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houses is a good way to reduce energy
costs?
C h r i s t i n e
Basham, 42, from
Town Creek, had a
mixed response. I
think it probably takes
too much money to
invest in that in the
short run. If youve
got enough money to
put solar panels on
your house, then you
probably arent too
worried about how
much energy its cost-
ing you anyway, but
it might be great as a
long term solution.
Jonathan Nelson,
39, said he thought solar
panels were a great idea.
Its a great idea, I cant
see how it wouldnt be.
Not only are you bring-
ing down your costs, but
I hear of people actually
producing enough en-
ergy where they can pay
into the system with a
combination of solar and
other things but the
truth is the power compa-
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no way they can regulate
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Ratepayers in the tri-county area can
expect to see a reduction in their electric
bills next year, because the cost of energy
has dropped during the economic down-
turn, offcials with the Southern Maryland
Electric Cooperative told the Board of
County Commissioners Tuesday.
Right now the prices are the lowest
weve seen in the three years, said Sonya
Cox, chief fnancial offcer for SMECO.
Its about a six-and-a-half percent de-
crease on their bill our customers should
see in 2010.
According to fgures from SMECO, the
cost of buying power from the PJM power
pool, of which it is a part, will run from
$30 per megawatt hour in September of this
year to a projected $55 per megawatt hour
in August of 2010.
Those costs are far below those of 2007
and 2008 into the frst half of 2009.
From 2007 to 2008 the costs ranged
from $60 a megawatt hour to about $80 a
megawatt hour.
From 2008 into 2009 it was slightly
more expensive.
The pricing translated into a cost of
about $.15 per kilowatt hour of electricity
this year, which is expected to drop to about
$.14 in 2010.
Small and large
commercial custom-
ers can expect to pay
less next year as well,
with costs of $.13 and
$.12 a kilowatt hour
respectively.
SMECO offcials
also provided an up-
date on their project
to take over running
the power plant at Patuxent River Naval Air
Station, Webster Field and the Solomons Is-
land annex.
The plan stretches out over fve years
and will result in the modernization of ag-
ing facilities and utilities on the base.
SMECO technicians will install or up-
date new meters on the base and modernize
utility vaults on the base that do not meet
the cooperatives standards for safety.
Well invest about $20 million in these
campuses, said Ken Capps, chief operating
offcer.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A three-person panel of experts on the
health care system offered their take on efforts
to reform the nations already stressed methods
of providing for the sick.
The St. Marys College of Maryland-
sponsored event on Monday showcased views
ranging from more consumer choice eschew-
ing government intervention in health care
to full support of a publicly-run, single payer
option.
Margaret Flowers, a pediatrician with the
group Physicians for a National Health Pro-
gram, said that the free-market system that the
health care system works under had proven to
be unsuccessful at controlling costs and pro-
viding health coverage for those in need.
Were the only industrialized nation that
doesnt follow the human rights model for
health care, Flowers said. We ration the abil-
ity to access health care based on the ability
to pay.
She also said that despite the amount of
money spent on health care, the care was not
always the best or safest.
Its 10 times safer to have your baby in
Ireland than it is here, she argued. We waste
$400 billion a year on things that have nothing
to do with healthcare like marketing and CEO
salaries.
The market has failed in terms of health-
care, Flowers said, arguing that the single-pay-
er system had inherent cost control measures.
But Greg Scandlen, of Consumers for
Health Care Choices, said that putting the gov-
ernment in charge of the health care system,
which could eliminate some ability to choose
procedures and insurance companies, was like-
ly a big mistake.
One idea of putting the government in
charge of information technology for health
care would be disastrous, Scandlen said.
He pointed to a similar system in the Unit-
ed Kingdom that he said was 600 percent over
budget and fve years late.
But he also said that the current system of
patient, doctor and insurance company mak-
ing the payments for services was inherently
ineffcient.
He said that direct payments from patients
to physicians was far better.
Empowering consumers is the way to go
in health care, Scandlen said.
But Karen Davenport, of the Center for
American Progress, said that a purely free mar-
ket approach could be hazardous; she argued
that health care costs had risen three times
faster than wages.
We have to be careful with putting all of
our eggs in one basket, she said.
Options Laid Out For Health Care Reform
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Both the frequency and severity of do-
mestic violence incidents is increasing in St.
Marys County, and it is spreading to all social
and economic classes during tough economic
times, says the director of Walden Sierra, Inc.,
the countys main substance abuse and crisis
intervention group.
Kathleen OBrien, head of the organiza-
tion, said the number of new hotline calls for
help has increased about 20 percent over last
year and that the number of repeat callers in
increasing.
In July 2008 there were 46 domestic vio-
lence hotline calls to Walden Sierra, statistics
show, but in July of this year that number
jumped to 70.
Those who appear to be at the most risk,
she said, were people in relationships where
unemployment has hit the family, causing ten-
sions to rise as well as the level of violence.
Were seeing an escalation of violence
and the frequency of the abuse, OBrien told
The County Times. The economy doesnt cre-
ate domestic violence, but unemployment plac-
es victims at higher risk of lethality.
OBrien said that frst responders from
law enforcement, as well as crisis counsel-
ors at Walden Sierra, are seeing more threats
made against victims using weapons and that
attacks such as choking, which can be more life
threatening, were supplanting striking in some
cases.
There were close to 600 incidents of do-
mestic violence in the county in 2008, and
so far in fscal year 2009 there have been 29
women victims of domestic violence sheltered
in the county, according to Walden Sierra.
Domestic violence is not only found in
the lower levels of economic status, but also in
the higher levels where a member of the family
has just lost a job, OBrien said.
Persons with poor coping skills sometimes
react badly to such an abrupt change in status,
she said, and that can also lead to violence.
So far, there have been no actual deaths
attributed to domestic violence this year, said
OBrien, who credits the county sheriffs offce
with taking the lead with lethality assessments
which are done when suspected victims of do-
mestic violence make a 911 call.
If the victim answers in the affrmative to
certain questions on the assessment, then a cri-
sis counselor responds to the incident immedi-
ately to provide counseling and get the victims
into a continuum of services to deal with their
problems.
Theyre having us talk to them right there
in the feld, and I think thats saving lives,
OBrien said.
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron confrmed
that the number of calls over simple domestic
disputes (arguments that do not involve vio-
lence), was also rising, as were the number of
assaults.
Some can certainly be attributed to ar-
guments over economic conditions, Cameron
said of the increase in domestic violence calls.
According to numbers from the sheriffs
offce there were 585 domestic disputes in
2007, 581 in 2008 and 454 in just the frst nine
months of 2009.
There were 130 calls for service for viola-
tion of protective orders in 2007, 104 in 2008
and already 72 from January to September of
this year, Cameron said.
For actual domestic assaults records show
there were 452 in 2007, 374 in 2008 and already
326 in nine months time.
Cameron said that this years numbers
looked to equal or surpass those of last year.
Statistics from the countys Family Vio-
lence Coordinating Council show that in July
of last year there were 110 domestic violence
911 calls, with 102 calls in that same month this
year.
Domestic Disputes, Violence On The Rise
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The County Times
By Guy Leonard
Staff Write
Since 1985 Brenda Burch has worked for
the Board of Elections here in St. Marys Coun-
ty and now, after serving as its director for the
past two years, shes looking forward to her
retirement.
Wednesday was her last day on the job.
Its good to retire at 55, Burch told The
County Times. Whats next for me is not hav-
ing a schedule. All I ever wanted to do was be a
wife and mother.
But when she took the job so many years
ago, she was a single mother with two daugh-
ters and had to make ends meet.
She started as the registrar for the Dem-
ocratic Party, she said, and then moved on to
being an administrative assistant, then deputy
director and then again to the top slot at the
agency.
She said the 2008 elections went off with-
out a hitch and that she was happy to end her
time with the agency now.
I feel like Im going out on a high note,
Burch said.
Times have also changed since she started,
she said, since back then election workers used
voting machines with levers and curtains. They
then went to paper ballots read by a machine
and in the past several years to touch-screen
voting machines.
Now the state is moving back to paper bal-
lots, she said, and there will be two types of
voting machines in each polling place, one for
ews
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Another Candidate Files
The countys school facilities
were rated third in the
state for their condition
That doesnt happen by

accident, its by design.
Schools Superintendent
Michael Martirano
Rumors that convenience centers for
trash collection might be closing
The Board of County
Commissioners is not closing
any convenience centers.
Commissioner Daniel H.
Raley (D-Great Mills)
Nearly half a dozen candidates have already fled to run for
offce in St. Marys County. The primary will be on Sept. 14,
2010, to be followed by the general election on Nov. 2, 2010.
Burch Retiring From Board Of Elections After Nearly A Quarter Century Of Service
Candidate Files for Commissioner
Cindy Jones, head of the Republican Womens Club of St. Marys County, has fled as a
candidate for the county commissioner seat in District 1 currently held by Kenneth R. Dement,
also a Republican.
Jones, of Valley Lee, joins fellow Republican Richard Johnson in challenging Dement for
the seat.
There have been no candidates to fle in the Democratic primary for the frst commissioner
district race.
Also election board workers have reported that Dan Morris, a former candidate for county
sheriff, has picked up papers to fle for election in the second commissioner district but has not
fled as of Wednesday.
Brenda Burch is retiring from the countys Board of Elec-
tions after nearly 25 years of service and after serving
two years as its director.
Photo by Guy Leonard
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paper and the other with a touch screen.
The touch screen will be handicapped ac-
cessible, she said, while the state will push other
voters to use the paper ballots to leave a docu-
mented trail.
That will likely cause problems, she said.
Youll have two different sets of totals
from two different machines, Burch said.
She can remember all the time she and
other workers had to plan and prepare for elec-
tions, getting materials out to the poll workers
crammed into small suitcases was one of the
many challenges in her job.
We had to sit on the cases to get them
to close, Burch said. We laughed and we
laughed and we laughed.
Then there were other times that werent
quite so funny.
She remembered sitting in the hallway of
the old governmental center building in Leon-
ardtown counting absentee ballots because
they had run out of space in the room they were
assigned.
Tallying of those kinds of votes could go
on until midnight sometimes, but then overtime
was just part of the job working at the elections
board.
Those were some late nights, she said.
You know when its going to be fnal and you
can be let go.
Burch said she did not know exactly know
how many people had applied for her job,
though two from her offce, Deputy Director
Susan Julian and Wendy Adkins, an informa-
tion technology technician with 11 years of ser-
vice, have applied.
The fnal choice will be made by the local
election board, though Julian will take her place
in the interim, she said.
Burch said she would continue to have fond
memories of her job.
I enjoyed the people, I enjoyed getting to
know the poll workers, she said. I was very
proud do serve St. Marys County.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The project to install major renova-
tions on Leonardtown streets is nearing
completion and staying within its $3.7
million budget, but it wont be fnished
until next year, according to state highway
offcials.
Some of the resurfacing we wont
get done this year nor some of the plant-
ings, said David Buck, spokesperson for
the State Highway Administration.
Right now work is centered on fnish-
ing handicapped accessible ramps at the
intersection of Route 245 and Route 5, as
well as storm drains, curb and gutter and
new guard rail on Fenwick Street, Buck
said.
Resurfacing of Washington Street
should be completed by Thanksgiving,
but other resurfacing projects on Fenwick
Street will have to wait until next spring,
he said.
The main concern was over the tem-
perature, which needs to stay at about 50
degrees throughout the day and night for
the asphalt to set properly, Buck said.
The temperature is almost too cool
right now at night, he said, adding that
roads leading into town required the most
coordination with businesses to allow them
time to stay open.
You dont tend to make too much
progress when you get into a congested ur-
ban area, Buck told The County Times.
But construction crews have nearly
completed some new median strips along
Washington Street and have also marked
out new turn lanes designed to help calm
traffc and speeding.
Buck estimated that the entire project
was about 60 percent complete.
The project was delayed earlier this
year when town and state offcials real-
ized that new sidewalks did not comply
with width requirements laid down by the
Americans with Disabilities Act and had
to be taken out and reconstructed.
State highway offcials have said they
were late in getting the requirements to the
contractor and that their mistake was the
cause of the faulty construction, not that of
the contractor.
Mayor J. Harry Norris said that the
project was a worthwhile addition to the
town, but that its delays and disruptions
had been costly in some respects.
He said that while some have com-
plained, residents have tried to be under-
standing of the projects shortcomings.
I have to say theyve been gracious,
Norris said. But in the short term it has
been disruptive to business.
Town Streetscape Project
Past Halfway Point
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul held its second
annual Friends of the Poor walk in Leonardtown on
Saturday, raising $15,000 to help fve societies in St.
Marys County and three in Charles County. Par-
ticipating were 212 walkers, who designated which
society, which are associated with local churches,
was to receive their pledge. Last year, when the walk
was not competing with the St. Marys County Fair,
220 walkers raised more than $20,000.
Photos by John Burroughs
The County Times
David M. Johnson
Capital News Service
BEL AIR - For some struggling small busi-
nesses, all the Harford County Small Business
Development Center has to offer these days, lit-
erally, is a box of tissues.
At the center, counselors offer advice to
clients who ask for help before their business
hits rock bottom. For those who wait until it is
too late, there is not much more than a shoulder
to cry on.
Monthly statistical increases in auto, gaso-
line and retail sales around the country have led
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to
say the recession is technically over. However,
many small businesses have used all their avail-
able resources to ride out the storm and are now
fooding Small Business Development Centers
around Maryland with calls for help.
We do have tissues in the offce if we have
to tell them, There is no way youre going to be
able to survive, said the Harford Centers di-
rector Russell Teter. Unfortunately we are the
last place they come in a lot of cases. Usually at
that point it is too late.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act passed by Congress in February created a
$35,000 loan for small businesses facing imme-
diate fnancial hardship, but only 14 businesses
have been able to take advantage of it according
to the Maryland Small Business Association.
In my region, clients have received them
but its a very small niche, because the banks
get to determine whom they use the ARC loan
for, Teter said. If there is the right person,
right situation and right bank it will work.
Brad Watts, vice president of loans at
Easton Bank and Trust said only one loan
application has gone through his bank so far.
According to him, many banks are not partici-
pating in the program because of the adminis-
trative work involved.
Weve had a number of inquiries from
people outside our market because their banks
are not offering the program, Watts said.
The application process is diffcult -- its a
small loan and the amount of paperwork is the
same as if the loan were for $1.5 million.
Harford County is not the only Small
Business Development Center to notice a bliz-
zard of clients in need. Reports from around
the country are similar, said Craig Panos, a
counselor in the Towson offce who just re-
turned from the Association of Small Busi-
ness Development Centers annual conference
in Orlando, Fla.
Consensus is small businesses are in
more trouble now because they have been
holding on, exhausting resources, and run out
of options, Panos said. The recession has
lasted a bit too long for some of them.
Foundering Small Businesses
Running Out of Options
By Megan E. Gustafson
Capital News Service
ANNAPOLIS - If you come
down with a nasty cough, a fever
over 100 and other fu-like symp-
toms this fall, do you have the new
2009 H1N1 pandemic virus or the
regular, get-it-every-year seasonal
fu?
Your doctor might take a cul-
ture, but, chances are, you might
never know the results.
If youre not part of a group
thats traditionally considered at
high risk for fu complications, such
as those with chronic respiratory ill-
ness or the immune-compromised,
its unlikely your doctor will need
to determine which specifc virus is making
you sick. Knowing what you have isnt likely to
make a difference in how you will be treated,
anyway.
The reason for this judicious use of diag-
nostic testing is two-fold, said Andrew Pekosz,
associate professor of molecular microbiology
and immunology at The Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity Bloomberg School of Public Health.
One, obtaining a conclusive identifcation
of 2009 H1N1 is labor-intensive and capabili-
ties for doing so are limited. And two, testing
priority must be given to high-risk groups and
those who are seriously ill because in those
cases a defnitive diagnosis may help pinpoint
the appropriate medication.
A reasonable turnaround time for test
results needs to be maintained for those with
the most serious cases, Pekosz said.
Not every strain of the fu expected to
circulate this fall is sensitive to the commonly
used antiviral drug Tamifu, said Rene Najera,
an epidemiologist and the fu surveillance co-
ordinator for Marylands Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene.
For example, a particular strain of sea-
sonal fu, also an H1N1, is expected to circu-
late this fu season and has for the last couple of
seasons. This seasonal H1N1, distinct from the
novel 2009 H1N1 commonly known as swine
fu, is resistant to Tamifu, Najera said.
For the high risk or the hospitalized, test-
ing may help inform doctors about how best to
fght the virus. Besides Tamifu, other antivi-
ral drugs are available, said Najera, and some
physicians may choose to test patients in those
circumstances to help make the best treatment
choice.
But most wont need to know the exact
cause of their illness, and experts are in agree-
ment that most infected people will recover
from 2009 novel H1N1 within days, without
medical treatment.
You Might Never Know Which
Flu You Have
Gov. Martin OMalley had never gotten a fu shot - until Monday.
In a bid to encourage Marylanders to do the same, the governor
stripped down to his undershirt and allowed a nurse to inject the
seasonal fu vaccine into his shoulder.
Governors Offce photo
ANNAPOLIS (AP) - Marylands attorney
general requested more hearings on Constella-
tion Energys proposed sale of nearly half of its
nuclear energy business to Frances EdF.
Attorney General Doug Gansler said
Constellation and EdF waited until the close
of evidentiary hearings that ended Monday be-
fore disclosing fnal terms of the transaction.
Gansler wrote in a request to the states Public
Service Commission that regulators essentially
have been put in the position of making a fnal
decision without a complete administrative
record.
Gansler, who is representing the state in
the case, is asking the PSC to extend the sched-
ule of the case by two weeks to allow for more
hearings.
Gansler wrote that the new transaction
terms appear to be signifcant.
For example, he said the new terms appear
to increase EdFs power in the Constellation
corporate structure. He also said the terms ap-
pear to insulate EdF from risks associated with
a Constellation bankruptcy or other fnancial
distress.
It appears the transaction price has been
lowered, which could lower the amount of taxes
the state could collect, Gansler wrote. He said
the purchase price of interests in Constellations
nuclear power plants appear to have been re-
duced from $4.5 billion to $3.8 billion.
Rob Gould, a spokesman for Constel-
lation, disputed any change in the price, and
he said Constellation provided drafts of the
documents to the parties during the discovery
process.
The value of the transaction has not
changed, Gould said.
Attorney General Moves
for Even More EdF Hearings
ANNAPOLIS (AP) - Maryland business-
es could face much higher tax rates next year to
help boost the states dwindling unemployment
fund.
State offcials expect the annual calcula-
tion of the fund balance on Wednesday to show
that the largest allowable increase is needed to
replenish the fund.
The funds balance fell from nearly $900
million a year ago to $341 million this month,
while the unemployment rate grew from 4.5
percent a year ago to 7.2 percent last month.
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says based
on the current balance that employers will jump
from the second-lowest rates to the highest.
The increase varies depending on employ-
ers history, ranging from an additional $136
per worker for companies that havent laid off
in recent years to an extra $383 per worker for
employers with many layoffs.
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On behalf of the Hospice of St. Marys board
of directors and staff, our heartfelt thanks to the St.
Marys County community for its generosity and
unwavering support in our efforts to have a hospice
house, locally. From governmental offcials, orga-
nizations, construction contractors, to individual
donors, you all were instrumental in achieving this
very special occasion for the county.
Those of you in attendance at the Sept. 16
dedication ceremony and open house are well
aware of the impressive addition that now exists
in our community to enhance the hospice services
that can be offered. Your donations were integral to
success, and you should be so very proud of what
youve contributed to make Hospice House of St.
Marys a reality.
Vince Merz
Hospice House Committee Chair
HOSM Board of Directors
Vision of Hospice House of St. Marys Realized
On Saturday, Sept. 19, the Wicomico Scenic
River Commission distributed almost 500 containers
of oyster spat to 84 Charles County and St. Marys
County pier owners on the Wicomico River.
The effort was part of the state Department of
Natural Resources Marylanders Grow Oysters ini-
tiative, a habitat and water quality restoration project.
William Barger of the Cobb Island Citizens Associa-
tion was instrumental in the planning and execution
of the project. We would also like to thank the Quade
family of Quades Store for their assistance and use
of their pier. We are grateful to our volunteers on
the day of distribution: Charlotte Sampson, Jeannie
and Doug Ping, Tom and Linda Green, Martha Cle-
ments, Tom Cordell, Linda Goodman, Sean Hays
and Ryan Hays.
And we thank the Potomac River Association
for fnancial and labor contributions. Most impor-
tantly we thank the citizens who are performing
the work of nurturing the oysters over the next 12
months. Over the winter we will be locating a suit-
able location where the oysters will be deposited to
establish a self-sustaining habitat and continue their
work of fltering the river.
Bob Elwood, Project Coordinator
Wicomico Scenic River Commission
Thanks to Oyster Spat Volunteers
And now we come to the end of Fiscal Year
2009 with the appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010
still not passed by Congress and/or signed by the
President. See the following link. http://thomas.loc.
gov/home/approp/app10.html.
I have a proposal for an addition to the Consti-
tution, which would change this nonfeasance. The
below letter was written in March 2009. The senti-
ments it expresses still hold.
These people are not doing the primary job we
ask them to do. We pay them over $170,000 per year
plus a fund of millions to run their offces and what
do we get: obfuscation, delay, posturing and many
other undesirable adjectival acts.
My Congressman is the Majority Leader of the
House of Representative and he still cant get the job
done. Of what use is he to the country in this job?
Little or none apparently. Nice guy and all that but,
when the time comes for his bi-annual job rating hes
near the bottom of the list.
Vote for the other person in 2010. Bye the way,
I havent won the Mega Millions either.
The following is an open letter to the Majority
Leader of the U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives and more specifcally to Senators
Barbara Mikulski, Benjamin Cardin and Majority
Leader Representative Steny Hoyer of the Congress
of the United States. The last three being my repre-
sentation in Congress:
So, youve fnally passed the budget for fscal
year 2009. Just fve and one half months late. Load-
ed with special interest pork and your President will
sign it, no matter he decries such shenanigans, be-
cause this needs to be gotten out of the way so he
can clean-up the process. I wrote you in emails last
fall stating I believed you have been failures in the
passing of timely budgets for years and years. Since
that is your prime raison dtre you should be fred.
As additional evidence of your inability to handle
your job I point to the fact that in extreme is you have
appropriated over one and a half trillion dollars,
which we dont have, without proper hearings or
safeguards as to the distribution of the funds. Now,
you and your minions, blame the administrators of
those appropriations for not providing safeguards
for its use. And of course you all refuse to take any
blame for creating the crisis which precipitated the
need to, Do something, anything!
It all reminds me of Will Rogers comment on
his political party affliation, but, changed somewhat.
Ergo, I dont belong to any organized society, I am
a United States citizen. If I see one more separate
bill brought forth in either body of Congress wast-
ing the time of the Congress to name or praise some
obscure building or person I will become physically
ill. There is no reason such minor things cannot be
combined into one grand piece of legislation.
As in For other purposes!. Yeah, its a tough
job running this government, but, you said you
could do it. Now, do it. Next election Im not voting
for any of you. Bring on the radicals. They couldnt
do worse. Any bets on a 2010 fscal year budget be-
ing in place by September 30th this year? About the
same odds as winning Mega-Millions.
- James M. Blass Mechanicsville
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
SECTION 1. The annual budget, appropriation
and tax laws shall be made law no later than sixty
days before the beginning of the fscal year.
SECTION 2. Any other budget, appropriation
or tax law which has a period in excess of one year
shall be made law at least sixty days prior to its fs-
cal beginning, except in case of declared war under
Article 1, Section 8 or natural disaster.
SECTION 3. Should the Congress and the Ex-
ecutive not complete those actions of Sections 1 and
2 above by the date specifed in Sections 1 and 2,
none in those elected offces shall be allowed to be
elected to a Federal offce for twelve years succeed-
ing the end of the term of offce in which they are
serving.
SECTION 4. The beginning of the fscal year
may not be adjusted within ten months prior to its
next beginning.
SECTION 5. No changes in tax law may be
made except in those years not evenly divided by a
factor of two, nor be made retroactive.
SECTION 6. The budget of the United States
shall be in balance in each year the enumeration of
the citizens is accomplished as required by Article
I, Section 2 and modifed by Amendment 14, Sec-
tion 2, of the Constitution, beginning with the year
2010 or the enumeration after the ratifcation of this
amendment, whichever is later.
SECTION 7. Should the requirements of Sec-
tion 6 not be complied with, all Federal elected of-
fcials incumbent at the time shall not be allowed to
be elected to any Federal offce for ffteen years after
said non-compliance.
James Blass
Mechanicsville, Md
Current Congress is Useless
County Commissioner Larry Jarboe and the group of commissioner candidates he and
his long time political boss, the publisher of the slanderous, attack laden rag St. Marys To-
day tabloid, Ken Rossignol, have put together seem to be already ushering in their version of
take no prisoners campaigning.
St. Marys County is a better place than this, we have no intention of standing idly by
and watching the 2010 election turn into a battle of name calling, character assassination,
distortions, and the reckless degradation of good St. Marys County people and their families
for political expediency.
This weekend, this group led by Jarboe, along with Kenneth Booth, Rich Johnson, and
Dan Morris displayed a political sign in the St. Marys County Fair. The sign could be taken
as an attack on a local family and other county commissioners, and appears to insinuate these
folks acted in some underhanded and dishonest way.
The sign, which among other things read: Hayden Farm Deal Stinks lead to a re-
cent incident where a school student asked another student if she was one of the stinky
Haydens? These men may not have intended to attack the Hayden family, we dont know.
If this was not their intentions, then their action were irresponsible in associating the names
of people with this type of characterization.
Regardless of how one feels about policy decisions made by the current board of county
commissioners, there is no reason to believe any of them have acted in a dishonest way.
Most importantly, no matter how you feel about the commissioners decision to purchase the
Hayden Farm near Leonardtown, there is absolutely no evidence that the Hayden family did
anything wrong or proceeded any differently than any other good St. Marys County family
would have acted.
The County Times raised serious concerns about the processes and policies utilized
in the acquisition of the Hayden property. We still believe the commissioners were fscally
irresponsible with tax payer dollars by not being able to produce a certifed property ap-
praisal that represented the value of the property comparable to what they paid. Secondly,
we believe the commissioners used poor judgment in not holding a series of public meetings
to allow citizens an opportunity to voice concerns. In matters this large, the public should
always be given ample opportunity to be heard.
We also question some of the commissioners reasons for the purchase and the planned
uses. There are still many unanswered questions, and we believe the commissioners have
shown limited vision and have compromised Smart Growth principles with their plans for
this property.
With that said, there is no place in this discussion about public policy and the procedures
used surrounding the purchase of this property to characterize the purchase as something
that smells fshy or like rotten crabs or that stinks. And to associate the Hayden family
with such terms is disgraceful.
Vincent (deceased) and Janice Hayden are two of the fnest people you would ever want
to meet. Farmers their entire life, they served their community in many positive ways, in-
cluding signifcant service to the Farm Bureau. Their children and grandchildren have cho-
sen diverse careers, yet all are accomplished in their own way.
Some might say the Haydens should have expected to be drawn into a public debate
surrounding the purchase of their farm, we agree. However, we also maintain that families
seek to get the best return they can on their property and assets. If they are offered an amount
of money that they fnd acceptable, why would they not sell? For this they should not have
to lose their good name.
Jarboe and Gang Representations
Misleading and Harmful
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Established by Congress in 1990, its pur-
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tion about serious mental illnesses such as major
depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Other illnesses include post-traumatic stress dis-
order one of several serious anxiety disorders;
obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline
personality disorder.
One in four adults about 60 million Ameri-
cans experience mental health problems in any
given year. One in 17 lives with the most serious
conditions.
Mental illnesses are medical illnesses, said
Connie Walker of NAMI Southern Maryland, a
regional affliate based in Lexington Park of the
National Alliance on Mental Illness. That is the
starting point for understanding, as well as treat-
ment and recovery. Mental illness does not dis-
criminate. No one is immune.
In October, PBS stations across the country
will air Minds on the Edge: Facing Mental Ill-
ness, an exceptional program that challenges the
current state of mental health care in America.
In Maryland, Minds on the Edge will air
on PBS channels on Oct. 30 at 11 pm. The pro-
gram will be available for viewing on www.pbs.
org the entire month of October.
The U.S. Surgeon General has noted that
stigma is a major barrier to people seeking help
when they need it.
On average, people with serious mental ill-
ness live 25 years less than the rest of the
population. One reason is that less than a
third of adults and less than half of children and
adolescents with a diagnosed illness receive
treatment. Half of all lifetime cases begin by
age 14. Long delays occur as much as a de-
cade between the onset of symptoms and
getting help.
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Walker. Overcoming the unwarranted stigma
that has sur-
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community.
NAMI Southern Maryland provides sup-
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whose lives are affected by mental illness ei-
ther as consumers of mental health services;
family members and caregivers; or community
stakeholders.
The affliate offers an array of nationally
recognized family education and peer recovery
education programs and support groups, led by
state trained and certifed family members and
consumers of mental health services.
It also provides information and referral
services through its offce in Lexington Park
and via its mobile line at 301-904-9926; as well
as informational materials and resources at com-
munity health venues. Volunteer opportunities
are available. NAMI SoMD is affliated with the
United Way of St. Marys County and is a regis-
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For more information, call 301-737-1988 or
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Legals:
IN THE MATTER OF MYRA ANN
COLLINS
FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO MYRA
SCRIBER ADAMS
In the Circuit Court for St. Marys
County, Maryland
Case No.: 18-C-09-001379NC
The above Petitioner has fled a Peti-
tion for Change of Name in which she seeks
to change her name from Myra Ann Collins to
Myra Scriber Adams. The petitioner is seek-
ing a name change for the following reason:
Personal preference,
Any person may fle an objection to the
Petition on or before the 16
th
day of October,
2009. The objection must be supported by an
affdavit and served upon the Petitioner in ac-
cordance with Maryland Rule 1-321. Failure
to fle an objection or affdavit within the time
allowed may result in a judgment by default or
the granting of the relief sought.
A copy of this Notice shall be pub-
lished one time in a newspaper of general cir-
culation in the county at least ffteen (15) days
before the deadline to fle an objection.
JOAN W. WILLIAMS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
St. Marys County Maryland
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Last year you bought that Ann Taylor suit
and wore it a few times, but it no longer fts and
now it just sits in your closet, taking up space.
What about that designer bag that someone
gave you for Christmas
that youve never had
much occasion to use?
One option may
be to sell the items at
the frst-ever Ellys
Closet consignment
event on Oct. 22-24 at
the St. Marys County
Fairgrounds.
The event will be
a chance for women
to sell brand-name
clothes, shoes and ac-
cessories to women
who want them but may
not be able to fnd them
in local stores.
The event is being
organized by Eleanor
Hunt, a St. Marys Col-
lege graduate and law-
yer at Dugan, McKiss-
ick, Wood & Longmore
in Lexington Park.
Although designed
as a for-proft event,
part of the proceeds
will go to Health Share,
a county nonproft that helps people without
insurance pay their medical bills, Hunt said.
What doesnt sell at the event will be returned
to consignors or given to local womens pro-
grams to help women dress for job interviews.
Donations of clothes and canned goods are also
welcomed and will be distributed to shelters.
I think that this event will truly be a win-
win for the women in the tri-county area, wrote
Hunt in an e-mail. Consignors can make some
additional money on the side and shoppers can
get a great deal on some otherwise costly items.
Both stay-at-home moms and professionals can
revamp their closet without breaking the bank.
Consignors can also opt to have their un-
sold items donated to local womens programs,
so there is also a direct beneft to local women
in need.
Hunt has modeled the event after Lep-
rechaun Lillys, a consignor that is having a
childrens wear
consignment show
at the fairgrounds
a week earlier on
Oct. 9-10.
Anyone who
wants to partici-
pate as a consignor
in the Ellys Closet
event must register
on the Ellys Closet
Web site by mid-
night on Tuesday
Oct. 7.
The procedure
is to go online to
set up an account,
pay a registration
fee of $10 and build
an inventory of
the items to sell,
including setting
the price. Once the
inventory is com-
pleted, Ellys Clos-
et will print tags to
put on the items.
The items can
be dropped off at
the fairgrounds on Oct. 20 from 2-8 p.m. and
Oct. 21 from 2-8 p.m.
Consignors will receive 60 percent of
the fnal sales price (excluding sales tax), un-
less they ask Ellys Closet to do the tagging, in
which case they receive 40 percent.
The event is also looking for volunteers to
work in four-hour shifts from Oct. 20-25 doing
things like setting up clothing racks and hand-
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shop at the event before the general public.
For more information, go to www.elly-
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New Consignment Event to Sell
Brand-Name Clothes
Eleanor Hunt
Former members of the Washing-
ton Redskins football team are again
expected to pay a visit to the Marks
Electronics booth at the Calvert Coun-
ty fair, which will be held this weekend
in Barstow.
Based in California in St. Marys
County, the store repairs TVs, VCRs,
stereos and other equipment. For more
than 10 years, owner Mark Flaherty,
who lives in Leonardtown, has invited
Redskin players to spend time at the
booth. This year, hes expecting Mike
Nelms, Charlie Brown and Dexter
Manley to drop by on Saturday after-
noon between about 4 to 7 p.m.
Flaherty said he frst got to know
some of the Redskins players years ago
through some charity work he did in
St. Marys County with Dave Spigler,
also known as Spiggy. Spigler is one
of the Redskins Hogettes, a group of
male Redskins fans who wear dresses,
wigs and snout noses to cheer on the
team and also raise money for charity.
Redskins Return to Calvert Fair
The old adage the customer is always
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there is more to PR and marketing than that.
Join the Public Relations Individuals in South-
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at a conference to be held at the College of
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p.m.
The price is $40 for members and $50 for
nonmembers. The cost includes the conference
and lunch.
This is PRISMs ffth annual PR and Mar-
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people, entrepreneurs, professionals, students,
and government employees. People who previ-
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helpful nuts and bolts content, the variety of the
sessions, and the timeliness of the topics. All
attendees will receive Continuing Education
Units (CEUs) from CSM.
Public Relations and Marketing
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By 1st Lt. Don Van Wormer
Civil Air Patrol
Cadet Eashan Samak of the St. Marys
Composite Squadron has been accepted into
the 2009 Maryland Wing Cadet Solo Flight
Scholarship Program.
Samak was one of six cadets selected
from throughout the Maryland Wing for the
program.
The Maryland Wing Cadet Solo Flight
Scholarship Program provides the selected
cadets with full tuition for ground school and
up to 15 hours of fight instruction towards a
private pilot license.
Cadet Samak is a junior at Leonardtown
High School and serves as the squadron Cadet
Executive Offcer.
Civil Air Patrol, the offcial auxiliary of
the U.S. Air Force, is a nonproft organization
with more than 56,000 members nationwide.
The organization performs 90 percent of con-
tinental U.S. inland search and rescue missions
as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordina-
tion Center and was credited by the AFRCC
with saving 90 lives in fscal year 2008.
Its volunteers also perform homeland
security, disaster relief and counter-drug mis-
sions at the request of federal, state and local
agencies. The members play a leading role in
aerospace education and serve as mentors to
the nearly 22,000 young people currently par-
ticipating in CAP cadet programs.
Civil Air Patrol has been performing mis-
sions for America for more than 67 years.
There are approximately 1,300 members
in Maryland. Last fscal year wing members
few 34 search and rescue missions and were
credited with 23 fnds.
For information about the Maryland
Wing of CAP, visit http://mdcap.org/ or listen
to weekly episodes of Civil Air Patrol To-
day broadcast every Sunday morning on the
following radio stations:
Annapolis, MD - WYRE-AM 810,
8:00-8:30AM ET
Baltimore, MD - WFBR AM 1590,
8:00-8:30AM ET
Ocean City, MD - WKHZ-AM 1590,
7:00-7:30AM ET
Potomac, MD - WCTN 950 AM, 6:00-
6:30AM ET
Rockville, MD - WLXE-AM 1600,
7:00-7:30AM ET
Washington, DC - WZHF-AM 1390,
7:00-7:30AM ET
In addition, programs may be listened
to at the Maryland Wing Web site at http://
mdcap.org/radio/ and can also be subscribed
to as a podcast.
The St. Marys Composite Squadron
meets Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m.
at the St. Marys County Regional Airport,
in the Capt. Walter Francis Duke terminal
building, 44200 Airport Road, in California.
The squadron is commanded by 1st
Lt. David Webster. For information, go the
squadrons web site at http://www.capst-
marys.com.
St. Marys CAP Cadet Receives
Solo Flight Scholarship
About 200 people attended the South-
ern Maryland Navy Alliance annual mem-
bership meeting and dinner at Historic St.
Marys City on Monday. Presented was a
painting by local artist Mary Lou Trout-
man that commemorates the countys 375th
birthday with an image of the Dove, the
ship that brought the frst English colonists
to the county in 1634, and the joint strike
fghter soon to be tested at Naval Air Sta-
tion Patuxent River.
Photo courtesy of the Navy Alliance
Science Applications International
Corp., based in McLean, Va., with offces in
Lexington Park, announced Tuesday that it
has been awarded a task order by the Naval
Air Systems Command to provide techni-
cal support services to NAVAIR Program
Management Activity (PMA) 205 integrat-
ed product teams.
The task order has a four-and-a-half-
month base period of performance, four
one-year options, one seven-month option
and a total value of more than $29 million
if all options are exercised.
It was awarded under the Naval Sea
Systems Command SeaPort-e contract.
PMA 205 delivers training systems
products and services to the U.S. Navy. It
manages acquisition category and acquisi-
tion programs for operator and maintenance
training devices.
Under the task order, SAIC will pro-
vide programmatic support to the IPTs
through all phases of naval aviation train-
ing system acquisition including research,
design, development, engineering, procure-
ment, testing and evaluation; and in-service
engineering and logistics support. SAIC
will also provide program administration,
fnancial management, systems engineer-
ing and logistics support as required.
We look forward to providing NA-
VAIR and PMA 205 with quality services
to help provide program managers and the
Fleet with the technical support they need
to accomplish their critical missions, said
Debbie James, SAIC senior vice president
and business unit general manager, in a
press release.
SAIC to Support
NAVAIR Aviation
Training Systems
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Mary Isabel Bowles, 91
Mary Isabel Bowles, 91, of
Leonardtown, MD died Septem-
ber 28, 2009 at St. Marys Nursing
Center.
Born May 16, 1918 in Leon-
ardtown, MD, she was the daugh-
ter of the late William A. and Lula
Johnson.
Mrs. Bowles was a
homemaker.
In addition to her parents Mrs.
Bowles was preceded in death by
her husband, John R. Bowles, Sr.
She is survived by her children;
John R. Bowles, Jr. of Sunset Beach,
NC and Gloria J. Swearingen, sib-
lings; William Johnson of Texas,
Luke Johnson of Golden Beach, MD
and Janice Oliver of Avenue, MD.
Family will receive friends on
Thursday, October 1, 2009 from 5
p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Brinsfeld Fu-
neral Home, P.A., Leonardtown,
MD where prayers will be recited at
7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial
will be offered on Friday, October 2,
2009 at 10 a.m. in St. Josephs Catho-
lic Church, Morganza, MD with Fa-
ther Keith Woods as the celebrant.
Interment will follow in Queen
of Peace Cemetery, Helen, MD
In lieu of fowers memorial
contributions may be made to St.
Marys Nursing Center, 21585 Pea-
body Street, Leonardtown, MD
20650
Condolences to the family may
be made at www.brinsfeldfuneral.
com.
Arrangements provided by
the Brinsfeld Funeral Home, P.A.,
Leonardtown, MD.
Roberta A. Dooley, 73
Roberta A. Dooley, 73, of
Leonardtown, MD passed away on
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 sur-
rounded by her family in her daugh-
ters home after more than a two
year battle with colon cancer.
Born March 16, 1936 in Leon-
ardtown, MD she was the daughter
of the late Robert Miedzinski and
Lillian Hayden Miedzinski.
Roberta loved her family, en-
joyed reading, talking with people,
travelling with her children and
grandchildren and food. She and
her husband have been the owners
of Dooleys Furniture in Leonard-
town, MD for forty years.
Roberta is survived by her hus-
band, Roy B. Dooley, her children;
Mary Ann Jarczynski (Jim) of Lex-
ington Park, MD, Bonnie Zimmerer
(Steve) of Canton, MS, Michael A.
Dooley of Columbia, MD, Jennifer
Brandel of Mechanicsville, MD,
Stacey Dawson (Doug) of Lusby,
MD, grandchildren; Jeff and Karen
Jarczynski, Amy Jarczynski and
Ryan Jarczynski, Hope Zimmerer
and Steve Zimmerer, Patrick An-
gleton, Joseph Dawson and Steven
Brandel, great-grandchild, Justin
Jarczynski, siblings; Robert Miedz-
inski, Jimmy Miedzinski, Pritzi
Klear Ely, Jane Bussler, Dolly Abell
and Phyllis Miedzinski all of Leon-
ardtown, MD. She was preceded in
death by her son, Stephen Dooley,
and siblings; Charles V. Miedzinski
and Billy Miedzinski.
Family will receive friends
on Thursday, September 24, 2009
from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in
the Brinsfeld Funeral Home, 22955
Hollywood Road, Leonardtown,
MD 20650. A Memorial Service
will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. by
Reverend John Mattingly. Interment
will be private.
Memorial contributions may
be made to Hospice of St. Marys,
P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD
20650.
com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfeld
Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown,
MD.
Catherine Cakky Vi-
nette Dovell, 97
Catherine Cakky Vinette
Dovell, 97 of Leonardtown, MD
and formerly of Prince Georges
County, MD, died September 23,
2009 in Solomons Nursing Center.
Born April 19, 1912 in Washington,
DC she was the daughter of the late
Robert and Caroline Loveless Beall.
She was the loving wife of the late
Ernest P. Dovell whom she mar-
ried on March 15, 1929 in Takoma
Park, MD and who preceded her in
death on February 23, 1964. She is
survived by her sister Rita Pummill
(Warren) of Altoona, PA as well as
32 nieces and nephews, 99 great-
nieces and nephews, 126 great-great
nieces and nephews and 13 great-
great-great nieces and nephews. She
was preceded in death by her sib-
lings: Bernard Beall (Ethel), Joseph
Beall (Mattie), Robert Beall (Mary),
Ada V. Ammann (Pat), Aloysius
Beall, Teresa Van Ryswick (Pete)
and Jimmy Beall. Catherine moved
to St. Marys County in May of
1972 from Prince Georges County,
MD. She attended St. Patricks High
School in Washington, DC and was
a homemaker. She was the family
matriarch and babysitter. A memo-
rial service will be held on Monday,
September 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM in
Our Ladys Church, Medleys Neck
Rd., Leonardtown, MD with Fr.
Young offciating. Interment will be
private. Contributions may be made
to Solomons Nursing Center, P.O.
Box 1509, Solomons, MD 20688.
To leave a condolence for the fam-
ily visit www.mgfh.com. Arrange-
ments provided by the Mattingley-
Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.
Gertrude Gwendolyn Getz
Gass, 89
Gertrude Gwendolyn Getz
Gass, 89, of Abell, Maryland died
September 24, 2009 at St. Marys
Nursing Center. Mrs. Gass was a
lifelong homemaker. She was born
in the Township of Sugarloaf, Co-
lumbia County, Pennsylvania on
May 29, 1920. She was the daughter
of the late Joseph Harold Getz and
Lillian Bluebell Giberson Getz Vog-
netz. Mrs. Gass was preceded by her
husband of 65 years, George Fred-
erick Gass, who passed way earlier
this year (April 13, 2009). Mr. and
Mrs. Gass were married on Decem-
ber 25, 1943 at Holy Angels Church
in Avenue, MD. Gertrude Gass was
a loving mother, who held a special
place in her heart for animals, espe-
cially her kitty Peaches.
She is survived by fve daugh-
ters and four son-in-laws: Lillian
Goldsborough of Hollywood, Re-
gina Morgan and her husband Andy
of Compton, Eleanor Tyson and her
husband Stan of Compton, Karen
Bowles and her husband Randy of
Clements and Ruth Hammett and
her husband Robin of Clements.
Mrs. Gass was preceded in death
by her twin daughters, who died at
birth. She enjoyed 13 grandchildren,
22 great-grandchildren and 1 great-
great granddaughter. Her surviving
siblings are Edith Butts, Eleanor
Warfeld and Clyde Getz. Ger-
trudes surviving sister in laws are
Colleen Getz, Ann Getz and Mary
Getz, all of Pennsylvania. She was
preceded in death by her siblings,
Harold Getz (Angie), Henry Getz (
Vivian), Horton Getz, Irving Getz,
John Getz, William Getz (Sarah),
Beatrice Getz and one son in law,
Jimmy Goldsborough.
The family received friends on
Monday, September 28, 2009 from
5:00 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-
Gardiner Funeral Home, where
Prayers were said at 7:00 PM. A
Mass of Christian Burial was cel-
ebrated on Tuesday, September 29,
2009 at 10:00 AM in Holy Angels
Catholic Church, Avenue, MD
with Fr. William Gurnee offciat-
ing. Interment followed in Charles
Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown,
MD. Pallbearers were Mrs. Gass
grandsons, Mike Goldsborough,
Kenny Goldsborough, George Mor-
gan, James Morgan, Jason Bowles,
Geoff Hammett and Chris Ham-
mett. Honorary pallbearers were
her granddaughters, Michelle Bean,
Ann Barber, Amy Harrell, Sarah
Tyson, Gwen Murphy and Sharon
Ann Lathroum, as well as her great-
grandchildren.
Contributions may be left to
the 7 th District Volunteer Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 7, Avenue, MD
20609 and/or St. Marys Nursing
Center Activity Center, P.O. Box
518, Leonardtown, MD 20650. To
leave condolence for the family visit
www.mgfh.com. Arrangements
provided by the Mattingley-Gardin-
er Funeral Home, P.A.
James J.C. Claude Val-
landingham, 80
James J.C. Claude Val-
landingham, 80, of Waldorf, MD,
died September 26, 2009 at his
residence.
Born July 7, 1929 on Calverts
Rest in Ridge, Maryland he was the
son of the late Claude I. Vallanding-
ham and Mary Virginia (Curley)
Davidson.
J.C. attended school in both
Ridge and Great Mills, graduating
from Great Mills High School on
June 13, 1947. He went to work right
out high school at the Patuxent River
Naval Base in the Sheet Metal Shop
of Public works as a helper for one
year. He then went on to work for
Ship Services as an assistant man-
ager. Two years later J.C. was pro-
moted to manager of Ship Services
and continued on there for another
eight years. After leaving Ship Ser-
vices he took over as the manager
for the Sunoco Station at Park Hall,
Maryland working there for the
next two and one-half years before
moving to Waldorf in 1960. Upon
his arrival in Waldorf he became an
owner/operator of J.C.s 301 Sunoco
on Rt. 301 until 1977. During that
time he was also an owner of 3 feets
of U-Hall Rental trailers beginning
in 1966. J.C. moved back to Ridge
in 1977, bought a grocery store/bar/
liquor store which was called J.C. &
Bettys Grocery and the Hideaway
Bar. He eventually sold the business
in 1979 and moved back to Waldorf.
J.C. fnally retired after many years
of service with Rudds Pest Control
in Waldorf.
He was member of the Waldorf
Lions Club for many years up until
1977, and a long time member of the
Ridge Volunteer Fire Department,
who along with his brother Sam
both joined in 1950.
J.C. is survived by his wife Ida
Elizabeth (Betty) Vallandingham;
a son, James (Jimmy) Claude Val-
landingham, Jr. and his wife Ade-
line (Addie) Regina Vallandingham
of Port Tobacco, MD ; three daugh-
ters, Brenda Sue Salvas and her hus-
band Frank King Salvas of Damas-
cis, MD, Mary Virginia (Ginger)
Barnes and her husband Timothy
James Barnes of Mechanicville,
MD, and Terry Lynn Budaj and her
husband Richard Budaj of Bunker
Hill, VA; 11 grandchildren, Cath-
erine Nicole (Niki) Barnes, Michael
Aaron Barnes, Christopher Allen
Barnes, Elizabeth Joy Barnes, Mat-
thew James Salvas, David Gerald
Salvas, Amber Lynn Bowling, Ryan
Anthony Bowling, Misty Dolene
Jones, Maria Ann Jones, and John
Ludwig Jones. Also survived by
seven great-grandchildren. Pre-
ceeded in death by his only brother,
Samuel Booth Vallandingham.
Family will receive friends
for J.C.s Life Celebration on Tues-
day, September 29, 2009 from 5:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Brinsfeld
MD, where prayers will be recited
at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be
held in the funeral home chapel on
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at
11:00 a.m. with Msgr. William Par-
ent offciating. Interment will fol-
low at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery,
St. Marys City, MD.
Pallbearers will be: Catherine
Nicole (Niki) Barnes, Michael
Aaron Barnes, Christopher Allen
Barnes, Matthew James Salvas, Da-
vid Gerald Salvas, Ryan Anthony
Bowling, Lewis Wayne Matz, and
Travis Mitchel Jones. Honorary
Pallbearers: Elizabeth Joy Barnes,
and Amber Lynn Bowling
Memorial contributions may
be made to Ridge Volunteer Fire
Department, P.O. Box 520, Ridge,
MD 20680 or Hospice of Charles
County, P.O. Box 1703, La Plata,
MD 20646.
com.
Arrangements by the Brinsfeld
MD.
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Bernard Alexander Willams, 86
Bernard Alexander Willams, 86, of Califor-
nia, MD, formerly of Silver Spring, MD died Sept.
29, 2009, at his residence, surrounded by his loved
ones.
Born March 15, 1923 in Roanoke, VA, he was
the youngest of 7 children of the late Walter Ernest
Williams and the late Mary Coffman Williams.
He was a life-long car enthusiast, working for
Ford Motor Company throughout his career.
He frst came to St. Marys County in the 50s,
spending weekends enjoying boating, fshing
and crabbing, as well as racing his stock car,
number 00. After he retired in 1977, he and
his wife became full-time St. Marys County
residents. In later years, he was an avid Nascar
fan and enjoyed watching sports on TV. He
was an active member of the Solomons United
Methodist Church.
He was the husband of the late Betty Ar-
mentrout Williams, whom he married on April
10, 1943. They celebrated 61 years of marriage
before her death in 2004.
He is survived by his children, Brenda Sim-
mons and her husband, Jim, of Chestertown,
MD and Kathleen Williams of Columbia, MD;
6 grandchildren, Richard Gordon and his wife,
Wendy, of Ingleside, MD, Christopher Gordon
and his wife, Debbie, of Columbia, MD, Scott
Gordon of Port Republic, Ryan Gordon and his
wife, April, of Centreville, MD, Jenny Helm-
bold of Chicago and Andrew Helmbold and
his wife, Kristen, of Salisbury, NC; 12 great-
grandchildren, Zachary, Christopher, Laura,
Mitchell, Madeline, Sophia, Brooke, Wade,
Andrew, Brice, Faith and Reagan; close family
members Frank Gordon of Owings, MD and Rich-
ard Helmbold of Frederick, MD.
A memorial service will be held Friday, Octo-
ber 2, 2009 at 11 a.m. at Solomons United Methodist
Church, Rev. Dr. Phillip Logan offciating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hos-
pice of St. Marys, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD
20650. Condolences to the family may be made at
www.brinsfeldfuneral.com.
Continued
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Call:
301-373-4125
Rich Fuller, president of the Southern Maryland
Wine Growers Co-op, and Commissioner Daniel
Raley look at some crushed grapes in fermenting
vats at the new winery in Leonardtown. Commis-
sioners toured the new winery, publicly funded by
more than $500,000 in grant money, Tuesday.
Photo by Guy Leonard
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
Teachers and advisors spent
Wednesday talking about plans for a new
radio station, TC Radio, at the Dr. James
A. Forrest Career and Technology Cen-
ter in Leonardtown.
The new station will allow students
to be taught by radio professionals in the
community. Future radio announcers,
technicians, writers and producers will
learn about all the aspects of making a
radio station run effectively, while hav-
ing their own daily and weekly shows.
Equipment has been installed in the
new Radio Studio that is located across
the hall from the offce of Eric Millham,
who heads the TV/Radio division of the
Communications Department.
This will be a tremendous oppor-
tunity to teach the kids all about the in-
side workings of a real radio station,
Millham said during a meeting of ad-
visors on Wednesday. I am excited
about the project.
Members of the Advisory Com-
mittee discussed and learned about
the project, which should be complet-
ed over the next few months. Mill-
ham and the committee are hoping
to launch TC Radio sometime very
soon.
M e m -
bers of the
Ad v i s o r y
C o m m i t -
tee will be
available to
help with
the growth
of this ra-
dio station
with their
e x p e r i -
ence in the
felds of re-
porting, comput-
ers, technology and
broadcasting.
The lunch meeting and discussion
Wednesday was to go over the curricu-
lum and growth of the various programs
offered. The Tech Center offers pro-
grams in felds such as Culinary Arts,
Graphic Design, and Television/Radio
Production.
John Hunt is a member of the pro-
fessional advisory committee for the
Communications Department at the
tech center. His son is in Millhams TV
and audio production class.
New Radio
Station Coming
to Forrest Center
Photo by John Hunt
Tatiana Mieux, seated, and Brittany Cassini test out the new radio equipment.
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By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
The two remaining fnalists under consideration for
the presidency of St. Marys College visited the campus
to meet with students, faculty and community members
this past week.
Joseph Bruno was the last to visit the campus, where
he cited his experience as vice president of academic af-
fairs at Wesleyan University in Middleton, Conn., a posi-
tion he has held since
2006. Starting out
as a chemistry pro-
fessor with a Ph.D.
from Northwestern
University, he joined
Wesleyan in 1984
and later became
dean of natural sci-
ences and math from
2003 to 2006.
Bruno said he
would market the
college by enhanc-
ing summer recruit-
ment efforts.
Thats when
students tend to be
freer to think about
opportunities for
college, and are
more likely to be on the road, and its also the time when
one could imagine different programs to attract them to
campus, he said.
When asked how he would deal with state legis-
latures, Bruno said he had dealt with state politicians at
Wesleyan, which is a private institution, by inviting them
to campus and showcasing the schools economic impact
on the community. He said he would try to showcase sim-
ilar impacts to the state legislatures if chosen as president
of St. Marys College.
Bruno said he planned to engage students by involv-
ing them in every level of decision-making at the college.
Any time a president has to reach a decision, he
has to be informed by all the constituencies on campus,
he said.
When asked if he planned to expand the college or
add more students, Bruno said he probably would not
consider it.
I see no reason to imagine changes like that, he
said. The estimate I heard sometime today in terms of
occupancy of residents is that St. Marys is running at
about 105 percent. That doesnt sound like a recipe for
bringing in more students.
Mary Ann Baenninger visited the college the previ-
ous Thursday and told those assembled about her history
as a frst generation college student, graduating with a
Ph.D. in psychology from Temple University. She taught
psychology for 10 years at the College of New Jersey in
Ewing, before moving on to teach at Philadelphia Uni-
versity and then at Washington College in Chestertown.
She has been president of the College of Saint Benedict,
a private liberal arts college northeast of Minneapolis,
since 2005.
Baenninger admitted that since most of her career
had been spent at private universities, she had very little
experience dealing with state legislators to secure fund-
ing for higher education, but she referred to her skill sets
in fundraising and dealing with private entities that would
infuence her ability to connect with offcials at the state
level, as well as helping her supplement state funding with
private fundraising efforts.
One person questioned her decision to remove her
name from the list of candidates for the presidency of Ith-
ica College in 2008, saying that her decision to not pursue
the position seemed incongruous with her decision to ap-
ply for the offce at St. Marys College.
Baenninger said that she had removed her name be-
cause she did not feel that she was the best ft for that posi-
tion at the time.
Some things
in life are incongru-
ous, she said.
When asked
how she viewed the
colleges footprint
in relation to its
success, and if she
planned to expand
the college, she said
she would have to
weigh consider-
ations against the
overall mission of
the school. She said
she would want to
preserve the small
size of the campus
and its student body as much as possible, since she felt it
was one of the schools biggest selling points.
Youre not there to have an Oedipus complex, she
said.
andreashiell@countytimes.net
Last Two Finalists Visit St. Marys College
Students gathered for a photo with Superintendent Michael Martirano and stilt-walker
Dick Haines at the St. Marys County Fair on Friday. The school system manned a booth
all weekend for the promotion of school programs.
On Sunday Oct. 6, the College
of Southern Maryland will host a
college majors fair at the Center for
Business and Industry, Room BI-113
at the La Plata Campus. Prospec-
tive students interested in a particu-
lar feld of study or students unsure
about which major to select will be
able to meet with attendees and learn
about various majors and the differ-
ent degree programs and require-
ments. Career and academic advisors
will be on hand to answer questions.
The event is free. Call 301-934-7533,
240-725-5499, 443-550-6199, 301-
870-2309, Ext. 7533 or visit www.
csmd.edu/careerservices for more
information.
CSM Hosting
College
Majors Fair
On Saturday, Oct. 17, the College of Southern Maryland will host a va-
riety of workshops from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Center for Business and
Industry, Room BI-113 at the La Plata Campus.
Students will explore the felds of health science, computer science, archi-
tecture, chemistry, pharmacy, fnancial services, astrophysics, radiology and
mathematics in a variety of workshops led by women working in these areas,
followed by group activities. Olivia Mellan, an author, money coach, psycho-
therapist and business consultant who has appeared on Oprah, the Today
Show and 20-20, will be the keynote speaker. The event is free to young
women 8th grade and up, and math teachers. Breakfast and lunch are included.
Those interested in attending can register online at
http://www.csmd.edu/Women&Math/registration/index.htm and stu-
dents that register by Oct. 12 will be automatically entered in a drawing for a
$50 gift certifcate. For more information, contact Sandy Poinsett at 301-934-
7808, Sandrap@csmd.edu or visit http://www.csmd.edu/Women&Math/.
Upcoming: Women + Math
= Infnite Options
Upcoming: Women + Math
= Infnite Options
In the U.S. the most common excuse made to get out
of paying a ticket is to say they missed the sign.
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
The process of leveling the
playing felds in Southern Maryland
is still in its infant stages, but its a
start.
At the St. Marys County Board
of Education meeting on Tuesday, Dr.
Andrew Roper, director of physical
education and athletics for St. Marys
County Public Schools, presented a
plan to the board that would take a
very thorough look at improving ath-
letic facilities at each of the countys
high schools, with synthetic grass
felds topping the upgrade list.
The intent was to provide the
board with information in order to
determine what improvements can
be made, Roper said about the pre-
sentation. There will be a long- term
plan about what items should be ad-
dressed frst.
The frst priority seems to be
synthetic grass, which, according to
a presentation fle posted on the SM-
CPS website, would cost $800,000 to
install at all three schools.
The wear and tear that the Chop-
ticon, Great Mills and Leonardtown
stadiums receive over a sports season
prompted Roper, Brad Clements and
superintendent Michael Martirano to
put together the plan.
Our stadiums have various
uses for multiple sports, and its more
than the grass can handle, he says.
The plans would also in-
clude a review of tennis courts,
practice felds and the gyms.
While the wheels have been
set into motion, there is still a
long way to go before these im-
provements can take place. SM-
CPS will assemble a committee
that will be charged with the
task of thoroughly studying the
condition of the current athletic
facilities at the high schools and
deciding which facilities need
the most repair, with a fnal re-
port due next May.
Many seem to be on board
with the school systems plan.
I dont believe there was
much opposition, Roper said
when asked of possible dissent
about the plan. We had parents,
coaches and medical experts
speak they wanted to move
forward with the turf.
Funding is a major concern,
but with the facilities upgrade
plan still in its early stages, Rop-
er believes identifying the needs and
sore spots is the main priority.
[Funding] is a major concern,
but with any project, we want to fnd
out what our needs are frst, he said.
Were looking at what wed like to
do and seeing what is possible.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
SMCPS To Look Into Upgrading Athletic Facilities
The Great Mills high school football team lines up against Lansdowne High School in Bal-
timore County last month. SMCPS is looking into turf felds among other upgrades for its
public schools.
Joseph Bruno
Mary Ann Baenninger
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First Degree Assault
On Sept. 25, 2009, Deputy Scott Ruest re-
sponded to Great Mills Road in Lexington Park for
a report of an assault. The victim pointed towards
Robert Gregory Carson, 20, of Lexington Park and
alleged that Carson had just pulled a knife on him.
Deputies approached Carson who took off running
but was caught and detained after a short foot chase.
Investigation revealed Carson was in a verbal dispute
with the victim. The verbal dispute escalated when
Carson grabbed a knife and allegedly threatened to
cut the victim. The victim fed and contacted the po-
lice. Carson provided a false name to the deputies but
was identifed during the booking process. Carson
was arrested and charged with frst-degree assault,
second-degree assault and making a false statement
to a police offcer.
Man Charged In Domestic
Assault
On Sept. 25, 2009, deputies responded to a resi-
dence on Circle Road in Mechanicsville for a report of
a domestic assault in progress. Investigation revealed
Joseph Michael Griffth, 46, of Mechanicsville was in
a verbal dispute with the victim, which escalated into
a physical assault when Griffth allegedly struck the
victim in the arm and face. Griffth fed prior to the
arrival of the deputies but was located a short time lat-
er, arrested and charged with second-degree assault.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Shawn M.
Clark, 17, who
was charged
over the summer
with the second-
degree rape of a
19 yr. old female,
will be tried as an
adult, a Circuit
Court judge ruled
Monday.
Clark, and
his lawyer, pub-
lic defender Luke
Woods, were
pressing for approval of a waiver that would
have sent him back to juvenile court, but Judge
C. Clarke Raley declared at the end of the pro-
ceedings that extensive treatment by the De-
partment of Juvenile Services over the past
seven years seemed to have no affect on Clarks
past alleged criminal behavior.
I cant fnd one scintilla of evidence
that he should be tried anywhere but in adult
court, Raley said. Nothing has worked, noth-
ing will work. Youre beyond that, Mr. Clark.
Court testimony during the hearing showed
that Clark had been involved with the juvenile
justice system since he was 10 years old and
that he had repeated behavioral and drug prob-
lems, though he had never been found guilty
of any crime of violence.
His record showed one charge of second-
degree assault, but that case was dropped sev-
eral years ago, according to Woods.
Woods argued that Clark had never
been assessed as a sex offender in regard to
the rape case against him and that his state of
mental health regarding the case had not been
determined.
Woods called the assessment from the
Department of Juvenile Justice that recom-
mended Clark be tried in adult court a rub-
ber-stamped waiver investigation.
Jeff Morris, a caseworker with the de-
partment who had worked with Clark for the
last several years, according to his testimony,
said that the charges against Clark for alleg-
edly participating in the massive property de-
struction incident at Elms Beach park earlier
this year showed that Clarks behavior had
only gotten steadily worse after being in the
juvenile system
His delinquency was to such a degree
that he would not be amenable to treatment
in a juvenile facility, Morris said of Clarks
record.
17-Year-Old To Be Tried As An Adult In Rape Case
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Stephen J. Brown-Santos, the man who
last year carjacked an elderly man with a
host of medical problems [the victim later
died], received a sentence of 40 years in
prison for his crime in county Circuit Court
Wednesday.
Brown was found not guilty of frst-
and second-degree murder at his trial but
received guilty verdicts for armed robbery,
armed carjacking, kidnapping and using a
handgun during the commission of a felony.
Judge C. Clarke Raley said that while
Brown-Santos would have to pay heavily for
his crimes, he said that the defendant was not
a hardened criminal, rather someone who
thought he could solve his fnancial prob-
lems with a gun.
Hes not the person who is a full-blown
thug you expect to live a life of crime, Raley
said.
Raley said that Brown-Santos history
in his native Puerto Rico showed he was in-
telligent and did very well in his studies, but
when he moved to the United States with his
girlfriend, with whom he had a 4-year-old
daughter, he was able to get only low-wage
work and was being pressured to do more.
That was when he hatched a plot to car-
jack and rob a victim, which turned out to
be Gurley, 75, whom he kidnapped at gun-
point at a dentists offce parking lot in June
of 2008.
He took Gurley to a nearby shopping
center parking lot, robbed him of $37 and a
ring, and left Gurley there in the lot.
Gurley returned to the dentists offce
and reported the crime as well as chest pains;
he was transported to St. Marys Hospital
where he later died of a heart attack.
Court testimony later revealed that
Brown-Santos told his girlfriend what he
had done and that Gurley had died. That
conversation was overheard and soon detec-
tives learned of Brown-Santos suspected
involvement.
He was arrested days after the incident.
Its amazing what can happen when
someone arms themselves with a weapon
and goes out and sticks it in someones
face thinking that will solve their problems,
Raley said. Exactly the opposite happened
here.
Throughout the legal process, Brown-
Santos had expressed remorse for what had
transpired.
He begged the forgiveness of Gurleys
family, though he seemed to understand he
would not get it.
I apologize to the family members for
the pain I caused them, Brown-Santos said.
I cannot take back what I did, I cannot take
it back but I wish I could.
States Attorney Richard Fritz read state-
ments from two family members of Gurleys,
a daughter and granddaughter, about how his
death had devastated the family.
My grandfather would have helped
somebody if there was a need, Valerie Vale,
Gurleys granddaughter had written. No
gun required.
Man Sentenced To 40 Years For Carjacking Where Victim Later Died
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Robert Lumpkins, of Piney Point, owner
of Golden Eye Seafood LLC, will spend the
next 18 months in prison for aiding commercial
fsherman in the illegal harvesting and false re-
porting of rockfsh catches from 2003 to 2007.
Lumpkins received his sentence Sept. 25
in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. He was also
ordered to pay a fne of $36,000 and $164,050
in restitution.
Lumpkins had pleaded guilty to both con-
spiracy to violate and violation of the Lacey
Act by falsely recording the amount and weight
of striped bass harvested by local fshermen
involved in the scheme through his seafood
wholesale business.
More than a dozen defendants have either
pleaded guilty or been sentenced to prison
terms for their participation in the conspiracy,
according to the U.S. Attorneys Offce.
Federal authorities estimated the value
of the poached rockfsh to be on the order of
about $2.15 million.
Lumpkins Sentenced
Stephen J. Brown-Santos
Shawn M. Clark
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On The
Cover
By Virginia Terhune
Staff Writer
Mike Thompson of Hollywood doesnt much like the
idea of the United States having to spend money overseas
to buy fuel to power our economy.
I didnt want to feed money to Saddam Hussein to
buy his oil, Thompson said. I think were wasting
our wealth when theres something we can
do here.
Thats one reason why he
recently invested more than
$30,000 in a sun-powered
system to reduce his de-
mand for electricity pro-
duced by burning fossil
fuels.
One of the other
reasons is because
he wants to leave
as small a foot-
print on the en-
vironment as
possible.
I have a
lot of respect
for what God
has given us,
and I dont want
to make things
worse, said
Thompson, one
of six homeowners
in St. Marys and
Calvert counties who
have volunteered to host
visitors for a free, self-
guided tour this Saturday
as part of a national campaign
to educate the public about the
benefits of going solar.
Visitors may go the houses (four
in St. Marys and two in Calvert ) on Oct. 3
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Hosts ask that visitors bring
a copy of the tour brochure, which includes address and
information about the solar panel systems.
The brochure can be downloaded by going to www.
solartechinc.net.
Solar Tech Inc, based in Hollywood, installed most of
the systems available for viewing. Richard Schmidt, who
served in the Air Force, runs the company with his daugh-
ter, Shannon Schmidt, a graduate of St. Marys College.
This is the second year the company has hosted the tour in
association with the American Solar Energy Society.
Solar Supporter
Thompson is such an advocate for solar panels that he
has asked the St. Marys County commissioners to con-
sider granting a property tax credit to homeowners who
install them.
Theyre looking into it, he said about the request.
Thompson and has wife Barbara installed solar pan-
els on the house they built in 1981 and used them to heat
water and help heat the house. At the time, they had four
children and the system helped them lower their electric-
ity bills during the spring and summer months.
The system finally ran its course about three years
ago, and the Thompsons started looking around for a re-
placement that would take advantage of new technology.
Thompson invested about $55,000 up front, but the
system actually cost him about $34,300 after factoring
in paybacks from a Maryland state grant, a Federal tax
credit, the savings on his SMECO bill and state mandated
Renewable Energy Credits.
He said he was paying between $100 and $120 per
month for electricity before he installed the system, but
has paid nothing this summer going back four months.
In fact, hes generating a little more electricity than he
uses, which goes back into the electricity grid for use by
others.
But as winter approaches, he knows hell start to pay
more again, as daylight hours begin to dwindle.
Thompson estimates that over the course of a year,
he can save about $1,200 in electricity costs, added to a
payment of about $1,800 a year he will receive from
SMECO for using green energy.
The systems depreciate somewhat
over the 25-year life of the system,
but that is offset by what they
add to the value of a house.
The technology was
there, we built the stuff
and it works, he said
about his nearly 30
years of experience
with them.
And the look of
them on the roof is
not an obstacle.
Some people
think f lowers are
beautiful, I think
this is beautiful,
Thompson said.
Hooked on
technology
T h o mp s o n s
system was installed
by Solar Tech
Inc. which
Richard Schmidt
started in 1998
because of his inter-
est and background in
technology.
Its fascinating how
well it works, said Schmidt, who
first worked on microwave systems in
the Air Force years ago.
Schmidt and Thompson are of like minds as to
why they trumpet sun-driven electrical and heating
systems.
We got to do something about the environ-
ment and stop sending money overseas to buy oil,
said Schmidt, who has done about 140 installations,
including some in his home state of Nebraska and
some in St. Marys County.
The company has installed several systems
in local schools, including the new Evergreen El-
ementary School, Leonardtown Elementary and
at Windy Hill Elementary in Owings in Calvert
County.
All three are tied to the grid with permission
from SMECO, he said.
Schmidt estimated a typical 6 KW system
could be installed for less than $50,000 and that it
would generate enough electricity to meet 60 to 65
percent of a households needs.
And while the cost may be daunting to some,
the cost is offset by cash payments and tax credits.
If for example, someone spent $48,000 for a
system, they could subtract the value of an $8,000
Maryland grant and take a 30 percent federal tax
credit on the $40,000 balance, which translates into
paying $12,000 less in taxes that year, he said.
This is not a science project, this is real stuff,
Schmidt said. Its practical and real good, as far as
Im concerned.
Some say the more realistic answer to the
countrys energy needs is building more coal and
nuclear plants, but Schmidt argues that if everyone
installed solar panels and cut their demand for fos-
sil-fuel electricity, it would make a difference.
House Tour Shines a Light on
Solar Panels
If you go
Visit between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday,
Oct. 3
In St. Marys County (Hollywood area), the
houses are:
Allston Lane (Schmidt)
Blackistone Circle (Lauver)
Thompson Farm Lane (Thompson)
Drum Cliff Road (Dollarton)
In Calvert County, they are:
Beech Road, Saint Leonard (Clarke)
Coster Road, Lusby (Roscoe)
To download the tour brochure with directions,
go to www.solartechinc.net. In upper left, click
on Southern MD Solar Tour.
Reducing the loads by 60 percent that would be
tremendous, he said.

More than 5,000 homes, schools and businesses
around the country are participating in the 14
th
an-
nual ASES National Solar Tour this year. Last year the
tours attracted more than 140,000 people around the
country, according to ASES. For more information, go
to www.NationalSolarTour.org.
Photo by Frank Marquart
Shannon Schmidt of Hollywood displays some of the sun-powered solar panels
that her familys company, Solar Tech Inc., installs for homeowners who want to
reduce their reliance on electricity generated by fossil fuels.
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Were delighted to announce that St. Mary's Hospital has joined MedStar Health, and thats a
welcome shot in the arm for the regions leading healthcare system. This new partnership is a perfect
matchSt. Mary's Hospital shares MedStar Healths commitment to providing the highest quality
health care, shares our not-for-profit mission, and shares our dedication to improving the health and
well-being of the communities that surround us. Offering quality health care across a range of
specialty areas, St. Mary's Hospital is a vital addition to MedStar Health, the provider of choice
for more than half a million people throughout Maryland and the Washington, D.C., region.
MedStar Health Just Got
Healthier
MedStar Health is a not-for-profit, community-based healthcare system, which includes Georgetown University Hospital, Montgomery General Hospital, National
Rehabilitation Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Washington Hospital Center, Franklin Square Hospital Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, Harbor Hospital, Union Memorial
Hospital, MedStar Family Choice, MedStar Health Visiting Nurse Association, MedStar Physician Partners, MedStar Research Institute and other affiliate members.
To contact a MedStar physician, go to www.medstarhealth.org
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our families, our businesses, and our country.
Our families are being strained by sky-
rocketing premiums. If we do nothing, the
average Maryland family can expect to spend
nearly $25,000 per year on health care premi-
ums by 2016, up from $12,000 now. Across
America, families are dealing with the same
out-of-control costs: this decade, premiums
have risen three times faster than wages,
meaning that health care eats up a bigger and
bigger share of your budget every year.
Our businesses are also struggling under
the burden of an outdated system. Starbucks
spends more on health care than coffee; GM
spends more on health care than steel. Ameri-
can companies pay twice as much for health
care as their foreign competitorsa serious
handicap that can send jobs overseas. And
small businesses continue to struggle to cover
their workers; their premiums going up by
129% in this decade.
Finally, our country will face a dire s-
cal future without reform. In 2006, health care
costs ate up 16% of our economy. If we do noth-
ing, by 2025, health care will take up a quarter
of our economyand within this century, one
out of every two dollars spent in America will
eventually be going to health care.
Health care reform has been on the na-
tional agenda since the days of Teddy Roos-
eveltbut today, we are closer than ever to
achieving the goal. All ve congressional
committees with jurisdiction have come for-
ward with bills, and we are now in the middle
of an extensive public debate about various
proposals. While some issues remain under
discussion, there are many fundamental ideas
that most agree need to be part of a nal re-
form bill.
First, reform will build on the current
system of employer-sponsored health care. It
adds to that system greater peace of mind for
workers: if they lose or change jobs, they will
still be guaranteed affordable, high-quality
insurance through a national health insurance
exchange where private plans will compete for
their business.
Second, reform will provide security and
stability for the middle class. We will protect
families from medical bankruptcy and limit
out-of-pocket costs. We will also end insur-
ance companies denial of coverage for those
with pre-existing conditions - everything from
cancer and diabetes to pregnancy and asthma.
And we will eliminate caps, so that no insur-
ance company can tell a patient that they have
gotten too sick for the coverage they paid for.
Third, reform will bring coverage to
Americas uninsured. Not only will a healthier
country provide an economic boost; broader
coverage will end the hidden tax of about
$1,100 in each familys premium that goes to
subsidize the care of the uninsured.
Fourth, if you have Medicare, your health
care will not change and reforms will strength-
en the program by ending the prescription drug
donut hole that arbitrarily cuts off many se-
niors prescription drug coverage, eliminating
cost-sharing for preventative care and enhanc-
ing access to your doctors.
Fifth and nally, the insurance exchange
helps small business owners get lower rates
on insurance. By leveraging the purchasing
power that now is only available to their larger
competitors, small businesses will nd it easi-
er to cover their employees.
From those who have every been denied
coverage for a pre-existing condition, or have
seen their health care costs eat up more of
their budgets every year, and everyone who
has struggled with the inefciencies and ineq-
uities of our current health care system, these
commonsense reforms are long overdue.
By Congressman Steny H. Hoyer
The County Times welcomes comments both
in agreement or opposing this viewpoint.
Breast cancer screening means checking
a womans breasts for cancer before there are
signs or symptoms of the disease. Three main
tests are used to screen the breasts for cancer.
Talk to your doctor about which tests are right
for you, and when you should have them.
Mammogram: The most effective means
to detecting breast cancer, a mammogram is an
X-ray of the breast. Mammograms can detect
breast cancer early, when it is easier to treat and
before it is big enough to feel or cause symp-
toms. Having regular mammograms can lower
the risk of dying from breast cancer. If you are
age 40 years or older, be sure to have a screen-
ing mammogram every one to two years.
Clinical breast exam: A clinical breast
exam is an examination by a doctor or nurse,
who uses his or her hands to feel for lumps or
other changes.
Breast self-exam: A breast self-exam is
when you check your own breasts for lumps,
changes in size or shape of the breast, or any other
changes in the breasts or underarm (armpit).
Having a clinical breast exam or a breast
self-exam does not decrease risk of dying from
breast cancer. If you choose to have clinical breast
exams and to perform breast self-exams, be sure
you also get regular mammograms.
Breast cancer screenings are typically avail-
able at clinics, the local hospital or a doctors
ofce. If you want to be screened for breast can-
cer, call your doctors ofce. They can help you
schedule an appointment. Most health insur-
ance companies pay for the cost of breast cancer
screening tests.
For more information on cancer prevention
and control, visit the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention Web site at www.cdc.gov/cancer.
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Smartest Improvement? A Safety Renovation
Installing a new roof, updating a kitchen,
adding another room to a home -- these are the
things that come to mind when one thinks of a
home-improvement project. However, what good
are these improvements if you dont also reno-
vate the way you think about safety in the home?
A safety hazard can quickly escalate and ruin all
of your hard work.
According to recent accident statistics from
the National Safety Council, the National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control and other ad-
vocacy groups, approximately 45 percent of un-
intentional injury deaths occurred in and around
the home. Unintentional home injury deaths to
children are caused primarily by re and burns,
suffocation, drowning, rearms, falls, choking,
and poisoning.
It is important to keep safety in mind with
everything you do as a homeowner. Therefore,
take the time to assess these areas of poten-
tial concern as part of any home-improvement
plans:
Periodically check your hot water tank,
washing machine, dishwasher, and refrigerator
icemaker to see if they are secure and leak-free.
Keep supplemental heating sources, such
as wood-burning stoves, or kerosene, propane or
electrical heaters at least 3 feet away from am-
mable items including draperies and clothing.
Dont store ammable items, or just about
anything too close to furnaces or hot water
tanks.
Carefully monitor the electrical system for
shorts and sparks. Do not run cords under rugs
or heavy furniture, and do not overload electrical
outlets.
Keep chemical cleaning products, home-
repair items, like paint and mineral spirits,
and tools under lock and key or out of reach of
children.
Do not store combustible materials like
newspapers and rags in the basement or garage.
Burn only dry, seasoned hardwood in your
replace, and regularly have the chimney in-
spected and cleaned.
Install a working smoke detector and
carbon monoxide detector on every oor of the
home.
Inspect surrounding trees and cut down
any dead limbs. If a tree doesnt seem sound to
you, bring in an expert tree service to remove it.
You dont want a tree crashing down during a
powerful storm.
Make sure steps, both indoors and out-
doors, are level and intact. Install better lighting
at entryways to improve safety.
Install a safety fence around a pool with a
locked gate.
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A Journey Through Time A Journey Through Time
The Chronicle
By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
Indentured servants made up the majority
of the population in early Maryland. For pay-
ment of their passage, they agreed to serve 5-7
years and to work 10-14 hours a day, six days
a week. Should they
live long enough to
complete their service,
they would receive
one suit of clothes, a
couple of tools, corn
and 50 acres. These
servants were almost
completely at the
mercy of their master.
There were good mas-
ters and then there was
Pope Alvey, the worst
of the worst.
On February 29,
1664 Alice Sanford
was beaten to death
by her master, Pope
Alvey. Her body had
been beaten to a
Jelly. John Bessick
testied he had heard
someone hollow in
the woods. He went to
investigate and found
Alice and Pope. Alice
told Besseck to take
notice that her master had killed her. Pope
said This Damned whoare.I cannot get her
along noe further then I baste [beat] her.
Despite Alices assertions she could not
walk, Alvey continued beating her. Alvey
swore that he would make her go farther, lifted
up her waistcoat, and beat her on her bare
back. When he had broken three sticks on her
she raised her hand to ward off the blows, but
Alvey held her hand under his foot and beat
her again.
At last Bessick intervened, carrying Al-
ice on his back for a while. After resting for a
bit, Alice was put on her feet again to no avail.
The beating resumed. At last they arrived at
the Roswell plantation where Alvey dragged
Alice inside. When she cried out in pain Alvey
tooke her by the nose & stopped her breath.
He then took a porringer of hominy, held Al-
ice up and opened her mouth with a payre of
Tobacco Tonges, poured hominy broth into her
mouth, and laid her down again. Alice imme-
diately died. Alvey lifted her head up and said,
I thinke really that shee is dead.
Charged with felonious killing (man-
slaughter), Alvey was found guilty but claimed
and was granted benet of clergy. The court
ordered he be forthwith burnt in the brawn of
his Right hand with a Red hot Iron.
In 1665 another Alvey servant died under
mysterious circumstances, but there was not
enough evidence to charge him--regardless,
Alvey wouldnt stay out of trouble for very
long. Later that year, based on information
provided by Walter Peake (aka Pake) he was
in court again, this time for stealing a cow be-
longing to Col. William Evans. He claimed
innocence but when his house was searched,
there was found fresh beef, newly killed, and
the hide of a beast, without ears, hidden under
Corn husks in the hen house.
At Alveys trial, Daniel Hammond, his
teenage stepson was compelled to testify. Dan-
iel said that on the night of 19 December 1665
Alvey went outside with an axe and that when
he came in again he told Daniels mother that
he had done his business for he had Cut off
a beasts Legg in the hen house. Even without
one leg the heifer was eating husks like mad,
and therefore Alvey went out again with the
axe and knocked her in the head.
Alvey was found guilty with the jury
saying the cow was worth a lesser price, at-
tempting to save him from hanging. They were
ordered to reconsider their verdict having a
Speciall Care in what they did. This time the
verdict was guilty.
Alvey again attempted to claim benet
of clergy but was denied as hed already used
that. He was sentenced to be hung but several
people (unidentifed) appeared and on their
knees humbly begged the court to reverse the
judgment and save Alveys life.
Although Alvey was released, the death
sentence remained in effect and could have
been reinstituted had Alvey misbehaved. He
was also ordered to serve as hangman at least
once and he did. His victim was Walter Peake
who had caused Alveys arrest for stealing the
cow. Peake, found guilty of murder, asked to
be hung in front of his own house where he
had committed the murder. His request was
granted and Alvey hung him on December 17,
1668.
Pope Alvey did thereafter stay out of trou-
ble and was pardoned in 1674.
If you are a member of the Alvey family,
dont despair. Pope Alvey had no children.
You are descended from Joseph and Elizabeth
Alvey who were transported to Maryland in
1657 as indentured servants to Robert Cole.
Joseph Alvey, who acquired 300 acres by the
time of his death in 1679, named one of his
properties Knotting for the place of his birth.
Joseph was, however, the younger brother of
Pope Alvey.
Pictured here is St. Margarets of Antioch located at Knotting, Bedfordshire,
England where Arthur Alvey, the grandfather of Joseph and Pope, served
as rector from 1591-1644.
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Surrogates is a
Robotic Retread
By Jake Coyle
AP Entertainment Writer
Surrogates is itself a
surrogate, a kind of stand-in
for many of the sci- movies
of the recent past: In it, youll
recognize the ideas of Blade
Runner, Minority Report
and even WALL-E.
The Bruce Willis action ick opens with two mur-
ders the rst in years in a quasi-present day Boston.
Technology has advanced enough so that nearly everyone
has a surrogate or surry for short. While reclining at
home and plugged into a machine, people control a robot-
ic version of themselves that safely maneuvers through
the world in all of its slings and arrows.
The surrogates are a fantasy version of ones self
cosmetically perfect, thinner, younger and sometimes
of the opposite sex. (This means, most importantly, that
we have a blond Bruce Willis on our hands.)
Yes, like James Bond, John McClane has gotten the
Ken doll treatment. For an aging action star, the pseudo
Willis is almost a pun, a wink at moviegoers need for
stars that never age.
Willis is a police detective named Greer who, along
with his partner (Radha Mitchell), is trying to solve the
murders which, though committed on surrogates, also
liqueed the brains of their human operators.
The police, too, have surrogates. When Greer him-
self, not his doppelganger rolls out of his bedroom after
a long night as himself, the attractive surrogate of his wife
(Rosamund Pike) sighs at the sight of her bald and wrin-
kly husband.
The surrogates are a clear metaphor for the virtual
reality thats already upon us. Its a subject popular in Hol-
lywood these days, given the recent Gerard Butler lm
Gamer and James Camerons upcoming lm Avatar.
Having a robotic stand-in has some obvious perks:
Sexuality is less inhibited. If you fall, you dont scrape
your elbows. And if your helicopter crashes, you dont
die.
But this crime-less utopia is also a supercial waste-
land, devoid of meaningfulness. As the investigation into
the murders goes deeper, a plot to destroy the network
becomes unfurled.
It has something to do with VSI, the company that
created surrogates. (Its slogan: Life ... only better.)
One of the founders of VSI (James Cromwell) is having
inventors remorse. Some also choose to live in human-
only areas; the leader of these renegades is played by a
dreadlocked Ving Rhames.
Were not meant to experience the world
through a machine, Rhames character announces.
Its an ironic sentiment coming from a lm
projector beamed into a state-of-the-art movie
theater.
Surrogates, directed by Jonathan Mo-
stow (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), is
adapted from a graphic novel by Robert Venditti.
If anyone hasnt noticed yet, graphic novels are
for better or worse the new pulp ction.
Like those hard-boiled novels of the 1940s
that Hollywood couldnt get enough of, graphic
novels are fueling what once would have been called
B-movies. At its best, thats what Surrogates is: a
quality B-movie, pulpy and very much reective of its
times. The lm isnt shy about its feelings about technol-
ogy its time to unplug. It laments a culture that medi-
cates pain away and has its head in virtual realms.
Its hard to miss the message or the nihilistic glee
the lm takes in seeing a world of robot surrogates sud-
denly collapse a Second Life apocalypse that effectively
forces society to unplug and step outside.
The Internet, though, is here to stay. Dreams of a
computer-less society are as much fantasy as a blonde
Bruce Willis.
(A Walt Disney Co. release. Rated PG-13 for intense se-
quences of violence, disturbing images, language, sex-
uality and a drug-related scene. Two stars out of four.)
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
A crowd of happy-hour regulars ltered into DB Mc-
Millans Irish Pub in California on Friday as Dave Norris sat
among them at the bar, sipping a pint of Guinness and grin-
ning at his comrades.
For this St. Marys County native, who was about to strap
on his acoustic
guitar for a set
of Irish and sim-
ilarly inspired
tunes, the scene
was a welcom-
ing one.
I was born
and raised here
in the county,
in a little town
called Chaptico.
Its got more
hidden history
than any town in
the U.S. It was a
colonial town
established in
like 1634, he
said. Chaptico
is an Indian
word, it means
deep water, and
theres only one
Chaptico on
the face of the
earth, and weve
got it right here
in St. Marys.
Norris has
a twin brother
named Joe, who
is also a musician who plays with him on occasion. He said he
even swapped places with his brother once when they were in
grade school.
I guess we were in second grade, maybe, and we got
caught because someone answered in the wrong persons seat.
But we were identical. It was really hard to tell us apart, he
said, explaining that it was also difcult to separate the two
when it came to their love of music.
Weve been writing songs since we found out you were
allowed to when we were little, we would sing our dreams
to each other when we woke up in the morning, I mean we
always, since the time we were little, had vivid imaginations,
said Dave, explaining that he could draw left-handed, but he
plays his guitar right-handed, a quirk he said he has only en-
countered in other musicians.
The rst song he ever got published was called He
Walked All the Way Home. It was one I wrote about a story
that an old man told me in Southampton, Va. His great grand-
father, he was walking home the day that Lee surrendered,
and he was following prisoners along the Confederate rail-
road, and when it was announced the war was over, he started
walking home and he met his future bride on the way home,
he said, smiling.
He stopped by a farmhouse to get a drink of water, and
this southern widow whod been widowed by the war told him
he had the prettiest blue eyes shed ever seen. And he thought
about that and thought about that, and a month later he hunted
her up and asked her if she wanted to get married and
she said yes.
Dave said he could never quite
settle on a particular genre, though the majority of his songs
have been performed by bluegrass musicians including IIIrd
Tyme Out, Blue Highway and Seldom Seen.
For Norris, songs have been a vehicle for his storytelling,
the inspiration for which tends to strike him at odd moments,
he said, explaining how he got the idea for The Drunkard of
the Town.
I wrote the rst two verses of the song after getting the
melody, and
described this
character to a T.
I said okay there
he is, so I woke
up at about three
oclock in the
morning run-
ning for the gui-
tar, and the so-
lution was that
he got in a ght
with the devil
the songwrit-
ing process, I
guess, is differ-
ent for different
styles of music,
he said, launch-
ing into an im-
promptu version
of the song.
It may be
just those ca-
thartic moments
at 3 a.m. and the
run-ins with old
timers with fam-
ily stories to tell
that keep Norris
inspired to keep
his pen moving,
writing virtual novels into stanzas while he crafts his melodies
in his sleep, but of course its anybodys guess.
Dave Norris now performs regularly at DB McMillans
Irish Pub in California on Thursdays and Fridays. He will be
playing with Jay Armsworthy, Recent Addition, Joey Tippett
& the California Ramblers and other local bluegrass artists on
Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Bluegrass for Hospice Music Festival
at Flat Iron Farm on Flat Iron Road in Great
Mills. For more information
and performance sched-
ules, go to http://da-
vidnor r ismusic.
com.
andreashi -
ell@county-
times.com
Norris jumps into a tableside rendition of his song, The Drunkard of the Town, a folksy bal-
lad about a town drunk who gets into a brawl with the devil.
Photo By Andrea Shiell
Photo By
Andrea Shiell
Dave Norris
playing Irish tunes
at DB McMillans
Irish Pub in California.
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Cloudy With
a Chance of
Meatballs
PG, 81 min
The
Informant!
R, 108 min
Jennifers
Body
R, 102 min
Pandorum
R, 108 min
Surrogates
PG-13,
89 min
Tyler Perrys
I Can Do
Bad All by
Myself
PG-13,
113 min
Zombieland
R, 81 min
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Thursday, Oct. 1
David
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DB McMil-
lans Irish Pub
(California)
6 p.m.
Progressive
Salsa Levels 1 & 2
House of Dance (Hollywood) 6
p.m. and 7 p.m.
Gretchen Richie
Vincenzos (Calvert Marina) 6:30
p.m.
Ladies Night with DJ Pablo and
DJ Marc Shubrooks
Hulas Bungalow (California) 8
p.m.
Newtowne Players: Harvey
Three Notch Theater (Lexington
Park) 8 p.m.
To reserve tickets or for more in-
formation, call 301-737-5447.
Karaoke w/ DJ Steadyrockin
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
9:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 2
Gretchen Richie
St. Clements Island Museum
(Coltons Point) 5:45 p.m.
David Norris
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 6 p.m.
Randy Richie (jazz pianist)
Caf Des Artistes (Leonardtown)
6:30 p.m.
Dezy Walls (music and comedy)
Black Box Theater (Indian Head)
8 p.m.
Jah Works
Hulas Bungalow
(California) 8
p.m.
Matt Garrett Acoustic
Cheeseburger in Paradise (Holly-
wood) 8 p.m.
Park) 8 p.m.
Open Blues Jam
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonard-
town) 8 p.m.
United States Navy Band
CSM Fine Arts Center (La Plata)
8 p.m.
Absinthe
Memories (Waldorf) 9 p.m.*
The Craze
Drift Away Bar & Grill (Cobb Is-
land) 9 p.m.*
Guilty As
Charged
Apehangers
Bar (Bel Al-
ton) 9 p.m.
Legend
Veras White Sands Beach Club
(Lusby) 9 p.m.
Karaoke
Club 911 (Mechanicsville) 9 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3
Captain John
nia) 5:30 p.m.
Randy Richie (jazz pianist)
Caf Des Artistes (Leonardtown)
6:30 p.m.
Car 54
Hotel Charles Party Room (Hughes-
ville) 8 p.m.
Funny
Money
Hulas
Bungalow
(California)
8 p.m.
Matt Garrett Acoustic
Calypso Bay Crab House (Solo-
mons) 8 p.m.
Naked
Hotel Charles Front Bar (Hughes-
ville) 8 p.m.
Park) 8 p.m.
Pianist Alessandro Magnasco
and Violinist Andrea Cardinale
St. Marys College (Auerbach Audi-
torium, St. Marys Hall) 8 p.m.
Save the Ta Tas Bikini Contest
for Breast Cancer Survivors
Buffalo Wings & Beer (Leonard-
town) 8 p.m.
Roadhouse
Band
VFW Post 10081
(Bel Alton)
8:30 p.m.*
Hightest
Blue Dog Saloon (Port Tobacco) 9 p.m.*
Karaoke w/ DJ Tommy T & DJ T
Applebees (California) 9 p.m.
Sloe Jim
Cryers Back
Road Inn
( Le ona r d-
town) 9
p.m.
Too Many Mikes
Veras White Sands Beach Club
(Lusby) 9 p.m.
Wicked Rosie
Cryers Back Road Inn (Leonard-
town) 9 p.m.
Dance Club Night
9:30 p.m.
Full Steam
Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanicsville)
9:30 p.m.
Middle Ground
Crooked 1 (Chesapeake Beach)
9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 4
Celtic Concert Series
St. Marys Ryken High School
(Leonardtown) 7:30 p.m.
Master Scottish ddler Alas-
dair Fraser, a performer and tutor
throughout the U.S and Scotland,
and Natalie Haas, a young cel-
list, recording artist and teacher,
will return to Southern Mary-
land. Fraser will also offer an af-
ternoon workshop from 2- 4 p.m.
to ddlers/violinists of all levels
on Celtic music/Scottish ddle,
while Haas will offer a workshop
to cellists and violists focusing on
accompaniment styles and tech-
niques. Admission $25.
Country
Memories
Band @ Bless-
ing of the Fleet
St. Clements
(Coltons Point)
12:30 p.m.
Park) 3:30 p.m.
Gretchen Richie at Sotterleys
WineFest
Sotterley Plantation (Hollywood)
4 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 5
Asian Film Series Presents
Slumdog Millionaire
St. Marys College (Cole Cinema)
8 p.m.
The 2008 Oscar-winning
lm, Slumdog Millionaire, will be
shown at Cole Cinema of the Cam-
pus Center at St. Marys College of
Maryland (SMCM) as part of the
colleges Asian Film Series. The
movie examines the troubled life
of a Mumbai teen as he is on the
cusp of winning a fortune on In-
dias version of Who Wants to Be A
Millionaire.
Margarita Mondays
Fat Boys Country Store (Leonard-
town) 12 noon
Auditions for Some Enchanted
Evening
6 p.m.
Pool Tournament
Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanics-
ville) 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 6
Tavern Poker
ville) 7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Captain John
nia) 5:30 p.m.
R&B Line Dancing
House of Dance (Hollywood)
5:30 p.m.
Karaoke w/ DJ Harry
ville) 7 p.m.
DJ Katie
Chefs American Bistro (Califor-
nia) 8 p.m.
Open Blues Jam
Beach Cove Restaurant (Chesa-
peake Beach) 8 p.m.
Open Mic Night
Hulas Bungalow (California) 8
p.m.
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Cuisine
& More
Cuisine
On The Vine
On The Menu
Healthy Bites
Fresh Take on Eggplant
Parmesan, Sans Red Sauce
While close to home the new Port of Leonar-
dtown Winery in Leonardtown begins making its
rst wines from this falls harvest of locally grown
grapes. On the other side of the Thomas Johnson
Bridge, Calvert County is now home to ve winer-
ies along the Patuxent Wine Trail. All ve of these
blossoming wineries will be among 17 wineries
that will showcase their favorite wine selections at
this weekends Riverside Winefest at Sotterley. The
two day event brings its visitors wine tastings, ex-
hibits, demonstrations, food, artisan vendors, live
music and childrens activities all set in a breath-
taking scenery on Historic Sotterley Plantation in
Hollywood. The event begins at 12 noon until 6:00
p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
This is a great opportunity to come out and
sample many of the great wines you may have seen
in local markets but havent been able to taste. You
may nd a favorite that will help you plan your next
weekend daytrip! Participating wineries include
Solomons Island Winery, Cove Point Winery,
Perigeaux Vineyards and Winery, Running Hare
Vineyard and Fridays Creek Winery all located in
neighboring Calvert County. Also attending will
be Basignani from the Piedmont area of Maryland,
Penn Oaks Winery from Silver Spring, Orchid
Cellar Winery in Thurmont,
Woodhall Wine Cellars in
Parkton, Cygnus Wine Cel-
lars in Queen Annes, Caro-
line and Baltimore Counties,
Fiore Winery in Pylesville,
Boordy Vineyards in Hydes,
Frederick Cellars in Freder-
ick, Berrywine Plantations
and Linganore Winecellars
in Mt. Airy, Elk Run in Mt.
Airy, Bordeleau Vineyards
and Winery in Eden and
Far Eastern Shore Winery
in Pikesville. What better
way to spend your weekend
than supporting Maryland
Wineries and enjoying your
favorite wines in a beautiful
atmosphere close to home?
Riverside
Winefest
at Sotterley
October 3rd & 4th
Whole-Grain Pasta is Getting Easier to Love
By JIM ROMANOFF
For The Associated Press
Not so long ago, whole-wheat pasta tasted
too much like the boxes it came in.
Much has changed. At many grocers, the
whole-wheat or multigrain pasta selection can
take up more than a quarter of the section, and the
quality and taste have improved considerably.
This is good news because whole-grain pas-
tas, compared to their white-our equivalents, are
a much better source of the ber and nutrients that
get stripped away when grains are rened.
If you have a hard time switching from your
favorite rened pastas, experiment with brands
until you nd one that has a satisfactorily mild a-
vor. Or transition by mixing half whole-grain and
half rened pastas when preparing your favorite
dishes.
Of course, the avors of some dishes are spe-
cically created for whole-grain avors, such as
bigoli (a traditional Italian buckwheat pasta) with
caramelized onions and anchovies.
The key to such dishes is the bold avors that
are brought in to match the assertiveness of the
whole-grain pasta.
Whole-grain pasta with shrimp, tomatoes
and feta cheese is another delicious example of
this kind of avor pairing.
Healthy, low-in-fat shrimp, acidic tomatoes,
pungent garlic, oregano and salty olives and feta
cheese balance out whole-grain linguine. To
complete the meal, serve with a salad of romaine
lettuce dressed with a lemon juice and olive oil
vinaigrette.
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 tablespoon nely chopped garlic
28-ounce can whole tomatoes, chopped,
with 2/3 cup of the juice reserved
1/2 cup dry white wine
3 tablespoons chopped at-leaf parsley,
divided
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 pound medium raw shrimp, peeled and
deveined
12 black olives, coarsely chopped
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
Ground black pepper, to taste
1 pound whole-grain linguine
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
In a large saucepan over medium, heat
the oil. Add the onion and saute until it be-
gins to color, about 4 minutes. Add the gar-
lic and stir for 30 seconds more.
Add the tomatoes with reserved juice,
wine, 2 tablespoons of the parsley and the
oregano. Bring to a simmer. Cook over low,
stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a
boil.
While the water heats, add the shrimp,
olives and lemon zest to the tomato sauce
and simmer until the shrimp are opaque
at the center, about 3 to 5 minutes. Season
with salt and pepper.
Cook the linguine according to pack-
age directions. Drain and serve topped with
the sauce and sprinkled with the feta cheese
and the remaining 1 tablespoon of chopped
parsley.
Nutrition information per serving (values
are rounded to the nearest whole num-
ber): 494 calories; 121 calories from fat;
13 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 126
mg cholesterol; 58 g carbohydrate; 31 g
protein; 13 g ber; 889 mg sodium.
WHOLE-GRAIN PASTA WITH SHRIMP,
TOMATOES AND FETA CHEESE
Start to nish: 50 minutes (30 minutes active)
Servings: 6
By J.M. HIRSCH
AP Food Editor
Greasy, fried, overcooked and
drowning in red sauce and too much
cheese.
Its the typical experience with the
classic eggplant Parmesan, or eggplant
alla parmigiana. The usual suspects in-
volve breading and frying slices of egg-
plant, then dumping on tomato sauce and
piling on cheese before baking or broil-
ing the whole thing to oblivion. Yum!
For this recipe, I opted for a more
casual approach that lets the supposed
star ingredient shine. Eggplant slices get
a simple brush with olive oil and a dash of
seasonings, before landing on the grill.
After grilling, the slices are stacked
with tomato slices (hold the sauce,
please), a bit of Parmesan and a drizzle of
balsamic vinegar. Its a lighter, more a-
vorful way to enjoy late-season eggplant
and tomatoes.
1 1/2-pound eggplant (or multiple smaller
eggplants), ends trimmed, cut into twelve
1/2-inch slices
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dry oregano
2 large slicing tomatoes, ends trimmed,
each cut into 4 thick slices
1 large ball fresh mozzarella, cut into 4
thick slices
Balsamic vinegar
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Heat a grill to medium-high. Lightly
oil the grates.
Sprinkle the eggplant slices with the
salt.
In a small bowl, whisk together the
olive oil, garlic powder, black pepper and
oregano. Use a basting brush to coat both
sides of each eggplant slice with the oil
mixture.
Grill the eggplant for about 4 minutes
per side, or until lightly browned.
Heat the broiler. Lightly coat a rimmed
baking sheet with olive oil or cooking
spray.
On the prepared baking sheet, arrange
4 slices of the eggplant. Top each with a
slice of tomato, then a slice of the mozza-
rella cheese. Top each with another slice of
eggplant, followed by another slice of to-
mato and a nal slice of eggplant.
Drizzle each stack with balsamic vin-
egar, then top with Parmesan cheese. Broil
on the ovens bottom rack until the cheese is
melted and lightly browned.
Nutrition information per serving (val-
ues are rounded to the nearest whole num-
ber): 497 calories; 351 calories from fat; 39
g fat (15 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 55 mg
cholesterol; 16 g carbohydrate; 24 g protein;
7 g ber; 1,023 mg sodium.
GRILLED
EGGPLANT PARMESAN
Start to nish: 20 minutes Servings: 4
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Fact
un Banging your head against a wall
uses 150 calories an hour.
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
The Autumn light is beautiful this morn-
ing. I can look out the front windows and see the
Joe-Pye weeds leaves are already turning burnt
orange and amber. Still green Dogwood trees
caught my eye this weekend with the arrival of
their beautiful deep red berries. The birds and
butteries have abundant food sources in the
yard. Out beyond the Joe Pye weeds and Dog-
wood trees, the morning light has given the
grass a soft lemon-lime glow. A sparkly dew
covers all.
The Black Walnut tree in the back yard
is almost totally bare. It is the rst to lose its
leaves in our yard. Yesterday we spent some
time gathering the large, green, black walnuts
which had fallen in a huge circle around the
tree, so my husband could mow. We are at
four industrial sized buckets and counting.
I took a few moments longer than my hus-
band because I love to pick up the walnuts
and smell them. Many of the nuts fall in the
back of the pickup truck or hit the top of my
van with a loud whack. Sometimes I forget to
check the van roof for the nuts before I leave
the house, then I hear them roll loudly back
and forth in the roof rack all the way to work.
Local artist Charles Wolf created several of
his best-known drawings, using walnut ink
that he made himself. We are giving the nuts
we collected to a friend, whose wife makes
him black walnut cake.
I think my appreciation of the weeds
and trees grows every year. As my son and I
walked through all the buildings at the Coun-
ty Fair this past weekend, I really stopped to
admire the entries in the ower and garden,
farm and garden, and the 4-H buildings. The
care and nurturing that gardeners put into
their plants and displays is wonderful to be-
hold. I must say that the entire County Fair
gets better and better every year. I dont know
how John and Ann Richards do it every year.
They would probably say, With a lot of help, in
their humble way.
I asked my son if he minded walking around
the food court before we left for the day. I love to
smell all the different food stands. The blending
of stuffed ham sandwiches, sausages smothered
in peppers and onions, barbecue, crab cakes and
funnel cakes, you would think would be over-
powering, but I love it. When my younger son
was in charge of County Fair recycling, we spent
hours around the food court and all over the Fair
diving in trash cans for cans and bottles. I never
tire of the Fair or its many delights. The County
Fair is our entryway into the Fall season.
After the Fair, begins the Fall rite of Fall
Festivals and Fire House, Lodge and Church Din-
ners. The frantic urry of activity around each of
these events is worth
the end result of
keeping traditions
alive. The rst
weekend of Oc-
tober we have
the Sotterley
Wine Festival with an array
of Maryland wines to choose from. Many types
of music can be heard all through the day, and
every type of art, photography, and craft can be
enjoyed. The wine festival is set on beautiful ter-
raced land and is such a fun day of tastings of
wine and food. The Blessing of the Fleet is an-
other of our well-known traditional county fes-
tivals, featuring the abundant seafood the local
waters have to offer. I love the boat ride over to
the island after walking through the St. Clements
Island museum. The reconstructed Blackistone
Lighthouse will be a new treat.
The weekend of October10th and 11th is
loaded with great events: The Parlett Farm-Life
Festival celebrates and showcases the great farm-
ing culture of St. Marys County, and the gifts of
its bounty. Arts and Crafts, engines and the an-
tique tractors are a great treat for young and old
alike. The village of Chaptico hosts a Chaptico
Festival weekend, starting with Christ Churchs
138+year old Fall Festival and Dinner on Sat-
urday at the parish hall, featuring an old ham,
baked ham and oyster dinner, and trimmings of
the closely guarded recipe of Berties Relish. An
oyster scald is set-up outside. Arts and Crafts are
available to get your Christmas gifts early or a
nd for yourself. and trunk and treasures is back
this year. Sunday is Our Lady of the Waysides
2nd annual Apple Festival, with music, arts and
crafts, hayrides, and all sorts of Autumn themed
games for children. The festivities wind around
the outside and the inside of Loretto Hall. Why
not submit a recipe in their apple recipe contest.
This is just a small sampling of all the events that
will be going on all over the county on any given
Fall weekend.
Soon the pungent but comforting smell of
burning Fall leaves, and the sound of chainsaws
cutting wood for the Winter will be heard, and
a new season with its center of Thanksgiving,
and goodwill toward all mankind will be upon
us. Fall is the transition time to enjoy all that is
offered outside our homes. In Winter we shift
to home entertaining and full nesting. I hope
you take the time to visit many of the Fall events
available in St. Marys County, or take a walk ex-
ploring natures gifts in your own yard. I have
heard from visitors that there is nothing like our
dinners and festivals where they come from; that
ours really take them back to the notion of old-
fashioned hospitality. But, hospitality will never
be old-fashioned to me.
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to:
shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com.
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Mind
Wanderings
Autum
ns Glories
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Contributing Writer
Pucker up. Gimme a hug. I love
you.
What do you do when you say good-
bye to a friend or loved one, just even for
a few hours? Do you exchange a quick
kiss, knowing that youll be together
again shortly? Do you bump foreheads,
knuckles, or shoulders as a warm way
of farewell? Or do you say gbye and
leave without a thought or a
look behind?
Corcoran Cork
OConnor will forever re-
gret what happened when his
wife, Jo, left. In the new book
Heavens Keep by William
Kent Krueger, he wishes he
could take it all back.
A hundred times a week,
Cork OConnor imagines what
her last day on Earth was like.
Jo was on her way to a confer-
ence in Seattle, her briefcase
full of recommendations on
government oversight for In-
dian gaming casinos. She was
ying there with friends and
new acquaintances. And Cork
hoped she wasnt still angry
with him in the aftermath of
an argument.
He would always wonder.
The plane went down in a
snowstorm over the Wyoming
Rockies, an area lled with
gullies and peaks, arroyos and
canyons. Local police thought
they knew where the plane had
gone down, but long searches
indicated that there was no
trace of it anywhere. Theyd
have to wait til the snow melt-
ed and search again.
Cork mourned and pos-
tulated, but never forgot for a
minute. In the meantime, he
did his best to raise his thirteen-year-
old son, Stephen, who was fast becom-
ing a man. He became a go-between for
the wives who lost their husbands in the
plane crash that also took Jo. And he
forged a strong friendship with the man
whose company started the argument
Cork had with Jo all those months ago.
But as winter turned to spring back
in Minnesota, Cork had two unlikely
visitors: the widow of the planes pi-
lot and her lawyer-friend came to Cork
with strong suspicions. Becca Bodine
was sure her husband wasnt behind the
planes controls. He wasnt the cause of
the crash.
If Bodine wasnt ying the plane,
who was? Were the Wyoming police
and the Arapaho hiding something
or someone? And who in two states
wanted Cork to stop looking?
Sometimes, when you get ahold of a
good mystery, its natural to think youve
got it solved before the killer is revealed.
You can forget all about that here.
Author William Kent Krueger
doesnt insult his readers with early
transparency, which makes Heavens
Keep a good, solid novel. Stepping
from his usual setting of Way North
Minnesota and into Way Remote Wyo-
ming is new ground for Krueger, and its
a nice, satisfying stretch. Fans of past
Cork OConnor novels will be happy to
see many old friends in these pages, and
readers unfamiliar with the series will
nd a new favorite author.
If youre used to ho-hum myster-
ies that reveal too much, too soon, and
youre tired of knowing mid-book who-
dunit, youll nd something very dif-
ferent (and very pleasant) here. Pick up
Heavens Keep and happily kiss a few
evenings goodbye.
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1. Invests in little enterprises
5. 12th Jewish month
9. Hebrew dry measure
14. Hunted animals
15. Interpret
16. Express mirth
17. Stalemates
18. ____ten: be shiny
19. Made a mistake
20. Encourage balloting
23. The content of cognition
24. 4 quarts (abbr.)
25. Countries
28. Not exoteric
33. = to 100 tetri
34. Crust of tiny crystals
35. Point midway between E
and SE
36. Take part in a rebellion
38. Not or
39. Clear plastic wrap
41. School organization
42. Sheets of glass
44. Blats
45. First lights
47. Probability
49. ___kosh, Bgosh
50. Popular rubber shoe
51. Buddleia
57. Genus lophophorus
58. Jai ___, sport
59. Ramona cooking herb
61. Chosen above others
62. Actor Sean
63. Oaksey Park Airport
64. Palm fruits
65. Unsheared sheep
66. Lay aside
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1. Seaport (abbr.)
2. A ships jail
3. Where electrical engi-
neers meet
4. Inammation of the
bladder
5. Quarrels
6. The 4th Greek letter
7. Nearly horizontal mine
passage
8. The 20th Hebrew letter
9. Moves to a higher place
10. Prisoners conditional
release
11. Body Heat actor William
12. A Death in The Family
author
13. Hogshead (abbr.)
21. A lyric poem
22. Conscious identities
25. Open handed hits
26. SE Estonian city
27. One born under The
Ram
28. Sea eagles
29. Soapy water
30. Showed old movie
31. Sir _____ Newton
32. Odorize
34. A citizen of Denmark
37. Formal missives
40. Calculating machines
43. USTA stadium
46. Revolve
47. Weeping
48. ___goblin: folklore
creature
50. Loud metallic noise
51. Cord tie
52. An individual group
53. Undivided attention
54. Take to ones heels
55. Epic story
56. Popular home channel
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L ibrary Items
Evening story time
Local author Rita Por-
tereld will read her book,
House of Babadoos, at
Leonardtowns evening story
time on Oct. 1. Evening story
time will also be held on Oct.
1 at Charlotte Hall. Lexing-
ton Park will offer a bilingual
story time, English and Span-
ish, on Oct. 7. All three start
at 6:30 p.m.

Computer basics at Lex-
ington Park
Lexington Park will of-
fer free basic computer classes
on Saturdays during October
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The
classes are: Introduction to
Computers on Oct. 3; Intro-
duction to Windows on Oct.
10, Introduction to the In-
ternet on Oct. 17 and Intro-
duction to e-mail on Oct. 24.
Registration is required.

State-wide commu-
nity read
A book discussion of
James McBrides book, Song
Yet Sung, will be held on Oct.
5 at 7 p.m. at Charlotte Hall.
McBrides book is being read
throughout Maryland during
the months of September and
October for the One Maryland
One Book community read.
Books, audio books, and read-
ers guides are available at the
libraries.
Works of Mo Willems
Stories, themed snacks, a
play, games and crafts based
on Mo Willems works and
his loveable characters will
be enjoyed by children at the
program, Stories with the Pi-
geon. Lexington Parks pro-
gram will be Oct. 6 at 2 p.m.;
Leonardtowns on Oct. 10 at
2 p.m. and Charlotte Halls on
Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m.. Registra-
tion is requested.
Teenagers meet
The libraries TAGs (Teen
Advisory Group) will meet on
Oct. 6 at Lexington Park at 4
p.m. and on Oct. 8 at Charlotte
Hall at 5 p.m. and at Leonard-
town at 5:30 p.m.
Artist discusses exhibit
Carrie Patterson will dis-
cuss her art exhibit and project,
Sensing the Sacred in South-
ern Maryland, on Oct. 7 from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Lexington
Park. Her exhibit, which in-
cludes photographs of local
historic landmarks and ab-
stract paintings, is on display
through the end of Oct. in the
librarys art gallery. She will
explore how the viewer experi-
ences both space and place in
sacred architectural sites.

Who Done It? mystery for
kids
Children ages 7 to 12 can
explore the science of foren-
sics while solving a fun Who
done it? mystery at a science
program scheduled on Oct. 16
at 2 p.m. at Lexington Park.
Registration is required for
this free program.
The Patuxent River Chapter of the
Coastal Conservation Association Maryland
recently completed the nal phase of its rst
oyster restoration project by transferring
more than 31,000 adult-sized oysters to a
sanctuary on Hellen Creek north of Coster in
Calvert County.
The oysters had been grown at the St.
Thomas Creek Oyster Company, owned by
Bob Parkinson, on St. Thomas Creek in Hol-
lywood in St. Marys County.
Additionally, approximately 19,000 oys-
ters were moved from homeowners piers in
Hellen Creek to the sanctuary.
This weekends work was the culmina-
tion of a two-year effort that brought together
recreational anglers, homeowners concerned
with marine resources, aquaculturists and
local businessmen to help cleanse water in
the Patuxent River watershed, said Scott
McGuire, chapter president. More than 900
volunteer hours went into the work in Hellen
and St. Thomas Creeks.
The oysters grown in St. Thomas Creek
were provided by two local aquaculturists
Jon Farrington, Johnny Oyster Seed Co.
of St. Leonard, and Richard Pelz, Circle C
Oyster Ranchers Association of Ridge and
were transferred to the sanctuary on a barge
provided by Magnum Boat Lifts.
This cooperative project is a great ex-
ample of the difference that can be made in
marine resources when various groups come
together, McGuire said. As adults, each of
the oysters will lter up to 50 gallons of wa-
ter a day, ridding the water of harmful sedi-
ments and algae. Potentially, they will benet
the Patuxent watershed and everyone who
uses it for years to come.
The oysters at St. Thomas Oyster Com-
pany were placed in oats March 2008 and
the Hellen Creek oysters were placed in oats
in July, 2008, at the piers of 27 homeowners.
CCA volunteers and homeowners ipped the
oats every three weeks during the summer
to eliminate algae.
In the two years of its oyster restora-
tion work, the Patuxent River Chapter has
distributed more than 1.5 million oysters in
St. Marys and Calvert Counties and is look-
ing for property owners on creeks who would
like to participate in the continuing project.
McGuire can be reached at PatuxentRiver@
ccamd.org.
Submitted by the Coastal Conservation
Association
Oysters Moved to Sanctuary
Volunteers work on the placement of oysters onto the oyster sanctuary in Hellen Creek in Cal-
vert County.
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Thursday, Oct. 1
Southern Maryland Mobile
Compassion Center
St. Pauls Lutheran Church (Me-
chanicsville) 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Compassion Center provides
food, clothing and spiritual care to
people in need. Basic need items
are provided free of charge to those
seeking assistance. Nominal dona-
tions for items are requested from
visitors who can afford it. For more
information, 301-884-5184.
Leahs House Garage sale
45200 Happyland Road (Callaway)
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Clothing, dishes, pool table,
toys, A/C units, industrial equip-
ment. For more information, call
301-994-9580 or go to www.leahs-
housemd.org.
Fall Harvest Art Show
Leonardtown 5 p.m.
Creek Side Gallery at the
Maryland Antiques Center opens
Fall Harvest Art Show featuring lo-
cal scenes by local artists. Reception
5 to 8 p.m. sponsored by the two art
galleries, Creek Side and Leonard-
town Galleria. The Maryland An-
tiques Center and the Vineyard Caf
and Tea Room will be open late
with a free rafe drawing for a gift
certicate to the Center. For more
information, contact Marta Kelsey,
301/373-3671.
Lecture: The History of Pets
and Why It Matters
torium) 4:30 p.m.
Expert Katherine C. Grier,
professor of history and director of
the museum studies program at the
University of Delaware, will give a
talk, At Home with Animals: The
History of Pets and Why It Matters.
Free and open to the public.
Oyster Scald
Leonardtown Wharf 5 p.m.
Tickets are $25 per guest if
purchased in advance or $30 at the
event. The event will feature live en-
tertainment, oysters, light appetizers
and beverages included in admission
price. For more information, call
Kirk MacKinnon at 301-904-1461.
American Legion Post 221
Meeting
AL Post 221 (Avenue) 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 2
Compassion Center
Fuzzy Farmers Market
So. Md. Artisans Center (Leonard-
town) 4 p.m.
See sheep and alpaca. Buy
hand-made scarves, shawls, rugs,
and blankets. Find hand-spun yarns,
funky ber art, and much more. Join
the Knit-In to benet area shelters,
buy a chance for a woven shawl, and
make donations of scarves, hats, and
gloves, non-perishable food, and
cash to area shelters and food bank.
Watch spinners and weavers in ac-
tion. A great family event.
Leahs House Garage sale
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
St. Johns School Spaghetti
Dinner
St. Johns School (Hollywood) 5
to 8 p.m.
All-you-can-eat menu features
spaghetti (meat or meatless), lasa-
gna, tossed salad, French bread, cof-
fee, ice tea, wine and Kool-aid. Bake
sale table and carry outs available.
Adults, $8; children ages 6-12, $5;
children 5 and under, free.
FOP-7 Poker Leader Board
Challenge
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 7 p.m.
Texas HoldEm Tournament
VFW Post 2632 (California) 7
p.m.
Lecture: Toy Story: The
Themed Playset in Post-War
America
St. Marys College (Cole Cinema)
8 p.m.
Toys are not just a billion dol-
lar industry; they also are a telling
reection of a countrys culture
and ideology. Jeffrey Hammond,
St. Marys College English profes-
sor and the George B. and Willma
Reeves, Distinguished Professor in
the Liberal Arts and regular River
Gazette columnist, goes back to his
childhood to reminisce about Toy
Story: The Themed Playset in Post-
War America, the topic of the an-
nual Reeves Lecture.
United States Navy Band
8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3
Garage Sale, Leahs House
7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Church Bake and Yard Sale
First Friendship Fellowship Hall,
8 a.m. to noon.
Ridge, Route 5 near Wynne Road.
Sponsored by First Friendship
UMW First Saints Community
Church.
Riverside WineFest
At Sotterley Plantation in Hol-
lywood. Oct. 3 and 4, noon until 6
p.m. both days.
Petruccelli Memorial 5K
Run/Walk
Historic St. Marys City 8 a.m.
The run, in honor of John Pe-
truccelli, a St. Marys College stu-
dent killed by a drunk driver as he
was riding his bike, is open to all and
consists of a cross-country 3.1-mile
running course through the trails of
Historic St. Marys City. The walk
is 1.5 miles on level ground on the
paved paths through Historic St.
Marys City. Students $10; alumni,
parents, friends, community $20;
logo T-shirts $5; all registrants on
race day $25. Race-day registration
and packet pick-up for pre-regis-
trants begins at 7:15 a.m. at the Rec-
tory, across the street from HSMC
State House. Race results, awards,
and refreshments will conclude the
race at 9 a.m.
Yard Sale, Father Andrew
White School
Father Andrew White School
(Leonardtown) 8 a.m. to noon
in Leonardtown is sponsoring a
Fall into Winteryard sale on Sat-
urday, Oct. 3, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Vendor/sale tables are available ($20
per table or $30 for two tables). For
reservations or information, e-mail
Jody Cacko at jacacko@msn.com.
Blessing of the Fleet
(Coltons Point) 10 a.m.
Seafood, music, childrens fun.
Take a boat ride to St. Clements
Island and tour Blackistone Light-
house. Fireworks on Saturday. Cel-
ebrate 375 Birthday event. Admis-
sion $7, children under 12 free. Call
301-769-2222, 301-769-2019, or go
to www.7thdistrictoptimist.org for
more information.
Point Lookout Lighthouse Open
House
Lighthouse in Point Lookout State
Park 10 a.m.
SMAWL Pet Adoptions
PetCo (California) 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Compassion Center
St. Marys College Board of
Trustees Meeting
St. Marys College (Glendening
Hall Annex.) 11 a.m.
The Board of Trustees will meet
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at their next
quarterly meeting, during which
they are expected to announce their
selection for the next president of the
college. Contact Tom Botzman at
240-895-4413 for more information.
Pianist Alessandro Magnasco
and Violinist Andrea Cardinale
torium, St. Marys Hall) 8 p.m.
Roast Beef Dinner
The Hollywood Volunteer Res-
cue Squad Auxiliary is sponsoring
a Roast Beef Dinner from 4:30 to
7 p.m. at the Rescue Squad build-
ing on Route 235. The menu will
be: Roast Beef, Potatoes, Carrots,
Green Beans, Beets, Biscuits, cof-
fee and tea. The cost will be adults
(eat in or carryout) $13; children 5-
12, $6; and children under 5 years of
age free.
Community Yard Sale
The Northern Senior Activ-
ity Center Council will be holding
a Yard Sale beginning at 6:30 a.m.,
(rain/shine) at the Northern Senior
Activity Center in Charlotte Hall.
There will also be some crafters and
vendors. Proceeds will benet the
Northern Senior Activity Center. If
you have any donations (no clothes
please), they can be dropped off Fri-
day, October 2, at the Center. For
further information, call Pat Myers
301-884-8714.
Annual Scholarship
Yard Sale
The Lexington Park Lions Club
will hold their Annual Yard Sale
for their Scholarship Program. It
will be held in the parking lot of the
McKays Food and Drug Center on
Great Mills Road, Rt. 246, in Lex-
ington Park, Maryland from 7 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Stop by and check out the
variety of items that will be on sale.
All proceeds will go to the scholar-
ship fund. Cash donations can be
made at the yard sale.
Sunday, Oct. 4
Community Breakfast at FAW
(Leonardtown) 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m.
Menu features eggs, bacon,
sausage, biscuits with gravy, pan-
cakes and more. Ages 13 and up, $7;
ages 8-12, $5; ages 5-7, $3; under 5,
free.
Blessing of the Fleet
(Coltons Point) 10 a.m.
Benet Cookout for Melanie
Downs and Family
Gracies Guys and Gals Dance Stu-
dio (Hollywood) 3 p.m.
Blessing of the Animals
Trinity Episcopal Church in
St. Marys City will be hosting a
Blessing of the Animals beginning
at 10 a.m. Bring your dogs, cats
horses, giraffes, llamas, hamsters,
frogs, turtles, pet chickens, bunnies
whatever. If it looks like rain,
leave the critters at home and bring
yourself to Trinity. The Bishop of
Washington will preside. There
will be no 9 a.m. chapel service this
Sunday.
Monday, Oct. 5
No Limit Texas HoldEm
St. Marys County Elks Lodge
(California) 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 6
Nature Time at Greenwell
Greenwell State Park (Hollywood)
10 a.m.
This weeks theme is Micro
Hike. Participants are welcome
to pack their own picnic lunch and
explore the park on their own af-
ter the program. Pre-registration
(no later than 24 hours in advance)
is required via e-mail to lpranzo@
greenwellfoundation.org or by call-
ing the Greenwell Foundation ofce
at 301-373-9775.
CSM College Majors Fair
CSM Center for Business and In-
dustry (La Plata) 2:30 p.m.
If youre interested in a par-
ticular eld of study or unsure about
which major to select, then attend the
CSMs College Majors Fair, where
attendees will learn about various
majors, the different degree pro-
grams and requirements. For those
unsure of a eld of study, career and
academic advisors will be on hand
to answer questions. Free. 301-934-
7533, 240-725-5499, 443-550-6199,
301-870-2309, Ext. 7533 or www.
csmd.edu/careerservices.
Relay For Life St. Marys Plan-
ning Committee Meeting
Leonardtown Middle School Media
Center 6 p.m.
Special Olympics No Limit
Texas HoldEm
Bennett Building (24930 Old Three
Notch Rd, Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Lions Club Meeting
The Leonardtown Lions will
hold their October 2009 meeting at
the Olde Breton Inn. Lions District
22C Governor Bill Thomas will
be our guest speaker for the meet-
ing. He will bring our Lions up to
speed on the accomplishments, and
goals of our District and Lions Inter-
national. There will be a Board of
Directors Meeting at 6 p.m., social
period at 6:30 p.m., followed by the
dinner/ meeting at 7 p.m.
Forum: The State of Health
Care in St. Marys County
Chesapeake Building (41770 Bal-
dridge St., Leonardtown) 7 p.m.
The public is invited to a Fo-
rum on the State of Health Care in
St. Marys County sponsored by
the League of Women Voters of St.
Marys County. Panelists Christine
Wray, President and CEO of St.
Marys Hospital, Dr. William Icen-
hower, St. Marys County Health
Ofcer, and Ella May Russell,
President of Health Share and St.
Marys County Director of Human
Resources, will share their insights.
Visit www.smc.lwvmd.org for more
information.
Special Olympics No Limit
Texas HoldEm
Bennett Building (24930 Old Three
Notch Rd, Hollywood) 7 p.m.
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ewsmakers
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
Rita Portereld
grinned as she signed
a copy of her recently
published childrens
book, The House
of Babadoos, for a
couple of ladies visit-
ing her at the Cedar
Lane retirement home
in Leonardtown.
As a member of
the Patuxent Writers
Club who has contrib-
uted poetry to a pub-
lished book named
Silver Ripples,
Rita said she was no
stranger to writing;
however, The House
of Babadoos is her
rst childrens book.
The story is about a
house where wild ani-
mals gather, but where
they also must observe
strict rules for polite-
ness and civility.
She will be read-
ing from The House
of the Babadoos,
along with other po-
etry shes written, at
the Leonardtown Li-
brary Thursday, Oct.
1 at 6:30 p.m.
A Florida native,
Rita graduated from
Barry College in Mi-
ami with a degree in
English and a minor
in Art, and she was
a member of the Chi
Delta Phi National
Literary Society. Af-
ter graduation she irted with the idea
of modeling to earn money but went into
teaching instead.
I graduated from Barry College in
Miami and I had a friend down there
who was a model, and she said, Why dont
you just come back here and model with
me? because I was very pretty in those
days.
So I went home to my father I said
Daddy Im going back to Florida to be a
model, and he got on the phone and called
the school superintendent and got me a
job teaching, she said, laughing as she
explained her experience teaching eighth
grade before getting married and subse-
quently retiring from the work force.
Rita said she had always been inspired
by childrens poetry, and from that time
Ive always liked to read and write. She
said it may have been her love of childrens
poetry that has inspired her to write her
stories in rhyming verse.
These days Rita says she has problems
with her eyesight, but she has people come
in to help her type her stories, which she
is publishing under the pen name Granny
Portereld. She said she hopes the name
will catch on as a brand name so that her
stories will be recognized as Granny
books.
Rita said the book took approximately
six months to complete and she has another
story that shes currently sending to pub-
lishing agents for consideration.
Copies of The House of Babadoos
can be purchased directly from her, and
she says they will soon be available at Bay
Books at the Wildewood Shopping Center.
They are also available through Dorrance
Publishing Company at www.dorrance-
publishing.com.
andreashiell@countytimes.net
Portereld Publishes
First Childrens Book
Rita Portereld, a Cedar Lane resident and member of the Patuxent
Writers Club, recently published her rst childrens book, The House
of Babadoos using the pen named Granny Portereld.
Submitted Photo
Bowles Farms 2009
Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm
Southern MDs Largest Corn Maze
& Pumpkin Harvest is BACK!!!
Tis years 2009 maze design will celebrate St. Marys county 375th Birthday
Operating Dates: September 26th to October 31st, 2009
Hours Of Operation
Mon Fri: By Appointment Only
Saturday: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Rates
Admission: $10.00
3 and Under FREE
Croup Rates Available (15 or more)
Admission To Te Farm Includes
Corn Maze, Petting Zoo, Wagon Rides,
Mini Straw Maze, Childrens Corn Box,
Childrens Barrel Rides, Straw Mountain
Crop Displays, Special Weekend Events
Oce: 301-475-2139 Email: bowlesfarm@rcn.com
Directions: The farm is located at: 22880 Budds Creek Road, Clements, MD 20624
For More Details Visit Us At:
www.bowlesfarm.com
Host Your: Team Building Event or Birthday Party Here!!
Decorating Supplies:
Mums, Corn Stalks, Straw,
Gourds, and Indian Corn
Food & Refreshments On-Site
Large Covered Picnic Area
Air-Conditioned/Heated Restrooms
We have acres and acres of pumpkins of every
shape & size available for a small additional fee.
Childrens Barrel Rides Pumpkin Painting
Petting Zoo
Wagon Rides
Pick Your Own
Come see why
getting lost means
having fun.
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Diesel Lacrosse will be hosting a girls lacrosse clinic for
9th-12th graders on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at Dorsey Park in Hollywood. Cost is $90. For more informa-
tion, go to www.diesellacrosse.com or www.leaguelineup.com/
somdwomenslaxclub for sign-up sheet and clinic schedule and
high level girls lacrosse staff.
Trossbach Co-Ed Tournament
Looking For Teams
The 12th annual Trossbach family memorial co-ed softball
tournament will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, and Sunday, Oct. 18,
at Chancellors Run Regional Park in Great Mills. Registration
is still open, but there is a 16-team maximum for the tourna-
ment. The rain dates are Saturday Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct.
25.
The tournament, dedicated to the memory of David Tross-
bach and Bobby Wood, will hand out male and female MVP
awards as well as sponsor trophies handed out to the top four
teams.
For more information, call Chip and Mary Lee Raley at
301-862-2024.
Registration
for Girls Lacrosse
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
A lifetime of involvement in the
game of softball earned St. Inigoes resi-
dent Aggie Wilkinson Owens a great
honor this past April, as she became the
rst woman from St. Marys County,
and only the fourth woman in history,
to be inducted into the Maryland Slow
Pitch Hall of Fame.
All of the people I played with
growing up, we always wanted to play
softball, said Mrs. Owens, who recalls
being seven or eight years old the rst
time she played the game. Ive been in-
volved all my life, playing, coaching my
daughters teams, and playing in high
school.
Mrs. Owens played at the former
Margaret Brent High School (The only
thing left standing is the gym, she says
with a chuckle), then took on coach-
ing before resuming active competition
when the St. Marys County Womens
Softball League was established in
1969.
As well as competing, Mrs. Ow-
ens has held a variety of ofces within
the local softball community, including
president of the Womens League, co-
chairwoman of the St. Marys County
womens softball Hall of Fame
and was one of the founders of the
St. Marys County Softball Hall
of Fame.
Mrs. Owens applied for
nomination in 2008 at the sug-
gestion of County Commissioner
Kenny Dement and was inducted
this past April as the rst woman
from St. Marys to gain entrance
into the states Hall of Fame.
Mrs. Owens recalls a friend-
lier atmosphere when she played,
as opposed to the league right
now, which she still keeps an eye
on these days.
It was a lot more relaxed
than what it is now. Everybody
played to win, but there was little
animosity, she said.
She believes that softball in
St. Marys County is still a ma-
jor part of the areas charm be-
cause of the social aspect of it, but
more importantly, the passion for
softball.
There is a lot of camarade-
rie, because people enjoy getting
together and its for the love of the
sport, she says.
Submitted by Larry Crum
Feld Enertainment
BUDDS CREEK Brian McLaughlin of Mechanicsville (Hot
Rod) was among the winners as at the IHRA Presidents Cup Na-
tionals at Maryland International Raceway Sunday, Sept. 27, in
Budds Creek. McLaughlin won the Hot Rod portion of the Iron-
man program with a time of 10.919 seconds.
World records and multiple wins highlighted nal elimi-
nations after a soggy start gave way to a beautiful afternoon of
racing.
Del Cox Jr. (Top Fuel) and Kenny Lang (Pro Modied) won
for the fourth and third time in a row respectively and Cary Go-
forth (Elite Motorsports Pro Stock) returned to victory lane for the
rst time since April as the championship battles in each of the
three professional classes reaches a frenzied pace with one race
remaining.
While Lang has all but wrapped up his second consecutive
IHRA Pro Modied world championship, the battles in Top Fuel
and Elite Motorsports Pro Stock are still far from over.
While Cox controls his own destiny with a comfortable
74-point lead over Bruce Litton in the Top Fuel title chase, the
Pro Stock championship is still wide open. John Montecalvo
has overtaken Frank Gugliotta by 33 points in the battle of the
mountain motors as both search drivers seek out their rst career
championships.
Two-time champion Pete Berner is just 61 points behind in
third.
In Sportsman action, several former champions and multiple-
time winners highlighted the classes as Bruce Thrift (Top Sports-
man), Chad Traylor (Top Dragster), Anthony Bertozzi (Super
Stock), Myron Piatek (Stock), E.J. Parker (Quick Rod), and Calvin
Butler (Super Rod) all claimed Ironman hardware.
While there were many great races on Sunday, the highly an-
ticipated Elite 8 Pro Stock Shootout was postponed due to a wash-
out on Friday. The eight qualied drivers for the $40,000 show-
down will now face off next month at the IHRA World Finals in
Rockingham.
Along with the Elite 8 Pro Stock Shootout all 10 IHRA cham-
pionships will be decided at the IHRA World Finals next month in
North Carolina.
St. Inigoes Owens Inducted
In Softball Hall of Fame
Aggie Wilkinson Owens of St. Inigoes was
inducted into the Maryland Slow Pitch Soft-
ball Hall of Fame this past spring.
Photo Submitted By Lorie Clarke
Mechanicsvilles
McLaughlin, Cox,
Lang and Goforth
Winners at MIR
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Thurs., Oct. 1
Boys Soccer
Patuxent
at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey
St. Marys Ryken
at Sidwell Friends, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Leonardtown
at McDonough, 6 p.m.
Girls Tennis
St. Marys Ryken
at Elizabeth Seton, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Great Mills
at Patuxent, 6 p.m.
Leonardtown
at McDonough, 6 p.m.
Good Counsel
at St. Marys Ryken, 6 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 2
Boys Soccer
Bishop OConnell
Field Hockey
McDonough
at Leonardtown, 4 p.m.
Football
McDonough
at Chopticon, 7 p.m.
Lackey at Great Mills, 7 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Westlake, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken
at Bishop OConnell, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Paul VI
Sat., Oct. 3
Boys Soccer
McDonough
Field Hockey
St. Marys Ryken at The
Calverton School, 12 noon
Mon., Oct. 5
Field Hockey
North Point
Leonardtown
at Huntingtown, 6 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 6
Boys Soccer
St. Marys Ryken
at DeMatha, 4 p.m.
Calvert at Chopticon, 6 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Westlake, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey
Great Mills at Lackey, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Elizabeth Seton
Chopticon at Calvert, 6 p.m.
Westlake
Girls Tennis
Paul VI
Golf
Great Mills
at Cedar Point, 12 noon
Volleyball
Wed., Oct. 7
Boys Soccer
Chopticon
at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Cross Country
Lackey/Huntingtown
Leonardtown/
Thomas Stone/North Point
at Westlake, 4 p.m.
Great Mills/Patuxent
at Northern, 4:30 p.m.
Field Hockey
Calvert at Chopticon, 4 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Westlake, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Chopticon
at Thomas Stone, 6 p.m.
Volleyball
Chopticon
at Calvert, 6 p.m.
Westlake
St. Marys Ryken
at Paul VI, 6 p.m.
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SPORTS
DESK
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
Two weeks ago, I covered
the Great Mills football team
as they took on Lansdowne
High School in Baltimore
County, and was surprised to
nd that the school, located
in Halethorpe just off of 695
North, had a very nice syn-
thetic grass eld.
The Hornets, used to play-
ing on choppy dirt and natural
grass elds, reacted like kids
who see that Santa Claus
stopped by their houses on
Christmas Eve and trounced
the Vikings 45-0, using en-
hanced speed and quickness
on both sides of the ball to get
the win.
This is what could happen
more often in St. Marys Coun-
ty if turf elds are installed at
all of the countys public high
schools. In this disaster of an
economy, its certainly easy to
say that turf elds (an estimat-
ed cost of $800,000 per eld)
for athletic programs would
rank low on the list of priori-
ties for public schools to spend
money on, but turf is truly an
expense that pays for itself in
the long run.
With natural grass,
wear and tear is imminent.
When you have no less than
nine sports teams using a
stadium in the fall, and ve
more in the spring (certainly,
grass doesnt grow too much
during the winter months),
youre sure to see some div-
ots and dirt patches. Also,
natural grass and unpredict-
able weather leaves teams at
the mercy of Mother Nature,
as some elds are hit hard by
rain and take days to recover.
Rainouts and delays would be
a thing of the past with the du-
rability synthetic elds pos-
sess. That would cut down on
the nightmare of rescheduling
that most coaches and athletic
directors have to deal with
when a game is postponed by
inclement weather.
Also, the competition
factor cannot be understated
when talking about turf. Rou-
tinely, St. Marys County has
some impressive regular sea-
sons in sports such as eld
hockey, lacrosse and soccer
because theyre on a pretty
even playing eld with their
Southern Maryland Athletic
Conference counterparts (save
for North Point, which has turf
at Eagle Stadium).
However, after the regu-
lar season concludes and the
regional and state playoffs
take shape, the county schools
will often do battle with pro-
grams from Anne Arundel,
Prince Georges and How-
ard counties, which have turf
elds. The elds make the
speed and pace of games,
eld hockey in particular,
signicantly quicker, leaving
the schools in this county at a
huge disadvantage.
The addition of synthetic
grass at the high school sta-
diums would, to use a clich,
level the playing eld and give
the local teams a better chance
of advancing in the regional
playoffs and winning state
championships if they have
the facilities to compete with
teams throughout the state of
Maryland.
The benets of turf are
great in number, but as those
of us with bills and rent/mort-
gage payments are clearly
aware of, money is not great
in number. Coming up with
ways to pay for these elds
three times over will be the
challenge that the schools will
face as time marches on, but in
the interest of elding teams
that can compete statewide
and cut down on maintenance
and weather issues, theres no
time like the present.
Comments, questions,
complaints? Send em all to
Chris at chrisstevens@coun-
tytimes.net.
10/1-7/2009
Fact
un Until 1859, the umpire sat behind
home plate in a padded rocking chair.
Countys Public Schools
Should Explore Stepping on New Turf
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Atlantic League Championship
Series Schedule
The Southern Maryland
Blue Crabs survived a two-
game rally by the Long Island
Ducks, winning Game Five of
the Liberty Division playoffs 7-5
Tuesday night at Citibank Park.
The win gave the Blue Crabs a
3-2 series win and a berth in the
Atlantic League Championship
Series.
The Crabs jumped on top
early with three runs in the top
of the rst inning off Ducks
starter Troy Cate. Patrick Os-
borns RBI sacrice y and Mi-
chael Tuckers two-run homer
did the damage. Four more runs
in the fourth helped Southern
Maryland extend their lead to
7-0. RBI doubles by John Ra-
mistella and Mike Just high-
lighted the inning.
Long Island inched closer
with a run in the fourth and
two more in the fth off Crabs
starter John Halama. Johnny
Hernandez RBI single in the
fourth and two errors in the fth
pushed the score to 7-3.
The Ducks rallied in the
ninth, plating two runs on a Ray
Navarrete single and brought
the winning run to the plate in
Raul Gonzalez. With Franklin
Gracesqui summoned from the bullpen, the
lefty struck out Gonzalez and nailed down
the save.
John Halama (2-0) picked up the win,
ring seven and two-thirds innings, yielding
one earned run, while punching out eight.
Cate (0-2) suffered the loss surrendering
seven runs in three and one-third innings.
The Blue Crabs will now head to the
Atlantic League Championship take on the
Somerset Patriots, who defeated the Newark
Bears 3-1 in the Freedom Division playoffs.
The series is schedule to begin tonight
at TD Bank Park in Somerset, NJ. The rst
pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. The series
shifts to Regency Furniture Stadium in Wal-
dorf on Saturday, with rst pitch expected to
be thrown 6:35 p.m.
Crabs Survive Ducks,
Advance to Atlantic League
Championship Series
Thurs., Oct. 1
Game One
Southern Maryland at Somerset, 7:05
Fri., Oct. 2
Game Two
Southern Maryland at Somerset, 7:05
p.m.
Sat., Oct. 3
Game Three
Somerset at Southern Maryland, 6:35
Sun., Oct. 4
Game Four (if necessary)
p.m.
Mon., Oct 5
Game Five (if necessary)
p.m.
John Halama picked up the win as the Blue Crabs defeated
the Long Island Ducks 7-5 Tuesday night, winning the Liberty
Division Series 3 games to 2. The Crabs will face the Somerset
Patriots in the Atlantic League Championship Series starting
Thursday.
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St. Marys City, Md. Senior middle blocker Jen La-
mar (Collegeville, Pa./Spring-Ford) and freshman outside
hitter Jenn Rindone (Crofton, Md./Spalding) combined for
22 kills in leading the St. Marys College of Maryland vol-
leyball team to a 3-0 (25-12, 25-9, 25-13) sweep of Hood
College in Capital Athletic Conference action Tuesday
night.
The win improved St. Marys to 10-7, 2-1 CAC on the
year, while the loss dropped Hood to 1-10, 0-3 CAC.
Rindone led all attackers with her rst career double-
double on match-highs of 12 kills and 15 digs while serving
up her rst career ace.
Lamar recorded 10 kills and a .333 hitting percentage,
while notching two block solos and one dig.
Registering her seventh double-double was junior set-
ter Katie Obal (Olney, Md./Sherwood) as Obal dished out
35 assists and had 10 digs. Senior outside hitter Sarah Gre-
gorini (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) contributed 13 digs,
eight kills, and a match-best four aces as the Seahawks n-
ished the match with 10 service aces.
Hood never attained more than three kills in a set as
senior outside hitter Leah Garland (Union Bridge, Md./
Francis Scott Key) paced the Blazers with ve kills. De-
fensively, junior libero Chelsea Weaver (Hagerstown, Md./
South Hagerstown) tallied 11 digs.
The Seahawks will return to action this Saturday, Oc-
tober 3 as St. Marys welcomes Elizabethtown College to
the ARC Arena for a non-conference match at 1:00 pm.
Submitted By St. Marys College of Marylands Ofce of
Sports Information
Seahawks Roll to
Sweep of Hood
Volleyball
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEONARDTOWN In a battle of
Southern Maryland Athletic Conference
volleyball powerhouses, Huntingtown High
School was just a bit more powerful Tuesday
night. With a decisive height advantage and
aggressive defense, the Hurricanes continued
their unprecedented run of sweeps, defeating
the Raiders three sets to none, moving their
record to 7-0 on the season and 5-0 in SMAC
play.
Theyre just a good team, said Raid-
ers head coach Steve Correll. I felt our girls
played extremely well, and showed a lot of
heart. We made them earn every game.
Leonardtown (5-1 overall, 4-1 SMAC),
who had only lost one set all season prior to
Tuesday night, came out ready to battle, tak-
ing several leads in the rst set (9-8, 15-14,
19-17, 21-20 and 24-23) on the strength of sev-
eral aces by servers Jessica Morris and Steph-
anie Hall, but the Hurricanes had an answer
(a common theme for the match), and won the
rst set 26-24.
Leonardtown is a team that is not going
to back down, Hurricanes head coach Shari
Turner said. They went out, executed and
did what they had to do.
After a decisive 25-17 win in the sec-
ond set, the Hurricanes started to show some
Raiders Play Hurricanes Tough, But Fall Short
chinks in the
armor, as
Leonardtown
rallied to take a 17-
16 lead and tie the set at 21 all.
However Huntingtown, led
in the middle by 6-foot-tall hitters
Tara Santarmes and AnneMarie
Roper were able to nish off the
Raiders and their 21st straight
set to start the season.
We just knew we had
to play hard, Correll said
of the preparations for the
contest. We knew they
had a good middle, they
blocked a lot of balls,
but we dug a lot of
balls too.
In spite
of the tough
loss, Correll
is condent
his team
c a n
a n d
w i l l
move
on as
their continue their goal of reach-
ing the class 4A state playoffs.
We feel really good about our-
selves, he said. Huntingtown is a
great program, and we did make
some mistakes, but Im very
proud of the way the girls played
as a team.
chri s st evens @count y-
times.net
Photo By Frank Marquart
The Raiders Lauren Day meets Huntingtowns Tara Santarmes
at the net for the block.
Photo By
Frank Marquart
Roni Peters of
Leonardtown
digs a ball.
Leonardtowns Jessica Hair prepares to spike the
ball.
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By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEONARDTOWN So close,
but so far away has been the story of
the St. Marys Ryken eld hockey
season so far. It only took two shots
on goal from defending Washing-
ton Catholic Athletic Conference
champion Holy Cross to defeat the
Knights 2-1 Monday afternoon at
Ryken.
We were right there with
them, we just couldnt get over the
hump, head coach Tara Everly said.
I thought we dominated in the cir-
cle, we had more time in there, but
they were more productive.
The Tartans got both of their
goals from Katie Cecere, with one
minute remaining in the rst half
and two minutes and three seconds
into the second half.
Senior Annie Buddenbohn,
returning to the line-up after time
missed due to an illness, scored the
Knights lone goal with three min-
utes and three seconds left in the
game, as Ryken attempted to even
the score.
We seem to work a lot better as a team, Buddenbohn
said. I wouldnt have been able score that goal if werent for
the rest of the team.
The Knights frantically fought for eld position in the
nal three minutes to even the score, but the Tartans held on
to run out the clock for their second one-goal win over Ryken
this season. Holy Cross won 1-0 at home on September 11.
Its great, but its frustrating at the same time because
were so close, Everly said of Ryken competing with Holy
Cross and Elizabeth Seton, last years championship game -
nalists. We just have to nd a way to get it done.
Buddenbohn felt that the Knights close calls with Holy
Cross and Seton (who the Knights defeated 1-0 last Monday)
is cause for hope as the season progresses.
Its denitely a condence booster because we havent
done that well against them before this year, she said. We
just have to work on some things and keep playing together
because we have a lot of hope this year.
Wed., Sept. 23
Boys Soccer
Chopticon 3, Lackey 0
Great Mills 7, McDonough 0
Leonardtown 2, Thomas Stone 1
Paul VI 2, St. Marys Ryken 1
Field Hockey
Huntingtown 3, Great Mills 1
Girls Soccer
North Point 3, Chopticon 1
Golf
Chopticon 159, La Plata 161, Leonardtown 165
McDonough 145, Stone 174, Great Mills 200, Lackey 204
Volleyball
Huntingtown 3, Great Mills 0
Bishop OConnell 3, St. Marys Ryken 0
Thurs., Sept. 24
Girls Soccer
McDonough 2, Great Mills 1
Volleyball
Chopticon 3, Lackey 0
Great Mills 3, McDonough 1
Fri., Sept. 25
Football
Great Mills 14, Northern 12
St. Marys Ryken 27, Sidwell Friends 0
Volleyball
Bishop Ireton 3, St. Marys Ryken 1
Sat., Sept. 26
Boys Soccer
St. Marys Ryken 8, Huntingtown 1
Mon., Sept. 28
Boys Soccer
Patuxent 2, Chopticon 0
Field Hockey
Holy Cross 2, St. Marys Ryken 1
Girls Soccer
Patuxent 2, Chopticon 1
Girls Tennis
Bishop Ireton 9, St. Marys Ryken 0
Tues., Sept. 29
Girls Soccer
Sidwell Friends 4, St. Marys Ryken 0
Volleyball
Huntingtown 3, Chopticon 0
Knights Fall Short
In Comeback Attempt
Amanda Taylor (15) and Megan Lig-
day (9) of St. Marys Ryken control
the ball during Mondays WCAC
eld hockey match.
Photo By Chris Stevens
Annie Buddenbohn scored for St. Marys Ryken, who lost a close 2-1 match to Holy Cross
Monday afternoon.
The County Times
Sp rts
High School Football
Hornets Slip by Patriots
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
With another outstanding defen-
sive effort leading the way, the Great
Mills football team won its second
straight game Friday night, outlast-
ing Northern 14-12 to improve to 3-1
on the season, 1-1 in Southern Mary-
land Athletic Conference play.
Our defense denitely kept us
in the game, said senior linebacker
Derrick Petett. We shut them out in
the rst half, they drove on us a bit in
the second half, but we were able to
hold it down.
Our defense has just been great
and kept us in games all year long,
head coach Bill Grifth said. We
were able to overcome four turnovers
on offense and win a tough game.
Petett attributes the success of
the improved Hornet D, allowing
an average of eight points a game
through the rst four weeks, to the
less-is-more theory applied by the
coaches.
Its the simplicity of it, he says.
Last year we had four different for-
mations and 10 plays for each forma-
tion. Now that its a lot simpler, and
everybody knows where they have to
be, weve done well.
The Hornets led 14-0 before
Northern made it interesting with two
late scores, but failed on both conver-
sion attempts that wouldve tied the
game. The Great Mills points came
courtesy of a 25-yard touchdown
pass from Brian Jenner to sophomore
running back Aaron Wilkerson, and
Jenner scoring on a 16-yard run. Pe-
tett and Grifth both gave kudos to
senior place-kicker Nikita Alleyne,
who converted both extra point at-
tempts to provide the Hornets with
their winning margin.
If he misses those, the scores
12-12, so who knows what could hap-
pen then, Petett said. You have to
give him credit for making those.
Nikitas been improving for us
week to week, and he kicked them
straight and right down the middle,
Grifth said. You cant ask for any-
thing better.
The Hornets will host SMAC
contender Lackey, who dropped a
35-6 decision to Urbana last Thurs-
day night, for homecoming Friday
night at Hornets Stadium. Game time
is 7 p.m.
Were going to learn about
what they do offensively and defen-
sively, Petett said of preparations for
the Chargers. Were going to get to
work and hopefully give them an-
other loss.
Martin Steps in to Lift Knights Over Sidwell Friends
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEXINGTON PARK Peter Martin, by
all accounts, is the jack-of-all-trades for the St.
Marys Ryken football team. So when starting
quarterback Chris Rixey left Fridays game
against Sidwell Friends with a concussion, Bob
Harmon knew to whom he could turn.
I didnt hesitate to put Peter in there,
Harmon said after Martin threw two touch-
down passes in the Knights 27-0 win, their
second straight home win at John G. Lancaster
Park. He works his tail off and is a pretty good
quarterback.
Once I got in there, I knew I had to step
up, said Martin, who also inter-
cepted a pass from his free safety
position on defense. I didnt
play so well against this team last
year, so this time was denitely
payback.
Payback began after Rixey,
who started the scoring with a
six-yard touchdown run in the
rst quarter, left the game and
was taken to the hospital as a pre-
caution. On his rst series under
center, Martin rolled to his right
and red a 44-yard scoring toss
to senior receiver Wayne Hicks
to open up a 14-0 lead late in the
second quarter. After the Knights de-
fense, allowing just 16 points per game
in its rst ve contests, forced Sidwell to
punt, Martin and Hicks connected again
on a 50-yard score, with help from a
spectacular block by Will Fejes.
Nothing scares us anymore, said
Hicks. We got hurt a lot last year, but
this summer, we hit the weight room and
got stronger.
Another key was the return of ju-
nior running back Marlowe Wood. Ab-
sent for three games due to a knee injury,
Wood ignited the Ryken rushing attack
with 125 yards on 15 carries.
It feels good to be back, Wood
said. I missed my team and I missed
my line.
Marlowe adds something to our
team when hes in there, Harmon said.
Were trying to get that ground game
going, that WCAC style of football, and
hes an enthusiastic kid. That is great to
have.
The Knights are now
2-0 at their temporary
home eld, and in Hicks
eyes, it has helped the team
gain some success.
Its better than get-
ting booed every week,
he said. Playing in front of
our family and friends, its
a huge difference for us.
chri sst evens @count y-
times.net
St. Marys Ryken 27, Sidwell Friends 0
1 2 3 4 Final
Sidwell (2-2) 0 0 0 0 0
Ryken (2-3) 7 13 0 7 27
Ryken - Rixey 6 run (Anderson kick)
Ryken - Hicks 44 pass from Martin (Anderson kick)
Ryken - Hicks 50 pass from Martin (kick failed)
Ryken - Link 1 run (Anderson kick) Peter Martin stepped in for injured quarterback Chris
Rixey and threw two touchdown passes in the Knights
27-0 shutout of Sidwell Friends.
Marlowe Wood ran for 125 yards as the Knights
won their second straight home game, defeating
Sidwell Friends 27-0 Friday night.
Great Mills 14, Northern 12
1 2 3 4 Final
Great Mills (3-1) 7 0 7 0 14
Northern (1-3) 0 0 0 12 12
Great Mills Wilkerson 25 pass from Jenner (Alleyne kick)
Great Mills Jenner 16 run (Alleyne kick)
Northern N/A (conversion failed)
Northern N/A (conversion failed)
Brian Jenner (left) ran and threw for a touchdown and Derrick Petett led the defensive effort as Great Mills defeated
Northern 14-12 Friday night.
The County Times
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
The Leonardtown Raiders football team, despite
their 0-3 start, had been showing signs of improve-
ment each week on offense and Coach Anthony Prat-
ley had faith that his student athletes could turn things
around.
Earlier in the week, Pratley said that his
offense was starting to move the ball and
needed only to protect it for an opportunity
to win.
With no turnovers and the ability
to control the clock, the Raiders did just
that, defeating winless Thomas Stone 14-
6 Friday night at Raider Stadium.
After a scoreless rst quarter, Matt
Carpenter made his rst catch of the season count, a
49-yard bomb from sophomore quarterback Drew
Wysocki. Wysocki had another effective game con-
trolling the offense, completing ve of nine passes to
ve different receivers, for 61 yards and rushing for
another 45 yards on eight carries.
After a Thomas Stone three yard rushing score by
James Ryan in the third quarter, Martez Allen scored
in the fourth quarter on a 10-yard run to complete the
scoring. Allen nished the game with 50 yards on
10 rushes and Leonardtown was led on the ground
by Darren Reed with 144 yards rushing on 23 car-
ries. Pratleys pistol-spread offense was running very
smoothly as the Raiders nished the contest with 302
total yards.
The Raider defense was led by Anthony Cucinot-
tas six tackles and John Connors ve tackles and a
blocked punt.
Leonardtown had hoped to gain one or two more
victories to begin the season and Pratley knows that his
schedule does not get any easier as his team has upcom-
ing games against
McDonough and
North Point and
both of the big
county rivalry
games against
Great Mills and
Chopticon. To-
morrow night his
team faces West-
lake (3-1) after a
tough defeat last
week courtesy of Huntingtown. Game Time in Wal-
dorf is 7 p.m.
johnhunt@countytimes.net
Sp rts
High School Football
Raiders Get in the Win
Column by Upending Cougars
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
On an overcast but comfortable
night for football, North Point came
to Braves Stadium in Morganza a bit
worried.
Before the game, Coach Ken
Lane talked about losing 37 players
to graduation last year and despite
their 3-0 record, said he had a strug-
gling offense and commented about
Chopticons ability to always play
tough at home. He went back to Wal-
dorf with a dominating 27-7 victory.
The Braves played tough football
for 40 of the 48 minutes, but big plays
by the Eagles hurt them. The rst 10
minutes of the game was a eld posi-
tion game with no scoring.
With under two minutes left in
the rst quarter, Chopticon QB Cody
Douglas threw an interception to
Jan Allen that
was returned
42 yards for
a touchdown
to begin the
scoring. Less
than a minute
later, Doug-
las attempted
a handoff on
an end around
that was
fumbled and
recovered by
North Point.
T h r e e
plays later,
Jalen Hutch-
ings hauled
in a 38-yard
TD reception from quarterback Dan
Dempsey. Dempsey came into the
game only completing 27 percent of
his passes on the year, but had a good
game, completing nine of 17 passes
for 126 yards.
The second quarter started off
with North Point scoring quickly as
the fullback Emanuel Onakoya ran
up the middle for an 89-yard touch-
down. The Braves had been keying
on star running back Arlando Scott,
who ended the game with nine car-
ries and 94 yards after averaging over
160 yards per game previously. Ona-
koya ended the night with ve carries
and 153 yards.
Connor Crowell capped off the
North Point scoring with a one-yard
TD run.
A bright spot for the Braves
was the receiving work by WR Josh
Gray.
Gray nished the night with
seven catches for 70 yards as Douglas
was able to nd him open in the soft
part of the zone all night. Gray also
had a great catch over double cover-
age in the end zone with about 1:30 re-
maining in the game for Chopticon.
The running game behind Aar-
on Makle started strong as he gained
65 yards on 10 carries in the rst half.
Makle, who had been injured for most
of this season hurt his ankle again in
the third quarter, and was unable to
nish the game. Douglas nished the
game 14 of 28 passing for 129 yards.
He was pressured most of the game
and was sacked ve times.
The Braves will be home tomor-
row night for Homecoming against
McDonough. The Rams come into
Braves Stadium with a swarming de-
fense and has started the season 2-2
after a dominating 34-14 victory over
Patuxent. Game time is at 7 p.m.
johnhunt@countytimes.net
1 2 3 4 Final
North Point (4-0) 14 13 0 0 27
Chopticon (0-4) 0 0 0 7 7
North Point Allen 42 interception return (Dempsey
kick)
North Point Hutchings 38 pass from Dempsey
(Dempsey kick)
North Point Onakoya 89 run (Dempsey kick)
North Point Crowell 1 run (Dempsey kick)
Chopticon Gray 17 pass from Douglas (Palmer
kick)
Eagles Soar
Over Chopticon
The captains of Chopticon and North Point meet at mideld before Friday nights
SMAC football game at Braves Stadium.
Photo By John Hunt
1 2 3 4 Final
Stone (0-4) 0 0 6 0 6
LHS (1-3) 0 7 7 0 14
Leonardtown Carpenter 49 pass from Wysocki (Phifer
kick)
Thomas Stone Ryan run (conversion Failed)
Leonardtown M. Allen 10 run (Phifer kick)
The Raiders Zach Stiefvater makes an attempt to inter-
cept a pass during Friday nights football game against
Thomas Stone.
Leonardtowns
David Gallagher
is upended by
the Cougars
Princeton
Phillips.
Adam Phifer kicks off during the Raiders 14-6 win over
Thomas Stone Friday night.
Last Two Finalists Visit
St. Marys College
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