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COUNTY
Navy Development Plan
Worries Some
A proposal from the
U.S. Navy to open up
land in PAX River to
private development has
some economic offcials
worried the plan would
hurt Lexington Parks
revitalization. PAGE 5
MONEY
Cash Available For
Training Employees
More than $200,000 in
federal money is available
in Southern Maryland
for employers to train
new employees, career
changers. PAGE 8
DEFENSE
Volunteers Work Wonders
for Sotterley Plantation
A team of employees from
BAE Systems of California
saved Sotterley Plantation
thousands of dollars by
volunteering dozens of
hours to build the new
Visitors Center at the
landmark. PAGE 9
EDUCATION
Thousands in
Scholarships Awarded to
Local Students
The Business, Education
and Community Alliance
(BECA) awarded 71
scholarships to St. Marys
County high school seniors
Friday at The JT Daugherty
Conference Center in
Lexington Park. PAGE 14
SPORTS
Raider Girls Finish Up
Perfect Season
Leonardtown girls track
team capped off an
undefeated season by
winning SMAC meet on
Saturday at North Point
High School. PAGE 30
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A rider goes down during the Leonardtown
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track sabotage when someone threw tacks on
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By Guy Leonard
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St. Marys County Sheriffs deputies are investigating the apparent
scattering of sharp tacks along the race course of the Leonardtown Cri-
terium bicycle competition held Sunday that they believe caused several
crashes that resulted in one cyclist being seriously injured.
According to a press release from the sheriffs offce, law offcers
are offering up to a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the ar-
rest and conviction of those responsible for causing numerous crashes
as well as damage to the bikes at the race.
The town square and surrounding
streets were closed down all day Sunday
to prepare for the race and the races chief
organizer said that cyclists were plagued
with problems most of the time.
There were tacks throughout the
day, said Steve Whetstone of the Pax Velo
Bicycle Club. It was not just one race.
Whetstone said that racers would ride
and take their turns on the town roads at
between 25 and 30 miles per hour and giv-
en their close proximity to each other dur-
ing the race sometimes just six inches
to a foot away when one cyclist had an
accident it affected others.
The guy in front goes down and the
chances are hes going to take a couple of
cyclists with him, Whetstone said. Its
the nature of racing
On top of a collarbone fracture suf-
fered by one racer, and numerous other
less severe injuries, there were at least 20
fat tires caused as a result of the tacks be-
ing strewn along the course, Whetstone
said.
They actually pulled tacks out of
tires, he said. I think one bike had its frame broken, he said.
Whetstone said he knew of four or fve crashes throughout the day
involving multiple bicycles.
Mayor J. Harry Norris said that the incident put the town in a bad
light.
Theyre [investigating deputies] taking this very seriously and so
is the town, Norris said. Its a shame, we like to think the town is
inviting.
It really is a bad refection on the town.
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St. Marys County Public Schools, in col-
laboration with the Patuxent Partnership, is of-
fering the frst annual Destination Space 2010
Program to be held at Great Mills High School
in July.
The program is designed for students en-
tering grades 2-3, offering young scientists the
opportunity to practice and improve their prob-
lem solving and teamwork skills while work-
ing on individual and small group challenges.
Camp sessions provide opportunities for
students to participate in hands-on, minds-on
activities in the areas of science, mathematics,
technology, and engineering. Students will ex-
plore these topics through classroom activities
that include challenges such as those encoun-
tered in the Destination ImagiNation program.
Students will work each day to improve their
problem solving skills on team challenges,
while working to build and launch their own
rocket at the end of the week.
Two sessions are designed for students
entering grades 2-3. Students in these grades
may attend a one-week session of their choice,
choosing either July 19-23 or July 26-30. Ses-
sions will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. each day.
Applications for this program can be
downloaded by visiting the St. Marys County
Public Schools website at www.smcps.org and
clicking on the Space Camp Information
tab.
Registration began May 14, and continues
until all spaces are flled. Camps are limited to
24 students in each session.
Destination Space
Program Coming In July
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Economic and politicial offcials say that
a plan the U.S. Navy is pitching to use some of
the land on Patuxent River Naval Air Station for
new offce space and possibly for mixed uses like
restaurants and retail could be bad news for the
Lexington Park area outside the base main gate
and the county at large.
The Navy has proposed an Enhanced Use
Lease (EUL) project that would bring in a devel-
oper to build out land currently not in use on base
for modern offce space to satisfy the demands of
professionals like engineers who work for con-
tractors providing services to the base, insiders
say, and allow them to work more closely with
government personnel.
Aside from the navy trying to consolidate
and modernize work space, which is in short
supply on base, insiders say that the EUL project
would mean that developers and tenants of the
new buildings would spare the navy the expense
of maintaining buildings it would usually build
itself.
The problem, insiders say, is that the project
could harm the economy of the downtown area
outside the gate by providing the same services
the community has for decades.
It limits the investment we put in there to
make the investment pay off, said Todd Morgan,
with the base contractor SAIC and GOP candi-
date for county commissioner. It could signif-
cantly dampen the investment weve put there.
With the modern and likely mixed use build-
ings inside the base being built, Morgan said, con-
tractors and employees on Pax River would no
longer have the need to go off base for services
as much, and that could damage all the efforts the
county has put into revitalizing the stressed Lex-
ington Park community.
Moreover, the offce space on Route 235 and
Great Mills Road designed to support contrac-
tor activities would either become or stay vacant,
Morgan and others fear.
It could pose a huge problem locally over
time, Morgan said. Im not on board with this
proposal because it is so undefned, its a 50
year plan (the length of the EUL lease) and be-
cause the economic engine of Lexington Park
hinges on what the Navys trying to do here.
Robin Finnacom, head of St. Marys County
Community Development Corporation (CDC)
said that the Navy would likely only want one
large developer to build out the project, which ac-
cording to Navy documents on the project, could
involve leasing out up to seven different sites on
base for the new offce space.
That means that some local developers
might not have the size and the cash to compete
with such a large project contract, she said.
There are some outstanding questions for
developers locally, Finnacom told The County
Times. If the Navy selects a developer we hope
they could encourage some local employment.
The CDC has been working for years to revi-
talize the aging and in some cases depressed areas
of Lexington Park and Finnacom said she feared
that the Navys most recent move could spell
trouble not only for the park, but reveal a shift in
the relationship the Navy has with the county that
goes back nearly 60 years.
I think its a dramatic concern, Finnacom
said. Now were faced with the Navy pursuing
private development that may undermine our re-
vitalization goals ... or make it more diffcult.
County Commissioner Daniel H. Raley (D-
Great Mills) said that the community at large had
always tried to accommodate the Navys mis-
sion, and now that relationship appeared to be
changing.
County government had made many conces-
sions in the past, he said, including setting aside
the land where the Flat Tops used to be for offce
space as well as restricting development around
the base to stop encroachment on the Navys criti-
cal fight operations.
I believe retail should be outside the gate,
Raley told The County Times. Weve got the Flat
Tops waiting to be utilized I dont understand
that.
Raley said that while the impact of the EUL
project was far from certain, he feared that the
blight the county was trying to fx on Great Mills
Road would spread elsewhere.
I dont want to be revitalizing Route 235 if
the Navy goes through with this, Raley said.
Community Insiders Worried
About Navys Land Use Plan
While community leaders and insiders
here are concerned about the impact of the Na-
vys proposal to take some of the land at Pax
River and use it for offce space and perhaps
even retail establishments, a spokesman for
the Naval District of Washington said that the
idea is not a done deal.
Ed Zeigler, spokesman for the proposed
Enhanced Use Lease project, said that the
Navy would have to wait to hear from private
developers about how they would even build
out such a large project.
We dont even know what proposals
well get, Zeigler told The County Times.
What an EUL helps us do is modernize the
facilities at the station.
We understand there may be misgivings
and thats why were engaging community
leaders.
According to Navy-released informa-
tional material about the proposal, the local
community could still beneft from the EUL
because local construction jobs might be
created.
The Navy information speaks of only
one developer, likely a large-scale builder that
would take on the project. But it contends that
it could be benefcial for the local economy by
creating even more jobs to support the busi-
ness campus.
The Navy also argues that the federal gov-
ernment would wave state and local property
taxes for property leased under the EUL proj-
ect, if it moves ahead, so jurisdictions could
tax the developers interest or enter into a pay-
ment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement.
The Navy needs the EUL project pro-
posal, Zeigler said, because dollars in the De-
partment of Defense are short and a private
developer posed the best option to modernize
facilities.
Zeigler said that the lease for the project
would be long-term and could reach up to 50
years in length.
A meeting to discuss the EUL proposal
will be held at Frank Knox Educational Center
near Gate 2 in Lexington Park tonight from 5
to 6 p.m.
Pax River EUL Depends
On Developer Proposals
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Chesapeake Bay Gets A C On
Health Report Card
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Environmental scientists with the Uni-
versity of Maryland and the National Ocean-
ographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) say that the health of the Chesapeake
Bay has improved since attaining a low rating
nearly seven years ago.
The latest 2009 report from eco-check.
org, the Web site displaying the results of the
universitys Center for Environmental Science
and NOAA, gives the bay a 46 percent health
ranking, which shows steady if slow improve-
ment over the past three years.
The 2009 ranking is just one percent above
the 2008 ranking, which garnered the bay a C-
minus grade from the survey.
This report provides us with an indepen-
dent look at how we in Maryland are living up
to our commitment to restore the bay, said
Gov. Martin OMalley in press release. This is
the bays highest grade since 2002 and an im-
provement over 2008s C-minus
The administrations press release stated
that 14 separate reporting stations in regions of
the bay showed water quality ranging from a
B-minus to an F grade.
The best grade the bay received from the
survey was a score of 57 percent back in 1993
but the lowest to date was a 2003 ranking of just
35 percent.
The leader of the project at the UMCES,
William Dennison, said that rainfall patterns
played a signifcant part in the gradual im-
provement in the bays water quality as well as
controls on nutrients fowing in.
Despite the record high rainfall in parts of
Maryland and Virginia, the mainstream of the
Chesapeake Bay improved last year, Dennison
said in the statement. Normally, more precipi-
tation means poorer bay health. But last year,
the bay benefted from below average rainfall
throughout Pennsylvania which appears to
have reduced the amount of pollutants reaching
the open waters of the mainstream bay.
The latest ranking improvement comes
just one week after the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency issued a plan to coordinate
cleaning up of the bay, whose watershed en-
compasses territory from six states.
The plan includes more restrictions on nu-
trients and sediments allowed to come off of 4
million acres of farmland as well as an maxi-
mum daily allowable amount of pollutants in
the Chesapeake.
The EPA plan is a positive sign, said
OMalley administration spokesman Shaun
Adamec. We havent had a federal partner un-
til President Obama stepped in.
The EPAs strategy came one year after
President Obama issued an executive order to
have the bay cleaned up.
The EPA can use science to set the stan-
dards and it can enforce those standards, Ad-
amec said of the plans foreseeable impact on
Marylands and other states contributions to
water quality.
Del. John Bohanan (D-Dist. 29) said that
the plan should focus on the actions of other
states mostly, as Maryland has already taken
action to improve the bay.
Maryland has stepped up and taken
strong action already, Bohanan said, adding
the federal strategy could force states like New
York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia to
catch up to where Maryland is.
Its not like we ruined the bay on our
own, Bohanan said.
By Sean Rice
Staff Writer
Taylor Hubbard, 20, of Lexington Park, a
graduate of Great Mills High School, died on
Sunday, May 16 falling from a ffth story win-
dow the night before on the campus of George
Washington University in Washington DC.
Hubbard was brought to the George Wash-
ington Hospital Center at 4:25 a.m. Saturday af-
ter a student found Hubbard in the plaza behind
Guthridge Hall and called 911, D.C. Fire and
Emergency Medical Services spokesman Pete
Piringer told the GW Hatchet, an independent
student newspaper at the university.
Hubbard sustained multiple internal inju-
ries, according to a police report, which classi-
fed the incident as not suspicious.
Hubbard was found by a group of students
coming back from a party early Saturday morn-
ing. They found a male sprawled face-up on the
grass in Guthridge Park, The Hatchet reported.
Hubbard, who graduated from Great Mills
High School as salutatorian, majored in bio-
medical engineering and was part of Alpha Chi
Sigma, a chemistry fraternity.
Taylor was a promising student and a be-
loved member of the George Washington com-
munity. I speak for the entire University when I
express our sympathy to Taylors family, George
Washington University President Steven Knapp
said in a statement.
Nothing has emerged so far that indicates
that this incident was anything other than a trag-
ic accident, the statement said.
Hubbards father told The Hatchet that his
son was helping a friend move out of the dorm
room during the weekend, and that student was
found sleeping in the room when police offcers
arrived to investigate.
seanrice@countytimes.net
Falling Death of Local Grad
Appears Accidental
Taylor Hubbard
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
The countys updated comprehensive
zoning ordinance could help to maintain
the feel of neighborhoods where residents
have enjoyed plenty of space between
homes, because the proposal aims to make
it less attractive to build additional high-
density developments there.
Under the plan, portions of the resi-
dential low density zone, known as R-L,
would be changed to the residential low
density transitional zone, known as R-LT,
which would decrease the allowable den-
sity in those areas from five dwelling units
per acre to three in some cases.
In cases where the R-LT zone is in
the critical area of the Chesapeake Bay
watershed, that density for new projects
decreases even further, according to Jeff
Jackman, a senior planner with the coun-
tys Department of Land Use and Growth
Management.
In the critical area the bonus density
essentially goes away, Jackman told The
County Times. In the critical area youre
essentially getting one-half of a dwelling
unit per acre.
R-LT is a reduction [in density] and
in the critical area its much more of a
reduction.
Jackman said that the portions of the
low-density residential zone that could
see the change would be on the edge of
the Lexington Park Development District
only, and would create a transitional zone
between the development district and the
rural preservation district.
Residents of the Mill Cove neighbor-
hood in California told county commis-
sioners and members of the countys plan-
ning commission that they were pleased
with the proposal.
Members of the community there
have been in conf lict with a local devel-
oper who wanted to build a high-density
development in the older neighborhood
and have even sought unsuccessfully to
have themselves removed from the devel-
opment district altogether.
The R-LT goes a long way to solv-
ing some of the problems I see, said Mill
Cove resident Richard Huff.
Proposed Zoning Change Reduces
Density for Some Neighborhoods
Whats your reaction to the crashes at the bike races in Leonardtown this past weekend caused by someone throwing tacks in the road ?
Ryan Gribble, 20, a
student whos come
home to Leonardtown
for the summer, said
I really enjoy riding
bikes, so thats really
despicable, actually. I
mean, why did they do
it? Were they protest-
ing something?
Sherri Gribble, 47
(Ryans mother) said
she thought the
people who threw
the tacks in the road
should do serious
community service
that was just
extremely selfsh
and pointless.
Michael W. Lang, Jr., 73, who lives near
Leonardtown Square, said he saw the
bikers crash during the race. I was
walking in and I saw them crash. I
was hoping theyd just get a few
scrapes but I heard one guy got
stitches in his leg, so that sounded
more serious I think [those re-
sponsible] should probably get six
months in the detention center, or
even eight or nine, or twelve.
The Southern Maryland Electric Coop-
erative says it has entered into an agreement
to purchase renewable electricity from a wind
turbine operation in Somerset, Penn. over an
18-year period, according to a news release.
The 35 units at the Stony Creek Wind
Turbine Project have a maximum potential
output of 52.5 megawatts, the release stated,
and will provide just under two percent of
SMECOs energy needs.
Our customers want us to be involved
with renewable and environmentally friendly
energy products that dont add signifcant
power costs to our power portfolio or their
electric rates, said Austin J. Slater, SMECOs
president and CEO.
SMECO to Buy Pennsylvania
Wind Turbine Power
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On Saturday, May 1, 2010, St. Marys Ryken
(SMR) carried out its fourth annual All Knighter
for juniors and seniors. This alcohol/tobacco/
drug free after prom event had the highest atten-
dance since its inception. At St. Marys Ryken,
there is no longer the question about what to do
after the prom; students go to the All Knighter.
The All Knighter, modeled after the Offce of the
States Attorneys Project Graduation, is a culmi-
nation of alcohol/tobacco/drug prevention activi-
ties that go on throughout the year.
The All Knighter was held at the Capital
Clubhouse beginning at 12 a.m. and ending at
4 a.m. Over 250 students and their guests par-
ticipated and had a great time ice skating, rock
wall climbing and playing dodgeball, volleyball,
soccer and basketball. Students received a com-
plimentary t-shirt and many items were given
away as door prizes. No one went hungry thanks
to the candy, snacks, donuts and bagels provided
by the parents and the delicious food, coffee bar,
popcorn and cotton candy provided by Baileys
Catering. Over 30 parents and members of the
SMR faculty were present to chaperone and sup-
port this event.
Many community leaders helped make this
event successful. Special thanks to Mr. Richard
Fritz and the States Attorneys Offce for being a
major sponsor of this event. Thanks to Keller Bus
company for the donation of coach buses to trans-
port juniors and seniors and their guests to the
Capital Clubhouse in Waldorf. Thanks to Bai-
leys Catering for the donation and preparation
of food for the event as well as the cotton candy
machine and the popcorn machine. Thanks to
Glenn Guy from Guy Distributing and Bob and
Linda Taylor for their generous sponsorship.
Many thanks to Ronnie Hancock, Keith Kretch-
man and Phil Wiley from Coca-Cola, La Plata,
for the generous donation of beverages. Thanks
to D. J. Toby Lakin for the music.
We are grateful to Maryland State Troop-
ers Commander Michael Thompson, Leonard-
town barracks, and Commander Chuck Parlett,
La Plata barracks, for providing security for the
event. Special thanks to TFC Matthew Neuman,
LaPlata, and Trooper Stephan Casavella, Leon-
ardtown, for working the event.
Underage drinking is an epidemic in this
country and it is a serious problem in Southern
Maryland. Research shows that during the prom
and graduation season, students are more likely
to be involved with alcohol and are more likely
to be placed in situations in which poor deci-
sions are made. Events such as the All Knighter
provide opportunities for students to be involved
in community and school sponsored events and
have a great time. We are changing the thinking
and the culture regarding alcohol and drug use; it
is not cool to use.
Thanks to the students, parents and faculty
on the planning committee. Special thanks to the
countless number of parents who made phone
calls, sent in door prizes, chaperoned and en-
couraged your teen to participate in this event.
Thanks to everyone who helped keep our kids
safe that evening.
Ann Kovalcik, Coordinator and Director,
All Knighter Retreat Program at St. Marys
Ryken
All Knighter Was Biggest Ever
I have been a resident of St. Marys County
for the majority of the last 16 years. My husband
is in the military, and we have decided to make
St. Marys County our home after he retires.
One of the main reasons we have decided to stay
here is because of the public school system.
Since we are a military family, our children
have experienced several school systems in dif-
ferent states. After living in the state of Cali-
fornia for several years, I have seen what can
happen to public schools when funding is not a
priority. There is no physical education, no mu-
sic, and no art; there are 40 kids in a third grade
classroom - with one teacher and no teachers
aide. Schools are closing because they cant
afford to keep them open, causing even more
overcrowding. This is what happens when pub-
lic schools are not funded as they should be.
Our superintendent, Dr. Martirano, has
made efforts to secure funding to make our
schools the best in the state. The demographics
of the county have changed over the last decade,
and they continue to change. The population
of St. Marys County is comprised of highly
educated individuals who wish their children to
have the kind of education needed to succeed in
this competitive world, and our superintendent
and school board have responded.
I applaud the efforts of Dr. Martirano and
the School Board for realizing that schools can-
not be successful by teaching only to the average
student. The programs that this school system
has implemented for the high achieving students
AND the at risk students are phenomenal. We
now have choices within the public school sys-
tem. High school students can choose not just a
path that takes them to college but emphasizes
their feld of study before they even enter col-
lege. The Forrest Technology Center provides
opportunities for students who perhaps dont
want to go to a four-year institution after high
school but still want to learn a trade to be suc-
cessful adults. And the Fairlead Academy en-
ables students that are at risk of failing the op-
portunity to succeed. Thats three very diverse
groups of students ALL getting their needs met.
To me, it is outstanding for a school system to
provide all these opportunities. And I havent
even mentioned the STEM academy, Global and
International Studies and the Finance Academy.
These academies provide still more ways for
students to get specialized curriculum if they so
desire.
These programs can only continue with f-
nancial support, and you can show that support
by making education a priority in your fscal
budget. I implore you to allow for continued
opportunities for our youth. The people of St.
Marys County wont settle for less - show Dr.
Martirano and the School Board how much you
appreciate all they have done to improve the
schools and continue to improve the schools.
You also need to show the residents of St.
Marys County that you are committed to pro-
viding these opportunities to our children, our
grandchildren, and beyond. You can do this by
making education top priority. Dont we want
the best for the future of St. Marys County? If
so, then make education in St. Marys County
top priority.
Julie Lemmon
California, MD
Commissioners, Please Make Education
Top Priority
On 8 May, Taps Community Brotherhood
(TCB) hosted their Fourth Annual May Mad-
ness 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at St. Marys
College Athletic Recreation Center. TCB would
like to thank the players, referees, volunteers,
and sponsors for making this years tournament
a success. Close to 30 teams this year competed
in the Middle School, High School (Junior Var-
sity & Varsity), Adult Mens, and Adult Co-Ed
divisions.
Congratulations to all the winners who sur-
vived the grueling day of double elimination play
and won their divisions. For the Middle School
division, The Dunking Crew took home the frst
place prize for the second year in a row. In the
Junior Varsity and Varsity divisions, Team Flight
and Team Takeover 1 were the winners. For
Adult Mens division, the reigning champions for
three years in a row were fnally dethroned by
County Legacy. In the Adult Co-Ed division, in
their frst year of entry, Team Dream took home
the victory.
TCB also invited other nonprofts and orga-
nizations within St. Marys County to participate
in this years tournament by manning informa-
tional booths for their organizations. TCB would
like to thank Walden Sierra, Maryland Dream
and Bryant Dent Foundation for their participa-
tion. Also, a heartfelt thank you to Project Possi-
ble from Great Mills High School, who provided
close to 30 volunteers. Their efforts as score-
keepers, concession workers, admission staff,
and general runners were greatly appreciated.
The May Madness Tournament would not
be possible without the support of countless do-
nations from friends and family as well as spon-
sorships with local businesses and organizations.
Sponsors for the May Madness Tournament
include Sanof Aventis, St. Marys College of
Maryland, Chesapeake Technology, Travel Lead-
ers, Blue Wind Gourmet, Enalo Imagery, and Pin
Pow.
A special thank you to Ms. Melissa Farr of
Firefy Photography who donated her services as
this years photographer. TCB is grateful for her
hard work in capturing memories from this years
tournament.
Proceeds from the May Madness Tourna-
ment and other TCB Events are donated to local
and national nonproft organizations that impact
community youth through sports, arts, leader-
ship, mentor or counseling programs. For more
information on TCB Events, volunteering, spon-
sorship opportunities, or the Community Out-
reach Program, visit their website at www.thetcb.
org.
Diana DeCarlo, TCB Board of Directors
California, MD
May Madness A Great Success
What a shock, after years of deception, I
fnd I have not been living in a democracy but
in a country governed by the Democrat or the
Republican parties. We, the constituents, elect
people to Congress to pass laws that are for the
good of all American people. But when they
get to Congress, they revert to the party line.
Only vote the party line- to hell with what your
constituents want. We, fnally fnd we have
elected a jackass to Congress because they
only vote the party line.
When one party is in control, the other
party refuses to play the game, pass laws to
beneft our country. But Congress passes laws
that only beneft themselves. We must obey the
laws but they are exempt. They tell no one why
they must be exempt. What is the real reason,
do they gain certain benefts or advantages?
Congressmen are a very conservative
group as they have a salary of $171,000 and
after several terms in Congress they become
millionaires. No wonder they spend millions
of dollars to get elected. Its not the salary its
the benefts of the job that pay off.
Congress has made a mockery of our
government. They live like royalty and do not
have to account for their expenditures. Their
ethics committee is a joke. Anything goes! We
the people, are supposed to control Congress
by the people, we elect in good faith to do their
job. After election Congressmen are supposed
to forget the party label and vote for the good of
their constituents. Please, fellow Americans,
whomever is in vote them out. Maybe the new
blood will realize why they were elected.
Daniel Wilson
Leonardtown, MD
Congress Lives Like Royalty
Legal Ads:
The Leonardtown Board of Appeals will
hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at
5:00 p.m. at the Leonardtown Town Offce,
41660 Courthouse Drive, Leonardtown, MD,
20650. Case #13-10 - 22635 Washington Street
Request for special exception to construct a
single family residence in a C-B zoning dis-
trict. Copies of the documents pertaining to
this case are available for public review at the
Town Offce. The public is invited to attend
and/or send written comments to be received
by June 8th , at the address listed above. Spe-
cial accommodations will be made for persons
with disabilities upon request.
By Authority: Laschelle E. McKay, Town
Administrator.
Commissioners of Leonardtown Notice of Public Hearing
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We allow property owners to sell things to our group
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The kinds of properties that work best for us are
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Two local credit unions have community
charters. This means that they can offer their
services to anyone who lives, works, or wor-
ships in the community. Members dont have
to be affliated with a specifc employer or
other organization.
Educational Systems Federal Credit
Union (ESFCU) www.esfcu.org has a mem-
ber service center in San Souci Plaza at 22599
MacArthur Blvd in California.
ESFCU has a community charter for St.
Marys County. For more information, con-
tact Melanie Mattingly at 301-863-2805 ext.
4752.
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the County as well as in Calvert. Their head-
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Recently CPFCU received a commu-
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The Tri-County Council for South-
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$238,414 in funding available in Southern
Maryland for training through the Ameri-
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(ARRA) of 2009.
A key provision of the ARRA is in-
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workforce system customers and expand-
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courses and curricula to meet local needs
in Southern Maryland.
The ARRA allows the local Southern
Maryland Workforce Investment Board
(SMWIB) to contract with institutions of
higher education, such as community and
technical colleges or other eligible train-
ing providers.
Direct contracts with institutions of
higher education and other eligible train-
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job seekers and employers in the Southern
Maryland region.
Funds will support short-term train-
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This program is designed to assist lo-
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better align the skills of their applicants
with the needs of the job.
As a result of the economy, many
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transition to new industries and careers
will benefit as applicants.
The success of this program will
be measured by our ability to turn more
job applicants resumes into suitable new
hires, Ellen Flowers-Fields, Director of
Regional Economic Development at the
Tri-County Council said in a press re-
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ence in their industries. This disconnect
often results in the application not being
considered.
The SMWIBs contract training pro-
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This program can help an individual
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those highly developed analytical skills
to the needs of an employer who might be
looking for an accountant.
This type of occupational matching
addresses both the needs of the job seeker
and the employer, aiding in helping local
people secure local jobs and in business
growth and sustainability, said Gerald W.
Clark, Chairman Tri-County Council.
Employers and HR directors interest-
ed in finding out how to access these re-
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Taste for Yourself
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Grand Opening
May 21, 2010
Ribbon Cutting and Toast 2:00 p.m.
Special Activities all weekend!
Fifteen Local
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23190 Newtowne Neck Road Leonardtown, MD
Tasting Room Open Wednesday-Sunday Noon- 6:00 p.m.
Sotterley Plantation in
Hollywood officially opened
for the guided tour season on
May 1, thanks in large part to
the support and hard work of
several members of the com-
munity working under a tight
deadline.
This joining of forces of
volunteers and local business
has not only transformed a
building into our new Visitor
Center, but also saved Sot-
terley thousands of dollars, a
press release states.
The Knott
House on the plan-
tation became
the best choice to
house both the new
Visitor Center and
Museum Shop, af-
ter the basement
wall of the for-
mer Museum Shop
collapsed.
Just a mere
three weeks out
from opening day,
several employees
of BAE Systems
transformed the
one-time Knott
House into the new
Visitor Center and
Museum Shop.
Their work
ranged from reinforcing and re-hanging
the ceiling, sanding and painting the
Exhibit Room, Museum Shop, and rest-
room walls, building new bookshelves,
purchasing and installing a new door
and locks, repainting the outside rail-
ings, hanging new track lighting, mov-
ing electrical fixtures, and enclosing a
closet.
Over the past seven years, BAE
Systems has consistently played a major
role in enabling the site to remain open
to the public, because of their continued
belief in the Sotterley Plantation mission
- of serving as an educational resource
and cultural venue while seeking to pre-
serve, interpret and research the planta-
tions diverse cultures and environments
throughout its history.
This latest incredible act of gener-
osity is added to the long list of their
support of Sotterley and other organiza-
tions within the community, the release
states.
Dennis Kund, longtime supporter
of Sotterley, created the new you-cant-
miss-us-now on-site signage. Over the
years, Kund has billed minimally for
his services, donating most of it. His
assistant Marguerite Seifert was a tre-
mendous help in creating and install-
ing the new artwork and signs. Clarks
Flooring also donated well over half of
the cost for the new carpet, padding, and
installation.
Because of a generous communi-
ty, Sotterley now boasts a new Visitor
Center, and were not done yet, the re-
lease states. More new exhibits are yet
to come, and we hope to have many of
these changes ready for our visitors this
summer.
BAE Works to Open New Sotterley
Visitor Center
A team of employees from BAE Systems of California saved Sotterley Plantation
thousands of dollars by volunteering dozens of hours to build the new Visitors
Center at the landmark.
The County Times
Mary Beck, 82
M a r y
C y r i l l a
Beck of
Hollywood,
MD passed
away Sun-
day, May
16, 2010 at
her resi-
dence. Born
on October
29, 1927
in Holly-
wood, MD,
she was the
daughter of
Warren and
Ca t he r i ne
Greenwell, she was the youngest of eight
children.
Cyrilla graduated from eighth grade
at St. Johns School in June 1942. In 1946
she graduated from St. Marys Academy
and worked at the Navy Exchange for sev-
eral years. After leaving the Navy Ex-
change, she worked for the First National
Bank of St. Marys for 30 years.
She was preceded in death by her hus-
band Joseph A. Beck. Cyrilla and Joe were
married in 1950 in St. Johns Church. She
was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of
the Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department
for several years holding a variety of posi-
tions. Cyrilla and Joe were both gracious
and generous. They always welcomed
family and friends to their home. Many
memories of good times live on especially
memories of the Swimming Pool.
Cyrilla is survived by many loving
nieces and nephews. She was preced-
ed in death by her brothers and sisters
Thomas Greenwell, Violet Norris, Helen
Wood, Wilson Greenwell, Albert Green-
well, Clarence Greenwell, and Cecilia
Henderson.
The family received friends on
Wednesday, May 19, at Mattingley-Gar-
diner Funeral Home where prayers were
said. A Mass of Christian Burial will be
celebrated on Thursday, May 20, 2010 in
St. Johns Catholic Church, Hollywood,
MD, with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiat-
ing. Interment will follow in the Church
Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Steve
Greenwell, Larry Greenwell, Johnny Rus-
sell, Frankie Greenwell, Bill Mattingly
and Jimmy Hayden. Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to the Ladies Auxiliary
Hollywood Fire Department.
Tommy Bellere, Sr., 60
To mmy
Bellere, Sr.,
60, of Leon-
a r d t o w n ,
MD, died
on Monday,
May 10,
2010 at his
residence.
B o r n ,
March 20,
1950, in
Washington,
DC, he was
the son of
the late Lou-
is and Mary
Alice Thompson Bellere.
He was predeceased by his loving wife
Marion, whom he married on February
23, 1973 in Leonardtown Maryland. He
is survived by his son, Tommy Bubba
Jr. and his wife Nancy, and two daughters
Jenny Beale and her husband Bobby of
Loveville, MD and Terri Bellere and her
fianc Andy of Compton, MD, siblings;
Charles Bucky Bellere, Danny Bellere
and Toni Long, and 8 grandchildren.
From 1975 to 1981, Tommy owned
and managed Belleres TV in Leonard-
town, MD. He enjoyed going into peo-
ples homes, talking to them, and fixing
their televisions. He knew that it would
be hard to keep up with all of the changes
in technology, and decided to work on
base. In 1980, Tommy started work at
Patuxent Naval Air Station as an Elec-
tronics Technician for Dyncorp at the
Range Test Directorate, Chesapeake Test
Range where he worked until September
1987. In 1987, he moved to the Electrical
Power Systems Division of the Propulsion
and Power Department as a civil servant
where he worked as an Electrical Engi-
neering Technician, with collateral duties
as a hazmat coordinator and credit card
buyer until his retirement from federal
civil service in 2007.
You knew that Tommy liked you if he
gave you a nickname. He fondly referred
to his children as Gilbo, Skilpot, and T-
Bone. Tommy enjoyed making people
smile as Bones the clown at various
events around Leonardtown, often bring-
ing Bones with his bag of candy and bal-
loons to different events that his sister and
brother-in-law were involved in with the
3
rd
District Optimist Club. He loved all
kinds of knick-knacks, and enjoyed going
to thrift stores looking for piggy banks
and clowns. He liked to do little things to
help people out when you least expected
it.
All services are private.
Emma Betty Harrison, 89
Emma
B e t t y
H a r r i -
son, 89, of
Le o n a r d -
town, MD
died peace-
fully at her
r e s i de nc e
on May 11,
2010.
B o r n
March 16,
1921, in
Be d f o r d ,
PA, she
was the
daughter of
the late Charles and Margaret Beegle.
Betty served in the Army as a nurse
during WWII. After the war, she came to
Annapolis, MD where she met and mar-
ried Billy Harrison.
Betty and Billy worked side by side on
a farm in Harwood, MD until she moved
to Leonardtown, MD in 2005 to live with
her daughter.
Betty is survived by one daughter, Su-
san and her husband Ron, and one grand-
son, Kyle Wayson and his wife Brittney.
She was preceded in death by her hus-
band Billy and her daughter Betsy.
Family received friends on Saturday,
May 15, in the Brinsfield Funeral Home,
22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown,
MD 20650. Funeral services and burial
were held on Monday, May 17, 2010 at Mt.
Zion United Methodist Church in Loth-
ian, MD.
Memorial contributions may be made
to the Hospice of St. Marys, P.O. Box 625,
Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Taylor Hubbard, 20
Taylor
I. Hub-
bard, 20
of Lexing-
ton Park,
MD died
at George
Wa s h i ng-
ton Uni-
v e r s i t y
Ho s p i t a l
on Sunday,
May 16,
2010 after
a tragic ac-
cident on
the campus
of George Washington University in NW,
DC.
Born November 21, 1989 in North
Hampton, MA, he was the son of Wayne
W. Hubbard and Kayoko Hashimoto Hub-
bard of Lexington Park, MD.
Taylor, a 2008 graduate of Great Mills
High, was salutatorian of his class and a
member of the National Honor Society.
He was active in high school sports play-
ing soccer, lacrosse and wrestling.
Taylor was a sophomore at George
Washington University College where he
was a biomedical engineering student. He
enjoyed playing ultimate Frisbee, soccer
and lacrosse. He was a member of the Al-
pha Pi Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma, a co-
ed professional fraternity in chemistry.
Taylors peers describe him as some-
one who was always willing to help others
with their work. His friends and family
remember his outgoing personality and
happy demeanor.
In addition to his parents, he is sur-
vived by his brother, Sean M. Hubbard of
Lexington Park, MD; his paternal grand-
parents, Walter F. and Joyce E. (Stoddard)
Hubbard of Royalston, MA; his maternal
grandmother, Kikue (Toya) Hashimoto
of Tokyo, Japan; and his maternal great-
grandparents, Albert and Freda Stod-
dard of Pelham, MA. He was preceded in
death by his maternal grandfather, Yoshio
Hashimoto.
A candlelight vigil was held on
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at Great Mills
High School, 21130 Great Mills Road,
Great Mills, MD 20634.
Relatives and friends are invited to
Taylors Life Celebration at the Patux-
ent Presbyterian Church, 23421 Kingston
Creek Road, California, MD 20619 on Fri-
day, May 21, 2010 from 5:30 until 7 p.m.
with services at 7 p.m. Mike Jones pastor
of the church will officiate.
In lieu of f lowers, contributions may
be made to the Taylor Hubbard Memorial
Scholarship Fund, c/o Community Bank
of Tri-County, 22730 Three Notch Road,
California, MD 20619.
Cecilia McKay, 81
Cecilia Stepanik McKay, 81 of Holly-
wood, MD passed away on May 15, 2010
at St. Marys Hospital.
Born July 9, 1928 in Westmoreland
County, PA, she was the daughter of the
late Michael and Anna Pilot Stepanik.
Mrs. McKay moved to St. Marys
County over 43 years ago. She was a
homemaker.
C e -
cilia was
p r e c e d e d
in death
by her
hu s b a n d ,
David R.
McKay in
2006. She
is survived
by her chil-
dren; Cin-
dy Young,
( Ri char d)
of St. Ini-
goes, MD
and David
W. McKay, (Judy) of Jacksonville, FL,
one sister; Betty Winston of College Park,
MD and two grandchildren; Christy Vick-
ery and Heather McKay both of Jackson-
ville, FL.
Family received friends for Ceci-
lias Life Celebration on Tuesday, May
18, 2010 in the Brinsfield Funeral Home,
P.A., Leonardtown, MD; A Funeral Ser-
vice was conducted on Wednesday, May
19, 2010 in Mt. Zion United Methodist
Church, Mechanicsville, MD. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made
to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box
1032, Lexington Park, MD 20653
Nicholas Pielmeier, 26
Nicho-
las Andrew
Pi el mei er,
26 of Hol-
l y w o o d ,
MD died
May 11,
2010 in
Ne w n a n ,
GA.
Ni ck y
was born
on June
17, 1983
in Clin-
ton, MD
to Dawn
Marie Wil-
loughby Pielmeier of Hollywood, MD and
Andrew William Pielmeier of Altoona, PA.
He graduated in 2001 from Chopticon
High School. Nicky received degrees in Po-
litical Science and History from Centenary
College.
He was employed with Seickel & Sons
as a boiler mechanic.
Surviving in addition to his parents
are six siblings, Robin Miller of Mechan-
icsville, MD, Jessy Smith and Maxi Smith
of Hollywood, MD, Brooke Guss, Jake
Pielmeier and Brian Miller all of Altoona,
PA, his maternal grandmother, Doris E.
Willoughby of Indian Head, MD and his
paternal grandparents, Patricia and Dave
Pielmeier of Annapolis, MD.
Family received friends on Sunday,
May 16, 2010 in the Brinsfield Funeral
Home, Leonardtown, MD where a prayer
service was held. Interment was private.
Mary Stickell, 88
Mary Dorothy (Dottie) Stickell, 88, of
Avenue, MD died May 14, 2010 in Callaway,
MD with her family by her side. Dorothy
was born on July 17, 1921 in Washington,
DC. She was the daughter of the late Leslie
and Alice Smith Dix.
She was the loving wife of the late
The County Times
Continued
To The Editor Continued:
Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.
22955 Hollywood Road
Leonardtown, Maryland 20650
(301) 475-5588
Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A.
30195 Three Notch Road
Charlotte Hall, Maryland 20650
(301) 472-4400
Brinsfield
A Life Celebration Home
Funeral Homes
& Crematory
Caring for the Past
Planning for the Future
Oscar Wal-
ter Stickell
whom pre-
ceded her
in death on
January 24,
1983.
She is
s u r v i v e d
by her sis-
ter Vir-
ginia Abell
of London
Town, MD
and her two
sons Wal-
ter Maurice
R e e s e
Stickell and his wife Sande of Florence, SC
and Carrol Edward Chuck Stickell and his
wife Margaret Louise of Leonardtown, MD.
She is also survived by her grandchildren;
Kim and Andy Whittington and their chil-
dren Bob, Nicholas, Jenna, Megan; Andrew
& Lisa and their children Gavin, Brody and
Brooke; Sheri & Troy Knott and their chil-
dren Jordan and Garrett; Teri Higgs and her
children Tyler and Shelby; Mary-Margaret
Stickell and her children Stephen, Taylor and
Patrick; Walter and Noelle Stickell and their
children Zack and Abby; Dawn and Chris
Wilson and their children Jessica, Kelsey,
Cheryl, Autumn and her daughter Lillian-
na; Carrie and Willie Willet and their chil-
dren Joey, Brittany, Zachary and Madison;
Leslie and Angie Stickell and their children
Haylee and Savannah; Sean Stickell and his
children Kyle and Nathan; Benji and Amy
Thompson and their children Trent, Kya and
Bella.
Dottie was employed at the US Census
Bureau where she retired after 30 years as a
statistician; she was one of the first women
to hold a GS ranking in her field. She was
very active in St. Marys County and was a
volunteer for the Meals on Wheels Program
through the Office of Aging. She loved to
line dance and belonged to the Country
Steppers and Grandmas Rockers. Dottie
will be especially remembered for her rou-
tine known as the Stripper. She was also
an active participant in the Senior Olympics
and was awarded several medals for the
breaststroke.
The family would like to express their
heartfelt gratitude to the staff at the Hospice
House for the kind and respectful care they
provided her during the last weeks of her
life.
The family received friends to cele-
brate the life of Dorothy (Mary-D, Dottie)
on Tuesday, May, 18, 2010 in the Matting-
ley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown,
MD, where prayers were recited. A Mass of
Christian burial was celebrated on Wednes-
day, May 19, 2010 in Holy Angels Catholic
Church, Avenue, MD. Interment followed at
Washington National Cemetery, Suitland,
MD.
In Lieu of f lowers donations may be
made to The Hospice House of St. Marys,
P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD, 20650.
Thank You Hoyer
I just wanted to write to thank Ma-
jority Leader Steny Hoyer for all he does
for the 5th Congressional District in
Maryland. I am a longtime constituent,
but have never felt compelled to write
before. However I think Mr. Hoyer needs
to be thanked for all he does for our state
and our country.
He has worked tirelessly with Presi-
dent Obama to get our economy back on
track, evidenced by the 12% turnaround
in GDP in one year and the creation of al-
most 300,000 jobs in the month of April.
Contrast that with the massive job losses
from last year.
A recent USA TODAY article stated
that under the current Congress Ameri-
cans have not paid taxes this low since
1950. The leadership of Steny Hoyer made
this possible. Thats on the national level.
Mr. Hoyer also works just as hard for
us here in Maryland. Among other things,
he has ensured that the First Responders
in his District have all the resources they
need to do their jobs. I just saw an an-
nouncement that the Huntington Fire De-
partment received federal funds so they
could purchase protective gear and equip-
ment upgrades. Mr. Hoyer didnt just
promise, he delivered.
Thank you, Mr. Hoyer for being there
for us. I will be there for you and I encour-
age everyone to stand with you as well.
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Bowie, MD
Thank you! For the 3rd year in a row, I
would like to take the opportunity to thank
everyone who contributed to the American
Cancer Society Relay for Life Fundraiser for
my team The Invincibles on Saturday, April
17.
There is no way that I can thank Brian
Tarleton, the owner of the Green Door in Park
Hall, for allowing me to have the fundraiser
at his establishment. He helped every step
of the way in order to make the fundraiser a
success. Thank you to Cindy Broyles for once
again guest bartending with me. This year
was a very busy year for us behind the bar,
and you once again did it with me! Thanks
to Kim, also for guest bartending with us.
It was a pleasure to work with you. Thank
you for dedicating your time to the effort and
for donating all of the tips and donations you
received all evening.
Thank you to my dear friends and team-
mates Lynne and Randy for helping to set up
at the event, and for selling luminaries and
50/50 raffe tickets! You all have been there
for me MANY times through this journey and
continue to be there when I need you most.
Thank you to many of my fellow Relay for
Life committee members for coming to the
event, helping to sell and fund-raise, and sup-
porting me and my team. Thank you Barbara
Lafferty, our former ACS partner, for coming
to the event and working SO HARD for us!
Thank you Denise Canter, owner of
Smokey Joes Restaurant and Pit BBQ for
providing the delicious food, rolls, side dish-
es, and all the fxings for the patrons once
again. It was really a wonderful addition to
the event, and I appreciate your bringing so
much good food to the fundraiser. I heard
more than once that they came for the food!!
Thank you, Viet and Mike Fenhagen for
cooking, serving and donating two whole
roasted pigs to the event. That took a lot of
time and effort to cook it so well, and you
did it perfectly. Great donation by the SPGD
(Society for the Preservation of the Green
Door)!
Thank you to Bill Bailey from Baileys
Party Rentals for donating a beautiful tent,
tables and chairs for the overfow of people
that came to the event. Also, thank you to Joe
Tennyson for your donations, which were giv-
en at the event and to Bonnie Clark Kangas
for being our offcial photographer. A special
thank you to Harold Lee and John Sharpless
who very effciently allowed the guest bar-
tenders to feel we were keeping up with the
crowd, and at the same time picking up our
slack! That happened rather often once the
people started coming into the building! You
made it all so easy for us!
And lastly, a HUGE AND HEART-
FELT thanks to everyone who attended the
fundraiser. People came from far and near to
support me and the American Cancer Society
Relay for Life. The donations from the pa-
trons and generous donations from Brian Tar-
leton, Green Door owner, all totaled $2500. It
was certainly the 3rd Annual Blast from the
Past to eradicate cancer in the future!
I wish I could thank each person individ-
ually, but please know that I am overwhelmed
with appreciation for the support. It turned
out to be a more than perfect evening. For
those that are interested in participating, The
American Cancer Society Relay for Life will
be held on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Leon-
ardtown High School starting at 5:30 p.m.
Please consider joining us for a wonderful
night of celebrating those who have survived
cancer, and to remember those who have lost
their fght. Please go to www.stmarysrelay.
org to sign up or donate.
Susan Blair Dudley
Hollywood, MD
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Man Charged With Violating Protective Order
On May 14, 2010 Corporal Molitor responded to a residence in Lexington Park in refer-
ence to a violation of a protective order. Investigation revealed Hugh A. Pierce, 45, of Lexing-
ton Park, was served on May 11, 2010 with a temporary protective order ordering no contact
between Pierce and the petitioner of the order. On May 13, 2010 Pierce allegedly called the
petitioner on the telephone in violation of the order. Pierce was charged with violating the
conditions of the protective order.
Police: Man Refuses To Cease Disturbance
On May 14, 2010 Deputy Thompson responded to Great Mills Road in Great Mills for a
report of an intoxicated person lying in the travel portion of Great Mills Road. Upon arrival,
Deputy Thompson made contact with Joseph Warren Pilkerton, 40 of Bryantown who was
sleeping on the side walk with a 24-ounce bottle of beer lying next to him. Thompson woke
Pilkerton to check his welfare. Pilkerton began cursing at Thompson causing a disturbance to
other individuals walking along the roadway. Thompson could smell a strong odor of an alco-
holic beverage upon Pilkertons breath and person. The deputy asked Pilkerton several times
to stop yelling and cursing but Pilkerton allegedly refused and continued to yell and threaten
the deputy. Pilkerton was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Deputy Alleges Assault, Drug Possession
On May 14, 2010 Corporal Logalbo responded to the area of Route 235 and Maryland
Route 4 for a report of a suspicious person. Upon arrival Logalbo observed several neighbors
looking out their doors with their attention drawn to Aloysius Charles Guy, Jr., 47, of no fxed
address who appeared to be intoxicated and was yelling profanities. As Logalbo approached,
Guy allegedly took a defensive stance balling his fst, cursing and aggressively came towards
the deputy. Guy was taken to the ground and arrested for disorderly conduct and second-
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Staff Writer
St. Marys investigators are on the trail
of a suspect they say has been responsible
for at least two burglaries stemming from a
home improvement confdence scam that has
run from the spring of 2009 to the present.
Detectives also say that the same per-
son may be operating the same type of con-
fdence scam in other localities.
Im assisting Charles County [law
enforcement] with similar ones that oc-
curred, said Dep. David Alexader, a detec-
tive with the countys Bureau of Criminal
Investigations.
So far, Alexander said, the targets of
the alleged scams have been the elderly and
the items stolen have been restricted to cash
from homes.
Victims have been reticent to report the
crimes at times, he said.
Sometimes they feel like they shouldve
known better, Alexander said.
Capt. Terry Black, commander of the
criminal investigative section, said that the
elderly seemed to be the most vulnerable
target for this type of scam.
We want people to be constantly aware
of these scams and report them, Black told
The County Times. If it appears suspicious
it probably is.
I think theyre more trusting of oth-
er people.
With the case still open, detectives
would not share the name of the suspect, but
they did say that the alleged scams involved
the suspect entering the home of a victim
without permission while someone working
with the suspect has taken the home owner
around to the back of their house to inform
them of some kind of home improvement
they could perform.
Its a distraction technique, Black
said.
However, the workers the suspect hires
to take part in the alleged home improve-
ment scam, which includes mostly land-
scaping chores, detectives said, might not
even know they are involved in a criminal
scheme.
Alexander said that the main suspect in
the case can bring anywhere from one addi-
tional to fve other workers with him to work
at a home.
We have no evidence to indicate theyre
aware of what hes doing, Black said of the
apparent accomplices knowledge of the
suspects operation.
In the second incident police here were
made aware of, the homeowner reported
that the charge for the work done was ex-
orbitant, Black said, and that while nothing
seems to have been stolen, detectives say that
the suspect did enter the home uninvited.
Cash seems to be the main target of
the alleged burglaries, Black said, because
it took longer for the homeowners to fnd it
was missing rather than larger items.
With cash it takes them a while to real-
ize its gone, Black said. By then the per-
petrator is long gone.
Detectives are still trying to fnd wheth-
er the unnamed suspect is responsible for
more home improvement scams, since there
are similar crimes with the same modus
operandi in neighboring jurisdictions.
They [the team of workers] could be
all over, Black said. And there could be
more [unreported burglaries] out there.
Detectives Searching for
Suspected Scam Artist
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Visiting Circuit Court Judge Sean D.
Wallace scheduled the frst trial against both
Daniel J. Brown who dealt locally and else-
where in real estate, and his partner, indicted
Democrat for states attorney candidate John
A. Mattingly, Jr. for July 19.
The scheduling took place Wednesday
when both Mattingly and Brown attended a
hearing at the Leonardtown courthouse.
The pairs lawyers, Public Defender John
Getz for Brown and Clark F. Ahlers represent-
ing Mattingly, were scheduled to argue a host
of motions on their clients behalf but asked
the judge to hold off on the hearing until just
before trial to examine all the evidence, fle
more motions and allow for prosecutors
responses.
Both the defendants face three sepa-
rate cases each charging them with multiple
counts of forging public documents and theft
in connection with suspect real estate deals.
Mattingly and Brown also faces charges
of witness tampering from a 2007 shooting
case that involved Solomons Island Tiki Bar
owner Terry Clarke.
The special prosecutor in the case, as-
sistant states attorney Isabel Cumming, from
Prince Georges County, offcially declined to
pr osecut e
the original
six cases
against both
defendants
Wednesday
in lieu of
new indict-
ments is-
sued against
them that
streamlined
the charges.
Those new indictments were issued last
week. Between the original indictments both
men faced literally hundreds of charges stem-
ming from suspect land deals, alleged witness
tampering and fling false deeds.
Both Mattingly and Brown have denied
any guilt in the cases against them and Mat-
tingly has claimed in prior arguments, includ-
ing a federal suit, that States Attorney Richard
Fritz has singled him out for prosecution as
retribution for opposing him for the countys
top prosecutor slot.
Fritz has said that Mattingly and Browns
claims are aimed at defecting attention away
from their alleged crimes.
The trial is set to last for two weeks.
First Trial Set For
Mattingly And Brown
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The JT Daugherty Conference Center in
Lexington Park saw dozens of county dignitar-
ies, teachers and students celebrating the start
of commencement season on Friday with an-
other yearly tradition; scholarship awards for
graduating seniors.
Out of 196 applications, the Business,
Education and Community Alliance (BECA)
awarded 71 scholarships to students from both
private and public schools in St. Marys County
this year, including 20 students who complet-
ed the St. Marys County Common Scholar-
ship Application, which has awarded more
than $1,000,000 in
scholarships since
2007.
Sheriff Timo-
thy Cameron, the
keynote speaker
at Fridays awards
ceremony, laughed
at many parts of
his own history as
he talked about his
own experience
with higher educa-
tion, stressing that
he had not chosen
a straight line to get
his degree.
I thought the
key to my future
was going to be
football, he said.
I played football in
the beginning of high school, and it was some-
thing I was very passionate about I went
from there to James Madison University, and
I can tell you I was grossly unprepared to go
to James Madison University, and
because of the time I invested in
academics, I was shortly thereafter
invited to leave, he said, laughing.
It was not until going on a ride-
along with local police offcers that
Cameron said hed found his calling
in law enforcement.
I thought to myself that po-
lice and football its pretty close.
They both wear uniforms, they call
plays, they have specialty units
this is it! he exclaimed, adding
though that at a certain point in his
career, he had hit a ceiling within
his feld due to his lack of higher
education.
I lacked formal education, and I could
see about midway through my career what I
refer to as doors and ceilings, said Cameron.
Doors I could not get through because, even
though I had knowledge, skills and ability
I didnt have a formal education and I couldnt
get through those doors, so therefore there was
a ceiling and I could never rise above it.
Cameron went on to recount his 15-year
journey through community college to fnally
earning his degree after joining a program at
Johns Hopkins University, fnishing his Bach-
elors and Masters degrees after several more
years of study.
It has done so much in how I look at the
world and how we apply policing, specifcally
here in St. Marys, with that worldview, said
Cameron. Education is the key to so many
things. It eliminates those doors and those
ceilings and again, it doesnt have to be a
straight line.
We all have a higher education story, and
right now youre ready to start your own story,
said Bob Schaller, Director of the St. Marys
County Department of Economic and Commu-
nity Development. And you have no choice.
The environment, the economy, the world
demands that you stay skilled. You cant relax
your story is ready to be written, so make it
a good one.
BECA Scholarships Awarded To
Local Students
The Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology
Center in Leonardtown achieved top energy savings for
the month of March 2010, with a 19.8 percent reduction
in electric consumption, compared to its consumption
in March 2009. The school saved 32,560 kilowatt hours.
That equates to a savings of $3,900. This is the frst time
the Forrest Center has captured the energy fag. Ac-
cording to John Spinicchia, Green School Coordinator
for the Forrest Center, special thanks should be given to
the building service staff and their constant vigilance in
making sure everyone is doing all that is possible to save
energy. Savings are attributed to the special efforts made
by students and staff at the Forrest Center.
The fag was presented to the school on Thursday
April 29, and will be fown at the school until the third
week of May when it is presented to the next school to
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French grapes dont do too well in Southern Maryland, said Caro-
line Baldwin, President of the Southern Maryland Wine Grape Grow-
ers Cooperative and owner of Piney Grove Farmin Kent County, where
shes been growing Chardonnay grapes since 2005 after she inherited
the business fromher father.
Theyre probably one of the most diffcult grapes to grow in this
area, she said. Theyre viniferous, and the original French grape, so
theyre not a hybrid, and theyre very prone to all of the mildews and
the rots, and in my case the vines are very vigorous, and you have to
control that.
But networking with the other 14 members of the cooperative has
helped Baldwin settle into a growing routine, she said, and shes proud
of the product nowbeing sold at the Port of Leonardtown Winery, which
will celebrate its grand opening on May 21.
Contributors from the cooperative together with county offcials
and local entrepreneurs will surely be taking some time to savor their
success, especially as the winery itself required a near-Herculean effort
to develop.
Tourismwas probably the impetus for developing the winery, said
Laschelle McKay, Leonardtown Town Administrator. [The County
Commissioners] put in $500,000, and theyve since then put in another
$35,000. The town has pledged the property, management of the con-
struction, and $35,000. And MARBIDCO [the Maryland Agricultural
and Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation] did a $25,000
grant, and the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Corpora-
tion did $65,000 to complete the patio outside and the completion of
the tasting room.
Stretching $660,000 to cover construction and development costs
for such an ambitious project wasnt easy, but every penny pinched was
worth it, said McKay, smiling at the polished wood of the bar, fashioned
from recycled materials dating back to when it was used by the State
Highway Administration as a garage.
It really is a result of the whole team. Chris Bologna brought in a
member of his staff, Miss Stephanie Evans, and it was her idea for the
reuse of the wood, said McKay. All the wood and metal is all from
this building, and they gave out above and beyond what they were paid
for everybody got so invested in it. She went down to the Habitat for
Humanitys [ReStore] and used materials from there, with nearly all
work and material coming fromlocal contractors.
Landscaping and layout plans are pending, said McKay, but
eventually the site will boast a park with trails and a demonstration
vineyard.
All of this focus has stemmed from a regional effort to replace
tobacco with equally viable alternative crops, said Fuller, admitting
though that grapes have only been a small part of the transition to di-
versifed agriculture in Southern Maryland, and only a fewfarms in the
co-op are participating in the tobacco buyout program.
As for which crop will be prolifc enough to eventually replace
tobacco, Fuller said he expected subdivisions to sprout before anything
else.
[Itll] probably [be] houses, he said, a lot of acreage has gone to
development, and a lot of it is sitting empty and not being used because
theyre part of the tobacco buyout, and a few others have started crops
like grapes but there is no silver bullet with replacing tobacco.
Donna Sasser, Agricultural Manager for the St. Marys County
Department of Economic & Community Development, agreed with
Fuller and said that her offce had gotten a lot of inquiries about grape-
growing grants which have been set up to help farmers get started.
Weve gotten a lot of inquiries for a couple of reasons, said Sass-
er, but I dont believe that grapes are going to be the silver bullet to
replace tobacco, but it is an alternative every little thing helps, and it
might be a niche that for some farmer works.
Settling into that niche is still the goal of most growers in the
area, including Fuller, who has been taking stock of the wines as they
mature.
We have one red wine. Its a Chambourcin blend, and were call-
ing it a semi-sweet red wine. Our dry red wines werent ready to be
bottled, he said. The aroma was too intense with oak, and the taste
was still kind of rough on the tongue. So more time in the stainless steel
[tanks] will allow that oak to dissipate a bit and smooth out. The red
wines really need time.
Two red wines will be available for release in January, and by
spring of next year, were hoping we can bottle the Merlot and the Cab-
ernet Franc also, said Fuller.
Meanwhile growers and county offcials are looking forward to
the winery as a boon to local businesses.
I think the short termgoal is whatever the sales they can achieve,
said Bob Schaller, Director of Economic and Community Development
for St. Marys County, explaining that sales to restaurants and other
venues in the area may serve as a reliable gauge of howthe product will
be received in general.
Theyre the beginning the origin of a wine industry that well
create here, he added, explaining that operations will likely grow as
more farms join the cooperative. Business at the winery could also con-
nect it to wine trails stemming from the D.C. metro area into South-
ern Maryland, eventually including wineries in Calvert and Charles
counties.
The long-term economic impact is limitless, said Schaller, we
just have to connect these dots.
It does all come back to the grapes, of course, said Sasser, but the
operation itself like any fne wine will only get better with age.
The Grand Opening re-
ception for the Port of Leon-
ardtown Winery will take
place on Friday, May 21 at
2 p.m. For more information
on the winery or the Grape
Growers Cooperative, go to
www.portof leonardtown.
com.
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SMCPS Honors Support
Professionals
ewsmakers
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
St. Marys County
Public Schools rolled out
the red carpet on Tues-
day for education sup-
port professionals during
their annual recognition
ceremony at the Board
of Education headquar-
ters on Moakley Street
in Leonardtown, naming
Robert Armstrong, Jr., a
Building Service Man-
ager at Great Mills High
School, as the school
systems Educational
Support Professional of
the Year.
At Great Mills
High School, he is Mr.
Graduation, said Al
Harrison, Director of
Operations for the school
system. Mr. Armstrong
is a good role model
for our students. He is
hard-working, honest,
trustworthy, a gentleman
and a fabulous family
man, he said, quoting
a colleagues state-
ment on Armstrongs
nomination.
Words cant ex-
press the admiration that
us board members and
the superintendent have for you, said Board
of Education Chair Bill Mattingly as he ad-
dressed this years 15 nominees and their
families. We all took a vow to do whats
best for children, and thats what youre do-
ing every day what you are is a role model
for these children, so youre more than just
an employee of St. Marys County Public
Schools. Keep doing what youre doing. I
wish we could pay you a million dollars a
year, but that still wouldnt be enough for all
you do just know that youre not taken for
granted.
To all of our family members I can
truly empathize with you as family members,
recognizing the amount of time that your
family members are away from you, said
Superintendent Michael Martirano at the cer-
emony. These are not jobs. These are call-
ings. Its what we do when you make a dif-
ference you just love what youre doing and it
takes a lot of family to support that effort.
Martirano and members of the school
board recognized Donna Phelan, Secretary
to the Principal at Evergreen Elementary
School, and Phyllis Smith, Graphic/Repro-
duction Machine Operator for the Division
of Supporting Services, with honorable men-
tions before offcially announcing Armstrong
as this years Educational Support Profes-
sional of the Year.
I recognize your work speaks for itself
this award truly exemplifes the character-
istics of somebody who is a hard worker, but
who is also extremely nice and kind to our
students every day, said Martirano.
This is a total team effort, said Arm-
strong. I enjoy watching students graduate,
and I enjoy working with them, but the most
important thing in life is your family. Your
family comes frst Ive been in this busi-
ness for 29 years, and I enjoy it. I might not
see eye to eye with all my supervisors, but I
thank all of you and I appreciate this award.
Other nominees for this years award
were honored with certifcates of apprecia-
tion, including; James Levi Chase, Build-
ing Service Worker at Chesapeake Public
Charter School; Donna Levay, Secretary to
the Principal at George Washington Carver
Elementary School; Don Haynes, Assistant
Building Service Manager at Green Holly
Elementary School; Michelle Roberts, Secre-
tary to the Principal at Leonardtown Elemen-
tary School; Shea D. Frazier, Special Educa-
tion Para Educator at Leonardtown Middle
School; William B. Thompson, Building Ser-
vices Manager at Lexington Park Elementary
School; Victoria Jean Gray, Behavior Man-
agement Center Para at Park Hall Elementary
School; Tracey Moran, Kindergarten Instruc-
tional Para at Piney Point Elementary School;
Brandie Goddard, Secretary at Spring Ridge
Middle School; and Dora L. Zimmerman,
Building Management Center Coordinator at
White Marsh Elementary School.
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Thanks-A-Million To All Of Our Supporters!!
Upcoming Events Supporting
St. Michaels School!
June 11, 2010
St. Michaels Annual Action & Yard Sale
Silent Auction Begins at 5:00 p.m.
Live Auction Begins at 7:30 p.m.
Yard Sale Friday through Sunday
$100,000 Raffle Drawing
29 Ft. RV will be Auctioned
DONATIONS BEING ACCEPTED
St. Michaels School
Annual Auction June 11!
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May 22, 2010
St. Michaels Asian-
Pacific Celebration
Celebration Begins at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner, Entertainment, Dancing
For tickets, call 301-872-5454
June 26, 2010
St. Michaels Dinner Theater
Students Present Godspell
1989 Jaguar
Raffle Tickets
still available
$20 each/3 for $50
June 11, 2010
St. Michaels School
May 22, 2010
St. Michaels Asian-
Pacific Celebration
June 26, 2010
1989 Jaguar
Raffle Tickets
still available
$20 each/3 for $50
June 11, 2010
St. Michaels School
May 22, 2010
St. Michaels Asian-
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June 26, 2010
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June 11, 2010
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May 22, 2010
St. Michaels Asian-
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June 26, 2010
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Raffle Tickets
still available
$20 each/3 for $50
The 3rd Annual EMS for Kids Day was held on the Governmental Center Lawn in Leonardtown on
Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Events for children included bucket rides with the Bay District Vol-
unteer Fire Department, Kids in Safety Seat checks, bicycle safety, as well as tours of ambulances
and a rescue helicopter.
EMS for Kids Day
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Lexington Park opening late
Lexington Park library will be closed
until 1 p.m. this Friday morning, May 21, for
staff training. The other two branches and In-
ternet branch will be open.
Summer volunteer applications due May
22
Applications to be a summer reading
volunteer are due this Sat., May 22. Students
entering 6th grade or higher this fall can ap-
ply. Applications are available online or at
the libraries. Applicants need to attend one
of the following training sessions: May 24 at
6 p.m. or June 1 at 4 p.m. at Lexington Park;
May 27 at 6:30 p.m. or June 3 at 6:30 p.m. at
Leonardtown; or June 1 at 4 p.m. or June 2 at
5 p.m. at Charlotte Hall.

Library provides links to federal, state
and local government
A list of links to federal, state and lo-
cal government information and services has
been compiled by the librarians and is now
available from the librarys website. The
index includes links to the Maryland Unem-
ployment Insurance Claim forms, the IRS,
Medicare, and many other important govern-
ment services and can be found by clicking on
the Library Services tab then e-government.
Two classes are being offered in June to
explore this new service: June 8 at 5:30 p.m.
at Lexington Park and June 16 at 2 p.m. at
Charlotte Hall. Registration is required.

Literacy Council helping community
According to the St. Marys County Lit-
eracy Council 15% of the county adult popu-
lation is functionally illiterate. The public
can help turn this around by telling someone
in need about the services offered by the Lit-
eracy Council and/or volunteering to help.
The Literacy Council has an information
table at Leonardtown Library on the 2nd &
4th Tuesday between 9:30 -11:30 a.m. to help
anyone needing their services or to answer
questions about volunteering. Their offce is
located at Lexington Park Library.

Libraries offer book discussions
Readers are invited to drop in for any of
the following book discussions: David Wro-
blewskis book, The Story of Edgar Saw-
telle on May 20 at 7 p.m. at Leonardtown;
Diane Setterfelds book, The Thirteenth
Tale on June 7 at 7 p.m. at Charlotte Hall;
William Cohans book, House o Cards:
A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on
Wall Street on June 14 at 6 p.m. at Lexington
Park.
L ibrary
Items
The Southern Maryland Chapter of the Military Offcers Association of America (MOAA) recognized the
recipients of the MOAA JROTC Award at a luncheon held May 15. The award is presented annually to
a cadet in each JROTC unit who is in good academic standing and demonstrates exceptional potential
for military leadership. Below is Major Evelyn Widmer USAR (Ret.), President of the Southern Maryland
Chapter of MOAA, with Cadet Christopher Palmer of Chopticon High School, left, Cadet Jacob Stans-
feld of Great Mills High School and Cadet Christopher Plummer of Leonardtown High School.
The fourth sea-
son of live music re-
turns to downtown
Leonardtown this
summer when the
Downtown Tunes
series opens on the
square on May 22,
offering up a live
jazz program.
The series will
also feature evenings
devoted to acoustic
music, country, and
rock and roll through-
out the summer. All
concerts are on the
fourth Saturdays of
the month and all are
free. Shows begin at
6 pm and will run
about three hours.
Gretchen Richie and Jazz Cabaret will
open on May 22. New York trumpeter Alex
Norris will join the Cabaret for the night, help-
ing round out their extensive repertoire of jazz
and American standards.
Around 8 pm, Fractal Folk, a large jazz
ensemble will take the stage for about an hour
and a half.
Downtown Tunes will continue on June 26
with an acoustic music show with The Edds, an
acoustic duo of terrifc singers and guitarists.
Following The Edds will be Hamm-It-Ups, a
trio featuring wonderful harmonies on older
and newer tunes.
On July 24 Country music night will show-
case local recording artist Jeff Miller, followed
by the always popular Country Memories and
their brand of mostly old time country music.
The series winds up on august 28 with rock
and roll by Geezer and The 25th Hour Band.
All shows are free but concert goers are
invited to bring chairs or blankets to sit on.
Downtown restaurants will be open before and
during the shows.
Rain dates will be the next day, Sunday,
for all shows.
For information call Robin Guyther, Direc-
tor, at 301 904-4452, or visit the Leonardtown
web site at www.somd.com/leonardtown.
Documenting the unique architectural
heritage of St. Marys County, Im Goin Down
County, An Architectural Journey Through St.
Marys County is now available for purchase.
Coordinated as a project by the St. Marys
County Department of Land Use and Growth
Management and the Maryland Historic Trust,
and written by former staff member Kirk E.
Ranzetta, the 320-page hardcover book is an
illustrated chronicle of the countys historic
buildings and the high-tech aircraft testing fa-
cilities located on the Naval Air Station Patux-
ent River.
The book is a historical narrative from
the earliest periods to the present and weaves
the churches, stores, residences, marine rail-
ways and boat-building shops, tobacco barns,
camps, lighthouses and schools into a story of
how countians shaped their community. The
volume includes over 400 photos complete
with a detailed narrative of hundreds of histor-
ic properties located throughout the county.
The books are available for $35 at the St.
Marys County Department of Land Use and
Growth Management Department, located in
the Governmental Center in Leonardtown, or
Bay Books located in the Wildwood Shopping
Center. Copies are also available at each St.
Marys County Library for reference.
Adopt A Pet!
Hi, my name is Kathy and Im a wonderful female Beagle mix.
Sadly, I am in rescue due to the sudden death of my owner. I was one
of eight companion dogs that found ourselves at the shelter with no
family to help. Thanks to the dedication of a few rescues, we are all safe
and looking for new homes to spend the remainder of our retirement
years. I get along great with other dogs. Im quite content to follow
you around or lie in the sun, I could probably get interested in the daily
soaps or even a ride to the post offce. Im up to date on vaccinations,
spayed, housetrained and identifcation micro chipped. Please, if you
have room in your heart for a wonderful senior girl like me, please con-
tact SECOND HOPE RESCUE at 240-925-0628 or email katmc@second-
hoperescue.org. as soon as possible! Please Adopt, Dont Shop!
Book about Architectural Heritage
of St. Marys County Now Available
Fourth Season of Downtown
Tunes Coming to Leonardtown
MOAA JROTC Award
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Thursday, May 20
Tastee Tacos
VFW Post 2632 (California) 5:30 p.m.
For more info go to www.vfwpost2632.
com.
Charity HoldEm
Donovans Pub (California) 8 p.m.
For more info call Barry at 443-486-
3319 or email road2scholarship@yahoo.
com.
Friday, May 21
3
rd
Annual Claude D. Alexander Memo-
rial Golf Tournament
Cedar Point Golf Course (NAS Patuxent
River) 7:15 a.m.
Organized by local volunteers who
have ties to the Marine Corps, Navy, Army
and Air Force. 7:15 registration, 8:45 shot-
gun start. Red ($5,000), Gold ($2,500) and
Blue ($500) sponsorships are still avail-
able. Golfers are also welcome ($100). The
Claude D. Alexander Memorial Golf tour-
nament, a 501(c)(3) organization, has raised
over $30,000 for the IMSFF and Wounded
Warrior project over the past two years. For
more information contact Capt. Ted Har-
wood at (240) 298-8865.
Steak and Shrimp Night
Am. Legion Post 221 (Avenue) 5 p.m.
For more info call 301-884-4071.
Mother Catherine Spalding School
Presents The Sound of Music
Mother Catherine Spalding School (Helen)
7 p.m.
Students will be performing the cel-
ebrated Rodgers and Hammerstein clas-
sic, The Sound of Music at the school on
May 21-22 at 7 p.m. The school is located
at 38833 Chaptico Road in Helen, Md. For
more information call 301-884-3165.
Special Olympics Deep Stack No Limit
Tourney
Center for Life Enrichment (Hollywood)
7 p.m.
For more information call Jim Bucci at
240-561-1864.
FOP-7 Texas HoldEm
FOP-7 Lodge (Great Mills) 7 p.m.
Texas HoldEm
Mechanicsville Fire House 7 p.m.
Texas HoldEm
VFW Post 2632 (California) 7 p.m.
For more info contact Brian at poker@
vfw2632.com or call 240-925-4000.
Newtowne Players Present Wit
Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) 8
p.m.
Drama by Margaret Edson about a fe-
male professor with terminal ovarian can-
cer. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for
drama. Showing May 14-30. For more infor-
mation or to reserve seats, call 301-737-5447
or visit www.newtowneplayers.org.
Saturday, May 22
Little Flower School Yard Sale & Craft
Fair
Little Flower School (Great Mills) 6 a.m.
Rain or shine event. Indoor and outdoor
space for vendors and crafters available.
Call Guy at 301-481-5492 for more informa-
tion and price of space rentals.
Free Spring Fling event
St. Marys Square shopping center (Lex-
ington Park) 7 a.m.
Food, vendors, crafters, entertainment,
face painting, prizes and more. Vendors/
crafters who want to participate should call
Tina at 240-577-0955. Space rental is $15.
Girl Scout Troop 994 Rummage Sale
McKays parking lot (Lexington Park) 7
a.m.
St. Johns School Yard Sale
St. Johns School (Hollywood) 7 a.m.
Rent table space for $20. For more in-
formation call Carol at 301-247-0376.
FAW Beneft Yard Sale
Father Andrew White School (Leonard-
town) 8 a.m.
For table reservation ($20/table, $30/2
tables) or more info, call Jody Cacko at jaca-
cko@msn.com.
Leatherneck 5K Race/Fun Walk
Patuxent River Naval Air Station 9 a.m.
$25 entrance fee, registration starts at 7
a.m. Course will go along river and Chesa-
peake Bay coastline. Participants must have
a valid military ID, DoD Installation stick-
er or base pass. For more information call
George at 301-757-9155.
2
nd
Annual Volunteer Tent Event
23063 Three Notch Rd (California) 10
a.m.
Organizations from around St. Marys
will have information on membership and
volunteer opportunities. Visit http://helpst-
marys.com for more information.
Second Hope Pet Adoptions
Petco (California) 11 a.m.
For more information call 240-925-
0628. Visit www.secondhoperescue.org to
see available animals.
All-You-Can-Eat Crab Cake Dinner
St. Georges Episcopal Church (Valley Lee)
1 p.m.
St. Marys River Watershed Associa-
tion Annual Meeting
St. Marys College (Muldoon River Center)
4 p.m.
Secretary John Griffn of the Maryland
Department of Natural Resources will give
a talk about the importance of oysters in the
St. Marys River during the St. Marys River
Watershed Associations annual meeting.
The event is free and open to the public. For
more information visit www.SMRWA.org
or call 301-862-3517.
HoldEm Tourney NEW TIME
St. Marys County Elks Lodge (California)
6 p.m.
Downtown Tunes Night
Leonardtown Square 6 p.m.
Live music by Fractal Folk. Free and
open to the public. For more information
call Robin Guyther at 301-904-4452.
Swing Concert
The Tides Restaurant (Lexington Park) 6
p.m.
American standards and swing jazz
classics from The Pax Rats. $13 cover charge.
For more info contact Dorothy Whitehead at
301-862-5303. http://www.thepaxrats.com.
St. Michaels School Asian-Pacifc
Celebration
St. Michaels School Gymnasium (Ridge)
6:30 p.m.
Evening will include authentic Asian-
Pacifc food and entertainment. Tickets
are $20 per adult, $10 for children 10 or
under. For more info call the school at
301-872-5454.
FAW Basket Bingo
Father Andrew White School (Leonard-
town) 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6, games start at 7. Din-
ner and snacks available. For more info
or to make reservations, call Denise at
301-475-3192.
Mother Catherine Spalding School
Presents The Sound of Music
Mother Catherine Spalding School (Helen)
7 p.m.
Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park) 8
p.m.
Sunday, May 23
Ann Downing concert
Church of the Nazarene (Hollywood) 9
a.m.
Parish Dinner and Festival
Immaculate Conception Church (Mechan-
icsville) 12 noon
$18 for adults and carryout, $7 for
children ages 6-12, children under 6 are
free. For more information or tickets, call
301-884-3123.
Prom/Homecoming Dress Drop
Beth Israel Synagogue (Lexington Park)
12 noon
Collecting prom and homecoming
dresses. Must be clean and in good condition.
Drop off times will be from noon to 2 p.m.
Call 301-481-9223 for more information.
Drive-Thru Chicken Dinner
Ridge Vol. Fire Department 12:30 p.m. to
3:30 p.m.
For more information call 301-872-5797
or 301-872-5671.
Deep Stack HoldEm Tournament
Bennett Building, 24930 Old Three Notch
Road (Hollywood) 2 p.m.
For more information call Bobbi
Sprouse at 240-577-0983 or Jim Bucci at
301-373-6104.
FOP-7 Texas HoldEm
For more information call 301-863-6007.
St. Josephs Catholic Church 150
th
An-
niversary Celebration
St. Josephs Catholic Church (Morganza)
3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Established in 1700, St. Josephs is cel-
ebrating the 150
th
anniversary of the cur-
rent church building will an Open House,
highlighting their recent restorations of art
and architecture, and the structures new
altar. Light refreshments will be served in
the Parish Hall. For more information, call
301-475-3293.
Three Notch Theater (Lexington Park)
3:30 p.m.
Monday, May 24
No Limit Texas HoldEm Bounty
Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge (California)
7 p.m.
For more information call Linda at 240-
925-5697 or the lodge at 301-863-7800.
St. Marys County Genealogical Soci-
ety Meeting
Leonardtown Library 7 p.m.
Topic will be What You Need to Know
About Researching in a Large City vs. a
Small County Courthouse. Speaker will
be Sharon Hodges. Refreshments served.
Public invited, admission is free. For more
information contact Peg Richardson at
410-326-4435.
Charity HoldEm Tournament
Donovans Pub (California) 7:30 p.m.
To beneft Road to Scholarship. For
more information call 443-486-3319.
Tuesday, May 25
Nature Time at Greenwell
Greenwell State Park (Hollywood) 10
a.m.
Pre-registration (no later than 24
hours in advance) is required via email -
lpranzo@greenwellfoundation.org - or by
calling the Greenwell Foundation offce at
301-373-9775.
Special Olympics HoldEm Tournament
301-373-6104.
$25 Texas HoldEm
Cadillac Jacks (Lexington Park) 7:30
p.m.
For more information call Christine at
443-624-2746.
Wednesday, May 26
FOP-7 Texas HoldEm
Special Olympics HoldEm Tournament
301-373-6104.
To submit information for the community
calendar, please send an email to
andreashiell@countytimes.net.
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Fact
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Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
This is one of those days where my mind
feels blank not that there arent a million
things going around in it, but just that I cant
quite capture a thought for more than a minute.
Nothing seems to come together. I wonder,
should I meditate, take deep breaths and focus,
or go with the scraps of thought that will forever
be separate? This must be how stream of con-
sciousness writing began. Most of my life has
been spent as a stream of consciousness journey
living mostly in the present moment. I defnite-
ly think of the past and try to make sense of it
in my writings, but day to day its enjoy one day
at a time.; try to fnd the beauty in each day.
I have a little saying always in the back of my
head. Every day you wish a way is a day gone
forever. I never want to lose one precious day
wishing for what is supposed to happen a day,
week, or month from now.
I spoke to a friend on the phone a little
bit ago, and she said that she and her husband
were driving and chatting when she asked him,
What do you think about when your mind goes
blank? Her husband is one of the busiest men
in our county, and about to be busier. She said
the pause and then the look he gave her was
priceless. He probably has not had a moment
to be blank or had the luxury of thinking about
being blank in years. She is normally a busy
woman too, but I think she has an innate grace
and sereneness that allow her to be present with
you and really listen and absorb all that is being
said. A true, caring, gentle soul.
I, on the other hand feel that I too, can lis-
ten well, but the absorption process has some-
where along the way been overflled. Ill re-
member this moment or sentence forever, I
tell myself, and then all that will come back at
times is a vague feeling. I sit on my bench out
in the yard watching the sunlight dance among
the leaves and off the cool dirt paths thinking I
will remember exactly how this looked so I can
recall it and fll my mind with peace and beauty
during times of stress. Sometimes it works and
sometimes it doesnt.
This, of course, got me to wondering about
what happens when your mind is blank. Is it
ever really blank? Sometimes you are staring at
something and not seeing it, and someone will
ask you, What are you thinking about? The
typical response is Nothing or Nothing re-
ally. But something must be going on. I dont
know if my mind ever goes completely blank,
though there are some that would think so, but
maybe its close to it when you are really present
in a moment looking at a beautiful, perfectly
formed tree, or the sparkle of the sun on the wa-
ter, and every worry or concern is pushed right
out of your head.
Bingo, with my Mother, used to work for
me. I guess any sport or activity can make your
mind blank, so that all you are focusing on is
the action you are performing instead of any
thought producing exercise. There are times I
wish for my mind to be blank, but then I know
that for me that means that I have suddenly
stopped living.
Now my husband just called. I can always
count on him to make cheery comments. He
asked, What is your article about? I told him,
Oh, blank minds and streams of conscious-
ness. My sweetheart, the love of my life re-
plied, You mean streams of unconsciousness
in your case. I must be blank more than I think
I am.
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to: shelbys.
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Wanderings
By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
On July 31, 1871,
Laura Shanks, just
23 years old, com-
mitted suicide at the
home of her sister,
Mary (Shanks) Parkinson in Washington,
D.C., where she had been living for the
past year. Laura took an overdose of lauda-
num, ending her young life over a broken
engagement.
Several weeks before, Mrs. Parkinson
received a letter from the neighborhood
of Great Mills, in which it was stated that
Lauras fanc, Joseph Allstan, was firting
with one girl, courting another, and that he
was making preparations to marry a young
lady of that vicinity in August--a Miss
Thompson.
The family kept the contents of the
letter from Laura probably hoping things
would work themselves out. Subsequently
Allstan came to the city for a long visit and
the couple spent a great deal of time togeth-
er, but the last day they met the engagement
was broken.
On the day of her death, Laura had
helped her sister with the breakfast dishes,
but then went to her room and remained
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The Blank Mind
there. Her sister Mary tried to get her to eat
during the course of the day, even taking her
a dinner tray, but she refused. About 11:15
p.m., Morris Shanks (her brother) heard Laura
groan as he passed by her room. She was found
unconscious.
Dr. Hammett [Charles Massey Hammett,
born 1835 in St. Marys County] was sent for
and did all he could to restore her to conscious-
ness, but without success, as death ensued
about half past 12:00. An empty two ounce vial,
labeled laudanum, poison from Dr. Row-
lands drug-store, was found in the bed, and at
the head, between the mattress and pillow, a
goblet was found discolored by the drug.
In the bed was found a small box addressed
to Joseph Allstan, Great Mills, St. Marys
County, Maryland, in which were a locket and
three small shirt-bosom studs, and the follow-
ing note: My dear little darling: I cannot live
away from you any longer. The world is so cold
and dreary without you; and I have reason to
believe, darling, that you are false. Your heart-
broken Laura.
Another note, directed to her sister, Mary
was found under her. Mollie, please send
this box to Joe. Dont think he has treated me
unkindly because I have done this. My dear
sister, I only wish there was some way I could
repay you for your kindness to me since I have
been with you, but you will be rewarded for it in
the next world. Please send the box by the frst
opportunity. Give my prayer-book to Carrie
[her sister, Rebecca Caroline Shanks]. Tell her
it is all that I had to leave her for a keepsake.
Mollie, please dont let the doctors touch me. If
I had wanted to live I would not have taken the
laudanum. Your devoted sister, Laura.
Laura had carefully prepared herself for
death. She was attired in a green dress, tan-col-
ored gloves, white collar, and a pink ribbon on
the breast. This morning many of the neigh-
bors, among whom she was a great favorite,
called to look on her features for the last time,
and the scene was a sad one, as each and all
were deeply afficted at her terrible fate.
Laura, Mary, Morris, and Rebecca Caro-
line Shanks were all born in St. Marys County
and were the children of Peregrine C. Shanks
and Rebecca Jordan Allstan.
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By Theresa Morr
Contributing Writer
The armadillo is
one odd-looking crea-
ture. Its easy to see
why. Bony plates cover
most of its body. In fact,
armadillos are the only
living mammals that wear a banded
shell made up of small bones called
scrutes, and these are covered over by
a thin layer of hardened skin. Most arma-
dillos have bony rings or plates that pro-
tect their tails, but the underside of the
animal is covered only with soft skin and
fur. The name armadillo means little
armored one in Spanish.
There are twenty species of armadil-
los in various sizes and colors, and most
live in Central and South America. The
smallest is the pink fairy armadillo, about
six inches long and weighing around eight
ounces. The largest, the giant armadillo,
is three to fve feet long and can weigh up
to 130 pounds. Only the nine-banded ar-
madillo includes the southeastern portion
of the United States in its range--its also
the offcial state animal of Texas. These
armadillos are about nine to twelve inch-
es long; weigh up to twenty-two pounds;
have shovel-like snouts, long ears, and
small eyes. Their poor vision is offset by
keen senses of smell and hearing; short,
strong legs; and powerful curved front
claws that make easy work for digging,
burrowing, and tearing apart anything
that might harbor something yummy.
Armadillos are primarily insectivores
and mostly nocturnal. They constantly
make grunting noises as they forage for
ants, termites, beetles, larvae, and grubs,
along with small animals, plants, and
fruits. Since they have only a few peg-
like molars, their long, sticky tongues
are ideal for lapping up creepy crawlers.
And when not foraging for food, arma-
dillos sleep up to sixteen hours a day.
When they have to cross a river or
stream to expand their range, these guys
are very clever. In larger bodies of water,
theyll gulp down air into their intestines,
making them buoyant; then a strong dog
paddle takes them over to the other side.
But if a river or stream is shallow, theyll
hold their breath for a short while as they
walk along its bottom to reach the other
side.
Nine-banded armadillos help re-
searchers and scientists in important
ways. For example, the female always
gives birth to four genetically identi-
cal pups, which develop from the same
egg. The quadruplets provide medical re-
searchers good subjects for studying mul-
tiple births and other reproductive issues.
Also, the armadillo played an important
part in the development of an experimen-
tal vaccine against leprosy because the
animal has a weak immune system, low
body temperature, and vulnerable to the
disease. Armadillo leprosy is different
from the kind that afficts humans and
research continues for effective vaccines
to combat the affiction.
Many species are endangered or
threatened by habitat loss, over-hunt-
ing, and being killed by dogs or cars as
they forage for food at night. Even so,
the nine-banded armadillo is increasing
in numbers, while other species are de-
clining. Their range is limited because
the animal cannot tolerate extreme cold,
and they dont have enough fat reserves
to insulate their bodies. Depending on
the species, the lifespan for armadillos
ranges from about four to thirty years in
the wild, and more in captivity.
The Washington National Zoo has
three-banded armadillos in residence,
and this species can do something weird
the others cant do: When frightened,
the armadillo rolls itself up into a tight
ball. Ears tuck in and its tail and head ft
together almost into a perfect basketball
shape -- a neat way to fool predators.
To learn more about this fascinating
creature, type armadillo in the search
window and lots of great sites will pop
up. Prepare to be fascinated.
Comments to Kikusan2@comcast.net.
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mit art or entertainment announcements, or band information for our
entertainment section, e-mail andreashiell@countytimes.net.
A New Classic
By Andrea Shiell
Staff Writer
Rob Motley, 44, from Waldorf, does a
good heavy metal scream. In fact, hes got
a good rock and roll swagger in general,
though he says sometimes that can get in the
way of playing clubs in Southern Maryland.
The stages arent big enough, he said,
laughing. I need more room.
But looking at the effect Robs perfor-
mance with Three Day Ride made on the
cheerful crowd at Big Dogs Paradise on Sat-
urday, its fair to say that swagger came in
handy.
This is our third show. Were a brand
new band, so were just starting to get out
there and have some fun, said Motley, ex-
plaining that their set list of classic and
southern rock favorites would be expanding
to include newer material still suitable for
the areas bar scene.
Joining Motley that night was Bill Males
(drums), Charlie Johnson (guitar), Alan Saa-
vedra (guitar) and Steve Richards (bass), all
of whom acknowledged that this was but
their third show together, but already they
could feel a buzz in the air.
Steve Richards, a police offcer work-
ing in Springfeld, Va. who commutes from
Mechanicsville, said he took some time off
from playing bass to get married and have
kids, but he happily jumped back into play-
ing after meeting Bill Males a few years ago,
laying the groundwork for Rob and the oth-
ers to come together.
Alan Saavedra said he met his band
mates by answering an ad on somd.com, and
they began rehearsing in September, build-
ing their set list slowly. Now he said hes
looking forward to playing more shows in
the area, including a beneft for the Special
Olympics next month.
Bill Males started drumming when he
was fve years old, giving it up for 20 years
to work and raise a family. Now, at 43, he
said hes slowly getting back into playing,
and still drawing inspiration from his idols
Neil Peart (The Professor from Rush) and
Mike Portinoy (Dream Theater, Liquid Ten-
sion Experiment, TransAtlantic), though he
cant hit some of the drum rolls he used to,
especially the parts he played when he went
through his speed metal phase.
Charlie Johnson, who said he practically
came out of the womb playing guitar, is
the youngest of the group at 24, a Chopticon
graduate from Morganza who now works
as a defense contract specialist by day and
a guitarist by night, over the years playing
with original bands including Nervosa and
Jumping Conclusions.
So whether Motley is rattling off an ode
to Rosy that would make Bon Scott blush, or
pelting through the bands rendition of Three
Doors Down, its surprising to learn how new
this new group is, considering the obvious
ease with which they perform together. But
whether the group is together for three years
or three days, it sounds like they all mastered
their rock and roll swagger ages ago.
Three Day Ride will be performing
at a Special Olympics beneft on June 19
at the Mechanicsville Moose Lodge, and
on June 26 at Apehangers Bar in Bel Al-
ton. To fnd out more, go to www.mdparty.
com/ThreeDayRide.
Three Day Ride Debuts in St. Marys County
Thursday, May 20
Fair Warning Irish Pub
Band
CJs Back Room (Lusby)
5 p.m.
Dave Norris
DB McMillans (Califor-
nia) 5 p.m.
DJ McNa$ty
Big Dogs Paradise (Me-
chanicsville) 8 p.m.
Ladies DJ Dance Night
Hulas Bungalow (Califor-
nia) 8 p.m.
Jim and Kathy
Jake and Als (Lusby) 9
p.m.*
Friday, May 21
Band
Donovans Pub (California)
5 p.m.
Dave Norris
nia) 5 p.m.
Line Dance w/ DJs
Donna & Ohmer
Hotel Charles (Hughes-
ville) 7:30 p.m.
Anthony Ryan
Spicers Bar & Grill (Ow-
ings) 8 p.m.
Back Beat
Sea Breeze Restaurant
(Mechanicsville) 8 p.m.
DJ McNa$ty
Wolfs Blues Jam
Fatboys Country Store
(Leonardtown) 8 p.m.
Absinthe
Murphys Pub (Bryans
Road) 9 p.m.
Bent Nickel
Jake and Als (Lusby) 9
p.m.
Billy Breslin
Applebees (California)
9 p.m.
Defnite Maybe
Gilligans Pier (Newburg)
9 p.m.*
Makin Trax (vocal duo)
Quades Store (Bushwood)
9 p.m.
Outbreak
Veras White Sands Beach
Club (Lusby) 9 p.m.
Roadhouse Band
Martinis Lounge (White
Plains) 9 p.m.
Three Sixty
Drift Away Bar & Grill
(Cobb Island) 9 p.m.
Too Many Mikes
Apehangers Bar (Bel Al-
ton) 9 p.m.
Captain Woody
Memories (Waldorf)
9:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 22
Band
nia) 5 p.m.
Downtown Tunes: Frac-
tal Folk/Gretchen Richie
Jazz Cabaret
Leonardtown Square 6
p.m.
Billy Breslin
Evans Restaurant (St.
Georges Island) 6:30
p.m.
Lee Reavers & the Mu-
sic Protection Program
Westlawn Inn (North
Beach) 8 p.m.
Car 54
Goose Landing (Benedict)
9 p.m.*
Cats Meow
Blue Dog Saloon (Port
Tobacco) 9 p.m.
The Craze
9 p.m.*
Crossfre
Beach Cove (Chesapeake
Beach) 9 p.m.*
DJ Blacky
Lexington Lounge (Lex-
ington Park) 9 p.m.
Karaoke w/ DJ Tommy
T and DJ T
Applebees (California)
9 p.m.
Legend
Scotts II (Welcome) 9
p.m.
Lisa Lim & Over the
Limit
Delta Blues Juke Joint
(Waldorf) 9 p.m.
P.U.S.H.
Memories (Waldorf) 9
p.m.
The Reagan Years
Club (Lusby) 9 p.m.
Roadhouse Band
Plains) 9 p.m.
Three Day Ride
Hotel Charles (Hughes-
ville) 9 p.m.
Middle Ground
Full Rack (Waldorf) 9:30
p.m.
Sunday, May 23
Nuttin Fancy
Club (Lusby) 2 p.m.
Crushing Day
3 p.m.
Monday, May 24
Mason Sebastian
nia) 5 p.m.
Open Mic Night
Scotts II (Welcome) 7
p.m.
Tuesday, May 25
Band
nia) 5 p.m
California Bob
Ruddy Duck Brewery
(Solomons) 7 p.m.
Open Mic Night
Plains) 9 p.m.*
Wednesday,
May 26
Band
CJs Back Room (Lusby)
5 p.m.
Captain John
nia) 6 p.m.
Karaoke with DJ Harry
Open Mic Night
Hulas Bungalow (Califor-
nia) 8 p.m.
Wolfs Blues Jam
Beach Cove Restaurant
(Chesapeake Beach) 8
p.m.
*CALL TO CONFIRM
TIME
Charlie Johnson (guitar), Bill Males (drums), Rob Motley (front man) Steve Richards (bass), Alan
Saavedra (guitar) are Three Day Ride.
Photo By Andrea Shiell
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7. Indicated horsepower,
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20. Metric linear unit
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32. Canterbury Archbishop
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38. Film actor Clark
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41. Short purposeful trips
44. Chewing
48. Memory hardware
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51. Make to look like marble
53. Molten rock material
55. Protects the chest
56. Cain and ____
57. Ages of time (Hindu)
58. Yield as proft
59. Network of nerves
60. A pool of standing water
61. Make an effort
62. Male parent
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Tennis
Parent orientations for
junior tennis this week
Youre invited to learn about USTA Jr. Team
Tennis St. Marys County at parent orientations
on May 22, 24 & 26. The sessions will be held at
Town Creek Park on Sat., May 22 from 2-4pm, at
Cecil Park in Valley Lee on Mon., May 24 from
6-8pm, and at Great Mills HS on Wed., May 26
from 6-8pm.
Practices and match play will be Monday
and Wednesday evenings from 6-8pm during the
June 2 to July 14 season, at three sites: Town Creek
Park (10 & Under Age Division), Cecil Park (14
& Under), and Great Mills HS (18 & Under). E-
mail juniorteamtennis@stmarystennis.org or call
301-475-3150.
Southern Maryland
Tennis Cup Series
The Southern Maryland Tennis Cup aims
to promote competitive and fun local tennis play
in the tri-county area, where players earn points
for participating in local events. Players with the
highest cumulative point total at the end of the
year will be acknowledged as the Cup winners.
USTA membership not required.
Check website www.southernmarylandten-
niscup.org for all tournament events, cost, regis-
tration forms and to learn about the point system
for the following events:

Breton Bay Open 2010 May 29-31,
2010
(POC: Russ Carrington, 240-925-8068 or e-mail:
russ@thoughtfulsoccer.com)
St. Marys College Open 2010 July 3-5,
2010
(POC: Derek Sabedra, 410-610-4300 or e-mail:
sirbedra@yahoo.com)
USTA Tennis Senior
Leagues
St Marys County USTA Tennis League is
looking for Captains and 3.0 & 3.5 rated play-
ers for senior men, women and mixed doubles
teams. Season runs from June-August. Must be
a USTA member and have reached ffty (50) years
of age prior to, or during, the 2010 calendar year.
Contact Mai-Liem Slade if interested, mlslade@
md.metrocast.net or 301-481-2305.
Tennis Social Doubles
Social Doubles for Adults is held twice week-
ly and consists of informal doubles matches, put
together by the site coordinator, based on that days
attendance. All who show up will get to play.
5 P.M. Sundays at Leonardtown High School,
May 27th through August. Contact Cris Sigler at
410-326-6383 or zigh53@yahoo.com.
5 P.M. Thursdays at Great Mills High School,
June 6th through September. Contact Bob Strat-
ton at 443-926-2070 or rstratton55@hotmail.com.
The league fee is $25 for the Leonardtown
site and $30 for the Great Mills site. Fees include
court costs and balls. No registration is required.
Wed., May 12
Boys Lacrosse
Leonardtown 14,
Chopticon 4
Girls Lacrosse
Leonardtown 24,
Chopticon 2
Thurs.,
May 13
Boys Lacrosse
4A-3AEast First
Round
Annapolis 10, Chop-
ticon 5
Meade 9, Great
Mills 5
Broadneck 19, Leon-
ardtown 4
Girls Lacrosse
4A-3AEast First
Round
Chesapeake 21,
Chopticon 6
Great Mills 14, North-
ern 8
Softball
3ASouthFirst Round
Chopticon 31, Po-
tomac 0
4AEast First Round
Great Mills 19, An-
napolis 1
Leonardtown 5,
Severna Park 4
Fri., May 14
Baseball
3ASouthFirst Round
Chopticon 4, Thom-
as Stone 3
4AEast First Round
Meade 11, Great
Mills 6
Leonardtown 4,
Arundel 2
Sat., May 15
Girls Lacrosse
4A-3AEast
Quarterfnals
Broadneck 20, Great
Mills 4
Leonardtown 11,
Chesapeake 6
Tennis
SMACMeet at North
Point
1. Great Mills 20
2. La Plata 19
3. Leonardtown 16
4. Chopticon 12
5. Northern 11
6. Huntingtown 10
7. North Point 10
8. Patuxent 9
9. Thomas Stone 9
10. Calvert 8
11. Lackey 5
12. McDonough 5
13. Westlake 5
Track and Field
SMACMeet at North
Point
Girls Results
1. Leonardtown 138
2. North Point 114
3. Huntingtown
81.50
4. Lackey 61.50
5. Chopticon 44
6. Northern 41
7. Patuxent 40
8. McDonough 36
9. Westlake 31
10. La Plata 30
11. Great Mills 20
12. Calvert 13
13. Thomas Stone 13

Boys Results
1. North Point 158
2. Huntingtown
88.50
3. Patuxent 79
4. Westlake 71
5. Northern 64
6. Leonardtown
39.50
7. McDonough 39
8. La Plata 32
9. Lackey 27
10. Thomas Stone 25
11. Chopticon 17
12. Great Mills 13
13. Calvert 10
Mon., May 17
Girls Lacrosse
4A-3AEast semifnals
Broadneck 15, Leon-
ardtown 8
Softball
4AEast quarterfnals
Chesapeake 11,
Great Mills 0 (fve
innings)
Broadneck 1,
Leonardtown 0
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Cost of registration is $120 and
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By Ronald N. Guy Jr.
Contributing Writer
Over 20 years ago, Ken
Griffey Jr. was a cant-miss
prospect with the Seattle Mari-
ners and the toast of baseball
fans nationwide. The Kid,
as he came to be known, had a
persistent and contagious smile,
played with a little leaguers en-
thusiasm, and was blessed with
baseball DNA (his father, Ken
Griffey had a distinguished
Major League career).
Griffey Jr.s prodigious
talent and charisma seem-
ingly had him destined to be
the best player of his genera-
tion if not among the best ever.
For a time, it appeared Griffey
would be that rare prodigy who
realized his promise. Indeed,
after 11 seasons in Seattle and
at the prime baseball age of 29
hed established a career arc
that, projected over another 8-
10 years, had him retiring as
this generations Williams or
DiMaggio, Mays or Aaron.
Unfortunately, in the
second half of his career, The
Kids star has proven to be
more shooting than constant.
After a trade to the Cincinnati
Reds in 99, Griffey has been,
well, hamstrung by injuries.
He has played in more than
130 games only 3 times in the
last 10 seasons. After hitting
40 or more homeruns 6 times
from 89-99, he hasnt hit more
than 40 since. More telling of
the toll his injuries have taken,
Griffey stole 167 bases through
the 99 season; hes swiped 17
since. Still, with 630 homeruns
and over 1,800 RBI, his power
numbers are historic. But in the
last decade, hes been more sta-
tistical compiler than star. Now,
at age 40, theres no longer any
hope of a baseball renaissance.
Griffey is what he always will
be: a once-great player, but
not one of the greatest play-
ers. Similar to Mickey Mantle,
Griffey will be remembered as
much for what he was as for
what he could have been.
What is perhaps most
frustrating about Griffeys
misfortune is he is about the
last star of the late 90s and
early 00s that hasnt been im-
plicated in the performance en-
hancing drug debacle. Griffey
is really all baseball fans have
left of the sluggers of that era.
Sosa, Bonds, McGwire and
Rodriguez among countless
others - are all frauds to some
extent. Absent Griffey, even in
his injury-diminished state, the
period is a historical wasteland.
With him, completely healthy,
the poor decisions of his peers
wouldnt have mattered as
much: Griffeys numbers would
have surpassed them all.
All of this makes Griffey
someone you root for desper-
ately. He played with a fans
joy and apparently stayed clean
when hardly anyone else was.
He just couldnt get his body
to cooperate. Surely, given the
penance hes paid professional-
ly, there would at least be a hap-
py ending to his Hall of Fame
career. After being picked up
by the Mariners last season, it
appeared Griffey would get a
chance to write a pleasant, fnal
chapter in the city where it all
began.
After playing pretty well
last season he hit a respect-
able 19 homeruns in limited
duty Griffey had his moment
to exit gracefully with his dig-
nity intact; only Griffey missed
his cue and came back this sea-
son for more. Now that looks
like an unfortunate mistake.
Griffeys play this season
has been terrible: hes hitting
around .200 with no homeruns.
A recent highlight of him cir-
cling the bases was painful to
watch. More troubling though
are the recent reports that he
was asleep in the clubhouse
during a game. Do some play-
ers do this? Yeah, they do, but
Griffey Jr. doesnt. It seems the
years and injuries have fnally
broken his defning boyish en-
thusiasm for the game. When
you lose your passion for what
you do, whether youre a teach-
er, civil servant or baseball
player, its time to move on to
a new team, organization or ca-
reer. After sleeping on the job,
its time for Griffey to move
beyond life as a baseball player.
As Kenny Rogers said in the
song The Gambler, you got to
know when to hold em, know
when to fold em. Its time for
The Kid to fold before he
ages any more awkwardly be-
fore our eyes.
Send comments to rguy-
joon@yahoo.com
The Shot...errrSnore Heard Round The World
BLeACHeRS
A View From The
Thurs., May 20
Mens Over-40 League
(All game start at 6
p.m.)
Tri-County Aire at Captain
Sams
Hole in the wall vs. Rita Bs
at Moose Lodge
Andersons vs. Hobos at
Back Road Inn
All Star Utility vs. Cle-
ments at Andersons Bar
Park Sunoco vs. Sea-
breeze at Tippetts Field
Mens Slowpitch League
VFW2632 vs. Grid Iron
Grill at , 6:30 p.m.
Back Road Inn vs. Bud-
weiser at , 6:30 p.m.
Pax Bombers vs. Ameri-
can Legion at Ridge
American Legion, 6:30
p.m.
The Green Door vs.
Chaneys at The Brass Rail,
6:30 p.m.
Bookkeeping By Blanche
vs. Hi Octane at Knight
Life, 6:30 p.m.
Fri., May 21
Young Mens League
Dew Drop Inn vs. Quades
at Captain Sams, 6:30
p.m.
Cryers vs. Gary Gray
Athletics at Moose Lodge,
6:30 p.m.
Flash Point vs. Seabreeze/
BRI at Back Road Inn, 6:30
p.m.
Sun., May 23
Young Mens/Slowpitch
Interleague
Flashpoint at Back Road
Inn, 4:30 p.m.
Cryers vs. VFW at Chan-
cellors Run, 4:30 p.m.
Budweiser vs. Seabreeze/
BRI at Back Road Inn, 6
p.m.
Captain Sams vs. Book-
keeping by Blanche at
Chancellors Run, 6 p.m.
Gary Gray Athletics vs.
American Legion at Ridge
American Legion, 6 p.m.
Grid Iron Grill vs. Quades
at Captain Sams, 6 p.m.
Dew Drop Inn vs.
Chaneys at The Brass Rail,
6 p.m.
Mon., May 24
Womens League
Xtreme vs. Southern at
7th District Park, 6:30
p.m.
Moose Lodge vs. Chesa-
peake Custom Embroi-
dery at The Brass Rail,
6:30 p.m.
Andersons vs. Mix It Up
at Knight Life, 6:30 p.m.
ABC Liquors at Back Road
Inn, 6:30 p.m.
Southern Maryland Physi-
cal Therapy vs. Knockouts
at The Brass Rail, 8 p.m.
Womens Over-30
League
Moose Lodge at Captain
Sams
Hurricanes vs. Hole in the
wall at Tippetts Field
Back Road Inn vs. Ryce
Electric at Moose Lodge
Rosebuds vs. S&J Heating
at Andersons Bar
Tues., May 25
Young Mens/Slowpitch
Interleague
Grid Iron Grill vs. Cryers at
Back Road Inn, 6:30 p.m.
Chaneys at Captain
Sams, 6:30 p.m.
VFW vs. Dew Drop Inn at
Chancellors Run, 8 p.m.
Wed., May 26
Womens League
ABC Liquors at Ander-
sons, 6:30 p.m.
Bud Light vs. Xtreme at
Chancellors Run, 6:30 p.m.
Knockouts vs. Somerville
Insurance at Chancellors
Run, 6:30 p.m.
Moose Lodge vs. Mix It
Up at Knight Life, 6:30
p.m.
Southern Maryland Physi-
cal Therapy at Back Road
Inn, 6:30 p.m.
Bella Salon at Captain
Sams, 6:30 p.m.
Southern vs. Chesapeake
Custom Embroidery at
The Brass Rail, 6:30 p.m.
St. Marys County Softball Schedule
The County Times
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
BUDDS CREEK Bunker Hill, West Va.s Andy An-
derson was victorious in last Friday nights 30-lap Ed Canupp
memorial at Potomac Speedway. In scoring his frst Potomac
Late Model feature win of the season, Anderson also became
the fourth different driver to collect a late model win at the
Southern Maryland bullring.
Bryan Bernheisel and Matt Quade brought the feld down
to the initial green fag. As the pack entered turn one, sixth-
starting Anderson blasted into the race lead by the completion
of the events frst circuit.
Anderson would eventually go on to lead the entire dis-
tance, but the race for second was quite intense. Jamie Lath-
roum reached second by the tenth lap bringing eleventh start-
ing David Williams with him. The duo would slug it out for
several laps before Lathroum left the event on the 28th lap
with mechanical issues. As Anderson comfortably took the
checkered fag aboard his Jack Bland owned, Rocket No. 41A,
Williams settled for second, Matt Quade held on for third, Ro-
land Mann claimed fourth and pole sitter Bryan Bernheisel
completed the top fve.
Its nice to get a win down here for Jack (Bland), An-
derson stated. The track was in real good shape tonight and
the guys had this car perfect which made my job that much
easier.
Even with the dominating performance, Anderson was a
little worried with his mount as the laps wound down.
I guess with about eight laps to go the car picked up a
real bad vibration, Anderson said. Im not real sure what
caused that, maybe the tires got a little hot, but we were good
enough to win. Heats for the 14 cars on hand went to Daryl
Hills and Jamie Lathroum.
In the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, Pasadena, Md.s
Ed Pope extended the LLM win streak to fve different win-
ners as he scored his frst-career win in the division. Pope, the
2007 Potomac street stock champ, wrestled the top-spot from
Paul Cursey on lap six and would go on to hold off defending
track champion Tommy Wagner Jr. to score the win.
Man, this has been a long time coming, Pope stated. I
just cant thank enough all the people who helped me fnally
get here. Stevie Long would take third, Kenny Moreland was
fourth and current point leader Derrick Quade rounded out the
top-fve. Pope also took the heat win.
In other action, Larry Fuchs scored his 28th career Po-
tomac win in the 15-lap four-cylinder feature, Jimmy Ran-
dall was triumphant for the frst time this season in the 15-lap
hobby stock event and Brian Lederhouse annexed the 10-lap
u-car feature.
Late Model feature results (30 laps)
1. Andy Anderson 2. David Williams 3. Matt Quade 4.
Roland Mann 5. Bryan Bernheisel 6. Dale Hollidge 7. Deane
Guy 8. Jeff Pilkerton 9. Bobby Beard 10. Jonathon DeHaven
11. Jamie Lathroum 12. Daryl Hills 13. Rick Hulson 14. GR
Smith
Limited Late Model feature results (20 laps)
1. Ed Pope 2. Tommy Wagner Jr. 3. Stevie Long 4. Kenny
Moreland 5. Derrick Quade 6. Mike Latham 7. Kyle Lear 8.
Paul Cursey 9. Chuck Cox 10. David Puckett
Four Races, Four Faces, As Andy Anderson Wins at Potomac
Pope Impressive in First Career LLM Triumph
Six Seahawks Earn Womens
Lacrosse Honors
YoRK, PENN. The 2010 Capital Athletic
Conference Womens Lacrosse Rookie of the Year,
Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) head-
lined a group of six St. Marys College of Maryland
players that garnered spots on this years All-Capital
Athletic Conference Womens Lacrosse Teams as
announced by conference commissioner, Tom By-
rnes, Thursday.
An frst team All-CAC selection as well, Parker,
a frst-year midfelder for the Seahawks, is the eighth
SMCM player to earn conference rookie of the year
honors, joining Britney Whitehurst (1998), Kathy
Holmes (1999), Courtney Young (2000), Jen Chum-
ley (2001), Sarah Sloane (2002), Danielle Miller
(2004) and Aileen McCausland (2008).
The 2009 CAC Field Hockey Rookie of the
Year, Parker becomes the second Seahawk to win
a pair of rookie awards during the same academic
year as Kathy Holmes 02 was the league rookie of
the year in both womens soccer (1998) and womens
lacrosse (1999).
Seniors Kelsey Branch (Jarrettsville, Md./North
Harford), Nora Fallon-oben (Silver Spring, Md./St.
Johns College [D.C.]), and Alex Bertrand (Annapo-
lis, Md./St. Marys, Annapolis) and juniors Aubrey
Mirkin (Ashton, Md./Sherwood) and Jamie Roberts
(Rockville, Md./The Barrie School) were all second
team All-CAC choices.
Parker notched a stellar rookie season, fnish-
ing as the teams leading scorer with team-highs of
49 goals and 82 points along with a second-best 33
assists. She also contributed with 38 draw controls,
30 ground balls, and 16 caused turnovers. Parker set
school single-game records for most goals and points
in a game following her 9-goal, 12-point performance
at Christopher Newport University on May 1. She
fnished the 2010 season ranked in NCAA Division
III in points (36th), assists (30th) and assists per game
(47th). Parker ranked in the top 5 in the conference
in points per game (2nd, 4.56), goals per game (3rd,
2.72), and assists per game (4th, 1.83) while leading
the league with fve game-winning goals.
This is Branchs second consecutive appear-
ance on the all-star second team after leading the
Seahawks for the fourth year in a row in assists. The
5-6 attacker leaves the SMCM womens lacrosse
program as the all-time assist leader with 130 career
assists. She ended her senior campaign as the third-
leading scorer with nine goals and 37 assists for 46
points. Branch added 26 ground balls, 18 draw con-
trols and six caused turnovers. Among NCAA Divi-
sion III players, she ranks 20th in assists and 27th
in assists per game (2.06) while ranking third within
the conference in assists per game.
Experiencing her career-best campaign, Fal-
lon-oben picked up her frst all-conference selection
after wrapping up her senior season as the teams
second-leading scorer with 48 goals and 66 points
while coming in with a third-best 18 assists. The 5-8
attacker led the Seahawks in caused turnovers with
23 while adding 27 draw controls and 25 ground
balls. She owns the schools second-best single-game
records for most goals and points in a game following
her 8-goal, 10-point effort against Virginia Wesleyan
College on March 23. Fallon-Oben ranked fourth in
the CAC in goals per game (2.67), sixth in points per
game (3.67) and 10th in assists per game (1.00).
After spending her junior season studying
abroad in Paris, Bertrand fnished out her Seahawk
career on top with her frst all-league pick. The 5-6
defender helped the St. Marys defense post a 12.86
goals against average as she notched 14 ground balls
and eight caused turnovers. Bertrand aided in kick-
starting the offense as well with six draw controls.
Mirkin is also registering her frst all-confer-
ence nod following a junior campaign which saw the
5-6 midfelder lead the team in both draw controls
(49) and ground balls (43). She averaged 2.72 draw
controls per game to rank fourth in the league. Mir-
kin contributed to the Seahawks offensive success
as the teams fourth-leading scorer with 31 goals and
eight assists.
A three-sport standout at St. Marys in soccer,
basketball and lacrosse, Roberts is nabbing her frst-
ever all-star selection in any sport after helping the
Seahawks to a 9-3 record in their fnal 12 games fol-
lowing an 0-6 start to the season. The 5-7 goalkeeper
scooped up 31 ground balls and caused 10 turnovers
while picking up her frst collegiate assist on May 1
in a come-from-behind win at Christopher Newport.
Roberts posted a 14.03 GAA and a .404 save percent-
age on 314 shots faced.
St. Marys fnished the 2010 campaign with a
9-9 overall record, taking second in the conference
with a 5-2 league mark. For the second year in a row,
the Seahawks were knocked out of the CAC tourna-
ment in the semifnal round by University of Mary
Washington.
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
MoRGANZA You
could hear the collec-
tive gasp in the top of the
seventh inning Friday
afternoon.
Chopticon pitcher Ja-
cob Nealis caught a weak
line drive and threw to
third base, hoping to catch
a Thomas Stone runner off
base.
The throw got away
from Nealis, but third base-
man Mitchell Seifert made
a great play to nail the run-
ner at home, preserving a
4-3 victory in the 3A South
frst round game.
As soon as Mitch got
the ball off the pole, I knew
he had him, Nealis said of
a lucky bounce off a fence
post that gave Seifert time
to catch, turn and fre to
home plate. Hes played
there a maybe a couple of times before
and hes done well.
The throw hit the heel of my glove
and my heart stopped, Seifert said. All
I could think about was the coaches yell-
ing at me and everybody in school mak-
ing fun of me.
Those are the kind of plays you
have to make to win, head coach Dan
Velez said. [Seifert] couldve panicked,
but he went hard after it and threw a
strike to home plate.
Before Seiferts clutch play, the
Braves (11-10) looked to be primed for an
easy win, jumping out to a 3-0 lead which
saw Nealis punch a Ryan Kellough pitch
over the left center feld fence.
I took it where he pitched it, Nea-
lis said of following the coaching staffs
advice about hitting. [The homer] really
pumped us up.
The Cougars refused to yield and
tied the game on a two-run double by
Kellough in the top of the fourth inning.
Chopticon responded in the bottom half
of the frame when outfelder Cody Trah-
ans speed broke up what wouldve been
an inning-ending double play, allowing
frst baseman Brian Clark to score the
winning run.
The Braves advanced to play La
Plata in the quarterfnals on Wednesday
[The game fnished too late to be includ-
ed in this edition of the County Times.],
and were confdent that they could beat
the Warriors when it counts.
Youre always worried about La
Plata, but weve knocked them off be-
fore, Seifert said, mentioning an 8-1 win
by the Braves at La Plata in April. We
can beat them.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
Seiferts Defense Lifts
Braves to First Round Victory
Chopticons Brian Farr fouls off a pitch during the Braves
4-3 win over Thomas Stone Friday afternoon.
Photo By Chris Stevens
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Blue Crabs
LANCASTER, PENN.
First baseman Eric Crozier
crushed two homers and drove
in three runs as the Blue Crabs
defeated the Lancaster Barn-
stormers 5-2 on Monday night
at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
Crozier became the frst
player this season with a multi
home run game, and did so in
consecutive at-bats.
RHP Jarrett Grube im-
proved to 2-1, allowing just
one run in fve innings of work.
Barnstormer right-handed starter Jose San-
chez (1-3) was perfect through three, but then
surrendered four runs in the fourth.
With one out in the inning, second base-
man Kody Kirkland hit his league best fourth
triple. Kirkland then scored on third baseman
Patrick Osborns RBI single in the next at-bat.
Designated hitter Matt Craig followed with
another base hit to put runners at the corners
for Crozier.
A wild pitch by Sanchez during Croziers
at-bat allowed Osborn to score, and advanced
Craig to second. Then Crozier launched San-
chezs 2-2 pitch over the right
feld wall to double the Blue
Crabs lead.
Croziers second home run
of the night, another towering
shot to right, led off the sixth.
The Barnstormers had
plenty of scoring opportunities
throughout the game, but they
instead left 13 runners on base.
In both the fourth and sixth
they stranded the bases loaded.
Shortstop Bryant Nelson drove
in both Lancaster runs on a pair
of RBI sac fies. Both scored rightfelder Matt
Watson.
It was the second time this season Nelson
had two RBI sac fies against the Blue Crabs.
The Blue Crabs bullpen pitched magnif-
cently in relief of Grube, allowing just one run
in four innings. RHP Joe Newby pitched the
seventh and eighth, and lowered his ERA to
0.82.
After the Barnstormers put two men on
and scored a run in the ninth, right-handed
closer Jim Ed Warden retired the fnal batter to
earn his league-leading sixth save.
Crozier blasts Blue Crabs Over Lancaster
Eric Crozier
The County Times
Sp rts
SMAC Track
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
The completion of an unbeaten season by the Leonard-
town girls track and feld team was a total team effort, as they
coasted to the SMAC crown with 138 team points, 24 ahead of
second-place North Point and 56 points in front of third-place
Huntingtown.
Theyve worked extremely hard as a team, said head coach
Shawn Snyder. For the frst time in a long time, we had equal
talent. Everyone knows
about our distance runners
from cross country, but the
sprinters and the feld did a
tremendous job.
Key top fve fnishes
in several events, including
earning points in feld events,
helped Leonardtown open a
comfortable margin over the
two-day meet held at North
Point in Waldorf.
It makes a big difference,
Kelly said. Its awesome. Its
really exciting to see how great
every one is.
Our 300 hurdlers fnished
2-3-4 we scored 19 points in that
event, Snyder said of Teresa Paz,
Alex Greissinger and Kellys efforts
in that event. The points in that event were huge.
The Raiders, who also claimed the regular season cham-
pionship with a 12-0 record in meets, got individual champi-
onships from sophomore Erin Kelly, who won the girls long
jump (16-04.25) and senior Jessica Gass, who continued
her year-round dominance by winning the girls 1600 meter
(5:25.18) and 3200 meter (11:42.94) races.
It was really exciting, Kelly said of winning her frst
conference championship. I just wanted to set a personal re-
cord and do my best.
Gass, who also won conference championships in cross-
country and indoor track, continues to amaze Snyder with her
success and hard work.
Its been great to watch her grow, Snyder said. She
came on strong sophomore year and shes focused on what
she needs to do to be successful.
To win the mile and two-mile was very exciting, said
Gass, who will be attending Liberty University in Lynch-
burg, Va. this coming fall. I just wanted to contribute and
help the team.
For Gass and her senior classmates, winning a fourth
straight conference meet was the icing on the cake to a tre-
mendous career.
It was a good for us to go out with a bang, she said.
Raider Girls Complete Perfect SMAC Track Season
County Winners
at SMAC Track Meet
Girls Long Jump
Erin Kelly, Leonardtown 16-04.25
Girls Shot Put
Ashya Short, Chopticon 35-07.00
Girls 1600-Meter Run
Jessica Gass, Leonardtown 5:25.18
Girls 3200-Meter Run
Jessica Gass, Leonardtown, 11:42.94
A group of racers takes off in the SMAC track and feld cham-
pionship meet at North Point. Photo By Frank Marquart
Nikki Goddard of Leonardtown fies through
the air during the SMAC long
jump competition.
Great Mills Antonio Smith
leaps a hurdle during Satur-
days SMAC championship
meet at North Point.
Jessica Gass of Leonardtown won the girls 1600 and 3200
meter events as the Raider girls won their fourth straight con-
ference title.
The County Times
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEONARDTOWN After jumping out to a two-goal
lead in the frst minutes of Mondays 4A-3A East girls la-
crosse semifnals, Leonardtown had proven their point to
Broadneck.
It wasnt enough as the fourth-seeded Bruins bounced
back to hand the Raiders their frst loss of the season 15-8,
advancing to the regional championship game.
I think they came down here expecting an easy game,
Raiders head coach Ken McIlhenny said. I think we earned
some respect for lacrosse in St. Marys County.
They beat us 19-3 my sophomore year, said senior mid-
felder Katelyn Blondino, who gave the Raiders (fnishing the
season at 14-1) a 1-0 lead just 51 seconds into the contest. Im
proud of how we played. It was a great game.
Leonardtown led 2-0 after sophomore Loren Day scored
the frst of her three goals on the afternoon, but the Bruins
came storming back and took the lead for good on an Ali
Dawson goal at the 17:35 mark of the half.
Broadneck got seven goals from senior Courtney Tom-
chik and three goals from Alison Thornton, including two
during a fve-goal outburst in the second half that put the
game out of reach.
Leonardtown is an awesome team, we knew were com-
ing off of a high, they won their conference, Tomchik said.
This win was a team effort.
After surrendering the lead, Leonardtown frantically ral-
lied several times to get within on or two goals, the last time
when Blondino took a pass from Christina Ferrara and curled
in front of the net for a goal at the 11:36 mark of the second
half to make it 10-8.
The Bruins responded with fve straight goals to close out
the game, but the fnal score was deceiving in McIlhennys
eyes.
The score doesnt
indicate how well we
played, he explained.
That was a close game.
The draw is what hurt us
they won the face-offs
and got down there and
scored some goals.
The Raiders had
arguably the most suc-
cessful season in school
history, winning their
ffth straight Southern
Maryland Athletic Con-
ference title and fnish-
ing the regular season
unbeaten (13-0). Blondi-
no believes the returning
girls can help Leonard-
town set a new standard of excellence in SMAC next season.
I dont think any other school has won six straight
championships, she said. I expect them to keep it going and
step up.
As for Blondino, Taelar Errington and fve other Raider
seniors, they will have nothing but fond memories of playing
lacrosse at Leonardtown.
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For the frst time in three years, the Leonardtown Criterium bi-
cycle race made its way through the downtown portion of the town
and according to Pax Velo members Hans Welch, it was an enjoyable
experience for all who participated.
We worked very closely with the town, the businesses and the
fre department and it all went really well, Welch said of the all-day
event, which saw 240 racers speed around a 7/10 of a mile course.
The effort to make the event was truly a success as Pax Velo,
the town and several businesses teamed up to create a booklet for
the days events, as businesses that were open on Sunday were able
to advertise specials and menus for anyone interested in doing some
shopping or eating as the races went along.
The theme was The Bikes Are Back, as Welch noted during
preparations for the race, the very frst bicycle came to Leonardtown
on the steamship Thompson in 1879.
A criterium is a closed-circuit bicycle race that is run on a very
short course in a very quick amount of time. The fastest race was
43 laps long (roughly calculates to 30 miles) while most other races
were about 20 laps long.
There was only one problem for Sundays races, and that turned
out to be carpet tacks that were placed on the race path, causing sev-
eral fat tires and one racer to break his collarbone. Welch says the St.
Marys County Sheriffs Department is investigating the incident.
The course went from
Washington Street, down
and over Lawrence Avenue,
past the Leonardtown fre
department and the Oldem
Town Pub before fnishing
back on Washington.
An all-day race on
those streets possibly made
traveling a problem, which
is why Welch was so thank-
ful to all involved parties
that helped to make the cri-
terium a success.
It did shut down that
part of the town, which was
an a little bit of an incon-
venience, Welch admits.
We appreciate the town
for allowing us to race.
chri sst evens@count y-
times.net
Broadneck Ends Raiders Perfect Run
The Raiders Kate Fin-
kleston attacks the net.
Criterium Makes
Successful Return
to Leonardtown
Photo By Laschelle McKay
Racers come around the corner during
the 13th annual Leonardtown Crite-
rium on Sunday. This was the frst race
downtown in 3 years.
The Leonardtown Criterium heads down Washington Street on
Sunday.
THURSDAY
May 20, 2010
State Gives Chesapeake
Bay Health a Grade of C
Story Page 6 Story Page 28
All Residents Can Join
Local Credit Unions
Story Page 8
Chopticon Baseball
Escapes With Win
Bikes are Back
in Leonardtown
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