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A changing of the guards. Ed Sierra, left, and Glen Ives are
the new president and Executive Vice President, respect-
fully, of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance.
I think were getting to a consensus to recognize
that if were going to have 70 percent of the countys
development in the development district and 80 percent
of the development district is Lexington Park, weve got
to get this FDR Boulevard done.
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On Heels of Census Results, County
Seeking More State Help
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
To match the countys commitment to address
and prevent underage intoxication, the Alcohol and
Liquor Board cracked down on the fve places that got
caught selling alcohol to minors in St. Marys County
in January.
The frst to go before the board during their meet-
ing Feb. 10 was George Edward Bryant and Mukesh
Kumar S. Patel from Canopy Liquors on Great Mills
Road. In a 3-2 vote, the board decided to suspend the
stores liquor license for 30 days, effective Feb. 10.
Hermanville C-Store, California Wine and Spir-
its and St. James Deli and Spirits all received $1,000
fnes by unanimous decision from the board.
A hearing for Corner Liquors was postponed un-
til March 10 because one of the owners was overseas
and unreachable until the day of the hearing.
The board said they cant enforce any sort of law
to prevent them from doing so, but they recommended
places not sell liquor to any individual with a vertical
license, which is issued to anybody under the age of
21.
DFC James Stone, the alcohol enforcement coor-
dinator with the alcohol and beverage board, said they
dont try to trick people. They send the young people
in, as is, and have them try to purchase alcohol with
their real drivers license.
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Canopy Liquor
Closed for a Month
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
County offcials want the state to build a
new park-and-ride facility north of Mechan-
icsville and also provide more state troopers
in the wake of new census numbers show-
ing that St. Marys is growing faster than any
other jurisdiction in Maryland.
Two consent letters signed by all of the
county commissioners have asked the state
to build the park-and-ride facility in New
Market across from the Charlotte Hall li-
brary on north bound Route 5 and add fve
more troopers to patrol local roads and police
extra traffc congestion.
County Administrator John Savich told
The County Times that the state is already
working on a new site for commuters to park
on Golden Beach Road but another site is
needed to deal with expected increases in
traffc.
The current Charlotte Hall park-and-
ride site at the Farmers Market is already
mostly full on a daily basis, Savich said.
There are projections going back 10
years saying that we needed two sites, Sav-
ich said. This board wants to get this proj-
ect back on track and tell the state This is
your site, lets get going.
Savich said that the county does not
expect immediate funding for the project be-
cause of the states souring budget outlook,
but wanted to get the project back up for con-
sideration to get money as soon as possible.
Since the land is county-owned there
would be no acquisition costs to the state, just
the costs of clearing and grading the site and
putting in a parking lot, Savich said.
The additional fve troopers would be
the frst addition of state law enforcement
here in St. Marys County in about 25 years,
the commissioners letter states.
It just speaks to the county growing
and we want the state to keep up with the
provision for staffng, Savich said. Its
probably time for the state to help us a little
bit.
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said the
letter surprised him, because commission-
ers had not consulted him. He said he would
seek stronger lines of communication with
commissioners to hear their concerns and
those of the community.
I was a little taken aback by the letter
because no one talked to me about it, Cam-
eron said. If commissioners have concerns
about anything they havent spoken to me
As the countys primary law enforcement of-
fcer Id like to know.
The current Charlotte Hall park and ride is reaching its capacity and county offcials say at least two more are needed.
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By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Questions have swirled for several years now about how
best to fund and place a new library somewhere in Leonard-
town, but the process to update the Lexington Park Develop-
ment District plan has hardly been mentioned, says County
Commissioner Todd Morgan (R-Great Mills).
That needs to change, he said.
My biggest concern is that the Lexington Park is the
largest development district for the county and as I hear all
the angst over the library from an economic development
standpoint where is our development headed? Morgan said in
a Tuesday interview. I think more attention has to be given to
the development district plan as opposed to where were going
to put the library.
As the county has been soliciting ideas from community
stakeholders as to how to update the plan that governs devel-
opment in that community, Morgan said that aging infrastruc-
ture and deteriorating communities in Lexington Park are all
problems that the county must face to remake it into a vibrant
community.
That is important, he said, because Lexington Park is the
gateway to the countys $6.6 billion economic engine of Naval
Air Station Patuxent River.
Its been allowed to somewhat deteriorate, Morgan said
of the Lexington Park community. This used to be the engine
and it hasnt been fxed.
As NAS Pax River grows with more and more defense
oriented programs, Morgan said that urban renewal in Lexing-
ton Park would not only help the community but the county as
a whole.
Derick Berlage, director of the Department of Land Use
and Growth Management, said that stakeholders want improve-
ments in transportation including connecting the segments of
FDR Boulevard to relieve traffc on Route 235.
Revitalizing Great Mills Road is also a major concern,
Berlage said, since development in the past decade has blos-
somed farther north in California.
The concern is that left to its own devices development
will [continue to] march north from Lexington Park to Califor-
nia and then from California into Hollywood, Berlage said.
The plan update in the works will also address whether to
enforce new building standards, such as for architecture and
landscaping, on new construction in the development district.
Extensive community meetings will be part of the pro-
cess, Berlage said.
Were going to have major public participation, he said.
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Morgan: Library Talk Stealing Time Form Pressing Issues
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Strict land controls like the critical area
laws, bolstered by fears of a state ban on septic
systems in new housing developments, have lo-
cal business owners in the 7
th
District worried
that there enterprises will fall.
Businesses owners told county offcials
with the departments of Land Use and Growth
Management and Economic and Community
Development on Feb. 12 that along with the poor
economy, excessive regulations are stifing their
chances for growth.
Chris Long, a self-employed electrician who
used to build homes before the real estate market
collapse, said that he was particularly frustrated
by state laws that restricted growth of not only
homes and businesses but also key infrastructure
in rural areas like Avenue and Clements.
What are we going to do in fve years when
we cant fush a toilet, Long said of proposed re-
strictions on new septic systems aimed at clean-
ing up the Chesapeake Bay.
Critical area laws that restricted develop-
ment and infrastructure in rural areas in an ef-
fort to protect the watershed, Long said, also had
the affect of helping drive development to areas
like Route 235.
Were going to kill economies to create an-
other one, Long said. This critical area stuff is
going to drown us.
Bob Schaller, director of economic and
community development, told business owners
that, by design, infrastructure was restricted in
their communities and thus development was
geared to only be slow at best.
And the concentration of retail development
on Route 235 meant that there were few reasons
to do business off the beaten path.
For anyone on Route 235 theres almost no
reason to come down here, Schaller said.
Schaller said the county and business own-
ers have to come up with solutions to the prob-
lem of dying businesses, which is now spread-
ing county-wide.
In south county things are not good,
Schaller said. Businesses are closing, were
worried about south county.
The owner of Towne Florist in Leonard-
town said that in Clements and Avenue the same
thing is happening.
There used to be a lot of small business
people that are now gone, Ernie Williams said.
Jim Moore, of Moore or Less Farm in Av-
enue, said that a creek that runs across the only
access road to his home is eroding the banks but
state regulations prohibit him from repairing it,
save an expensive engineering process blessed
by the state.
Its failing but I cant touch it because its
a waterway, Moore told The County Times. It
makes you feel like your home isnt yours.
Derick Berlage, director of Land Use and
Growth Management, said his department is
trying to negotiate with the states critical area
commission to lessen some of the burden small
business and homeowners face.
One issue Berlage mentioned is seeking
to reduce the amount of tree plantings property
owners are required to plant to compensate for
their projects impact.
The state has not acquiesced to the coun-
tys request yet, he said, but they are at least
listening.
I think theres a growing consensus
[among counties most affected by critical area
laws] that regulations are going too far, Berlage
said Monday. When a small business owner
or homeowner has to spend tens of thousands
of dollars to comply with the law, somethings
wrong.
We have to fnd a way to cut them a
break, he said.
Business Owners Feeling Stifed
by Regulations
Revitalizing Great Mills Road has been identifed as a key piece of
updating the Lexington Park Development District plan.
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By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
St. Marys County is getting an application ready for a grant from the State
of Maryland to study underage drinking in the county.
Walter Biscoe, the substance abuse prevention coordinator for St. Marys
County, said that Maryland will be receiving $2.4 million every year for the
next 5 years to be used as the part of a strategic prevention plan against under-
age drinking.
The state will be offering grants to each of the 24 jurisdictions in Mary-
land, who can apply for money for assessment and planning.
We should not have underage drinking, said Jacqueline Beckman,
the community traffc safety program coordinator at St. Marys County
Government.
In an idyllic community, Beckman said there would be nobody who sup-
plies alcohol to minors, including parents and classmates.
Between 17 and 18 percent of the drinking and driving accidents in St.
Marys county involve underage drivers, Beckman said.
Truly, they should not be involved at all, Beckman said.
Biscoe said there are three areas the state has decided to address un-
der age drinking, binge drinking and alcohol related crashed involving young
people. Each jurisdiction has to look at those areas and the local data and decide
if they will be focusing on just one or two of the areas, or addressing all three.
It has to be a community based initiative and it has to be jurisdiction
wide, Biscoe said.
To help look at the data, there is a work group that will be deciding what
areas need to be looked at. Biscoe said he doesnt know what areas the work
group is thinking about and if there is any one area that is more critical than the
others in St. Marys County.
I dont want to give my personal impression, Biscoe said. I want to let
the group decide.
The application for the grant is due April 13. It will be submitted to the
State of Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration, who will review it
and then dole out awards to the individual jurisdictions that make the cut.
St. Marys County is partnering with entities like the St. Marys County
Health Department, Walden Sierra, the Sheriffs Offce, school PTAs, the Col-
lege of Southern Maryland and St. Marys College of Maryland.
Beckman said maps that show the prevalence of underage drinking in St.
Marys County may be skewed because many people get arrested in the county
who are not actually residents of St. Marys County.
Beckman said a large part of the underage drinking issue in St. Marys
County is a lack of education and a willingness on the parents part to look the
other way.
We need to educate people county wide and it is an issue country wide,
She said its not that parents dont care, but they buy kids alcohol for parties
and try to teach responsible drinking by taking car keys, but the fact is its still
illegal to do that.
Biscoe said this also causes a problem for the underage drinkers health.
He said the human brain is not fully formed until age 25, and drinking heavily
before the brain is fully formed, they can stunt growth and development. This
could affect areas like decision making, and Biscoe said it costs the country
the best and the brightest when binge drinking costs minds and even lives.
Were trying to make a cultural change in St. Marys County to the ac-
ceptability of under age drinking, Biscoe said.
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Underage Drinking
Crusade Set to Begin
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
FDR Boulevard, a new road parallel to Route 235
aimed at relieving congestion, is coming along, one
piece at a time.
According to Allen Settle, the project manager
with the St. Marys County department of public works,
the entire road is plotted out, with part of it following
the railroad tracks that once serviced the Naval Air Sta-
tion Patuxent River, and sectioned into different phases.
As things stand currently, the construction of FDR
Boulevard is in different parcels, one through fve.
Phase two is slated to be fnished before phase one be-
gins, though the rest of the phases are supposed to be
build in the order in which they are numbered.
Settle said phase one will have funding in fscal
year 2014 or 2015, while the funding and the land for
the frst part of phase two came in earlier than expected.
Settle said the Lexington Park Volunteer Rescue
Squad will be building a new section of the road, which
will be part of the Phase Two plan when they build their
new building this summer near the Bay District Volun-
teer Fire Department.
The rescue squad is not particularly pleased with
that prospect.
We feel that the county should take care of it,
said Donna Voorhaar, the Assistant Chief with the Lex-
ington Park Volunteer Rescue Squad. She said the res-
cue squad intends to try to get that directive changed so
they dont have to build the section of road.
She said the rescue squad is a non-proft organiza-
tion and should not have to take money from a needed
project to fund the road, especially when a new building
is their top priority.
The building is ancient and we need a new one,
said Michael Cahall, a captain with the volunteer rescue
squad.
Voorhar said the money for the project is supposed
to come from the USDA, but congress hasnt yet doled
out funds.
Were pro-
ceeding with
the assumption
were going to
get the fnanc-
ing, Voorhar
said.
The sec-
tion of road that
the rescue squad
may be help-
ing to construct
will have two
lanes and, while
they will have
the land and the
right of way to
build an addi-
tional two lanes
if needed in the
future, Settle
said the road
studies dont an-
ticipate the ad-
ditional lanes,
or the installation of a street light, will be needed for
a while.
In anticipation of these needs, and to prevent fur-
ther money from being spent should a light become
necessary for traffc control or for the rescue squad, the
groundwork for the lights will be installed, leaving little
to do other than getting the poles and hooking them up.
When all is said and done, while the land to build
the road has been purchased, there is one large compo-
nent still missing the funding.
I couldnt give you a time frame at this time,
Settle said.
FDR Boulevard Creeping Along
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
County Commissioner Todd Morgan made an
appearance at a Lexington Park Business and Com-
munity Association meeting Feb. 10 and had some
choice things to say about FDR Boulevard and the
Lexington Park Development District.
The development district needs to be ad-
dressed, Morgan said.
Something Morgan doesnt think isnt getting
nearly enough attention is the FDR Boulevard proj-
ect, which is has been in a planning stage for more
than 30 years, and only a couple disconnected sec-
tions are completed.
Its a piece of s---, honestly, its embarrassing,
he said of the road designed to relieve congestion on
Route 235 with an alternate north-south route.
He said now, with the current economy and inter-
est prices being low like they are, its the perfect time
to borrow money and get a large portion of the project
completed instead of mucking around and trying to
get the project done on the current allotments the state
gives St. Marys County, or waiting for developers to
chip in.
He said the difference in borrowing money now,
with low interest rates, and later when the rates could
be even higher is upwards of $4 million, which would
be coming out of the communitys pockets in the form
of taxes. By borrowing money when interest rates are
low, he said they wont have to raise taxes in order to
pay it back.
Weve got to get this road done to promote some
sort of economic development, Morgan said.
He said the road will offer an alternative to Route
235 and, because it may not be as congested, will pro-
mote people to stop by stores facing the boulevard,
which will in turn help boost the local economy.
He said his fellow commissioners are also see-
ing that FDR Boulevard should be a priority for the
county.
I think were getting to a consensus, Im not go-
ing to promise it, to recognize that if were going to
have 70 percent of the countys development in the
development district and 80 percent of the develop-
ment district is Lexington Park, weve got to get this
FDR Boulevard done, he said.
To facilitate the completion of the
project, Morgan said hes trying to push
the schedule ahead by at least a year from
where it currently stands to begin in 2014,
but thats a diffcult thing to get completed.
Its a very complicated thing because,
if youve ever seen the movie Wall Street,
greed is good, he said.
Because the project has been so drawn
out, people have been building on the path
of the road in the right of way.
The bottom line is the development
district needs to be addressed, Morgan
said.
Even if the road isnt perfect, Morgan
said it needs to get done.
The county commissioners and the
planning commission will be taking a bus
tour to see the proposed FDR Boulevard site
and discuss plans for the future on March 1.
Commissioner Says FDR
Project Needs Defbrillation
County Commissioner Todd Morgan
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Request for Proposal
Commissioners of Leonardtown
Canoe/Kayak Rental and Concessions Lease at Leonardtown Wharf/
Port of Leonardtown
The Town of Leonardtown is currently seeking proposals from interested frms for
a one-year term beginning April 1, 2011, with two one- year renewal options. Rental/conces-
sion program includes custodial care and maintenance of the public restrooms, operation of the
kayak/canoe rental business and operation of the concession stand.
InterestedprovidersmayobtainaproposalpackagefromtheTownOffce,Monday-Friday
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or by calling 301-475-9791. Sealed proposals, ad-
dressed to the Town Administrator and marked Sealed Proposal for Concessions Lease will be
receivedattheoffceoftheCommissionersofLeonardtown,41660CourthouseDrive,POB1,
Leonardtown,MD20650,until2:00p.m.onTuesday,March1,2011,atwhichtimethepropos-
als will be publicly opened and read. A pre proposal meeting and site visit is scheduled for 2:00
p.m.Wednesday,February23,2011beginningattheTownHall.
The Commissioners of Leonardtown reserve the right to reject any and all bids and propos-
als, and to accept any proposal deemed to be in the best interest of the Town.
In the Circuit Court for St. Marys County, Maryland
Civil No. 18-C-08-001550
MartinL.Goozman
And
JeffreyW.Bernstein
Substitute Trustees
Plaintiffs
v.
MarkR.Pittman
And
KarinMitchellPittman
Defendants
Second
Notice
Notice is hereby given this 8
th
dayofFebruary,2011,bytheCircuitCourtforSt.Marys
County,Marylandthatthesaleofthepropertymentionedintheseproceedinganddescribedas
24271McGlueRoad,Chaptico,Maryland20621,willberatifedandconfrmed,unlesscauseto
the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 11
th
dayofMarch,2011,providedacopyofthis
NOTICE be published at least once a week in each of three successive weeks in some newspaper
of general circulation published in said County before the 11
th
dayofMarch,2011.
The report states the amount of the sale to be $225,000.00.
Joan W Williams
ClerkoftheCircuitCourtforSt.MarysCounty,Maryland
02-17, 24, 3-3-2011
In The Matter Of Anthony Malik Jones
For Change Of Name To Anthony Malik Mcclain-Jones
By And Through His Mother/Father/Guardian Joquana Ashley
Mclain
IntheCircuitCourtforSt.MarysCounty,Maryland
Civil No.: 18-C-11-000172 NC

TheabovePetitionerhasfledaPetitionforChangeofNameinwhichsheseeksto
changethenameofaminorchildfromAnthonyMalikJonestoAnthonyMalikMcClain-
Jones. The Petitioner is seeking this name change for the child for the following reasons: I
JoQuanaAshleyMcClain,amrequestingthatmysonslastnamebechangedfromJonesto
thehyphenatedlastnameofMcClain-Jonestorefectmylastname(McClain)andthelast
nameofhisbiologicalfather(Jones).
AnypersonmayfleanobjectiontothePetitiononorbeforethe5
th
dayofMay2011.The
objectionmustbesupportedbyanaffdavitandserveduponthePetitionerinaccordancewith
MarylandRule1-321.Failuretofleanobjectionoraffdavitwithinthetimeallowedmay
result in a judgment by default or the granting of the relief sought.
A copy of this Notice shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circula-
tioninthecountyatleastffteen(15)daysbeforethedeadlinetofleanobjection.
JOANW.WILLIAMS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
St.MarysCountyMaryland
02-17-11
Legal Notices:
Letters:
Marriageasweknowitisabouttoend
in Maryland unless we do something about
it now! A committee hearing was held last
week on Senate Bill 116 (SB 116) which is
being considered for the purpose of alter-
ing a provision of law to establish that only
a marriage between two individuals who are
not otherwise prohibited from marrying is
valid in the State; prohibiting an offcial of
a religious institution or body authorized to
solemnizemarriagesfrombeingrequiredto
solemnize any marriage in violation of the
constitutional right to free exercise of reli-
gion; etc.
While on the surface, this seems like an
innocuous bill that would protect the rights of
pastors and judges from being forced to per-
form marriages that are morally objection-
able to them, it is really just a sneaky way of
legalizingsamesexmarriage.
This bill, while providing a conscience
clause for those who object to same sex mar-
riageandcivilunions,alsodefnesmarriage
as only being valid between two individuals
who are not otherwise prohibited from mar-
rying. Do you see where this is going? In-
stead of defning marriage as only between
amanandawoman,thisbillredefnesitas
valid between two persons. This would au-
tomaticallylegalizesamesexmarriageorat
least bring it a step closer to reality.
Supporters of the bill believe they have
20 of the 24 votes needed to pass it in the Sen-
ate,andavotewasexpectedasearlyasFri-
day,Feb.11.Thatswhyitscrucialthatwe
let them know today how we feel. The fol-
lowing Senators, all of whom can be reached
at 1-800-492-7122, represent the swing
votes and could affect the vote either way.
Their extension numbers are listed next to
their names:
JohnC.Astle,(Ext.3578)
JoanCarterConway,(Ext.3145)
UlyssesCurrie,(Ext.3127)
EdwardJ.Kasemeyer,(Ext.3653)
KatherineKlausmeier,(Ext.3620)
JamesCarewRosapepe(Ext.3141)
Please let them know, as well as Senator
Middleton,thatyouwantthevoterstodecide
the marriage issue through a ballot referen-
dum, not through legislation, which may not
represent the will of their constituents.
Cheryl Allison
Waldorf,MD
Bill Seeks Backhand Gay Marriage Approval
2-17-11
The County Times
Money
for the love of
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
Hulas Bungalow, on the banks of the
Patuxent River, is working to make a come
back.
Bill Jarboe, the owner of Hulas Bunga-
low, said the establishment has been closed
since November so they could do improve-
ments to the establishment, the pier and the
boat slips in the back.
He said this work needed to be done since
the last major hurricane damage the struc-
tures, but he said it took until now to get the
permits.
It kind of made sense
to pull all the debris out of
the water and put it in the
parking lot, Jarboe said.
Because the park-
ing lot was fled with junk
from the pier project, Jarboe
said they closed down for
the past three months and
worked on improvements
on the inside of the building
as well.
With a capacity of 250
people, Hulas Bungalow is
the largest so-called night
club in Southern Mary-
land, Jarboe said.
He said theyre the largest capacity es-
tablishment with a liquor license, outside of
a rental hall, and because of that Jarboe said
they try to bring in nationally-recognized en-
tertainment acts.
There are also 42 boat slips in the back,
along with a boathouse. Jarboe said the place-
ment of the bar is unique because it is built
half on land and half over the water. Also,
with its location on North Patuxent Beach
Road, Hulas Bungalow can be seen and ac-
cessed easily from Calvert County as well as
St. Marys County.
The alcohol board granted Hulas Bunga-
low a conditional permit, so long as they pass
the fre marshal and the health department
inspections.
I was kind of surprised they made me go
through that again, Jarboe said.
Jarboe said the fre marshal passed Hulas
Bungalow as of Tuesday afternoon, and he ex-
pects to have the health department inspection
by the end of the week.
The fre marshal was the biggest obsta-
cle, Jarboe said.
He said the bar is currently accept-
ing applications for bartenders and security
personnel.
The opening is scheduled for Feb. 25,
where they will have the band Ars Poetica
and Shumanze in to celebrate the re-opening.
There is also an appearance for Jah Works, a
nationally recognized reggae band, in March.
Were starting to get our calendar back
in order, Jarboe said.
For more information about the bar, or
applying for a job, visit Hulas Bungalows
Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/
people/Hulas-Bungalow/1512451472 or their
MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/hulas-
bungalow. Jarboe said there should be a regu-
lar website up and running for the bar in a few
weeks.
Hulas Bungalow May be Reopening
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
St. Marys County is getting ready to
welcome a Texas Roadhouse into the area,
right next door to the Olive Garden on
Route 235 in California.
A conditional application for Jeffrey
Ziccardi, Donald Murray and Emily Val-
carcel to purchase a Class B BWL license
was approved by the Alcohol and Liquor
board during their meeting Thursday af-
ternoon. The license is good for 180 days,
which is when the restaurant should be fn-
ished by.
Please be sensitive to small busi-
nesses around you, said Moses Saldaa
Jr., the chairman of the alcohol and bever-
age board.
The ground breaking is set for March
21 and should be open for business Aug. 1.
Ziccardi, one of the future owners of the
Texas Roadhouse, said he anticipated the
restaurant being busy. He said their venue
in La Plata has been successful and he
thinks the same will be true of he restau-
rant in California.
Its defnitely a good market for us to
be in, Ziccardi told The County Times.
Ziccardi said that all the food is pre-
pared from scratch on the premises. Be-
cause of that, the hours of operation are lat-
er than some other restaurants in the area.
Were a made from scratch compa-
ny, he said.
The restaurant will be open from 4
until 10 p.m., Monday through Friday and
open for lunch as well as dinner on the
weekend. On Sundays, it will be open until
9 p.m.
Ziccardi said they will have sev-
eral Techniques of Alcohol Management
(TAM) certifed employees, where the law
only requires one employee for the estab-
lishment to be TAM certifed.
The capacity of the restaurant will be
275 people, including bar seating. There
will be openings for 125 employees,
which will be hired from the St. Marys
community.
Ziccardi said he isnt particularly wor-
ried about competition from nearby res-
taurants like Outback Steakhouse and the
Olive Garden.
We feel lie were a good match to the
rest of the competitors in the area, he said.
Texas Roadhouse Coming To California
Photo by Sean Rice
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For the past six years the Marine Corps Avi-
ation Association (MCAA) John Glenn Squadron
at Naval Air Station Patuxent River has annually
recognized excellence in Aviation Acquisition by
presenting awards to the Marine Test Pilot/Naval
Flight Offcer, Acquisition Offcer, and Acquisi-
tion Staff Non-commissioned Offcer-of-the-Year.
This year the Squadron had the pleasure of
hosting keynote speaker Sean J. Stackley, Assis-
tant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Devel-
opment, and Acquisition at their awards banquet
held on Feb. 10 at the Naval Air Station Rivers
Edge Conference Center, a press release states.
Mr. Stackley was joined in presenting 2010
acquisition awards by the Squadrons namesake
and former Marine test pilot, Senator John Glenn.
The John Glenn Test Pilot-of-the-Year award,
sponsored by GE Aviation, was presented to Lieu-
tenant Colonel Matthew Kelly, F-35 Integrated
Test Force Operations Department Head, Air Test
and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23). Lt.
Col Kelly achieved several frsts in testing of the
Joint Strike Fighter to include being the frst pilot
to achieve supersonic fight and a 5G load factor
in the F-35B and the frst military pilot to fy and
aerially refuel the F-35C. His expert leadership
of the department ensured the successful deliv-
ery and testing of the frst mission systems F-35
and the frst F-35C to Patuxent River.
The Michael Hough Acquisition Offcer-
of-the-Year award,
sponsored by Bell He-
licopter, was presented
to Lieutenant Colonel
Steven Girard, PMA-
276 USMC Light/At-
tack Helicopter Program
AH-1Z Platform Team
Leader. Lt. Col Girard
led a $12.2 billion new
aircraft acquisition pro-
gram for the production,
developmental and op-
erational test and evalu-
ation, post-production
modifcation, logistics
support, and early feld-
ing plans for the AH-1Z
helicopter. His efforts
culminated in the suc-
cessful completion of
operational evaluation, a
favorable decision to enter full-rate production,
and continued on-time delivery of low-rate ini-
tial production AH-1Zs to the feet.
The Joyce/Leader Acquisition Staff Non-
commissioned Offcer-of-the-Year award, spon-
sored by L-3 Communications, was presented to
Gunnery Sergeant Robert Wagner, H-1 Weapon
System Support Activity (WSSA) Military Avi-
onics Liaison. Sgt. Wagner led the successful
felding of the AH-1W Cobra Dos Taiwan avion-
ics upgrade for the Taiwan army, prepared avi-
onics upgrades for developing AH-1W software
products, and supported H-1 upgrade develop-
mental testing by supervising a multi-million dol-
lar avionics inventory for the H-1 WSSA labora-
tory located at China Lake, Calif.
John Glenn Hands Out
Excellence Awards
Photo courtesy of Mike Wilson.
From left is Lt. Col. Steven Girard, Gunnery Sgt. Robert Wagner, Mr. Sean Stack-
ley, Senator John Glenn, Mrs. Annie Glenn, Lt. Col. Matthew Kelly.
One of the hallmarks of the Navy Alliance
from its inception years ago has been visionary,
selfess and honest leadership. From the found-
ers and early presidents to the more recent of-
fcers and board members, strong, positive and
committed leadership has been a consistent
strength of the Alliance and has ensured a vi-
brant, viable and extremely effective organi-
zation committed to the critical mission of the
Alliance, a press release states. The vital mis-
sion of supporting promoting and enhancing the
intellectual capital and infrastructure at Patux-
ent River and St. Inigoes as economic assets and
resources to the Southern Maryland region.
November of 2010 marked another chang-
ing of the guard at the senior most level of the
Alliances leadership structure. After a long
tenure characterized by great progress and
achievements, and furthering the positive com-
munity and Navy relationships and coordina-
tion that is vital to the Alliances mission, Todd
Morgan turned the duties and responsibilities of
President over to Ed Sierra who has been serv-
ing as the Executive Vice President.
One of the strategic decisions the Alliance
made a number of years ago was to groom an
incoming President by having that individual
serve as the Executive Vice President during the
Presidents tenure. The Navy calls that process
feeting up and the process has proven very
successful for both the Navy and the Navy Al-
liance as it ensures a smooth turnover of those
important leadership responsibilities to some-
one who has been involved in every aspect of
the organization to include the issues, initiatives,
partners and members.
Sierra is a long-time member of the Alli-
ance and the Southern Maryland community.
He founded Sierra Management & Technolo-
gies Inc. in 1993 located in California, Md., and
serves as the President and Chief Executive Of-
fcer (CEO). Sierra brings a wealth of experi-
ence, knowledge, background and energy to the
Alliance and is taking on the role of President at
a key time, the release states. His style of inclu-
sive leadership stressing open communications
and strong teamwork is right in line with the Al-
liances history and the future.
Another key leadership transition has been
Capt. Glen Ives (U.S. Navy Ret.) taking on the
position of Executive Vice President. Ives is a
graduate of the United States Naval Academy
and United States Army War College; he served
as a Naval Offcer and Navy pilot. His last as-
signment was in Southern Maryland as Com-
manding Offcer of Naval Air Station Patuxent
River.
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On Feb. 8, deputies responded to a residence in Callaway for an assault. Upon arrival,
Deputy First Class Scott Ruest learned the victim had become involved in an argument with
Gail Annette Gardner, 52, of California, and Brandon Thomas Gardner, 26, of Callaway.
The argument turned physical and the victim was allegedly assaulted. During the assault,
the victim was allegedly restrained by Brandon Gardner while Gail Gardner forcibly removed
his cellular phone from his person. The Gardners fed the scene prior to the arrival of law en-
forcement but were located later and arrested, police stated. During a search of Gail Annette
Gardner, police say she was found in possession of a 15 milligram pill of oxycodone. She was
charged with robbery, second degree assault, theft under $1,000 and possession of a controlled
dangerous substance. Brandon Thomas Gardner was also charged with robbery, second-degree
assault and theft under $1,000.
Sex Offender Charged With Failing To File
On Feb. 11, members of the Bureau of Criminal Investigations Sex Offenders
Unit and Domestic Violence Unit conducted a joint investigation into the residency of reg-
istered sex offender Tyreke Kenyatta Cutchember. Cutchember is classifed as a sexually vio-
lent offender and is required to register as such for life. Cutchember last registered a residency
in Prince Georges County in 2002. The investigation revealed Cutchember had been living
at a residence in California for a number of months and had not registered his new address as
required by law, police alleged. A search warrant was executed at the California residence and
detectives located Cutchember. He was arrested and charged with failing to register.
Suspect Search Leads To Drug Arrests
On Sunday, Feb. 6, at 3:15pm, TFC A. J. Malaspina was on patrol in the 37000 block of
Asher Road in Mechanicsville in an attempt to locate a wanted subject. While patrolling the
area Malaspina observed a white Ford Crown Victoria occupied with numerous subjects, with
one subject matching the description of the wanted individual.
Upon making contact with the occupants, Spencer J. Goedecke, 19, of Mechanicsville was
apprehended on an outstanding bench warrant. While serving the warrant Malaspina reports
there were suspected controlled dangerous substances in plain view. Information provided by
the occupants of the vehicle resulted in the arrest of a juvenile male, 17, of Mechanicsville for
possession of CDS. An additional search of the vehicle resulted in the arrest of Dale Lee Buck-
ler, Jr., 19, of Brandywine. Both the subject related to the warrant and Buckler were transported
to the St. Marys County Detention Center and charged accordingly. The juvenile male was
transported to the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and charged prior to being
released to a guardian pending further action by juvenile services.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
A convenience store
proprietor and an employee
have been charged with sell-
ing items like pipes for smok-
ing cocaine and other narcot-
ics out of their establishment.
According to infor-
mation from the countys
vice/narcotics unit, offcers
learned of alleged sales of the
drug paraphernalia through
other investigations and
made undercover purchases
of the items.
Capt. Daniel Alioto,
commander of the unit, said
that Alpeshkumar Shambhubhai Patel, 36, and
Ramilaben Alpeshkumar Patel, 34, now only
face misdemeanor charges in court but the
matter has been referred to the countys Alco-
hol Beverage Board for consideration because
the business holds a liquor license.
It came to our attention and we took im-
mediate action, Alioto said. This is a qual-
ity of life issue. Lexington Park does not need
this.
Information from the vice/narcotics unit
alleged that offcers seized large amounts of
drug paraphernalia from the store, Corner
Liquors on Shangri La Drive, as well as what
they were able purchase.
Alioto said that investigators recovered
ceramic pipes that were allegedly intended for
smoking marijuana but the presence of crack
pipes glass tubes complete with precut steel
wool were an unmistakable sign of para-
phernalia sales.
You don smoke tobacco out of a glass
tube stuffed with [steel wool], Alioto said.
They knew what they were selling.
Customers to the store could even buy
replacement steel flters for the crack cocaine
pipes, Alioto said, instead of the entire unit.
On-line court records show that investiga-
tors conducted their undercover operation in
the middle of last month, with both defendants
being served with a criminal summons Jan. 24.
No arrests of either defendant were recorded.
Sanctions against the business from the
Alcohol Beverage Board could include fnes
and suspension of the establishments liquor
license.
Corner Liquors proprietors have also been
charged by the beverage board for allegedly al-
lowing an underage customer to purchase alco-
hol in an unrelated matter.
Liquor Store Owner Accused
of Selling Crack Pipes
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
Antonio Warren Gantt, 43, a suspect in
the robbery of a Lexington Park bank on two
separate occasions has been charged with
threatening to have a judge and chief coun-
ty prosecutor killed while he was waiting in
county jail for a re-trial of his previous bank
heist convictions.
According to charging documents fled
against him, Gantt destroyed a television in-
side the countys detention center Feb. 12 by
pulling it down off the wall to the foor.
When a deputy began to process Gantt
on charges of property destruction, Gantt be-
gan talking about having the judge and pros-
ecutor killed, charging documents allege.
Gantt told the deputy that he would pay
to have Circuit Court Judge C. Clarke Raley
and States Attorney Richard Fritz killed,
court papers stated.
I will pay anyone $2 million for the
assassination of Judge Raley and Richard
Fritz, the charging document quoted Gantt
as saying.
Gantt made the same comment twice,
the deputy alleged, and began to laugh.
Im serious, Gantt is alleged to have
told the deputy.
Gantt, who was sentenced to life in pris-
on in 2009 for twice robbing the Maryland
Bank and Trust on Shangri La Drive in 2007,
was granted a new trial last year when the
Court of Appeals found that he was not prop-
erly informed
that he faced the
possibility of no
reprieve from
incarceration.
Since the
granting of the
new trial Gantt
has been held in
the countys de-
tention center.
Gantt has
a reputation for
violent and sometimes bizarre behavior. In
the frst bank robbery witnesses testfed he
said he had a gun to get cash from them. Just
one month later, at the second heist, Gantt
used a sports drink bottle flled with gasoline
to spray employees and threaten to set them
on fre if they did not comply with his de-
mands, witnesses said.
At his 2008 trial Gantt would alternate
between not speaking and then turn to out-
bursts that led Raley to order court security
to gag him with tape while he sat bound in
chains at the defense table.
He professed his innocence to the two
bank robberies when speaking to jurors.
Gantt faces three years incarceration and
a $2,500 fne for each count of threatening to
do harm to a public offcial.
Inmate Charged With Death Threats
Antonio Warren Gantt
The County Times
James Abell, Sr., 50
J a m e s
Willard Jim-
my Abell,
Sr., 50, of
Me c h a n i c -
sville, MD,
died February
10, 2011 in St.
Marys Hos-
pital, Leonar-
dtown, MD.
Born June 25,
1960 in Leonardtown, MD, he
was the son of the late Joseph B.
and Ann Hope Clarke Abell, Sr.
He was the husband of Mildred
Denise Burroughs Abell whom
he married on November 22, 1986
in St. Josephs Catholic Church,
Morganza, MD. Mr. Abell is
also survived by his children;
Amanda Burroughs of Dunkirk,
MD, James W. J.W Abell, Jr.
of Hollywood, MD, Jessica Abell
of Mechanicsville, MD and one
grandson Derek as well as his
siblings; Mary Ann Yount (Jeff)
of Mechanicsville, MD, Joseph
B. JB Abell, Jr. (Donna) and
Randy Abell (Joanne) both of
Leonardtown, MD, Susie Wood-
burn, Rose Gatton (Danny) and
Robert Abell (Vicky) all of Hol-
lywood, MD. James was preced-
ed in death by his daughter Amy
Abell and granddaughter Destiny
Burroughs Dukes.
Jimmy joined the United
States Army after graduating
from Great Mills, High School,
Great Mills, MD. He was a self-
employed construction worker
and was a lifelong resident of
St. Marys County. He enjoyed
spending time with his grandson
Derek, family and friends, play-
ing cards, watching NASCAR,
listening to country and blue-
grass music.
The family received friends
on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in
the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral
Home, Leonardtown, MD where
prayers were recited. A Mass of
Christian burial was celebrated
on Wednesday, February 16, 2011
in St. John Francis Regis Catho-
lic Church, Hollywood, MD with
Fr. Raymond Schmidt offciating.
Interment followed in Charles
Memorial Gardens, Leonard-
town, MD.
Pallbearers were J.B. Abell,
Jr., Randy Abell, Robert Abell,
Charlie Thompson, Mike Ander-
son, and Andy Wood.
Honorary Pallbearers were
Joe P. Dorsey, Terry Gatton,
George Jones, Wayne Smith,
Buck Shotwell, Bon Dee Thomp-
son, Jeff Yount and Danny
Gatton.
To send a condolence to the
family please visit our website at
www.mgf h.com.
Arrangements provided by
Home, P.A.
James Blair, 75
James Matthew Matt Blair,
75, of St. Inigoes, MD, died Feb-
ruary 12,
2011 at St.
M a r y s
N u r s i n g
C e n t e r ,
L e o n a r d -
town, MD
sur rounded
by his lov-
ing family.
Born De-
cember 21,
1935 in Riv-
er Springs, MD, he was the son
of the late Walter Rayner Blair
and Mary Gladys Bailey Blair.
Matt is survived by his wife Mar-
ian Ann Unkle Blair, and his
daughters, Terrie and her husband
Ron Harney of St. Inigoes, MD,
Susan and her husband Bob Dud-
ley, grandchildren Bobby, Eric
and Sarah of Hollywood, MD
and Betsy and her husband Hec-
tor Saradpon of Owings Mills,
MD. He is also survived by his
sister, Patricia (Patsy) Bailey of
Bushwood, MD and two brothers,
Walter R. Blair, Jr. of Leonard-
town, MD and Joseph M. Blair,
Sr. of Bushwood, MD. In addi-
tion to his parents, Matt was pre-
ceded in death by his son, James
Matthew Blair, Jr. and a sister,
Catherine Blair.
Matt enjoyed his boyhood in
the 7
th
district. He attended Holy
Angels School and then Leonard
Hall Junior Naval Academy as
a boarding cadet, where he was
proud of being chief bugler and
loved riding the horses. During
the summer months he crabbed,
cut grass and worked other jobs
to make pocket money. Matt
graduated from St. Marys Acad-
emy in 1954. It was there he met
Marian Ann, whom he married
in 1956. They lived in St. Ini-
goes. Matt worked at the Patux-
ent Naval Air Station and later
ran a grocery store and bar until
he discovered his forte for sales.
He sold hardware, real estate and
liquor. His relationship with his
customers and fellow salesmen
was one of friendship, trust and
mutual respect. Matt was always
a people person and especially
loved watching young people suc-
ceed. He helped many of them
fnd jobs and assisted others with
fnances to start their businesses.
He always wanted to see oth-
ers fulfll their dreams. One of
Matts proudest accomplishments
was when he recommended a
young gentleman for a job at the
liquor company where he worked
and this man was soon promoted
to CEO and became Matts boss!
Matt was a good man and
a devoted husband, father and
grandfather. His hobbies were
traveling, cars and boating. He
served in the National Guard, was
a Charter Member of the Optimist
Club of St. Maries and attended
St. Michaels Catholic Church.
Family received friends for Matts
Life Celebration on Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 15, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. un-
til 8:00 p.m. with prayers recited
in the Brinsfeld Funeral Home,
22955 Hollywood Road, Leon-
ardtown, MD 20650. A Mass of
Christian Burial was offered on
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 in
St. Michaels Catholic Church,
16555 Three Notch Road, Ridge,
MD 20680. The Reverend Lee
Fangmyer, pastor of the church,
was the celebrant. Interment fol-
lowed in St. Michaels Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Rayner Blair, Joey Blair, Ricky
Blair, Bill Bailey, Ben Unkle and
Brian Tarleton. Serving as hon-
orary pallbearers were Melvin
Lorence, Beal Dunbar, Danny
Norris, Robert Steele Pogue and
Emerick Norris.
Memorial contributions may
be made to St. Marys Nursing
Center, 3rd Floor Alzheimers
Unit, Attn: Sharon Smith, 21585
Peabody St., Leonardtown, MD
20650 or St. Michaels School,
Ridge, MD.
Condolences to the family
may be made at www.brinsfeld-
funeral.com
Margaret Brawley, 83
Margaret Jane Maggie
Brawley, 83, of Mechanicsville,
MD passed away peacefully with
loved ones by her bedside on Feb-
ruary 12, 2011, in St. Marys Hos-
pital after a brief illness. Born
June 13, 1927 in White Sulphur
Springs, West Virginia, she was
the daughter of the late Elmer
and Doro-
thy Momma
Dot Rosser
Ho we r t o n .
She was the
loving wife of
the late John
C. Brawley,
whom she
married in
Washi ngt on,
DC on April
20, 1956, and
whom preceded her in death on
June 9, 1994. Mrs. Brawley was
survived by her children; Kirk
Fones (Mary) of Hollywood, MD,
John Brawley (Mary) of Broken
Arrow, OK, Nancy Ford (Dan) of
California, MD and Dorothy Val-
landingham (Danny) of Mechan-
icsville, MD as well as 12 grand-
children, 22 great grandchildren
and 8 great-great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and
husband, Mrs. Brawley was pre-
ceded in death by her son, Steven
Fones and siblings; Bill How-
erton, Eddie Howerton, and Bob-
bie Howerton.
Mrs. Brawley graduated in
1945 from McKinley Technol-
ogy High School, Washington,
DC, before moving to St. Marys
County in 1956. She worked for
the International Association of
Machanist (IAMAW) for eight
years before her retirement in
1989. Mrs. Brawley was a mem-
ber of the Hollywood United
Methodist Church and Holly-
wood Volunteer Fire Department.
She enjoyed volunteering, read-
ing and gardening. Mrs. Brawley
loved fowers.
on Wednesday, February 16, 2011
in the Mattingley-Gardiner Fu-
neral Home, Leonardtown, MD.
A Funeral Service will be held
on Thursday, February 17, 2011
at 10 a.m. in Hollywood United
Methodist Church, Hollywood,
MD with Rev. Sheldon Reese of-
fciating. Interment will follow
in Trinity Memorial Gardens,
Waldorf, MD. Pallbearers will be
Steven Potts, Kyle Vallanding-
ham, Jay Johnson, Daniel Val-
landingham, Matthew Prinsen
and Bobby Howerton. Contribu-
tions in memory of Mrs. Brawley
can be made to the Hollywood
United Methodist Church, 24422
Mervell Dean Road, Hollywood,
MD. 20636.
www.mgf h.com.
Home, P.A.
James Briscoe, Sr., 93
James C. Briscoe, Sr. was
born February 14, 1917 in Chap-
tico, Maryland to the late John
The County Times
Continued
Frank Bris-
coe and
Ma r g a r e t
T h o m -
as Bris-
coe. After
his sudden
i l l n e s s
James was
called home
to be with
the Lord on February 11, 2011.
He attended St. Marys County
Public Schools. On February 20,
1943, James was united in holy
matrimony to Catherine Eliza-
beth Collins in St. Marys County,
Maryland. After 43 years of mar-
riage on May 1st, 1986, his beloved
wife departed to be with the Lord.
James devoted his life to his fam-
ily and friends. He was a faithful
member of the Immaculate Con-
ception Church of Mechanics-
ville, Maryland. He spent most of
his life farming. He enjoyed play-
ing cards, horseshoes, watching
wrestling and watching the World
Series baseball games. He took
great pleasure in helping other
people. He loved his dog Jack.
He leaves to cherish his memory,
his children; Mary Agnes Gray
(late Joseph), James C. Briscoe,
Jr. (Mary), Margaret B. Medley,
Helen Butler-Grantham (Elijah),
Frances Dolores Briscoe, John
Henry Briscoe (Elizabeth), Shir-
ley C. Briscoe, Sharon B. Green-
wood (Otis Sr.), Ronald V. Bris-
coe (Donna), Judy Mae Nelson
(James), Robert Michael Briscoe
(Linda), Martha L. Greene (late
Clifton), David Louis Briscoe
(Sharra), Jane M. Hebb (Michael),
and Mark Anthony Briscoe
(Gladys), and one sister Margaret
Thompson of Chaptico, Maryland
and one sister-in-law, Mary Fran-
ces Curtis, Washington, DC. He
is also survived by numerous
grandchildren, great-grand-
children and great-great grand-
children. He is also survived
by a host of nieces, neph-
ews, relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his
siblings; John Frank Briscoe, Jr.,
William Briscoe, Clarence Bris-
coe, Helen B. Harper, Rebecca
B. Young, Agnes L. Thomas, and
Regina Briscoe; grand children
James C. Briscoe, III, Christo-
pher M. Nelson, Tawana M. But-
ler, Trina and Corey Greenwood
and great grandchildren; Jo-
neaka Battle-Briscoe and Victor
Thurston.
Arrangements by
Briscoe-Tonic Funer-
al Home of Waldorf, MD.

Margaret Goddard, 84
Ma r g a -
ret C. God-
dard, 84, of
Leonardtown
passed away
peacefully on
February 11,
2011 at St.
Marys Nurs-
ing Center.
B o r n
N o v e m b e r
23, 1926 in
Leonardtown she was the daugh-
ter of the late Robert Woodley
and Catherine Catie Goddard.
She was married for 56 years to
the late Bill Goddard who prede-
ceased her in death on April 17,
2001.
Margaret was the sole em-
ployee of the only Draft Board
of St. Marys County serving
35+ years until her retirement, at
which time the Board relocated to
La Plata, MD. She was a mem-
ber of the Womens Club of St.
Marys County. One of her major
projects was motivating children
to read books. She also volun-
teered at the St. Marys Offce On
Aging.
Margaret is survived by her
children Billy Goddard and Judy
Faye Bakewell (Tom) all of Leon-
ardtown and her Grandchildren:
Shawn Goddard (Francine) of
Virginia Beach, VA, Chris Raley
(Jennifer) of Hollywood and Len-
ny Goddard of Leonardtown; four
Great-Grandchildren, Cassidy
and Kaylen Goddard, Zachary
and Nicholas Raley and two Step
Great-Grandchildren Eric Good-
man and Erica Lee plus numer-
ous Nieces, Nephews, Great and
Great-Great Nieces and Nephews.
She was predeceased in death by
her siblings Allen Goddard, Ethel
Connelly, Robert Moose God-
dard, Catherine Pat Gibson and
Franklin Tub Goddard.
Family received friends for
Margarets Life Celebration on
Monday, February 14, 2011 with
prayers recited in the Brinsfeld
Funeral Home, 22955 Holly-
wood Road, Leonardtown, MD.
A Mass of Christian burial was
celebrated on Tuesday, February
15, 2011 in St. Aloysius Catholic
Church with Father Rory Conley
offciating.
Interment was in St. Aloy-
sius Cemetery, Leonardtown,
MD with Shawn Goddard, Chris
Raley, Lenny Goddard, Alfred
Mattingly, Andy McWilliams
and Pat McWilliams serving as
pallbearers.
Contributions may be made
to the Hospice House of St.
Marys, P.O. Box 625, Leonar-
dtown, MD 20650 or 3rd Floor
Alzheimers Unit, Attn: Sharon
Smith, St. Marys Nursing Center,
21585 Peabody St., Leonardtown,
MD 20650.
funeral.com.

Elisabeth Herberg, 90
Elisabeth
Beyer Her-
berg, 90, of
Hol l y wood ,
MD died Feb-
ruary 11, 2011
at her home.
Born March
21, 1920 in
Burgfeld, Up-
per Silesia,
G e r m a n y ,
now part of Poland, she was the
daughter of the late Johan Beyer
and Marie Barton. She was mar-
ried on May 16, 1942 to her late
husband, Richard Herberg. She
immigrated to the United States
in April of 1952. She was a mem-
ber of St. John Francis Regis
Catholic Church in Hollywood,
MD. She enjoyed cooking, bak-
ing, painting, gardening, arts and
crafts. In addition to her parents
and husband, she was preceded
in death by a daughter, Maria
Martha Herberg, one grandchild,
Richard Herberg, III, eight sisters
and one brother. She is survived
by her children; Elizabeth Fluhart
(Danny) of Waldorf, MD, Richard
Herberg (Fiance June Buttone)
of New Orleans, LA, Reinhold
Herberg (Patsy) of Rockville, MD
and John Herberg of Hollywood,
MD. She is also survived by her
grandchildren; Thomas Edward
Fluhart, John August Fluhart,
Margaret Elizabeth Wetherald,
Elizabeth Anne Custer, Cath-
erine Marie Thorne, Sarah Ellen
Overton, Daniel Herberg Fluhart,
Garrett Russell Herberg, Georgia
Daniele Breeding, Erica Kathleen
Herberg, Kristen Elizabeth Her-
berg, and Michael Reinhold Her-
berg, as well as her great-grand-
children; Thomas Daniel Fluhart,
Tyler John Fluhart, Alexis Nicole
Sheridan-Fluhart, Caitlyn Ashley
Wetherald, Carrie Morgan Weth-
erald, Kasidy Elizabeth Custer,
Mark Stephen Custer, Timothy
Jordan Thorne, Trevor Allen
Thorne, Morgan Beyer Overton,
Daniel Ralph Fluhart, GiGi Elise
Herberg, Rebekah Elizabeth Her-
berg, Garrett Richard Herberg
and Gunter Beyer Breeding.
on Monday, February 14, 2011
in the Mattingley-Gardiner Fu-
neral Home, Leonardtown, MD
where prayers were said. A Mass
of Christian burial was celebrated
on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in
St. John Francis Regis Catholic
Church, Hollywood, MD with
Fr. Eamon Dignan offciating.
Interment followed in the church
cemetery. Pallbearers were Gar-
rett Herberg, Michael Herberg,
Thomas Fluhart, John Fluhart,
Daniel Fluhart, Timothy Thorne.
Contributions in memory of
Mrs. Herberg can be made to St.
Johns School, 43950 St. Johns
Road, Hollywood, MD 20636
and/or the Hollywood Volunteer
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 79, Hol-
lywood, MD 20636.
www.mgf h.com.
Home, P.A.
Frank Rubala, 89
F r a n k
Louis Rubala,
89 of Me-
chanicsville,
MD died Feb-
ruary 9, 2011
at Calvert
Me m o r i a l
Hospital.
B o r n
February 19,
1921 in Cleveland, OH, he was
the son of the late Mike Rubala
and Anna (Onachilla) Rubala.
Franks parents were immi-
grants from Hungary. He grew
up in a neighborhood of children
from different ethnic families.
As a youngster, he worked in his
fathers store. In 1939 he joined
the U.S. Army and served his
count r y
as an airplane instrument tech-
nician. He served in Alaska and
throughout the United States.
He was honorably discharged in
1945.
He graduated from Dyke and
Spencerian Business College in
1949 and worked for Ernest and
Ernest as an auditor. He moved to
Maryland and worked for Mary-
land National Bank retiring in
1976. He then worked for Colo-
nial Farm Credit.
Frank enjoyed listening to
music, especially Lawrence Welk.
His main enjoyment was gar-
dening. He was very diligent at
fnding new methods of growing
vegetables. He was successful at
growing some beautiful crops.
Frank is survived by his wife
Marjorie, his children; Michael J.
Rubala (Penny) of Ft. Collins, CO
and Kimberley A. Cullins (Mark
Markovich) of Helen, MD, fve
grandchildren; Robin Richards
(Matthew), Leah Cullins, Cassie
Cullins, Jessica Vance (Chris) and
Michaela Rubala. In addition to
his parents, Frank was preceded
in death by his siblings; Joseph
Rubala, Ann Barna, Margaret
Kover and Mike Rubala.
Family received friends for
Franks Life Celebration on Sun-
day, February 13, 2011 in the
Brinsfeld Funeral Home, 22955
Hollywood Road, Leonardtown,
MD 20650. Prayers were recited.
A Mass of Christian Burial was
held on Monday, February 14,
2011 in Immaculate Conception
Church, 28297 Old Village Road,
Mechanicsville, MD 20659. In-
terment followed in Trinity Me-
morial Gardens, Waldorf, MD.
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Mechanicsville Li-
ons Club, P.O. Box 512, Mechan-
icsville, MD 20659.
funeral.com.
Arrangements by the Brins-
feld Funeral Home, P.A., Leonar-
dtown, MD.
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By Sarah Miller
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On Advanced Placement (AP) tests, St.
Marys County Public Schools ranks high in
Maryland, which is ranked number one in the
nation for the third straight year.
Scott Smith, the director of secondary
schools, said that the AP program in St. Marys
County is going strong, with 36 percent of the
graduating seniors taking AP exams.
In the world of AP tests, the exams are
scored on a fve point scale, with one being
roughly equivalent to an F and fve being
equivalent to an A+, Smith said. The goal is
to get a three, four or fve on the tests.
From the time the AP tests were frst re-
corded, in 1997, until 2010 the number of stu-
dents who take at least one AP test has gone
up more than 10 times. In 1997, there were 154
students in the AP courses and 269 tests were
given. In 2010, there were 1,186 students in AP
courses and 2098 tests given.
We have a lot of tests going on, Smith
said.
Even with numbers that large, nearly 50
percent of the students pass with a three or bet-
ter, which is more than the state or the country
average.
Until now, the school district has footed
the bill for AP tests. Because of the fnancial
constrictions the school is facing nest year, this
will be the last that the district will be able to
do so.
With the reality of the budget, this is
something thats being scrutinized, Smith
said.
Smith said this may be a blessing in dis-
guise because, while there will be fewer stu-
dents taking the tests because they have to pay
for their own tests, the students who are willing
to front the money will perform better on the
exams to make it worth it.
The AP tests are $77 a piece and in to-
tal $185,000 is spent on the tests per year. To
put this in perspective, three teachers salaries
could be paid with the money spent on the AP
tests each year, he said.
This is a very considerable commitment
on behalf of St. Marys County Public Schools
to the kids, Smith said.
While there will be a decrease of up to 500
students taking the AP exams, there wont be
a decrease in students taking the AP courses,
which colleges look for on students transcripts.
I would feel confdent saying well see a
signifcant number of students who score three
or better, Smith said.
SMCPS Performs Well
on AP Tests
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
The James A. Forrest Career and Technol-
ogy Center held a tech expo to introduce par-
ents and students in St. Marys County.
Susan Taylor, a guidance councilor, said
the tech expo is a way for the students who are
thinking about taking classes at the center to
see the variety of programs offered and ask
questions of both the students and the staff and
for the school to show off.
Taylor said the tech expo has been held at
the same time of year for a few years, because
its the time of year they are taking registra-
tions for students.
Charles Fletcher III, a student at the tech
center, said he likes the fact that the tech center
consists of hands-on learning where students
can get experience with their areas of study.
Its a wonderful place, Taylor said.
She said that the center has areas of study
like a college would have, but unlike college,
if a student changes their course of study, it
wont cost them additional years and money
to decide what they want. In some cases, the
students can even earn college credit in the
courses offered at the tech center.
Its a real honor to be part of it because
it takes you out of the box, Fletcher said.
Jennifer Burch, another student at the
center and a junior at Leonardtown High
School, said she enjoys the coursework at the
tech center.
Its a good time but you also learn a lot,
Burch said.
Tech Center Opens Doors For Expo
Above, Alina Stone tags different sections of the brain
at the James A Forrest Career and Technology Center
Expo. At the other end of the room, Monica Peters dem-
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Hollywood Elementary is doing their part to support
the American Heart Association.
Mary Kaye Roper, a gym teacher at Hollywood El-
ementary, said this week is her 20th jump rope for heart.
What sets the program at Hollywood Elementary apart
from other programs in the area is the fact that the stu-
dents do multiple activities instead of choosing just one.
Normally, schools choose one of two options, jump
rope for heart or hoops for heart, where students shoot
basketballs instead of jumping rope.
The students are raising money for the American
Heart Association. Roper said the students go to their
family and friends and ask for fat donations. Classes
that have 100 percent participation, with all the students
bringing in a donation of some denomination, are reward-
ed with a party.
It helps the kids understand the value of community
service and the character of kindness, Roper said.
I think its pretty cool because you can be a hero
and you can save lots of lives, pretty much keep peoples
hearts pumping, said fourth grade student Melodie Abell.
She said shes not participating for the prizes, but stu-
dents who collect $1,000 get a scooter and students who
collect $50 get a Jump Rope for Heart tee shirt.
She said the students begin participating in jump
rope for heart when they are in frst grade.
I think its fun and it makes your heart healthy, said
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Elementary.
He said he looks forward to the event every year.
During gym class, in addition to having a unit about
the heart and heart health, the students get a special gym
period where they have stations for different kinds of
jump roping and shooting hoops. During a normal gym
period, students all get involved in the same activity.
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By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
The Knights of Columbus recently donated $900 to St. Marys Coun-
ty Public Schools.
They give us a donation every year, said Melissa Charbonnet, the
executive director of special educations and student services. They col-
lect money for the children with cognitive disabilities.
Charbonnet said while the amount varies from year to year, the
Knights of Columbus never fails to make some sort of donation to the
school.
Its wonderful, Charbonnet said.
In the past, the donation has gone to fund things like the Supported
Academics and Integrated Learning (SAIL) program, summer camp pro-
grams and other things to support children with cognitive disabilities.
This year, the donation will be used within the school system to sup-
port expenses related to the new corollary sports program, which is facili-
tated by the Department of Special Education.
Charbonnet said the money will go toward buying uniforms and
equipment and paying coaches.
It [the donation] doesnt pay for all of it, but it certainly supports it,
Charbonnet said.
With the fnancial diffculties the school is facing in the next fscal
year, Charbonnet said the money goes a long way in helping the program
get off the ground.
I used it to get that started, Charbonnet said.
The corollary sports program puts young people with and without
disabilities together in physical activities. She said there are activities for
all the regular seasons, including cycling in the fall, bowling in the winter
and bocce ball in the spring.
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Their workspace is nowhere near as high-tech or sophisticated as the ones seen on televi-
sions fctional CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) programs but they still manage to get the job
done.
Crime scene technicians working for the St. Marys County Sheriffs Offce, like Kathy
Shoemaker and Amanda Boyer, collect and analyze evidence in just two small rooms at the
Leonardtown headquarters, bags flled with blood stained clothes and other evidence boxed
up waiting for analysis sit in the crime lab.
Finger print dust of various kinds lines just about everything in the immediate vicinity,
fromtabletops to stacks of paper.
Their jobs keep thembusy, Shoemaker said.
Were on call at least one week a month for seven days straight, Shoemaker said. I
raised fve kids doing this over the past 10 years.
They take evidence fromall kinds of crime scenes, such as assaults, robberies and homi-
cides but the bulk of their work comes in aiding police offcers fnd theft suspects in residen-
tial, business and vehicle break-ins.
Burglaries make up about 60 percent of our calls, and thats where we get a lot of our
closures because thats where we have evidence we can bring back to the lab.
Burglars often leave fngerprints on items around a home or vehicle, Shoemaker said,
including jugs that hold lots of spare change.
Theyll take the change and leave the jug, Shoemaker said.
But sometimes suspects dont leave fngerprints, but rather tool marks, foot impressions
or glove prints.
Crime lab technicians can still help close cases with that evidence, they say, even if
the marks are common to more than just the suspect detectives have in mind.
Detectives often use the information against suspects when interviewing them and
make themcrack.
Most of the time detectives are really good at getting a confession, Shoemaker said.
In fact, despite advanced technology available to them and cooperation from other
agencies, often times it is evidence like a simple fngerprint that closes a case.
Fingerprints, nowavailable in a state computerized database, are much easier to track
and can help detectives close multiple cases, even across jurisdictional lines.
Det. David Alexander, with the Bureau of Criminal Investigations, said that a sus-
pect in a 2007 homicide case, Johntonna Young, now serving a life sentence for murder,
was connected along with accomplices to a string of other crimes committed in Charles
County around that time.
We linked them to several armed robberies with shoe imprints here and in Charles
County, Alexander said. One case leads to many.
Sheriff Timothy K. Cameron said that with the introduction of computer statistics
driving policing methods, crime lab technicians are in even more demand because depu-
ties are taking in more information and evidence when they go out on calls.
It [the crime lab] has become critical, not just for major cases but for all kinds of
cases, Cameron said. Theyre able to help us connect the dots.
Theres nothing unimportant here, the sheriff said.
The demand for their services has become so great, Cameron said, that he has re-
quested another employee trained in forensics to oversee the lab operations, which are
currently supervised by a detective.
Currently the local crime lab cannot perform tests on blood and bullets for ballistic
comparisons, depending instead on Maryland State Police resources.
But Cameron said that if he could enhance the sections capabilities it would be in
computer forensics: tracking down evidence in computers used to perpetrate all kinds of
crime fromchild pornography traffcking to bank fraud.
Its growing here and theres so much demand on all these other labs, Cameron said
of computer-aided crimes. Thats a hot commodity. Youre lucky to fnd anyone to do it
for you because its in such high demand.
Aside fromtechnical skill, crime scene technicians have to also have the right mind-
set for gathering evidence.
Boyer said that sometimes she tries to think like a criminal in order to fnd what shes
looking for, but other times she only needs to ask herself what she would do in a particular
situation.
Boyer said she was able to get DNA evidence immediately from a stolen motor ve-
hicle by inspecting the air vents before anything else.
The reason she looked their frst, she said, is because she always adjusts the fowfrom
air vents when she gets into someone elses car.
I always check the air vents and radio frst, Boyer said. For me, it works.
Shoemaker said that training for the job can be just as challenging as the job itself
even trips out of town to forensic schools are hard work with lots of practical exercises
along with classwork.
One training class they went to was particularly messy, with instructors finging pigs
blood on a wall to simulate spatter patterns.
It was the technicians job to fgure out exactly what kind of weapon was used in
the crime and exactly how many were used.
All of that rigor helps themdo their job better, Shoemaker said.
It does work, all the scientifc methods they teach you, she said.
The job also brings with it some very macabre aspects.
Along with collecting blood and other sometimes gruesome evidence from crime
scenes, the technicians sometimes have to go to special lengths to identify a body.
Shoemaker remembered on case when, several years ago, she had to fnd out who a
homeless man was who had hanged himself in one of the old fattops homes in Lexing-
ton Park.
He was mummifed, Shoemaker said, adding that after numerous attempts at fn-
gerprinting the corpse that failed, she had to cut a portion of the deceased persons palm
out to make a positive identifcation through lab work done in Charles County.
The guy had grown up in that house, she said. He just committed suicide there.
Boyer said that the nature of job differed from that of police offcers and detectives
who often see cases through to the end with a conviction.
Many times, crime scene technicians did not have that luxury.
Sometimes we dont see the good work that gets done, Boyer said. We always see
the bad part.
When dealing with the more sanguine aspects of a crime scene, Boyer said, she tries
to treat the situation with a touch of pretending to make it easier.
I try to think of those things [pieces of evidence] more like Halloween props, Boyer
said.
Though it can be a tough job, crime evidence technicians have become a critical part of
not just closing cases in the detective section but also in getting convictions in the courtroom,
Alexander said.
Juries want to see something more, that one more piece of physical evidence that can
seal the deal, Alexander said. That one piece of physical evidence can push it over the edge
[of doubt.].
Crime Scene Investigators Patch
Together Missing Pieces
Crime lab technicians Kathy Shoemaker and
Amanda Boyer rely on special equipment and
insight to gather evidence at crime scenes.
Photo by Frank Marqurt
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Serenity Cove, tucked away off New-
town Neck Road, is growing a therapeu-
tic riding program for children and adults
with physical and mental hindrances.
Its a safe, comfortable environ-
ment, said Helaine Burch, the therapeutic
riding instructor at Serenity Cove.
Serenity Cove, owned by Erica Gow-
en, has had the therapeutic riding program
since late 2009 and will be applying for
North American Riding for the Handi-
capped Association (NARHA) certifca-
tion for the stables. To begin the process
for NARHA certifcation, the stable has
to have had a therapeutic riding program
with NARHA certifed instructors for at
least a year.
She said she initially ran a similar
program at Greenwell State Park, but
when they began thinking about dropping
their NARHA certifcation, Burch found
a new home for the program at Serenity
Cove.
She said one thing Serenity Cove
has that Greenwell State Park does not is
privacy.
People with disabilities can come
and not be seen, she said.
Unlike the state park, which is by na-
ture not a private location, means children
can come and expect privacy, which is a
big concern for parents and the children,
as well as adults who come for therapy
sessions.
Burch said the property at Serenity
Cove is also more suited for something she
wanted to do at Greenwell State Park, but
couldnt get to work nature paths. To be
able to take the therapy horses onto nature
paths, the paths have to be wide and fairly
level to accommodate the horses compli-
ment of three people to go on the paths.
In the case of therapy riders, there are
always at least three people surrounding
the horse and rider, one person to lead the
horse and one person on either side of the
horse to help the rider if necessary.
The reason horse therapy works so
well for people with mobility challenges
is because the horses have a side to side
gait that mimics a human, which allows
peoples brains to recognize the move-
ments that work muscles that they nor-
mally would use to walk. They also play
games with the children on the horse that
force them to stretch and work muscles,
and that exercise helps with hypertonia,
which Burch said is a muscle weakness
associated with cerebral palsy and people
in car accidents.
Burch said she has seen some cases
where children who came in for their frst
session in wheelchairs and are able to walk
within a month or two.
Its almost like a
miracle, Burch said.
She said the ther-
apy also helps children
with issues that affect
their speech, like au-
tism. In the case of these
children, they are closed
off and withdrawn so
far into themselves that,
under normal circum-
stances, people cant
reach them. When they
are put on a horse, there
are two things that hap-
pen they are forced
to the present because
something different is
going on and they have
to focus on the horse.
By getting the chil-
dren to focus on some-
thing going on, there is
an opening for the companions on either
side of them to talk to the child and have
their words reach them.
Burch said there are many cases
where children who didnt talk before be-
ginning horse therapy became absolute
chatterboxes within a few months.
Burch said before a person can be
put on a horse, they have to have clearance
from a doctor. They cant take
people with seizures because
of the increased risk of falling
from the horse.
A good therapy horse will
have a calm, quiet disposition
and be able to stand still with-
out invading a persons space.
Burch said its essential that
a therapy horse be able to al-
low children and adults to ap-
proach them with out knocking
them over. Most therapy horses
are what Burch called bomb-
proof, which means they have a
calm that is nearly unfappable.
I do believe we have some-
thing the community would like
to know about, Burch said.
In addition to the benefts
therapy riding has for people
with disabilities, Burch said
there are also benefts for able-
bodied members of the com-
munity. There are volunteer
opportunities for students in
high school and college, as
well as other individuals in the
community.
The stables also offer a
way for college students who
have horses but nowhere to
keep them if they go to college
to keep their horse. The stables
take free-leased horses, where
in exchange for board and far-
rier services, the horses can be
used by people who come to
the stables for riding lessons or
therapy sessions.
For more information, visit
www.serenitycovestables.com,
e-mail erica@serenitycovesta-
bles.com or call 301-475-7989.
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Community
Town Reviving Sewer Treatment
Plant Expansion Project
Offcials: College Doubles Size, Halves Pollution
EDF Offers Plan to Revive Third Reactor Deal
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
After a three year hiatus, the Town of
Leonardtown is starting anew with its plans
to revamp its wastewater treatment plant on
Van Wert Lane to meet with the states man-
date for enhanced nutrient removal (ENR)
upgrades, designed to take out more nitro-
gen and phosphorous from water destined
for return to the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The town council voted Monday to
commission a study from engineering con-
tractor GHD to fnd a way to have the up-
grades done to equipment at the plant, but
also to offer options to increase the capac-
ity of the plant to provide more services to
critical projects such as the detention center
expansion, a new elementary school on the
Hayden Farm site and other housing devel-
opment projects.
Town Administrator Laschelle McKay
said that three years ago the state allowed
the town to hold off on the upgrades, since
a collapsing housing market also stymied
the towns plans to collect impact fees that
would have paid for the upgrades.
McKay said that the original plan was
to expand the capacity of the treatment plant
to 1.2 million gallons per day, but now the
plan calls for a minimal expansion that
the town can afford.
The current capacity is now just
660,000 gallons per day, McKay said.
Since the town has had to hold off on
enhancing capacity, it has had to ration the
equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) that are
allocated to development projects.
The town council approved a plan by
developer Ron Russo to subdivide property
at the Leonardtown Wharf with the explicit
confrmation that just one EDU be given
from the towns list of available capacity to
the project for now.
Im concerned with the allocation and
the way we are going, said Town Council-
member Tom Collier. We have no solution
in hand for our EDU issue.
Im not against the project, its just a
timing issue.
In 2008 the town passed an ordinance
rationing EDUs to infll and redevelopment
projects or other critical efforts.
Currently the town only has about 80
EDUs left to give toward projects.
The town is planning to use spray or
drip irrigation of treated effuent (the end-
product of wastewater treatment) in coop-
eration with the county to increase the ca-
pacity to treat more water enough so it can
be discharged into the watershed.
The consultant is expected to have op-
tions for plant expansion within the next 60
days, McKay said.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
When a senior offcial at St. Marys College of Maryland
told visiting county commissioners that they had been able to
double the square footage of the campus facilities over the past
25 years and at the same time reduce by 50 percent the amount
of pollutants running into the St. Marys River, they wanted to
know more.
John Savich, county administrator who attended a meeting
between college leadership and elected offcials Tuesday, said
that the colleges success could be used to help developers learn
to cope with the states new, and more stringent, storm water
management rules.
The county is also interested in fnding ways to reduce ni-
trogen, phosphorus and sediments loads into the Chesapeake
Bay watershed to comply with recent sweeping federal mandates
to clean up the embattled body of water.
Our greatest fear is the introduction of these requirements
at a time of economic uncertainty, Savich said.
Charles Chip Jackson, vice president of Planning and Fa-
cilities at the college, said that the institution was able to achieve
its goal by not just meeting state mandates posited by the critical
area laws, which governs land use strictly within 1,000 feet of the
shore line, but by exceeding them.
The law required that new construction projects on the cam-
pus reduce pollutants by at least 10 percent, Jackson told The
County Times, but often their construction efforts claimed re-
ductions of more than 30 percent.
The River Center on Route 5, which was roundly criticized
by local residents several years ago for skirting critical area laws
and destroying the scenic vista is one such project.
It has reduced pollutants there by 37 percent over the origi-
nal building, he claimed.
We made it better, Jackson said.
Jackson said that the use of storm water management ponds
along with rain gardens and parking lots made out of pervious
surfaces like gravel or small, smooth stone helped cut down on
pollutants from rain water runoff.
He said that 30 percent of parking spaces at the college were
pervious surfaces.
But the costs of using such methods were high, Jackson
said, and forced administrators to spend more for environmen-
tal concerns in building budgets and less on other aspects of the
projects.
It comes with a premium, Jackson said.
Melanie Boekel of Lexington Park, a junior Account-
ing major and Shanice Fenwick of Lexington Park, a freshman
Behavioral Science major have both been named to the Deans
List for the Fall 2010 semester at York College of Pensylvania.
To be eligible for this honor, a student must be registered for
at least 12 academic credit hours and earn a semester GPA of
3.50 or higher.
Wingate University has named Carlin Hammett of
Leonardtown to the Dean's List for demonstrating outstand-
ing academic achievement during the fall 2010 semester. The
President's List requires a term GPA of 3.80 on at least 12 qual-
ity point academic hours with no grade below a C. The Dean's
List requires a term GPA of 3.30 or at least 12 quality point
academic hours with no grade below a C.
"It takes hard work and self-discipline to accomplish such
high academic achievement," said Martha Asti, vice president
for academic affairs. "Wingate University faculty and staff
congratulate all who have achieved President's List honors this
past semester."
The State University of New York at Potsdam President
John F. Schwaller among those honored Peter Klug, a Theatre
major from Park Hall, for maintaining high grades in Fall 2010.
To achieve the honor of being on the President's List, each stu-
dent must have satisfactorily completed 12 numerically graded
semester hours that semester with a minimum grade point aver-
age of between 3.5.
The following local students were awarded Dean's List
academic honors for the Fall 2010 semester at St. Mary's Col-
lege of Maryland.
From Lexington Park - Jemarc-Van Ruiz Axinto, Chris-
tina A. Becker, Lina Dai, Christine Leigh Flanagan Jacqueline
N. Fullerton, Alexandra Rachel McCallen, Michael Henry
Oberhausen, Christopher L. Parish, Angela May Pugay, Bryson
J. Shibe and Andrea A. Templeton. From Mecahicsville there
were Jessica Marie Blankenship, Richard James Edgar, Wil-
liam Andrew Gainey, David Timothy Odell Gainey, Ian James
Long, Barnett Norman, Alex James Rowan, Courtney Eliza-
beth Crooks Tyra and Audrey Gaea Viksen. The students from
California are Mitra A. Brown, Jeffrey Robert Carey, Austin
Todd Kibler, Shelby Elyse Mullennix, Christopher John Pasch,
Janna Marie Roberts and Claire Marie Tiffany. From Holly-
wood, there are Amy E. Goss and Joanna Kalinowski. From
Leonard town there are Theodore James Pugh, Caleb Lee
Redman, Christopher D. Sanborn, Elizabeth Anne Shupe and
Cathrine Isabell. The students form Great Mills are Arianna
Loren Pray and Stephanie Denise Gonzalez. Last, but not least,
there is Keith Brandon Colson of Drayden, Zadekia Stefanie
Krondorfer of Saint Marys City, Miranda Dale Russell of Piney
Point and Jennifer Rebecca Wise of Ridge.
Dean's List honors are awarded to full-time students at St.
Mary's who earn a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or better
on 12 or more graded credits.
I am pleased to see students at St. Mary's College of
Maryland meeting the demanding requirements for placement
on the Dean's List," said President Joe Urgo. "Ours is among the
most rigorous liberal arts programs nationally, and this achieve-
ment demonstrates true commitment to academic success.
By Guy Leonard
Staff Writer
UniStar LLC, the company owned by
a French nuclear power giant, has offered
a plan to the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion that they say will allow the third nu-
clear reactor to go forward at Calvert Cliffs
without another U.S. partner.
The plan states that UniStar Nuclear
Energy (UNE), a subsidiary, which over-
sees reactor operations, could use holding
companies independent of the parent cor-
poration to ensure compliance with U.S.
nuclear regulations.
Under the nations laws governing the
operation and ownership of nuclear power
plants, operations cannot fall under the
complete control of a foreign company. In
this case UniStar is now wholly owned by
Electricite de France (EDF), one of the larg-
est operators of nuclear plants worldwide.
EDF is also controlled almost entirely
by the French government.
UniStars partner in the venture up un-
til late last year, U.S. owned Constellation
Energy, backed out of the deal expressing
worries that the cost of U.S. Department of
Energy loan guarantees was too high and
would kill the economics of the project.
The breaking of the partnership meant
EDF would have to move on alone and
many policy makers were worried the proj-
ect was dead for lack of a U.S. partner who
could be the majority owner of the third
reactor.
The terms of the UNE LLC agree-
ment provide that a security subcommittee
of the UNE board has the exclusive right to
exercise the boards authority over the mat-
ters that are required to be under U.S. con-
trol, UniStars plan states. The security
subcommittee is made up of U.S. citizens,
the majority of whom must be independent
directors, who are not employed by UNE,
its parent companies or any other affliates.
Michael Mariotte, with the Nuclear
Information and Resource Service based in
Takoma Park, which opposes building new
fssion reactors, said he believed UniStar
was offering the plan as a stalling tactic to
buy time to fnd a U.S. partner.
UniStar, and EDF, know that the ap-
proval of their plan by the nuclear regula-
tors was highly unlikely, he said.
And if they do well be in court,
Mariotte said. I dont see where EDF has a
leg to stand on here.
I think theyre wasting their time and
the NRCs time.
Neil Sheehan, spokesman for the re-
gional offce of the NRC, said the agency is
still reviewing UniStars proposal.
Local Students Achieve
College Honors
Graduation
Announcement
Theresa Claire
Campeggio
graduated with
cum laude honors from
Clemson University in
South Carolina on
December 16, 2010
with a Bachelor of
Science degree in
Psychology with a minor
in Education. She is
employed by St. Marys
County Public Schools.
She is the daughter of
Mike and Barbara
Campeggio of
Leonardtown and a
2007 graduate of
Leonardtown High
School.
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L ibrary Items
Archaeological fnds on display at Lexing-
ton Park
The Maryland Archaeological Conser-
vation Lab at Jefferson Park and Museum has
brought objects excavated in St. Marys County
out of storage and is displaying them in a special
exhibit installed at the Lexington Park library
through August. The exhibit was developed by
the Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Pat-
terson Park and Museum and funded in part by a
Preserve America grant from the National Park
Service. An opening reception will be held at
the library on March 15 at 2 p.m.
Financing college to be discussed at
Leonardtown
Dr. Caroline Bright, St. Marys College
Financial Aid Director along with Robin Wil-
lis, Great Mills High School Career Counselor,
will present the Paying for College program
which has been rescheduled for Feb. 24 at 7
p.m. at Leonardtown Library. Topics covered
include fnancing college expenses, FAFSA, and
scholarships.

Tweens invited to Chapter Chats
Kids, ages 8-11, are invited to chat about
Tom Anglebergers Book, The Strange Case of
the Origami Yoda on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. at Lex-
ington Park. Registration is requested.

Gaming Fun planned for schools early dis-
missal day
Leonardtown Library will host a gaming
extravaganza for all ages on Feb. 24, an early
dismissal day for the schools, from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. Snacks will be provided. Children, ages
3-6, can use the librarys LEGOs to build cre-
ations from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 24 at
Lexington Park.

Children can learn about rare turkeys
Children can learn about rare Jersey Buff
turkeys from childrens author Christina Allen
on March 2 at the evening storytime at 6 p.m.
at Lexington Park. Allen will also read from
her book, Microchip on My Shoulder, which
is about one special turkey. Storytime starts at
6 p.m.

Libraries celebrate Dr. Seuss birthday
Children of all ages can celebrate Dr. Seuss
birthday at Charlotte Hall on Mar. 5 at 10 a.m.
and Lexington Park at 2 p.m. Stories, fun activi-
ties and songs are planned. Leonardtowns pro-
gram will be Mar. 19 at 2:30 p.m. The programs
are free but registration is required.
Teen video contest underway
Teens have until Mar. 9 to create either a
book trailer or video on the awesomeness of
reading (three minutes or less) and post it on
YouTube for the teen video contest. The winner
will receive a digital camera. Details can be
found on the librarys teen page. Winners will
be announced at the Video Showcase on Mar. 12
at Lexington Park.
Thursday, Feb. 17
School Health Council Meeting
St. Marys County Public Schools Central
Administration Building (23160 Moakley
Street, Leonardtown) 5:30 p.m.
The School Health Council functions as
an advisory group to the Board of Education
and is organized around the Centers for Dis-
ease Controls Coordinated School Health
model which consists of eight components:
nutrition services, health education, physi-
cal education and activity, healthy and safe
school environment, counseling, psychologi-
cal and social services, health services, fam-
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wellness. The meeting is open to all interest-
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worksites and departments, as well as from
parents and guardians and community agen-
cies, is encouraged. Anyone wishing to have
an item placed on the agenda should e-mail it
to acroper@smcps.org prior to the meeting.
Special Olympics Poker
Bennett Building (24930 Old Three Notch
Road, Hollywood) 7 p.m.
$5-$5 blinds cash game. Dealers will be
provided and the nightly high hand is paid
nightly. Drinks will be free. Proceeds go to
beneft the St. Marys Special Olympics and
the Center for Life Enrichment. People who
would like to help with the Special Olympics
should call Mary Lu Bucci at 301-373-3469
or 240-298-0200. For more information
about the poker game, call Jim Bucci 301-
373-6104 before 7 p.m. and 240-298-9616
after.
Friday, Feb. 18
No Limit Texas Hold Em Tournament
VFW Post 2632 (23282 Three Notch Road,
California) - 7 p.m.
Buy in is $50, $40 of which goes into
the prize pool and $10 goes to charity. Sign
in is from 6:20 to 6:45 p.m. Pre-registration
is encouraged, but not required. Late play-
ers will be accepted until the end of the 1st
break. The number of entries determines
payouts. With 50 100 players 9 places
paid. The public is welcome. Individuals
must be 18 or older to play. Side games are
available. For more information, e-mail pok-
er@vfw2632.com or call 240-925-4000.
Karaoke Contest Issacs Idol
Issacs Pub in Holiday Inn Solomons (155
Holiday Drive, Solomons) 8:30 p.m.
Beginning on Feb. 18 and running for
six consecutive weeks. Two winners will be
chosen each week to compete in the fnals
on April 1st. Registration will be from 8:30-
9 p.m.. People will need to select three songs
to sing, one to warm up and two for judging.
The weekly winners will receive prizes as
well as compete for the Grand Prize and title
of Isaacs Idol.
Saturday, Feb. 19
Girl Scout Cookie Cookoff
Great Mills High School Cafeteria (21130
Great Mills Road Lexington Park) 2 p.m..
Troop 3702 would like to invite the
community to attend the First Annual
Cookie Cook-Off. This event will feature
St. Marys fnest chefs showcasing their cu-
linary skills by creating unique desserts fea-
turing our coveted Girl Scout cookies. You
will have the opportunity to taste samples of
each chefs entry, which will be judged by
a panel and the public. Tickets are available
for $10 and a donation of a non-perishable
food item for a local food bank. A portion
of the ticket price will go to the Girl Scout
S.H.A.R.E. (Share Her Annual Real Ex-
penses) Program. Come out and support lo-
cal chefs and learn how Girl Scouting and
Girl Scout cookies work to better this com-
munity. Any questions may be directed to
troop3702@gmail.com.
Sunday, Feb. 20
Refexology
Joy Lane Healing Center (43288 Joy Lane,
Hollywood) 11 a.m.
Whether a life is unconventional or rela-
tively normal, theres bound to be something
Refexology with Leanora Winters is by ap-
pointment. Please call 301/373-2222 or visit
www.joylanehealingcenter.net
Monday, Feb. 21
No Limit Texas Hold Em Bounty
Tournament
St. Marys County Elks Lodge (45779 Fire
Department Lane, Lexington Park) 7 p.m.
Part of the Leaderboard Challenge
Spring-Summer Season. Anyone can join or
play at any time. There is no need to be part
of the points system, people can just play to
win.
Buy-in is $25/$3,000 in chips. Blinds start
at $25/$50 and progress from there every
20 minutes. People earn points for every
tournament they participate in. The number
of points people earn is determined by how
many people eliminated before them. Those
accumulating the most points will receive
a free roll to the $150 Leaderboard Chal-
lenge Tournament scheduled for February.
Number of players receiving the free roll
will be determined by the amount of money
that accumulates in the pool at the end of
the season. Side games available. Food and
beverage available for purchase. Please enter
through the side of the building. For more
information, call the lodge at 301-863-7800
or Linda at 240-925-5697
Tuesday, Feb. 22
Everyone has a story to tell: Memoir
Writing Basics
Garvery Senior Activity Center (21580 Pea-
body Street, Leonardtown) 1:30 p.m.
Whether a life is unconventional or rela-
tively normal, theres bound to be something
fascinating about it. Seniors are invited to the
Garvey Senior Activity Center on Tuesdays
until March 1 to participate in this memoir-
writing workshop. In this group they will
learn how to focus their life stories, give
them literary purpose, and apply such craft
elements as character, plot, description, dia-
logue, setting, pacing, and theme. To sign up,
or for more information, call 301-475-4200,
extension 1050.
Tween Chapter Chats
Lexington Park Library (21677 FDR Boule-
vard, Lexington Park) 6 p.m.
Tweens 8-11 can chat up Tom Angle-
bergers book, The Strange Case of the
Origami Yoda. For more information, call
301-863-8188
Wednesday, Feb. 23
SMCPS School Board Meeting
St. Marys County Public Schools Central
Administration Building (23160 Moakley
Street, Leonardtown) 3:30 p.m.
With the use of a computer, viewers
with Internet access, including SMCPS em-
ployees, can watch the Board of Education
meeting live by clicking the link http://www.
ustream.tv/channel/bd-mtg. Superintendent
Michael Martirano will begin his Fiscal
Year 2012 Budget Presentation at that time.
Viewers can continue to watch recorded
Board of Education meetings on Metrocast
Cable Channel 96, SMCPS Education TV.
Rugby For All Experience Levels
Southern Middle Gym (9615 Hg Trueman
Road, Lusby) 6 p.m.
Pax River Rugby would like to invite
you to try out of one the fastest growing
sports in the nation. All ages, all experience
levels welcome. We will teach you every-
thing you need to know, USA Rugby certi-
fed coaches. For more information, contact
Corey at 443-603-2448 or paxrugby.com for
more details about the sport and the club.
Free Line Dance Lessons
Hotel Charles (15100 Burnt Store Road,
Hughesville) 7 p.m.
The Boot Scooters of Southern Mary-
land are offering free Line Dance Lessons.
The lessons will be followed by the regular
weekly practice session. Anyone interested
in obtaining more information about these
lessons or interested joining the Boot Scoot-
ers of Southern Maryland can contact then
through link on our website at http://www.
bootscootersofsomd.blogspot.com/.
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By Linda Reno
Contributing Writer
Some years ago, at a local restaurant, I saw a
pretty young girl who had just started working there.
I kept looking at her and fnally could contain myself
no longer and asked Are you a Buckler? She said
no. I persisted. Are you sure? Was your mother or
grandmother a Buckler? No. The following week, I
saw her again. She came up to me and said I talked
to my mother and she said her grandmother was a
Buckler. I said, I knew ityouve got Buckler
written all over you.
Benjamin Buckler, the immigrant ancestor, ar-
rived in St. Marys County prior
to 1682 and died about 1714. He
was the father of Benjamin Buck-
ler, Jr., born before 1696 and the
grandfather of Benjamin Buckler
III, born before 1725. Few records
survive from this era but this is
how I believe it goes.
Benjamin Buckler III and many other plant-
ers encountered tough economic times in the 1760s
when the bottom dropped out of the tobacco market.
More than a few were put in jail for debt.
On June 21, 1768 Benjamin Buckler, John Dart,
Alexander Anderson, and Edward Power were listed
among those being held in the St. Marys County
jail. They were to be released on the condition that
they turn over all of their estate to the Sheriff of the
County, with the exception of necessary wearing ap-
parel for themselves, their wife, and children, work-
ing tools excepted for payment to their creditors.
Benjamin Buckler must have been a very
skilled carpenter as several years later
he was hired by George Washington to
work at Mt. Vernon. Washington was
careful about the workmen he hired
and Benjamin must have come highly
recommended.
On February 25, 1771 a contract was made be-
tween Washington and Benjamin Buckler late of
the Province of Maryland, carpenter for one year.
Buckler agreed to work from daybreak until dark
and to oversee the work of several Negro carpenters.
When the weather kept him indoors, he was to make
shoes for Washington. He was paid 25 lbs. sterling;
300 lbs. pork; 3 barrels of corn; and was provided a
house for himself, his wife, and children.
The Bucklers returned to St. Marys County
as Benjamin signed the Oath of Fidelity in 1780. In
March 1782 he received the pay of his son who was
killed during the war. The Council of Maryland
ordered its treasurer to pay Benjamin Buckler 9
lbs., 8 shillings, and four pence for the services of
Walter Buckler.
In the 1790s sons Robert and Stephen moved
to Kentucky. Sons Thomas and George W. stayed.
They are the ancestors of the families here.
The last record found of Benjamin was Decem-
ber 20, 1808 when the General Assembly enacted leg-
islation in his behalf. The trustees of the poor in St.
Marys were directed to take into consideration the
situation of Benjamin Buckler as an out pensioner
his circumstances render his situation in the poor-
house particularly unsuitable to him and may al-
low an annual pension not exceeding $30.
By Shelby Oppermann
Contributing Writer
I hope everyone had a lovely Valentines
Day, whether you took time to pamper your-
self, be pampered, or pamper a loved one. My
husband and I always try to extend our holidays
out as long as we can, like birthday week. For
Valentines weekend, we drove over to Virginia
on Saturday after I got off work, kind of on a
last minute whim. We were able to try some
wonderful chocolate and wine pairings and en-
joy the evening. Of course, none as good as our
Maryland wines, but we wanted to feel like we
were really getting away even if only for a few
hours. And no trip would be complete without
us taking a wrong turn. We realized that as we
came upon the intersection at Colonial Beach.
My husband said, Oh, I think I made a wrong
turn. So, we drove down a few streets in the
quaint old resort town, and found an art gal-
lery still open just fnishing up their own Val-
entines Dinner and art show. It turned out to be
a truly enjoyable, spontaneous evening. I prob-
ably shouldnt have had the delicious espresso
coffee which was offered to us, and regretted
that quite a bit at three in the morning.
Valentines Day itself opened with my
husband texting Valentines messages to me
while I was in another room, The digital age is
alive and well in this house, And, on my part,
I fxed a once in a blue moon, full Valentines
Day breakfast complete with pink Mimosas.
We dont normally have full breakfasts, Im a
plain cornfakes kind of girl, and he likes toast.
But, once in awhile Then later we put to
use our Christmas gift card at Longhorn Steak
house. It was one of the frst places we ate to-
gether, and still has special meaning for us. We
might just make it a whole Valentines week
how can a week based on Love ever be too
much?
I love St. Marys County, and all of its love-
ly roads, waterfront, and especially its people.
But, occasionally we love to wander to another
county or another state. The state of Virginia is
our second favorite next to our beloved Mary-
land. There is so much to see from the North-
ern Neck, closest to us, through other regions
in the state. Virginia has so many attractions,
history and the homes & birthplaces of Robert
E. Lee, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe, and John Tyler. I would really
like to see Sherwood Forest, where the grand-
son of John Tyler, 10th president of the United
States still resides. Sherwood Forest is also the
longest frame house in America at 300 feet.
Really I would like to stay there and see if I
could come in contact with The Gray Lady,
the homes longtime ghost.
My son, Ryan and I had a wonderful day a
few weeks ago, exploring around an old home
on the grounds of the Caledon Natural area
in King George where I felt that maybe there
was a presence still hanging about from a past
life. We do love a good hunt for an unseen pres-
ence. This particular house is vacant, and the
steps have been taken away, I suppose to dis-
suade miscreants like Ryan and I from peeping
through windows. The other old home on the
grounds is a stately old home ca. 1659 which
was home to the Alexander family, founders
of Alexandria, Virginia. One of our other fa-
vorite places. The Alexander home is now a
visitor center for the area with a gift shop and
museum. On this trip, however, nothing was
felt, so we walked around the park a bit, and
then drove around King George and traveled
to a new antique mall to see what treasures it
might contain. The traveling is fun, but I still
am happiest when I see the Welcome to St.
Marys County sign. As you know, it is and
always will be The land of pleasant living.
Well, Im off today to see where the day will
lead me.
To each new days adventure,
Shelby
Please send comments or ideas to:
shelbys.wanderings@yahoo.com.
A Journey Through Time A Journey Through Time
The Chronicle
of an
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Mind
Wanderings
Stately
Wanderings
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
Contributing Writer
This year, nobody needs to re-
mind you that its winter.
If you dont live it frst-hand,
you hear about it: mountains of snow,
frozen cars, winds that cut sideways
and cold air that literally takes your
breath away.
Yep, its winter.
But look on the bright side. It might be
cold, but at least you can walk around outside
without worrying about being killed and eaten.
You dont have to keep your eyes peeled for
creatures that are almost taller than a house, ei-
ther. Read more about it in The Great White
Bear by Kieran Mulvaney.
Its hard not to love the idea of a polar bear.
Its big and snuggly-looking with black eyes and
fat padded paws. The cubs are beyond adorable.
You wonder if their fur is as soft and cuddly as
it looks.
Finding out is not recommended. When
was the last time you hugged a 1,700-lb (773 kg)
creature with canine teeth?
While on an expedition to study what
Norwegians call Polarbjorn, author Kieran
Mulvaney writes that polar bears are walking
conundrums: their skin is black, but their fur
appears white. They are ferce, confdent preda-
tors that seem to be fearless, but fear a creature
they could and do - just as easily eat. They live
in on ice, but keeping warm isnt their problem;
keeping cool is.
Baby Bears are born in snow-packed dens
that their mothers dig each winter. Before she
does that, Mama Bear packs on the
pounds by eating fat-rich seals be-
cause, as soon as she seals the den, she
wont eat until the cubs are weaned -
which could take eight months. When
they emerge in the spring, Mama is
understandably hungry and she imme-
diately starts teaching the cubs who
will nurse for two years to hunt.
The problem is that without ice,
polar bears have fewer places to hunt
and give birth. Already, bears are a problem in
some Alaskan and Canadian cities where its a
necessity to be aware and stay one step ahead of
a hungry bear thats also wicked smart.
And though some reports are that bear pop-
ulation is thriving, most scientists say that wild
polar bears wont make it to the next century.
Polar bears are creatures of the sea ice,
says Mulvaney. If it disappears, so will they.
So what can be done about it? Well, its al-
ways good to be armed with information, and
The Great White Bear is a pretty good place
to start.
Bundled-up and very wary, author and
journalist Kieran Mulvaney spent time aboard
icebreaker ships and in giant wheeled cabins
meant expressly for bear-watching, as he studied
the enormous carnivores. I liked the way Mul-
vaney weaves science and ecology with biology
without making any of them seem stuffy. I liked
the way his descriptions of the bears environ-
ment made me want to put on a heavy coat.
Not just for those concerned about the
environment, The Great White Bear is also
good for animal lovers and science readers. If
thats you, chill out with this book soon.
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by Kieran Mulvaney
c.2011, Houghton Miffin Harcourt $26.00 / $32.50 Canada
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Book Discussion Major Pettigrews
Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Calvert Library Southern Branch (20 Appeal
Way, Lusby) 2 p.m.
Dave Norris
DB McMillans (23415 Three Notch Road,
California) 5 p.m.
Jerry Burch
St. Marys Landing (29935 Three Notch
Road, Charlotte Hall) 7 p.m.
Special Olympics No Limit Poker Night
Salsa Thursday
House of Dance (24620 Three Notch Road,
Hollywood) 7:30 p.m.
Live Music with Dylan Gavin
Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road,
Dowell) 7:30 p.m.
Martini Karaoke
Martinis Lounge (10553 Theodore Green
Boulevard, White Plains) 9 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 18
Red Cross Blood Drawing
St. Andrews Church Hall (44078 St. An-
drews Church Road, California,) 8:30 a.m.
Dave Norris
California) 5 p.m.
Randy Richie on Piano
Cafe Des Artistes (41655 Fenwick Street,
Leonardtown) 6:30 p.m.
The Wanderers
Fraternal Order of Police Poker Tourna-
ment
Fraternal Order of Police (21215 Chancellors
Run Road, Great Mills) 7 p.m.
Live Music with Steve and Rusty A Day
Of Earth
Dowell) 7:30 p.m.
Line Dancing
Hotel Charles (15100 Burnt Store Road,
Hughesville) 7:30 p.m.
All You Can Drink Ladies Night with DJ
Chris
Big Dogs Paradise (28765 Three Notch
Road, Mechanicsville) 8 p.m.
Bob Wire and the Fence Posts
Rustic River Bar and Grill (40784 Mer-
chants Lane, Leonardtown) 8:30 p.m.
Karaoke Competition
Road House
Dee Jay Christian
The Blue Dog Saloon (7940 Port Tobacco
Road, Port Tobacco) 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 19
Fair Warning
California) 6 p.m.

Randy Richie on Piano
Cafe Des Artistes (41655 Fenwick Street,
Leonardtown) 6:30 p.m.
Anthony Ryan County Band and Line
Dancing
Hole in the Wall Tavern (24703 Sotterley
Full Steam
Karaoke Contest and Fundraiser for the
North Beach Volunteer Fire Department
Auxiliary
Abners Crab House (3725 Harbor Road,
Chesapeake Beach) 8 p.m.
Karaoke with DJ Tommy and DJ T
California Applebees (45480 Miramar Way,
California) 9 p.m.
Yoko Says No
Cryers Back Road Inn (22094 Newtowne
Neck Road, Leonardtown) 9 p.m.
Road House
Legend
The Blue Dog Saloon (7940 Port Tobacco
Road, Port Tobacco) 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 20
Gilligans Annual Beach Party
Gilligans Pier (11535 Popes Creek Road,
Newburg) 12 p.m.
Elks Big Game Texas Hold Em
Tri County Country
Dave Norris
Hole in the Wall Tavern (24703 Sotterley
Monday, Feb. 21
$1.25 10 Ounce Cans All Day
Road, Mechanicsville) 10 a.m.
Mason Sebastian
California) 5 p.m.
Jim Ritter and the Creole Gumbo Jazz
Band
The Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Av-
enue, North Beach) 7 p.m.
No Limit Texas Hold Em Bounty Tour-
nament
Salsa Night
Dowell) 8 p.m.
Karaoke
Naked
Apehangers Bar and Grill (9100 Crain High-
way, Bel Alton) 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 22
Fair Warning
California) 5 p.m.
Open Pool Tables and List of Specials
Live Music with Freddie Long
Dowell) 7 p.m.
Face Down
Apehangers Bar and Grill (9100 Crain High-
way, Bel Alton) 9 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 23
Mason Sebastian
California) 5 p.m.
Beer Tasting
Rustic River Bar and Grill (40874 Mer-
chants Lane, Leonardtown) 6:30 p.m.
Special Olympics No Limit Poker Night
Band in a Box
Karaoke with DJ Harry
Live Music with the Anthony Ryan
Country Band
Dowell) 7:30 p.m.
Wolfs Hot Rods and Old Gas Open
Blues Jam
Beach Cove Restaurant (8416 Bayside Road,
Chesapeake Beach) 8 p.m.
Comedy Night
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For family and community events, see our calendar in the
community section on page 22.
We post nightlife events happening in Calvert, Charles and St. Marys counties. To submit an event for our
calendar, e-mail sarahmiller@countytimes.net. Deadline for submissions is Monday by 5 p.m.
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Southern Maryland Offers More Than Bars and Music
By Sarah Miller
Staff Writer
People looking to have a good time without being cooped
up in a bar after dark, or anywhere indoors, have several op-
portunities on both sides of the bridge to get outside and have
some fun.
Sports-minded folks can get involved in is fag football,
rugby and even kickball.
Chris Pixton, the president of St. Marys County Youth
Sports, said there are opportunities for both kids and adults to
get together to play games like football and kickball.
Ive seen some kids come in, kind of shy, kind of timid,
you can tell their parents signed them up, and they blossom,
Pixton said.
For football, St. Marys County has been part of the Nation-
al Football League (NFL) fag football program for four years,
with two seasons per year. This year is the frst time the program
is being offered in Calvert County, Pixton said.
Were not just another sports organization, were a family,
Pixton said.
He said several of the kids in the program request to be
with their friends or siblings on a team, or ask to be paired with
specifc coaches and the organi-
zation tries to make that happen.
Justin Thompson, the presi-
dent of the childrens league and
the mens league for the Patux-
ent Rugby Football Club, said the
rugby team includes people in the
military who are stationed at the
Naval Air Station Patuxent River
who may not necessarily know
anybody else.
He said there are people
from all over the tri-county area
who come to Clarks Landing
feld twice a week to play rugby.
The club belongs to the Potomac
Rugby Union and they play against
teams in Virginia, West Virginia
and others.
Two guys from D.C. come
down religiously to play with us,
Thomson said.
The rugby club includes a kids league, which plays during
the summer, a mens league and a womens league.
One nice thing about the program is we have mandatory
playing times, Pixton said.
Generally, there are 10 kids per team, with fve children
from each team on the feld at a given time. Pixton said the
coaches are required to have every child on their team some
play time.
The rugby teams also have a mandatory contact rule.
Thomson said that, unlike with football where if youre not
in certain positions you wont touch the ball, rugby is a 100
percent participation sport.
Pixon said the maximum number of kids they can take
for the program is 500, which would make for 50 teams,
though if more that 500 kids sign up for the program they will
make room for them by with having teams with 11 children or
even making a new team if necessary.
In Calvert County, Pixton said there are 100 children
signed up for fag football and they can take about 200 maxi-
mum, though like in St. Marys County they wont turn anybody
away if the number goes over 200.
We would turn the adults away before we turn the kids
away, Pixton said.
The teams play against each
other, and Pixton said with the ad-
dition of the Calvert teams, there
might even be a game between
the winners of the leagues on both
sides of the bridge in a sort of Su-
per Bowl.
In addition to the kids
leagues, there is an adult league
that practices on weekends for
adults, which Pixton said gives
adults the chance to coach as well
as play football.
In addition to the football
league, Pixton said St. Marys
County is the only one in the area
to host a summer kick ball league.
Its the talk of the town,
Pixton said.
He aid the great thing about
kickball is that it doesnt require a
lot of skill and children of any age
can play.
Its just something for people to do besides sitting in their
houses, Pixton said.
There will also be a middle-school fag football league
where children can play for their schools. Pixton said that is to
compensate for the lack of sports programs in the St. Marys
County middle schools. He said the principal for the winning
middle school would receive a trophy.
Thomson said one thing that the rugby club does thats dif-
ferent from other groups is the fact that they get involved in com-
munity service.
That separates us from other sports, he said.
He said the rugby club is a registered non-proft organi-
zation and they raised about $8,000 for organizations such as
Wounded Warriors, veterans homes, the Red Cross and various
youth organizations.
Pixton aid its important to fnd kids in the area something
to do because theres nothing in the county for kids to do. Be-
cause of this, he said a lot of young people fnd themselves get-
ting in trouble.
For more information about the St. Marys County or
Calvert County Youth Sports leagues, visit www.smcys.org or
www.ccyff.org. There will also be walk-in registration at Es-
peranza Middle School and Leonard Hall Recreation Center on
Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
For more information about the Patuxent River Rugby club,
visit http://paxrugby.com/index.html.
The Dodges family proves rugby can be a family sport.
Photo courtesy of Justin Thomson
Pax River Rugby Team Photo from the Fall 2010 Season Photo courtesy of Justin Thomson
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Fri., Feb. 18
Boys Basketball
Chopticon at Great Mills, 7:30 p.m.
Patuxent at Leonardtown, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Great Mills at Chopticon, 7:30 p.m.
Hockey
MSHL Playofs, Eastern co-op semifnals
Leonardtown vs. Fallston at Ice World
(Rink 1), Abingdon, MD, 8:30 p.m.
Wrestling
SMAC Championships at Patuxent, 5 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 19
Wrestling
SMAC Championships at Patuxent , 10
a.m.
Tues. Feb. 22
Boys Basketball
Chopticon at Lackey, 7 p.m.
Calvert at Leonardtown, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Leonardtown at Calvert, 6:30 p.m.
Lackey at Chopticon, 7 p.m.
Wed., Feb.
9
Boys Basketball
Great Mills 70,
Thomas Stone 65
North Point 77,
Chopticon 51
Girls Basketball
North Point 57,
Chopticon 49
Thomas Stone 41,
Great Mills 40
Hockey
Leonardtown 8,
Northern 5
Wrestling
4A-3A East Dual
Meet Regional
Semifnals
Leonardtown 40,
Eleanor Roosevelt
25
Finals
La Plata 58, Leon-
ardtown 18
Thurs., Feb.
10
Boys Basketball
DeMatha 50, St.
Marys Ryken 40
Fri., Feb. 11
Boys Basketball
Chopticon 34,
Leonardtown 32
Huntingtown 60,
Great Mills 59
Girls Basketball
Chopticon 48,
Leonardtown 37
Huntingtown 59,
Great Mills 55
St. Marys Ryken
58, Elizabeth
Seton 48
Sat., Feb.
12
Swimming
SMAC
Championships
Boys
1. Leonardtown,
443
5. Great Mills, 295
11. Chopticon, 133
Girls
1. Leonardtown,
484
3. Chopticon, 275
8. Great Mills, 206
Sun., Feb.
13
Boys Basketball
St. Johns 64, St.
Marys Ryken 51
Tues., Feb.
15
Boys Basketball
Gonzaga 53, St.
Marys Ryken 51
Girls Basketball
Holy Cross 48, St.
Marys Ryken 37
High-School Tennis
Clinic Series 2010
Using Tides to Find Fish Highlights CCA Meeting
Lower Potomac River Marathon Returns Soon
Dates: February 27, 2011.
Location: St. Marys College of Maryland, Somerset Ten-
nis Complex
18952 East Fisher Road (Outdoor Facility)
St. Marys City, Maryland 20686
Times: Sundays, 9:30 am 11:30 am
(Mini-matches included)
Instructors: St. Marys College Coaching
Staff and Players
Cost: $25.00 per session!!
Players: Beginning 9th graders to Seniors!!!!
Registration: Contact Derek Sabedra, Head Tennis
Coach, St. Marys College
Cell: 410-610-4300 and/or email ddsabedra@smcm.edu
Babe Ruth League Still
Accepting Registration
Silver Stars Accepting
Registration For Tryouts
Captain Sean Crawford, a marine environmental scientist who operates Terrapin Bay Fishing, will speak on Knowing Tides Makes You a Better An-
gler at the Wednesday, Feb. 23, meeting of the Coastal Conservation Association Maryland Patuxent River Chapter. The meeting is open to the public and
will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Marys County Elks Lodge #2092, 45779 Fire Department Lane, California.
Crawford, who fshes throughout the Chesapeake Bay, will explain tides and how they impact bait and game fsh. Among other topics hell discuss the
impact currents have on fshing and the difference between astronomical and meteorological tides.
In addition to Crawfords presentation, three chapter members at 7 p.m. will demonstrate fy-tying techniques and be available to answer questions on
important patterns for the Bay, equipment and materials.
Ramp up your mileage, runners! The Lower Potomac River Marathon
is only nine weeks away. The 26.2-mile race, presented by Chesapeake Bay
Running Club and hosted by the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship,
returns for the 7th running on March 13, 2011.
Top runners will compete for modest cash prizes, and age-group awards
will be presented to the top three fnishers in ten-year divisions.
For more information, contact Liza Recto, 301-481-0832 or cbrcliza@
hotmail.com.
The St. Mary's Babe Ruth Baseball League is still accepting mail-in registrations through
Tuesday, February 22. Registration forms and the mailing address can be downloaded from the
league website: http://smbrl.baberuthonline.com
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
Watching day-long indoor track and swim-
ming meets gives you time to think about a lot
of things and being a Libra, my mind is always
working (if its working correctly is an entirely
different story).
So while I watched the Leonardtown boys
and girls swim teams backstroke, freestyle and
breaststroke their way to sweep of the Southern
Maryland Athletic Conference championship
Saturday, the trip to get to the Prince Georges
Sports and Learning Complex in Landover began
to weigh on my mind and I said to myself, Self
how cool would it be if Southern Maryland had
a venue to host these kinds of events so folks
wont have to contend with Branch Avenue and
the Beltway?
Self kindly responded and said You know
what? Thats actually a very good idea, Chris.
How much would that cost?
I have no idea, I responded to Self, but its
something worth thinking about.
With there being no really large indoor fa-
cilities and PG Sports and Learning being large
enough to accommodate anyones needs, parents
and students from as far north as Indian Head
Highway and as far south as Scotland hit Branch
Ave. (or Route 4 if you have that good a grasp of
the area) towards Landover, literally across the
street from FedEx Field to swim, run, jump and
throw for gold medal glory in indoor track and
swimming.
While the PG Sports and Learning Com-
plex is a beautiful facility capable of holding
God knows how many events at one time (I saw
an endless number of youthful gymnasts fip-
ping and skipping in the lobby on my way to the
swim meet), I still believe the Southern Mary-
land Athletic Conference and the area as a whole
could beneft from such a facility right here in the
region.
Several sports have youth teams and compe-
titions that require hours and hours of travel, tak-
ing a toll not only on the athletes but the wallets
and gas tanks of parents. A Southern Maryland
Sports and Recreation Center would be super
expensive to build, but would take care of itself
in terms of the long run with events, gym mem-
berships and concession stand sales the way PG
Sports and Learning has.
Raising the money would be extremely
tough given todays rough and tumble economic
environment, but all you really need is one man
with a plan and a corporation that loves to see its
name plastered on the side of a building and are
willing to pay major amounts of money to do so.
Before the money however, you would have
to come up with the plan of course. What sports
are better served by such a complex? How many
felds/pools/track lanes would it need? Could a
basketball feld house be a part of it? Can you use
it for events other than traditional sports? How do
you recoup the astronomical cost of such a build-
ing? Finally, where would you put it? Personally,
Id put it in Hughesville, dead center of the South-
ern Maryland triangle and not one school would
have an advantage over the other.
Clearly we have more questions than we do
answers at this point, but what would it hurt to
explore the possibility?
Again, just a thought.
Questions? Comments? Complaints? Send
em all to Chris at chrisstevens@countytimes.
net.
SPORTS
DESK
Just a thought
From The
The Pax River Silver Stars AAU girls basketball team will be holding tryouts Tuesday,
March 29, 2011 at Esperanza Middle School. Tryouts for girls in the ffth, sixth/, seventh and
eighth grades will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and tryouts for girls in the ninth, tenth, eleventh
and twelfth grades will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The fee is 20 dollars and is non-refundable.
For more information, contact Savannah Webb at 301-247-3152 / 301-737-1792 or
savweb@msn.com or visit http://www.leaguelineup.com/paxriversilverstars/
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Raiders Sweep SmaC Swim meet
Swimming
Chopticons Zack Rosenfelds reaches the
fnish line. Photo by Frank Marquart
Photo by Frank Marquart
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LANDOVER The t-shirts the Leonardtown High boys and girls swim
teams wore had a target on their backs with the words We know underneath.
With that in the mind, the Raiders relished the role of the hunted and
escaped all hunters with the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference titles
Saturday afternoon at the Prince Georges Sports and Learning Complex.
Everyone shoots for us because were the top dog, senior Andrew Ma-
ier, who was a part of the Raider boys gold medal 400-yard relay team and a
winner in the 200-yard freestyle. Every year, it just brings us closer together
and we fnd a way to win.
The Raider boys, who were missing Maier when they lost to North Point
(the SMAC regular season champion) earlier in the season, earned 442 points,
58.5 points ahead of second-place Huntingtown and a full 76 points ahead of
the Eagles.
Meanwhile the Raider girls, who still have not lost a SMAC meet in sev-
en years of competition, continued their dominance, earning 484 team points,
113 points ahead of the North Point girls and 209 ahead of Chopticon, who
took third place.
Freshman Mairyn Brennaman is ftting in just fne with her teammates,
as she took individual gold medals in the girls 100-yard butterfy and 50-yard
free style.
Its just really about my teammates and coaches motivating me and
pushing me, Brennaman explains. Here, youre just accepted as an indi-
vidual and love this team so much. Im happy to be a part of it.
Chuck Jacobs, now two for two in SMAC meets as Raider
head coach, says both wins were closer than they appeared to be,
and that suits him just fne.
Its always good to win, it never gets old, he said. North
Points a good team and were going to be right here with them
again next year. I like that were closer together [in competition]
instead of spread so far out.
Jacobs admits that while he doesnt expect a huge drop-off
on the girls side, he is graduating a lot of boys and that may mean
starting over in 2012.
Were losing a lot of great seniors, so next year will be a re-
building year for us and that will change the program some, he
says.
Another St. Marys County senior who went out with a bang
was Great Mills senior Ivan Paloaran, who won the boys 100-yard
freestyle gold medal and contributed to the Hornets second place
fnish behind Leonardtown in the boys 400-yard relay.
It feels to good to do well and win in a race that you work so
hard in, Paloaran said. It was just about practice time in the pool
and all the little things to make your race better.
He was more excited for his teammates, who fnished in the
top fve for the meet aided by their second-place fnish in the 400
relay.
We did really good in that race and to fnish as well as we did
was really exciting, he said.
chrisstevens@countytimes.net
Kate Ferran of Great Mills swims during
the Southern Maryland Athletic Confer-
ence meet Saturday in Landover.
Olivia Ray of Leonardtown swims in the girls backstroke event.
Photo by Frank Marquart
Scan code for more photos!
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Ol Yeller
Pax Rugby offering co-ed youth and
adult tag rugby league and classes
Patuxent River Rugby Club will be offering a free Co-Ed Youth/ Adult tag rugby and con-
ditioning classes throughout the months of Jan and Feb. No experience needed, we will teach
you everything you need to know. More details and registration can be found on paxrugby.com
or by calling Justin Thompson at 732-492-9760 or 1-877-806-7775.
SMCM Accepting
Registration for One-Day Fielding
and Baserunning Camp
Over 50 softball league seeking players
St. Marys College will host a one-day felding and baserunning camp Monday, April 18
for players in grades 1 through 12. St. Marys College head coach Lew Jenkins will direct the
program in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy. The session will last for three hours and
cover numerous aspects of playing infeld, outfeld, and running the bases. The cost is $50 using
discount code RUN. Space is limited. Registration is now under way at www.USBasebal-
lAcademy.com. For more information, call toll-free 866-622-4487.
The Over 50 Independent Mens Slow
Pitch Softball league, now in its eighth season,
invites players to participate.
Games are played Thursday Evenings
from May through August at St. Clements
Shores Park. Its a four-team league, team as-
signments are done by random selection with
no uniforms.
If interest, mail your name, address, date
of birth and phone number to:
Over 50 Softball
P.O. Box 362, Leonardtown, MD 20650
Angler Angler
The Ordinary
By Keith McGuire
Contributing Writer
Despite the sto-
ries you might have
heard about the true
frst signs of spring,
the real one is the
annual spawning run of the Yellow Perch. When
the ice melts from the smaller parts of many riv-
ers and streams in Maryland the time is right to
start looking for the fsh.
Last weekend presented an opportunity
for me as my son invited me on the frst fshing
trip of the year. We trailered his small boat to
the northern reaches of the Patuxent River and
fshed below the tidal/non-tidal boundary for
yellow perch. To my surprise, we were not alone.
There were three other boats in the area that we
chose, and there were likely more in other areas
of the river. As we cruised to the hole we no-
ticed anglers along the shore line, also pursuing
yellow perch. Im sure that if we had chosen to
go to Mattawoman Creek, Nanjemoy Creek or
Allens Fresh, we would have found even more
anglers looking for the perch.
Looking for yellow perch is not something
that we have ever done in earnest. Sure, weve
dabbled at it in previous years, but it was easy
to see that our hearts werent in it. This year
seems different, somehow, and we struggled to
plow through our novice levels of experience to
catch these fsh. We anchored among the other
boats over a 30 deep hole and offered a variety
of jigs on ultra-light gear and watched as a few
fsh were being caught on the other boats. The
secret on this day was the bait. Everyone else
had minnows.
Admittedly, we are early for the annual
spawning run. Every year the yellow perch
females migrate to the tidal boundaries of lo-
cal rivers to expend their ribbons of eggs. The
males (or neds) follow closely behind to fertil-
ize the eggs. When the task is done the fsh mi-
grate back to deeper water and disperse widely
throughout the rivers and the Bay. The whole
process seems to be over in a very short period
of time. If you dont pick the right weekend, you
could easily miss prime time. Just before the
spawning run, the fsh stage in deeper parts of
the upper reaches of the rivers and creeks. An-
glers in the Susquehanna River near Northeast,
Maryland have been catching yellow perch for a
few weeks now. Last weekend, we were looking
for one of these staging areas, and if we had
been armed with the right bait, we may have
actually caught a perch or two. But, we were
early. Sometime in the next week or two will
be prime time and we aim to be there with
minnows.
Yellow perch fshing isnt the only game
in town during these early months. If fsh-
ing ultra-light tackle in foul weather
gear and gloves is not your cup of tea,
you might try to hit some of the fsh-
ing tackle shows and seminars. The
Maryland Saltwater Sportfshermens
Association just announced their
schedule of fshing shows throughout
the State. It all begins this weekend!
February 19 and 20 Pasa-
dena Sportfshing Group Flea Mar-
ket/Show at the Earleigh Heights Fire
Hall, Severna Park, MD.
February 26 Annapolis
Chapter MSSA Saltwater Fishing
Expo at the Annapolis Elks Lodge
#622, Edgewater, MD.
March 12 Dorchester
Chapter MSSA Fishing/Hunting/
Boating Flea Market at the American
Legion Post #91, Cambridge, MD.
March 19 and 20 Essex/Middle Riv-
er Chapter MSSA Fishing Flea Market at Com-
modore Hall, Essex, MD.
March 26 and 27 Southern Mary-
land Chapter MSSA Fishing Fair at Solomons,
MD.
Looking for yellow perch might break the
ice on your cabin fever, but looking for fshing
tackle deals and information could work better
for you especially if you cant fnd minnows.
riverdancekeith@hotmail.com.
Keith has been a recreational angler on
the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for over
50 years; he fshes weekly from his small boat
during the season, and spends his free time sup-
porting local conservation organizations.
The County Times
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
GREAT MILLS With Friday night
designated as the fnal farewell for six Great
Mills girls basketball seniors, the emotion
was heavy in the air.
Unfortunately, so were shots from Hun-
tingtowns Kaula Jacks, who scored 30 points
to lead the Hurricanes to a 59-55 win over
the Hornets, Great Mills second fnal minute
defeat in the previous 48 hours.
Senior night is always a tough night
whether youre the home team or the visiting
team, Hornets head coach Brian Weisner
said. We got caught up in emotions, but then
we settled down and started to play up to our
ability.
After the Hurricanes (12-6 overall, 7-3
SMAC) zoomed to a 16-2 lead four and a
half minutes into the frst quarter, Great
Mills slowly worked their way back into the
game, led by the guard trio of seniors Bria
Jones and TaQuana Gordon and sophomore
Tyniece Woodland.
Gordon scored 10 of her team-high 15
points in the third quarter, while Woodland
and Jones added 14 and 10 each, helping the
Hornets (8-11 overall, 6-5 SMAC) take a 43-
39 lead after three quarters.
Jacks, the states fourth-leading scorer at
just under 25 points per contest, poured it on
in the fourth quarter, scoring Huntingtowns
frst fve points to give them a 44-43 lead they
would not relinquish. However, Weisner was
more concerned with the post play of forward
Shelby Taylor, who complemented Jacks with
19 points, nine of which came in the frst
quarter.
[Jacks] is one of the
best players in this area
- she can fat out shoot
and she does that because
she works, but 32 [Taylor]
stepped up where Jacks
left off, Weisner explained. We didnt do a
good enough job on her tonight.
Even with Jacks and Taylor having their
way, the Hornets never gave up and were
down three in the fnal seconds. Two chances
to tie fell short and Nikki Christopher hit one
of two free throws with seven seconds left to
ice the game.
Six seniors (Jones, Gordon, Tyiss Roth-
well, Maurtrice Queen, Keyana Barnes and
Tiffany Moreira) were honored before the
game and Weisner had nothing but kind
words for the outgoing class.
They might not be the biggest kids, but
theyve got heart. Theyre a pleasure to coach
and theyre just very good kids, he said. Its
been nice to work with them.
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Execution Costs Ryken Against WCACs Top Team
Hornet Senior Night Spoiled by Huntingtown Girls
High School Basketball
By Chris Stevens
Staff Writer
LEONARDTOWN With a chance to knock off the frst-place
team in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, the St. Marys
Ryken boys basketball team literally saw that chance slip through
their fngers.
The Knights attempts to win the game in the fnal minute went
awry and Gonzaga held on for a 53-51 win Tuesday night, dimming
Rykens hopes for the fourth seed in the confer-
ence playoffs.
Give all the credit to [coach] Steve Turner
and Gonzaga, but we beat ourselves, head coach
Dave Tallman said. We didnt execute and we
didnt deserve to win.
Ryken led 16-13 after the frst quarter, but
the Eagles (21-5, 13-3 WCAC) forged a halftime
tie, led by sophomore forward Kris Jenkins nine
second-quarter points. Jenkins fnished with a
game-high 20 points for Gonzaga.
We did a good job on him at frst,
but second chance points is where he
killed us, Tallman said.
The fourth quarter went back
and forth until Jenkins put the Eagles
ahead to stay on a lay-up with 57 sec-
onds to play. After a solid defensive
possession Tallman called time-out to
set up a play, but junior Kortez Smith
was called for a fve-second violation
because of poor execution.
We had guys who were in the
wrong spots, he said simply.
The Knights (17-10, 8-9 WCAC) forced another Gonzaga miss
and had the ball with eight seconds left, but Treveon Grahams entry
pass to Kevin Thomas was tipped by Jenkins, and a jump ball was
ruled, giving Gonzaga possession and chances to run out the clock.
This is the toughest road trip in the league, Eagles coach Steve
Turner said. Dave does a great job coaching these guys and they
play hard. We had to sacrifce and get down and dirty to win tonight.
It was also senior night for four Knights (Graham, Thomas,
Deon Andrews and Dominique Robinson) and while theyve won 60
in their four years (most in school history), the loss
bothered them.
I wanted to go out with a bang, said Thom-
as, who fnished with 12 points. We have to learn
from our mistakes - cant have success without
some failure.
This was a game we shouldve won, Rob-
inson added. We just didnt execute.
Graham, who will attend Virginia Common-
wealth next fall, credits Tallman and crowd sup-
port for his success.
Every year we have great crowds with en-
ergy and Coach Tallman helped me get better
by working me harder, Graham said. Its been
pretty good.
Andrews, who led Ryken with 16 points was
still hopeful that the Knights could continue to
make history.
Every year we set new records and we want
to keep doing that, he said. We want to win it
all.
Great Mills TaQua-
na Gordon takes a
shot as Kaula Jacks
of Huntingtown
defends in Friday
nights girls basket-
ball game.
Tyniece Woodland of Great Mills takes a shot in
front of the Hurricanes Nikki Christopher during
the Hornets 59-55 loss Friday night.
The Hornets Keyana Barnes battles Dana Schwalenberg of Hunting-
town for the rebound.
Dominique Robinson of St. Marys Ryken
soars in for a lay-up during Tuesday
nights 53-51 loss to Gonazga.
The Knights Kevin Thomas fres in two
points over Gonzagas Ben Dickinson.
Photo by Victor Marquart
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Defending Potomac
Champion Secures Ride
For Up-Coming Season
By Doug Watson
Potomac Speedway
When the fnal checkered fag of the 2010
season waved at Potomac Speedway, Charlotte
Halls David Williams was crowned the late
model track champion for the third straight
year. However, he knew he would be search-
ing for a ride for the 2011 campaign.
The past two seasons found the all-time
Potomac Speedway feature winner at the con-
trols of Waldorf car owner George Moreland
and his potent Rocket chassis equipment. De-
spite the teams success that brought home two
consecutive Potomac titles, Moreland opted to
focus on his son Kennys burgeoning career,
(Georges son Kenny ran full-time in the LLM
division at Potomac) and not feld two cars for
2011.
Yeah we had a pretty good run togeth-
er, Williams stated. George has some really
good equipment, but these cars are so expen-
sive these days it was almost impossible for
George to maintain and fnance two race cars.
Im fortunate to have been able to drive for
him the past two years.
Enter Chaptico Md.s Pete Cameron.
No stranger to Potomac speedway, Cameron
served as track promoter from 1989 to 2002
and has since felded cars for his son-in-law
Roland Mann. The team has had their share of
success together as Mann scored the 2005 lim-
ited late model track championship at Potomac
and nine career wins in the division. Mann has
since moved up to the late model division but
the fourth place point man from last season
is still in search of his elusive frst career late
model win at the track, coming close on more
than one occasion. With two race cars in the
Cameron stable, and noted chassis man Tom-
my Raley turning the wrenches, the decision
was made to hire another driver to steer the
second car. We made the decision about three
weeks ago, Cameron said. Roland wants this
to be his last season as a driver so he can spend
some more time with his family, we knew Da-
vid was available so we asked him to drive the
second car.
David Williams record at Potomac
speaks for itself, 76 overall career feature wins
( 25 LM, 32 LLM, 19 SS), one street stock title
(93) and three consecutive late model cham-
pionships (08, 09, 10) makes him one of
the most formidable racers Potomac has ever
produced, making Camerons decision an easy
one.
Ive known and raced against David for
a lot of years, Cameron explained. Hes real
easy on equipment and just seems to have
the knack to win races, especially here at
Potomac.
Beside the god-given talent behind the
wheel that Williams offers, quality help
with the cars was another selling point.
Ever since David has raced hes had
a lot of good guys help with his cars, said
Cameron. These late model cars are a lot of
work and Davids guys all live close to my
race shop, so that will help us maintain the
cars the way they need to be maintained.
Williams is very opportunistic about
his new endeavor.
I think this is the spark that both Pete
and I needed, Williams stated.
I look forward to the opportunity to
race with Roland as a teammate and hope-
fully we can bounce some ideas off each
other and become quite a formidable team
together.
Williams will wheel a 2006 Rocket
with a Leggett Engine Research piece un-
der the hood while Mann will be back in
his trusty 2008 Rocket with Cornett Racing
engines supplying the power. According to
Williams both machines are more than ca-
pable of winning on any given night.
Pete has always had good stuff, Wil-
liams bottom-lined. I think between my
guys and Tommy Raley working together
to prepare the cars, we have a legitimate
shot to win every time we hit the track.
Even though Williams will pilot the
second Cameron entry, his plans to run
Sommey Laceys limited late model are
still frm.
Were committed to running Som-
meys car every week between Potomac
and VMS, Williams said. Sommey has
bought new shocks and a bunch of other
things for the car and the plans are to race
for the championships at both Potomac and
VMS and to hit some Steel Block Bandits
events when our schedules allow.
Ten late model events dot the Potomac
schedule this season and Williams and
his new team will be on hand for all those
shows.
Our goals are pretty simple, said
Williams. We want to get a win for Ro-
land before he hangs up his helmet, that is
frst and foremost, and I would like to get
a fourth LM title at Potomac. It was a real
accomplishment in my driving career to get
three in a row last season, but to now have
a chance at four in a row would be pretty
cool.
With all the pieces in place, look for
Cameron racing and his two quality driv-
ers, Roland Mann and David Williams to
leave a lasting mark on the upcoming 2011
season at the Potomac speedway.
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