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LOCAL NEWS 3

COPS & COURTS 7

BACK TO SCHOOL 9 COVER 11

Calvert County Public Schools has released their “Road to Recovery” plan.

FEATURE 11

CALENDARS 20

OBITUARIES 21
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
Petition Calls for Felony
Hate Crimes Charges
School Board Reacts to Calvert
High Incident
By Dick Myers
Editor
A protest rally was held Friday, Aug.
14 at Calvert High School, the scene of
the racially charged incident the week
before that has shaken the community
to its core. Five 18-year-old white Cal-
vert High graduates have been charged
with two counts of Malicious Destruc-
tion of Property less than $1000 and
one count of 4th Degree Burglary. The
incident that prompted the charges
was the burning on the CHS football
field of racist graffiti.
The newly formed group that orga-
nized the rally, PRISM (Peaceful Re-
sistance in Southern Maryland), has
spearheaded a petition drive calling
for the five young men to be charged
with hate crimes, a felony. The peti-
tion with 2,000 signatures was to be
sent to Calvert County States Attor-
ney Robert Harvey and Maryland At-
torney General Brian Frosh. The peti-
tion states the five men were “grossly
undercharged.”
Harvey in a press release said,
“Each of these crimes carries a maxi-
mum penalty of three years’ incarcer-
ation.  A review of the evidence will
be conducted to determine if addition-
al charges are warranted.
“Let me be clear about this:  the use
of racist epithets is ignorant, intoler-
able, and immoral.  These words have
no place in private conversation, let
alone in public.  As I have said be-
fore:  people who commit criminal
acts in Calvert County will be prose-
cuted.  Criminal misconduct will have
consequences.”
Assistant State’s Attorney Kyle B.
Tores, chief of the District Court Di-
vision, is handling prosecution of the
cases.
Calvert County Board of Education
Vice President Inez Claggett agrees
with the petitioners. At the Aug. 13
school board meeting Claggett said
people in the community, “question
why the five adults who allegedly
committed the crime were provided
a criminal summons instead of being
arrested. After all, there was a crime
that was committed. (I) question why
there appears to be inequities in the
unfolding of the details of the brazen
event, which rocked our community
from the pillar of comfort upon which
many sit, to question why authorities
chose to charge these hate-filled adults
(with) misdemeanors instead of with
stronger felony charges or even a hate
crime charge.
“Please continue to ask why racism
is wrong in whatever form in which it
manifests. And it must never go un-
checked. There is power in numbers
The Calvert County Times
Calvert County States Attorney Robert Harvey
and together I hope we can ignite
change. Please exercise your right to
vote.”
School board member Pamela Cous-
ins noted the irony that the board had
just passed an anti-racism policy two
months ago. She said, “Although it
was very alarming, disturbing, per-
sonally hurtful to see such a thing on
our school grounds, I just want us as
a community, collectively, in school,
out of school, the entire Calvert Coun-
ty community to recognize that you
have to be empathetic and be aware of
the things that you say and do that may
hurt others. It pains me that it appears
to be a divide with what people believe
is true and not true. I just ask those
on either side of the coin, whether
you believe that the incident was rac-
ist or not, just recognize that to me as
a black woman, I took it to be racist
and if you don't think it's racist, you're
not considering my feelings. So, I just
ask that you consider people's feelings
with anything that happened. (If) it's
not affecting you, just be considerate
of others when you hear about things
like this.”
She added she hoped “this is not go-
ing to be a signal that it can continue
because the penalty wasn't adequate
at all. It was pretty much considered
a wrongdoing, which it's not, it's hate.
We need to recognize it as hate. Our
efforts in our school system to be-
come anti-racist are very important in
order for us to protect and make ev-
eryone feel welcome and needed and
supported.”
Board member Tracy McGuire said,
“I believe the racist graduates are
responding to our work on anti-rac-
ism. That work to tear down the rac-
ism must continue.” She then added,
“There will be more trouble, but this
is good trouble, necessary trouble. We
cannot be afraid to (not) back away
from the good trouble we incite with
antiracist work in the Calvert County
Public Schools.”
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4 Local News The Calvert County Times Thursday, August 20, 2020

TJ Bridge Retained as
ALL ORNAMENTAL Number One Priority
GRASSES Supplants Light Rail After Intramural Battle

SPECIAL
By Dick Myers
Editor
After a contentious summer that has
pitted the regions counties against each
other, the Tri-County Council for South-

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ern Maryland (TCCSMD) has fallen
back to an old favorite as its top regional

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transportation priority – the replacement
of the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge.

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With the state removing the bridge
project from its Consolidated Transpor-
tation Plan (CTP), the commissioners of
Calvert and St. Mary’s adopted different
local priorities (Route 231 and the Route
5/Great Mills Road intersection). That
GROWIN G 4’-7’ TALL AND 3’-5’ WIDE left an opening for the TCCSMD region- Commissioner Tim Hutchins

al infrastructure committee and eventu- Boulevard to allow more efficient inter-

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ally the executive board to replace the
long-standing top regional priority with
section functionality. These improve-
ments include capacity improvements at

MYRTLE
Charles County’s priority, light rail. MD Route 235 intersections, and they
would reduce congestion, improve safety
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A proposed letter to that effect was
presented at the June 25 full council and support future improvements such

SPECIAL meeting, held virtually, and the battle be-

tween the counties ensued, with Charles
on one side and Calvert and St. Mary’s on
the other side.
LONG-LA STING FLOWERS Delegates Matt Morgan of St. Mary’s
and Mark Fisher of Calvert echoed some
as the bridge replacement. In addition,
the TCCSMD is requesting that the CTP
redirect the previously approved bridge
funding to support the MD-4 merge du-
alization improvements and MD 235/4 or
the MD 4/Patuxent Boulevard intersec-

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of the feelings. Fisher said, “This is so
incredibly silly.” Morgan said the letter
tion design.”
The letter listed the following projects

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took the region’s number one priority, as “regionally significant:”
GET THE 2ND the bridge, “and shoves it in a corner for • Southern Maryland Rapid Transit
50 %OFF some pipe dream of mass transit.” (SMRT) Project

SPECIAL Charles County Commissioner Presi-

dent Reuben Collins II, charged that
Morgan’s comments weren’t “in the spirit
FRAGRANT & DEER RESISTANT of regional friendship.” Collins said that
• MD 231 Corridor Assessment Study
• MD 2/4 Widening
• MD Route 5 from MD Route 246
(Great Mills Road) to MD Route 249

TOP PICKS
rapid transit “benefits the entire Southern (Piney Point Road).
THIS WEEKS Maryland region.” • Regional Transit Support: Enhanced
NURSERY When the dust had settled the vote was
a tie 6-6, leaving an impasse. The coun-
Commuter bus services, signage and
additional Park and Rides in the three
WEEK 8-11-2020 ties were asked to go back and reevalu- counties.
ate their positions. St. Mary’s came out • Hughesville Campus Transportation
PERENNIALS & SHRUBS strongly for the bridge. Calvert did not Hub.
discuss the issue in open session. • US 301 Corridor Waldorf Improve-
The compromise, presented at the Aug. ments: Provide needed corridor improve-
13 TCCSMD meeting by Calvert County ments along US 301 in Waldorf and
Commissioner Steve Weems, filling in White Plains.
for Chairman Commissioner Gilbert St. Mary’s County Commissioner Eric
Bowling of Charles, elevated the bridge Colvin made a motion to accept the rec-
back to the top priority. The proposed ommendation and it was seconded by
letter to the state said: “The TCCSMD Calvert/St. Mary’s Del. Jerry Clark. Cal-
continues to recommend the Governor vert Commissioner Tim Hutchins then
Hibiscus syr. Lagerstroemia Pennisetum Muhlenbergia Thomas Johnson Bridge replacement attempted to get an amendment to the
Pink Chiffon Purple Magic Cassian capillaris with accompanying improvements to the motion that elevated light rail and Route
3 GAL 3 GAL 3 GAL 3 GAL Route 2/4 corridor and capacity improve- 231 as “two additional priorities.”
ments at the MD 235 interchange as the Collins argued, “Now more than ever
COME SEE OUR FULL SELECTION OF “TOP PICKS” top regional highway bridge project pri- the region coming together is more im-
ority. This project has been included in portant than any other time in history.”
NOW SCHEDULING the CTP since FY 2007. This project will He added that Hutchins’ amendment
Fall Lawn Renovation, Over Seeding, relieve commuter congestion and im- “makes it clear that all of these projects
prove safety and emergency evacuation are significantly important.”
Fall Landscaping and Hardscape Projects. and will properly position the Naval Air Hutchins’ amendment failed on a 12-6
CALL TODAY for an ESTIMATE: 800-451-1427 Station Patuxent River for future BRAC vote, with the Calvert commissioner the
or visit WentworthNursery.com/Landscape activities and other mobilizations. In lone council member from either Calvert
FY2019, the project received $750,000, or St. Mary’s to support it.
but, since that date, there has been little Colvin’s original motion then pre-
to no visible progress and the subsequent vailed on a 13-4 vote, ensuring that the
Charlotte Hall Prince Frederick Oakville MDOT budget removed future spending. Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge and sur-
30315 Three Notch Rd, 1700 Solomon’s Island Rd, 5 minutes North of Hollywood
Charlotte Hall, MD Prince Frederick, MD 41170 Oakville Road Should the full bridge replacement not rounding road infrastructure remain the
301-884-5292 410-535-3664 Mechanicsville, MD be included in the CTP budget, the TCC- region’s top transportation priority for at
800-558-5292 866-535-3664 301-373-9245 • 800-451-1427 SMD is requesting funding for extending least one more year.
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Thursday, August 20, 2020 The Calvert County Times Local News 5

Community Center Planning Advanced

Will Honor Harriet Elizabeth Brown
By Dick Myers
Editor
The Calvert Country Board of
County Commissioners (BOCC) has
approved advancing planning for the
new Harriet Elizabeth Brown Com-
munity Center in Prince Frederick to
the next fiscal year (2022). Construc-
tion was also advanced in the county’s
Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to
Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.
The project had been removed from
the six-year CIP in the last commis-
sioner-approved plan. The CIP is ap-
proved yearly so any schedule could
be changed in subsequent votes based
on fiscal conditions.
The unanimous vote came at the
BOCC’s Aug. 11 meeting. In a memo
to the commissioners, Director of
Parks and Recreation Shannon Naz-
zal explained, “The conversation re-
garding a community center in Prince
Frederick began in 2009. In 2015, the
Harriet E. Brown Task Force was im-
plemented by Governor Larry Hogan
with the task of commemorating Har-
riet Elizabeth Brown. The same year, a
‘temporary community center opened,
named in her honor, with a plan to
build a permanent center in the future
and direction that the name would be
used for the permanent facility.
Harriet Elizabeth Brown
“In 2018, a 22.15-acre property was
purchased on Fairground Road in
Prince Frederick to serve as the site of
the new community center. Commu-
nity input has been received through
many community groups, and in 2019,
a conceptual plan was developed; re-
cent conversations have determined
that there is a change in service needs
for the community and the desire to
take further action on the development
of this project.”
The change included moving away
from a larger meeting space that could
accommodate high school gradua-
tions, thus reducing the space needs.
Nazzal said the center can be designed
so that it could be added onto at a later
date.
Nazzal said before the vote to ad-
vance the planning start: “It is esti-
mated that planning and design will
require an investment of $500,000,
with a current building and facility
construction estimate at $7,500,000,
which is likely to escalate with infla-
tion in the coming years.”
Nazzal said community input had
identified the following key issues:
• Youth engagement
• Passive and active indoor and out-
door opportunities
• Serve surrounding community
• Mitigate child development con-
cerns with educational opportunities
• Commemoration of Harriet Eliza-
beth Brown
Brown was a county teacher who
lead the successful fight for pay parity
for black teachers.
Nazzal said additional public input
is desired on the following identified
indoor and outdoor activities to be in-
corporated into the community center
design:
Indoor:
• Court sports
• Dedicated museum / area to Har-
riet Elizabeth Brown
• Room space for activities such as
arts, dance, music, drop-in games,
reading, computer use, fitness area,
community meetings
• Track
• Outdoor
• Trails and trail access
• Basketball courts
• Fitness trail
• Picnic pavilions
• Tennis / Pickleball courts
• Playground
The revised conceptual plan pre-
sented by Nazzal included about
15,000 square feet of gymnasium
space, about 20,000 square feet of pro-
gramming and operational space and
outdoor recreational opportunities.
Plans call for locating parks and
recreation administrative staff in the
building. Five additional staff would
be needed for the community center
but there could be a savings of two
customer service representatives by
locating administrative staff there,
she said.
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County Denied Motion
to Dismiss Suit
Master Plan Vote Challenge Goes to Trial
By Dick Myers
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A visiting judge has denied Calvert
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK County’s motion to dismiss the suit
11:00am - 9:00pm against it by four residents seeking to
overturn the Board of County Com-
missioners’ adoption last August of the
update of the county’s comprehensive
plan. Retired Anne Arundel County
Circuit Court Judge Michelle Jaklitsch
issued the ruling Aug. 14 in Calvert
County Circuit Court, paving the way
for the suit to proceed to trial.
The suit was filed Dec. 24, 2019 in
Calvert County Circuit Court by attor-
ney G. Macy Nelson on behalf of Su-
san Dzurec and Myra Gowans of Hun-
tingtown, Phyllis Sherkus of Dunkirk
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county’s Ethics Ordinance. Complaints
have also been filed with the ethics
commission and McConkey has subse-
quently sued that volunteer board. The
ethics commission is scheduled to hear
the complaints by two county residents.
The suit alleges a second fatal flaw in
the commissioners’ vote. After the final
public hearing, the BOCC voted to add
a provision in the plan which stated in-
dividual town center master plans were
subsumed by the overall master plan.
The county through their attorney
John Mattingly argued that the suit was
premature because the ethics commis-
sion had not heard the case. The plain-
tiff’s attorney argued a judge would
not have to probe McConkey’s motives
because they are not making any allega-
tions about motives. They say state and
county ethics laws prohibited the vote
regardless of his motives.
Mattingly also argued the four plain-
tiffs did not have standing to pursue the
case.
Judge Jaklitsch ruled against the
county in its arguments and denied the
motion to dismiss. The two sides will
now work out the procedural schedule
leading up to a trial in the case
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Thursday, August 20, 2020 The Calvert County Times Cops & Courts 7

CALVERT SHERIFF'S OFFICE CRIME REPORT

During the week of August 3-9 deputies of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to 1,409 calls for service throughout the community.
Damaged Property: 20-41233 yellow liquid substance and emanating a juana, and Obstructing & Hindering. CDS: Possession- Not Marijuana and CDS:
On August 5, 2020 Deputy Barger re- strong odor suspected to be Phencyclidine. On August 3, 2020, Deputy Crum re- Possession of Paraphernalia.
sponded to Ward Farm Recreation and Na- A search of Green’s person was conducted sponded to Le Visage Salon in Prince Fred- On August 7, 2020, Deputies Plant and
ture Park in Dunkirk for the report of dam- which resulted in a large amount US curren- erick for the report of a disorderly subject. Deleon responded to Raymond’s Way in
aged property. The complainant advised cy as well as a blue bag containing suspect- The complainant advised a male subject, Prince Frederick for the report of indecent
that sometime during the overnight hours ed marijuana residue. A search of Adepoju Marvin Wayne Thomas (53) entered the exposure. Complainants advised a male
between August 4th and August 5th, an un- resulted in a loaded 9mm Ruger handgun, business claiming to be subject stumbling in the road while fon-
known suspect(s) shattered the windows of a high capacity magazine, one digital scale, police and began making dling and exposing his genitals. Deputies
a Calvert County Government CAT Dozer and several glassine bags located inside sexual gestures towards made contact with Marvin Wayne Thom-
and a GT Mid Atlantic Sakai roller. The her purse. Green and Adepoju were placed the customers. Thomas as (53), who they observed to have slurred
total value of damaged property is $1,800. under arrest and transported to the Calvert left the business but re- and incoherent speech, and a strong odor of
Theft: 20-40887 County Detention Center where Green was turned a short time later alcohol emanating from his breath. Thom-
On August 3, 2020, Deputy Wilson re- charged with CDS: Possession w/ Intent and continued to act in as was detained and a search was conduct-
sponded to Starbucks in Prince Frederick to Distribute: PCP/LSD/HAL, Dangerous a disorderly manner. Marvin Thomas ed of his person which resulted in a 10oz
for the report of a theft. The complainant Weapon- Conceal, CDS: Possession- Not Thomas left the business Bud Light can and a 200mL bottle of Bur-
advised an unknown suspect(s) had stolen Marijuana, CDS-Possession of Firearms, again at which time the complainant locked nett’s Vodka, both unopened. Thomas was
a red and gray EU3000is Honda genera- CDS: Distr. Etc. w/ Firearm, Possession of the doors. Deputy Crum made contact with placed under arrest and transported to the
tor from their truck while parked outside Firearm Minor, Reg. Firearm: Illegal Pos- Thomas and detected the strong odor of Calvert County Detention Center where he
the store. The value of stolen property is session, False Statement to Officer, and alcohol emanating from his breath and ob- was charged with Disorderly Conduct and
$2,400. Loaded Handgun in Vehicle. Adepoju was served him to have slurred speech. Thomas Intoxicated Public Disturbance.
Theft: 20-41066 charged with Illegal Possession of Ammo, was placed under arrest and transported to On August 7, 2020, the Calvert County
On August 4, 2020, Deputy Gott took CDS: Possession- Not Marijuana, and Pos- the Calvert County Detention Center where Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls for
a report of a theft that occurred at Calvert session of Firearm Minor. he was charged with Disorderly Conduct. a male subject walking around wielding a
Marina in Solomons. The complainant On August 3, 2020, Deputy Gott re- On August 6, 2020, Deputy Flynt con- sword. Deputies made multiple contacts
advised that sometime between 6:00pm sponded to the Comfort Inn in Solomons ducted a traffic stop at BP gas station in with the male subject, Zaki Amandala
on August 1st and 4:30am on August 2nd, for the report of an altercation in one of Dunkirk. The driver, Daniel Patrick Mid- Makins (21), who was
an unknown suspect(s) stolen three black the rooms. Hotel staff advised the subjects dledorf (39) and passenger, Tonya Marie sent on his way. Later,
and gold Ugly Stick fishing rods with Penn could be heard arguing and they wanted Vester (35) exited the vehicle and a search complainants advised
4500 reels from their boat. The value of sto- the subjects to leave. Upon making con- was conducted which re- Makins was observed
len property is $600. tact with both subjects, Deputy Gott was sulted in a clear cut straw displaying odd behavior
Arrests: advised by Calvert County Emergency containing a white pow- and wielding a butterfly
On August 3, 2020, Deputy Savick con- Communications that the male subject, der residue, and an unla- knife, making stabbing
ducted a traffic stop on Southern Maryland David Logan Scopin (34), had a parole beled prescription bottle movements. A fourth Zaki Makins
Boulevard at Apple Way in Dunkirk. While and probation warrant. containing three Subox- contact was made with
approaching the vehicle, Deputy Savick de- After briefly resisting, one strips, four suspect- Makins by Deputy Gilmore at which time
tected the strong odor of marijuana emanat- Scopin was placed under ed Alprazolam pills, one Daniel Middledorf Makins was instructed to put down the
ing from the vehicle. Upon making contact arrest and transported and a half suspected Am- backpack containing the weapons. Makins
with the driver, Jaques Otis Green (19), to the Calvert County phetamine and Dextro- complied and Deputy Gilmore attempted
and the passenger, Temi- Detention Center where amphetamine pills, and to place Makins under arrest. Makins freed
lade Comfort Adepoju a search of his person two suspected Cephalex- himself and fled the scene, with his back-
(20), Deputy Savick was conducted resulting David Scopin in pills. Calvert County pack. A brief foot pursuit followed until
observed a rolled mari- in a plastic bag contain- Emergency Commu- Makins was stopped in a fenced basket-
juana cigarette in the ash ing 27 plastic containers containing sus- nications also advised Tonya Vester ball court. After multiple commands by
tray inside the cup hold- pected heroin and an additional plastic bag Vester was wanted on an Deputy Gilmore, Makins put the backpack
er. Green and Adepoju containing seven paper folds of suspected active warrant through down and was placed under arrest. Makins
exited the vehicle and a Temilade Adepoju heroin. Scopin also attempted to conceal Prince George’s County. Vester and Mid- was transported to the Calvert County De-
search was conducted pills in his mouth. Scopin was charged dledorf were placed under arrest and trans- tention Center where he was charged with
which resulted in an orange prescription with Possession of Contraband- Place of ported to the Calvert County Detention Disorderly Conduct, Resist/Interfere with
bottle with a clear vile inside containing a Confinement, CDS: Possession- Not Mari- Center where they were each charged with Arrest, and Dangerous Weapon- Conceal.

Chesapeake Beach Honors Captain Naughton

Lt. Hollinger Welcomed to Twin Beach Deputies
The Mayor and Town Council announce a
change in leadership of the Twin Beach Deputies
with the recent promotion of Ronald Naughton to
Captain of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office
(CCSO). The Town of Chesapeake Beach entered
into an agreement on July 1, 2010 with the Calvert
County Sheriff’s Department, in partnership with
the Town of North Beach, to provide nine resident
deputies to be shared between the Twin Beaches,
known as the Twin Beach Deputies, with one resi-
dent deputy dedicated to the Town of Chesapeake
Beach.
Captain Ronald Naughton has served the Twin
Beaches for over five years providing leadership and
direct oversight of the Twin Beach Deputies. Cap-
tain Naughton began his role in the Twin Beaches as
as a Sergeant on March 9, 2015, was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant in October of 2016. In Captain
Naughton’s new role, he will oversee the CCSO Pa-
trol Bureau. The Patrol Bureau is the most visible of
all the bureaus within the Sheriff’s Office routinely
providing first response to calls for police service in
the community, maintaining a strong patrol pres-
ence 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through- Lt. Hollinger describes his highest priority in the say hello and engage the Deputies in conversation to
out Calvert County’s 219 square miles. In his new Twin Beaches as being, “fair and friendly, prioritiz- further their efforts to get to know the town citizens.
leadership role, Captain Naughton will continue to ing the safety and security of citizens through pro- Lt. Hollinger plans to further expand the CCSO
provide oversight to the Twin Beach Deputies. active policing, quick responses to calls for service Mountain Bike Unit for routine patrolling in the
“The Town commends Captain Naughton on and to be highly visible and approachable.” Lt. Hol- Twin Beaches. The town says they looks forward to
his recent promotion and is thankful for the lead- linger wants citizens to know that they can expect continuing to foster the great relationship with the
ership he provides, and will continue to provide, to to see him, and his team, walking the boardwalks, Calvert County Sheriff’s Department in servicing
the Twin Beach Deputies.” stated Mayor Patrick J. in the parks and on the beaches and to feel free to town citizens:
“Irish” Mahoney.
The town welcomes Lt. Gregory “Joe” Hollinger
who will provide daily supervision of the Twin
Beach Deputies. His recent promotion to Lieutenant
places his focus in the Twin Beaches under Captain
Naughton’s continued guidance. Prior to his new
assignment, Lt. Hollinger has served close to 22
years with the CCSO. During his time, he served
as a detective in the Criminal Investigative Bureau,
investigating all manners of crimes, but specializing
in child abuse investigations. Most recently, Lt. Hol-
linger worked in the Patrol Bureau where he super-
vised various Patrol squads, the Crime Suppression
Unit, the Community Action Team and the Moun- Pictured from left to right: Sheriff Evans and Captain Naughton, Sheriff Evans and Lt. Hollinger. Source
tain Bike Patrol Unit. Calvert County Sheriff’s Office
8 Local News The Calvert County Times Thursday, August 20, 2020

Plans OK’ed for Dominion,

Cove Point Parks
By Dick Myers
Editor
The Calvert County Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC) has adopted
the master plans for the new Domin-
ion Energy Park and an expanded Cove
Point Park. The two properties are
within a short distance of each other in
Lusby.
The vote was 4-1. Commissioner
Buddy Hance opposed it. He had stick-
er shock. “This is a vision. I can’t sup-
port a plan that calls for expenditure of
SERVING THE BEST $50 million.”
Hance conceded that a vote on the
and an update to the current Cove Point
Park Master Plan; public meetings and
online surveys were conducted in May
and October of 2019.”
Consultant Whitney, Bailey, Cox,
and Magnani, LLC (WBCM) devel-
oped the master plans.
Nazzal said, “Based on public in-
put, further planning will be required
to determine the use of desired indoor
recreational facilities at both park loca-
tions. Per the report, Dominion Energy
Regional Park will be developed as a
destination park appropriate for larger-
scale activities. Amenities will include

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master plans didn’t commit the coun-
ty to proceed. But he said such a vote
created an expectation among citizens
that their pet project in the plans would
#1 happen.
Hance also charged there was dupli-
SELLER cation between what was proposed in
each park.
In a memo to the BOCC, Parks and
Recreation Director Shannon Nazzal
explained, “Dominion Energy Region-
al Park is located at 10495 S Solomons
Island Road in Lusby. In September
2018, the BOCC took ownership of an
additional 100 acres to make up this fu-
ture county park. Since that time, Do-
tournament quality rectangular fields, a
large recreation center, trails and paved
paths, large picnic pavilions, event
space, and an outdoor fitness center.
“Cove Point Park will remain a dis-
trict park most appropriate for smaller-
scale activities while improving ameni-
ties available to all users. Recommend-
ed upgrades to Cove Point Park include
a small recreation center to replace
Southern Community Center, upgrad-
ed areas for fields and courts, a trail
system, and an expanded waterpark.”
Dominion’s contribution includes
monies for design and phased con-
struction. “We do have seed money,”

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EGGS BENEDICT The master planning process began in
January 2019 for both this new park
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others at the party became infected but
did not get tested and/or remained as-
ymptomatic. In either case, these people
could have infected family members or
other close contacts. As a result, the total
number of Calvert infections that were
spawned as a result of transmission at
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
Public Schools Have Plan in Place
Ready for Sept. 2 Online Open
By Dick Myers
Editor
“It’s a massive puzzle, isn’t it,” said
Calvert County Board of Education
member Dawn Balinski. She was speak-
ing about all of the moving parts in-
volved in getting schools ready for the
fall opening on Sept. 2.
Assistant Superintendent of Instruc-
tion Diane Workman responded, “It
sure is.” Workman was one of the prime
architects of that plan called “Road to
Recovery.” The 145-page document is
posted on the school system’s website for
parents, students, and the Maryland State
Board of Education to review. Workman
explained some of the details of the plan
to the board at their Aug. 13 meeting.
The school board several weeks ago
ordered staff and Superintendent Dr.
Daniel Curry to pivot from their propos-
al for a hybrid back-to-school model to
a continuation of virtual learning, with
provisions for parents and students who
are not able to do that.
Curry, in an interview with The Coun-
ty Times, gave this message to parents
and students: “This is going to be diffi-
cult to work. What the children did in the
spring online was not real demanding.
This time it’s going to be thinking and
recognizing that this may be what school
could be for a half year, could be school
even for more than a half year. It has to be
the full curriculum and the full program
in order for children to advance. So, this
will be a fourth graders only chance to
be a fourth grader, and it’s going to be
this way until we can bring them back in.
So, let’s make the best of it.”
Curry noted, “We do intend to survey
parents frequently to ask them for feed-
back, how it’s gone, how their child’s
teachers are responding. We want to get
frequent feedback so we can make it as
beneficial and meaningful schooling as
possible.”
Workman described what will occur as
a “blended learning environment. That
term in itself can sometimes be confus-
ing. Oftentimes people will immediately
think that the blended means that we are
going to do some face-to-face instruc-
tion and some virtual instruction.”
Not so, she explained. “The blended
is a combination of synchronous and
asynchronous teaching and learning that
requires access to the internet and elec-
tronic device, web conferencing tools,
learning platform. So by synchronous
instruction, we mean that students will
be logged onto their computer, as well as
the teacher will be logged onto the com-
puter and the teacher will be teaching
the students as he or she would if they
were standing in front of the students in
a brick and mortar building.
“The asynchronous instruction for
the most part on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Fridays, the teacher will
be logged on to her computer. His or her
computer students may also be logged
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into the classrooms because of their indi-
vidual circumstances.
Curry said those exemptions won’t
start initially. “We’re going to go ahead
and start the school. And then the princi-
pals will be making recommendations to
us about who needs to come in, how fre-
quently they need to come in. Some spe-
cial ed students that have IEP (Individual
Education Plans) are going to have to be
rewritten, so that they dictate how much
time the child needs to come into school
Diane Workman for face-to-face learning.”
The teachers, of course, will make
on, however the teacher can be work-
their recommendations to the principals.
ing with small groups of students. He or
Dr. Daniel Curry Curry said the process is expected to
she may be working one-on-one with a
where the parents are. It’s a lot of work for take about two weeks.
group of students and other students may
parents for those littlest ones to be able to The school system in the meantime
be sitting doing independent work.”
help their kids through it. The older ones, has developed a list of teachers willing
Workman said they will continue to
I think can manage pretty well. They’ve to volunteer to do the in-school learning,
use the Schoology platform this fall, but
got to develop a good attitude toward Workman said they hope that list is long
the organization has been reworked. She
independent work and focusing on what enough to accommodate everyone who
explained, “Our elementary and second-
they’re supposed to focus on.” receives the exemption.
ary supervisors have spent time doing
He added, “Then again, there is that The school system has seen some early
this so that we have a consistent orga-
connectivity issue. We don’t have nearly evidence, particularly in kindergarten
nizational method to make it easier for
the connectivity that a lot of districts enrollment, that some parents may be
parents, teachers, and students to access
might have. We’re not that rural. We opting for home schooling or perhaps
the information on the platform.”
have some places where some homes private school options. A reduction in
Curry’s educational career included a
that don’t get cable at all and therefore enrollment would translate into a reduc-
rapid ascendency to a superintendent’s
don’t have access to hardwired internet. tion in state funding to the county.
position at the age of 30 in his home
And we have some homes who don’t The school board has been so far ada-
state of West Virginia. It’s a job that by
have cable and they don’t get a good cell mant that no staff member will lose their
its very nature is fraught with challeng-
signal and therefore receiving internet job as the result of the reopening plan.
es and turmoil. But this year has been
remotely through a hotspot or something Balinski said at the Aug. 13 meeting, “For
unique, Curry says.
like that isn’t going to work either. So for those whose jobs have been sidelined to
“Without a doubt it is a once in a life-
those, we’re going to have to find some date with the closure of our buildings,
time kind of event for me. And I think it
other solutions; perhaps bring those chil- I personally don’t want to see any kind
has been for everybody else. I don’t know
dren into school to some central location of layoff, but I know that we have to be
anyone who has ever had to deal with the
and allow them to set up shop like on a good stewards of the money. I know that
kinds of things we’ve been dealing with
cafeteria table or something like that for in this time we can come up with new,
and trying to make school happen within
their daily work.” innovative ways to do things. We need
the limits that we’re dealing with. So, it
Being a superintendent for so long, to start thinking outside the box, as they
is definitely one for the books.”
Curry has run into situations where his say, to where maybe we start new initia-
His biggest challenge? “Most of our
board has bucked his recommendations. tives that we’ve never even thought of
success is dependent upon a student and
That happened this summer with his before. I know if we could keep as many
teacher developing meaningful, respect-
hybrid plan and also his desire to bring people on board as possible, that we can
ful relationships so that the student wants
teachers into their classroom even with make it through this. So that’s what I’m
to learn, and the student is motivated to
online learning. going to push for. And please just every-
do what the teacher asks to do. And the
He said, “Certainly the hybrid plan one start bringing their ideas to your su-
teacher gets to know the student on a
was something that was happening all pervisors, to your directors and adminis-
personal basis about what’s important
over Maryland. Within the same week or tration. And let’s just start try to work on
to them and what their hobbies are. The
so, it seems like most of us were putting how to keep people productive and keep
kinds of things that help when it comes
together a plan that called for a hybrid re- people gainfully employed.”
to connecting with kids and motivating.
turn. We were in Phase 2 early in June, Curry said of the undertaking to de-
So that, in and of itself, is not easily done
and that allowed us to have some kids velop the plan, “I can’t say enough for the
with virtual.
in classroom, up to 14 with a teacher. work, especially Diane Workman who
“We are very much a people organi-
That’s why we get an elementary sum- was responsible for putting the whole
zation that’s dependent on people to get
mer school. So, we couldn’t help but be document together and Tony Navarro
together to do their job. So, getting to-
hopeful and positive that we would at the (executive director of Administration)
gether through a Zoom meeting is just
very least be able to do that.” and Dr. Susan Johnson (director of Sec-
not quite the same. But we’re also in the
But then school boards around the ondary School Development) as well.”
business of innovation and creative ap-
state started to pivot. He said, “Our The board also thanked the staff for
proaches to challenges. And so, we’ve
school board still wasn’t comfortable their massive effort during the Aug. 13
got to meet that challenge to do the best
with the level of risk.” presentation.
we can.”
Curry said the Calvert board and those And, Curry said all of that work done
He said his biggest concern about the
around the state made a statement: “We on the hybrid model that was rejected
school start on Sept. 2 was “the little
are not ready for that kind of risk. There- was not in vain. Some was incorporated
ones, kindergarten, first grade, second
fore, we’ll go with the online.” He said it into the approved plan and other parts
grade, they can’t navigate the online
was their final call. will be used as a framework for the next
learning independently as much as older
Workman told the board at their Aug. step in the reopening process.
kids. And therefore, I worry about what
13 meeting that it is still unknown how dickmyers@countytimes.net
we’re able to provide for them, whether
many students will be allowed to come
it’s enough, and whether it will be able to
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12
School Calendar
August
31 ▪ Preschool Meetings for Staff
(orientation for Grades 6 & 9)
September
1 ▪ First Day of School for
Students
1-2 ▪ Pre-K & K Conferences
3-4 ▪ Staggered Pre-K & K First
Day
7 ▪ Holiday – Labor Day (schools
and offices closed)
11 ▪ 9/11 Remembrance
16 ▪ Two-Hour Delayed Opening
for Students (no a.m. Pre-K) – Pro-
fessional Development
October
1 ▪ Two-Hour Early Dismissal
for Students (no p.m. Pre-K) – SLO
Development
2 ▪ Professional Development –
Schools Closed for Students
9 ▪ First Quarter Interims Avail-
able in HAC
16 ▪ Professional Development –
Schools Closed for Students
November
3 ▪ Schools Closed – General
Election
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9 ▪ End of First Quarter
10 ▪ Two-Hour Early Dismissal
for Students (no p.m. Pre-K) – Teach-
er Work Time
11 ▪ Elementary: Parent Confer-
ences (all day) / Secondary: Profes-
sional Development –
Schools Closed for Students
18 ▪ First Quarter Report Cards
Available
25-27 ▪ Holiday – Thanksgiving
(schools and offices closed; 12-month
employees work 11/25; Central Of-
fice will be open 11/25)
December
9 ▪ Two-Hour Delayed Opening
for Students (no a.m. Pre-K) –Profes-
sional Development
18 ▪ Second Quarter Interims
Available in HAC
23 ▪ Two-Hour Early Dismissal
for Students (no p.m. Pre-K) – Teach-
er Work Time
24-31 ▪ Holiday – Winter Re-
cess (schools and offices closed)
January
1 ▪ Holiday – Winter Recess
(schools and offices closed)
4 ▪ Schools and Offices Reopen
18 ▪ Holiday – Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day (schools and offices
closed)
27 ▪ End of Second Quarter/First
Semester
29 ▪ Two-Hour Early Dismissal
for Students (no p.m. Pre-K) – Teach-
er Work Time
February
5 ▪ Second Quarter Report Cards
Available
12 ▪ Parent Conferences/Pro-
fessional Development – Schools
Closed for Students (2/12 possible
make-up day)
15 ▪ Holiday – Presidents’ Day
(schools and offices closed) (2/15
possible prof dev make-up day)
March
4 ▪ Two-Hour Delayed Opening
for Students (no a.m. Pre-K) –Profes-
sional Development
5 ▪ Third Quarter Interims Avail-
able in HAC
30 ▪ Two-Hour Early Dismissal
for Students (no p.m. Pre-K) – Teach-
er Work Time
31 ▪ Holiday – Spring Recess
(schools and offices closed; 12-month
employees work 3/31; Central Office
will be open 3/31)
April
1-6 ▪ Holiday – Spring Recess
(schools and offices closed; 12-month
employees work 4/1 and 4/6; Central
Office will be open 4/1 and 4/6) (4/6
possible make-up day)
7 ▪ Schools and Offices Reopen
8 ▪ End of Third Quarter
Thursday, August 20, 2020
12 ▪ Two-Hour Delayed Opening
for Students (no a.m. Pre-K) –Profes-
sional Development
19 ▪ Third Quarter Report Cards
Available
28 ▪ Fourth Quarter Interims for
Seniors Available in HAC
May
3-14 ▪ Advanced Placement
Exams
14 ▪ Last Day for High School
Seniors
▪ Fourth Quarter Interims for Un-
derclassmen Available in HAC
31 ▪ Holiday – Memorial Day
(schools and offices closed)
June
2 ▪ Two-Hour Early Dismissal for
Graduations (no p.m. Pre-K) (CHS
& NHS)
3 ▪ Two-Hour Early Dismissal for
Graduations (no p.m. Pre-K) (HHS
& PHS)
10 ▪ Last Day for Pre-K Students
11 ▪ Last Day for Students – Two-
Hour Early Dismissal for Students
(Teacher Work Time)
14 ▪ Last Day for 10-Month
Employees
25 ▪ Fourth Quarter Report Cards
for Secondary Students Mailed
Thursday, August 20, 2020 The Calvert County Times 13

How Families Can Confront Remote Learning

Amid concerns of coronavirus
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based on social distancing
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One of the largest communities
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million students.
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Remote learning has been a classrooms to keep in touch and
part of many school curriculums ask questions in real time.
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Children may be more deeply
affected by social distancing
than any other group of people.
In a matter of weeks, millions of
young children and adolescents
went from attending school in the
classroom to being told they had
to work exclusively from home. At
the same time, children also were
asked to give up their sports teams,
clubs, meetings, and play dates.
Older children may understand the
how and why of social distancing,
but no matter their ages, kids
may be left emotionally adrift as
social distancing guidelines stay
in place.
No one is certain about what
the long-term effects of social
distancing will be on both children
and adults. Amy Learmonth, Ph.D.,
a developmental psychologist
at the Cognition, Memory and
Development Lab at William
Paterson University in New
Jersey, notes that early social
development takes place mostly
within the family. As children age,
their peer group becomes the
more important hub of social
development. The longer social
distancing restrictions are in place,
the more these developments
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may adversely affect youngsters. rainbows on doors, advise the • Set new goals. Ask everyone
Parents can take steps to help childcare experts at Children’s to do their part to complete
kids cope during these uncertain Hospital of Philadelphia. This “to-do” lists or make a set of
times. activity can maintain a sense of goals to achieve while social
• Set up digital play dates. connection with your community. distancing. Checking off items
The connectivity of the internet • Create time for physical activity. on the list as they’re completed
enables people to keep in touch Exercise can tame stress, improve can give everyone a sense of
even if they cannot be together mood and be great for the body accomplishment.
physically. Encourage children to in myriad ways. Children and teens Children may need a morale
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chats, ideally ones that feature can exercise together to make distancing, and parents can help
video so they can see and hear physical activity more fun. in various ways
their friends. Parents of young
children can reach out to one
another and establish digital play
dates via FaceTime or another
virtual meeting app.
• Lighten up on screen time
restrictions. Each person has a
different way to cope with social
distancing and pass the time.
Children may spend more time
on tablets, watching television
or playing video games. For
now, parents can be a bit more
lenient and understanding about
how technology can fill the void
created by social distancing.
• Participate in a scavenger hunt.
Join or organize a neighborhood
scavenger hunt. Walk around the
neighborhood looking for school
mascot pictures in windows or
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How To Manage Low
Bandwidth During
Remote Learning
In the wake of the COVID-19
outbreak, many schools hastily
transitioned from traditional
in-person learning to remote
learning. This transition posed
new and unique challenges to
educators as well as students
and their parents.
One of the biggest challenges
posed by remote learning was
keeping students connected
to their teachers and their
classmates, not all of whom
had readily available access to
devices that could facilitate such
connections. In recognition of that
challenge, school systems worked
to procure devices for students
only to be confronted by another
challenge: low bandwidth.
According to Microsoft,
bandwidth refers to the amount
of data that can be transferred
over an internet connection per
second. Low bandwidth can
compromise students’ ability
to stay connected to their
virtual classrooms. In an effort
to help students overcome that
challenge, Microsoft offers the
following tips on how educators,
students and parents can
manage low bandwidth during
remote learning sessions.
• Reduce reliance on video
during class sessions. Turning
video cameras off during live
class sessions can help to
overcome the challenges posed
by low bandwidth, as live video
is a key contributor to excessive
use of bandwidth. If video must
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be used, encourage students to
turn off their cameras when they
are not speaking.
• Use pre-recorded content.
Pre-recording content enables
students to stream video over
the internet, saving those with
low bandwidth the hassle of
downloading large video files
to their computers. Microsoft
recommends educators who pre-
record content for their students
to stream to instruct those
students to use class time to
complete assignments. Educators
can make themselves available
via chat to answer questions
students may have about their
assignments.
• Avoid video-based
assignments. It can be difficult
for students with low bandwidth
to send very large files, such
as videos. Educators can help
students avoid that issue by not
requiring them to submit videos
as part of their assignments.
• Encourage students to sync
files to their devices. Each device is
different and each manufacturer
has its own instructions on how
to sync files to devices. But
Microsoft notes that syncing files
to a device allows students to
read them offline, which is ideal
for students with limited internet
connectivity.
Low bandwidth poses a
challenge for remote learners.
Thankfully, there are ways to
overcome low bandwidth so
students can keep learning..
 Straight Talk on Straight Teeth
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BY: JEFF TOMCSIK
Orthodontic braces and clear align-
ers such as Invisalign® are not just
for straightening teeth and mak-
ing your smile look better. In fact,
a highly trained and skilled dentist
will use orthodontic treatment to
improve the function of the teeth
which will result in a healthier, lon-
ger-lasting smile. While good look-
ing teeth are attractive, the purpose
of your teeth is to chew food. When
teeth are misaligned, they can slow-
ly damage opposing teeth during the
chewing process. When they are in
proper alignment, teeth break down
the food they are chewing without
damaging each other.
To help illustrate the point, think
of a well working pair of scissors.
When in good alignment the two
blades come together and meet at a
very precise point that makes them
excellent at cutting paper. On the
other hand, imagine one of the
scissor blades had a slight bend or
a ding in the metal. This imperfec-
tion would surely affect the scissor’s
ability to cut as well as when it was in
perfect alignment. If the one blade
is bent away from the other, there
will be a gap between the points of
contact that cause the cutting action.
The result would likely be a failure
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bend in the one blade is toward the
other, it would cause the blades to
scrape each other, making cutting
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the blades scraping each other slow-
ly destroy the cutting surface of both
blades.
These same principles can be ap-
plied to your teeth. In any area of
the mouth where your opposing
teeth do not meet when you per-
form a chewing motion (meaning
there is a space between the top
and opposing-bottom tooth in any
area of your mouth when your jaw
is closed), like the scissor in the first
scenario, it is rendered ineffective in
the chewing process. On the other
hand, if there are any teeth that are
colliding with their opposing teeth,
they are likely causing trauma to
each other and slowly wearing down
the enamel surface and eventually
the tooth structure. This will like-
ly lead to greater risk of decay and
eventually risk the tooth’s overall vi-
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news is that orthodontics may be a
solution to these problems, and a
straighter, more beautiful smile is a
bonus to the treatment, not the rea-
son for the treatment.
If you’re like most adults, the
thought of braces is unnerving.
Years in metal brackets and sharp
wires is no-one’s idea of a good time.
If these thoughts are keeping you
away from approaching your dentist
about a straighter, more beautiful,
better functioning, healthier smile,
consider a clear aligner option such
as Invisalign®. Invisalign® is a
clear, removeable retainer that may
achieve the same results as tradition-
al braces in less time.
The fact that aligners are remove-
able means you can take them out
whenever you eat. This makes eat-
ing more comfortable and cleaner
as you will not have to worry about
food particles being stuck in your
braces. They also allow you to eas-
ily clean your teeth, where braces
with wires make flossing and thor-
ough brushing more difficult. The
material used by Invisalign® is by
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Finally, with Invisalign® technolo-
gy, your dentist can take a scan of
your mouth and show you virtually
what your results will look like, from
the improved esthetics of your smile
profile to the benefits of improving
any occlusion issues that may be
causing damage to your teeth.
The next time you go to your den-
tist, ask them if they are Invisalign®
certified. Ask them if they can pro-
vide a virtual, digital smile make-
over with the use of an iTero® scan-
ner so that you can see your likely
outcome. Also ask them if you have
any occlusion issues during chewing
and if orthodontics is right for you.
One of the biggest barriers to get-
ting orthodontic treatment dentists
hear the most is that it costs too
much. Before you allow money to
get between you and a healthy, beau-
tiful smile, think about the amount
of money you spent on your last car.
That car will likely not be in your
life ten years from now. The cost of
braces or Invisalign® is a fraction of
the cost of that car, and the results
will last you a lifetime!
Thursday, August 20, 2020
WILLS:
TRUE OR FALSE Contributing Writer:
Lynda J. Striegel
I have often heard from clients that
they have a Will so their loved ones
will not have to go through probate.
True or false? False. When you die, if
you are holding property in your sole
name, that property must go through
the probate process to be distributed
to your loved ones. It doesn’t matter
whether you die intestate (without a
Will) or with a Will.
What does holding property in my
sole name mean? For real estate like
your house or for cars and trucks, for
example, the title to the property is
in your name alone. If you hold any
property this way and you die, then
the property has to go through the
probate process to be distributed to
your loved ones.
The probate process in Maryland
takes between 8-12 months. Why
so long? One reason is that under
the process, creditors are allowed 6
months to come in and claim against
an estate. When a person dies and a
probate proceeding is required, the
personal representative or executor
has to find all of the person’s property
in order to report on it to the Register
of Wills. Since many people are not
at all organized about what they own,
the personal representative has to re-
construct the estate before they report
on it. One of the filings is called an
“Inventory”. This is a listing of all
the property held in sole name by the
deceased when they die. If the de-
ceased has not been an organized per-
son it can take a long time to figure
out what they owned when they died.
For example, if the deceased has not
left a detailed list of investments they
have, often the only way to know for
sure what the deceased owns when
they die is to wait for the mail for at
least 3 to 6 months for quarterly or
semi-annual reports on dividends or
interest.
What does the probate process re-
quire? It is a process where filings
are made detailing the assets and li-
abilities of the estate, the expenses of
the estate and the monies left over to
be distributed to the beneficiaries of
the estate.
There is administrative probate,
which is where the executor of the es-
tate makes filings with the Register of
Wills, or judicial probate, where the
filings are made with the Orphan’s
Court. If a beneficiary challenges
the Will or any filings made by the
personal representative, the matter
goes to judicial probate where the
Orphan’s Court judges decide on the
challenge. Without challenges, most
probates are administrative. To find
out what filings are necessary in a
probate proceeding, go to the Regis-
ter of Wills website.
Some clients say that the personal
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BUBBLICIOUS
representative has no liability for
making filings in a probate proceed-
ing. False. The personal representa-
tive is a fiduciary—that means they
are under a duty to settle and distrib-
ute the estate in accordance with the
By Ronald N. Guy Jr. three North American bubble cit-
terms of the Will and the law. Fidu-
Contributing Writer ies that necessitate daily games
ciaries cannot act in their own self-
One of my favorite modern al- stacked from mid-afternoon to
interest. They must make sure invest-
bums is Ray LaMontagne’s “God midnight, such oddities are easily
ments are reasonable and monitored
Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise.” overlooked. After being forced to
and they must make full and accurate
The music – soothing, deep…al- go off sports cold turkey and for
reports to the Register of Wills or Or-
most meditative - is phenomenal. four long months, this bizarre and
phan’s Court.
The title is a psychological grabber intense sports calendar should have
Most people faced with the duties
too – a reminder to be in the mo- me feeling completely bubblicious
of a personal representative consult
ment and enjoy life, as beauty is of- and begging The County Times to
an attorney and ask them for help to
ten fragile and fleeting. let me write at least two articles ev-
prepare the reports for filing. This
Many in Southern Maryland re- ery week.
costs money in legal fees, but gives
cently realized that fragility. I don’t But I have no juice. I watch, but
the personal representative some
know if God wasn’t willing, but the games cycle through the eve-
comfort that they are correctly per-
creek certainly did rise - to levels ning as little more than background
forming their duties.
I’ve never seen in my lifetime - noise. The Caps blew early leads
What about “registering” your Will
courtesy of Isaias, Mother Nature’s and dropped the first two games
with the Register of Wills. Clients
latest angry tropical spawn. It was of their playoff series against the
have said that their Will is not ef-
difficult to see large swaths of my New York Islanders. This normally
fective because it has not been “reg-
hometown – Leonardtown – turned would have prompted a volley of
istered” with the Register of Wills.
into a water world. The awful swells foul language hurled at an innocent
False. A Will doesn’t have to be filed
inundated roads, vehicles, busi- TV and people far, far away from
with the Register of Wills or the Or-
nesses and homes and broke many earshot. This year, I responded to
phan’s Court to be effective. If you
hearts under a flood of painful emo- the 0-2 hole with a listless shrug.
think you will lose your Will, then
tion. Now the processing of this di- As for Nats’ defense of their World
paying a small fee to the Register of
saster and rebuild is underway, the Series title, I find myself more con-
Wills office to keep your original on
latter likely happening more quick- cerned about the team’s ace pitch-
file is a convenience to you. Other-
ly than the former. For all those ers maintaining their health and the
wise, the effectiveness of a Will de-
impacted, be steadfast and get well growth of a few young talents than
pends on whether it is properly ex-
soon. And for all those tirelessly I am about chasing another beer
ecuted, not whether it is filed some-
assisting family and friends back to shower and championship parade.
where. You can keep your Will in a
their feet, thank you. It just feels like a mulligan. All of
safe place. But, the original Will is
(Sigh) it. Thanks for playing, fellas. I ap-
necessary to open the probate pro-
This has been a difficult year to preciate the effort. The distraction
ceeding so make sure your loved ones
say the least – school closures, vi- is valuable. But really, what does
can find it.
rus anxiety, sports cancellations it mean? Certainly not as much as
Some clients have said “I don’t
at all levels, missed vacations and a traditional season would have. If
need a Will because everything will
family events, unemployment and fans can’t manage the same fervor,
go to my spouse when I die.” True
business upheaval. And now a natu- it is difficult to believe players have
or False depending on how your prop-
ral disaster. Because why not? It’s complete emotional and physical
erty is titled. If all of your property is
20…bleeping…20. investment while playing under
held in “joint” name with your spouse
It has been several weeks now quarantine and/or in empty, cavern-
and you die then your spouse will
since three of four major sports ous arenas. There’s no escaping the
take sole ownership of the property.
restarted play. The NBA’s product gimmicky nature of these seasons.
And, there will be no probate because
while on its Disney World lock- Essentially a bunch of professional
you have not held any property in sole
down has been quite good. Same athletes were sent to a months-long
name when you die. So, with a mar-
for the NHL, even if men on ice in summer camp.
ried couple, it is not unusual for one
the blistering August heat makes no At this point, I just want the year
spouse to die and leave everything to
sense. MLB has been choppy with to end without any more severe
the other spouse and have no probate.
several COVID outbreaks causing weather, with a normal school year
However, when the surviving spouse
schedule chaos. Still, live sports are for our kids, with a vaccine and
dies holding all the property in their
back to offer some normalcy and a a better, more inclusive, tolerant
sole name there will be probate.
welcomed distraction from, well, and decent future for our country.
If your Will says your personal
damn near everything these days. If, along the journey to that place
representative doesn’t have to file a
As a life-long, rabid sports fan, where big wishes are granted, the
bond, that means no bond is required.
I should love this. The empty sta- Caps or Nats manage more play-
False. Even if the Will says no bond,
diums are odd, the cardboard cut- off magic and my nameless NFL
the Register of Wills usually requires
outs of fans are cheesy and the team actually plays a full season,
that a nominal bond be filed, usually
piped in fake game noises feel like I’ll manage a smile, if not a primal,
costing the estate $100.
an unfortunate extension of soci- guttural cheer. The guess, in these
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Community
Calendar
To submit your event listing to go in our Community Calendar, please email timescalendar@county-
times.net with the listing details by 12 p.m. on the Monday prior to our Thursday publication.
Thursday, August 20
Calvert Toastmasters Zoom
Meeting
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Our club provides a supportive and
positive learning experience for mem-
bers to develop public speaking and
leadership skills. Please email cu-
a942nd@gmail.com for the password if
you need it.
Little Minnows
Calvert Marine Museum; 10 a.m. - 5
p.m.
For preschoolers ages 3 – 5, with an
adult. This program focuses on one of
the museum’s three themes. Join us for
story time and a take away craft, avail-
able while supplies last. Sessions are
15-20 minutes. Capacity limited to 10
people per session. This month’s theme
is Ocean Diving. This program is now
offered at various times throughout the
day, to accommodate guests during all
sessions. For specific times, please visit
calvertmarinemuseum.com.
Saturday, August 22
Dee of St. Mary’s Public Sail
Calvert Marine Museum; 2:30 p.m. -
4:30 p.m.
Sail on the Dee of St. Mary’s, leaving
from the museum dock. Fee is $25 for
ages 13 and up, $15 for children 5 – 12.
No children under 5 please. Seating is
limited, as all cruises will be operating
at a limited capacity to allow for social
distancing. Preregistration is required by
noon on the Friday before each cruise by
visiting bit.ly/DeeOfStMarysCruises.
Toy Boat Building
Calvert Marine Museum
Toy boat building, sponsored by the
Patuxent Small Craft Guild, has been
part of the museum for over 30 years
and is offered on the fourth Saturday of
every month. Toy boats will be available
as a carry-out craft during each open
session at the museum. Pre-packaged
kits will be available for pick up in the
Harms Gallery, while supplies last. A $2
donation per boat is requested. Museum
admission is required. This activity is
ideal for ages 5 and up.
Huntingtown United Methodist
Church Dinner Drive-Thru
Mulberry Hill Farms Produce Stand;
11 a.m.
Chicken and pork ribs barbecue din-
ners will be available at the produce
stand on Route 4 just north of Calvert
Hospital.
Paper Shredding Event
Huntingtown High School; 9 a.m. - 1
p.m.
The Calvert County Department of
Public Works, Solid Waste Division,
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will host a free paper shredding event
for county residents. The shred event,
held rain or shine, can help prevent
identity theft by destroying confidential
or sensitive documents. Residents are
required to wear face masks and prac-
tice safe social distancing to prevent the
spread of COVID-19. Proof of residency
is required.
Thursday, August 27
Little Minnows
Calvert Marine Museum; 10 a.m. - 5
p.m.
For preschoolers ages 3 – 5, with an
adult. This program focuses on one of
the museum’s three themes. Join us for
story time and a take away craft, avail-
able while supplies last. Sessions are
15-20 minutes. Capacity limited to 10
people per session. This month’s theme
is Ocean Diving. This program is now
offered at various times throughout the
day, to accommodate guests during all
sessions. For specific times, please visit
calvertmarinemuseum.com.
Ongoing
ACLT’s Passport to Preservation
Support local agri-tourism businesses
and the American Chestnut Land Trust
at the same time! ACLT is partnering
with 9 Calvert County local breweries
and wineries for the Passport to Pres-
ervation event. From now to Septem-
ber 7th, visit participating breweries
and wineries (not all in one day!), enjoy
exclusive discounts, and get your pass-
port stamped for chances to win great
prizes! Stay-at-home options are also
available. For more info and to register,
go to: bit.ly/ACLTPassport. Please drink
responsibly.
CalvART Gallery
CalvART welcomes you to come in
and enjoy a semi-intimate viewing at the
gallery or to visit our new online ven-
ue. Come experience the variety of art
represented by Linda Craven, Freeman
Dodsworth, Nico Gozal, Davy Strong,
and Marcia Van Gemert. Calvart-gal-
lery.square.site
ArtsWorks@7th
Artworks@7th is OPEN with new
hours and policies to stop the COVID-19
spread. August in-store hours, masks
required, are Saturdays and Sundays,
11am-5pm; private appointments avail-
able by calling 410-286-5278 or shop
24/7 on social media @ FB and Insta-
gram (https://www.facebook.com/Art-
workat7th/ and https://www.instagram.
com/p/CA47uj9Bomp/). Please respect
appropriate safe distancing and limited
numbers in the gallery at this time. Art-
works is located at 8905 Chesapeake
Avenue, North Beach.
For more information & to register for events visit http://calvertlibrary.info
Thursday, August 20
Legal Lunch Break (Zoom).
12:00pm-1:00pm.
Join the Calvert Library and attorneys
from Maryland Legal Aid’s Community
Lawyering Initiative for a virtual civil le-
gal clinic. Topics will include: expunge-
ment and landlord/tenant issues. You’ll
be able to ask general questions via the
Zoom Q&A function. Must register here
to receive link for the online class. If you
need more individualized help, you can
call to go through intake to meet one-on-
one with a lawyer via Zoom on August 27.
To go through intake for the August 27th
Lawyers in the Library event, email vir-
tualcommunitylawyer@mdlab.org or call
443-451-2805 at least 48 hours prior to the
event. Include your name and legal issue
in your email and your message should be
answered within 48 hours. Calvert Library
Virtual Branch, 410-535-0291. https://Cal-
vertLibrary.info.
Dungeons & Dragons - ADULT
(ROLL20/ZOOM).
6:00pm-9:00pm.
Come have fun with D&D, a role play-
ing game for adults of all experience levels.
Registration required. Calvert Library
Virtual Branch, 410-535-0291. https://Cal-
vertLibrary.info.
Visions of the Future:
Voting, Activism, and Art.
7:00pm-8:00pm.
Poet and journalist Celeste Doaks is or-
ganizing a lively panel with women of color
who will discuss their specific involvement
with politics through participation, activ-
ism, and art. Her chapbook, “American
Herstory” the first-place winner in Back-
bone Press’s 2018 chapbook contest; on-
tains poems about Michelle Obama. From
Shirley Chisholm to Michelle Obama and
beyond, black women and politics have
been inextricably intertwined. And now, as
more minority women enter and win local
races, the black female voting block is prov-
ing its importance. As we move toward this
year’s presidential election, how will black
women keep their seat at the table and en-
gage with politics? Poet and journalist Ce-
leste Doaks is the author of Cornrows and
Cornfields, and editor of the poetry anthol-
ogy Not Without Our Laughter. Her work
has appeared in multiple online and print
publications including Ms. Magazine, The
Rumpus, The Millions, Huffington Post,
Chicago Quarterly Review, and Asheville
Poetry Review among others. Currently,
she teaches creative writing at the Univer-
sity of Delaware. Calvert Library Virtual
Branch, 410-535-0291. https://CalvertLi-
brary.info.
Homeschooling, the Library, and You
(ZOOM).
7:00pm-8:00pm.
Join us for a panel discussion to learn
about Maryland Home Instruction regula-
tions, library resources, and local opportu-
nities available to homeschooling families.
Zoom link will be sent out to all registered
attendees one hour prior to event. Calvert
Library Virtual Branch, 410-535-0291.
https://CalvertLibrary.info.
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Events
Friday, August 21
Writers by the Bay.
7:30pm-9:00pm. Looking for a writers’
group? All writers and would-be writers
are welcome to come for critique & cama-
raderie. Calvert Library Virtual Branch,
410-535-0291. https://CalvertLibrary.info.
Sunday, August 23
Calvert Library’s Book Bites.
2:00pm-3:00pm.
Listen to the first chapters of popular,
new and recommended books. New chap-
ters are posted every week. Search “Calvert
Library’s Book Bites” on Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Calvert Librarians read the first chapters
of popular, new and recommended middle
grade books that are available in our digi-
tal collection. New episodes post every
Sunday at 2 pm and Wednesday at noon.
Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google
Play, Simplecast and more! Calvert Library
Virtual Branch, 410-535-0291. https://Cal-
vertLibrary.info.
Calvert Library’s Book Bites Teen.
2:00pm-3:00pm.
Listen to the first chapters of popular,
new and recommended books for teens.
New chapters are posted every week.
Search “Calvert Library’s Book Bites
Teen” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wher-
ever you listen to podcasts. Calvert Librar-
ians read the first chapters of popular, new
and recommended young adult books that
are available in our digital collection. New
episodes post every Sunday at 2 pm and
Wednesday at noon. Find us on Spotify,
Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Simplecast
and more! Calvert Library Virtual Branch,
410-535-0291. https://CalvertLibrary.info.
Wednesday, August 26
Calvert Library’s Book Bites.
12:00pm-1:00pm.
Listen to the first chapters of popular,
new and recommended books. New chap-
ters are posted every week. Search “Calvert
Library’s Book Bites” on Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Calvert Librarians read the first chapters
of popular, new and recommended middle
grade books that are available in our digi-
tal collection. New episodes post every
Sunday at 2 pm and Wednesday at noon.
Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google
Play, Simplecast and more! Calvert Library
Virtual Branch, 410-535-0291. https://Cal-
vertLibrary.info.
Art Heist Mystery Virtual Escape
Room.
6:00pm-7:30pm.
You have been sent undercover to put a
stop to a notorious art thief. Your mission,
should you choose to accept it? Put the clues
together to solve the mystery before the cul-
prit can strike again. Note: This is not a live
event, so you can complete it at your own
pace. A link will be sent out at the sched-
uled time with instructions on how to com-
plete it. Calvert Library Virtual Branch,
410-535-0291. https://CalvertLibrary.info.
20 Obituaries
In Remembrance
Eugene Thomas
“Gene” Maratta, Sr.
Eugene
Thomas
“Gene”
Maratta,
Sr., 80, of
Lusby, MD
passed away
on August 8,
2020 at his
residence.
Born April 8, 1940 in Louisville,
KY, he was the son of the late Jo-
seph Caleb Maratta and Margaret
Rose (O’Brien) Maratta.
Gene graduated from St. John’s
College High School in 1958 and re-
ceived his MBA from the University
of Maryland. He received his PHD
from Columbia Southern University
in 1998. Gene served in the U.S. Air
Force for twenty three years, retir-
ing on November 2, 1996. He was
a Comptroller for the U.S. Air Na-
tional Guard for thirty years.
Gene is survived by his children,
Eugene Thomas “Tom” Maratta,
Jr. of Lusby, MD, Rosemary Beth
Kendall of Cary, NC, Kelly O’Brien
Scarborough of Denver, CO and
Heather Kathleen Gough of Chu-
giak, AK; eight grandchildren; and
siblings, Eleanor Mattingly of Lau-
rel, MD and Elizabeth Bergmann
of Louisville, KY. He was preceded
in death by his wife, Nancy Ford
Maratta and his brother, Joseph
Maratta, Jr.
Services will be private. Condo-
lences to the family may be made at
www.rauschfuneralhomes.com.
John Harry “Jack”
Burleson
John Harry “Jack” Burleson, 75
of Lusby, MD passed away August
15, 2020 at his home. Jack was born
August 15, 1945 in Washington, DC
to Ralph Edward and Margaret El-
len Walsh Burleson, Sr.  Jack was
raised in Washington DC and at-
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tended pub-
lic school
until 6th
grade when
he had to
drop out to
help with
the care of
his family.
His main
jobs were
I r o nwo r ke r
and auto mechanics. Sears and Roe-
buck in Landover, Eagle tire in Ow-
ings,  and Good Year in Dunkirk
that became Mr. Tire were his fa-
vorite jobs. He was married in Oc-
tober 1974 to Nanci the love of his
life and lived in many places such
as Forestville, Lothian, Lusby and
Prince Frederick. In his leisure
time Jack enjoyed Car Shows, Red-
skins football, and his family and
friends. Jack enjoyed playing Santa
for many, one of his favorites was at
Prince Frederick Volunteer Rescue
Squad where he just recently be-
came an honorary member.
Jack was preceded in death by his
wife Nanci Jean Wyatt Burleson on
September 2, 2018 and four broth-
ers and two sisters.
He is survived by a daughter
Kimberly S Marshall and her hus-
band Mark of Lusby; son Robert D.
Hunley of Fawn Grove, PA; seven
grandchildren  Kelsey, Kenny and
his wife Danielle and Kyle Trader
and Kaden Marshall, Daniel, Sam-
uel and Eliana Hunley; future great
grandson Ayden Michael Trad-
er;  five sisters Alice Stewart and
her husband Sam of Laurel, MD,
Margaret Hancock and her hus-
band Frank of Aurora, CO, Carol
Pohlmann  and her partner Audrey
O’Keefe of Berlin, MD, Eva Stone
of Stafford, VA and April Wilkins
of Sparta, MO.
Visitation will be Thursday, Au-
gust 20, 2020, 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
at Rausch Funeral Home-Owings,
8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Owings,
MD 20736.
Services will be Friday, August
During a difficult
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21, 2020 ay 11 a.m. at the funeral
home.
Interment will be in St. James’
Parish Cemetery, 5757 Solomons
Island Road, Lothian, MD 20711
In lieu of Flowers Jacks Family is
requesting that financial donations
in his memory to be made to assist
in payment of funeral expenses.
Jack Bauman
Raleigh
Jack Bauman
Raleigh, 50, a
lifelong resi-
dent of North
Beach passed
away suddenly
on August 15,
2020. He was
born May 20,
1970 in Wash-
ington, D.C. to Sharon Ann (Capu-
to) and James Blackistone Raleigh.
Jack grew up in North Beach, and
it was there he met the love of his
life and high school sweetheart,
Bobbie Joe Garner. They have been
inseparable since July 4, 1994 and
were married on May 16, 1998.
Jack was employed as an operator
and foreman for J.W. Graner, Inc.
for 21 years. In his spare time, Jack
enjoyed fishing, hunting, crabbing,
boating, family vacations, spending
time with his family, and talking
with his grandson.
Jack is survived by his lov-
ing wife of 26 years Bobbie Joe
Raleigh, children Jacob Garner
(Brittney Litz), Jacqueline Raleigh,
Jesse Raleigh (Vannesa Berbentan),
and Jeffrey Raleigh (Katie), grand-
son Miguel Smith, mother Sharon
Ann Raleigh, siblings James Mi-
chael (Diana), Joe (Tracey), Jerry
(Donna), Jay (Debbie), Cheryl, and
Lisa Raleigh, mother and father in
law Cheryl and Morris Garner, and
many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his fa-
ther James Raleigh and niece Kath-
ryn Dement.
Visitation will be Monday, Au-
gust 24, 2020, 2- 4 p.m. and 6-8
p.m. at Rausch Funeral Home-Ow-
ings, 8325 Mt. Harmony Lane, Ow-
ings, MD 20736.
Funeral Service will be Tuesday,
August 25, 2020 at 1 p.m. at rge fu-
neral home.
Burial will be at Washington
National Cemetery, 4101 Suitland
Road, Suitland, MD 20746
Memorial Contributions May be
made to the Jack Raleigh Memorial
Fund, Link:
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ly-expenses
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Basil McRay Cox
Basil McRay
Cox, 72, of
Gretna, VA
passed away
August 13,
2020. He was
born March 4,
1948 in Chever-
ly to Lillian
Rebecca Ted-
der and Cecil
McRay Cox. Basil is survived by his
sister Diane Cox Smith and her hus-
band Larry, nieces Melissa Sunder-
land Lanham, Sandra Moufti, Cyn-
thia Prince, Lisa Boudreau, Carol
Bilboa, Melissa Riley, and Tracey
Peters, nephews Dean Sunderland,
Jr., Kenneth Cox, Karl Cox, Johnny
Williams, and Gene Cox, and nu-
merous great nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements were by
Rausch Funeral Home.
Raymond D. Bowen
Raymond
D. Bowen,
93, passed
away peace-
fully on Au-
gust 13, 2020,
surrounded
by his lov-
ing family.
He was born
in Calvert
County, Md., on July 19, 1927, to
the late Leroy H. Bowen, Sr., and
Nellie Bowen (Dalrymple). He was
raised in Prince Frederick, MD,
and attended Calvert Senior High
School. He married the love of his
life, the late Betty Jane Bowen, on
March 12, 1950. They raised their
three sons – Raymond L., Larry I.,
and David F. Bowen, first in the
Dares Beach community before
moving to their family farm, Twin
Cedars Farm in the 1960s.
He served in the US Army as an
inspector during World War II. Fol-
lowing his discharge, he opened the
Bowen’s Grocery store. He eventu-
ally transitioned to construction as
a member the Carpenters Local 132
union for 35 years, retiring in the
early 1990s. He was a true Southern
Maryland Tobacco Farmer, raising
tobacco for over 40 years. He was
also very active in the local Calvert
County community. Notably, he
was a member and past president of
the Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire
Department, a member of the Prince
Frederick Masons 142, as well as a
founding member and past president
of the Calvert County Sportsman’s
Club, . As an avid sportsman, he
enjoyed hunting, fishing, and work-
ing the farm. He was also a devoted
Baltimore Orioles baseball fan.
He is survived by his sons Ray-
mond L. (Ebba), Larry I. (Connie),
Thursday, August 20, 2020
and David F. (Donna), grandsons
Jason C. (Lisa), Travis H., Mat-
thew L. (Julie), Joshua R., the late
Preston A., and Justin D., and great-
grandchildren Jackson C., Wyatt C.,
Shelby M., and Taylor A. His is also
survived by his sister, Catherine
Nitch. He was preceded in death
by his brothers, the late LeRoy H.
Bowen, Jr. (Lorraine), and the late
Kenneth Bowen.
The family will receive family
and friends at Rausch Funeral Home
in Port Republic, MD, at 10 a.m. till
the time of services at 12 noon. on
Thursday, August 20, 2020. Private
services and interment will follow.
In recognition and memory of
his lifelong love of gardening and
f lowers, the family will gladly re-
ceive live plants. In lieu of f lowers,
donations may also be made to the
Prince Frederick Masons 142 P.O.
Box 2025, Prince Frederick, Mary-
land 20678; Link:
h t t p: // pf m a s o n s142 .o r g /
freemasonary-3/masonic-links/.
Madolynn Keil
Jones
Madolynn
Keil Jones,
34, of Owings
passed away
August 12,
2020. She was
born April 9,
1986 in Prince
Frederick to
Cheryl (Han-
sen) and David
Herbert Jones. Madolynn grew up in
Owings and graduated from North-
ern High School where she was an
honor roll student and graduated
a year early. She also played the
f lute in the Northern High School
marching band. She later attended
and graduated from Anne Arundel
Community College, Magna Cum
Laude and worked as a counselor
helping others overcome addiction.
Madolynn was very musically in-
clined, she loved playing the f lute
and guitar and had the ability to
read music. She also enjoyed bee-
keeping with her family and spend-
ing time with her best friend Lydia
Weaver.
Madolynn is survived by her fa-
ther David Herbert Jones, sister De-
lia Ann Jones, aunts Norah Hansen,
Mary Etta Rice, and Diane Jones,
as well as numerous cousins and
extended family members. She was
preceded in death by her mother
Cheryl Hansen and uncles Robert
Jones and Fred Hansen.
Funeral arrangements by Rausch
Funeral Home.
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William Richard
“Dick” Bryant
W i l l i a m
Richard “Dick”
Bryant went
home to be
with the LORD
on August 11,
2020, from his
earthly home
of 35 years in
Prince Fred-
erick, Maryland. He was born in
Annapolis, Maryland, on April 4,
1943, the youngest son of William
G. and Ellen (Evans) Bryant. Dick
served his country in the Signal
Corps of the U. S. Army, with one-
year in Vietnam, and supported his
family as an un-degreed Electronics
Engineer. At the time of his death,
he was an elder of Family Baptist
Church and a member of the Na-
tional Rif le Association. Dick was
a man of many interests – antique/
f lea market-shopping, beekeep-
ing, gardening, hunting and fish-
ing, cabin-building, banjo-picking,
tool-collecting, and tinkering with
various experiments, such as veg-
etable fermentation.
Mr. Bryant was predeceased by
both his parents and both his broth-
ers, Barry and David Bryant. He is
survived by Carole, his wife of 54
years, and children, Anna Cox and
husband Michael, Gordon Bryant
and wife Crystal, and Joy Sleeper
and husband Chuck.
There are 24 grandchildren who
call him “Pappy”: grandchildren:
Rosalind (Cox) Atkinson and hus-
band Billy, Zachary Cox, Tanner
Cox and wife Annabelle, Kaitlyn
(Cox) Eberly and husband Jason,
Hosanna Cox, Scott Sleeper, Josiah
Cox, Laura Cox, Makayla Sleeper,
Caleb Cox, Benjamin Bryant, Cher-
yl Cox, Laura Bryant, Timothy Bry-
ant, Tobias Cox, Ezra Cox, James
Bryant, Olivia Cox, Elise Cox,
Joshua Bryant, Daisy Cox, Grace
Bryant, John Bryant, and Samuel
Bryant.
He is also survived by seven
great-grandchildren: Daniel Atkin-
son, Reuben Atkinson, Owen Eber-
ly, Thomas Atkinson, Virginia Eb-
erly, Nathan Atkinson, and Gabriel
Cox.
Rather than sending f lowers,
please send donations to the mis-
sions programs of either Chesa-
peake Mennonite Church (40545
Parsons Mill Road, Leonardtown,
MD 20650), Family Baptist Church
(P. O. Box 1782, Prince Frederick,
MD 20678), or First Baptist Church
(P. O. Box 778, Prince Frederick,
MD 20678).
Funeral arrangements by Rausch
Funeral Home.
Obituaries 21
Linda Faye Reamy McGarry. Marley was raised in
Bladensburg, where she attended
Linda Faye Catholic schools. She married Rod-
Reamy, 68, of ney Edward Boynton on Novem-
ber 1, 2013, and they have called
Prince Fred-
Churchton home for many years.
erick passed
Marley was employed as a bar-
away August
tender at the Swamp Circle Saloon
11, 2020. She
and Captain’s Corner, and was a
was born Feb-
wonderful homemaker, wife, and
ruary 8, 1952 in
mother.
Beulaville, NC
Marley is survived by her hus-
to James and
band, Rodney, her son Hayden Mi-
Mary (Marley)
chael Boynton, her mother, Sandra
Brinkley. Linda grew up in Chin-
Hayden, sisters Margie Drapeau and
quapin, NC and attended Duplin
Marcella Reeves, and a brother John
County schools. She married Wil-
Ryan. She was preceded in death by
liam Joseph Reamy on October 16,
her father, Michael McGarry.
1974 and they lived in Brentwood
Funeral arrangements by Rausch
before moving to Prince Frederick
Funeral Home.
in 1984. Linda was employed as a
hairdresser at Sherries Hair Center
in Lanham and later Hair to Toe in Zachary Skye
Prince Frederick for many years,
before retiring in 1998. She was Walker
an active member of Prince Fred-
Zachary Skye
erick Volunteer Fire Department,
Walker, 27, of
where she served as past secretary
North Beach
and other administrative offices.
passed away Au-
When Linda was younger, she very
gust 9, 2020. He
much enjoyed shag dancing and
more recently enjoyed going to the was born Janu-
ary 18, 1993 in
beach, playing Keno at the Cork
Bethesda, MD to
Bar in Ocean City, and spending
Kris Mazowies-
time with her family, especially her
ki and Paul Scott
grandchildren.
Linda is survived by her husband Walker. Zack grew up in North
Beach and attended Windy Hill El-
William “Joey” Reamy of Prince
ementary, Windy Hill Middle, and
Frederick, daughters Joette “Jodi”
Northern High School. He played
Pusey and her husband John of St.
football as a kid for the Beach Buc-
Leonard and Rebecca “Becki” Deale
caneers. Zack worked as a chef at
and her husband Jason of Prince
various restaurants but primar-
Frederick, and grandchildren Jo-
ily worked at Neptune’s in North
seph, Jillian, and Jacob Pusey and
Beach. He enjoyed fishing, playing
Collin and Brady Deale. She is also
guitar, traveling, and helping oth-
survived by siblings Susan Hall
ers through his connections to A.A.
and her husband Tom, James Brin-
Zack was currently residing in Port
kley, and Pam Wood and her hus-
St. Lucie, FL, where he could fish
band Bill, her “heart sister” Donna
every day.
Frostbutter and her husband Gary
Zack is survived by his mother
and numerous nieces, nephews, and
Kris Mazowieski of Upper Marl-
other extended family members.
boro, father Paul Scott Walker and
In lieu of f lowers, donations in
his wife Karen Centivany of North
Linda’s name may be made to the
Beach, aunts and uncles Cathy and
Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire
John Newman of Cheverly, Kari
Department, 450 Solomons Island
Mazowieski of Frederick, Jay and
Road South, Prince Frederick, MD
Cindy Mazowieski of Laurel, Bill
20678; Link: https://www.pfvfd.
and Jan Mazowieski of Seattle,
org/
and Jeff and Kathy Mazowieski of
Cleveland, TN, cousins Sarah Jade,
Marley Jean Samantha, Daniel, and Justin, as
Boynton well as numerous other cousins and
extended family members.
Marley Jean Memorial contributions may be
Boynton, 48, made to Zack Walker Memorial
of Churchton, Fund; Link:
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