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301-475-2531
Route 246 & Great Mills Rd.
Lexington Park, MD 20653
301-862-7702
Route 5 & Mohawk Drive
Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
301-884-5636
Wildewood Shopping Center
California, MD 20619
301-866-5702
The Shops at Breton Bay
Leonardtown, MD 20650
301-997-1828
Whole Boneless
New York Strips
$3.89 lb
(cut Free 13 16lb avg.)
Wednesday, October 14th
and Thursday, October 15, 2009
Fresh 81% Lean
Ground Beef
$1.88 lb
(5lbs or more)
Whole Boneless Pork Loin
$1.98 lb 910 lb avg.
( whole in bag cut Free)
Fresh Boneless &
Skinless Chicken Breast
$1.68 lb
(5 lb bag)
Perdue Split
Chicken Breast
$.98 lb
(3 lb avg.)
Bob Evans Fresh Roll
or Link Sausage
12-16 oz Assorted Varieties
Buy One
Get One FREE
8 am - 8 pm
Do you think contractors upgrading Chan-
cellors Run Road in Lexington Park and
Great Mills are doing a good job of man-
aging traffic in the area?
Chris Hevener,
37, from Great Mills,
said she didnt feel
that road crews
were doing a good
job of managing
the trafc. No, its
just backed up all
the time.
Tom
Waring,
86, from
Leonard-
town, said
he thought
construction
crews were doing
very well at managing
trafc on Chancellors Run Road. When asked if he
thought there were backups on the road, he said,
sure, but I expect it.
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entertainment
Sarah Jenkins of Chopticon guides
the ball down the eld during the
Braves 8-4 win over North Point on
Monday. SEE PAGE 36
Members of the Full Steam toast the air before
a gig at Big Dogs Paradise in Mechanicsville
SEE PAGE 24
Students and the dean of students
talk to John Dalton, of Daltons
Orchard and Apiaries, about chick-
ens during the Eat Local Challenge
held at St. Marys College of Mary-
land last week. SEE PAGE 15
It s a ver y
aggravat i ng
situat ion. We
had to get se-
curit y guards
for t he shop-
pi ng center.
To t he aver-
age customer
t hey just
dont want
to come i nto
t he shoppi ng
center.
- -Tina Garrison,
owner of Hair in
the Square, talking
about panhandlers
in Lexington Park.
John Speedy of Pax River Rugby controls the ball while
Corey Donahoo (lower left) lends a hand.
Weather
Watch
Gov. Martin OMalley, after a tour of the Calvert Cliffs
Nuclear Power Plant on May 1, 2008, said we have a
moral imperative to expand nuclear generation in the
country to combat climate change. Behind OMalley are
Calvert County Commissioner Wilson Parran and Mary-
land Environment Secretary Shari Wilson.
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Ben and Jerrys send the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers
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County government
ofces will be closed on
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, in
observance of Columbus
Day. Ofces will reopen on
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
All senior activity cen-
ters and the Vivian Ripple
Adult Day Program and the
three St. Marys County li-
braries also will be closed
on Columbus Day, Monday,
Oct. 12, 2009, and there will
also be no Meals On Wheels
delivery. (However, the sol-
id waste/recycling program,
landll, six convenience
centers and the St. Marys
Transit System will be oper-
ating normal business hours
on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009.)
Public schools will also
be closed Monday.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The rst of ve new trafc signals on the
Chancellors Run Road expansion project will
begin operating this week, said a State Highway
Administration spokeswoman, while the project
continues to move ahead on schedule for comple-
tion later next year.
The new signal at Amber Drive will begin
ashing on Friday and give motorists about 72
hours to get used to it being there, said Kellie Boul-
ware, public information ofcer for the highway
administration.
On Monday the light will begin regular op-
erations, she said.
The other trafc signals will be stationed at
Military Lane, Buck Hewitt Road at Norris Road,
Pegg Road and Horse Head Road at Chancellors
Run Regional Park.
The project is on schedule, its about 60 per-
cent complete, Boulware told The County Times
Tuesday. Things are progressing pretty well.
Right now construction crews are busy grad-
ing and paving the new southbound lanes of the
Chancellors Run Road expansion and will contin-
ue grading of land and water line work throughout
the winter, Boulware said.
Actual resurfacing of roadways must stop
during the colder months, since asphalt would not
set properly during the colder temperatures, she
said.
Crews will also continue work on a sound
barrier to protect homes from increased trafc
noise at Heards Estates.
The expansion project has been one of the
most highly anticipated in the county for
several years.
With trafc ows increasing during
rush hour along Route 235 and Route 5 and
Great Mills Road, Chancellors Runs abil-
ity to serve as a connector road was dimin-
ished signicantly by trafc jams and dan-
gerous road conditions, ofcials have said.
The total cost of the project is bud-
geted at $55 million, according to state highway
gures.
County Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-
Great Mills) said that the project has moved ahead
with far less hassle than he had thought possible.
They were required to keep the trafc mov-
ing and theyve done that, Raley said. Ive had
maybe two complaints they really have done a
nice job.
guyleonard@countytimes.net
By Virginia Terhune
Staff Writer
Right now, some veterans need to travel
one to three hours to Washington or Baltimore
to access medical care, a trip of one to three
hours which some veterans cannot do because
they dont have access to transportation.
To help solve that problem, the Tri-
County Council for Southern Maryland in
Hughesville recommends expanding the ex-
isting outpatient clinic at the Charlotte Hall
Veterans Home in St. Marys County.
The recommendation is part of a nal
report released by the Veterans Regional Ad-
visory Committee chaired by Commissioner
Tom Mattingly of St. Marys County.
Since 2000, the clinics enrollment from
the three counties has grown from about 1,000
enrollees to more than 3,000, according to the
report. Last year, 562 veterans enrolled from
Calvert, 1,151 from St. Marys and 1,663 from
Charles counties.
The Charlotte Hall Home serves older
veterans, but it also has a small outpatient cen-
ter, which has not been able to keep up with the
need for services. The rise in demand, limited
medical staff, and delays of 30 to 45 days to
get Veterans Administration private practice
mental care, justify expanding the center, ac-
cording to ofcials who applied for a Veterans
Administration grant earlier this year.
The grant application for $2 million over
two years was denied, and the report rec-
ommends applying again during the second
round of funding.
Its not clear to me how successful we
will be in that effort, but when it comes to ser-
vices for our vets, it is important to try to get
the adequate resources they deserve, and if
we have to go back a third time, we will, said
state Del. Tony ODonnell, who represents
parts of St. Marys and Calvert counties and
serves on the advisory committee.
In the meantime the network will contin-
ue to work with private providers, including
hospitals and the Naval Air Station Patuxent
River, to provide services, according to the
report. Law enforcement agencies are already
training rst-responders in how to best help
veterans with post traumatic stress syndrome
or a traumatic brain injury.
There are 39,000 veterans living in
Southern Maryland more than 12,000 in St.
Marys County and nearly 10,000 in Calvert
County, according to the report.
To view the document and summary,
visit www.tccsmd.org.
Vets Need Expanded Clinic
in Charlotte Hall
Government
Ofces,
Libraries
Close for
Columbus Day
Trafc Light on Chancellors Run Road Starts Friday
The new trafc signal at Amber Drive on Chancellors Run Road will begin operation Friday and is the rst of ve to be
installed before the roads expansion project ends next year.
Photo By Guy Leonard
Thursday, October 8, 2009 5
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Todays Newsmaker In Brief
On reaction to higher nation-
wide unemployment gures
The watchword is
zero tolerance.
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For family and community events, see our calendar in the community section on page 31.
In Entertainment
Shows and Rating Provided By Yahoo Entertain-
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AMC Loews, Lexington
Park 6, (301) 862-5010
Show
Times
Now Playing
Full Steam
The Worx
Thursday, Oct. 8
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
CJs Backroom (Lusby) 5 p.m.
Dave Norris
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 6 p.m.
Karaoke on Demand
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
9:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 9
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
Donovans Irish Pub (California)
5 p.m.
Dave Norris
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 6 p.m.
Bent Nickel
Mechanicsville Moose Lodge 8
p.m.
Comedian - Eddie Ifft
St. Marys College (St. Marys
Hall) 8 p.m.
Escape the Armada (CD Re-
lease Party)
Hulas Bungalow (California) 8 p.m.
DJ Mango
Heavy Hitters (Charlotte Hall) 9
p.m.
Karaoke
Club 911 (Mechanicsville) 9 p.m.
Roadhouse Band
Apehangers (Bel Alton) 9 p.m.*
Karaoke on Demand
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10
Captain John
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 5:30 p.m.
Bent Nickel
Andersons Bar (Avenue) 8 p.m.
Beretta Jane
Hulas Bungalow (California) 8 p.m.
Gretchen Richie
Caf des Artistes (Leonardown)
8:15 p.m.
Brushre
VFW Post 10081 (Bel Alton) 8:45
p.m.
Backstage Pass
Apehangers (Bel Alton) 9 p.m.*
Crossre
Blue Dog Saloon (Port Tobacco)
9 p.m.*
DJ Mango
Heavy Hitters (Charlotte Hall) 9
p.m.
DJ Steadyrockin
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
9 p.m.
The Worx with
Full Steam
Hotel Charles
(Hughesville) 9 p.m.
Karaoke w/ DJ Tommy T &
DJ T
Applebees (California) 9 p.m.
Legend
Calypso Bay (Deale) 9 p.m.
No Green JellyBeenz
Big Dogs Paradise (Mechanics-
ville) 9 p.m.
The Wanderers
Cryers Back Road Inn (Leonard-
town) 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 11
Country Memories Band
Farm Life Festival at Green Manor
Farm (Charlotte Hall) 12:30 p.m.
Jay Armsworthy & Eastern
Tradition with Audie Blaylock &
Redline
American Legion Post 238
(Hughesville) - 2 p.m.
Jefferson Presents Concert Se-
ries: Latrice Carr, Brian Sacawa
and Doug DJ Jordan
Nekadesh Farm (Coltons Point)
3 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Fair Warning Irish Pub Band
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 6 p.m.
Karaoke on Demand
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park)
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Captain John
DB McMillans Irish Pub (Califor-
nia) 5:30 p.m.
R&B Line Dancing
House of Dance (Hollywood) 5:30 p.m.
Special Olympics No Limit
HoldEm Tourney
Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three
Notch Rd (Hollywood) 7 p.m.
Open Blues Jam
Beach Cove Restaurant (Chesa-
peake Beach) 8 p.m.
* Call to conrm time
The deadline to mail in pay-
ment for tickets for the Bluegrass
For Hospice Music Festival is fast
approaching. The festival will be
held at the Flat Iron Farm on Flat
Iron Road in Great Mills on Sat-
urday, Oct. 24, but the deadline to
mail in for tickets is Oct. 10.
Several local bluegrass bands
will be playing, including David
Norris, Recent Addition, Jack Tip-
pett Band, Zekiah Swamp Cats,
Bubby Abell & Spoon Creek, Jay
Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition,
Joey Tippett & the California Ram-
blers, and Charlie Thompson &
Bottom County Bluegrass. There
will also be a guest star appearance
by Rounder Recording Artist Dan-
ny Paisley & the Southern Grass
from Pennsylvania. There will also
be vendors, 50/50 rafes, silent auc-
tions and an arts and crafts fair.
Nonperishable food items will
also be collected that day to help
replenish the Southern Maryland
Food Bank.
All proceeds from the show
will go to raise funds for the new
Hospice House opening up in Cal-
laway, which will provide end-of-
life services for terminally ill pa-
tients and their families.
Tickets are $15 in advance
and $20 at the door. For advanced
tickets make your tax-deductible
contribution payable to Hospice of
St. Marys. Please provide in the
memo section of the check, Blue-
grass for Hospice and mail along
with a self-addressed stamped en-
velope to: P.O. Box 741, California,
MD 20619.
For more information, call
301-737-3004.
Mail-in Ticket
Deadline
Approaching
for Bluegrass
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 26
Cuisine
& More
Cuisine
On The Menu
Healthy Bites By MICHELLE LOCKE
Associated Press Writer
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) If
youre still using plain old vanilla
marshmallows at your campre
or in your cocoa, youre out of
touch.
The next generation of
marshmallow lovers is amping
the avor of their puffy con-
fections, taking their smores
to new heights with tricks like
slicing and stufng them. And
the marshmallow industry is
taking notice.
Long a xture in the bak-
ing aisle, marshmallows have been
making their way back to candy land
lately, thanks in large part to swirled,
avored, stuffed and otherwise jazzed up
versions intended to appeal to consumers ever on
the prowl for new tastes.
Like chocolate with your marshmallow? Consider the chocolate-driz-
zled marshmallows called Zebras launched last year by Doumak Inc., the
Chicago area-based maker of Campre brand marshmallows.
I gotta tell you, people are going bananas over it, says Mark
Schuessler, vice president of sales and marketing for Doumak.
Prefer your chocolate or jelly on the inside? Try Keith Basketts
creation, stuffed marshmallows that he modestly declares the best thing
that ever happened to the marshmallow.
Retail marshmallow sales (excluding Walmart) totaled about $146
million in 2008, up from $141 million the year before, according to market
research rm Information Resources Inc.
Thats a fraction of the billions spent on chocolate, but there are op-
portunities because were back to looking at marshmallows less as a baking
ingredient and more as a treat, says Bernard Pacyniak, editor-in-chief of
Candy Industry, a Deereld, Ill.-based trade magazine.
Baskett says his stuffed puffs, sold under the GudFud label, were in-
spired by mochi, a Japanese rice cake often stuffed with a lling such as
sweetened red bean paste.
Baskett, who has loved marshmallows since the early days of being
around campres, decided to make the concept a little ufer, then stuffed
them with chocolate or grape, orange or strawberry jelly.
Launched in 2007, the stuffed marshmallows are sold in brightly dec-
orated packaging that combines Japanese-style graphics each product
has a different face and Germanic type. There are umlauts over the us
in GudFud.
Reaction to GudFud seems to depend on how mad you are for marsh-
mallows says candy blogger Rosa Li of Rochester, N.Y., who tried out some
samples on her friends.
I thought they were OK, she said. For a lot of my friends that I
shared with, some of them loved them and most of them didnt seem to
think that highly of them. But the ones that liked them really liked them.
According to candy lore, marshmallows date back to ancient Egypt
with a sweet made from the sap of the mallow plant yes, it grows in
marshes that was deemed t for pharaohs.
This was not like they were selling it out on the street corner; this was
a real delicacy, says Schuessler.
In the 19th century, French confectioners took the sap and whipped
it with other ingredients, making a ufer version. Eventually, gelatin re-
placed mallow root sap, though the name endured.
The foodie movement also has brought a renewed interest in home-
made marshmallows and gourmet versions.
Ann Hickey-Williams, president of Sherman Oaks-based Plush Puffs
Gourmet Marshmallows, sees the marshmallows rise as part of a general
interest in revisiting and reinventing comfort food classics.
Adding a gourmet touch, like the caramel swirl and chocolate chipetta
versions sold by Plush Puffs, catches the consumer eye, she says. They go,
Huh, look what somebody did with marshmallows.
Even that down-home delight, the smore, has gone upscale. Recchuiti
Confections in San Francisco sells a kit featuring handmade vanilla bean
marshmallows and a bittersweet 85 percent chocolate bar.
The origin of smores (as in some more, please) arent clear, but the
rst known recipe for the treat came in a 1927 publication Tramping and
Trailing with the Girl Scouts, says Michelle Tompkins, spokeswoman for
the Girl Scouts of the USA.
It was the beginning of gooey, chocaolatey history.
Marshmallows bring joy and happiness to everyone, Tompkins says.
Little Black Dress California Wines
Every lady needs one. . . . Men love
them. . . . a Little Black Dress! Little Black
Dress wines offer a storied selection of
labels and a varietal wine thats right for
every occasion or meal. Priced just right
and available locally, Little Black Dress is
the perfect accent to any occasion.
Classic and timeless, Little Black Dress
Merlot, is rich with aromas of black cherry,
cranberry, hints of vanilla and toasted oak.
This medium-bodied Merlot can seduce
even the most experienced of palates and
pairs nicely with meats and hearty foods.
LBD Cabernet, bold and charismatic, this
red wine has spice and oak avors that say
its okay to be bold. It makes quite a state-
ment, a multilayered red that pairs with
duck and red meats. Elegant and enticing,
LBD Pinot Noir, is perfect when you are
in the mood for a light red wine. Cherry
and clove aromas with light oral notes
are inviting and easygoing and pair per-
fectly with chicken, veal and lamb dishes
as well as roasted beef and pork. Subtle
and sophisticated, LBD Chardonnay is
right for any occasion. With subtle hints
of oak and overtones of lush apple, this
white wine pairs wonderfully with spicy
food like Greek, Chinese, Thai and Span-
ish dishes. LBD Pinot Grigio, charming
and alluring, with subtle hints of oral
spice, crisp pear and bright peach, is
both tempting and light. This
white wine is sensational
with acidic foods. Try
one on today!
By JIM ROMANOFF
For The Associated Press
When fat is cut from recipes, avor can follow. Thats when spices
become the key to making lighter foods taste great. And if you want to
get the most out of your spices, its best to follow a few simple tips.
Whenever possible, buy whole spices, says Raghavan Iyer, author
of ``660 Curries. Spices get their avor from the oils inside. Once the
spices are ground, the oils lose potency, which means freshly ground
peppercorns pack more avor than
pepper purchased already ground.
Whole spices also are a better
value. Stored in airtight, glass con-
tainers away from heat, says Iyer,
whole spices will stay fresh for at least
a year. Ground spices last for only a
few months.
Buy spices from the bulk section
of a natural food store so that you can
buy only what you need for a short pe-
riod. That helps ensure your supply is
always fresh. Prices for bulk also tend
to be lower than for packaged.
For grinding whole spices, a
mortar and pestle are nice, but an in-
expensive electric coffee grinder is
faster and more convenient.
Marshmallows Not Just
Plain Vanilla Any More
Spice it U
p!
On The Vine
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 27
Fact
un All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
**Just a note about last weeks article and
the bit on black walnuts. The nuts had their re-
venge. Immediately after nishing my column, I
went outside to nd a two-inch sunburst-shaped
crack in my windshield with a greenish smudge
on the surface. The next incident could have
been a lot more serious. My husband turned
his ankle and fell after stepping on one of the
nuts. Unfortunately, this was while he was car-
rying in wine we brought home from the wine
festival. Two of the bottles
broke, but my husband is o.k.
No, my rst thought was not for
the wine. **
Ive heard: There she
is with that camera again. or
Mommy, do you have to take
a picture? Yes, I do. Its a le-
gitimate disease with Moth-
ers. You see them everywhere,
Mothers making their children
stand with the costumed ani-
mal, taking pictures of faces
covered in spaghetti or cake,
taking bathtub or potty pic-
tures. How else do you con-
tinue to embarrass your kids
well into their twenties, even
older? Well, let me rephrase
that quickly, because my sons
will say I have found constant,
innumerable ways over the
years. My standard reply is,
Someday, you will appreciate
this. I am on a mission for posterity.
Flipping through the photo albums re-
cently, I felt the same feelings that my kids feel.
Why did my Mother take sooo many pictures of
me? I remember asking her the same question
of Do you have to take another picture? I look
at my own baby and toddler photos where my
Mother always got pictures of me with my hair
in pin curls, or asleep on my grandparents tur-
quoise throw rug with my butt up in the air. The
best picture (or worst) is when I was in my yel-
low phase in 65. There is a photo where I am
in a bright yellow dress with yellow leggings
and yellow ducky glasses, almost as bad as the
bright yellow, and neon polka-dotted outt on
my 7th birthday. I really liked that outt.
Of course, most teen photos are me with a
scowl on my face. This a normal look for teen-
agers when anywhere near a parent. There are
more pictures of my high school and college
years, and then POOF! I had children. There are
no more pictures of me, thank goodness thats
when we turn into our Mothers. Our
lives then focus on our angels and ev-
ery little thing they do is worthy of a
timeless photo. My Mother would say of-
ten, Make sure you are in some of the pictures
with them. But that rarely happens. I dont look
good in photos. I am constantly surprised when
I see a picture of myself. I always think, wow, I
thought I looked a little better than that.
I dont take as many photos now as I used
to, but I like to have a record on lm of as many
events as possible. Now, instead of taking thou-
sands of pictures of my children, I take thou-
sands of pictures of our church functions al-
ways trying to snap the perfect shot. Sometimes
to my subjects embarrassment. Some things
never change. Though there is another amateur
photographer at church, and she knows who she
is, that is on a mission to take the most embar-
rassing photos of me. I guess its only fair.
Im still not sure if digital cameras are the
greatest invention. Maybe I dont know how
to use them to their full advantage is the more
likely answer. By the time I push down the but-
ton to take the picture the subject has already
moved. How can you get the perfect shot? I try
to get pictures of Tidbit, our dog, and they are
mostly a blurry mess. The result is normally a
full screen image of a large wet nose one inch
from the camera. Is it my camera, or do other
amateur photographers encounter this problem
too? Must be me. Sounds like a camera class in
my future.
My sons occasionally pull out the photo al-
bums when coming over. They are both really
beginning to take an interest in the family his-
tory. It is especially interesting when they start
to see family resemblances spanning over 140
years from the Kentucky coal miners on my Fa-
thers side to the Hungarian immigrants on my
Mothers side. That is when my heart warms,
and I am so glad I did take all those pictures
years ago. Your mind sometimes remembers
the past a certain way, but the photo shows the
reality. My favorite picture will always be of
my Mother and her brother and sister at Coney
Island in the 30s. My Mother is in the middle
holding a stuffed animal she had won, and her
siblings are staring at the toy with obvious looks
of jealousy and anger. My Mother thought they
were both happy she won the toy, but the eyes
hold the truth.
Someday soon, when my sons start having
kids, they will carry on the family photo tradi-
tion, but until then I still have to nd ways to
catch them off guard. Its my legacy.
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to: shelbys.
wanderings@yahoo.com.
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By Theresa Morr
Contributing Writer
Meet one of the worlds most un-
usual creatures. Its part mammal,
part reptile, and part bird. Way back
in 1798, prominent English naturalists
thought the creature unusual, too. They
came away bewildered after examin-
ing a specimen of the strange looking
critter. They concluded the oddball
was a fake, something cobbled-up by a
clever prankster who stitched the bill of
a duck and a beavers tail to the body
of an otter. Well, it turned out those
early naturalists were wrong. The so-
called cobbled-up creature happened to
be the real deal. It was the platypus, a
funny looking little animal dating back
to 130 million years ago
and Australias wacky
wonder.
Recently, a team
of scientists at the Ge-
nome Sequencing Cen-
ter (GCS) at Washington
University in St. Louis
unraveled the entire ge-
netic code of the platy-
pus and were astonished
at their ndings: The
strange creature has
genes for laying eggs
(one of two egg-lay-
ing mammals found on
earth the other is the
echidna); genes for mak-
ing milk; and even genes
for producing snake-like
venom, which comes
from the males rear
ankle spurs. The platy-
pus is the worlds only
furred mammal that makes venom,
and its chemical make-up is much like
other snake venoms.
Richard Wilson, director of the
GCS said, Its such a wacky organ-
ism, when speaking about the genome
ndings. As we learn more about
things like platypuses, we also learn
more about ourselves and where we
came from and how we work. Accord-
ing to Wilson, the platypuses genetic
code has 2.2 billion molecular letters
of DNA. Thats about two-thirds as
many as the human genome and con-
tains 18,500 genes, about the same as
humans.
These semi-aquatic mammals hang
out along streams, rivers, and freshwa-
ter lakes of eastern Australia. When
swimming, they use their webbed fore-
feet as paddles and their broad tail as a
rudder. The platypus is 12 18 inches
long (add another 5 inches or so for the
tail). Males weigh around ve pounds
and females, around two pounds. They
have dense waterproof coats, brown on
the outside, yellowish on the underside;
and a bluish-gray rubbery duck-like
bill that contains sensitive electro-re-
ceptors. These receptors turn the bill
into a super underwater food nder
since it detects currents in the water
made by small prey, such as insects,
larvae, shrimps, and worms. The sub-
merged platypus scoops up the meal
and stores it in its cheek pouches, and
when ready to come to the surface, the
food is transferred to the mouth where
its ground up by special built-in grind-
ing pads. Pretty cool dining experi-
ence, huh?
Mamma platypus lays up to three
soft leathery eggs, similar to a reptiles.
The eggs hatch in about ten days and
the youngsters, called puggles, look
like little lima beans. They feed on
milk oozing from patches on the un-
derside of the mothers body.
In case you wondered, the platypus
gets its unusual name from the Greek
word platys, meaning broad; and
pous, meaning foot, referring to the
animals webbed feet. Like many wild
animals, the platypus is threatened by
loss of habitat due to land clearing and
water pollution. This curious creatures
life span is about 10 to 15 years. For
more information and some really cool
platypus pictures, check out www.lear-
nanimals.com/platypus/platypus-pic-
tures.php. Comments to Kikusan2@
verizon.net.
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CLUES ACROSS
1. Greater in number
5. Fr. Airbus mfg. Co.
9. Droop
12. Large horned wild goat
13. White (French)
15. ____llion: uprising
16. College army
17. Swampy plantation inlet
18. Telephone inventor
19. Point midway between E
and SE
20. _______ and ruined
22. Payment (abbr.)
25. Invests in little enterprises
26. Podetiums
28. Drive obliquely, as of a
nail
29. Adult male sheep
32. Long tailed rodent
33. Apia is the capital
35. RN organization
36. ___ Dhabi, Arabian
capital
37. Regretful
39. Tibetan gazelle
40. 1961 Heston movie El
___
41. Nests of pheasants
43. Pinna
44. Point midway between NE
and E
45. Fish eggs
46. Atrophy
48. Porkers
49. Potato state (abbr.)
50. Defaming remark
54. The cry made by sheep
57. Swiss river
58. A fencing sword
62. Almemar
64. Grave
65. Saunter
66. Lumbus
67. Former CIA
68. Being of slender build
69. Destinies
CLUES DOWN
1. Russian orbital station
2. Double-reed instrument
3. In a way, drenches
4. Demur
5. The outward ow of the
tide
6. An insect wing
7. Pillow Talk actress
Doris
8. Sean White glider
9. Try and locate
10. Competent
11. To deprive
14. Radioactivity unit
15. Corpuscle count (abbr.)
21. Atomic #89
23. More (Spanish)
24. Afternoon receptions
25. Building oors
26. Oral polio vaccine
27. Short solo composition
29. Finger millet
30. Dwarf buffaloes
31. Picassos mistress
32. Competition of speed
34. Embroiders initials
38. Abominable snowman
42. Not happy
45. _____: Grossenhain Ger.
District
47. Muddled speach
48. Palladium
50. Figure skater Yuka
51. A country in SE Asia
52. Military weapons
53. Bird beak
55. Longest division of geo-
logical time
56. Among
59. Where wine ferments
(abbr.)
60. ___ Lilly, drug company
61. Radioactivity unit
63. Autonomic nervous
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Community
Apple Festival Returns to Chaptico
Our Lady of the Wayside Church in Chap-
tico will host its second annual Apple Festival
on Sunday, Oct. 11, from noon to 5 p.m.
Make your favorite apple recipe in a dis-
posable dish and enter it (along with the writ-
ten recipe) by 1:30 for the contest at 2 p.m. Tro-
phies will be awarded for rst place in each cat-
egory and a prize for second place. The recipes
will be included in the parish cookbook next
spring.
Apples will be for sale, along with apple
pie, cake and donuts and also apple butter,
as well at hot dogs, hamburgers, BBQ, chili,
chicken nuggets, French fries, cole slaw and
drinks.
There will also be 25 crafters and ven-
dors, fall produce sales, a free straw maze, face
painting, kids craft table, pumpkin painting,
scarecrow making, bingo, apple knick knack
table, live music and an apple cider press demo
with free samples.
Admission is free; organizers hope that
visitors will contribute nonperishable items to
the churchs food bank. Part of the festival pro-
ceeds will go to The St. Vincent de Paul Soci-
ety to also help stock the pantry.
For more information, contact Brenda
Russell at rsbrssll@aol.com or at 301-373-2709,
or call Ginger Quade at 301-884-5655 or Shir-
ley Mattingly at 301-884-5973.
Some of the bounty displayed last year at the Our Lady of the Wayside Apple Festival in Chaptico
included apples and pumpkins. This years festival will be held Sunday, Oct. 11.
Submitted Photo
Ghosts of
Sotterley Tours
Sotterly Plantation in Hollywood
will be offering a dramatic production
centered around the War of 1812 on
Oct. 15, 16 and 17 between 7 p.m. and
10:30 p.m. Walking tours run every 10
minutes.
The cost is $13 per person and reser-
vations are required; Sotterley members
may come on Thursday night, Oct. 15,
for $10. Group rates are also available.
The year is 1812 and the war is on.
Shots ring out both far and near, and the
trees glow a burning orange. Is there no-
where safe? Deception abounds during
the dramatic production; those you meet
along the way are not as they appear.
This years script, written by Mor-
riah Cell and James LePore, has twists
of intrigue and shock factor as never
before. Under the direction of Dawna
Diaz and the technical wizardry of Ming
Diaz, the entire creative team offers a
seemingly real-to-life (and death) expo-
sure to Sotterley Plantation during this
volatile time in history.
Weather permitting, guests are in-
vited to take the chill off by a roaring
bonre and refreshments are available
for purchase. To reserve a space, call
301-373-2280 or visit www.sotterley.
org for details.
Volunteers with the
Thomas J. Shryock No. 223
Masonic Lodge in Hollywood provided 254
free identication kits for children at the St. Marys
County Fair on Sept. 24-27. It was the rst time the kits
had been provided in St. Marys County as part of a na-
tional program coordinated by the Masons. The kits include
identifying information for police in case a child is lost or
abducted. Volunteers will also be at the 2009 St. Marys
County Sheriffs Ofce and Maryland State Police
Open House on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sheriffs Ofce
in Leonardtown.
Members of the RopeN Wran-
glers 4-H Club participated in
the 2009 Maryland 4-H Small-
bore Rie Match in Marriotts-
ville, Md., on Sept. 12, 2009.
Pictured are members Zach
Zyla, Jason Fore, Tyler Led-
man, John Fore, JC Trossbach,
Shelby Sasscer, Charlie Sass-
cer, Cady Bryan, Becky Zyla &
David Howell.
Submitted Photo
Photo by Bernabe Pelingon
2009 Maryland 4-H
Smallbore Rifle Match
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 31
L ibrary
Items
Libraries close Monday
All three libraries will be closed
Monday, Oct. 12, in observance of Co-
lumbus Day.
Mo Willems works celebrated
Stories, themed snacks, a play,
games and crafts based on Mo Wil-
lems works and his loveable char-
acters are planned at the childrens
program, Stories with the Pigeon, to
be held Saturday, Oct. 10, at Leonar-
dtown at 2 p.m. and at Charlotte Hall
on Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. Registration is
requested.
Children can solve Who Done It?
Mystery
Children ages 7 to 12 can explore
the science of forensics while solving
a fun Who done it? mystery at a sci-
ence program scheduled on Oct. 16 at
2 p.m. at Lexington Park. Registration
is required for this free program.
Free family movie matinee
A Walt Disney movie about Ala-
dar, an orphaned dinosaur adopted by
lemurs and their journey to nd sanc-
tuary together, will be shown on Oct.
16 at 2 p.m. at Leonardtown. It is rated
PG. Leonardtown also has a family
game night planned on Oct. 29 from
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm. Snacks will be
provided at both programs.
Teens can Read Beyond Reality
Teens can check out Coraline, a
book and graphic novel by Neil Gail-
man, and then celebrate Teen Read
Week by watching the movie, discuss-
ing the book and lm, and then craft-
ing weird other selves at the Read-
ing Beyond Reality program on Oct.
22. Charlotte Halls will be at 5 p.m.
and Leonardtown and Lexington
Parks will start at 5:30 pm. Registra-
tion is required.
PowerPoint and Excel classes
offered
Charlotte Hall will conduct an
introductory class to Excel on Oct. 23
at 10 a.m., Leonardtown an Introduc-
tion to PowerPoint class on Oct. 26 at
2 p.m. and Lexington Park Introduc-
tion to Genealogy on Oct. 27 at 5:30
p.m. Basic computer knowledge is
required for these classes. Lexington
Park offers basic computer classes.
All classes are free but registration is
required.
Accokeek Foundation to present
play
In conjunction with the One
Maryland One Book state-wide read,
the library has partnered with Historic
Sotterley to bring Grandpa Joe and
the Drinking Gourd, a play about
the role of music in the Underground
Railroad presented by members of the
Accokeek Foundations Museum The-
ater. The free performance will be on
Sunday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. in the Barn
at Historic Sotterley. Janice Walthour
will read excerpts from Song Yet
Sung by James McBride. Tours of the
slave cabin will follow the program.
Thursday, Oct. 8
Wing Night
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5
p.m.
Yoga with Your Journal: The
Hidden Language of Hatha Yoga
Joy Lane Healing Center (Holly-
wood) 5:30 p.m.
This class is an intuitive, re-
ective approach to Hatha Yoga
that unites body, mind and speech
by blending movement with reec-
tion and journaling. Contact Marin
Goldstein at 301-373-2522 or e-mail
info@joylanehealingcenter.net, to
register or for additional informa-
tion. Class size is limited to 10 par-
ticipants. Cost for each full series is
$12 per week.
Progressive Salsa Level 1
House of Dance (Hollywood) 6
p.m.
Drop-in students are welcome
during the rst two weeks of class
(Oct. 1 and 8). Bring proof of somd.
com advertisement and pay only $10
at the door (good for one time use
only). For more information, contact
House of Dance at 301-373-6330.
Register online at www.thehouseof-
dance.org.
Friday, Oct. 9
Leonardtown High School Class
of 1989 Reunion
Old Towne Pub (Leonardtown) 4
p.m.
Ten-year reunion with an alum-
ni mixer, happy hour, homecoming
parade and homecoming game.
Geocaching Course (Recreation
and Parks Fall Leisure Program)
Chancellors Run Regional Park
Computer Lab 6:30 p.m.
Geocaching is a high-tech,
treasure-hunting hobby using GPS
satellites to hide and seek containers
called geocaches. This four-part
introductory course will cover the
history of geocaching, using GPS
receivers, types of geocaches and
their contents, how to nd and/or set
your own geocaches, using the Inter-
net sites to learn about geocaches or
post yours, and the role travel bugs
and geo-coins play in geocaching.
Participants must provide their own
GPS receiver units; however several
units are available for loan. Please
reserve these prior to class. For more
information, call Robert Hicks at
301-862-3808.
Special Olympics No Limit
HoldEm
Center for Life Enrichment (25089
Three Notch Rd) 7 p.m.
FOP-7 Poker Leader Board
Challenge
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 7 p.m.
Comedian - Eddie Ifft
St. Marys College (St. Marys Hall)
8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10
Community Yard Sale
Golden Beach/Patuxent Knolls
Civic Association 7:30 a.m. Ball-
eld behind Golden Beach Fire-
house, off Golden Beach Road. 10 x
10 spaces available for rent for $10.
Proceeds to be used towards costs
of reworks display for next year.
For information, call Harry Grant at
301-884-2093.
Point Lookout Prisoners of War
Memorial Service
Confederate Cemetery (Point Look-
out) 10 a.m.
The Captain Vincent Camalier
Camp Sons of Confederate Veterans
along with the Point Lookout Prison-
er of War Association are conducting
a memorial service to honor the more
than 4,000 prisoners buried at the
Confederate cemetery. The service
will include Color Guards, re-enac-
tors and guest speakers. After the
service the Confederate Memorial
Park next to the cemetery will open
for an all day event of celebration,
living history, food and more speak-
ers. Contact Rob Long at rke.long@
comcast.net for more information.
Annual Autumn Auction
Kings Christian Academy (Calla-
way) 10 a.m.
Auctioned items include fur-
niture, artwork, household items
gently used or new as well as
time-share vacations, gift certicates
of all kinds you name I, they might
have it. Wonderful food is always
made available, not to mention the
spellbinding cadence from the pro-
fessional auctioneers. Everyone is
welcome. For more information, call
301-994-3080.
Southern Maryland Farm Life
Festival
Green Manor Farm (Charlotte Hall)
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
See 60,000 square feet of indoor
farm life exhibits, demonstrations,
antique tractors, engine shows, mu-
sic, crafts, childrens activities and
great food. Celebrate 375 event. Ad-
mission. HC. 301-290-1621.
Leonardtown High School Class
of 1989 Reunion
Woodlands Grill (Wildewood) 6 p.m.
Drinks 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m.,
dancing 8 p.m. $45 per person (ad-
vance ticket sales). Cash bar. If you
have questions, e-mail petiteone@
md.metrocast.net.
Contra Dance
St. Andrews Church Parish Hall
(California) 7 p.m.
Live calling and live music
provided by the Southern Maryland
Open Band.
Casual instruction starts at 7
p.m, and the evening will conclude
with an ice cream social. Please wear
soft sole, non-scuff shoes. Admission
for the dance and ice cream social
is $6 for SMTMD members and $8
for nonmembers. Both couples and
singles are welcome. For more infor-
mation and/or directions, visit www.
smtmd.org or call 301-769-4762.
Sunday, Oct. 11
Alzheimers Assoc. Candlelight
Rally
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Caregivers, family members
and friends are invited to honor
and celebrate te lives of those who
have lost their lives or are currently
dealing with Alzheimers disease.
The Southern Maryland event is
the third in a series of rallies being
held throughout the region to raise
awareness of the disease. For more
information or to RSVP, call the as-
sociation ofce in La Plata at 301-
934-5856 or e-mail Dorothy.Flynn@
alz.org, or go to www.alz.org/nca.
Southern Maryland Farm Life
Festival
Green Manor Farm (Charlotte Hall)
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Talk about White House
Renovation
Sotterley Plantation (Hollywood)
3 p.m. in the Barn
Dennis Freemyer, Deputy Di-
rector of the Executive Residence and
Deputy Chief Usher of The White
House, will give a talk, A Living
Icon: Renovation and Restora-
tion of The White House. He
will discuss restoration, renova-
tion, redecoration and remedial
maintenance of Americas most
famous residence. Free admis-
sion. For more information,
visit www.sotterley.org.
Texas HoldEm
Tournament
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 2 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 12
SMAWL Low Cost Rabies
Clinic
St. Marys County Fairgrounds
(Leonardtown) 6 p.m.
$10 per shot. All dogs must
be on a leash or in a carrier. Dogs
with aggressive tendencies are to
be muzzled/remain in owners
vehicle. All cats/ferrets must be
in carriers. Animals must be at
least 16 weeks old. Three-year
vaccinations require a current
rabies certicate. Tags cannot be
accepted. Horses $10 per shot.
Horses do not have to leave trail-
ers to receive the vaccination.
No Limit Texas HoldEm
Bounty Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge
7 p.m.
Class: Intro to Meditation &
Energy Healing
Joy Lane Healing Center (Hol-
lywood) 7 p.m.
Cost for 4 classes is $90.
This is a prerequisite course for
the upcoming Living from the
Heart class offered in Novem-
ber. Call 301-373-2522 or e-mail
info@joylanehealingcenter.
net to register or for additional
information.
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Nature Time at Greenwell
Greenwell State Park (Hollywood)
10 a.m.
This weeks theme is Flights
of Fancy. Participants are welcome
to pack their own picnic lunch and
explore the park on their own after
the program. Pre-registration (no
later than 24 hours in advance) is
required via e-mail to lpranzo@
greenwellfoundation.org or by
calling the Greenwell Foundation
ofce at 301-373-9775.
St. Marys County Chapter of
ABATE
Toots Bar (Hollywood) 7:30
p.m.
St. Marys County Chapter of
ABATE (A Brotherhood Against
Totalitarian Enactments) meets on
the second Tuesday of every month
at 7:30 p.m. in Toots Bar in Holly-
wood. All motorcyclists and other
interested parties are invited to at-
tend. For more information, call
301-481-5622 or e-mail ABATE.
SoMd.Events@gmail.com.
Wednesday, Oct. 14
R&B Line Dancing
House of Dance (Hollywood) 5:30 p.m.
SMAWL Public Meeting
Garvey Center (41780 Baldridge St.,
Leonardtown) 7 p.m.
The public forum follows im-
mediately after the SMAWL Board
meeting which ends at 7 p.m. All of
those interested in animal welfare
are invited to attend. Call 301-373-
5659 for more information.
Hollywood Auxiliary Member
Meeting
Hollywood Vol. Rescue Squad 7 p.m.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Hollywood Volunteer Res-
cue Squad Auxiliary will be held on
Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at the
Rescue Squad building on Route 235
in Hollywood. Anyone wishing to
become a member of the Auxiliary
is encouraged to attend. We need
members! For more information, call
240-298-7956.
Special Olympics No Limit
HoldEm Tourney
Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three
Notch Rd (Hollywood) 7 p.m.
The County Times
Thursday, October 8, 2009 32
Just Us Survives Bud Light
Advances to Womens Softball Finals
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By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS After a one-game slum-
ber on Sunday afternoon, Just Us bats woke up
just in time to advance to the St. Marys County
womens softball nals. A 15-run third inning
was the difference as the defending league
champions cruised past Bud Light 25-6 Monday
night, winning their semi-nal series two games
to one and advancing to the league champion-
ship series against Southern Insulation.
I think Sundays loss was a wake-up call
for the girls, said Just Us manager Lamont Sax-
on. Ive got to give Bud Light credit, they gave
us a butt-whipping that let the girls know that
anybody can beat you on any given day.
Sundays 6-3 loss evened the series at one
game apiece, thanks a sterling pitching effort
by Amber Stewart (who surrendered only three
runs and 11 hits) and timely hitting by Bud Light
(who nished the season 25-8 overall).
Just Us is a hard hitting team, Bud Light
co-manager Louis Stewart said Sunday after-
noon. Our pitcher was outstanding at control-
ling their bats.
With the Just Us bats silent, Bud Light led
4-2 in the bottom of the fth when Just Us elect-
ed to intentionally walk shortstop Denise Butler.
Second baseman Kristine Mattingly came up
next and socked a two-run single into right eld
that gave Bud enough insurance to stay alive an-
other day.
Just Us (28-3 in 2009) wasted little time
Monday night in asserting themselves at the
plate, jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the rst two
innings. After Bud Light scored four runs in the
top of the third, the bottom half of the inning
turned into a Just Us hit parade. Fanta Grays
two-run double that just missed going over the
fence opened up the oodgates, as 20 batters
came to the plate in the frame, compiling 15
runs on 14 hits and earned Just Us a shot at de-
fending their league crown.
We just let them swing hard and be ag-
gressive, Saxon said of the scoring outburst.
Softballs a funny game, you can score 15 runs
in one inning and somebody can score 15 on
you in the next. You have to keep hitting the ball
hard.
Saxon hopes to keep his team focused on
the task at hand as they take on Southern, a team
that handed Just Us one of their two regular sea-
son losses back in July.
Theyve got to take
it one game at a time,
he says. You cant think
about what you did last
year. Theyve got to be
better this year.
chri sst evens @count y-
times.net
Seahawk Women Zip
Past Gallaudet
WASHINGTON The St. Marys
College of Maryland womens soccer
team notched its fth win of the sea-
son Monday night as eight different Se-
ahawks found the back of the net in the
10-2 Capital Athletic Conference victory
over host Gallaudet University.
St. Marys (5-6, 3-1 CAC) tallied
nine goals in the rst half for a 9-1 ad-
vantage at halftime and then added its
nal goal in the 54th minute for the 10-2
nal.
Freshman midelder Tori Eskay
(Damascus, Md./Urbana) led all scorers
with ve points on two goals, including
the game-winner, and an assist. This
weeks CAC Womens Soccer Player of
the Week, senior midelder Sophia Es-
parza (Silver Spring, Md./Montgomery
Blair) also scored twice on the night and
now leads the team with seven goals and
17 points.
Sophomore forward Bridget Mc-
Govern (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip
Reg.) and freshman midelder Kim La-
Barge (Gambrills, Md./South River) each
registered a goal and two assists, while
freshman midelder Carly Harmon (Da-
visburg, Mich./Holly) chipped in a pair
of helpers.
The Seahawks outshot Gallaudet, 30
to 16, for the match, including 26 to 3 in
the rst half. St. Marys edged the home
team, 2 to 1, in corner kicks.
The Bison (3-7-1, 0-4 CAC) avoided
the shutout with a goal in each half as for-
wards Shaquana McDonough (Pembroke,
Mass./The Learning Center for the Deaf)
and Virginia Keeler (Ann Arbor, Mich./
Michigan School for the Deaf) teamed up
for both goals. McDonough and Keeler
each nished with a goal and an assist.
Freshman goalkeeper Grace Koplow
(Ellicott City, Md./Wilde Lake) recorded
her third win of the season behind just
only one save and no goals against in
23:32, while sophomore Lacey Johnson
(Leonardtown, Md./Patuxent) returned
to goal after being sidelined with a bro-
ken nose since September 16. Johnson
notched six stops and allowed both goals
in her return for the Seahawks.
Freshman goalie Kara Gulvas
(Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) yielded
six goals and came up with nine saves in
29:14, while junior Casey McCullough
(Oceanside, Calif./California School for
the Deaf-Fremont) came off the bench to
make ve stops and give up four goals in
60:46.
Story Courtesy of the St. Marys College
Department of Sports Information
The County Times
Thursday, October 8, 2009 33
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
BUDDS CREEK Mike Corbin of Win-
chester, Va., the 2009 Winchester Speedway
pure stock champion, capped off his stellar sea-
son winning the 18th annual Southern Mary-
land Nationals last Saturday night at the Po-
tomac speedway. The $2000 win was not only
his rst-ever at Potomac, but made him the 14th
different driver to score a victory in Potomacs
marquee event on the schedule.
Walt Homberg and Mike Corbin brought
the eld down to the initial waving of the green
ag. Corbin wasted little time, as he would
blast into the race lead by the completion of the
events rst circuit. Despite the repeated chal-
lenges by eventual runner-up Walt Homberg,
who pulled alongside Corbin on several occa-
sions, Corbin was not to be denied, as he would
eventually lead all 35 laps to post the biggest
win of his career.
This is amazing, Corbin said from vic-
tory lane. This has been a great weekend, I just
cant believe how everything came together to-
night were just fortunate to be here.
Walt Homberg was the only serious chal-
lenge Corbin had to face the entire night. This
is Walts home track, and hes really fast down
here, Corbin said. He ran me really clean and
I have to thank the entire team for a great sea-
son, this is a big win for us and it really hasnt
sunk in yet.
13th-starting Troy Kassiris would take
third, Mike Reynolds had a nice run taking
fourth and Scotty Nelson would complete the
top ve. In Fridays qualifying, Kyle Nelson
set fast time over the 40-car eld with a time of
18.591. Heats went to John Sellner, Chuck Bow-
ie, Homberg and Reynolds with twin consola-
tions going to Mike Rose and Eric Johnson.
Derrick Quade of Mechanicsville defend-
ed his Nationals win from 2008 with a convinc-
ing win in the Limited Late Model divisions
30-lap main event. Quade wrestled the top spot
from Steven Axtell Jr. on lap six and then would
have to repel the repeated advances from for-
mer track champion Sommey Lacey to post his
second Potomac feature win of the season.
The track was great tonight, Quade said.
I knew that was Sommey back there, but I
knew hed run me clean, and I cant thank the
whole team enough we need this win real bad.
Dale Hollidge would take third, Ste-
vie Long was fourth and Jonathon DeHaven
rounded out the top-ve. Heats for the 26 cars
on hand went to Kyle Lear, Steven Axtell Jr.
and Quade.
In the 35-lap four-cylinder, event Richard
Gwizdale made it a clean sweep of the weekend
as he set fast time in time trials on Friday, won
his heat and the dash, and would then lead all 35
laps of the race to post his second feature win of
the season. Track champion Greg Gunter was
second, Mark Digges was third, Jimmy Meek
took fourth and Tommy Whitt completed the
top ve.
Other winners over the weekend included
Brett Hamilton who scored his third win of the
season in the 25-lap modied headliner, Jimmy
Randall who collected his rst-career win in
the 25-lap hobby stock main and Kyle Vantas-
sel, who annexed win number ve in the 50-lap
strictly stock feature.
Street Stock Feature Finish
1. Mike Corbin 2. Walt Homberg 3. Troy
Kassiris 4. Mike Reynolds 5. Scotty Nelson 6.
Eric Johnson 7. Sam Archer 8. Dave Stouffer
Jr. 9. Craig Tankersley 10. Michael Carter
11. Chris Nelson 12. Joey Carter 13. Mike
Rose 14. Kevin Cooke 15. Ricky Edmonds
16. James Gray 17. John Sellner 18. Brian
Kerns 19. Kyle Nelson 20. David Kaiser 21.
Donnie Smith 22. Jimmy Jessmer 23. Ste-
phen Quade 24. Chuck Bowie 25. Kurt Zim-
merman DNQ- Josh Williams, Paul Quattro,
Dale Smith, Ray Priest, Charles Wyant, Walt
Lemmon, Teddy Dickson, Ben Oliver, Dale
Reamy, Randy Zechman, Rick Stouffer,
Greg Breeden, Scott Gray, Scott Wilson.
Limited Late Model Feature Finish
1. Derrick Quade 2. Sommey Lacey 3.
Dale Hollidge 4. Stevie Long 5. Jonathon
DeHaven 6. Roland Mann 7. Paul Cursey 8.
Brandon Long 9. Ed Pope 10. Jimmy Rich-
ards 11. Leon Lloyd 12. Tommy Wagner Jr.
13. Richard Harrison 14. Roy Skaggs 15. Dan
Zechman 16. Tim Shelton 17. Bruce Kane 18.
Kyle Lear 19. Scott Merryman 20. Walter
Crouch 21. Chris Stacy 22. Barry Lear Sr.
23. Steven Axtell Jr. 24. Moe Harden 25. CJ
Brown 26. Mike Latham (DNS)
Corbin Superb In Potomacs
Southern Maryland Nationals
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
It was quite an emotional weekend for
Jimmy Randall at the Potomac speedway. The
hobby stocks were part of the season ending
Southern Maryland nationals last weekend
competing in a 25-lap event. To some, that
might just sound like another event on a busy
schedule of races, However, it was quite differ-
ent for Randall of Pasadena, Md.
Midway through the season, Randall
purchased the hobby stock that carried Kyle
Nelson to 22 feature wins and one track title
and decided to call Potomac home on Friday
nights.
Several strong runs throughout the season
gave Randall the condence he knew he had a
car that was capable of winning. Randalls wait
would end on Saturday night. Randall took the
lead early in the 25-lap main and would go on
to post his rst-ever feature win, not only at
Potomac, but anywhere in over two decades of
trying.
This is unbelievable, an absolutely over-
whelmed Randall sai. Ive been in this game
for a long time. Weve raced street stocks, late
models, thundercars you name it, and tonight
we were nally able to win a race, this is a night
Ill never forget.
Randall was quick to praise those who
aided in his winning run.
All the guys who help work on this car, I
couldnt do it without them, and especially my
wife, shes been beside me since day one.
Randalls win was truly the feel-good
story of the race weekend at Potomac. It was a
special moment indeed for Jimmy Randall and
hopefully this will be the rst of many more
trips to victory lane to come next season.
Jimmy Randalls 20-Year Wait is Over
The County Times
Thursday, October 8, 2009 34
Thurs., Oct. 8
Boys Soccer
Patuxent
at Leonardtown, 6 p.m.
Field Hockey
Good Counsel
at St. Marys Ryken, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer
Leonardtown
at Patuxent, 6 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Bishop McNamara
at St. Marys
Ryken, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Great Mills
at Chopticon, 6 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Patuxent, 6 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 9
Boys Soccer
Gonzaga
at St. Marys Ryken, 4 p.m.
Field Hockey
St. Marys Ryken
at the Bullis School,
4:15 p.m.
Chopticon
at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Football
Chopticon at Northern, 7 p.m.
Great Mills at Patuxent, 7 p.m.
La Plata
at Leonardtown, 7 p.m.
Liberty Christian
Academy vs. St. Marys
Ryken at
Lancaster Park, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken
at Holy Cross, 4 p.m.
Great Mills
at Chopticon, 6 p.m.
Volleyball
St. Marys Ryken
at Holy Cross, 5:30 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 12
Boys Soccer
La Plata
at Leonardtown, 6 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 13
Boys Soccer
Good Counsel
at St. Marys Ryken, 3:30 p.m.
Thomas Stone
at Chopticon, 6 p.m.
Great Mills at Northern, 6 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Lackey, 6 p.m.
Girls Soccer
St. Marys Ryken at Good
Counsel, 5:30 p.m.
Northern at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Lackey
at Leonardtown, 6 p.m.
Girls Tennis
St. Marys Ryken
at Holy Cross, 4 p.m.
Field Hockey
Great Mills at Northern, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Northern at Great Mills, 6 p.m.
Wed., Oct. 14
Cross Country
Chopticon/Thomas Stone
at Patuxent, 4:30 p.m.
Great Mills/La Plata
at North Point, 4:30 p.m.
Leonardtown/Northern/Cal-
vert at Lackey, 4:30 p.m.
Field Hockey
Thomas Stone
at Chopticon, 4 p.m.
Leonardtown
at Lackey, 4 p.m.
Volleyball
Thomas Stone
at Chopticon, 6 p.m.
Lackey
at Leonardtown, 6 p.m.
St. Johns
at St. Marys Ryken, 6 p.m.
10/08-14/2009
Fact
un It was once against the law to have
a pet dog in a city in Iceland.
All high school, recreational and youth league
coaches, if you would like the scores, statistics
and standings from your respective games and
leagues to be published, contact Chris Stevens at
301-373-4125 or at chrisstevens@countytimes.net
SPECIAL NOTE:
By Ronald N. Guy Jr.
Contributing Writer
When searching for an
article topic thats (hopefully)
worthy of a read, I let a hand-
ful of ideas marinate in my
meager mind before launching
into what youll surely agree is
cant-miss prose (despite the
collective eye-roll from the
audience, the writer continues
undaunted).
During the marination
phase this week, I learned of
the death of the lady who in-
spired The Beatles song Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds.
Combine this with my recent
habit of humming a certain
Beatles song during the melan-
choly press conferences of two
NFL players and I had Beatles
on the brain.
Hey sports guy (or so
you think), the reader here
we appreciate the update on the
Fab Four and your psychologi-
cal instability, but could you
spit out some sports already?
Oh, right sorry but the
mop-topped boys did in fact
provide my distracted, Gen-
X, Atari mind much needed
direction this week. Youll see
I think.
In this young NFL season,
nothing has bothered me more
than the uninspired and un-
characteristically joyless play
of Skins running back Clinton
Portis and (psst, who does he
play for now? Oh yeah) Buf-
falo Bills wide receiver Terrell
Owens. Among their peers,
Portis and Owens have been
on the NFLs short list of great
talents, producers and enter-
tainers (who can forget Portis
costumes and Owens Sharpie-
gate and popcorn?).
This season though, both
have been plagued by nagging
injuries, performed very ordi-
narily and most telling, have
played with a level of emotion
more Eeyore than Tigger. Por-
tis seems a shell of his once ex-
plosive self and Owens literally
drops half the passes thrown
his way. At this point, despite
all their accomplishments, nei-
ther player has become what
could have been or what at
one time seemed certain to
be. The question that begs an
answer is why?
The obvious, and I think
accurate, answer is neither re-
alized when they had it best.
Owens, who apparently be-
lieves his purpose in life is to
torment his quarterback, has
worn out his welcome in three
cities.
San Francisco jettisoned
him after he questioned the
talents and sexual orientation
of quarterback Jeff Garcia. In
Philadelphia, where he truly
could have been one of the best
ever, he was cut after challeng-
ing Donovan McNabbs lead-
ership and heart. Most recently
Dallas divorced him after he
feuded with Tony Romo and
allegedly brawled with Romos
favorite receiver Jason Witten.
Meanwhile, Portis burst on
to the NFL landscape with two
historically productive seasons
with the Denver Broncos. He
was the perfect t in Denvers
vaunted running scheme and
appeared poised for a Hall of
Fame career. After his second
season, while still under his
meager rookie deal, Portis
sought a new contract. Denver
balked and instead traded him
to Washington.
While in D.C., Portis has
been pretty good, but short of
Denver-great. At age 28 (twi-
light for NFL running backs)
and after ve seasons within
a limited offense and a power
rushing attack ill-suited for
his skills, the explosive perfor-
mances we saw in Denver are
a thing of the past. And what
appeared to be a Hall of Fame
career will likely fall short of a
bust in Canton, Ohio.
In ones professional ca-
reer there are times when op-
portunity for more money,
accolades, etc. presents itself.
The opportunity cost of pur-
suing more is often bidding
adieu to the bird in the bush.
Owens, for his insatiable need
of attention and fame, and
Portis, for a big payday, opted
out of ideal situations for pro-
fessional achievement. Now,
given their demeanors and
the knowledge that their best
days are behind them, hind-
sight appears to have triggered
some regret. There seems to
be unspoken resignation from
both that they, to some extent,
traded their NFL legacies for
more.
Pursuing ones happiness
is a respectable, fundamental
endeavor; but pursuing hap-
piness through more fame
and fortune often proves a
frivolous proposition. I dont
know if Owens or Portis are
fans of The Beatles, but both
would likely acknowledge the
sage advice in McCartneys
words, I dont care too much
for money, money cant buy
me love. Did I mention I hum
a certain Beatles songs during
press conferences?
Send comments to rguy-
joon@yahoo.com.
BLEACHERS
A View From The
Football, The Fab Four And The Pursuit Of Happiness
The County Times
Thursday, October 8, 2009 35
The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball has an-
nounced its 2009 Postseason All-Star team, and two Southern
Maryland Blue Crabs are among the honored. Shortstop Travis
Garcia, and outelder James Shanks have been named to the
all-league squad. The league has also announced its choices for
Ballpark of The Year, General Manager, Manager, and Pitch-
er of The Year, and the 2009 Atlantic League Most Valuable
Player.
2009 was truly a remarkable year for Travis Garcia, as
he was a key component in the Blue Crabs rst half Liberty
Division Championship. At the seasons mid-way point, his
contract was purchased from Southern Maryland by the Se-
attle Mariners, and he nished the Double-A Southern League
season with the West Ten-
nessee Diamond Jaxx, play-
ing in 44 games at shortstop
and third base socking four
homers with 22 RBI. At the
request of Garcia, he was
granted the opportunity to
return to Southern Maryland
for the nal month of the At-
lantic League regular season
and playoffs. In 79 games
total with the Blue Crabs,
the eight-year pro batted an
excellent.353 with 16 home
runs, 63 RBI, 19 doubles and
a triple.
Upon being named the At-
lantic Leagues top shortstop,
Garcia expressed his apprecia-
tion to Southern Maryland and
his excitement about the future
of his career.
Hopefully I can move up
with the Mariners, but I always know I have a place to play
here in Southern Maryland, remarked Garcia following the
Blue Crabs defeat in four games to the Somerset Patriots in this
years Atlantic League Championship Series.
In addition to Garcias impressive exploits was leftelder
James Shanks, who enjoyed a career year in 2009. A season
ago Shanks appeared in 82 games with Southern Maryland,
and took his game to the next level in 2009. Shanks appeared
in all but eight Blue Crabs games this season, batting .293 with
17 home runs and 93 RBI, which tied him for third overall in
the Atlantic League. His home run and RBI totals were both
career highs in his 11th pro season. His 132 games played were
also his professional high.
Earlier this season, Shanks acknowledged how close the
Blue Crabs clubhouse has become, and how it played into his
eagerness to return to Southern Maryland.
Even though were all over the place, a lot of these guys in
here talk in the offseason, and we talk about goals and wanting
to win a championship, said Shanks at the seasons beginning.
This is really the only place in this league I wanted to play.
Sp rts
Blue Crabs Season Ends as Patriots
Claim Atlantic League Title
The thrilling second season of South-
ern Maryland Blue Crabs baseball came to
an end Sunday evening, as the Somerset Pa-
triots captured their fth Atlantic League
Championship in the circuits 12th season
of play. With an 11-1 victory over Southern
Maryland, Somerset closed out the ALPB
Championship Series in four games, be-
coming the rst Atlantic League team to
win back-to-back titles. For the Patriots, it
was their eighth appearance in the Cham-
pionship Series, adding to their champion-
ships from 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2008. For
the Blue Crabs, their rst playoff appear-
ance after a 79-61 season ended in disap-
pointment after winning their rst post-
season series in franchise history in ve
games over the Long Island Ducks in the
divisional round.
The Crabs bats would be held silent
most of the afternoon by Somerset right-
handed starter Jason Standridge, a veteran
of parts of seven Major League seasons.
Standridge tossed a complete game, allow-
ing just ve hits and an earned run, with six
walks and seven strikeouts. He pitched out
of a jam in the bottom of the rst inning, al-
lowing a leadoff single to John Ramistella,
who later scored on a bases loaded walk
to 12-year Major League veteran Michael
Tucker, Standridges third walk of the in-
ning. The righty would settle down from
there however, walking just three more bat-
ters in the nal eight innings. When Stan-
dridge allowed a single to Mike Just with
one out in the second, he would not allow
another hit until the ninth, when Octavio
Martinez, Cesar Nicolas and Jeremy Owens
loaded the bases with three consecutive sin-
gles. A Lance Burkhart pop-out to second
and a 6-4-3 double play ball off the bat of
Just ended the Blue Crabs 09 season how-
ever, capping a gritty outing by Standridge
pitching his team to a championship.
Blue Crabs starter and nine-year Major
League veteran John Halama unfortunately
could not replicate his prior dominating
regular season and postseason success.
Halama, who was 8-1 with a 1.96 ERA in
10 regular season starts with the Blue Crabs
before joining the Atlanta Braves organiza-
tion in Triple-A, was also 2-0
with a 0.57 ERA against
the Long Island
Ducks in the di-
visional playoff
round. On this day
though, the lefty
took the loss last-
ing just four and
two-thirds in-
nings, allowing
seven hits, six
runs four of
which were
earned, with
a season high
ve walks to
go with ve
strikeouts.
The Patriots
quickly erased the
Blue Crabs 1-0 rst inning lead with four
runs in the second off Halama, highlighted
by an Elliott Ayala RBI single and a pair of
bases loaded walks to Noah Hall and Jason
Belcher. With the bases loaded once again
in the fth, Mike Rodriguez lined a single
into centereld plating two more runs. A
four-run seventh for Somerset extended the
lead to 10-1. In the eighth, the Pats tacked
on their nal run with a Jeff Nettles lead-
off solo home run to left eld. Nettles, the
Patriots cleanup batter and third baseman,
was named the Atlantic League Champion-
ship Series Most Valuable Player. He also
h o m-
ered in Saturday nights Game 4, a two-run
shot to left which tied the game 5-5 en route
to the Patriots 8-6 victory. For the series,
Nettles batted .375 with three home runs,
six RBI and seven runs scored. He becomes
the rst player in Atlantic League history
to win multiple Championship Series MVP
awards.
The Blue Crabs players, coaching staff
and front ofce would like to extend our
sincere thanks to the thousands of fans who
helped us through such a successful 2009
season. We wish everyone a great fall and
winter, and well see you right back here
at Regency Furniture Stadium in the
Spring of
2010!
Shanks and Garcia
Earn Postseason Honors
Thurs., Oct. 1
Game One
Somerset 8, Southern Maryland 2
Fri., Oct. 2
Game Two
Southern Maryland 10, Somerset 4
Sat., Oct. 3
Game Three
Somerset 8, Southern Maryland 6
Sun., Oct. 4
Game Four
Somerset 11, Southern Maryland 1
Somerset Patriots win series 3 games to 1
Atlantic
League
Championship
Series
James Shanks
Travis Garcia
The County Times
Thursday, October 8, 2009 36
Sp rts
Wed., Sept. 30
Boys Cross Country
Chopticon 26, Calvert 30
Chopticon 18, Westlake 37
Great Mills 16, Westlake 39
Great Mills 16, Calvert 36
Great Mills 25, Chopticon 32
Leonardtown 16, McDonough 39
Leonardtown 15, Patuxent 50
Girls Cross Country
Chopticon 21, Calvert 34
Calvert 25, Great Mills 33
Calvert 17, Chopticon 44
Great Mills 22, Chopticon 33
Great Mills 18, Westlake 43
Leonardtown 15, McDonough 50
Leonardtown 15, Patuxent 50
Field Hockey
Chopticon 4, La Plata 3 (Double Overtime)
Great Mills 3, Westlake 0
Patuxent 3, Leonardtown 0
St. Johns 1, St. Marys Ryken 0 (Penalty Strokes)
Volleyball
La Plata 3, Chopticon 1
Great Mills 3, Westlake 1
Thurs., Oct 1
Boys Soccer
Northern 6, Chopticon 0
Patuxent 4, Great Mills 1
Girls Soccer
Leonardtown 7, McDonough 0
Volleyball
Patuxent 3, Great Mills 1
Leonardtown 3, McDonough 1
Good Counsel 3, St. Marys Ryken 0
Fri, Oct. 2
Field Hockey
Chopticon 3, Northern 2 (penalty strokes)
Leonardtown 3, McDonough 0
Football
McDonough 35, Chopticon 14
Lackey 34, Great Mills 25
Westlake 42, Leonardtown 7
Girls Soccer
Northern 1, Chopticon 0
Bishop OConnell 5, St. Marys Ryken 0
Volleyball
Northern 3, Chopticon 0
Paul VI 3, St. Marys Ryken 0
Sat., Oct. 3
Boys Soccer
Leonardtown 3, McDonough 1
Northern 2, St. Marys Ryken 1 (Overtime)
Field Hockey
St. Marys Ryken 3, The Calverton School 0
Mon., Oct. 5
Field Hockey
Chopticon 8, North Point 4
Leonardtown 3, Huntingtown 0
Tues., Oct. 6
Volleyball
Great Mills 3, Lackey 0
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
MORGANZA After their last two games both went
beyond regulation, the Chopticon eld hockey team wasted
little time in keeping their winning streak alive. Led by se-
nior Linzy Martins three goals, the Braves (6-1 overall and
in Southern Maryland Athletic Conference play) outlasted
North Point 8-4 Monday afternoon, running their current
winning streak to six games (the Braves played Calvert
Wednesday night, too late for inclusion in this edition of
the County Times.).
Offensively, it was there, but it wasnt a balanced
game, said Chopticon head coach Anne Vallandingham.
North Point played hard, they never gave up or backed
down.
The Braves, who won a double overtime game against
La Plata last Wednesday and edged Northern on penalty
strokes Friday, never trailed as a ve-goal rst half, con-
cluding with Martins score off of a corner with one second
to go in the half, kept North Point at arms length.
Any win is a good win, said Martin, who scored her
third goal three minutes and 58 seconds into the second
half. It was intense. They score on us, we have to return
one. Martin was one of ve different Chopticon players
(Sarah Jenkins, Jordan Grifth twice Devhana Steffe and
Nikki Downs) to rattle the cage.
We have a big week ahead, so it feels good to win,
said Steffe, who had a goal and assist on the afternoon.
Steffe explains that a tight-knit family atmosphere is one
reason for the Braves success this season. Were one
big family, we hang out together, were having a sleepover
Thursday night, she said. Its why weve been doing re-
ally well.
Another key to Chopticons solid play is a sweet incen-
Martins Hat Trick Extends Braves
Win Streak To Six
Briscoe Comes up Aces
as Hornets Blank Lackey
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS First year head
coach Deedra Earl is pretty condent
whenever senior server Brittany Bris-
coe takes the ball for the Great Mills
volleyball team.
Br i t -
tany has excel-
lent placement and
her serves are really on
target, Earl said after
Briscoe helped the Hor-
nets sweep Lackey three
sets to zero Tuesday
night. Those are her
strengths, absolutely.
My goal is to
hit the ball pretty
hard and never let the
negative get to me,
Briscoe explains of her serving style.
I made one mistake, but I think we
did pretty well.
Courtesy of Briscoes booming
right hand, the Hornets (4-5 overall,
3-4 in Southern Maryland Athletic
Conference play) jumped out to an
8-0 lead in the rst set, on their way
to winning 25-15. The Hornets domi-
nated the second set 25-12 and strug-
gled before coming back to defeat the
Chargers 25-20 in the third set to com-
plete the sweep.
With the regular season halfway
over, Earl is very pleased with the im-
provements the team has made so far
and has her sights set on a good show-
ing in the Class 4A East Regionals,
which begin in about three weeks.
There has been exponential
growth, they learn a new skill and
they master it, Earl says. The best
thing I can say is that they are taking
control of their game, and were work-
ing towards a strong regionals.
Weve had our ups and downs,
its like being on a rocky ship, Bris-
coe adds. Were going to have more
ups than downs now.
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tive. Whenever a player or the team accomplishes
a goal or a mission, a parent will bake brownies
for the team. The brownies provide just a bit of
inspiration for the team to do well.
These brownies are so good, Martin said.
Caramel with chocolate and walnuts, they just
melt in your mouth. So good.
I dont like walnuts too much, Steffe adds,
but they are really good. As for what the Braves
have to do to get their desired tasty treats?
We cant tell everybody the secret, Steffe
said coyly.
If thats what it takes for a win, Vallanding-
ham said with a smile, Ill go with it.
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Brittany Briscoe
prepares to serve
during Great Mills
3-0 win over Lackey
in SMAC volleyball
action Tuesday night.
Photo By
Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Sarah Jenkins of Chopticon is chased by
North Points Meagan Hasson during the
Braves 8-4 win Monday afternoon.
The Braves Erin Wetzel gains control of the ball.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 37
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Rugby
Rugby Rules
There are 15 players per team on the eld with
one referee. A match is played in two continuous 40-
minute halves, with injury time included. Seven sub-
stitutions are allowed per match, and once a player
exits the match, the player cannot return except if a
blood injury forced him our her out of action.
The scoring methods are as follows:
A putdown (similar to a touchdown in
a football, where a player must cross the
line with the ball, is worth ve points. The
point after kick is worth two points. Teams
can also pick up points for major penalties,
which are worth three points. Drop kicks
from anywhere on the eld that split the
goal posts are worth three points as well.
The uniform consists of little to no
padding, with the padding allowed to be
only a quarter of an inch thick. Shirts,
shorts, socks and cleats are necessary to
play rugby.
There are several seasons in which
rugby teams play:
The Matrix season, which occurs in
the fall with nine to 10 matches per season.
The teams with the most points will have
an opportunity to play in the US Rugby
Association playoffs.
The spring season, which is also
known as friendly season. Teams get to
together on their own accord and schedule
exhibition matches to stay in shape and
have fun.
The summer rugby season, which is
made up mostly of regional and national
tournaments.
Origin
The game was believed to have been
founded at Rugby University in England
two centuries ago, hence its name. It even-
tually made its way across the Atlantic
Ocean and has been a very popular sport
with colleges and military for years.
Rugby also had a hand in the inven-
tion of the game of basketball. Dr. James
Naismith, a physical education instruc-
tor at the Springeld, Mass. YMCA,
wanted to create an activity that would
keep his rugby team in shape during the
off-season.
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
HOLLYWOOD Most weekend afternoons on a small patch of
dirt and grass near the end of Clarkes Landing Road, you more than
likely will nd a group of men and women battling in separate
games for possession of a ball and the precious few points that
come with getting that ball across the lines.
The kicker (pardon the pun) is that this very physi-
cal sport is not football rugby, the forefather to the game
of American football is still played at various levels across
the United States, including in St. Marys County by the Pax
River Rugby Club.
Its a lot of camaraderie that comes with being a rugby
player, said Pax River co-captain Brian Fox Hamlet. We
have a lot of military personnel and contractors on the team,
so we stress team unity.
Hamlet, a Leonardtown native now living in Lexington
Park, played football at Leonardtown High School and for a
year at Frostburg State University before the game fell out
of favor with him. In the spring of 1996, Justin Thomson, a
high school classmate of Hamlets, sparked Hamlets interest
in rugby and neither has looked back since.
I gured if he can play, so can I, Hamlet says.
Pax River Rugby was founded in 1990 by Larry Don-
moyer, who still coaches Pax River as well the St. Marys Col-
lege Mens Rugby team. There is also a womens league and
youth league that stages play throughout most of the year.
Their home eld is known as a pitch and their pitch is
located behind the Burchoil near the end of Clarkes Landing
Road, and Hamlet is grateful that the owner of the property has al-
lowed his team to play there.
Mr. Clarke said, You guys need it, you can use it. He has gra-
ciously allowed us to play on his property and we really appreciate
it, he said. Its nice to have a pitch we can call home.
Aside from the physical nature of the game (You
will be in some kind of shape at some point, Hamlet
said with a laugh), the social aspect of rugby is interest-
ing in that most players, who are professionals that are
on travel, can practice with a local team in the town they
are visiting.
We welcome anybody who wants to run with us,
Hamlet said. Its not unusual for a guy to call a team and
say, Hey Ill be in town, can I practice with you guys?
Also, rugby carries a unique characteristic that gives
clues to its British origin the visiting team is welcome
for a post-game get-together and the host team supplies
food and beverages.
Its one of the few sports I know of where you can
pound on each other all day and then have a social gath-
ering about it afterwards, Hamlet said.
More information about the Pax River Rugby teams,
including schedules and contact information, is avail-
able at http://www.paxrugby.com.
More information on the St. Marys College mens
and womens rugby teams can be found at http://www.
smcm.edu/students/clubs.html.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
Rugby Proves To Be Unique Sport
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart
David Beckman throws the ball in.
Jacob Allen of Pax River dashes down eld with the ball dur-
ing Saturday afternoons match with Winchester, Va.
Pax Rivers A.J. Holland is taken down by a Winchester player.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 38
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
The Leonardtown
Raiders had a spirited week
of practice after gaining
their rst victory of the
season last week against
Thomas Stone. Westlake
was coming off their rst
loss of the season in a battle
of undefeated teams with
Huntingtown.
In a conversation with
Raiders Coach Anthony
Pratley, he commented that
his team had an uphill
battle ahead and knew that
Westlake would come in
mad and red up after their
loss At their homecoming
game, Westlake took con-
trol of this game from the
start in a 42-7 win over the
Raiders.
The rst quarter start-
ed for the Wolverines with
a spectacular 91-yard touch-
down run by Tony Hale.
Courtney Jarvis caught
a 23-yard scoring pass from
quarterback Chris Istvan.
After a safety, Desmond
Betts had a three-yard TD
run in the second quarter.
Steven Koudossou grabbed
a 49-yard pass from Istvan
to end the rst half scoring.
Hale led all rushers
with 111 yards on six carries
and Istvan completed six of
his 11 pass attempts for 263
yard with three touchdown
passes.
The ofcials had a
running clock the entire
second half to keep the
scoring down as Leonard-
town scored rst in the third
quarter on a 41-yard run by
Marquez Allen. Westlake nished their scoring
on a 38-yard TD pass from Istvan to Dominic
Draughn, giving Westlake a very balanced attack
as their six touchdowns were scored by six differ-
ent players.
Leonardtown QB Drew Wysocki felt the con-
stant pressure by the Wolverines defense getting
sacked ve times and only completing three of his
11 passes for 59 yards and one interception. Dar-
ren Reed was the rushing leader for the Raiders
with 77 yards rushing on six carries. He also had a
good defensive game
leading the Raid-
ers in tackles with 6
stops. Coach Pratleys
Pistol-Spread of-
fense was attacked in
a recent article by a
national publication, but Pratley is a believer in
this offense and knows if given time, this offense
will be successful here at Leonardtown.
His players will have the opportunity to
show this success over the next few weeks with
a Homecoming battle tomorrow night against La
Plata (1-4) and next weeks Thursday night battle
at much improved Great Mills Hornets Stadium.
Both games start at 7 p.m.
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High School Football
Westlake Too Much
for Leonardtown
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS Bill Grifth be-
lieved his Great Mills football team played
well against Southern Maryland Athletic
Conference powerhouse Lackey for the
entire game. The scoreboard just wasnt in
the Hornets favor.
I think we took it to them for
four quarters, Grifth said after the
Chargers rallied from an 11-point de-
cit to spoil Great Mills homecoming
party with a 34-25 win Friday night.
Things just happen.
The Hornets (3-2 on the season,
1-2 in conference play) scored three
touchdowns in a span of eight minutes
and 23 seconds between the third and
fourth quarters to open up a 25-14 lead
and put the Chargers on the ropes.
Great Mills is a very good foot-
ball team, said Lackey head coach
Doug Lamb. Theyre a class 4A
school with three wins, so we knew
this was going to be a physical game.
We cant take anybody lightly.
Great Mills trailed 14-7 at halftime
before they started their run. Jonathan
James second touch-
down of the night,
a three-yard run to
the left side, brought
them to within 14-13.
After Lackey failed
to move the ball,
senior quarterback
Brian Jenner con-
nected with Michael
Johnson on a three-
yard pass to give the
Hornets a 19-14 lead
with 20 seconds re-
maining in the third.
Lackey was
forced to punt a min-
ute into the fourth
quarter. As Herman Bowman went to
kick, Will Anderson and Marcus Johnson
both smacked the ball back to the Lackey
three-yard line. Basil Moye outraced the
Chargers for the ball and the touchdown to
give the Hornets an 11-point lead.
Lackey responded with their own
three-touchdown burst, with Brandon
Pickerals 17-yard oater to Marquis Smith
with 3:48 to play account-
ing for the score that put
Lackey (3-2 overall, 2-2
SMAC) ahead to stay.
Grifth, who took
the blame for the Char-
gers comeback, pre-
ferred to maintain a posi-
tive outlook in spite of a
crushing loss.
I told our guys,
You showed that you
can play with anybody in
this conference, he said.
Everybody knows now
when you play us, you
better be ready to play 48
minutes of football.
chrisstevens@county-
times.net
Lackey Rallies
Past Hornets in
Heartbreaker
Lackey 34, Great Mills 25
1 2 3 4 Final
Lackey (3-2) 6 8 0 20 34
Great Mills (3-2) 0 7 12 6 25
Lackey Bowman 3 run (kick failed)
Great Mills James 50 run (Alleyne kick)
Lackey Chesley 17 run (Bowman run)
Great Mills James 3 run (kick failed)
Great Mills Johnson 3 pass from Jenner (pass failed)
Great Mills Moye 3 blocked punt return (pass failed)
Lackey Chesley 2 run (pass failed)
Lackey Smith 17 pass from Pickerall (run failed)
Lackey Burns 7 run (Chesley run)
Photo By Chris Stevens
Photo By Chris Stevens
Great Mills Brian Jenner takes off with
three Westlake players giving chase.
Lackeys Herman Bowman is wrapped up by the
Hornets Aaron Wilkerson.
Westlake 42, Leonardtown 7
1 2 3 4 Final
Leonardtown (1-4) 0 0 7 0 7
Westlake (4-1) 14 21 7 0 42
Westlake Hale 91 run (Han kick)
Westlake Jarvis 23 pass from Istvan (Han kick)
Westalke Safety, Augilliard tackled ball carrier in end zone
Westlake Betts 3 run (kick failed)
Westlake Koudossou 49 pass from Istvan (kick failed)
Leonardtown Allen 41 run (Phifer kick)
Westlake Draughn 38 pass from Istvan (Han kick)
Photo By Frank Marquart
Martez Allen scored the
lone touchdown as Leon-
ardtown fell to Westlake
42-7 Friday night.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 39
McDonough 35, Chopticon 14
1 2 3 4 Final
McDonough (3-2) 14 7 0 14 35
Chopticon (0-5) 0 7 7 0 14
McDonough Wilkenson 1 run (Wilkenson kick)
McDonough Joseph 40 pass from Campbell (Wilkenson kick)
McDonough Bentley 17 pass from Campbell (Wilkenson kick)
Chopticon Robeson 25 pass from Douglas (Palmer kick)
Chopticon Robeson 11 pass from Douglas (Palmer kick)
McDonough Joseph 45 run (Wilkenson kick)
McDonough Barksdale 16 pass from Campbell (Wilkenson kick)
Sp rts
High School Football
Knights Ready to Rumble
With Liberty Christian
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
Bob Harmon and Mike
Vosburgh know whos com-
ing to St. Marys County
this Friday night. That
doesnt mean that they, or
the St. Marys Ryken foot-
ball is intimidated. Were
playing a really good team
this week, Harmon said of
Liberty Christian Academy
(Lynchburg, Va.), who will
battle the Knights at Lan-
caster Park at 7 p.m. tomor-
row night. Im excited and
our players are excited for
the challenge.
The Knights (2-3 in
2009) were off last week fol-
lowing a 27-0 victory over
Sidwell Friends on Septem-
ber 25, giving them ample
time to prepare for the Bull-
dogs, who have won 80 of
their last 82 games.
To be the best, youve got play the best, Harmon
said. In the next few years, youre going to see some of
the best football teams in the country here in St. Marys
County and Im excited about it.
A key to the Knights success has been the defense.
Led by Vosburgh, the defensive coordinator, Ryken is al-
lowing an average of 16 points per game and has recorded
two shutouts, as well as limiting powerful Paul VI to just
14 on September 4.
In 24 years of coaching, Ive learned theres no
magic scheme in football, its teaching the fundamentals
and having the kids to execute it, Vosburgh says. We
want them running and hitting, and I tell them to play like
their hair is on re. Theyve done that.
Vosburgh credited his defensive line, one of the fast-
est in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, with
the turn-around.
Devin Mackey has heart and desire and has been a
tremendous addition to our football team, Vosburgh said
Derrick Farrell and Joe Webb have played well all year.
Once the D-line takes over, were in pretty good shape.
A change in attitude has served the Knights well also.
Last year, they didnt believe they could win and their
performance showed, Vosburgh said of the Knights rst
varsity year. This year, they believe they can win. Its a
process, and now they believe in themselves.
Vosburgh hopes his defensive line will limit the Bull-
dogs running attack tomorrow, forcing Liberty Christian
into a passing game. We want to stop the run, because
once you do that, then they become one-dimensional and
you have a chance to shut them down, he says.
Im very fortunate to have Coach Vosburgh, Har-
mon says. The defense starts with him, he a good teacher
and a good football coach.
For the offenses part, Harmon hopes to get the run-
ning game in gear, especially with junior Marlowe Wood
healthy.
We want to get Marlowe and Hunter Wilson the
ball, grind it out and play WCAC football, Harmon said.
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Photo By Chris Stevens
Bob Harmon believes the St. Marys Ryken football team will challenge national power
Liberty Christian Academy tomorrow at Lancaster Park.
Rams Spoil Chopticon Homecoming
By John Hunt
Contributing Writer
Excitement was in the air in
Morganza as the Chopticon Braves
were ready for their homecoming
matchup against McDonough. Af-
ter starting the season with games
against Westlake, Gwynn Park,
Huntingtown and North Point, the
Braves were hoping to have an easi-
er matchup. However, Rams Coach
Luke Ethington was prepared with
his version of the Pistol Spread Of-
fense and the second game after
injuries to his outstanding starting
quarterback, Byron Campbell. The
large homecoming crowd went home
disappointed after McDonough took
the victory by a 35-14 count.
The Rams jumped out to a 21-0
lead on a one-yard TD run by Earl
Wilkenson, and two touchdown
passes by Campbell to Derrek Jo-
seph of 40 yards and the other for 17
yards to Ed Bentley.
The Braves, after missing two
opportunities in the red zone, showed
some ght with Senior wide receiver
Brian Robeson pulling in two scoring
passes from sophomore quarterback
Cody Douglas of 25 and 11 yards that
brought the Braves within one touch-
down in the third quarter.
Robeson was lling in for the
Braves leading receiver Josh Gray,
who was out with an injury. Chop-
ticon continued to have opportuni-
ties inside the red zone, but could
not convert on four of them after
making the game close. Douglas
nished 14 of 35 passing for 220
yards, two interceptions and a lost
fumble. Robeson nished the game
with four catches for 97 yards. Mc
Donough scored twice in the fourth
quarter on a 45-yard run straight up
the middle of the Braves defense
and Davario Barksdale caught a 16-
yard TD from Campbell.
The Rams pistol-spread was
able to move the ball very effec-
tively against the Braves. Campbell
nished the game 14 of 21 for 225
yards passing and three TDs.
Joseph nished the game with
108 yards rushing on eight carries
and 61 yards receiving.
The Chopticon running backs
were only able to rush for 21 yards
on 12 carries as star RB Aaron
Makle only carried the ball once.
QB Douglas had 60 yards rushing,
mostly scrambling from the con-
stant McDonough pressure.
On the defensive end Bam
Wroble led the Braves with 11 tack-
les and 4 assists.
Chopticon heads across the
bridge to Calvert County for the
next two weeks, playing at Northern
(2-3) tomorrow night and at Calvert
(3-2) Thursday October 15.
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Photo By Frank Marquart
Photo By Frank Marquart
The Braves Terhan Watson hauls down McDonoughs Derrick Joseph.
Chopticons Willie Adams deects a pass intended for Justin Brooks of
McDonough.
Health, Human Services
Ofces in Dire Shape
Story Page 5
THURSDAY
October 8, 2009
Photo By Frank Marquart
RISING FOR RUGBY
Page 37
More Veterans
Services Needed
Story Page 4
Rams Spoil Chopticons
Homecoming
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