

The kayak launches in Great Mills and most recently at the Leonardtown Wharf were examples of the kind of ac-tivity linked to eco-tourism found in the county.

“You have it here already happen-ing,” Jarboe said. “It’s just not recog-nized as eco-tourism yet.”

The county has engaged in a ma-jor push for tourist dollars around its role as the place where colonists first arrived in Maryland in 1634; events celebrating the state’s 375th birthday are happening at St. Mary’s City and other locations around the county this weekend.

County economic development officials are also pushing for more hotel and lodge space construction to help sustain more and more visitors.

University Study Advises Eco-Tourism For County

defined and eventually spread out from off Route 5 onto side and secondary streets.

“I’ve had a fear for sometime that the northern end of the county has had commer-cial zoning with no distinction between the town centers,” Parlett said. “I believe town centers and development districts should have some depth to them and not be one street wide.”

Parlett also said the comprehensive plan as proposed helped preserve the county’s original character.

“What makes St. Mary’s County St. Mary’s County are its rural characteristics,” Parlett said.

The draft plan is posted to the county’s Web site at www.stmarysmd.com. Click on

Land Use and Growth Management under the Services box, then click on Public Hearing

documents.Print copies are available for review at

the three St. Mary’ s County Libraries (www.stmalib.org) and at the County’s

Public Information Office on the third floor of the Potomac Building in Leonardtown.

CD’s of the plan and print copies can be obtained at the Land Use and Growth Man-agement Department in the Patuxent Build-ing on the Governmental Center campus.

The hearing is scheduled to be video-taped and aired live and may be rebroadcast on Cable Channel 95. To view the Channel 95 schedule, log on to http://www.co.saint-marys.md.us/docs/ch95/.

Photo by Guy Leonard


Locations popular for anglers and kayak-ers like the Leonardtown Wharf could be a focus of the county’s efforts to promote eco-tourism in the future. Here Luke and David Metzger, 6 and 4, try their hand at some early morning fishing.

Growth in Mechanicsville on undeveloped land adjacent to this commercial strip could be restricted under the county’s new comprehensive plan in favor of preserving rural land.

Will the county’s stock of Tamiflu help combat swine flu if it

makes a comeback this fall?

That’ll give us maybe 134 doses, which is a drop in the bucket

but that’s better than zilch.

Dr. William Icenhower, County Health Officer



Town

TownAroundThe Leonardtown Town Council voted by a 4-to-1 margin Tuesday to approve a budget

with a property tax rate of 13.7 cents for every $100 of assessed value, down from the earlier proposed 15-cent rate.

Council member Leslie Roberts was the lone opposition vote to the budget.The new tax rate will reduce property tax revenues, which are the largest source of

income for the budget, by about $35,000.Mayor J. Harry Norris had originally offered a budget for fiscal 2010 that included the

15-cent tax rate but that was rejected by the council over concerns over rising taxes for hom-eowners in a lagging economy.

Town Passes Budget With Reduced Tax Rate


Town officials say that the ongoing streetscape project to improve Washing-ton Street and Fenwick Streets in Leon-ardtown is moving along despite some problems.

“You should see a lot of improve-ment in the next week-and-a-half,” said Town Administrator Laschelle Miller, who added that improvements to the town square were a priority to get fin-ished before summer festivities com-menced next month.

“We’re trying to get the square ti-died up to ready for these [summer mu-sic] concerts,” she said.

Earlier in the fall work had to stop because of cold weather and also be-cause State Highway Administration engineers found that the sidewalk had been improperly laid for handicapped users due to the state agency’s failure to update regulations to construction crews on time.

Council member Thomas Collier also reported that the sidewalk has con-tinued to heave upward as many as six inches in some sections of the improve-ments span. Miller said that a major por-tion of the project to lay pipe across Fen-wick Street will have to be done at night to avoid major business disruptions dur-ing the day.

Work on the entire project has moved to the westbound side of Wash-ington Street to include the sidewalk at St. Aloysius Catholic Church after the eastbound portion reworking began in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The total price tag for the streetscape project, which includes extra turn lanes on Washington Street and other traffic calming measures, is $3.6 million.

Mayor J. Harry Norris was still en-thusiastic that the much anticipated proj-ect was moving ahead despite some nag-ging problems.

“You can see it taking shape,” Nor-ris said. “And that’s good.”

Town Streetscape Project Improvement Expected Soon


Visitors to the Leonardtown public library got a chance to see a mobile civics lesson up close and personal when the C-Span bus pulled into town Tuesday.

C-Span, the public affairs channel paid for by the cable television industry, gives viewers a chance to view government in the making live and unedited as well as the business of policy makers and the judicial branch.

C-Span was first created in 1979 and then had various other branch incarnations in 1986 and then again in 2001.

Visitors were able to view key moments in

American government history recorded by C-Span since its inception, like a speech made by a young Al Gore in 1979 to recent talks given by President Barack Obama.

The C-Span bus, comfortably decked out with a couch for visitors and modern audio visual equipment to include cameras, air conditioning and a living area, has seen a lot miles over nearly two decades of operation.

It and a companion bus have traveled throughout the United States and promoting civ-ics, the study of public affairs, and C-Span’s edu-cational programs.

It has served students, journalists and law-makers alike.

“We’ve had several incarnations of the bus,” said C-Span Marketing Supervisor Anne Sher-man. “We’ve been the C-Span school bus and we’ve been on the campaign trail, and we just re-launched as the civics bus starting in January of this year.”

All of this has been in the last 16 years on the same bus, she said.

Rachel Prucha, a 5-year-old from Leonard-town visiting the bus had fun viewing herself on one of the bus’ internal television screens when the camera turned to her, cameras that have been used to interview public officials and policy mak-ers as well.

Her mother Angelina Prucha, said that her family had a strong link to public affairs since her great aunt was the first woman court recorder for the U.S. Congress.

“If it [C-Span] had been around then she would’ve been on C-Span everyday,” Prucha said. “That was her career.”

C-Span Bus Visits Leonardtown

Rachel Prucha, 5, of Leonardtown gets to see herself on the television screen on board the C-Span civics bus that visited the Leonardtown library Tuesday.


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The annual ratings are out from Maryland Business for Responsible Government (MBRG), and local legislators showed a mixed result. The Maryland General Assembly received a low score overall, with just two democrats out of 137 receiving a favorable rating above 70 percent.

Maryland Business for Responsible Government tracks legislation each year through the Maryland General Assembly that will either be harmful or beneficial to business in Maryland. In releasing its annual scorecard, MBRG said they are “struck by the vacuum of recognition by legislators that Maryland businesses are hurting, saying this is in con-trast to previous recessions”. The MBRG goes on to say that many crit-ics claim that the legislature has “gone from indifference to disdain, to contempt towards business; and that this attitude has become palpable, cultural given in Annapolis”.

From St. Mary’s County, Delegate Anthony J. O’Donnell (R. Dist. 29C) received the highest score with 80 percent. Delegate John F. Wood, Jr. (D. Dist. 29A) was next highest with a score of 60 percent. Senator Roy Dyson (D. Dist 29) followed with a score of 50 percent. Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr. (D. Dist. 29B) received the lowest score at 20 percent.

Maryland Legislators Score Poorly

First Lady Katie Curran O’Malley joined the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR) to celebrate foster parents selected by their local departments of social services as Foster Parents of the Year. The First Lady hosted an afternoon recep-tion at Government House to honor foster parents.

In recognition of May as Foster Parent Appre-ciation Month, each of the 24 local departments of

social services identified a foster parent that has gone above and beyond to serve children. Those foster parents have earned the title of Foster Parent of the Year from that jurisdiction.

The St. Mary’s County Department of So-cial Services selected Teresa and Warren Crouch as their foster parents of the year. Mr. and Mrs. Crouch work hard to make sure that birth parents are comfortable visiting with their children. They supervise 5 to 6 visits per week, exemplifying all that is positive about working to keep families in tact.

The Foster Parents of the Year honorees for 2009 from Southern Maryland also include Mitch-ell and Eileen Ray of Calvert County and Michael and Rhoshon Hayes of Charles County.

“I am pleased to help DHR recognize foster parents for playing such a vital role in the lives of children separated from their birth families,” said First Lady O’Malley. “That separation can be one of the most traumatic occurrences in a child’s life. Caring, committed foster parents provide the sense of security a child needs most during this very dif-ficult time.”

“Last night, more than 9,000 children went to sleep some place away from their birth families,” said Brenda Donald, Secretary of the Department of Human Resources. “Most children do best in in-dividual family environments, so even when they can not be with their birth families, it is comforting to know that they are with other families who have stepped in.”

Maryland continues to re-cruit additional foster parents to be resources for children in care. Those interested are asked to call 1-888- MD-KIDS2 (1-888-635-4372) for more information.

First Lady Honors ‘Foster Parents of the Year’

Maryland First Lady Katie Curran O’Malley with Teresa Crouch, who, along with husband Warren Crouch were selected as “fos-ter parents of the year” for St. Mary’s County.

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UPPER MARLBORO (AP) - The president of the Maryland Senate is raising the prospect of a state over-haul of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.

Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. says Prince George’s County must do more to address what he called ìtotal incompetenceî at the agency before the legislature reconvenes in January.

In a letter to Prince George’s

County Executive Jack B. Johnson, Miller cited two recent spills of raw sewage. He says commissioners rep-resenting the county have ìsat idly by.î

A spokesman for Johnson re-fused to comment on Miller’s letter.

The commission provides wa-ter and sewer services to 1.8 million people in Prince George’s and Mont-gomery counties.

Senate Chief Calls for Sewer Agency Overhaul

ANNAPOLIS (AP) - Maryland of-ficials say Constellation Energy can’t appeal a ruling by regulators on a deal with France’s EdF while the case is being decided.

State officials said Friday that they have filed notice in Baltimore City Cir-cuit Court that they plan to file a motion to dismiss next week.

Constellation Energy immediately appealed the Maryland Public Service Commission’s Thursday ruling that it

has the right to sign off on EdF’s plan to buy half of Constellation’s nuclear power business.

Gov. Martin O’Malley defended the ruling, saying the state must ensure the deal is in the public interest. The PSC rejected arguments that its approval was not necessary.

Constellation is not regulated by the PSC, but its Baltimore Gas and Electric subsidiary is.

Md. Wants Court to Dismiss Constellation’s Appeal

ANNAPOLIS (AP) - Sites in the city of Aberdeen and in Howard County have been added to a Maryland program to help build in-frastructure for incoming military jobs.

Maryland is preparing for an influx of up to 60,000 jobs by 2015 as part of the military base realignment and closure process, which is also known as BRAC.

Under the “BRAC Zones” plan, the state will provide tax credits to encourage development.

Aberdeen’s zone includes the 800,000-square-foot Class A North Gate Busi-ness Park.

Howard County’s zone includes the 13-acre project called `̀ Savage Towne Centre.’’

The five other areas previously announced are in Baltimore, Odenton in Anne Arundel County, land near Andrews Air Force Base, an area in historic Frederick and an area in the city of Laurel.

State Creates 2 New Zones to Prepare for BRAC


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It is not often these days that any-thing comes out of Annapolis that makes sense to the folks back home who are struggling to find relief in these difficult times. A commentary written last week by Delegates O’Donnell (R. Dist. 29C) and Shank (R. Dist. 2B) struck us as right on the mark. The County Times endors-es the following commentary from these two delegates as our editorial position:

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration is expected soon to release a list of goals to guide the remainder of the governor’s term. The list of major goals includes increasing public tran-sit ridership by 10 percent per year, reducing violent crime against women and children by 25 percent by 2012, and ending childhood hun-ger in Maryland. No one can argue that these are not worthwhile goals. However, they may not necessarily be attainable.

Setting unattainable goals and giving the appearance of progress is nothing new for Governor O’Malley. He has a habit of govern-ing by mirage. He chooses laudable causes to champion, has a media blitz about how much he is doing, but nothing ever really changes. We saw this during his tenure as the mayor of Baltimore.

Then-Mayor O’Malley gave the illusion of improving Baltimore’s schools. As it turns out, this was not so. He also made a commit-ment to reduce the city’s crime rate — yet an-other well-marketed promise that never really came to fruition.

The governor is very philosophical about his failure to meet the goals he sets. He claims that he is a risk-taker by setting goals he can be judged by. He says even falling short of his goals is still progress. Basically, the governor seems think we should be happy that he tried, regardless of his lack of success. If this is true, then why set the goals in the first place? Could it be that setting these goals has little to do with Maryland’s needs and has more to do with building the Martin O’Malley image prior to his bid for re-election?

Let’s take a look at some of the goals Gov-ernor O’Malley has set so far:

-Electricity rates: After all the fist pound-ing and chest beating theatrics, and after de-monizing members of the Public Service Com-mission, the governor has not delivered any significant reduction in electricity rates.

-”StatBrothers”: Where is the data on StateStat, the much-anticipated tool of gov-

ernment efficiency and transparency that the governor claims is a success. What about its brother BayStat? Where are the results?

-Public safety: The governor came into office on a mission to abolish the death penalty. After several failed attempts he tried to take on the role of a neutral arbiter by creating a com-mission to study the death penalty. It was clear from the start that this commission was noth-ing more than a foregone conclusion looking for a process. While Maryland has technically retained the use of the death penalty, it has been restricted in such a manner to render it virtually useless.

-Tax cuts: Remember that tax package Governor O’Malley pitched before the special session? He said 95 percent of Marylanders would see a tax break. So far, the only Mary-landers that have seen a tax break are those that have moved to neighboring states.

-Budget deficit: By far, the greatest hoax perpetrated by the O’Malley administration over the last three years has been the multiple “fixes” to the state’s structural deficit. First, he said he needed time to get a handle on the fiscal situation. He used that time to raid every pot of money the state had and wiped out the surplus left by his predecessor. A few months later, he contrived a fiscal crisis complete with a “Cost of Delay” doom and gloom budget created to push through the largest tax increase in Mary-land’s history. He threatened cuts to public safety and education in order to push through his abysmal slots scheme. He pretended to make “tough decisions” to cut spending while continuing to backfill virtually every cut. Most recently he has relied heavily on the federal stimulus package to bail the state out of the fis-cal swamp he put us in. Even with all this, the structural deficit is bigger than ever.

Those are only a few examples of the goals Governor O’Malley has set in the past. Perhaps before moving forward with a shiny new list of goals to fall short of achieving, he may want to revisit some of these important issues. It is time for Governor O’Malley and his “Delivery Unit” to be less concerned with his image and re-election and more concerned with doing the business of government. Fewer mirages, more reality.

Anthony J. O’Donnell, a Republican from Lusby, represents District 29C in the House of Delegates, where he is minority leader; Chris-topher B. Shank, a Republican from Hager-stown, represents District 2B in the House of Delegates, where he is minority whip.

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Last month the Environmental Protection Agency concluded that there is overwhelming evidence proving that the greenhouse gases cre-ated from fossil fuels endanger our welfare. Un-der the Clean Air Act, the EPA is now required by law to regulate these emissions, because they have adverse health effects to Americans. As a Marylander, I am pleased by this news since it means that the Obama Administration may now regulate carbon emissions for reasons of safety and in accordance with science, not politics. Maryland has a lower than average life expec-

tancy rate for the United States, and if Maryland was considered a country by itself, it would rank fifth in the world in global warming emissions per capita. The EPA now has a golden opportu-nity to implement changes that can improve the well being of Marylanders and Americans alike, through standing up to industry pressures on the platform of scientific evidence. Let’s hope it’s not squandered.

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The County Times Newspaper has part-nered with St. Mary’s County Library this summer to provide a fun contest for children ages 5-12 in celebration of Maryland’s 375th birthday. The contest called “Where’s Flat Sneaks?” begins today and runs through Au-gust 6.

Flat Sneaks, the library’s summer read-ing mascot, is exploring sites in the county that has some significance to the county’s his-tory. He has sent a photo and clues of where he visits to The County Times.

Each week starting today, children can guess where he visited using the photos and clues provided. They use the entry form pro-vided to enter their guess and must drop it off at any branch before noon on Monday. Three winners, drawn each week from the correct entries, receive a free book. The winners will be posted each week in the newspaper.

Another fun Celebrate 375! activity for children 5-12 is the library’s Adventure Pass-port. Children pick up a passport at any library and if they visit at least five sites, they earn a coupon for free ice cream from Bruster’s.

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By Chris StevensStaff Writer

When the shovels hit the dirt at St. Mary’s Ryken High School on Monday morning, it marked the groundbreaking of not only a new athletic complex, but also a plan to transform Ryken into one of the area’s top parochial schools.

“I think it’s a mark of a great deal of effort over the past decade to make Ryken a premier college prep institution,” said Jim Cornelsen, Chairman of the school’s board of trustees.

“We’ve been working very hard for 10 years to build the school and this is a huge first step.”

Monday’s groundbreaking was the start of

the work on Phase One of the school’s master plan, which went into effect three years ago. Phase One includes a 1,000-seat stadium with a six-lane track and synthetic turf. The next phase in the upgraded complex is a new gym-nasium and a science center, both of which have yet to have a timetable assigned to it.

“One huge step at a time,” Cornelsen said.

From the athletic perspective, Ryken boys’ lacrosse coach John Sothoron looks forward to playing on the new turf field.

“It’s going to be a very nice facility and it’s going to attract some kids to our school,” Sothoron said. “This is going to be extremely special, a great shot in the arm not just for ath-letics, but for the entire school.”

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Virginia Terhune Staff Writer

Owner Al Rudman was going to rebuild his demolished True Value hard-ware store in La Plata after the tornado swept through in 2002.

But someone offered to buy the land and he opted instead to stick with his two stores in Leonardtown and Charlotte Hall, which have continued to grow.

This weekend he celebrates his move into larger quarters in the new Charlotte Hall Square shopping center.

“We’ve doubled our sales area (from about 8,000 square feet to 16,000 square feet),” said Rudman, who has hired more employees to accommodate the growth.

The old store employed 16 part- and full-time people and the new store em-ploys about 20, said Rudman, who owns the store with Wayne Mattingly.

The Charlotte Hall store, which opened in 1988, had been occupying a total of 12,000 square feet on Mohawk Drive off Route 5 and now occupies 20,000 square feet in the new shopping center further south.

“We outgrew the old building about five years ago, and we’re still growing,” said Store Manager Clarence Morgan, noting that the move means more space for a wider selection of products, including power tools.

The Charlotte Hall store has also added a new rental equipment section, something the Leonardtown store already has. Available are things such as generators, ditch diggers, post hole diggers, concrete mixers, floor installa-tion tools, nailers, party equipment and other products.

Rudman, a former electrical engineer,

said the Charlotte Hall store is a place where customers can buy one-of-a-kind products and “one or two bolts without having to buy a package.”

“We try to specialize in what the hom-eowner needs and wants,” said Rudman, who estimated residential consumers make up about three-quarters of his business, with the rest being small contractors.

This weekend, the new store is offering a free hot dog cookout on Saturday and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. with donations ac-cepted on behalf of the Girl Scouts.

On Sunday the store is giving away a free True Value men’s cap in honor of Father’s Day. Customers may also register to win a gas grill, patio set, mowers and other prizes.

Store hours are Monday through Satur-day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m and Sunday from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. For more information, call the Charlotte Hall store at 301-884-0300.

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members of Cedar Point Federal Credit Union who are associated with the military. Chartered in 1945 by the National Credit Union Administration and sponsored by the Patuxent Naval Air Station, Cedar Point Federal serves military, civil service and contractors associated with the Naval Air Station Patuxent River. It also serves area businesses, organizations, hospitals and nursing homes, as well as immediate families of those eligible to join.

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By Andrea ShiellStaff Writer

They say that a born dancer is always unable to sit still, and Bunny Bailey admitted that she had always suffered that very prob-lem, adding that her natural restlessness may be the reason that her dance studio in Lexing-ton Park has survived for so long, garnering her special accolades not only from parents, former students and community members but also elected officials.

On Saturday, the Board of County Com-missioners issued her a proclamation at her 50th anniversary celebration at Immaculate Conception Church in Mechanicsville, where she had invited people to thank them for their support over the years.

Also present were Del. John Wood, Sen. Roy Dyson and a representative from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office, each sporting a commemorative plaque for her.

Bailey, who opened her dance studio in 1959, said she had been dancing almost since she learned to walk, beginning ballet and tap lessons when she was three years old. She went on to study dance professionally after graduating high school in Frederick, Md.

“I went to New York to study for three years professionally at Jack Stanley. Every-body went there back then,” she said, compar-ing the popularity of the program to courses

offered today at Julliard. “If you went to New York to study dance, you went there.”

Though she claims she likes all types of dance, she prefers tap dancing and ballet to other forms, though she encourages her stu-dents to explore everything they can at her studio, from ballet to jazz to show dancing.

Teaching classes with her daughter, Kathy Coombs, and her son Mickey Bailey, Bunny said that she was surprised to find proclamations and citations waiting for her at what was to be “a party so I could thank everyone.”

Bunny said that though the economy has slowed, she hasn’t seen much change in her enrollment figures at her studio in Lexington Park.

“Everyone always asks me if business has slowed down, but it really hasn’t affected us,” she said.

Meanwhile Bunny said she would stay busy teaching and dancing as she always has, and with any luck her studio will live on for another 50 years.

As she looked over her studio and smiled at the memories that had been created there, she also reflected on her joy at bringing her passion for dance to others in the community.

“I’ve always done this, I’ve always danced. There’s never been anything else that I ever wanted to do, so it’s what I’ll keep do-ing,” she said.

Bunny Bailey Dance Studio Honored for 50 Years in Business

Owner Al Rudman, left, and Clarence Morgan, store manager, added a rental equipment section to their products and servic-es, now that they have more space in their Charlotte Hall store. The business relocated from space off Mohawk Drive to larger space in the new Charlotte Hall Square shopping center.

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The U.S. Navy has awarded the E-2D Ad-vanced Hawkeye program an additional, fixed-price, incentive fee contract valued at $432 million.

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The func-tion of the E-2D Hawkeye, with its newly de-veloped, more powerful radar, is to provide ad-vance warning to fighter planes of approaching enemy planes, missiles and threats from land. It replaces the E-2C plane.

“This contract award confirms that the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye design is stable, and we have the critical manufacturing processes in place to produce and deliver a high-quality, reliable weapons system to the warfighter,” said Jim Culmo, vice president of Airborne Early Warning and Battle Management Command and Control Programs for Northrop Grumman

Aerospace Systems sector.The E-2D pilot production continues

ahead of schedule on the first three aircraft at Northrop Grumman’s East Coast Manufactur-ing and Flight Test Center in St. Augustine, Fla., with plans to deliver the first pilot produc-tion aircraft in 2010, according to the release.

The first plane, known as Delta One, was flown to Pax River on May 30 for fur-ther testing. The second plane is expected by late summer. The Hawkeye’s new AN/APY-9 radar as designed and built by a ra-dar team led by Lockheed Mar-tin, according to the release. The radar can “see”

smaller targets and more of them at a greater range than currently fielded radar systems. The new rotodome also contains an electroni-cally scanned array that provides continuous, 360-degree scanning, allowing flight operators to focus the radar on certain areas. With its solid-state transmitter, the radar provides sig-nificant output power increase and improved reliability.

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By Rick ThompsonPax River Public Affairs

Naval Air Station Patuxent River welcomed home 11 of its own on June 4, celebrating their safe return from overseas deployments.

Known as individual augmentees or IAs, they walked down the red carpet into the atrium of the Rear Adm. William A. Moffett Building past friends and co-workers cheering and waving American flags. Also present were representa-tives from community organizations, veterans’ groups and three elementary schools.

“An IA Homecoming is a community-wide celebration to acknowledge your extraordinary service and thank you for all the sacrifices that you and your families go through to offer us the freedom that we enjoy daily,” said Capt. Andrew Macyko, commanding officer of the base in Lex-ington Park.

The IAs were assigned to a variety of duties in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, below are the IAs and how they served:

IT3 Ashley A. Benedix served in Camp Bucca, Iraq, from August 2008 to April 2009 as a guard force member attached to Navy Provisional Detainee Battalion Five. She performed security operations for approximately 18,000 detainees held in the Camp Bucca Theatre Internment Facility.

ATCS Stephen Diets served in northern Iraq from May 2008 to March 2009 and was at-tached to Joint CREW Composite Squadron ONE as Contingency Operating Base CREW Mainte-nance Field Site Lead.

HM3 Robert Dorr served as an AVT Corps-man assigned to Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 (HML/A-269) which was deployed to Al Asad, Iraq, from August to December 2008 and then to Al Taqqadum, Iraq, from December 2008 to February 2009. Dorr maintained medical readiness for the squadron.

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HM2 Christopher Lebel served at Troop Medical/Dental Clinic Camp Virginia, Kuwait, from February to August 2008. Lebel ensured daily dental information recovery system reports were properly submitted for more than 120 pa-tients each month. He also served as the supply petty officer and he maintained more than $1 million inventory of biomedical equipment and supplies.

Lt. Cmdr. Brian Simonson served in Af-ghanistan from July 2008 to March 2009 and was attached to the Counterinsurgency Training Cen-ter supporting the Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan as the support opera-tions officer.

ABH2 Brendan Taylor served in Farah Province, Afghanistan, from March to November 2008 with the 101st Army Brigade as an assistant fuel representative for Western Afghanistan.

AWS1 Joseph Walker served in Iraq from April 2008 to March 2009 with Joint Crew Com-posite Squadron One where he provided direct CREW countermeasure support to the 7th and 9th Marine.

Lt. Cmdr. Brett Wilcox served in Iraq from March 2008 to February 2009 and was attached to the Coalition Army Advisory Training Team supporting the Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq as the Force Generation Unit Set Fielding Program Manager.

ATCS Dena Yarbrough served in Al Asad, Iraq, from June 2008 to March 2009 and was at-tached to the Joint CREW Composite Squadron ONE as an Electronic Warfare Officer.

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Mary Catherine Sterling Bell, 98

Mary Catherine Sterling Bell, 98, of Leonardtown, MD passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 in St. Mary’s Hospital Leonar-dtown, MD. She was surrounded by her family.

Born October 20, 1910 in Leon-ardtown, MD, she was daughter of the late Lynwood J. Sterling and Ruth Camalier Sterling. Her husband of 54 years, the late Thomas Webster Bell, Sr. died on November 21, 1987.

Mrs. Bell was honored for her sixty years of service to the Bell Motor Company on October 28, 1993. Dur-ing her years of service, she was the secretary and treasurer for the family business.

Mrs. Bell is survived by a daugh-ter Katherine Bell Atlas of Leonard-town, MD, two sons; Frank C. Bell, Sr. (Diane) and J. Ernest (Ernie) Bell II (Ann) both of Leonardtown, MD, two brothers; Walter Kirk Sterling of Leonardtown, MD and Hugh Dalton Sterling of White Plains, MD. In ad-dition to her husband Mrs. Bell was preceded in death by two daughters, Margaret Ann Bell and Ruth Ma-thilda Swann a son, Thomas Webster (Tommy) Bell, Jr., nine brothers; L. Edward Sterling, John Benjamin Ster-ling, J. Nelson Sterling, William O. E. Sterling, James Henry Sterling, B. Harris Sterling, Lynwood J. Sterling, Jr., Ernest Abell Sterling, and Frank Sterling, four sisters; Ruth Sterling King, Eleanor Sterling Sharpe, Lucille Sterling Cheseldine and Mary Theresa Sterling.

Family received friends for Mrs. Bell’s Life Celebration on Friday, June 12, 2009 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650 where prayers were recited at 7:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 22800 Washing-ton Street, Leonardtown, MD. Inter-ment followed in the Queen of Peace Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Mrs. Bell’s grand-children and great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary or the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

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

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.

Joseph Mason Curtis, 75

Joseph Mason Curtis, 75, of Dam-eron, MD died June 9, 2009 at his resi-dence. He was born on July 9, 1933 in Medleys Neck, MD to the late John Henry and Helen Mason Curtis.

Mason was one of eleven chil-dren, married, a long and faithful member of Zion United Methodist Church, a devout Christian, and for 35 years, a member of a touring gos-pel choir known as the Zion Methodist Men. He received his education from the Public School System of St. Mary’s County.

Though modest about his achievements, Mason and his late wife Betty Hawkins Curtis, his business

partner, founded one of the most suc-cessful businesses in Lexington Park, MD known as Curtis Tire Center in the early 60s. Half a century later, hav-ing passed the running of Curtis Tire to his son Xavier, Mason is the owner of three apartment buildings and his entrepreneurial ambitions served as an inspiration to others. Mason, also was a life long member of the Minor-ity Alliance Association. When asked concerning his success, he would say; “You have to have faith, without it you don’t have much of nothing.”

Mason met and married Carolyn Cutchember on June 15, 1994. They enjoyed traveling and spending quality time together. Every year, Carolyn and Mason lovingly provided Christmas and Easter gifts, toys and candy for the all of the children and some adults of Zion Methodist Church.

Mason leaves fond memories in the hearts of his loving wife of 14 years, Carolyn, his daughter Betty Pandora Curtis-Franks (Bruce Sr.), his sons: Xavier Curtis (Phyllis) and Her-man Hawkins Sr.; his grandchildren: Kendra & Latisha Curtis, Herman Hawkins Jr, (Gail ), Tamika Langley-Tremaligo (Greg), Lamont Spicer & Bruce Franks Jr.; great grandchildren: Brandon, Lakeita & T’Keya Spicer, Gabriel , Hezekian & Herman Hawk-ins lll, Rocque & Reece Tremaligo. His stepchildren:Terry Cutchember, Timothy Chase(Marcia) , Ricky & Bil-ly Dyson & Cassandra Dyson (Roy); step grandchildren : Wayne, Vonn, Ricky Jr., Keirra, April, Amber, Sham-era, Roshaundra, Jolisa, Patrice, Paula, Demetrius, Sherice, Shawnese, Keny-etta, Kerice & Clever, Aunts: Agnes Blackstone and Catherine Young; his siblings, Vincent Curtis (Joyce), Mary Holley (Louis), Helen Wilson, Alice Allen, Frances Diggs (James), Marga-ret Rufus, Mary Rochester (William) and John Calvert Curtis, brothers-in-law:Melvin Cutchember, Steve, Henry & Gerald Hawkins & Dexter Nelson, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Other then his parents and late wife, Mason was predeceased by two brothers: John Henry Jr. & Paul Curtis.

Family received friends for Ma-son’s Life Celebration on Friday, June 12, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Zion United Methodist Church, 21291 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, MD 20653. A Funeral Service was held on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Zion United Methodist Church. Interment followed in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

Serving as pallbearers were Ted-dy Crafton, Frank Dove, Jr., Timothy Case, Billy Dyson, Ricky Dyson, and Lawrence Hatton.

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

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.

Sherry Lee Hamlet (Barnes), 45

Sherry Lee Hamlet (Barnes), 45 died on June 5, 2009 after her short battle with pancreatic cancer. Sherry was born to George Shaw of St. Croix, IN and the late

Ester Alto, on August 17, 1963 in San Diego, California.

Sherry was a great single mother

of six, and grandmother of nine. She spent her days working in her yard and enjoying time with her grandbabies. She was a tribal member of the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians from Al-pine, California.

She is survived by her three daughters; Shyla Barnes and Faith Barnes, both of Lexington Park, MD, Leighann Barnes of Great Mills, MD, three sons; Aaron Shaw of Fort Lee, VA, Holden Barnes of Hopewell, VA and Michael Barnes of Drayden, MD as well as five brothers, two sisters and nine, soon to be ten, beautiful grandchildren.

The family received friends for a visitation on Monday, June 15, 2009 from 2:00-3:00PM at the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Chapel in Leonard-town, MD, where a memorial service was held at 3:00PM. Sherry was laid to rest on her reservation in Alpine, California.

Arrangements provided by Mat-tingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A. Leonardtown, Maryland.

Charles “Garner” Hayden, Sr. , 79

Charles “Garner” Hayden, Sr. , 79, of Hollywood, MD, died June 15, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Leon-ardtown, MD, after an eight year battle with cancer. Born in Hollywood, MD on November 14, 1929, he was the son of the late Thomas Alvin Hayden and Dorothy Frances (Garner) Hayden

of Hollywood, MD. He was the lov-ing husband of Mary Lou (Tennison) Hayden whom he married on Novem-ber 10, 1951 at Holy Face Catholic Church, in Great Mills, MD. He was the father of Charles G. Hayden, Jr. of California, MD and Robert W. Hayden, and his wife, Kathy, of Baldwin, MD. He is survived by six grandchildren, Nicole Hayden and Steve Walker of Dameron, MD, Britany Hayden of Park Hall, MD, Erin Hayden of Ow-ings Mills, MD, Lauren Hayden of Baltimore, MD, Bobby Hayden of Baldwin, MD and Catherine Hayden of Hollywood, MD. He is also survived by two great grandchildren, Adelle Hayden and Lilian Walker. He is sur-vived by his sisters, Caroline Murphy of Hollywood, MD and Louise Hewitt of Fort Washington, MD. He was predeceased in death by his siblings, Thomas A. Hayden, Jr., William A. (Lefty) Hayden, Regina H. James and by his son Michael A. Hayden. Garner was a lifelong resident of Hollywood, MD, building his family home on his parent’s farm where his neighbors were all family. He was a Charter Member of the Hollywood Lions Club and was currently serving as Treasur-er. He was a member of the St. Mary’s Amateur Radio Association for many years and was currently serving as Treasurer. He was a Lifetime Associ-ate Member of the Hollywood Volun-teer Fire Department. He was also a lifetime member of St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church where he at-tended grade school. He graduated from Great Mills High School in 1948.

After graduating from High School, he went to work for SMECO as a mem-ber of the brush crew. He continued to work for SMECO until June of 1989 when he retired as part of manage-ment. Garner loved traveling in his motor home with his wife, being active in his various associations, stuffing hams for the HVFD and talking on his Ham Radios. He loved spending time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren by whom he was affectionately called “Daddy Garner”.

The family will receive friends for a visitation on Thursday, June 18, 2009, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home in Leonardtown, MD, where prayers will be said at 7:00 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 19, 2009, at 10:00 am at St. John’s Francis Regis Catholic Church in Hol-lywood, MD.

Pallbearers will be Joey Tennison and Jack Hewitt who are two of his god-sons, his nephews Steve Murphy, Dale James, Gil James and his grand-son, Bobby Hayden. Honorary pall-bearers will be his good friends Frank Dean, Charlie Wible, Billy Huseman, Francis Norris, Re-Pete Mattingly, Gene Talley and the Hollywood Lions Club.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the St. John’s Building Fund or the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

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Rising senior Joseph D. Webb, a student at St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonardtown, was named the 2009 recipient of the Saint Michael’s College Service Book Award. The college, located in Burlington, Vt., recog-nizes students who demonstrate a commitment to volunteerism and leader-ship through community service. Son of Walter and Donna eb of Oxon Hill, Md., Webb received a copy of “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers,” written by Loung Ung, who graduated from Saint Michael’s College in 1993. The autobiography tells the story of her surviving captivity during the genocidal Pol Pot regime in Cambodia.

Parents of students attending Evergreen Elementary School are invited to attend a meeting at the Wildewood Community Center in Neighborhood One on Wed., June 24, at 4 p.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to bring together parents who are interested in forming a Parent Teacher Association or Parent Teacher Organization for Evergreen Elementary. If you desire to be a part of this process, or wish to serve as an execu-tive board member, you are encouraged to attend this meeting.

If you are unable to attend but wish to have a voice in the decision, e-mail Principal Kim Summers at [email protected]. For more information or updates, visit the Evergreen Elementary School Web at www.smcps.org. Click the link for “Our Schools,” followed by “Evergreen Elementary School.”

Northrop Grumman Corp. recently presented St. Mary’s County Public Schools with a $5,000 sponsorship for its Sci-ence, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program.

The $5,000 sponsorship will support STEM program par-ticipation by more than 250 elementary through high school students, as well as numerous other students across the school system who benefit from STEM instruction in extended day programs and summer camps.

STEM emphasizes the core areas of mathematics and sci-ence with an infusion of technology and engineering. Students with advanced skills and interests in these areas of study receive instruction in state-of-the-art classrooms, research laboratories and e-learning labs.

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St. Michael’s Catholic School in Ridge held its 23rd an-nual auction and yard sale fundraising event this past weekend, and as school officials and volunteers moved countless items across the auction tables and the card tables set up outside on the school lawn, they also took time to reflect on the financial woes that affected them and others in the last year.

Principal Lila Ridgell Hofmeister said that she had been surprised to see St. Michael’s on the Archdiocese’s list for need-ed financial improvement in November 2008.

“When the news came out, it certainly did shock people, because the budget had been approved, we had not been on a list, ever, or faced the thought of closure, even though we did borrow a significant sum of money annually – because we’re not a wealthy parish,” she said.

Luckily, after rallying measures from parents, community members and dignitaries, she said that support for keeping the school open had been overwhelming.

“December 15 they came to hold a meeting for the public, and 99 percent of the parents came to that meeting, and the whole community came. There were 500 people in that gym, and you couldn’t find a parking place,” she said, adding that Commissioner Dan Raley, Sen. Roy Dyson and Del. John Bo-hanan were also in attendance.

What followed were a series of first-time fundraising ef-forts for the school, including a nest egg gala and the school’s

first-ever golf tournament. A strategic planning committee has been established to keep the school out of the red while also of-fering supporting funds for students going to college, according to Hofmeister.

In the meantime the strong outpouring of support from the community that garnered St. Michael’s the $300,000 they needed in three months to keep the school open for another year has continued to flow.

Other schools, like Holy Angels Sacred Heart in Avenue, which closed its doors after 83 years of service to the communi-ty, have not been so lucky this year. With declining enrollment and a slowing economy forcing some parents to pull their chil-dren out of private schools, schools across the state of Maryland have faced the threat of closure in the past year.

As for this year’s auction, Hofmeister said, “it’s been ex-tremely successful. There was a huge amount of community support … we always have crafts which are donated by local people, pictures, paintings by local artists … we had two sale boats, a lawn tractor,” and one of her favorite items, a paint-ed quilt by kindergarten students at the school that sold for $1,200.

Though tallies are not yet in for the school’s earnings this year, Hofmeister said that they average anywhere from $28,000 to $34,000 at each auction, with some items (particularly the ones made by students) going for hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

“Everybody has been so generous, the whole community and then some,” said Hofmeister.

St. Michael’s Boosts Bottom Line With Fundraising Efforts

The Point News, the student news-paper at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, won first place with special merit in the American Scholastic Press Association’s annual newspaper competition. The paper was also awarded the Best Sports Photo

for junior Matt Molek’s photo of men’s basketball player Camontae Griffin. This is the third consecutive year that the stu-dent newspaper has received high honors.

“I’m immensely proud of the entire Point News staff for their hard

work this year,” said Justin Perry, editor-in-chief. “Without our edi-tors, there would be no newspa-per and there would absolutely be no award. I’m also proud of Matt Molek, whose professional-quality photography was recognized with

his own award.“This year at The Point News was

a stressful one, at times, but I’m always proud when the finished product hits the newsstands and I’m incredibly happy that a national organization such as the ASPA recognized our staff’s talent and hard work.”

In 2007 and 2008, The Point News also won first place in the competi-tion. Approximately 2,000 scholastic yearbooks, magazines, and newspapers are judged each year.

St. Mary’s College Student Newspaper Honored

Battelle Memorial Institute through representative Robert Spen-cer donated $5,000 to the county school system’s Science Technol-ogy Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) program during the June 10

meeting of the school board.Battelle is a $4 billion a year

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As St. Mary’s College of Maryland pre-pares for its latest season of free concerts, Jef-frey Silberschlag and Barbara Bershon, two of the chief architects of the River Concert Series, fan themselves as they take breathers from their duties setting up the stage, organizing listening

stations, printing programs, prepping the open-ing night’s fireworks displays, shooting com-mercials and finalizing performance schedules.

For Jeffrey, who just recently returned from a three-week stint in Alba, Italy, where he is the director of the European leg of the college’s con-cert program, the break was a welcome one.

As he eased into his seat at the Brewing Grounds in Leonardtown and folded his hands, he explained how St. Mary’s County has a lot in common with Alba in terms of both its geogra-phy and its culture.

“You could say St. Mary’s County is in a triangle between Baltimore, Washington and Richmond. Now it’s not an equilateral triangle, more isosceles, but we take advantage of that a lot, being in the center of that hub,” he said.

“So Alba is also in a triangle if you kind of triangulate Milan, Turino and Genoa, and it’s against the French border and not very far from the Swiss border,” he added, going on to explain the link to the River Concert Series.

“The Alba music festival and the River Series are something like … Spoleto, which for years was a festival divided between Spo-leto, Italy and Charleston, S.C. … and we have a tremendously growing and active festival that’s becoming more and more known throughout the world,” he said.

This will be Silberschlag’s 11th year con-ducting and performing with the River Concert Series, but his musical career began long ago when he picked up his grandmother’s trumpet as a child, taking his first lessons from family members.

Since then he has played and recorded with the London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, the Royal Liverpool Philhar-monic, the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Czech Radio Orchestra, performing with artists like Hilary Hahn, Terence Blanchart and the Ahn

Trio. He has also spread his musical genes to his sons, who play the trumpet as well.

All of his experience both in Europe and America has gone into his approach to promot-ing the concert series in St. Mary’s, he said.

“Great music and great entertainment takes something from the existing culture, be-cause then people feel connected to it quickly, and then it presents it in a new and sophisticated

way, or a humorous way,” he said.Jeff added later that this same idea of

humorous and sophisticated incorporation of classical music into the local culture has inspired his newest batch of television com-mercials promoting the concert series. In one of them he depicts himself as the X-Men char-acter Wolverine as part of what he called an attempt to “de-mystify classical music for the people here.”

And it seems to be working, too, with the concerts drawing between 3,000 and 5,000 people to the college grounds for each perfor-mance. But as co-director of the concert series here in Southern Maryland, Jeff said he owed a great deal to executive director Barbara Ber-shon, who handles much of the promotion and fundraising aspects of the operation.

Bershon was juggling a large portfolio of flyers and Web-page printouts as she spoke, pulling out information on the various per-formers that would be taking the stage at the college this summer.

Though comfortable and confident when discussing the arts, she admitted she never considered her background as a developmental psychologist very fitting for her current posi-tion as executive director of the River Concert Series. It was more her value as a fan of the arts that had helped her get her foot in that door, she said.

“I was the chair of the arts alliance the year the concert series began. That was in 1999 and I got really invested in it. I just thought it was the coolest thing ever,” she said, “so in the fall of ’02 the previous director decided she needed to retire … and I wasn’t teaching that semester so Jeff said to me ‘why don’t you do it?’”

Bershon had decided to give the position a try, and found herself steeped in concert pro-motions, flyers, programs, stage set-ups and

the nuts-and-bolts networking that has been bringing very well-known talent to a very well-known stage in Southern Maryland for the last 11 years.

“I’m a big fan of the arts, so that was why it was a perfect match. We always had tickets to the National Symphony when we lived in the D.C. area, and I love music, and we collect fine art in our house, but trying to make a living at it was something I never considered,” she said. “But because of my love for the arts, and since working with Jeff was so much fun, it kind of turned out to be this dream job I had never even dreamed about.”

When asked about the college’s search for a different venue on campus, Bershon said the process was still underway.

“The amphitheater project is in process, and location really has to do with how well we can serve the community, and looking at vari-ous locations we realized that the best location is the one we’re at, and it really has to do with acoustics as much as anything else,” she said, explaining that though they had considered many visually interesting sites in and around Historic St. Mary’s City, noise issues had al-ways dampened their appeal.

But as both Jeff and Barbara prep the stage for Friday night’s opening performance, which will feature the world premiere of Mary-land composer N. Lincol-DeCusatis’ “In Ter-rae Mariae: A Creation Story,” as well as per-

formances by Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Celtic rock band, “O’Malley’s March,” one can see the unlikely marriage between these two characters paying off considerably as they anticipate their most successful season to date.

For more information on the River Concert Series, go to www.smcm.edu/rcs/.

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Jeff Silberschlag conducting in Alba, Italy, where he directs the European leg of the concert series.

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bery, which occurred on June 11, 2009 at approximately 4p.m. at the intersection of Point Look-out Road and Great Mills Road. The 37-year-old male victim reports that he picked up a white male who asked him for a ride at the intersection. He is described as being in his mid- twenties, approximately 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighing about 250 pounds, with brown hair, a mustache and goatee, wearing a green shirt and blue jeans. The suspect displayed a handgun and took the victim’s money. The victim then reports that he was forced to drive to various locations in the Lexington Park area over approximately a seven-hour period and was forced to remove funds from an automated teller machine. The suspect finally exited the vehicle and fled in the area of St. Mary’s Landing Apartments. Bureau of Criminal Investigations Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crime call them at 301-475- 4200 x9058 or Crime Solvers at 301-475-3333.

Investigators Make Arrests For CocaineVice/Narcotics detectives received information that there was possible drug activity at a

residence on South Sandgates Road and as the investigation continued, a search and seizure warrant was obtained for the home. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Team assisted in the execution of the warrant and the arrest of Daniel Thomas

Hayden, age 55. Cocaine, a digital scale and more than $500.00 worth of prescription medi-cation were recovered. The case will be presented to the State’s Attorney and additional felony charges are pending.

Vice/Narcotics detectives identified Joseph William Medley III, age 25, of Lexington Park,

as an alleged distributor of cocaine. Undercover purchases of crack cocaine were made and State’s Attorney Richard D. Fritz reviewed and presented the case to the St. Mary’s County Grand Jury.

Medley, a.k.a. “Joe Black”, was indicted and subsequently arrested. Additional warrants for volation of probation and failure to pay child support were also served on Medley.


Cornelius Chase, 48, one of three suspects in custody charged with the 2004 armed robbery of the Cedar Point Federal Credit Union in Leonar-dtown, claims that the warrants for his arrest were fraudulently obtained without probable cause and has demanded that evidence seized as a result be suppressed.

The case against Chase, which has dragged on since about 2006 when he was indicted in Cir-cuit Court, is set for trial in November.

Chase’s attorney, public defender John Getz, said that detectives who conducted a warrant search on a Charles County motel room where his client was staying had no cause for a “no-knock” search warrant, while prosecutor Daniel J. White said that the warrant was appropriate since Chase was known as a “an armed career criminal.”

Getz also claimed that the court had no authority to allow local detectives to con-duct a search warrant in another jurisdiction. Chase yelled out his own objections at Monday’s motions hearing to suppress evidence against him

at being characterized as a dangerous felon and railed against what he called unfair treatment by the court.

He accused police and the court of “falsifying warrants and all this kind of crap” and called on Judge C. Clarke Raley to recuse himself from the case since he was the judge who approved the war-rants, executed several years ago, in the first place.

The charges against Chase were initially dropped in 2004 but detectives were able to get the indictment through Circuit Court two years later after they collected and processed more evidence that allegedly linked him to the crime.

Raley, who refused to step down from the case, did not rule Monday, instead bending to the requirement of research and a written opinion for Chase’s motions.

At one point Raley ordered Chase, who is already serving prison time for other violent fel-ony convictions, taken from the court for being disruptive.

“I can only take him 10 minutes at a time,” Raley said. “I have no axe to grind with Mr. Chase. I’d love to pawn this case off on some other unsus-pecting jurist, but I’m not allowed to.”

Bank Robbery Suspect Claims No Cause For Warrants In His Arrest For 2004 Heist


Two men are being held on no-bond status at the county detention center for allegedly break-ing into a local sporting goods store and stealing

semi-automatic rifles.Robert Jacob Eberle,

20, who has also been charged with having sex-ual relations with a minor, and Robert Damian Mc-Carson, 22, are alleged to have stolen an AK-47 pat-tern rifle, a Heckler and Koch .223 caliber sporting carbine and a competi-tion grade pellet gun in the June 9 break-in at the

Tackle Box in Lexington Park.Both men were arrested last week after an

investigation by the county Bureau of Crimi-nal Investigations turned up information from a confidential informant that led to the pair as the prime suspects in the case, according to charging documents.

Court papers allege that both Eberle and Mc-Carson broke through a concrete wall at the sport-ing goods store located on Three Notch Road and later tried to sell the rifles they allegedly stole.

Detectives executed a search warrant on a Mid-way Drive address and found McCarson there, whom they charged with burglary, also finding the three missing weapons there, court papers allege.

The semi-automatic rifles were found in the residence, while the pellet rifle was found close by in a long bag, court papers state.

Witnesses interviewed claim they saw both Eberle and McCarson together the night of the store burglary at the same address where the weapons were later found and later left the Mid-way Drive residence saying they were “going for a walk,” charging documents state.

During the witness interviews, according to charging documents, a 15-year-old girl told in-vestigators that she had been in a sexual relation-ship with Eberle since she was 14 years old.

Eberle has since been charged with a fourth-degree sex offense as well as second-degree bur-glary, malicious destruction of property and theft over $500.

The estimated value of the weapons stolen is about $2,000, while the damage to the building is believed to be about $5,000.

Two Held In Tackle Box BurglaryOne Suspect Accused Of Sex Offense


A man accused of using his vehicle to run over another man in the parking lot of a Lexington Park business last week is being held on a no-bond status in the county detention center.

John Terrell McCleod, 26, of Lexington Park has been charged with both first-degree and sec-ond-degree assault for his alleged attack on Eric Scott Johnson June 11 in the parking lot of the Cut Rate Tobacco store on Great Mills Road.

According to charging documents filed against McCleod in county District Court, police found a witness who told them that they saw Mc-Cleod physically remove Johnson from the store that night and push him to the asphalt in front of his vehicle.

McCleod then went back into the store, charging documents stated, and when he came back out, the witness told police he told John-son to get out from in front of the vehicle; but he subsequently got in the car and drove over top of Johnson.

McCleod allegedly dragged the victim un-derneath his car before exiting and pulling John-son out from underneath before fleeing the scene.

Emergency responders found Johnson in the parking lot and had him flown via helicopter to the trauma unit at Prince George’s Hospital Cen-ter in Cheverly for treatment.

McCleod returned to the scene of the in-cident and was identified as the prime suspect, charging documents state.

Court papers state that he later admitted to using his car to assault Johnson that night.

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This weekend join in the festivi-ties celebrating Maryland’s 375th birthday, marking the landing in 1634 of the first colonists on the shores of what would become Maryland, at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

On Friday, June 19, at-tend the world premiere at the college of a sym-phony commissioned for Maryland’s 375th birthday titled “In Terra Maryland.” Enjoy music and fireworks on Satur-day. Check out www.riverconcertseries.com for more details on the St. Mary’s College River Concert Series.

Besides the college, also discover the historic exhibits in St. Mary’s City, which is set in a beautiful tidewater landscape. Take part in the activities on Saturday June 20 as tall ships set sail up the St. Mary’s River. Enjoy re-enactments, pag-eantry, colonial and American Indian dancing.

Of course, birthday cake will be available as Maryland’s 375th birthday celebration continues. Calico Jack, Da-vid Norris, Ship’s Company and David Hildebrand will provide live music. For additional details, go to www.stmarysc-ity.org.

Southern St. Mary’s County is a des-tination close to home that also offers incredible views of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. Beautiful landscapes and long stretches of farmland are prev-alent throughout the area. There is much

to do and see with the many unique businesses and attractions that are available.

One of the main ones is Point Lookout State Park at the end of the picturesque St.

Mary’s peninsula formed by the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. Per-haps get a day of fish-ing in from the 710-foot pier. Check out the Point Lookout Lighthouse or visit the Civil War Mu-seum and Marshland Nature Center located

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to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays.

Drive by the stretches of farmland and catch a glimpse of the alpacas. Plan an excursion aboard one of the many charter boats or enjoy a day at Elm’s Beach. The area offers tasty dining at local restaurants and pubs, and quality lodging with awesome views.

The South County area has much to offer. Why not stop in and check out what the local shops have while there. Mark your calendars, add it to your sum-mer to-do list, and enjoy the best of South County.

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AnnouncinIssued Marriage ApplicationsIssued Marriage Applications

May 1, 2009

Jonathan Stephen Lee 24 California, Md

Megan Dawn Miller 22 California, Md

James Robert Gretton 33 Hughesville, Md

Virginia Fusaro 32 California, Md

Richard Aaron Redell 32 King George, Va

Christina Michele Bogue 26 King George, Va

Matthew James Keeler 21 Columbia, Md

Jordan Marie Corrigan 21 Columbia, Md

Pleasant Montgomery III 19 Solomons, Md

Amber Kay Parks 19 Solomons, Md

May 4, 2009

David Joseph Fitzpatrick 31 Mechanicsville, Md

Rachel Ann Stober 25 Mechanicsville, Md

Jeromy Andrew Vojacek 24 Mechanicsville, Md

Lindsey Michelle Young 20 Mechanicsville, Md

May 5, 2009

James Samuel Eaches Jr. 35 Great Mills, Md

Diane Elizabeth Harmon 28 Great Mills, Md

May 6, 2009

Efrain Vargas 26 Patuxent River, Md

Elesha Marie Mercier 25 Fort Collins, Co

Jose Eugene Jose Gonzales 29 Huntington, Md

Elisabeth Joy Rowe 28 Lexington Park, Md

Travis James Hughson 27 Leonardtown, Md

Norah Mackenzie Lewis 23 Leonardtown, Md

Christopher Dominick Zelinsky 20

Mechanicsville, MdDanielle Marie Schuman 20

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Demetrios Emmanuel Shizas 27 Lexington Park, Md

Karen Michelle Beltz 30 Lexington Park, Md

John Edward Therres 22 California, Md

Alice Sunny Phangnivong 20 California, Md

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Michael Alan Cook 56 Hollywood, Md

Joanne Amy Wescott 40 Hollywood, Md

Alan Kenton Kackmeister 37 Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Emily Detter 32 St. Leonard, Md

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James David Hancock 28 Mechanicsville, Md

Jennilee Doris Thompson 23 Mechanicsville, Md

George Edward Stewart Jr. 29 Great Mills, Md

Ninah Roberta Hinson 27 Great Mills, Md

Michael Bruce Provenzano 51 Drayden, Md

Carla Sue Brooks 56 Drayden, Md

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Amanda Lael Rivera 24 Glen Burnie, Md

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John Raymond Biscoe 23 Leonardtown, Md

Rosemaire Catherine Price 23 Mechanicsville, Md

Geoffrey Scott Shideler 24 Solomons, Md

Allison Rae Chandler 24 Solomons, Md

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Christian Rene’ Viverette 41 Lexington Park, Md

Jennifer Marie Staley 36 Lexington Park, Md

Michael Buryl Scott 49 Avenue, Md

Kelly Jane Glanz 32 Washington, D.C.

Chad Richard Menge 41 Takoma Park, Md

Linda Marie Oravecz 39 Takoma Park, Md

Charles Franklin Wolf III 56 Scotland, Md

Shirley Ann Dick 58, Somerset, Ky

Jason Nathaniel Gray 26 Leonardtown, Md

Darlene Amber Clark 29 Leonardtown, Md

Zachary Hayes Joy 22 Hollywood, Md

Evelyn Marie Krasnesky 21 Hollywood, Md

Donald Raphael Parker 25 Mechanicsville, MdEmily Ann Turner 24 Mechanicsville, Md

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Joseph Gaylord Brandenburg 29 Sparta, Tn

Rebekah Leigh Jackson 25 Hollywood, Md

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Jeffery James Zabko 28 Mechanicsville, Md

Tammy Lynn Norris 27 Clements, Md

Robert Todd Peternel 40 Norfolk, Va

Melanie Lynn Speakman 28 Norfolk, Va

Nicholas Darren Vaughn 19 Lexington Park, MdTia Marie Jackson 19 Lexington Park, Md

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Kerry Alexander Bond 37 Leonardtown, Md

Chael Elizabeth Llyod 20 Mechanicsville, Md

David Michael Murphy 30 Leonardtown, Md

Crystal Marie Russell 24 Leonardtown, Md

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The County TimesThursday, June 18, 200923We don’t live in an urban environment —we live in the country (as long as we can keep it that way). When you meet an on-coming funeral procession, pull over. Do the same if one is com-ing from behind you. Don’t lead it, don’t get in the mid-dle of it, don’t follow too closely, and for God’s sake, don’t pass it. We and our loved ones will die one day. This is one of the last tributes we can pay to the deceased--do it!

Last Friday, af-ter being at “Chesley’s Hill”, we went just a mile or so to the cemetery at “The Plains.” The resi-dents of Golden Beach do a great job of keeping this site clean, mowed, and in good repair. A few of the stones have been restored; others are no longer readable due to time and weather; and unfortunately, again, some have been vandal-ized. Remember the old saying “fool’s names as fool’s faces are often found in public places?” Nick and Linda, your names are inscribed on a tombstone that’s over 200 years old. Did you stop to think that maybe you would want to be remembered 50 or 100 years for something oth-er than being a vandal?

Below are the inscriptions from some of the older stones at “The Plains.”

Here lies interred the body of Col. Henry Peregrine Jowles, who departed this life the 31st day of March 1720, in the 39th year of his age.

Here lies interred the Body of Mr. John Forbes, who departed this life on the 26 day of January 1737, in the 37th year of his age.

Here is interred the body of Mary So-theron, wife of Henry Greenfi eld Sotheron, only child of Major Zachariah Bond. Born the 14th of January 1736 and died the 11th of October 1763 aged 26 years.

Under this tomb is deposited the body of John Forbes, who was born on the 19th of March 1757. He departed this life on the 31st of December 1804 in the 46th year of his age. He was a good man.

Dryden Cheseldine (1687-1760), daughter of Kenelm Cheseldine and Mary Gerard, mar-ried fi rst Henry Peregrine Jowles and second John Forbes (died 1737). She was the grand-mother of John Forbes (died 1804). It is highly likely that she’s buried here too.

A debt of gratitude is owed to Scott Law-rence and Gracie Brady for involving me in this latest project. Scott freely gives his blood, sweat, and tears to ensure we don’t lose these valuable sites and even though I tease him of-ten, I am honored to be his friend.

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Do you believe in ghosts? While I’m not sure that I do, I wish there were. How I would love to hear or read about the sorry little twit who, while defacing or destroying a tombstone, was grabbed by the cold, fl eshless hand of the grave’s occupant.

Recently the tombstone of John Chesley was relocated at Golden Beach. In 1908 it was included in “Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia” by Helen Ridgely. Fortunately, the words from the tombstone were recorded at that time because today at least half of it lies in pieces--so many pieces that even if all of them could be found, res-toration may not be possible. The picture ac-

companying this article shows what’s left of a stone, much larger, that originally

weighed about 1,500 pounds. “This monument is erected to

the memory of John Chesley, of Saint Mary’s County, who died Decem-ber the 5th, 1767, in the 64th year of his age. He was Magistrate of this County upwards of 30 years, during several of which he presided as judge of the Court and always distinguished

himself for Ability and uprightness. Beneath this stone the cold remains are

laid, Of one who has the debt of nature paid, Truth as she passes drops the silent

tear, Laments the husband, Parent, Friend, Duty and love have thus inscribed his name But virtue ranks in the Book of Fame.”

John Chesley was married twice and had 10 children. The remains of his wives and oth-er family members are probably buried near him at “Chesley’s Hill.”

Some of you may say “why should I care, he wasn’t related to me.” You probably don’t know that with any certainty. Many residents of Golden Beach and elsewhere in this county relocated here from Prince George’s County, unaware that some of them were essentially re-turning to their roots. Prince George’s County wasn’t created until 1698 and most of the peo-ple who lived there were originally from the counties of Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s.

You should also care because of your children. Our children learn from us, not by what we tell them but what we do. It isn’t just about tombstones. Show respect for the dead.

Columnist Linda Reno is a historian and genealogist

specializing in Southern Maryland history. Mrs. Reno is a member of the St. Mary’s County

Historical Society, St. Mary’s County Genealogical Society, Charles County

Genealogical Society, Maryland Historical Society and the Maryland Genealogical

Society. She has authored many books and articles on local history. We

hope you will enjoy these articles and welcome your comments

and suggestions for future subjects.

A Journey Through TimeA Journey Through TimeThe Chronicle

Photo Courtesy of Scott Lawrence



It’s that time of year again, when county residents dust off the barbecue tongs, wash out their coolers, and start packing beach towels and lawn chairs for the summer festivities taking place along the river, and as St. Mary’s College launches its 11th performance season, both resi-dents and visitors can look forward to a healthy variety of offerings at the River Concert Series this year.

Running through July and free to the public, the series of concerts opens June 19 and 20 with a celebration of Maryland’s 375th birthday, kick-ing off the summer with evening entertainment for the community that will feature world-class music, food from local vendors and a fi reworks display on Saturday.

Under the musical direction of Jeffrey Silberschlag, this season’s opening night will feature renowned guest artists, including Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Celtic rock band, O’Malley’s March, performing with the Chesapeake Orches-tra on Friday night.

Though O’Malley’s primary responsibilities as governor have admittedly forced him to play less with his band since he took offi ce, he has be-come known for bringing what he calls his own style of “Celtic Fury” to the stage with his band

mates.Among them are

Jared Denhard, a Celtic

harpist, storyteller, highland piper and trombon-ist who splits his time between O’Malley’s March and the medieval jazz group Keltia; guitarist Ralph Reinoldi, who brings with him a distinctive rock style; drummer Jamie Wilson, a C.B.G.B.’s veteran who fi rst joined with O’Malley with his larger Celtic band called “Smash-the Windows” in the mid ’90s; violinist Jim Eagan, the band’s house Irish step-dancer; and bassist Pete Miller, who has played professionally since he was 13 years old.

On Friday and Saturday night Scottish so-prano Marie Claire Breen and trumpeter John Wallace will join world-renowned trumpeter An-drew Balio of the Baltimore Symphony for per-formances of Biber, Vivaldi, Albinoni and Han-del, as well as Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (“The New World”) which will be featured on Friday night.

Concert violinist Anne Akiko Meyers will perform Barber’s Concerto for Violin as well as selections from Gershwin and the jazz classic, “Autumn in New York” on Saturday, followed by the world premier of “In Terrae Mariae: A Cre-ation Story,” a narrative symphonic work with music by Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis commemo-rating the founding of Maryland.

And of course, visitors won’t want to for-get the fi reworks display going off to Handel’s “Royal Fireworks” suite at the close of Saturday’s performance.

For more information on the 2009 River Concert Series, go to www.smcm.edu/rcs/.

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Friday, June 19 • Music of the 1600s: Biber, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Handel; Featuring Marie Claire Breen (soprano), John Wal-lace, Jeffrey Silberschlag, Andrew Balio, Michael Adams , Ercole Cer-etta, Robert Birch and Carlton Rowe (trumpets).• N. Lincoln-DeCusatis: “In Ter-rae Mariae: A Creation Story” world premier, featuring narrators Mag-gie O’Brien, John Bohanan, Tony O’Donnell, Jim Muldoon and Vir-ginia Stein• Dvorak: “Symphony No. 9 ‘New World’”• O’Malley’s March

Saturday, June 20• Music of the 1600s: Biber, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Handel; Featuring Marie Claire Breen (soprano), John Wal-lace, Jeffrey Silberschlag, Andrew Balio, Michael Adams , Ercole Cer-etta, Robert Birch and Carlton Rowe (trumpets)• N. Lincoln-DeCusatis: “In Terrae Mariae: A Creation Story” featuring narrators Cindy Broyles, Todd Mor-gan and Regina Faden• Barber: “Concerto for Violin” fea-turing Anne Akiko Meyers• Handel: “Royal Fireworks” to live fi reworks display

Friday, June 26• Beethoven: “Symphony No. 4”• Haydn: “Flute Concerto in D major” featuring soloist Giuseppe Nova• Copeland: “Symphony No. 3 ‘Fan-fare for the Common Man’”

Friday, July 3• River Concert Series “Salute to the 50s” with vocalist Hilary Kole• Marches by John Philip Sousa• Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” to live fi reworks displayFriday, July 10

• An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein• Guest Conductor Larry Vote with Diane Atherton (soprano), Olivia Vote (mezzo soprano), Steven Cramer (ten-or) and Robert McDonald (baritone)

Friday, July 17• “The Young and the Gifted” pro-gram featuring players of the Mary-land Youth Symphony, featuring so-loists Zachary Silberschlag (trumpet) and Katherine Heilman (oboe)• Korsakov: “Russian Easter Overture”• Riisager: “Concertino for Trumpet”• Cimarosa: “Oboe Concerto”• Tchaikovsky: “Symphony No. 5”

Friday, July 24• Rossini: “La gazza ladra Overture”• Brahms: “Piano Concerto No. 1” featuring pianist Maurizio Moretti• Strauss: “Ein Heldenleben” (A He-ro’s Life)

Friday, July 31• “The Big Finish” program featur-ing Bernstein’s “Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs”• Artie Shaw: “Concerto for Clarinet” featuring soloist Giampiero Sobrino • Bernstein: “West Side Story: Sym-phonic Dances”• Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue” fea-turing pianist Brian Ganz

For more information on the River Concert Series, go to www.smcm.edu/rcs/.

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Going OnGoing OnThursday, June 18• Lizzie and FriendChef’s American Bistro (San Souci Plaza) – 6 p.m.

• UpstrokeVincenzos (Dowell Rd, Lusby) – 6:30 p.m.

• Ladies NightFat Boys Country Store (Leonard-town) – 7 p.m.

• KaraokeCadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m.

Friday, June 19• River Concert Series Opener Feat. O’Malley’s MarchSt. Mary’s College – 7 p.m.

• Texas Hold’Em TournamentVFW Post 2632 (California) – 7 p.m.

• Road HouseLa Plata Town Hall – 7 p.m.

• Free Christian Rock Concert Feat. One Such LoveLexington Park United Methodist Church – 7 p.m.

• Wet T-Shirt ContestHeavy Hitters (Charlotte Hall) – 8 p.m.

• Robin Jennings and Richard

WagnerCalypso Bay (Solomons Island) – 8 p.m.

• 4 FriendsChef’s American Bistro (San Souci Plaza) – 8:30 p.m.

• KaraokeCadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m.

• Karaoke911 Bar (Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m.

• DJ Red Dog KaraokeCryer’s Back Road Inn (Leonard-town) – 9 p.m.

• Jani Lane of Warrant & Beretta JaneHulas (23900 Patuxent Beach Rd, California) – 9 p.m.

Saturday, June 20• Maryland’s 375th CelebrationHistoric St. Mary’s City – 10 a.m.

• Craft Day at the Mill – Cecil’s Old Mill in Great Mills is having a free craft day for children from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. called Sand Art; it’s the fi rst craft day of the season. The Mill will supply colored sand and glass jars, and after the children make their sand jars, they will be able to take them home. The event will take place rain or shine inside the historic mill and crafts center on Indian Bridge Road. For more infor-mation, call Larae at 301-862-1232

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• Juneteenth CelebrationFreedom Park (Lexington Park, 235 and Tulagi Place) – 12 noon

• The WanderersCryer’s Back Road Inn (Leonard-town) – 7 p.m.

• Idle Americans / Open Blues JamFat Boys Country Store (Leonard-town) – 8 p.m.

• 4 FriendsChef’s American Bistro (San Souci Plaza) – 8:30 p.m.

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

• DJ JamieCadillac Jack’s (Lexington Park) – 9 p.m.

• $300 Karaoke IdolBig Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville) – 9 p.m.

• DJ MangoHeavy Hitters (Charlotte Hall) – 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 21• All You Can Eat Breakfast – 8 to 11 a.m. Valley Lee Fire House, Valley Lee. $8 adults; $4 children Ages 5-12; children under 5 – Free. Sponsored (and prepared) By the

2nd District Fire Dept. and Rescue Squad Auxiliary.

• No Limit Texas Hold’Em “Shoot-out” TournamentFOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) – 2 p.m.

• St. Michael’s School Bingo – A new bingo session at Park Bingo Hall (next to McDonald’s, across from San Souci Plaza). Doors open at 3:45 p.m. Bingo starts at 5 p.m. This Sunday, to celebrate the fi rst bingo session, the Jackpot in 58 #s will be $1,000. The Bonanza Bonus will be $2,009. Please tell all of your friends and relatives to come out and play Bingo every Sunday evening. Proceeds will benefi t St. Michael’s School. For additional informa-tion, please contact Chris Chase at 301-866-9502.

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• UpstrokeWildewood Clubhouse (near pool) – 5:30 p.m.

Monday, June 22• Margarita MondaysFat Boys Country Store (Leonard-town) – 12 noon

• No Limit Texas Hold’Em Bounty

TournamentSt. Mary’s County Elk’s Lodge – 7 p.m.

• Dog Obedience Classes– Saint Mary’s County Dept. of Recreation and Parks is excepting registration for summer Puppy Kindergarten, Basic and Advanced dog obedience classes. Classes start June 22 and 24 at the Leonardtown Fair Grounds. Pre-registration is required and class size is limited. For more informa-tion call 301-475-4200.

Tuesday, June 23• Local Flavor / Local FareLeonardtown Square – 5:30 p.m.

• KaraokeChef’s American Bistro (San Souci Plaza) – 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 24• Bike NightFat Boys Country Store (Leonard-town) – 6 p.m.

• Special Olympics No Limit Hold’Em TourneyBennett Building (24930 Old Three Notch Road, Hollywood) – 7 p.m.

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Today in St. Mary’s County

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Each week we will feature a local restaurant and give our readers an overview of what they can enjoy on the menu

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By VICTORIA BRETTFor The Associated Press

Some foods make you thirsty. Not the case with strawberries. The tart, juicy and sweet fruit excites the salivary glands, quenching thirst and hunger. But put those red berries in a pie or shortcake and you’ll be wanting something to wash them down.

`̀ One of the tricks when you’re trying to pair a drink with something is to fi nd a beverage that has a similar level of sweetness to the food, and a similar level of acidity, or tartness,’’ says Ted Allen, Food Network host and

cookbook author. Allen suggests adding elegance to your straw-

berry experience _ whether you nosh them on their own, dip them in chocolate or use them as part of a dessert _ by sipping sparkling wine.

Champagne, Allen says, has long been a traditional accompaniment to berries. For the best match, Allen suggests picking a `̀ demi-

sec’’ Champagne, which is sweeter than the more common `̀ brut,’’ which is dry.

`̀Also, a very nice pairing is with the slightly sweet Italian sparkling wine, prosecco, or with still wines like pinot gris

or gewurztraminer from the Al-sace region of France,’’ he says.

If you’re not looking to im-press or don’t want alcohol, Al-

len suggests going with a glass of milk. Berries and cream are a truly wonderful pairing.

You also could play off the strawberries by making a vanilla

smoothie (milk and ice cream or vanilla yogurt work nicely) and add-ing a few strawberries and a touch of

honey.

Healthy BitesHealthy BitesIce Cream with Grilled Strawberries Ice Cream with Grilled Strawberries and Bananasand Bananas

By J.M. HIRSCHAP Food Editor

When the burgers and frank-furters are done, keep the grill go-ing for dessert. The heat helps cara-melize the sugars in fruit, as in this recipe for grilled strawberries and bananas. Pineapple, plums, peaches and mango are other great options for grilled fruit.

Alternatively, skip the ice cream and serve these berries and bananas over pound or angel food cake dusted with powdered sugar.

On The VineOn The Vine

Heat a grill to medium. In a medium bowl, whisk to-

gether the lime juice, honey, canola oil, salt and cinnamon. Add the strawberries and bananas, then toss gently to coat. Thread the strawber-ries and bananas onto 5 skewers. Reserve any of the glaze remaining in the bowl.

Oil the grill grate. Grill the skewered fruit for 2 to 3 minutes, covered, or until there are light grill marks. Use a pastry brush to brush the tops of the skewered fruit with any remaining glaze, then turn and grill, covered, for another 2 to 3 minutes.

If the skewers stick to the grill, use a thin spatula to loosen before lifting.

Divide the ice cream between 4 bowls. Top with whipped cream. Remove the fruit from the skewers and use it to top each serving.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 265 calo-ries; 108 calories from fat; 12 g fat (6 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 34 mg cholesterol; 38 g carbohydrate; 3 g protein; 3 g fi ber; 124 mg sodium.

GRILLED STRAWBERRIES AND BANANAS WITH ICE CREAM

Start to fi nish: 15 minutes Servings: 4 2 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon canola oil Pinch salt Pinch cinnamon 1 pint strawberries, hulled and halved 1 banana, sliced crosswise into 1/2-inch rounds 1 pint vanilla ice cream Whipped cream, to serve

On The MenuOn The MenuQuick Strawberry Spread Creates Intense Starter

By J.M. HIRSCHAP Food Editor

This easy and intense rethinking of pepper jelly cream cheese is a sweet and savory way to start any summer festivity.

Traditional versions of this spread involve little more than plunking a bar of cream cheese down on a plate and dumping a jar of pepper jelly over it. Serve it with bread and crackers and it’s pretty tasty.

This version takes it to a fresh and fl avorful new level by topping cream cheese with warm fresh strawberries, balsamic vinegar and ground black pepper. Finely diced jarred jalapeno peppers would be a spicy addition.

To play up the sweetness of the berries, the cream cheese is whipped with fi nely chopped fresh berries before the topping is added. The result is a nice contrast between the gently cooked berries in the topping and the fresh, sweet berries in the cheese.

This same topping also would be delicious drizzled over va-nilla or chocolate ice cream, or pound and angel food cake.

PEPPER-STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE

Start to fi nish: 30 minutes Servings: 6 1 quart fresh strawberries, stems removed 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper Pinch salt 12-inch baguette, cut into 1/2-inch slices Olive oil cooking spray 12-ounce package whipped cream cheese, warmed to room temperature

Heat the oven to 450 F. Slice about two-thirds of

the strawberries in half. Set aside the remaining berries.

In a small saucepan over medium, combine the halved berries, balsamic vinegar, honey, black pepper and salt. Cover, bring to a simmer and cook until the strawberries have mostly broken down and thickened, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, arrange the baguette slices on a rimmed baking sheet, then spritz them with olive oil cooking spray.

Bake until lightly toasted, about 8 to 10 minutes. Re-move from the oven and cover with foil to keep warm.

Finely chop the remain-ing strawberries. In a medium bowl, combine the berries and the cream cheese. Use a wooden spoon or an electric mixer on low to gently mix the berries into the cream cheese.

Mound the cream cheese mixture on a serving plat-ter, using a spoon to create a slight hollow at the center. Fill the hollow with the cooled sauce, letting some drizzle over the edges. Surround the cheese with the toasted ba-guette slices.

Nutrition informa-tion per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 374 calories; 184 calories from fat; 20 g fat (12 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 62 mg cholesterol; 39 g carbohy-drate; 9 g protein; 3 g fi ber; 490 mg sodium.

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By Shelby OppermannContributing Writer

Oh boy, it’s birthday week. My husband and I celebrate our birthdays four days apart and call it our birthday week. We try to do something special each day. Thank goodness it will be an even year for me. I really only like the even-year birthdays, but I’m glad I’m here on the odd years too. I often wonder if there are other people like me who feel this way about

birthday numbers. There must be some type of syndrome or long psychological name for it – there is for everything else.

Oh, I also see each number in a different color – must be a name for that. Each number I see, from the time I was little, has a color as-sociated to it; three is red, four is yellow, six is green, seven is blue, and 8 is yellow again and so on. I’ll be 48 this birthday, so that is a double yellow, which I think, will be a mani-cally happy, fantastic year. Yellow is a happy,

of anof an Aimless

Mindsunshiny day, color. You can tell I’ve been look-ing forward to turning 48 for quite awhile.

It’s not that I think as if an odd-year is doomed from the start. I’m just not as excited on my birthday. For the fi rst half of my 47th year, I still thought of myself as 46, and then gradually starting thinking of myself as 48. I never truly embraced 47. It’s kind of like the child who says they are 4 and a half or 15 and three-quarters – always wishing that more grown-up number would arrive quicker. No one does that after they reach 18. It’s, I’m such and such an age with no fractions.

I probably won’t be ecstatic when I turn 49 next year, and not because of me being a year older. Any year ending in nines has not usu-ally been a good year for me – always fraught with change. I’m looking forward to 50. I see it in huge, deep burgundy red block numbers. I must be crazy? 50 is an even year, considered monumental, and from what Oprah and many other women have said, it is when a woman re-ally comes into her own. I don’t know what that means. I imagine I’ll wake up on my 50th birth-day and all of life’s answers will be revealed, or I’ll know what I want to be when I grow up. 50 seems like a huge mystery to me. If anyone knows the answer to this, please don’t tell me. I want it to be what your parents tell you with a special gleam in their eye and a touch of sar-casm in their voice. “You’ll fi nd out when you get older.”

My husband has already reached this pin-nacle of age. But I believe it is different for men. I have never heard a man saying, “That’s when a man comes into his own.” What I usually hear men saying is “The things I could do at eighteen, or twenty-one”. 50 for men is a convertible or motorcycle I’ve heard. My husband and I had

such a nice drive in the convertible yesterday. Maybe it is the years ending in 0’s that are the years of change for men.

Now I need some goals for 48. Since not all the goals from New Year’s resolutions have been fulfi lled, this is a half-year do-over. A mid-year recharge of spirit and goals. I like having a June birthday for that reason. In my early 40’s, I went on a mid-life directions retreat for a recharge, but I can’t fi nd my notes. I don’t remember now what my goals were at that time. Most likely, they had to do with parenting issues. Now the boys are on their own and working, so I really only have to worry about what is in store for me. Last weekend I went on our church’s women’s retreat and didn’t necessarily set goals, but was there to grow spiritually and develop a strong connection with other women in our parish. Of course there is always inner work to be done as well. I love how one of the retreatants termed it. She said, “We needed to do ‘inreach’ fi rst before we could do outreach.” That was perfect.

One thing I have found in my 40’s which continues to grow in importance is how much having a group of women friends is important in my life. The support, encouragement, laughter and love is vital to my happiness. My husband is the major part, but women’s friendships round out my life. I think I’ll call a few and see if they want to take a ride in the convertible. All I need now is a yellow convertible. Watch out 48, and watch out “Thelma and Louise”!

To each new year’s adventure, Shelby

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Have you ever tried walking around on your toenails? Eeeek! That would hurt your tootsies a whole bunch. But lots of animals walk around on their toenails all the time. Pigs, cows, hors-es, sheep, and goats do it. So do rhinos, hip-pos, giraffes, and other animals, too. And it doesn’t hurt them at all. How come? They’re ungulates!

Unga who? Ungu-lates are mammals hav-ing hoofs (or hooves), which are hard, horny sheaths covering the toes. This hardened outer layer of growth is called keratin and it pro-tects the animals when they run. Your toenails and fi ngernails are made out of the same stuff, too. Ungulates are also different from other animals because they walk by digiti-grade locomotion, which is just a cool way of saying they walk on their toes.

Long feet. The next time you go to the zoo, check out some ungulates, especially zebras and antelopes. Hoofed animals like these living on the plains of Africa with no place to hide have to run fast, and those long feet evolved over time help them to es-cape from hungry predators.

Hoof’s who. Ungulates are divided into two main groups, the even-toed and the odd-toed. The even-toed guys with clo-ven or divided hoofs are the largest group and include familiar animals like cattle, pigs, camels, antelopes, deer, hippos, and giraffes, among many others. The odd-toed guys with solid hoofs are a much smaller bunch – horses, zebras, tapirs, and rhinos.

Why the difference? Well, hoofs are

adapted to the ground the animal walks or runs on, whether it’s on the grassy plains of Africa, the desert, or in Farmer Jones’ barnyard. Knowing “hoof’s who” in the ungulate world is easy – just scope out the toes!

Hoofi ng it. Ani-mals with one toe like horses and zebras are faster runners than animals with two toes. Pigs, deer, cattle, sheep, goats, and other two-toed ungulates walk better on soft or uneven surfaces. Rhinos and tapirs walk on three toes and hippos on four. You might be surprised to learn that camel hoofs are really splayed pads with toenails --- super cool for trekking through desert sands without sinking into it; and that elephants are

classifi ed as ungulates just because they walk on their tiptoes. So now you know -- the toes tell!

“Barrels” on legs. Ungulates are basi-cally vegetarians and some are also rumi-nants, like cows and deer. Ruminants have special stomachs that are divided into sev-eral compartments that act like fermenta-tion vats. The bacteria in the compartments break down cellulose in plant material as it moves from one compartment to another. That’s why ungulates are big around the middle and why they’re always chewing their cuds, which is regurgitated, partially digested food and Mother Nature’s way of helping her creatures digest their meals.

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As Christine Wray rounds out her 17th year as CEO of St. Mary’s Hospital in Leon-ardtown, she will be doing so as the College of Southern Maryland’s Corporate Center publi-cizes t its selections for the ninth annual Lead-ing Edge Awards, honoring Wray as CEO of the year.

Wray, who has been the president and CEO of St. Mary’s Hospital since 1992, earned a bachelor of arts from Johns Hopkins Univer-sity and a master’s degree in Health Planning and Administration from The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Today she serves as a representative to state and national healthcare organizations and is an active member of the Southern Maryland Naval Alliance and the Rotary Club. Dur-ing Wray’s tenure, St. Mary’s Hospital was named one of only four hospitals in Maryland to achieve the Delmarva Foundation’s Gold Achievement Award for quality of patient care.

Rounding out her dizzying list of accom-plishments has also been the hospital’s success-ful transition to electronic medical records last year, which she credited to the culture of team-work she and her staff had built at the hospital.

When asked about her plans for St. Mary’s Hospital, Wray said that there was a lot more she wished to see done.

“We have so much work ahead!,” she said. “We must continue to develop services to

improve access to care right here in Southern Maryland. This means a focus on recruiting and retaining quality staff and physicians in prima-ry and special needs areas, expanding facilities as growth demands, and always following best practices in the care we provide.”

Wray was honored at the Leading Edge Awards Ceremony at the Greater Waldorf Jay-cees Community Center in Waldorf on Wednes-day night, where companies from Charles, Cal-vert and St. Mary’s counties took home their honors.

When asked for her general reaction to the award, Wray said “I’m very humbled by being chosen … I know that this is a refl ection of the teamwork we have and our focus on providing the very best care we can for our community.”

The Leading Edge Award was instituted by the College of Southern Maryland’s Corporate Center nine years ago to honor business own-ers and managers who spur economic growth in the region.

This year’s other Leading Edge winners included: Keep It Simple Computer Training, the Calvert County Technology Company of the Year; Port Tobacco Consulting, the Charles County Technology Company of the Year, and Compass Systems, Inc., the Patuxent Partner-ship Member Firm of the Year. Wyle Laborato-ries took home the CSM Partnership in Educa-tion award, and the Carol M. Porto Treatment Center was named the Small Business Persons of the year, sponsored by the Maryland Small Business Development Center.

ewsmakersWray Honored as CEO of the Year

33QuestionInterviewInterviewing: David Caudle

David Caudle has been working at Wingardner Chevrolet in Leonar-dtown for six months, having re-cently moved to the sales fl oor. He took some time out of his day to an-swer a few questions for the County Times.

CT: How long have you had your business, and how does being the only beauty school in town position you in the community?

CT: What’s the hottest selling car you have right now?

DC: The Chevy Malibu … It’s award winning, it’s got the most incen-tives, and it’s the best offer right now.

CT: How did you get started selling cars?

DC: I got started when my boss saw some potential. I was working in a different area of the shop and they brought me on the sales fl oor, so I’ve been selling cars for about two and a half months now.

CT: Do you think that federal stimulus money will help the auto industry?

DC: Sure, I think so. I think it’ll help GM, at least. I think GM is in the most dire need, and they’ll be the most affected by it.



Building crews and volunteers with Patuxent Habitat for Humanity braved the hot weather this weekend at the new Fen-wick Ridge subdivision in Lexington Park for what was to be their fi rst build of the season, constructing a new home for local residents Bill and Tiffany Shreve as part of their “Apostles Build” program in concert with several local sponsoring churches.

“The County Commissioners, under Tom McKay at the time, gave us these fi ve lots here, and we’re starting two homes right now for two families,” said Larry Miller, who was heading up construction efforts at the site on Friday with his colleagues Gary Williams and John Girolamo, director of ReStore operations for Patuxent Habitat for Humanity.

“There’s been a great outpouring amongst construction workers and suppli-ers to donate time, energy and material,” he said, noting that several local compa-nies had contributed to this year’s building efforts, including Dean Lumber and The Trading Post.

“We started the project about three weeks ago – the foundations were dug, the footings were put in, and the four concrete walls were done, and then since then we’ve waterproofed the exterior, prepped the fl oor, and put down the ground-works for the bathroom on the lower level, and this after-noon we’ll actually start the framing of the house,” said Miller, adding that he expected between 60 and 80 volunteers the following day for what was to be an “Apostles’ Blitz Build.”

Former Habitat president Gary Wil-liams explained that the weekend’s con-

struction was part of their “Apostle Build” program, sponsored by a partnership of lo-cal churches including Trinity Lutheran, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Holy Face Par-ish, Church of the Ascension, Good Samari-tan, St. Paul’s UMC, Patuxent Presbyterian and several others.

All the while both echoed the words of Dan Doherty, President of Patuxent Habitat, who said “by the end of the weekend the house will be framed and under roof.”

Part of realizing that ambition were Bill and Tiffany Shreve, who joined dozens of volunteers the following day to help build the home as they accrue “sweat equity” hours over the 12-week building period. In that time they will be working on weekends and holidays to help complete their home, which they expect to be done by late August or early September.

Tiffany Shreve, who teaches preschool at Rays of Light Christian Preschool in Lex-ington Park, said she had been busy nailing fl ooring that day, and though she admitted not having much construction experience, she has volunteered for Christmas in April for a number of years and said she was hap-py to be involved.

“I’m very happy about what we’re get-ting. I’m actually ecstatic about what we’re getting,” she said, fanning herself as she nodded to the three-bed-room house going up be-hind her.

Despite the fl urry of activity at the building site and the outpouring of community support for this year’s build, Miller said he was still con-cerned that many of the organization’s building

efforts needed more support in the form of sponsors and volunteers.

“We’ve got a number of families wait-ing in the wings for homes until we get sponsors, so the best message we can get out there would be painting a picture of stepping in, meeting a family and helping them build their home,” he said. “There is no charity quite like this,” he added, smiling.

For information about sponsorship and volunteer opportunities with Patuxent Habitat for Humanity, call the offi ce at 301-863-6227 or 410-326-9050, or go to www.patuxenthabitat.org.

Community L ibrary ItemsL ibrary ItemsPatuxent Habitat for Humanity Begins Building Season

• Children can earn prizes by readingChildren from babies through teens can sign up and

participate in a Summer Reading Club and earn prizes by reading and maintaining a reading log. Those who complete their reading logs receive a free book. All par-ticipants will receive a complimentary lawn ticket to the Blue Crabs August 21 game. A limited number of Ori-oles tickets will be given away through a random draw-ing of those participating.

• Free ice cream for those who visit County sitesChildren ages 5-12 can pick up a Celebrate 375!

Adventure Passport and have fun exploring county sites and learning about 375 years of history. After visiting fi ve sites and getting their passports stamped, they will receive a coupon for free ice cream from Bruster’s and a chance in the drawing of Sally Walker’s book, “Writ-ten in Bone.” Each additional site visited earns them an extra chance in the drawing. This passport admits the childfree to those sites with admission fees. This free program runs through August 31 and is made pos-sible in part by the Southern Maryland Heritage Area Consortium.

• Uncle Pete to kick off Professional Performance Series

Uncle Pete with Kids will kick off this year’s Profes-sional Performance Series on June 29. These free perfor-mances, which are for all ages, will be held on Mondays. Charlotte Hall’s performance will be at 10 a.m. at White Marsh Elementary School, Leonardtown’s at 12:30 p.m. at Leonard Hall Recreation Center and Lexington Park’s at 3 p.m. at Lexington Park Library.

Uncle Pete’s performance, a combination of humor, dancing and audience participation, is being funded by a grant from St. Mary’s County Arts Council and matching funds from the Friends of St. Mary’s County Library.

• Teens can learn to draw MangaA free workshop on drawing Manga characters will

be offered at Lexington Park on June 22 at 5:30 p.m. for teen’s ages 12 and older. The workshop is being conduct-ed by local talent John Busby. Registration is required.

• Computer game workshops scheduledDiscover U Children’s Museum is sponsoring free

workshops conducted by Deb Daniel. Children ages 7-11 can create a computer game using RPG at a workshop on June 23 at 6 p.m. at Lexington Park and June 30 at 6 p.m. at Charlotte Hall.

Charlotte Hall will offer a teen workshop on how to make a simple arcade game using Gamemaker on June 29 at 2 p.m. A workshop using Scratch software to cre-ate a computer game will be held at Lexington Park on June 22 at 2 p.m. Teens can create simple animation for email messages in a digital art workshop offered on June 24 at 2:30 p.m. at Charlotte Hall and on June 24 at 10 a.m. at Lexington Park.

Registration is required for all workshops. The same workshops are being offered at various times throughout the summer at each branch.

• Families can enjoy free movie

A PG movie about a group of kids who begin caring for stray dogs in an abandoned hotel will be shown at Leonardtown on June 18 at 2 p.m. Snacks are provided.

• Wii game fun planned

A Wii Play Family Game Fun is scheduled on June 18 at Charlotte Hall from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Lexing-ton Park on June 24 from 6-7:30 p.m. and Leonardtown on June 25 from 5:30 -7:30 p.m. These are free and open to all ages.

Teens can challenge other teens at Teen Gaming Fun on June 18 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Lexington Park and on June 26 at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Leonardtown. Registration is requested for these free TAG sponsored events.

• Libraries are a collection point for Soldiers’ Care Packages

St. Mary’s County Farm Bureau Women’s Commit-tee is collecting items until June 27 to fi ll care package for soldiers oversees. Items such as gum, snacks, and maga-zines for the packages can be dropped off at any branch.

Flag Day 2009Residents mingled

with dignitaries on the lawn of the governmen-tal center in Leonard-town for the county’s annual Flag Day festivi-ties on Sunday, which included performances by the Piney Point Ele-mentary School Chorus and the Southern Mary-land Sounds Barbershop Chorus under the direc-tion of Diane Trout-man. Among those in attendance were county

commissioners Kenneth Dement, Lawrence Jar-boe, Daniel Raley and Francis Jack Russell, del-egates John Bohanan and John Wood, and Senator Roy Dyson.

Commissioners Lawrence Jarboe and Francis Jack Russell.

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Isabella and Gabrielle Longmore at Sunday’s Flag Day event.

Dr. David Secor, a fi sheries ecologist and associate profes-sor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sci-ence, will discuss “Atlantic Bluefi n Tuna: a Shared Resource?” at the June meeting of the Coastal Conservation Association Maryland, Patuxent River Chapter. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the St. Mary’s County Elks Lodge No. 2092, 45779 Fire Department Lane, California. It is free and open to the public.

“Dr. Secor has worked for many years at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons Island and conducted ex-tensive research on bluefi n tuna,” said Chapter President Scott McGuire. “His knowledge of the Chesapeake Bay, tuna and other fi sh is invaluable for anyone concerned about the Bay and local angling.”

Wings, other food and beverages will be available for purchase beginning at 6 p.m. for those attending the meeting. There will be an update on the chapter’s oyster restoration ef-forts, and raffl e items provided by Guy Brothers Marine, Inc. in Clements will be offered.

Blue Fin Tuna

The “Second Annual Guide for St. Mary’s County Parents, Summer 2009” has been posted to the St. Mary’s County government Web site. Log on to www.stmarysmd.com. Click on Forms and Documents under the Resources box, then click on “Summer Fun With Your Little One 2009” in the Public Information section.

A limited number of hard copy guides have been dis-tributed to the St. Mary’s County libraries, St. Mary’s Coun-ty Welcome Center, St. Mary’s County Public Schools, day care centers and the Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

The Summer 2009 Guide is produced by The Early Childhood Team, Local Management Board of St. Mary’s County and the guides include free or low-cost family ac-tivities and destinations in the local community. It began in 2008 as a Girl Scout Gold Award Project by Stacey Tilgh-man and updated in 2009 as a Girl Scout Silver Project by Erin Gallo.

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Photo By Andrea ShiellTiffany and Bill Shreve at the site of their new home in Lexington Park.


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BUDDS CREEK – Severn Maryland’s Kyle Lear contin-ued his mid-season surge as he was victorious for the third time this season in last Friday night’s 25-lap limited late mod-el headliner at the Potomac Speedway.

Stevie Long and Bruce Kane brought the fi eld down to the initial green fl ag of the event. Kane got the jump at the start as he darted into the race lead at the completion of the fi rst circuit. As Kane led the event, 12th-starting Kyle Lear was on the move. Lear took the second spot from Stevie Long on lap 12 and would the set his sights on leader Kane. The duo would race nose to tail until Lear made the winning pass off turn two on lap 22. From that point on Lear would lead the remaining four laps of the feature to collect his third Po-tomac limited late model fea-ture win in a row.

“What more can you say about these MD1 Race cars,”

said Lear in his post race inter-view. “The track stayed tacky all night, and we’re on a roll right now, so hopefully we can keep it going.”

Runner-up Bruce Kane gave Lear all he could handle during the 25-lap event.

“Bruce has got his car fi g-ured out now,” Lear said. “He was good tonight, but we were able to get by him and get the win.”

Sommey Lacey took third, Ed Pope collected fourth and Stevie Long completed the top fi ve. Heats for the 13 cars on hand went to Lear and Kane.

The street stocks contest-ed two 16-lap events on Friday night with Kyle Nelson scoring his third win of the season in the make-up event over Ben Bowie, Donnie Smith, Kurt Zimmerman and Troy Kassirs. In the regularly scheduled event it was Troy Kassiris scoring his fi rst-ever Potomac street stock feature win over Kyle Nelson, Kevin Cooke, Jason Murphy and Donnie Smith.

In other action, Matt Hill scored his second-straight win

in the 15-lap crate late model feature, John Latham returned to victory lane for the fourth time this season in the 15-lap hobby stock main and Greg Gunter rolled to his fourth straight win in the 15-lap four-cylinder feature.

Starting this weekend, college sports channel ESPNU will feature the 2009 ICSA/GILL Co-ed National Dinghy Sailing Championship won by St. Mary’s College of Maryland on June 3 in San Francisco.

Airing on ESPNU Sat., June 20, at 3 p.m., onboard cameras and microphones will highlight the action of 123 young sail-

ors from the most competitive schools in the nation, according to a college press release.

On the fi nal day of racing, the two front-runners, SMCM and Yale University, were sepa-rated by seven points with eight

races left to sail. Other colleges competing included Georgetown University, Old Do-minion University, Boston College and the U.S. Naval Academy.

Commentators appearing in the broad-cast include sailing champion Paul Cayard, who talks about all aspects of the sport with host Gary Jobson, a noted sailing commen-tator and a St. Mary’s College board of trust-ee member.

The broadcast will repeat Wednesday, July 1 at 3 a.m.; Thursday, July 2 at 7 p.m.; Friday, July 3 at 2 p.m.; Friday, July 3 at 8 p.m.; Thursday, July 9 at 7 p.m.; Friday, July 10 at 3 a.m.

Ryken Seeks Head Coaches For Th ree Sports

Lear Strikes Again, Takes Third Straight at Potomac

Limited Late Models 25-laps1. Kyle Lear 2. Bruce Kane 3. Sommey

Lacey 4. Ed Pope 5. Stevie Long 6. Mike Latham 7. PJ Hatcher 8. Paul Cursey 9.

Chuck Cox 10. Brandon Long 11. Chappy Knaack 12. Tommy Wagner Jr.

13. Dave Adams

Street Stock (Make-up) 16-laps 1. Kyle Nelson 2. Ben Bowie 3. Donnie Smith 4. Kurt Zimmerman 5. Troy Kassiris 6. Ste-phen Quade 7. Kevin Cooke 8. Scott Wilson

9. Ricky Edmonds 10. Eric Hanson 11. Coun-try Prince DNS- Josh Gass, Mike Reynolds, Frankie Dove, David Kaiser and Jerry Fifi eld

Street Stocks (Regular event) 16-laps

1. Troy Kassiris 2. Kyle Nelson 3. Kevin Cooke 4. Jason Murphy 5. Donnie Smith 6.

Ben Bowie 7. Ben Oliver 8. Kurt Zimmerman 9. Barry Williams Sr. 10. Walt Homberg

11. Eric Hanson 12. Stephen Quade 13. Teddy Dixon 14. Country Prince 15. Ricky

Edmonds (DNS) 16. Scott Wilson (DNS)

Replay of St. Mary’s College Sailing Victory

Skate Series Returns to St. Mary’s County in August

The Mid-Atlantic Skating Series, now in its seventh season of action, will re-turn for its yearly meet in St. Mary’s County on Sat. August 22, when MASS takes over Nicolet Park in Lexington Park. All age and skills levels are welcome. For more information, go to http://www.curtkimbel.com.

St. Mary’s Ryken High School seeks qualifi ed applicants for the positions of Head Varsity Girls Soccer Coach, Head Girls Tennis Coach and Head Baseball Coach for the 2009-10 school year. These are part-time positions but teaching posi-tions are also available. If interested, contact Athletic Director Mike Vosburgh at 301-373-4199 or [email protected].



Larry Dong has only been in business for seven months, but as the owner of Sure Shot Paintball in the Callaway Shop-ping Center, he is sure that the sport of paintball has a bright future.

“It’s different for the kids, because it’s an adrenaline rush, they get to shoot at each other and get shot,” said Dong, who plays paintball as well as his son. “It helps kids get outside to get some exercise and have fun.”

Paintball is a sport where participants must eliminate their opponents by hitting them with soft pellets coated in paint. In most paintball games, the object is to capture the other team’s fl ag in order to win the game.

Dong himself plays woodsball, which is paintball that is set in wooded areas.

I’m looking into playing speedball,” he says.

Speedball is a bit more wide open than wooded areas, but still with a controlled setting.

“We have bunkers set up where the players run behind the bunkers and shoot at each other and hide in a snakepit,” Dong ex-plains, noting that he and his son just competed in a speedball tour-nament in Bowie recently.

He also lays down safety laws for anyone coming into Sure Shot Paintball.

“We always tell them to wear a mask any time in the area that they are playing in,” he says.

Sure Shot Paintball once had a fi eld located somewhere off of Route 244, but when that was closed down, it hurt busi-ness. Now, Dong looks forward to rebounding with a paint-ball fi eld located in the grassy area south of the Callaway shopping center.

“I’m just waiting on a few phone calls,” Dong says of the progress being made to setting up shop – and a new fi eld. “Once we get those call, the fi eld will be up and running.”

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GREAT MILLS – Playing games has been the biggest challenge so far in the eyes of Shockers’ manager Dave Nelson.

“We haven’t been able to play because the weather is dictating what’s going on,” Nelson said.

Saturday evening, the Shockers showed what they can do when games are played, slug-ging their way to an 18-5 victory over Eagles’ Nest in Young Mens/Slow-Pitch Inter-league play at Chancellor’s Run Park.

The Shockers, last season’s Young Men’s League runners-up, jumped on Eagles’ Nest from the start with a three-run fi rst inning, and subsequent long balls by Ryon Raybon, Bobby Cox and second baseman Steve Guy helped the Shockers cruise to a win.

“They’re just a base-hitting team,” said Eagles’ Nest manager and third baseman Chris Pulliam. “We just didn’t hit with them, if you look at the book, we must’ve had about 15 pop-ups.”

The Shockers got started with a two-run single by Jay Herbert and an RBI single by

Danny Quade in the fi rst inning. After a silent second inning, Shockers exploded for 15 runs in their next four turns at the plate. After Jason Farrell and Guy reached on consecutive sin-gles, Raybon jumped on a Jeff Sullivan offer-ing and lined it over the left-centerfi eld fence to open up a 7-0 lead.

Guy came up in the top half of the fi fth inning with the bases loaded and punched one over the left fi eld fence for a grand slam and a 14-3 advantage. Eagles’ Nest avoided the run rule with a two-run sixth inning, but the damage had al-ready been done.

For Pulliam, inter-league play is hurting his squad’s chances to be com-petitive, as work and family engage-ments leave him scrambling to put together a roster from game to game.

“We only had 11 players today, and we have had a different line-up every game,” he explains. “We’re used to playing on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but come the weekend, guys want to spend time with their families. It’s killing us.”

For Nelson, he’s tried to predict changes and situations as best he can by putting togeth-er line-ups and rosters for each game based on work schedules.

“Travel and work kills us anyhow, so I have 18 players and myself we set it to where we know everyone’s schedule and that’s why we carry as many players as we do,” he said.

Callaway Businessman Looks Forward to Paintball Field

Shockers’ Bats Too Shockers’ Bats Too Much For Eagles’ NestMuch For Eagles’ Nest

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The Shockers’ Steve Guy makes a throw

from his knees Satur-day evening.

Bobby Cox of the Shockers follows through on a base hit during the Shockers’ 18-5 win over Eagles’ Nest Saturday evening.

This grass fi eld in Callaway will become the Sure Shot Paintball Field soon.

Paintball requires safety equipment and teamwork, as shown here in a game.


By Ronald N. Guy Jr.Contributing Writer

For the Washington Redskins, this offseason has had a similar feel. In his 10 years atop the Skins’ food chain, owner Dan Snyder has established himself as one of the most aggressive, free spending owners in the NFL.

Snyder quickly left his mark on this year’s free agent crop by snatching up the biggest prize, defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, and inking him to an eye-pop-ping $100M contract. Attention grabbing as that was, it paled in comparison to his quest to upgrade the quarterback position.

With Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell entering the last year of his con-tract, there was an offseason expectation that the team would swiftly move to extend Campbell’s deal and squelch any brewing questions about the team’s future at the all-important quarterback position.

Instead, weeks came and went without a hint of any contract talk between team and quarterback. The silence clearly indi-cated the ‘Skins were content with Campbell playing out his contract and accepting of the uncertainties accompanying a “lame-duck” quarterback.

However, the situation soon transi-tioned from Campbell playing out his cur-rent deal to the team actively seeking his replacement. The ‘Skins made an aggres-sive play to acquire Denver quarterback Jay Cutler, who became available after butting heads with new head coach Josh McDan-iels. Failing to consummate a Cutler deal, the ‘Skins became smitten with quarterback prospect Mark Sanchez and were rumored to have attempted a draft day trade to select the Southern Cal star. When that too failed, the ‘Skins turned to “Plan C”, or Jason Camp-bell, I suppose.

It is the prerogative and responsibility of an owner to actively seek roster improve-ments. So you can’t blame the front offi ce for

attempting to acquire a perceived upgrade, regardless of whether that involves a coach, punter, or quarterback. At some point the Redskins’ brass decided they’d be better off with Cutler or Sanchez playing quarterback. And to be fair, while Campbell has had to overcome multiple offensive schemes and isn’t surrounded with overwhelming talent, he hasn’t exactly established himself as a franchise player capable of leading his team to a championship.

So the ‘Skins shouldn’t be faulted for looking around the room to see what’s avail-able. But in making these aggressive over-tures to replace Campbell, the ‘Skins had to recognize the risk of, well, not replacing Campbell. The consequence of not con-summating a deal for a quarterback would assuredly lead to a summer of discontent from Campbell. After such public attempts to replace him, surely Campbell would feel undermined in his ability to lead this team. Certainly this would manifest itself in some undesirable behavior. The team whacked

him at the knees and shoved him under the bus…simultaneously! Undoubted-ly, he’d pout, candidly express his out-rage through the media and generally make a three-letter-word for donkey of himself and a mockery of the upcom-ing season…because that’s what most professional athletes do, right? Well, don’t label Jason Campbell “most.”

In 1988 the ‘Skins won the Super-bowl behind the improbable heroics of another quarterback wearing Camp-bell’s No. 17. By the time he landed in Washington, Doug Williams had faced and overcome much in his career. His signature moment came in Superbowl XXII when he led the ‘Skins to a re-sounding victory. In the weeks that fol-lowed there was a popular t-shirt that featured a caricature of Williams un-der the heading, “A Touch Of Class.” I couldn’t help but think of the parallels given how this generation’s No. 17 has handled himself amidst all this contro-versy. Every time a microphone was stuck in his face Campbell said all the right things. He hasn’t bad-mouthed the franchise or changed his name to Jason Diecisiete, ala Chad Ochocinco. He never acted entitled and self-absorbed like Brett Favre. In short, he didn’t act like most pro athletes, or most people for that matter. He acknowledged this episode as simply the seedy side of the NFL business, moved on and, without complaint, went back to work. What-ever comes of Jason Campbell’s on-fi eld career, he should be respected for his actions off it. He may ultimately lack the talent to be a star quarterback, but he’s long on character and class.

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Thurs., June 18

Men’s Over-40 League

Tri-County Aire vs. Cap-tain Sam’s at Captain

Sam’sHole-In-The-Wall vs. Rita

B’s at Moose LodgeAnderson’s vs. Hobos at

Back Road InnMom & Pop’s vs. Cle-

ments at Anderson’s BarNationwide vs. Sea-

breeze at Tippett’s Field

Slow-Pitch League

Eagles’ Nest vs. Bombers at Pax River, 6:30 p.m.Back Road Inn vs. Bud-

weiser at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m.

VFW2632 vs. Wentworth at The Brass Rail, 6:30

p.m.Chaney’s vs. Bookkeep-ing By Blanche at Chan-

cellor’s Run, 8 p.m.

Fri., June 19

Young Men’s League

Team Moose vs. Shockers at Captain Sam’s, 6:30

p.m.Big Dogs vs. Raley’s

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

Cryer’s vs. AC Moose at Moose Lodge, 6:30 p.m.Liberty OS vs. Jeff Rocks at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30

p.m.

Sat., June 20


Team Moose vs. Knott’s Construction at Captain

Sam’s, 4 p.m.Dew Drop Inn vs. Shock-

ers at Captain Sam’s, 6 p.m.

Sun., June 21

Premier League (All Game at Knight Life)

Budweisers vs. Raiders, noon

Elks vs. Ballers, 1:15 p.m.Park Cougars vs. Boat-

man, 2:30 p.m.Backstabbers vs. Country

Boyz, 3:45 p.m.G-Quest vs. True Players,

5 p.m.Backstabbers vs. Stars,

6 p.m.

Slow-Pitch/Young Men’s Inter-league play

Eagles Nest vs. Raley’s Softball at Back Road Inn,

4 p.m.Jeff Rocks vs. VFW2632 at Chancellor’s Run, 4 p.m.


AC Moose vs. Dew Drop

Inn at Chancellor’s Run, 6 p.m.

Straight Cuts vs. Big Dogs at Anderson’s Bar, 6 p.m.

Cryer’s vs. Team Moose at Moose Lodge, 6 p.m.Knott’s Construction

vs. Shockers at Captain Sam’s, 6 p.m.

Mon., June 22

Women’s League

Anderson’s Bar vs. Simms at The Brass Rail, 6:30

p.m.Southern vs. Back Road

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

Moose Lodge vs. Chesa-peake Custom Embroi-dery at The Brass Rail,

6:30 p.m.Bud Light vs. Knight Life at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m.Coors Light vs. Xtreme

at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30 p.m.

Xtreme vs. Just Us at Chancellor’s Run, 8 p.m.

Women’s Over-30 League

Hurricanes vs. Hole-in-the-Wall at Tippett’s FieldBack Road Inn vs. Raley’s

at Chancellor’s RunRyce Electric vs. S&J

Heating at Anderson’s Bar

Rosebuds vs. Moose Lodge at Moose Lodge

Tues., June 23

Slow-Pitch League

Bookkeeping By Blanche vs. Bombers at Pax River,

6:30 p.m.Wentworth vs. Budweiser

at Captain Sam’s, 6:30 p.m.

Chaney’s vs. Back Road Inn at Back Road Inn,

6:30 p.m.Eagles’ Nest vs. VFW2632

at Chancellor’s Run, 8 p.m.

Wed., June 24

Women’s League

Simms vs. Coors Light at Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m.Captain Sam’s vs. Xtreme at Chancellor’s Run, 6:30

p.m.Knockouts vs. Dew Drop Inn/Two Pt Construction

/P.J’s Autobody/Bryan Jones Paint at Knight Life,

6:30 p.m.Knight Life vs. Southern at 7th District Park, 6:30

p.m.Chesapeake Custom Em-

broidery at Anderson’s Bar, 6:30 p.m.

Back Road Inn vs. Just Us at Chancellor’s Run,

6:30 p.m.

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Camden RiversharksThe Blue Crabs and Riversharks met

Tuesday night for the second of a four game series. It was a pitcher’s duel early between Blue Crabs starter Kenny Baugh and Cam-den starter Dewon Brazleton. Brazleton led the battle early, retiring the fi rst 11 batters he faced, including 6 strikeouts. Baugh strug-gled a little early with two base runners in the second and third innings, but kept the Riv-ersharks from scoring. In the fourth inning, the Crabs’ Patrick Osborn broke the score-less tie and recorded the fi rst hit on the night against Brazelton with a two-out homerun to left fi eld. In the sixth inning, Jermy Acey helped the Blue Crabs keep the lead with a key defensive stop. With runners at fi rst and second, Acey made a great diving stop on a hard chopper headed for the outfi eld. He was able to get up and make the throw to fi rst to get Baugh out of another jam. The momen-tum carried over for the Blue Crabs into the bottom of the sixth. Octavio Martinez led off the inning with a deep homerun to left fi eld,

for his fi rst homerun of the season, pushing the Blue Crabs lead to two runs. Martinez had solid defense behind home plate, throw-ing out three attempting base stealers in the fi rst, seventh, and ninth innings. The out in the ninth inning ended the game. Camden got on the scoreboard in the eighth inning, with three singles against relief pitcher Ed-ward Rodriguez to bring the lead to one. Re-liever Matt Schweitzer came in, inheriting two base runners, and preserved the one-run lead, getting two outs to end the threat. Mike James took the mound in the ninth inning and preserved the win for the Blue Crabs, picking up his third save of the season. Kenny Baugh (3-3) posted his longest outing of the season with seven scoreless innings pitched, record-ing three strikeouts while giving up six hits for the win. Brazelton (2-3) had 10 strike-outs, a season-high for a pitcher against the Blue Crabs this season. However, he picked up the loss and fi nished with seven innings pitched, giving up two runs on fi ve hits.

LIBERTY DIVISION W L PCT GB STREAK LAST 10Southern Maryland 31 20 .608 W 3 6- 4Long Island 27 24 .529 4.0 L 1 6- 4Camden 23 28 .451 8.0 L 6 2- 8Bridgeport 21 29 .420 9.5 L 1 5- 5

FREEDOM DIVISION W L PCT GB STREAK LAST 10Somerset 34 17 .667 W 1 8- 2Newark 26 24 .520 7.5 L 1 5- 5Lancaster 25 26 .490 9.0 W 1 6- 4York 16 35 .314 18.0 W 1 3- 7

Atlantic Baseball League Standings (For games through Tues., June 16)

Regency Furniture Stadium to host College All-Star Game

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs will host the All-Stars of the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League, as they take on the All-Stars from the Valley Base-ball League on Wednesday, July 15 at 7:05 p.m. Admission to the game is FREE. The game will be televised LIVE on MASN, the cable home of the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals.

The two leagues are summer colle-giate circuits that use wood bats and play in June and July while the players are on break from school. The rosters of the teams in the leagues are comprised of college baseball players from all over the coun-try, including several Division I prospects. The leagues function as a way for college players to prepare for a professional career by playing against a high level of compe-

tition during the summer months, as they make the transition from playing in games with aluminum bats to wood bats. There are several such summer leagues around the country, and many of the players who utilize them are drafted by Major League organizations, and many more sign free agent contracts in professional baseball.

The Cal Ripken Senior Collegiate Baseball League was founded in 2005, and is named after former Baltimore Orioles manager and father of Orioles great Cal Ripken Jr. Its teams are located through-out Maryland and Virginia, and include the Alexandria Aces, Bethesda Big Train, College Park Bombers, Herndon Braves, Maryland Redbirds, Rockville Express, Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts and Youse’s Orioles.


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When young men and women enroll in the United States service academies, many are continuing a long tradition in their families of proudly serving this country well.

St. Mary’s Ryken graduate Evan Ryan is no different.

After receiving offers from such Ivy League institutions such as Penn and Brown, Ryan will be continuing his education at West Point this coming fall as well as playing lacrosse as a face-off specialist.

In that role, he helped the Knights win the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship in 2007 and another title game appearance last month.

“Coach John put in a good word with the coaches for me, even after I tore my ACL last year,” he said of the recruiting process. “I had a 10-to-15 minute conversation with Coach [Mike]

Murphy, and that generated a lot of interest.”Along with the willingness of the coaches

to recruit while he was injured, he also was impressed with the beauty of the campus and drawn in by the fact his best friend and Knights teammate Patrick Brennan will be at West Point as well.

“[Patrick being there] should help me with the transition,” Ryan said of going from high school to college.

Evan’s father Les, a Great Mills High School and Naval Academy grad, is pleased with his son’s choice of college, although he will be forced to cheer for his college rival when his son takes the fi eld for Army.

“Evan’s watched it growing up, we’ve been to Army/Navy football games, so he’s seen the respect on all sides,” he said.

How does Mr. Ryan feel about Evan’s choice?

“I was all for it. I was particular about Navy, but they’re both good schools,” he said. “I was pleased that Army wanted him there.”

Evan’s mother Carol also was happy with his choice.

“It’s a good fi t and it’ll challenge him, aca-demically and physically,” she said. “It’s quite an accomplishment.”

Evan is currently deciding between politi-cal science and business management, and also has designs on working in military intelligence.

Knights head coach John Sothoron believes that Ryan made a great choice and that he will succeed for one reason.

“You talk about a kid with a great attitude, he’s one of the best kids I’ve ever coached,” So-thoron says. “He was a great captain with great leadership skills. I think he made a great deci-sion and that he’ll do fi ne.”


Angela Rourke looked around St. Mary’s County for opportunities for youth travel bas-ketball and did not see any.

“There are a couple of programs for high school boys and girls, but as far as the younger kids, there was nothing,” Rourke said.

She, along with organization president and girls coach William Powell, decided to take matters into her own hands and start the Maryland Dream, an Amateur Athletes’ Union (AAU) program with teams that compete in the Girls’ 14 and under and Boys’ 11, 12, 14U.

The Dream started off with word of mouth, as Rourke, who coaches County Rec-reation and Parks basketball, printed up and handed out 250 fl yers. More then 50 kids showed up for the fi rst tryouts.

Education is a point of importance, as players who wish to play in travel tournaments must keep at least a C average in school to do so.

As with any travel sport, especially affi li-ated with AAU, expenses run high, as fees can run anywhere from $200 to $350 per player. Rourke says the Dream have been fortunate with fundraisers and sponsorships to help offset costs. The Dream’s 11 and under team fi nished second this past weekend in a tour-nament in Langley Park, the cheapest one the team has entered so far at $200 dollars. Even

with the Dream being fairly new and faced with expenses in this economy, their biggest problem has little to do with fi nances.

“For us, the biggest issue is gym time,” Rourke said. “The high schools turned us down, they didn’t want AAU in their gym. We were able to practice in middle school and elementary school gyms, but they are closed for the summer. So we’ve been practicing any-where we can.”

Aside from giving young kids a chance to play travel basketball, Rourke hopes that they will become leaders outside of the gym as well.

“We hope to be able to give the kids focus and sense of character on and off the court,” she says. “We tell the kids that they represent the organization on and off the court by being respectful to adults and other kids. It goes be-yond basketball.”

Ryken’s Ryan Army-Bound

Youth Basketball Dreams Coming True

Photo By Chris StevensSt. Mary’s Ryken graduate Evan Ryan will be playing his college lacrosse at Army.

The Maryland Dream 11 and under basketball team fi nished second in a tournament held in Langley Park this past weekend.

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